Chapter 145: The Plague Is Not the Most Terrible
What King Qi was thinking in his heart, Zhou Yiting knew it clearly in his heart.
Even if King Qi can't support the mud on the wall, he is also worthy of Xiao Xiang's position as the prince?
It's stupid and ridiculous!
Zhou Yiting's faint gaze swept over King Qi's body, and the ridicule in his eyes flashed.
"What about the rest of the people in the city? How are you settled? Zhou Yiting asked again.
Gou Shilang was stunned, obviously surprised by the stupidity of His Royal Highness the King of Qi and couldn't extricate himself, he couldn't answer the conversation for a while, and then looked at the prince's young but extremely sharp face.
Zhou Yiting didn't expect that just asking such an ordinary and normal question would be cold, and it was clear that King Qi's mentally retarded questions were answered fluently by Master Gou.
Could it be that he mistook this Master Gou? Still is...... King Qi's stupidity, is it really so lethal?
Zhou Yiting was dissatisfied, and coughed lightly and heavily, reminding Gou Shilang of his gaffe.
Gou Shilang came back to his senses, and looked at Zhou Yiting's eyes more and more subtle: "If you go back to Your Highness, the city is currently divided into two areas, east and west, those without epidemic are gathered in the west, and those infected with the epidemic stay in the east, and the middle is strictly divided by lime and other things. As for the number of dead and wounded, it is being registered, but because of the large number of people, there are no concrete results yet......"
Zhou Yiting nodded, and asked again: "What about the corpse, how did you deal with it?" ”
Wei Wei said that the reason why the epidemic is easily contagious, the disposal of corpses is the key.
Although Zhou Yiting doesn't know medical skills, he trusts Yunwei very much, and naturally takes her words to heart.
Lord Gou is obviously not a dog official, let alone a mediocre person, and when he saw this, he replied more and more neatly: "If you go back to Your Highness, the ministers have already issued an order that all bodies found will be buried in a centralized manner, and the corresponding pension silver will be issued to the family......"
When Zhou Yiting heard this, he frowned and interrupted: "It's not okay to just bury it." It was ordered that in the future, if a body is found, whether it is a human or an animal, it will be burned on the spot and buried with lime. "Weiwei said that only by burning to ashes can the spread of the epidemic be effectively controlled.
When Gou Shilang heard this, he was a little worried, and looked at Zhou Yiting after a few words, and then pondered in his heart for a while, and then said, "Your Highness, I'm afraid this won't work." If the bodies of those victims are destroyed, they are afraid that their relatives will make a fuss. Moreover, due to the increasingly serious epidemic in recent days, the victims gathered in the west have already blocked the city gate many times and are clamoring to leave the city......"
Wherever the epidemic occurs, it is often forbidden to enter but not to leave, especially in Lin'an City, an important town with developed waterway transportation, these officials are even more afraid to let the victims out of the city.
If there are people carrying the epidemic to go out, it will be a big mess.
At this time, if the government comes forward to burn the bodies of the relatives of those victims, won't it add fuel to the fire and arouse the people's anger even more?
When the time comes, as soon as things get bigger, I'm afraid it will really be irreparable and out of control!
Gou Shilang was old and serious, so he naturally didn't dare to take this risk, so he vaguely reminded Zhou Yiting.
Zhou Yiting had already prepared, "Master Gou doesn't have to worry. All you need to do is put up notices around the city, and tell the victims that the court will give their relatives ten times the amount of money if their bodies are burned. This palace thinks that these victims are also reasonable people, so naturally they will not make trouble anymore. ”
Ten times the amount of money?
Who will pay for it?
You must know that the imperial court disaster relief is a fixed number.
Gou Shilang boldly asked, "Your Highness, I'm afraid this is not in line with the rules of the imperial court." This extra money, the household department ......"
Zhou Yiting smiled, but looked back at King Qi. "Second brother, before leaving, my father instructed that this time my two brothers came to Lin'an for disaster relief, and they must help each other and work together. So this silver, it's up to you to go to the household department to ask for it, it should be no problem, right? ”
Of course there is a problem!
The corners of King Qi's mouth twitched, and he didn't dare to refute the prince's words in public, so he only arched his hand and said, "Brother Chen, do your best." "Big brother, are you deliberately cheating on me?
What about you?
Zhou Yiting stretched out his hand and patted King Qi's shoulder, and smiled extraordinarily meaningfully: "This palace believes that the second brother, with the second brother's ability, will definitely be able to handle this matter." ”
Liu Shangshu, who is now in charge of the treasury, is the maternal grandfather of the prince of Qi, and the king of Qi went to ask for silver, so naturally there is no problem. Even if there is a problem, it will be King Qi's problem at that time, and it will naturally have nothing to do with the crown prince Zhou Yiting.
Lord Gou and the others are all smart people, and after they met, they all turned around and saluted King Qi, "The ministers and others are on behalf of the people of Lin'an, thank you to His Royal Highness the King of Qi!" ”
King Qi: "......" these people are joining forces to bully him, right?
Next, Zhou Yiting and Gou Shilang asked and answered, and talked endlessly, King Qi was inexplicably pitted, and he was impatient in his heart, but now seeing that everyone ignored him, His Royal Highness the Prince, he simply walked away.
Walking to the side, King Qi glared at his chamberlain: "When will the meal start?" Don't you see that it's getting dark? Do you want to starve this king to death? ”
After such a long journey, he was already hungry.
The waiter lowered his head: "......" His Royal Highness the Crown Prince hasn't come over yet, how can he start a meal?"
King Qi was ignored, and became more and more annoyed, kicked the little chamberlain fiercely, and walked straight to the curling smoke.
He didn't believe it, he was a dignified prince, and he couldn't eat a hot meal first?
The meal has already been prepared, a few very simple side dishes, accompanied by a large pot of rice, and the game that the pro-soldiers picked on the road a few days ago. However, there is not much game, and it can only be enjoyed by a few nobles.
King Qi walked over and took the freshly roasted pheasant, and it was the fattest one.
Everyone was speechless: "......" King Qi doesn't know that it is for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?
His Royal Highness King Qi, who has always been well-dressed and well-fed, does not know what everyone thinks.
In his opinion, he is a dignified prince, what's wrong with eating a pheasant?
What's more, this pheasant is really not roasted!
For a while, King Qi was so angry that he couldn't swallow it, and muttered dissatisfiedly: "When you roast pheasants, don't you know how to smear some honey on them?" ”
The crowd moved their lips and did not dare to speak.
What should I do, as soon as I opened my mouth, I wanted to scold this straw bale King Qi for a bloody squirt.
When King Qi saw that everyone ignored him, he became more and more dissatisfied.
Everyone was embarrassed, but fortunately, at this moment, Zhou Yiting came over with everyone.
King Qi snorted coldly, and finally stopped.
No matter how stupid he is, he knows that now Zhou Yiting is the king, he is a minister, in front of Zhou Yiting, he doesn't dare to go crazy at will, no matter how dissatisfied he is, he can only endure it until he ......
Thinking of the trick that his grandfather sent him before leaving, King Qi lowered his head, and a vicious and smug light flashed in his eyes.
Zhou Yiting didn't have much appetite, and halfway through eating, he asked Gou Shilang: "Where do you rest on weekdays?" ”
It was getting late, and they had been on the road for several days without stopping, and now that they had arrived at the place, it was time to find a place to settle down temporarily. Before leaving, ---- little wild cat told him that the body was the capital of the revolution, and that only when he had rested could he do more for the victims......
Although, he did not understand what revolution meant. But what does it matter?
In short, what the little wild cat said was all right.
Zhou Yiting, the future wife and slave, thought that although his little wild cat was often duplicitous, he was also worried about himself, and his mood suddenly improved.
When Gou Shilang heard this, he hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks, got up and said, "If you go back to Your Highness, the ministers have built some grass huts and wooden huts outside the city. ”
The weather in July was very unfriendly to the dead, the corpses decomposed very quickly, and the situation in Lin'an City was extremely complicated, so the officials who came to relieve the disaster naturally did not dare to live too far away from Lin'an City.
What's more, Lin'an City suffered a catastrophe this time, and the situation was very unpleasant; Therefore, even if the heaven and earth are the seats, they can make do, and those who have wooden huts and straw huts can shade the sun and rain, and the conditions are good.
Gou Shilang and other officials in the capital have been pampered in the capital all the year round, and they didn't want to live so roughly, but the things here in Lin'an City are really too big, and the so-called national attention is nothing more than that.
In this way, once there is a wind and grass here, it can reach the ears of the emperor---- if the news of their greed for pleasure during the disaster relief reaches the emperor, then they can't think of dying.
He has been the right attendant of the household department for so many years, and he has never been reused by Liu Shangshu. If he performs well in this disaster relief, then his position should also be moved. ---- Liu Shangshu and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have always been openly and secretly not dealing with each other, but now he has won the appreciation of His Royal Highness the Prince, and Liu Shangshu ...... It's old after all.
Master Gou is not stupid and knows where his future is.
Zhou Yiting nodded, did not speak, but thought of Yunwei's advice in his heart. ---- the little wild cat said that the plague was not the most terrible, the most terrible...... It's the plague. So, he had to guard against it.
Fortunately, it seems that there are no signs of plague outbreak in Lin'an City, so it is already a blessing.
Zhou Yiting has no objection to living in a shack outside the city.
But King Qi, who has always been pampered and afraid of death, quit.
It's only been a day since Lin'an, and he has been a backstabber, and he has been cheated of money, and now he has to live with those who are infected with the plague across the wall?
How can this work?
His dignified His Royal Highness the King of Qi can't stand this grievance!
"How can a straw hut live in people?" King Qi frowned, glanced at Zhou Yiting, rolled his eyes, coughed and said, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has a noble status, how can he afford to miss a little?" And all of you are also disaster relief officials, if you live uncomfortably and your body is exhausted, it is also a loss for the imperial court. ”
Is only Zhou Yiting going to dump the pot?
He will too!
King Qi was secretly proud.