The eighth master had only been gone for a morning, and she actually began to think about him. This really doesn't bode well.

Mao Tongtong shook his head violently, as if he wanted to shake off the miss for the eighth master in his heart.

"Gege, what's wrong with you? Do you have a headache? Qingzhu said with concern on the side.

"yes, I didn't take any medicine today!" Mao Tongtong said casually.

"Huh?" Qingzhu was stunned, the medicine for conditioning the body, I had already drunk it in the morning, why didn't I take the medicine?

"Let's go, let's enjoy the flowers." Mao Tongtong didn't explain, and pulled the green bamboo and walked out.

"Don't worry, tie your cloak first." Qingzhu hurriedly returned to Shinto.

Mao Tongtong said to Qingmiao who was standing aside: "Bring my sketchbook!" ”

"Okay, Gege." Seedlings hurriedly went to get it.

Out of the house, Mao Tongtong raised his head and squinted his eyes to feel the warm sunshine, and the faint sorrow in his heart dissipated.

One person is just free, so don't waste time thinking about someone!

"Ahh The eighth master, who had already left the capital, sneezed.

"Eighth brother, don't get cold." The prince said with concern.

"Brother is fine." The eighth master rubbed his nose and replied.

"It's a good day, let's hurry more." Prince Road.

"Okay." The eighth master naturally has no opinion.

The two of them sped up again and galloped on the official road.

On the third day after the prince and the eighth master left, Jingzhong received an urgent report that there was a riot in SD, and some victims had forced the grain in the granary, and there was a conflict with local officials.

Kangxi counted the itinerary, the prince and the eighth master should not have entered the SD territory yet. But they were on the way, and the news couldn't be delivered. If the two of them blindly enter SD like this, they are likely to encounter danger.

"Huang Ama, you should let the SD governor send troops to suppress it." The fourth master proposed.

Kangxi frowned. Repression is for sure. It's just that there is such a ****, and it is even more difficult for the prince and the eighth child to investigate.

He looked at the courtiers and his sons who were standing below. In the end, Kangxi did not send anyone to support the prince and the eighth master. However, he adopted the suggestion of the fourth master and immediately issued an order to the SD governor, asking him to immediately transfer troops to suppress it.

But there is still no mention of the news that the prince and the eighth master went to SD.

The crown prince and the eighth master who were walking on the road did not know at all.

Although they did not enter SD territory at this time, they had already encountered victims along the road, and they also inquired about the situation by the way.

SD Zibo is seriously affected by snow, although the government has set up porridge sheds and opened granaries, but it cannot guarantee that every victim will be fed.

Crucially, the heavy snow caused damage to many people's homes. The local government said that the imperial court had not allocated any money, and that it was unable to resettle these homeless people, so they had to be displaced.

If they can't go on, they will beg along the road and flee in the direction of the capital. There are also those who want to wait to see if the imperial court can help, so they stay in the local area and do not leave.

"It shouldn't be! They had long been asked to make a budget and estimate the foreseeable damage in advance. If it is not enough, you can apply for silver from the imperial court first. How could there be such a big gap? The eighth master frowned.

He has been in the household department for several days, and he has read the data from the newspapers in various places. He remembered that at that time, SD also reported the shortage of silver grain, and because the amount was relatively large, he also deliberately calculated it according to SD's taxes and disasters in previous years. In the end, it was reported to the emperor Ama for approval and the allocation was continued.

Now there will be a situation where there is no money to settle the people, which is obviously wrong.

"Was it a miscalculation at the time?" Prince Road.

The eighth master shook his head, pursed his lips and did not speak. If it is really a miscalculation, then the officials of SD Province will be very responsible.

"Whatever the case, you have to get there first. We're also listening to the victims. They're just guessing. What's going on, you'll have to check it out to know. The prince said.

The eighth master nodded and said, "What the second brother said is true." Tomorrow we will enter the territory of SD. Looking at the current situation, I think it's better for us not to ride horses, it's too eye-catching. ”

"Isn't it too slow?" The prince frowned.

"Let's go get a carriage." The eighth master said: "I heard that I was so affected by the disaster, and I came to my hometown to pick up my relatives." ”

The prince thought for a while, nodded and said, "It's okay." Everyone else is fleeing. We're going to go in, and we're going to have to find an excuse. ”

No matter how plainly dressed they are, they look like they are also children of rich and noble families.

Chen Guo and Xiao Chongzi managed to get a carriage. In this way, the prince and the eighth master were still comfortable, and began to ride in the carriage.

On the second day, there were even more victims of SD. Sometimes you can even see people starving to death on the side of the road.

The crown prince and the eighth master couldn't bear to see it, and they became more and more interested in this trip.

When the two of them were about to arrive in Zibo, they learned that there was a riot there, but fortunately, the SD governor transferred troops in time and suppressed it.

"It seems that things are more serious and complicated than we thought." The eighth master frowned.

In fact, under normal circumstances, the likelihood of a civil uprising is very small. Either someone instigated the coaxing and deliberately took advantage of it; Either that, life really can't go on, and you can't do it if you don't resist.

"No matter how complicated it is, there are times when clues are revealed." The prince said with a calm face.

The eighth master glanced sideways at the prince and said, "Second brother, do we want to go our separate ways?" ”

"Let's go together." The prince said: "For the sake of safety, let's not separate." ”

"Okay, let's just have a discussion together." The eighth master nodded.

In the evening, the two rested in the inn. The eighth master was lying on the bed, but he couldn't sleep.

The scenes he saw during the day came to his mind from time to time, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

When I was in the capital, most of what I heard was the good news of singing praises and praising virtue and peace in the world. Even if there is a disaster, it is a report of timely prevention, the disaster is not serious, and the people are well resettled.

But now that I see it with my own eyes, I find that the truth is very different from the report!

The report said that the disaster situation here is serious, and the people's will may be unstable. As a result, before they arrived, the riot had already taken place. Obviously, there are still reservations about the report.

When they entered the city today, they also saw the porridge shack set up by the government. It's just that each person can only receive two bowls of gruel a day, and they can't eat enough at all. There were no makeshift huts in the city for the people to resettle. Many people sleep in damaged houses or in dilapidated temples on the outskirts of the city.

It's just that such a house can't shelter from the cold. Often, after a night, a few people will freeze to death.

He also asked the local people whether the government had opened a warehouse to release grain. The answer was no. According to the county order, due to last year's poor harvest, there was not much grain in the granary, which was only enough to set up a porridge shed, not enough to distribute grain.

But as far as he knows about Zibo, judging from the harvest and taxes reported last year, the grain in the granary should be sufficient.