Chapter 23 Drought and Flood

Mu Qingyun really did as she said, from time to time she came to Hanxiangyuan to talk to Mu Qingwan, and sometimes when Mu Qingwan was not there, she could only return disappointed.

It's just that Mu Qingwan doesn't like her coming, because she always feels that Mu Qingyun has a special affection for the people in the second room, which should be related to the experience in her previous life, but Mu Qingwan doesn't like her to ask questions as soon as she comes.

Time flies like a white horse, and in a blink of an eye, it has entered May, but the weather is exceptionally dry, because it has not rained for many days.

"Miss, Jiang Nan is writing again."

Due to the lack of water, this year's rice planting has been delayed. Steward Wang was so anxious about this that he had already written several letters to the capital.

In late April, Mu Qingwan felt that something was wrong. Therefore, she asked the king steward to reduce the sale of grain in the grain store, and the previous grain storage minimized the loss. Not only that, but also find ways to hoard food in large quantities. As it stands, such a decision was the right one.

The subordinates reported that Li Ying was now sending someone to dig a deep well, and Mu Qingwan probably knew her intentions, and Li Ying wanted to use groundwater. However, the ancient well-drilling technology had limitations, and no matter how deep the well was, it was really difficult, and it was more difficult than climbing to the sky. Mu Qingwan herself doesn't know how to get water, which is not her area of expertise.

"Hu Zhao, send someone to find an experienced well driller, tell him Li Ying's idea, and see if he can succeed."

Let's give it a try.

Time slipped away day by day, and it seemed that it was early June, and there was still no rain in Jiangnan, many rivers had dried up, and worst of all, the weather was getting hotter and hotter. Steward Wang said that the situation in some rural areas south of the Yangtze River is even worse, there is no food, chickens and dogs steal from time to time, many people are already starving, and troublemakers also occur from time to time. The king's steward has now closed the grain shop, and even the door of the Zhuangzi has been closed.

It has been many years since there been a natural disaster, and this time it came unexpectedly.

"Sister, it's getting hotter and hotter, but it's not raining yet."

When Mu Qingyun came to talk to Mu Qingwan, he said with a sigh.

Mu Qingyun always speaks self-righteously, but his mind is so easy to guess. At such a time, Mu Qingwan was so busy that she didn't have the heart to fight with her.

"Well, I don't know when this day will get better, I'm really panicking."

"It would be nice to wait a few more days, but the situation may be worse than it is now."

When Mu Qingyun said this, he was a little proud.

"Sister, don't be kidding, can't it rain in a few days?"

Mu Qingwan listened to the other party's words, her eyes flashed, and she said a little casually.

"Why not, maybe there will be waterlogging."

Mu Qingyun pursed his lips and said disappreciatively.

"Well, if it can really be as my sister said, my sister will definitely admire it very much."

Mu Qingwan said funny.

When Mu Qingyun left, Mu Qingwan found Hu Zhao.

"Is there anything unusual about Mu Qingyun these days?"

Yes, she is also buying a lot of food and hoarding it, and the food is in the house where they used to live. Also, Mu Qingyun asked the twelve princes to also prepare a large amount of food and medicinal materials, and I heard her say that after a while, it will rain, not only that, but there will be heavy rain for a month, and there will be heavy rains, and there will be flooding disasters in the south of the Yangtze River. ”

When Hu Zhao found out about this, he was also surprised, wondering if this Miss Mu Qingyun had any ability to predict the future, otherwise, why did she say that she swore as if she had seen it with her own eyes. Otherwise, it's really just a lie. Hu Zhao didn't comment on this, but because of Mu Qingyun's actions, Baicaotang's business was much better.

"What's the relationship between the two of them?"

The Twelve Princes are even more infatuated with Mu Qingyun, and often come to her room in the middle of the night, and the relationship between the two has been much better recently. Mu Qingyun left the mansion during the day, and he also stayed with the twelve princes. ”

"I see, let the people who follow be careful not to let people find out."

Jing Sheng is the prince after all, and there must be secret guards around him, so he will naturally be alert, so Mu Qingwan specially ordered Hu Zhao again.

"Yes, my subordinates understand."

"Also, let Baicaotang prepare some more medicinal materials, if the twelve princes want to buy them, sell them to him, but we must ensure that our own stocks are enough."

Floods are often followed by plagues, and Jing Sheng hoarded medicinal herbs just to show his skills when the plague came. But that practice is to step on the bones of the people. There are millions of people in Jiangnan, and the level of medical care in ancient times was low, and once a plague occurs, I don't know how many people will die. As a prince, Jing Sheng has such thoughts, and he is extremely afraid to think about it.

Mu Qingwan couldn't bear to watch so many innocent people die under the conspiracy, and thought about how to do it.

"Let people inadvertently tell the news of the Twelve Princes' massive hoarding of food and medicinal herbs to the advisors of the Great Prince, and then spread the word that there will be a plague after the flood, and we will make Jing Sheng's gains outweigh the losses."

has lived in Dajing for ten years, Mu Qingwan is no longer the little white who has been quiet in the past, Jing Sheng is hostile to himself, and has even secretly sent someone to inquire about his news, if he hadn't sent someone to reveal the news of Mu Qingyun's friendship with him, I'm afraid Jing Sheng has already sent someone to deal with him. Therefore, Jing Sheng is capricious, which has to be guarded against.

Hu Zhao smiled knowingly, Miss is really wonderful to do this, the twelve princes are strong supporters of the four princes, and the four princes and the eldest prince are opposites, revealing the news to the eldest prince can make the people of the two factions fight, why not? Hu Zhao looked at Mu Qingwan, the current miss is not the same as in the past, she knows how to take advantage of the situation and use her strength, but no matter what the young lady becomes, she is her own master and her own savior.

Because of the severe drought, cracks have appeared in the fields and the lotus pond has dried up...... Ten days later, however, the rain came.

The heavy rain came unexpectedly, and even Qin Tianjian couldn't predict it. This time it was ten years old, but there was still no sign of stopping, and people went from the initial joy to panic.

The eldest prince proposed to Emperor Jianye in the early dynasty to take precautions as soon as possible to prevent the occurrence of flooding disasters. Moreover, a flood must be followed by a plague, as is recorded in history. Therefore, the eldest prince also proposed that Emperor Jianye prepare a large number of medicinal materials......

The eldest prince's hand caught the Four Princes Party off guard, after all, the people of the Four Princes' faction were waiting for the opportunity to make contributions, but the eldest prince took the lead in proposing it after a few days of preparation.

When Emperor Jianye asked who should be handed over to this matter, the eldest prince proposed to let the twelve princes go. The reason is that the Twelfth Prince is already older, and it's time to train himself, like the Eleventh Prince, who is only one year older than him, has now followed the Seventh Prince to the battlefield...... The words of the eldest prince made Emperor Jianye very moved, after all, such an opportunity to make meritorious contributions was given to his younger brother by the eldest prince, which made him feel that he was a brother and a brother. Emperor Jianye praised the eldest prince for this, which made the people of the Four Princes Party vomit blood in depression, which really outweighed the losses.