Chapter 43: Liu Qianwen's plan
"Concubine Liu, the situation from Wu Bing's side is that the escort is secondary, among the six ministries, those officials ask for money every year for various reasons, and in recent years, the harvest has not been as good as before, the treasury is no longer sufficient, and the last allocation of funds has been very difficult."
After Wu Ding finished speaking, Liu Qianwen sighed heavily, "Let Wu Bing find a way to come over and don't let others see it." I received a flying pigeon biography from the prince today,"
"The prince's letter?" Wu Ding looked at Liu Qianwen in surprise, Liu Qianwen asked Wu Bing to come in person, I am afraid that something happened.
After letting go of the wind, Wu Bing quietly sneaked into Liu Qianwen's residence at night.
He took the letter handed to him by Liu Qianwen, and when he saw the plague written on it, his face became solemn.
"I didn't expect the plague to really break out, so in the case of medicinal materials, it is even more aggravated."
I believe that this news will reach the capital in the next day or two at the latest, and if the emperor knows about it, he will only close the household to take the money even more.
However, now the household department is really poor, and recently, for some reason, some officials have reached out to the household department to ask for money, and the approved ones are often more than they have applied.
He was just a small person, and he couldn't care about it, so he just quietly wrote it down.
"The possibility of the plague appearing is very high, so in the last batch of materials dispatched, the old prince prepared a lot of medicinal materials."
"Old prince?" Liu Qianwen looked at Wu Bing in surprise, "Who is it?" ”
"Back to Concubine Liu, the old prince is King Jinyu, who was named by the first emperor, and the first emperor is called a brother and brother, he has to be reused by the first emperor, and the first emperor has opened up a separate department for disaster relief materials, which is in charge of this prince."
Is there such a person? Liu Qianwen was surprised, she didn't seem to have heard much.
"The old prince is a neutral figure, never participated in the struggle for imperial power, and he is also a very good person, because he saved the life of the first emperor, in order to thank him, in addition to sealing his position as the king with a different surname, he also handed over 30,000 soldiers and horses to him, so that he does not have to be angered by the authorities because of the death of the first emperor, so his position is also as stable as Mount Tai."
Wu Bing's explanation made Liu Qianwen breathe a sigh of relief, "There are medicinal materials, which means that the matter is not as serious as we imagined, right?" ”
The plague is raging, and if there are no medicinal materials there, it will be even more dangerous, but now that there are medicinal materials, you can also take a breath.
Who knows, as soon as Liu Qianwen's voice fell, Wu Ding sighed, "Concubine Liu, things are not so easy, no one will prepare a large number of medicinal materials for a situation that may arise." ”
"What the prince brought was just preventive medicine, but now that the plague has spread, after all these days, I am afraid that the situation will be worse than we know."
After hearing this, Liu Qianwen was also very worried, she was worried that something happened to Nan Wuyang after the outbreak of the plague, and when she thought of this, she was like numbness.
"Okay, I know, the plague, you have to find a way to carefully reveal it to King Jin Yu, remember that it can't be said to be from me, understand?"
"The villain understands." E. Propylene withdrew.
After Wu Bing left, Liu Qianwen's face has not been eased, she thought for a while, picked up a pen and paper to write a letter, and then quickly sent the credit carrier pigeon out.
Within Licheng, from the moment the plague appeared, it spread at an incalculable rate.
Previously, Nan Wuyang was able to walk the streets to check on the situation, but as more and more people fell from the plague every day, they all went out less often.
Since the emergence of the plague, the medicinal materials they brought can only be regarded as a drop in the bucket, and they have not been able to save many people at all.
Almost all the doctors in Licheng were concentrated in the city lord's mansion by Liu Zhanxiao.
They are either researching a prescription that can suppress or cure the plague, or they are preparing a prescription for disinfection.
The consumption of medicinal herbs made them more and more anxious day by day, but there was nothing they could do.
Just when he had a headache, the next man suddenly knocked on the door.
"Lord Wang, the city lord said that the situation in Cheng Zhong has become worse and worse now, and it has become difficult to control, so the post station really can't live anymore, and I also ask the prince and the little ones to go back to the city lord's mansion, so that everyone can rest assured."
In fact, Nan Wuyang has always refused to go to the City Lord's Mansion to live, but the people in the City Lord's Mansion are becoming more and more worried day by day.
Nan Wuyang is a prince, and if he insists on living in the post house like this, if he is infected with the plague, I am afraid that no one in the entire Licheng will be able to afford it!
I don't know how many times I have come to urge them to go to the City Lord's Mansion, and Nan Wuyang has refused many times, in order to be able to see the situation of the people more intuitively.
But now, the plague is getting worse and worse, he thought about it seriously, and did not embarrass them, "This king immediately ordered someone to pack up his things and go back with you." ”
When the people heard Nan Wuyang's approval, they were immediately overjoyed, "The little ones are waiting for the prince here!" ”
The people who packed up moved quickly, and it didn't take long for them all to get into the carriage and go from the post station to the city lord's mansion.
Nan Wuyang has not been out for many days, and it is very comfortable to sit at this time with incense mixed with medicine.
However, sitting in the car, he could clearly hear the screams and cries of the people outside.
He was ordered by the emperor to come here to provide disaster relief, but now he can't do anything about the people struggling in dire straits. Suddenly, I felt like I was a failure.
Frustrated all the way, he came to the City Lord's Mansion, and Nan Wuyang asked his subordinates to follow the people of the City Lord's Mansion to arrange various matters.
Liu Zhanxiao personally went to the front hall to greet him, "Lord Wang, Zhanxiao has finally looked forward to you." ”
After he finished speaking, he saw that Nan Wuyang's face was very ugly, and he hurriedly asked, "Lord Wang, is there anything that makes Lord Wang unhappy?" ”
Nan Wuyang shook his head, "City Lord Liu is thoughtful, and this king has to thank the City Lord for his hospitality." ”
After hearing his words, Liu Zhanxiao breathed a sigh of relief, but Nan Wuyang's expression was ......
"Then what is Wang Ye Fang thinking?"
"I'm thinking, people out there."
The two of them suddenly fell silent at the same time, because of the plague, the situation became more serious, and the city was dying in large numbers almost every day.
But now there are not enough supplies and there is a shortage of medicinal materials.
So they can't do anything but wait.
"City Lord Liu, this king hopes to be able to check the epidemic in person." Nan Wuyang said lightly.
When Liu Zhanxiao heard this, he was almost scared half to death, but Nan Wuyang had made up his mind, and with Nan Wuyang these days, Liu Zhanxiao also knew that once he decided something, it would be difficult to change it.
Therefore, I had no choice but to speak, "In that case, please also ask the prince to allow Zhanxiao to accompany you." ”
Nan Wuyang nodded, agreeing to Liu Zhanxiao's proposal.
The two cleaned up and took safety measures before going out.
Walking down the street, neither of them spoke, because looking at the scene in front of them, it was already difficult to say anything.
A few days ago it was full of people's scaffolding, but now there are only a few people.
Because, as soon as anyone is found to be infected with the plague, they will be quarantined immediately.
If you are lucky, you can wait until the doctor develops a prescription, and if you are unlucky, you will die.
Nan Wuyang looked at the miserable scene in front of him, which could be called hell on earth, and couldn't bear to turn his face, he sighed, "City Lord Liu, how is the matter of the prescription going?" ”
Liu Zhanxiao shook his head, "There has been little progress, and the medicinal materials have already been ......."
In fact, the doctors have always said that there are not many kinds of these medicinal materials, and every time they want to try it, they will die of illness because there are no medicinal materials.
"How long can the rest of the herbs last?"
"Don't hide it, Lord Wang, it is conservatively estimated that the remaining medicinal materials will not last for three days."
Nan Wuyang frowned, even if he researched a prescription, this medicinal material was not enough.
And now, the plague is harvesting human lives without stopping, and the scenes of life and death in the city are constantly staged, and the emotions of the people have become difficult to appease.
"His Royal Highness King An, Lord of the City!" Suddenly, Wu Jia ran over, "I can be regarded as finding you!" ”
"There is a group of people at the gate of the city, with a large number of supplies!"
When Nan Wuyang heard this, he hurriedly spoke, "Who is it?" ”
Wu Jia shook his head, "I don't know, those people only said that they were ordered to send medicinal materials to treat the plague." ”
Nan Wuyang and Liu Zhanxiao glanced at each other, and hurried to the city gate with Wujia.
The cars outside are full of goods, and the amount is amazing!
Although excited, Nan Wuyang was still cautious, he looked at the leader, "May I ask who these are?" ”
"King An, the villain was ordered by the palace master's wife to send these things to Licheng for the city lord and the prince to dispatch."
The palace master's wife? When Nan Wuyang heard this, he was happy, he already knew that it was sent by Liu Qianwen. With a wave of his hand, he immediately asked people to open the city gate to check the goods.
"The villain's task is to transport these goods to Licheng and hand them over to the prince and the city lord Liu, so that the villain will go back to his life."
Nan Wuyang smiled and nodded, looking at Liu Zhanxiao, "I also ask City Lord Liu to let the materials be transported back." ”
Liu Zhanxiao nodded when he saw this, although he didn't know who the palace master's wife was, but depending on the situation, King An knew him, and he soon led the soldiers to do things.
After Nan Wuyang raised his feet and planned to leave, the man suddenly said behind him: "I wish the prince a great victory this time!" ”
Nan Wuyang nodded heavily, he will definitely win, he will definitely lead Licheng to a great victory in the fight against floods and plagues.
Liu Qianwen also got the news that the disaster relief materials had arrived this time, but Nan Wuyang was in a place where the plague was raging, and there was a great possibility of contracting the plague.
Her whole person was a little sullen, and after knowing that the supplies had arrived, her eyes lit up, and since this was the case, she could quickly move on to the next step.
She put on the court clothes that she could wear, brought a few guards and Yuzhu, and went into the palace together.
After Bai Suyue learned that she had entered the palace, she had planned to take someone to break in, but the remaining Wu Ding was stubbornly guarding the door and not letting her in.
Wu Ding is Nan Wuyang's person, if he spreads the matter to Nan Wuyang's ears, then her status will be even more precarious.
After weighing it repeatedly, Bai Suyue left Liu Qianwen's residence with unwillingness.