“...... This year's drought in Nancheng Kingdom can be described as a great joy! Congratulations to Your Majesty!"

"Good, good, hahahaha!"

The Emperor of Dongyu Kingdom sat on the dragon chair and clapped his hands, and his fat body trembled and trembled, and the fat could be said to fluctuate like a wave.

Wei Xi couldn't help but feel sick to his stomach when he saw it, how much did he eat so fat?

"Wei Aiqing, this is indeed a happy event, don't you say?" The fat and greasy emperor squinted his pitiful eyes with a smile, looking at this new prime minister's deputy, everyone has a love for beauty, let alone a mediocre and lascivious emperor.

"Your Majesty is right, congratulations to Your Majesty!" Wei Xi flattered himself in the evening, and his heart was disgusted with himself ten thousand times, and it was really enough to do this.

Annihilation Heng is very ambitious, and wants to control the Donglu Imperial Court, and has been constantly installing his subordinates to serve in various departments of the imperial court, and this time, he arranged for Wei Xi to come to the prime minister's side as a deputy to assist the prime minister, which is not a small official.

The emperor of the Eastern Trail Kingdom was mediocre, the court was extremely corrupt, and as long as there was money, any big and small official could be bought. Wei Xiwan's position as a deputy can be said to be an important foundation for the Ink Owl Alliance, and Yan Heng has high hopes for her.

It is not uncommon for women to be officials here, and the inferiority of men and women is not obvious here. Although no empress has ever ascended the throne, there are still a few who have become prime ministers.

"Wei Aiqing, if I remember correctly, you only took office last month, right?"

"Yes, Your Majesty. ”

"Okay, okay, I will send you to Nancheng in three days to have a look, and bring more happy events back to me hahaha!"

"Wechen obeyed. Wei Xi was disgusted for a while, she knew how much a year's drought would cause a country, what would happen to those thousands of peasants, and famine was the most direct consequence. Going to Nancheng is bound to be a tragic phenomenon.

"Then let's go, and by the way, inquire about the news of Prince Nancheng. Yan Heng said to Wei Xiwan, who came back to report.

Nancheng has a year of drought, and the prince seems to have no heart to deal with the Mo Owl Alliance. Yan Heng has also been comfortable for a year on this Tianyao Mountain, which is surrounded by cliffs on three sides, this is his old lair, the terrain of Tianyao Mountain is absolutely easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is an excellent place, the Ink Owl Alliance is entrenched here, and he thinks he is very safe.

After Wei Xi received the order late, he began to prepare for departure. In the past month, in addition to the three people arranged by the imperial court to accompany her, there is also a woman arranged by Annihilation Heng, who is responsible for protecting and assisting her as a maid.

The country in the east is the weakest, from top to bottom, the degree of corruption is outrageous, and local oppression and common people are even more common. Wei Xiwan always felt that if this continued, the destruction of the Eastern Drag Kingdom was coming.

On the other hand, the Beiyu Kingdom is rich in products, has strong national strength, and has a Ming monarch, which is the most powerful among the four countries.

The emperor of Xiyue is also as mediocre as Dongtuo, but the general of Xiyue is brave and good at fighting, and he is terrifying, so Xiyue is not easy to mess with.

Nancheng was mediocre, neither the most powerful nor an outstanding general. But the politics are clear, and the people can live and work in peace and contentment, if it were not for the great drought this year.

Wei Xiwan was very curious about Prince Nancheng, and it was rumored that Prince Nancheng changed his temperament five years ago, when he was fifteen years old, and he jumped from an incompetent prince to a prince, and made a lot of achievements for the Qingming and the people of the Nancheng court.

But rumors are rumors after all, and what is it, I didn't know until Nancheng that this was also her task.

"Sister Wei, are you hungry?" Zikui asked with a bun in his hand.

Wei Xi was asleep sitting in the carriage at night, and as soon as the quilt Zikui asked, he woke up again, rubbed his eyes, and looked helpless: "Don't be hungry, you can eat." ”

"Okay!" seemed to be looking forward to this sentence for a long time, and this bun instantly became a new guest in Zikui's stomach.

Is this the person sent to protect her Wei Xiwan that Wei Heng said? Wei Xiwan couldn't help but wonder, looking at this situation, who protects whom is not certain. It's simply ...... It's a child! Muttering and muttering all the way, it is difficult for Wei Xi to sleep quietly at night.

"Sister Wei, look what that is!"

"What's wrong again?" I saw Zikui open the curtain of the carriage, with an excited face.

"Sister Wei, we have arrived in Nancheng Kingdom!

As soon as these words came out, Wei Xi was sleepy at all, and quickly opened the curtain to see, the dust was flying, and the national border monument was not far ahead, and it was indeed there.

Nancheng country, Teng Taicheng.

This is the closest city to the country of Togaku, and the border with the country of Togashi is only half a pillar of incense. However, Wei Xiwan found that the defense of Tengtaicheng City was not strict, and he must have felt that Dongtuo Country was not to worry.

The group rested in the small inn in Tengtaicheng, set up the carriages and horses, put down their bags, and Wei Xi went out with Zikui in the evening.

Unexpectedly, when approaching the border of Nancheng, Wei Xiwan had already seen the traces of drought on the ground, and the closer he got to Nancheng, the drier it became. I thought that as soon as I entered Nancheng Country, I would see the tragic feelings of the people of the great drought, but I didn't.

Teng Taicheng seemed to be all right, and there was no famine and turmoil at all that she imagined. The market is still lively, and the people do not see the sadness of the great drought on their faces.

"Uncle, where is the well water?" Wei Xiwan asked an uncle who was buying gourds, she wanted to know if the news transmission was wrong, and the drought in Nancheng was not as serious as described.

Uncle put down the gourd in his hand and looked Wei Xiwan up and down: "Girl, is it from another country? ”

What was the matter with the uncle's calm face? Wei Xiwan was puzzled, so he asked, "Where does the uncle go to get water?"

"The canal in the city!" said the uncle, as he continued to pick up the gourd, "and you go all the way down this street, and you will reach the canal in the city." ”

"Thank you, Uncle. ”

Wei Xiwan and Zikui asked all the way to the canal in the city, and the uncle said that it was not reliable to go all the way, but they took several turns to find it.

A man-dug water channel, about nine meters wide, stretches from east to west, spanning the entire Tengtai city.

Every two meters next to the channel, there are wooden barrels tied to ropes to draw water, like wooden barrels for water from a well.

In the middle of the city, the canal was built into a square cistern, and close to the top of the pool, there was a neat wooden bridge, which divided the huge square pool into nine hundred and eighty small squares, and the people could walk around on the small wooden bridge to get water.

The perfect combination of long and square makes the water storage reach the maximum.

Wei Xiwan couldn't help but be a little surprised, she had never seen such a cleverly designed water storage project in Dongyu Kingdom, which could accommodate thousands of people at the same time almost at a time.

"Zikui, go and inquire who built this canal. ”

"Okay, Sister Wei. ”

Wei Xi walked by the canal at night, marveling at this, and from time to time he could see the people who came here to fetch water.

With such an aqueduct in the city, it is no wonder that the year's drought did not have a great impact on Tengtaicheng.

Although it can be seen that the original water level of the aqueduct has dropped significantly, it can still be maintained for a few months, and spring will soon begin.

"Sister Wei, the canal was proposed by the deputy prime minister of the Nancheng court, as early as three years ago, after receiving the strong support of the prince, it began to be built in various cities in the country, and now most of the cities have been built, only a small part has not been completed, so that small part is a serious drought. ”

"With such a big project, why don't I know about it?" Wei Xiwan couldn't believe it.

"It's not that I don't know, it's that I don't feel at ease. Zikui replied with a sigh.

There is no help, Wei Xi was thinking about drawing a drawing back to Dongyu and building such a water storage project in Dongyu country, but now it suddenly occurred to him that such a corrupt Dongyao, even if the money of the imperial court is allocated, the officials are corrupt at all levels, and it is estimated that in the end they can't even buy a brick.

That's it, Wei Xiwan waved his hand helplessly, "Then let's go to the place where the drought is severe, and then go to the capital of Nancheng." ”

To complete the things assigned by the emperor as soon as possible, she planned to send the three officials back first, and she wanted to wander around for a while to complete the task assigned by Yan Heng.

The carriages and horses swayed from Tengtai City to Ganjiang City, where the drought was most severe.

Nancheng Palace.

"Your Highness, the carriage to Genjiang City is ready and ready to set off. ”

"Alright, let's go now. ”