Chapter 587: Asking for Rain

Concubine Yun's incident, the father obviously found out something, but he didn't blame him, and even did something about Concubine Yun's matter.

He didn't even give a concubine to the third brother, the fifth brother didn't say anything, the two of them have always been in a group, the fifth brother didn't even go to the yamen, and he knew that his father would not give him that position, and the rest of the seventh concubine was grounded for life, and the seventh also married a princess of Beiliang as a concubine, with Beiliang's ambition for Daxing, I also knew that my father would not let the seventh sit in that position, as for the eighth, the concubine who married was not bad, but the eighth rarely had no mind for that position.

Therefore, the princess may have also seen this, so she asked Hongmei to cooperate with him to come up with such a drama of begging for rain.

Rather than using that magical power to split people, he is more willing to use it to help these suffering people.

So, he calmly went to the altar, as soon as the time Hongmei said came, he began to recite the sacrificial words, Ye Moxuan stood next to him with a protector attitude, anyway, he positioned himself as a backstopper, and it was the credit of the sixth brother, and it was all his fault if it didn't work out.

However, as soon as noon came, as Ye Hanyu's voice sounded, the originally clear weather blew the wind, and the robes of the two people who were blown by the wind were hunting, and the people below all looked up at the sky, their faces full of excitement.

Immediately afterwards, the sun in the sky was obscured by dark clouds, and the entire Anyang County was suddenly dark.

Ye Moxuan was overjoyed, and quickly took a big step back, she didn't expect the sixth brother and sister to be so powerful, she said that if she asked for rain at noon in early August, she would definitely be able to ask for heavy rain, and this rain was really coming!

As the last character in Ye Hanyu's mouth fell, a thunderbolt sounded in the sky, and then the raindrops the size of beans fell, "It's raining, it's really raining!" God is gracious, God is gracious, we are finally saved. ”

"God is gracious, the emperor blesses you~"

The heavy rain fell, but the people were not afraid of being caught in the rain at all, they all knelt on the ground, kowtowed to God, kowtowed to the two princes, and then held the rain in their hands and drank it in their mouths, and even simply opened their mouths and directly raised their heads to catch it with their mouths.

In the room where Hongmei Qingzhu was resting in the backyard of the prefect's yamen, Hongmei quickly packed up her baggage: "Master, do you really want to leave now?" It's raining heavily now, and it's definitely not safe on the road~"

Gu Wanning, who was dressed in men's clothes, waved her hand indifferently, "Naturally, I want to go back, this trip takes a bit long, and I don't worry about the two children, you two must not show your mouth in front of the prince." ”

Hongmei nodded, however, she always felt that the prince might have discovered something, but there have been many things in the past few days, and he may not have reacted yet......

At this time, Chunlan, who was also dressed in men's clothes, walked in, "Master, the carriage is ready." ”

Gu Wanning carried her own burden, picked up the oil-paper umbrella placed at the door, and followed Chunlan into the rain and fog.

Hongmei and the two were about to send it, but she stopped them: "Protect the prince, I'll wait for you to come back in the capital." ”

In the pouring rain, the guards in their robes drove the carriage all the way north.

The two brothers, who were drenched on their heads, ran into the county hall with light steps, "I don't know if it's raining in other places in Zhongzhou, send someone to take a look." "In fact, as long as there is rain in most areas, and this rain lasts a little longer, this drought will be greatly alleviated.

Ye Hanyu, who calmed down a little, always felt that there was something wrong with today's heavy rain, the princess was in the capital, her ring was really so powerful, could it still make it rain in Zhongzhou?

Moreover, if there is a mistake or a slight error in timing, this prayer for rain will fail.

Also, if she had such a plan, she could have started asking him to ask for rain when he arrived in Zhongzhou, but she had clearly waited for several days, what was she waiting for?

It looks like they're waiting for someone to come!

Those people rushed to catch insects for food and water, but they are also the best mouthpiece, I believe that it will not be long before some news spreads here in Zhongzhou.

Combined with the two of them who had always felt that something was wrong, Ye Hanyu slapped the table and raised his legs towards the resting place of the two maidservants in the backyard.

Hongmei, who had just sent people away, was shocked when she heard this hurried knock on the door, and then quickly opened the door, "Lord, why are you here?" Why didn't you have an umbrella in such a heavy rain? ”

Ye Hanyu didn't speak, but went straight into the room where the two were resting, but unfortunately there were only two daughters in it, Hongmei and Qingzhu, and there was no one he imagined at all.

Then, without saying a word, he left the room.

After he left, the two girls breathed a long sigh of relief, no wonder the master had to leave immediately, he must have thought that the prince would be suspicious, but fortunately, the master has always had no last resort.

The rain poured heavily for three days, and the guards sent out also came back to report, this rain covered a wide area, and almost all of the entire Zhongzhou was taken care of, and the grain they brought all the way from the capital was also distributed, and they bought a lot of grain in other places and transported it to all parts of Zhongzhou, so the price of rice in all parts of Zhongzhou dropped in just a few days.

Locusts are afraid of water, and a heavy rain has drastically reduced the number of locusts, but the government still posted a notice that locusts can be exchanged for food.

As a result, the people of Anyang County, whose number had increased by an unknown number of times, continued to carry a cloth bag to the countryside to catch locusts, and soon the locusts were extinct in Anyang.

After the heavy rain, afraid of a big epidemic, Ye Hanyu always sent people to pay attention to the news of several surrounding counties, and in the evening, the guards came to report, Xu Boqing asked to see.

Xu Boqing is now working in the Ministry of Industry, this time Ye Hanyu came to Zhongzhou for disaster relief, and the emperor also sent some officials to follow, and Xu Boqing happened to be assigned over.

Ye Hanyu asked people to invite him in.

"Xiaguan has seen the prince."

"No need to be polite, sit down, is there something wrong with coming over today?"

"Xiaguan does have something."

As he spoke, Xu Boqing took out a map.

"Xia Guan studied the climate of Zhongzhou over the years and found that every few years there will be a drought or locust plague or flood in Zhongzhou, and every time the court allocates two or three million taels of silver for disaster relief, even so, the population of Zhongzhou will be greatly reduced.

A few days ago, the heavy rain in Anyang poured for three consecutive days, and there was a situation of water accumulation on the ground, and the lower officials felt that it was possible to build a few ditches, and when it rained a lot, it would be used to store water, and when the rain was less, it could be used for irrigation, and even, from Anyang to the Yellow River was only more than 300 miles, and the water of the Yellow River was brought into Anyang, and if the canals were repaired well, even the nearby counties and villages could benefit. ”

As he spoke, he picked up the map and drew it on it, "If the prince thinks that the project is expensive and a waste of silver, we can do it in Anyang first."