Chapter 66 The opposite is true
Jiang Cheng's attitude of traveling at public expense made many people dissatisfied, including the commander of Tsing Yi Wei and Tongzhi He Zhifang, they were all in a hurry, but Jiang Cheng's leisurely appearance made them very annoyed.
"Eldest princess, the lower officials are investigating the case."
"Investigate the case, in the past few days, you have been in and out of major restaurants, or you have to eat all kinds of snacks, and you have to go to the Qinglou to take a stroll, are you still reasonable?"
"No, no, this is also a way to investigate the case, and the lower official has already made a corresponding plan, and is about to discuss it with the eldest princess."
"You say"
Li Hongsleeve stared, she couldn't say why, she was going to be angry.
"Does the eldest princess know why the wild fairy risked being discovered to spread the rain?"
"This..."
Li Hongsleeve naturally knew that because the disciples of the Asking Immortal Pavilion were also corrupt, and the disciples of the Asking Immortal Pavilion came to Qingzhou to solve the drought with a large number of rain talismans, what a great power this is, especially at this time, when it is related to the agricultural season, where it rains first, where there is more rain, it is the embodiment of power.
So the wealthy families of Cheongju managed to bribe the disciples of the Asking Immortal Pavilion, so that he gave priority to the wealthy families to make rain, and even more rain, and the fields of the wealthy families were partially rained, and those real rural places, but did not feel any blessings, and could only continue to watch the drought occur.
This can also be seen from the range of the wild fairy's rain, this wild fairy has always gone to the real countryside to rain, it should be unbearable.
"The eldest princess must have known the reason, this drought has spread to many counties in Cheongju, and the rain should not be over yet."
"Yes, I didn't expect the drought in Cheongju to be so severe, and there are not enough rain charms, and now only a small number of areas in each county are raining, less than one-fifth of the total."
Li Hongsleeve nodded and admitted, the rain talisman was originally enough for one-third of the area, but because of the corruption and bribery of those disciples of the Immortal Pavilion, some places were overused, which caused rain in the fields around more than ten counties, but no rain in the rest of the places, and the agricultural time was about to pass, and many people were in a hurry.
"Does the eldest princess also have a mission to travel in the rain when she comes to Cheongju this time?"
"Yes"
"Okay, Xiaguan and the eldest princess apply for a task, then appoint Xiaguan as a drought investigator, immediately go deep into the countryside, I will announce it to the public, whether the drought is serious or not, and how much rain will be decided by Xiaguan, to see if you can lead out the wild fairy"
"Will this work?"
"It's better than looking for a needle in a haystack, more than a dozen counties, millions of people, how difficult it is to find a person from them"
Jiang Cheng replied, millions of people, there is a high probability that this wild immortal is still a person who is more familiar with Qingzhou, if you want to find it here, or use a stupid method, the probability of winning the lottery is lower.
"Okay, as you wish"
"Well, the eldest princess first ordered to publicize it, it is best to let more than a dozen counties know within a day or two, I will set off in the afternoon, leave some time for the news to spread, and the eldest princess will follow me, after I finish a township, the eldest princess will rain to increase my authority"
"No problem"
The eldest princess nodded, in her opinion, this is the best way, doesn't the wild fairy want to win the hearts of the people, then use this to lure him out.
The eldest princess was extremely efficient, and signed the order in half an hour, and then dozens of officials set off from Cheongju City to various county seats, and then the news was distributed from the county seat layer by layer.
There is not only one drought investigator Jiang Cheng, because one is so conspicuous that even fools can see that it is a trap, the eldest princess has set up a total of seven investigators, because there are only seven disciples of the Immortal Pavilion here.
Jiang Cheng chose Qingxu County, which has the most severe drought in Qingzhou, this county is the poorest county in Qingzhou because of its many mountainous areas, so he asked the disciples of Xiange before that they didn't like to go to Qingxu County, because they couldn't receive benefits.
Jiang Cheng and Li Hongsleeve each rode a fast horse, and immediately rushed to Qingxu County, stayed in the county seat for a while, and then left the county seat and went to the countryside.
"Here comes the investigators, hurry, hurry, hurry, welcome investigators"
In a township, the mayor of the town welcomed Jiang Cheng with the large and small landlords in the town, they were close to the county seat, and they had already received the news, and the investigators were related to the distribution of rainwater in their town, so they paid special attention to it.
"Don't be busy, let's lead the way, let's go to the fields"
The mayor of the town prepared a welcome banquet, but Jiang Cheng didn't have the heart, and under their leadership, Jiang Cheng and the others came to the field.
Human activities must be water-driven, and the importance of water to production and life is irreplaceable.
At this time, it was almost dark, but there were still many people working by the small river outside the town, and they were carrying the water on their backs, using wooden barrels and other tools to carry or pick up the water from the river little by little, and get it to the fields.
Cheongju was farming much earlier than Yongzhou, Yongzhou was still ploughing, and the seedlings here had been planted, but the seedlings planted were all dry, the fields would not crack, but they were also dry, and rice and rice needed a lot of water.
Jiang Cheng asked the mayor how many acres of land there were in this area, how long the ditch was, and how many fields could be irrigated, and the mayor also answered them one by one.
"Immortals, it's time to do the rain"
After Jiang Cheng asked, he said to Li Hongsleeve that she would not put on the shelf of the eldest princess outside, and called an immortal.
"Good"
Li Hongsleeve flew up out of thin air, and then shot out a rain talisman, which spread out in the air, and slowly dark clouds gathered, and the mayor and the villagers all worshiped on the ground, shouting immortals.
After waiting for a while, the dark clouds began to rain, the rainfall was not very heavy, the range was about a kilometer or so, Jiang Cheng and the others were waiting, and the villagers who carried the water were crying with joy, and some were even crying, because this rain was related to their livelihood for a year.
"It's getting late, let's stay in town for one night"
Jiang Cheng waited until the dark clouds cleared, the sky had completely darkened, Jiang Cheng proposed to stay in the town for one night, Li Hongsleeve did not refuse, and the mayor arranged a place for everyone.
"There is a problem in the world of Great Wei"
After dinner, Li Hongsleeve went to Jiang Cheng to discuss countermeasures, and Jiang Cheng sighed.
"Sir, how do you say this?"
"Eldest princess, although I have never done anything in the Ministry of Industry, I am sure that over the past few decades, the Ministry of Industry's allocation for water conservancy in the world has become less and less."
"Yes"
"Why so, because of the immortals"
"Immortals?"
"Yes, take this town as an example, did the eldest princess find that in fact, there is not a lot of water in the river, but why is it still drought, because the water conservancy facilities are almost completely wasted, and the government has no money to invest, once there is a flood and drought disaster, it all depends on the immortals to cast spells, and once the immortals do not cast spells in time, it will cause great harm."
Jiang Cheng replied that in the evening, he went to the fields to see that the ditches were dilapidated and obviously unmaintained, and the reason was that the people in these places had become accustomed to relying on immortals, or that the imperial court had relied on immortals.
"You're right, but the princes of the court are not willing to spend more money on this, and the court has no money"
"Therefore, the court must be changed, and a wise lord must be in charge"
"Mr. Jiang thinks who can be this hero?"
"Whoever cares about the court and the people is the hero"
Jiang Cheng replied very vaguely, but he saw Li Hongsleeve's expression, and she seemed to be very interested in this topic.
"What does Mr. Jiang think of the saint?"
"Too far away from the Son of Heaven to evaluate"
"What does Mr. Jiang think of me, you are very close to me"
"If the eldest princess is a man, she will be a generation of heroes"
"Does Mr. Jiang also think that women can't be political?"
"This, the lower official will die"
Jiang Cheng made an extremely frightened expression, at this moment, his acting skills exploded, and Li Hongsleeve was going to be apportioned.
"Mr. Jiang, don't be afraid, I'm just joking with you"
"Yes, eldest princess"
"Mr. Jiang thinks that if the world wants to change, how to change it"
"The lower officials dare not say"
"It's you and me, there's nothing you don't dare to say"
"This is what adults should consider, Xia Guan is just a small chief flag officer of Tsing Yi Wei"
"Let's rest"
Li Hongsleeve said lightly, Jiang Cheng refused to say that it was okay, as long as she had this idea, she would be able to take Jiang Cheng into her confidant sooner or later.
Early in the morning of the second day, Jiang Cheng and the others continued to go to the next township, and even in the countryside, the more remote the place, the more arid it was, and in one day, Li Hongsleeve had already inspired dozens of rain charms, and the range of their rain was less than half of that of Qingxu County.
"I don't have any rain charms, and I'm running out of what I brought, so if we go on like this, we won't be able to perform."
Li Hongsleeve said to Jiang Cheng that the drought in Cheongju was beyond their expectations, and they brought all the lucky charms of Wenxian Pavilion, but it was still not enough.
"No, we can play it, but the protagonist is not us"
"Who would that be"
"Wild Immortals"
"I didn't understand"
"We are just making a gesture of Xingyu, although we are really doing things, but as long as Yexian is still in Cheongju, he will receive this news, and if he can't receive it, he will receive it."
"What do you mean..."
"To make the Xingyun Talisman, do it in Cheongju, and ask the eldest princess to order the collection of materials for making the Xingyun Talisman"
"I understand, we use this behavior to tell Yeseon that we have done our best, and if he is in Cheongju and knows about this matter and sees that we can't solve the drought, he will take action and thus expose his tracks"
"Yes"
Jiang Cheng nodded, this trick is very yin, it is to bully honest and kind people, if the wild immortal is ruthless enough, this trick is actually useless, because this is moral kidnapping, but as long as he still cares about the people of Qingzhou, he will definitely not sit idly by, because there is a limit to agricultural time, if there is no timely precipitation, the seedlings will die, and it will be too late to replant, even if it is planted, the yield will be reduced.
"Okay, I'll give the order, so what do we do"
"Don't gather, that will give him hope"
Jiang Cheng said that he was a little disappointed by this strategy, because according to his simple feelings, he shouldn't do it, that wild immortal is definitely a good person.
But Jiang Cheng still did it, because he needed to seize this opportunity, whether it was a deep binding with Li Hongsleeve or a chance to worship the Immortal Pavilion, it was an opportunity he needed.