Chapter 179: The Prince Goes to Pingzhou
Three days passed quickly.
Today is the day when Li Qian set off for Pingzhou to provide disaster relief and help the people.
Early in the morning, Li Qian was ready, in order to let Li Deyi see how concerned he was about this matter, he only brought a change of clothes with him to Pingzhou this time, and even the people who protected him only had a few guards.
And at this moment, as long as he waits for the approval of the household department, he will leave.
At the same time, among the households.
A household official found Pang Xuan with a document in his hand.
"My lord, the prince's paperwork has arrived."
When Pang Xuan heard this, he nodded, took the document and checked it, but when he finished reading the content of the document, Pang Xuan couldn't help but gasp.
"Good fellow, is the prince planning to hollow out our household?"
Pang Xuan frowned and said.
The content stated in the document is naturally about the disaster silver and food.
It's good to say that as long as the household department repairs a letter and sends it to Jiangnan, with the reserves of several cities and counties in the Jiangnan territory, it can also cope with it.
It's just that what Pang Xuan didn't expect was that in terms of disaster silver, Li Gan was so open-mouthed.
Ten million taels!
This is equivalent to the tax of the Dawu Dynasty for an entire year.
At this moment, Pang Xuan is a little difficult, this 10 million taels of households is not nothing, but if you want to take out so many silver taels at one time, even if you are afraid that the household department will hurt your muscles and bones.
"My lord, this is what the prince meant, we ......"
The person who spoke was none other than an official who had gone to the Prince's Mansion with Pang Xuan that day.
"Tell us to go down, if this matter is not done properly, we will be tantamount to offending the prince......"
Pang Xuan sighed helplessly, and then handed the hand Chinese book to the people below, and soon, the people of the household department began to operate.
It's just that when the 10 million taels of silver are ready, it will already be two days later.
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Starting from Kyoto, all the way, I don't know whether Li Gan is really very concerned about the affairs of Pingzhou or what, in these two days, Li Gan and his guards did not rest for a moment, day and night, and finally entered the boundary of Pingzhou in the early morning five days later.
Ping Chau was already a wasteland, and now the drought has made Ping Chau even more barren.
Rotten villages, deserted land, dust and sand everywhere, and corpses are buried under the deep sand.
The people who starved to death because they had no food became food for vultures, leaving behind skeletons that could not be corrupted for a long time.
The drought in Pingzhou has caused people to be displaced.
"Uncle, okay Uncle, I haven't eaten for three days."
"Okay, okay, give the child something to eat."
Along the way, the road was full of people begging along the road, these people were skinny, hungry, and even! There have been more than one scene of Yi Zi eating food.
Where had Li Gan, who had lived in the palace for a long time, seen such a scene, just looking at the scene in front of him, a trace of fear rose in Li Gan's heart.
"Quick! Strive to go to Tianzhu Castle before it gets dark! ”
The so-called out of sight is pure, although Li Gan and others came out this time with enough food, but when they saw these people begging along the road, Li Gan did not show great kindness, but wanted to leave here as soon as possible.
After about two hours, finally, a city not far in front of them came into the sight of Li Gan and the others.
And as Li Gan and the others got closer and closer to the city, he found that at this moment, dozens of figures appeared under the city gate.
The person at the head wears a pipe hat and an official uniform, and this person is the prefect who built the city today, Lu Wenbai!
"Xiaguan Wenbai knocks on His Royal Highness the Prince!"
After receiving the court documents, Yu Wenbai knew early in the morning that Li Gan would come to their Tianzhu City today, so he brought his family, the county government and others to the city gate early in the morning to greet them.
"Lord Tsung, don't be polite! Lord Yu, this prince is here to deal with the disaster in Pingzhou on the order of His Majesty, and I am afraid that there will be many things that need the assistance of Lord Yu in the future! ”
Li Qian said with a smile.
"Whatever His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said, His Majesty will definitely go all out!"
Lu Wenbai hurriedly spoke, and his face was full of flattering smiles.
He is just a county magistrate, with his identity, if it were not for this Pingzhou incident, how could he have the opportunity to meet the prince, this meeting, it is natural to have a tie.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has been traveling all the way, and His Royal Highness has already prepared a place to live for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in the morning, so it is better for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to rest for a while and find time to discuss this matter."
Hearing Wen Bai's words, Li Gan did not refuse, he was already very tired after a long journey day and night, and he was naturally very satisfied with Lu Wenbai's arrangement.
"Then there is Lord Laury."
"Prince, please!"
Lu Wenbai stepped aside and made a gesture of invitation to Li Gan, Li Gan immediately turned over and dismounted, handed over the horse rope to the guards, and then put his hands behind his back, and walked into the city side by side with Lu Wenbai.
And when Li Qian entered the Tianzhu City, he was surprised to find that the drought in Pingzhou was so severe now, but the Tianzhu City seemed to have not been affected at all.
The streets and alleys of the city were full of pedestrians, and the vendors along the road were shouting hard, which was very different from the scene he had encountered on the road before.
But Li Qian is not a mediocre person, he knows very well that the thriving scene in the city today is very likely to be deliberately done by this Wen Bai in order to show himself in front of him.
Li Gan did not debunk it, but said with a smile along the steps of Lu Wenbai: "Lord Lu is well governed, this day the city is built under the governance of Lord Lu, and the people are really living and working in peace and contentment." ”
"Thank you for the prince's praise, this is a matter within the subordinate officials' duties, and it is within the ......"
Yu Wenbai said with a smile.
"Don't worry, after Prince Ben returns to Kyoto, he will say a few kind words for you in front of His Majesty, but ...... It depends on your performance. ”
Li Qian said with a smile.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can rest assured, it is really a blessing for the people of Pingzhou that the Prince can come to appease the people."
As he spoke, under the leadership of Lu Wenbai, Li Qian came to a mansion.
At this moment, Lu Wenbai turned to look at Li Gan, and said with a smile: "His Royal Highness the Prince, this is the residence that the lower officials selected for the prince, Prince, please!" ”
As he spoke, Lu Wenbai stepped forward slowly, and immediately pushed open the vermilion gate in front of him.
In the next second, a picture like heaven slowly came into Li Gan's eyes......