"No, there's nothing!" Manager Wu didn't know why Bi Haitian suddenly asked him like this.

"I seem to see a dark shadow flash in front of my eyes!" Bi Haitian couldn't help but wonder.

"Dark Shadow?" Manager Wu muttered, then looked around and said, "Master, you must be dazzled, where are there other things here besides you and me, or are you seeing something like a bird?" ”

"It's not a bird!" Bi Haitian is sure.

Bi Haitian looked around strangely, there was only a lush bamboo forest in this place, a gust of wind blew, the bamboo forest swayed with the wind, and among the shadows, there seemed to be a figure in the depths of the bamboo forest also shaking.

"Master, seeing that the sun is going to go west, let's go back quickly." Seeing that Bi Haitian was suspicious, Manager Wu unconsciously diverted the topic.

"Yes!" Bi Haitian then whipped the horse's buttocks, and then the horse ran forward in pain.

"Hmph, blue sea sky!" A middle-aged man in a black cloak in the bamboo forest said in a muffled voice, and then disappeared in an instant.

It is said that the prince went to the southwest with Lord Ji, and he traveled day and night all the way, without rest, and finally reached the southwest border, but encountered a large number of displaced people, and the prince and Lord Ji were almost scattered by these displaced people.

"Master Ji, why are there so many homeless people!" The prince has always been in the capital, and he has never seen a homeless person, but when he sees it today, he doesn't feel miserable.

These displaced people are in tatters dressed like beggars begging for food, and their dirty and haggard faces are obviously not full of food and drink for a long time.

"Prince, the prosperity of the capital is unmatched by other places. And these poor and remote areas in the southwest, even if the Wu River does not flood, they also lack food and clothing, and now that the Wu River is flooding, the situation is naturally worse! Seeing this, Master Ji couldn't help but sigh.

"Childe, it's okay, give me something to eat!" An old woman saw that the prince was dressed brightly, so she stepped forward to beg for food.

Prince Murong Xuan looked at their hungry expressions, and he couldn't bear it, so he couldn't help but instruct Xiao Lizi: "Little Lizi, take out all the food that His Highness eats and give it to these victims!" ”

"Yes, Your Highness!" Xiao Lizi saw that these victims were really pitiful, so he hurriedly distributed food to them one by one according to the prince's instructions.

As soon as the victims saw that there was food, they all rushed forward, and the old woman who was the first to ask for food was pushed aside, because of her health, she could only watch the crowd fight, but she was unable to participate.

"Don't fight, don't rob, you have it all." Xiao Lizi couldn't help but say loudly when he saw this, but to no avail, those homeless people were obviously hungry, and they were eating like hungry wolves and tigers, where could they take care of anything else.

Seeing that the food was quickly divided, but there were still many homeless people who had not yet received it, Xiao Lizi looked at the prince unconsciously and said, "Your Highness, what should I do?" We don't have enough to eat, there are too many displaced people. ”

The prince didn't expect that there would be so many homeless people who would not have enough food and clothing, so he unconsciously asked Lord Ji: "Lord Ji, what about the local parents?" Do they all care? ”

"Prince, it's not that you don't care, but you can't manage it!" Lord Ji didn't feel preoccupied when he looked at these homeless people, he knew that the most important thing now was to appease these homeless people, if these homeless people starved and froze for a long time, they would definitely rise up and cause turmoil in the imperial court.

"Can you let the government open a warehouse to release grain, and appease these people first!"

"Prince, this official also has this intention, why don't you and I go to the local yamen together!" Master Ji couldn't help but suggest.

"Yes!" So the prince and Lord Ji decided to go to the local government first.

"This official Zhang Shuyuan is here to welcome Lord Qincha and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Obviously, the local officials had already heard the news, and when they saw Lord Ji and the prince arriving at the same moment, they couldn't help but respectfully greet them outside.

"Excuse me!" Master Ji waved his hand, he looked at the local parents and officials, they were dressed very decently, compared with those homeless people, there was really too much difference.

"Zhang Shuyuan, there are so many homeless people here, why don't you open a warehouse to release grain, do you want to watch these homeless people starve to death and die of disease?" The prince is relatively straightforward, he asked directly.

"Back to His Royal Highness the Prince, the lower officials don't dare. It's just that this opening warehouse and releasing grain requires documents issued by the imperial court, otherwise the official will be guilty of a capital crime if he releases grain privately! Zhang Shuyuan hurriedly explained.

"You are the parent official of one side, how can you ignore the people because you are afraid of the punishment of the court, do you know how many people will die if you do this?" Master Ji couldn't help but scold.

"Lord Zhang, pass on the order of the prince, open a warehouse and release grain now, and settle these displaced people, don't delay!" Seeing this, the prince ordered.

"Yes, His Royal Highness the Prince!" This Zhang Yuan was already timid and afraid, and he never opened a warehouse to release grain, which was also because there was no court documents, and when he saw the prince's order, he hurriedly ordered his subordinates to open a warehouse for relief as soon as possible.

"Dear Li people, this prince has ordered your parents to open a warehouse and release grain, I believe you will receive grain soon." The prince looked at the homeless people and couldn't help but say loudly.

As soon as those homeless people heard that they would receive food immediately, they immediately knelt on the ground with tears in their eyes, and shouted in unison: "Thank you, Your Royal Highness the Prince, thank you, you are really the life-saving benefactor of our people, you are the Lord of the Blue Sky!" ”

"Okay, okay, everyone, please get up, this is what His Royal Highness the Crown Prince should do, and it is also within the responsibility of the imperial court, everyone should hurry up to the granary to get food, and solve the problem of hunger and fullness first." Seeing this, the prince couldn't help but admonish.

Seeing this, those homeless people got up one after another, and they all swarmed in the direction of the granary, and the prince and Lord Ji looked at each other, and then they breathed a sigh of relief.

"Master Zhang, take out the tent bedding in the yamen for those homeless people to use, and starting tomorrow, we will set up pots and tripods at the yamen to make porridge and soup for these homeless people to enjoy!" Master Ji couldn't help but instruct again.

"What Master Ji said is extremely true, this prince will personally give porridge tomorrow!" Prince Murong Xuan couldn't help but echo.

"Yes, this official will arrange someone to do it!" Seeing this, that Lord Zhang naturally didn't dare to slack off.

"Prince, in this way, there shouldn't be any big chaos among these homeless people." Master Ji subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

"Yes!" Seeing that those homeless people were queuing up to receive food, not as crowded and disorderly as before, the prince felt much more relaxed in his heart.

"I heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is unlearned and willful, but now it seems that those are all nonsense that deliberately slanders His Highness!" Someone among the homeless people said.

"But no, seeing the prince with my own eyes, I really think that he is kind-hearted and bodhisattva-hearted, if it weren't for His Royal Highness the prince, we don't know when we will be able to receive food, maybe we will die in a foreign land?" One of the old men wiped his tears unconsciously as he spoke, both touched and sad.

"Yes, yes, the prince is the lucky star of us outcasts, no matter who slanders the prince in the future, we will fight with him." There are also many loyal and courageous people among the displaced people.

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"Prince, have you heard, those homeless people are grateful to you?" Xiao Lizi looked at those homeless people and said subconsciously.

"These homeless people are really pitiful, and this prince is just doing his best, hey!" The prince didn't care, he really pitied these homeless.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Lord Qincha have come from afar, they must have been running all the way, and they are also a little tired now, so it is better to go to the official's mansion to rest first." After arranging it, Master Zhang looked at them and said unconsciously.

"No need, this official was entrusted by the emperor to come to the southwest to deal with the flooding of the Wu River, how can he come to rest, please take this official to the place where the Wu River is flooding." Master Ji is worthy of being a pragmatic person, and he directly refused.

"His Highness is going too!" Seeing this, the prince couldn't help but say.

Seeing that both of them were working hard, how dare Lord Zhang be lazy, so he hurriedly led the way in front, and met many displaced people along the way, the prince took the trouble to tell him that he could go to the government to receive food, and Lord Zhang couldn't help but look at the prince with admiration when he saw it.

"The Wu River is a major river connecting the southwest, and over the years, due to the siltation of the river, the water level has risen, and the heavy rains in the past few days have caused the water of the Wu River to surge and break the previous embankment, so the upper and lower reaches of the Wu River have been flooded and the people have been displaced." When he came to the oldest embankment before the Wu River, Master Zhang couldn't help but introduce.

"Since Lord Zhang knows so clearly, why didn't he take precautions in advance?" Master Ji was very puzzled by this.

"It's not that the lower officials are unwilling, but it takes a lot of money to open the river and fix the embankment, and the lower officials have also played the saint, but after each performance, the music is like a stone sinking into the sea, and there is no news, and the lower officials are also deeply distressed by this!" It can be seen that Master Zhang is also powerless.

Seeing Zhang's estranged and embarrassed expression, Master Ji also knew that he couldn't be blamed alone. After all, many officials in the imperial court are superficial, holding the court's money, but doing things that violate the yin and yang, which really makes people angry.

"Don't worry, when the official returns to Beijing, he will definitely explain everything to the emperor, and Lord Zhang doesn't need to worry about it. However, at present, the control of the flooding of the Wuhe River is imminent, and I don't know if Master Zhang has any good suggestions. Master Ji got down to business.

"According to the advice of the lower officials, it is to consolidate the old embankment, and then build bridges and build new embankments along the flooded areas of the river." Master Zhang thought for a while and said.

"In that case, then we can just arrange someone to build a dam!" Prince Murong Xuan couldn't help but say.

"Prince, don't be in a hurry, having said that, it's not that easy to really do. First of all, building embankments and dams requires financial, material, and human resources, and now they do not have any of these three, and the lower officials have no way to start. Master Zhang couldn't help but say.

"What Master Zhang said is not unreasonable, although it is urgent to build a dam at the moment, there are many problems facing it!" Master Ji couldn't help but fall into deep thought.