As soon as she entered the realm of Jiangnan, Mu Qingwan felt uncomfortable.

As far as the eye can see, there is an ocean, all kinds of rotten wood floating in it, and even sometimes, you can see swelling corpses on the water.

The officers and soldiers who went to Jiangnan also experienced several refugee disturbances on the way. Fortunately, it was quickly suppressed.

Along the way, everyone was exhausted.

Many towns in Jiangnan have been locked down, mainly because there are too many refugees, and in order to prevent refugees from making trouble, the city lord ordered the city to be closed.

Jing Sheng entered the city with the token of the prince's identity. The group finally entered Taiyuan, mainly at the request of Jing Sheng.

Because of the relationship between Qingyun Academy, Taiyuan has many scholarly families, and the people's ideological consciousness is high, so some measures are also easy to implement. For example, cremation of corpses. The ancients believed that it was disrespectful to the ancestors if there were no bones left after death, so cremation was not easily accepted.

All the measures have been implemented smoothly in Taiyuan.

Mu Qingwan took a closer look, and had not found that the plague had occurred so far, which was a relatively fortunate thing. Therefore, it is recommended that Mu Erye take precautions as early as possible, such as drinking water must be boiled before use, and resolutely prevent micro problems. Mu Qingwan improved the prescription of the Twelve Princes, and the effect of the medicine was more significant, and there was no harm to the body of people who were not sick drinking it.

Now, the main thing is the issue of food. The drought was followed by flooding, the fields were almost completely unharvested, and now there is not enough food supply, although it is not starving all over the wilderness, but the situation is not optimistic.

Now Jiangnan has formed two extremes, and the rich merchants have gathered in the towns because they have hoarded a large amount of food, and they have no worries about food and clothing. Some businessmen took advantage of the floods to make a fortune and raised the price of grain in a vain attempt to make a fortune, and those who could afford it gritted their teeth and cut down on food and clothing, but it was the poor people who suffered. If you can't afford food, you can only starve. Some people have already begun to sell their children and daughters in their homes, and the old people, seeing through life and death, have left food for the younger generation to eat, and it has occurred from time to time that people are starved to death.

When Mu Qingwan was very early, she told the Wang steward to start giving porridge, and the Baicaotang in various places provided the people with free soup, but in the face of the huge Jiangnan, this was just a drop in the bucket, and the food was far from enough.

After Second Master Mu came here, his mouth was foaming in a hurry. On the one hand, I discussed with Jiangnan Zhizhou how to solve the problem of flooding, after all, the method of dredging the river proposed by Concubine De and others is just a concept, and no one knows how to do it. Mu Qingwan didn't understand water conservancy matters, but Mu Qingwan asked the stewards from all over the country to recommend famous craftsmen who could build fortifications, hoping to brainstorm. With the participation of a number of craftsmen, the initial results have been achieved.

On the other hand, it is necessary to solve other problems such as food. However, the gentry in the Jiangnan region are deeply entrenched, and the alliance within them is difficult to break. The most important thing is that the Twelve Princes also came here, and everything had to be headed by him, but the Twelve Princes were young after all, and their thinking was not mature.

Mu Qingwan thought of a large sum of grain in the hands of the twelve princes, so she hoarded it in a private house in Jiangnan. So he suggested to Mu Erye and let Jing Sheng take the lead in soup kitchen. Moreover, I hope that Jing Sheng will come forward to contact the various squires, open a warehouse and release grain, and if necessary, he can exert pressure from the imperial court, after all, the Shang Fang sword he brought when he came was not a joke.

Unexpectedly, after the Twelve Princes took the lead in setting up a porridge shed, the Li family in Taiyuan took the lead in opening a warehouse to sell grain, and the price of grain was even a point lower than usual. Soon, the reward of the imperial court came down, because of gratitude to the righteousness of the Li family, the head of the Li family was specially named Antaihou, which caused a huge sensation in Jiangnan for a while.

The original four marquis of Dajing became the fifth marquis, you must know that after the marquis was sealed at the beginning of the founding of the country, there has been no change, and now the Li family has been rewarded by the marquis, which is really the only honor of Dajing. Shinong industry and commerce, the status of merchants is the lowest, and the most thing that merchants have is money, so what do merchants want most? It's fame and fortune, it's fame and fortune that is superior to others. Although the Li family only has a title on the head of the name and has no real power, what is it? Seeing this, the other squires followed suit, and all at once, the situation improved.

Among them, there is also a credit to Mu Qingwan.

Before coming to Jiangnan, Mu Qingwan had already understood the basic situation here, so she wrote to Li Yuxin in Biansai, hoping that the Li family would be able to contribute at that time. Li Yuxin also had her own plans, so she quickly wrote back to Li's house. After all, the Li family is a century-old family, and they have their own heritage and thoughts, and they can put grain, but they need to exchange things.

After arriving in Jiangnan, Second Master Mu went to the Li family to negotiate with the head of the Li family, and agreed to the request to ask for the seal for the Li family. Originally, I just thought that there was a plaque written by the emperor, but I didn't expect that this time Emperor Jianye was very generous, and with a wave of his hand, he was the title of a marquis.

After the founding of Dajing, it has always been smooth weather, and natural disasters broke out for the first time, this time, the Li family also seized the opportunity, and everything seemed to be a matter of course, so others had no objections.

Later, although other families followed suit, not only to provide food, but also to donate medicine, clothes, etc., it is a pity that the best time was missed. After the flood disaster, the homeland was rebuilt, and the major families in the south of the Yangtze River also faced a possible reshuffle, and only the Li family did not have to worry about their status declining, right?

After solving the problem of food, Mu Erye's pressure has been reduced a lot, and the most important thing now is to dredge the river. With the participation of many craftsmen, I slowly had ideas, and everything was carried out in an orderly manner.

Now, Mu Qingwan is worried about the plague, although the prescriptions have been sent to various counties and counties, and they have been distributed at each level, and there are also certain supplies of medicinal materials in various places, but it is inevitable that some local officials are procrastinating, or greedy for ink materials, so they miss the best opportunity.

Some things really don't come out of nowhere.

Mu Qingwan's improved prescription requires very ordinary medicinal materials, and it is not a precious herb.

A local official in Qinghe, who has always been known as an iron rooster, is unstoppable. Seeing that after the imperial court sent people over, they vigorously and resolutely rescued the disaster, and the disaster was not as serious as he had feared before, so he had evil thoughts in his heart, secretly withheld the herbs for disaster relief, and hoarded them little by little, intending to sell them to Baicaotang to make money. Therefore, as soon as this official made a move, Mu Qingwan knew the situation.

However, officials have been hoarding medicinal herbs for some time, and the people in the area under their jurisdiction have not been able to prevent it, coupled with the laziness of the officials, the preventive measures explained have not been conveyed in time, and some people are still drinking raw water. Finally, some people fell ill, and I don't know where the original source was, in short, the plague broke out, and it began to spread from the countryside to the outside world.