"This natural disaster is cloudy and rainy, and the continuous rainy season has caused the water level of Taihu Lake to rise sharply and not reach the embankment, which in turn has caused the surrounding land to suffer from flooding, and what does it have to do with the so-called dragon king's anger."

"What the prince said is that these are just wishful thinking of the foolish people, and it is even more nonsense to sacrifice the dragon king with a living person."

Zhu Houwei said solemnly: "Zi Bu said that the power is chaotic, since Fu Zun knows that this is nonsense, when he encounters such a thing, he should stop it, who dares to go his own way, when he is arrested and convicted, human sacrifice is in vain for human life, and it is almost the same as murder, if Fu Zun is left alone, it is to help the murderer."

Feng Rui swallowed his saliva and said bitterly: "What the prince said is that he must be vigilant in the future."

Zhu Houwei looked at the people who knelt on the ground and sighed: "You literati who read the books of sages and take the career of official careers know the truth, ordinary people will not understand, when they encounter these disasters that cannot be resisted by manpower, they can only pin their hopes on ghosts and gods, this is ignorance caused by ignorance, and it is impossible to resolve it for a while, but this cannot be done does not mean that the government can implement the government of Huang Lao."

Feng Rui couldn't figure out what Zhu Houwei meant, and he didn't dare to answer, but kept wiping the cold sweat on his head with his sleeve.

"The flood of Taihu Lake is rooted in Taihu Lake, how to make Taihu Lake no longer flood in the year of heavy rain or minimize the possibility of catastrophe is the fundamental solution, Governor Feng."

"The lower official is here."

Zhu Houwei said with a smile: "This king knows that you are quite unwilling to be re-elected as the prefect of Huzhou, but even if you are transferred out of office this time, even if you don't go to the place and go to the capital, with your grade and connections, it is estimated that you can only spend a cold time in Qingshui Yamen, so why not make some political achievements in the local area and benefit the people, and even if it is not good, you can leave a heavy mark on the Huzhou Mansion Chronicles and pass it on to future generations."

Feng Rui lost his voice and said: "Lord Wang, the lower official ......"

Zhu Houwei stretched out his hand to stop Feng Rui's words and said, "This king will not make it difficult for others, nor will he forcibly interfere with your stay or stay, but this king can give you a chance."

"What do you mean?"

"This king can write to the imperial court to let you stay in Huzhou, and Feng Zhifu only needs to do one thing during his stay, as long as he does this well, then this king can strongly recommend Feng Zhifu to the imperial brother, and Feng Zhifu will enter Beijing at that time, and he will have a bright future."

"What the prince wants to do is to govern Taihu Lake?"

"Not bad." Zhu Houwei showed a knowing smile on his face, these literati who have read the books of sages all their lives are not completely useless, at least they don't have to be too tired to talk to them.

Today's Taihu Lake is not like the pollution of heavy industry, which has caused the lake water to deteriorate or even stink, and environmental remediation is still a false proposition in today's era of agriculture, so there is no need to spend a lot of effort to do this.

"If you want Taihu Lake not to have a catastrophe, in the eyes of this king, the main thing is to clean up the algae in Taihu Lake, clean up the silt of the lake and strengthen and extend the lake embankment, this king does not want to receive any brilliant results, but he never wants to see Taihu Lake, the lake that feeds the life of dozens of millions of people, eventually becomes a sword hanging over the heads of the people."

Feng Rui smiled bitterly: "What the prince said is that the benefits of Taihu Lake governance are well known, and the prefectures around the lake will also levy conscription from time to time to do it, but if you want to cure ...... eradication."

"This king didn't think it could be cured." Zhu Houwei shook his head and said: "What this king wants is that Taihu Lake will not become a disaster in a year of abundant rain!"

"Xia Guan understands, Xia Guan understands, just want to greatly control Taihu Lake, even if a large number of levies are levied, it will also require a lot of money, although Huzhou Mansion is rich, but this year is a disaster, and the tax is stretched, if it is ......"

Zhu Houwei was silent, he also knew that what he thought was a little simple, the governance of Taihu Lake is not a matter of lip service, in the face of such a large-scale project, manpower and financial resources are indispensable.

It's okay to say that manpower is okay, after all, there are people who can be driven by forced labor, not that Zhu Houwei is more in favor of using this kind of free labor, but the current national conditions are like this, he is not the emperor yet, and he can't interfere in the affairs of the system, otherwise it is taboo.

"This king will write to the imperial court, explaining the disadvantages of Taihu Lake now and the benefits of governing it in the future, so that the imperial court will exempt Huzhou from taxes this year and next year, and if it is possible to allocate some more silver, even if it is not allocated, this king will pay 100,000 taels out of his own pocket."

Feng Rui couldn't believe his ears, he had only heard of the prince who made a lot of money, and he had never heard of the vassal king who scattered wealth.

And King Yong opened a restaurant and a money village in Huzhou Mansion, what does this mean?

It shows that King Yong loves money, but now that I think about it, even if King Yong loves money, he has taken it in a good way, and he has never taken it from the people.

And I also heard that because of this catastrophe, King Yong reduced the rent and tax of 200,000 acres of land under his name, so that countless people even set up an immortal tablet for King Yong at home!

One by one, it all shows that King Yong is not a powerful man who only wants to accumulate wealth, but a good king who really puts the people in his heart.

"The prince's heart and subordinates admire it, and the officials have thanked the people of Huzhou for the kindness of the prince in this generation." After speaking, Feng Rui took a deep look and was convinced.

"Huzhou is the fief of this king, and the people in the fief are also the people of this king, and this king should do this, and the government does not need to be grateful." Zhu Houwei walked up to the two girls who were about to be sacrificed and smiled, "What's your name?"

The woman on the left was obviously calmer and said: "Back to the prince, the slave family's name is Wu Xueyu, this is the slave's cousin, named Wu Qiulu."

Zhu Houwei hummed and said: "God has the virtue of a good life, how can he be willing to see the people martyred, since this king has made a move, your people will not dare to embarrass you in the future, so go home."

The two women looked at each other, and suddenly they both bowed down, Wu Xueyu wept: "The two slave families are abandoned by the clansmen, and they don't want to go back to Wuji Town in this life, so I implore the prince to take in our two lonely women, as long as they can have a mouthful of food, they will be cattle and horses in this life, and they will warm the bed and quilt, and they will never complain."

Wu Deyun, who was kneeling in front, raised his head slightly when he heard this, and a trace of anger flashed in his eyes, but he was glared at by Zhou Ning, and he quickly lowered his head in fright, his body was still trembling slightly.

Zhu Houwei was quite speechless, the intentions of the Wu women had been clearly stated, they wanted to enter the palace to be maids, or even concubines......

To be honest, the two daughters are good, it's a pity to be a maid, but the concubine ......

Now there is a charming beauty in the palace that he has not touched, how can he accept more beauties, but if you don't take these two girls back, I'm afraid the only ending is to live on the streets, for such a woman, what will happen in the end can be imagined.

It seems that he can only bring it back first, who will make him kind......