With a plop, Governor Zhou didn't care about the mud on the ground, knelt directly in the puddle, and kept kowtowing and said: "The lower officials are negligent, and I hope that the prince will atone for his sins!"

"Governor Zhou, the dam was only repaired last year under your supervision, right?"

The head of Zhouzhou Mansion nodded like a chicken chattering rice, and he chuckled in his heart, and said tremblingly: "It was repaired under the instruction of the lower officials." ”

"The imperial court has allocated a lot of money for you, right?"

"Korea-China...... The court allocated 10,000 taels of silver......" Zhou Zhifu said, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

Among the people who knelt down behind Governor Zhou, there were also drums in their hearts.

"The court gave you silver so that you could spend the silver on the dam to avoid disasters for the common people, but you told the king where the money went?" Xiao Xinrong raised his foot and kicked Governor Zhou directly to the ground.

Zhou Zhifu stroked his chest with his hand, he didn't dare to cry out for pain, he hurriedly got up and knelt back, his mouth kept shouting for mercy, his body was covered with muddy water, and the hat on his head didn't know where to go, and he couldn't tell how embarrassed he looked.

"Come on, take this person down and put them in prison!" Xiao Xinrong gave an order, and the guards dragged the people on the ground away like dead pigs.

Xiao Xinrong knew that if this tumor was pulled out after a thorough investigation of the matter, it would definitely hurt the muscles and bones, but if the tumor was not removed for a day, the people would not be able to be stable, and today's incident was an opportunity to give Xiao Xinrong a reason to do it.

Xia Zhongmin was loyal to the people, and he ran around the affected places all day long, and he was relieved until the people were settled, and when he heard the king's call, he hurriedly went to see the prince again.

Xiao Xinrong saw that he was covered in muddy water, with a thick exhaustion on his face, nodded and said: "Governor Xia, this king has ordered you to deal with the affairs of the disaster victims with full authority, and you need manpower and money to just open your mouth to this king, but there is only one point, if this king hears that the disaster victims are not well fed and clothed, this king will peel your skin!"

"The next official will complete the task!" Xia Zhongmin was still afraid that Xiao Xinrong would ignore these victims and let them fend for themselves, and when he heard the news, he was overjoyed.

The embankment is barely usable under the efforts of everyone to repair, and now the task is to have a good resettlement for the affected people, and the follow-up life is guaranteed, which requires a lot of silver, and the court has made it clear that the princes will solve the matter on their own fiefdom, and it is impossible for the court to give one or two silver.

After Xiao Xinrong discussed the matter with Xiahou Shuang, Xiahou Shuang took out all the silver brought from the capital, but it was a drop in the bucket and far from solving the current situation.

"Otherwise, we can ask the wealthy merchants in the state to donate some of it, and it will be regarded as the money that our royal palace borrowed from these people, and we will return it to them later. Xiahou Shuang proposed.

"You said that this king has also thought about it, but it is not a simple thing to do at this time, I am afraid that these rich businessmen will call them poor one by one. Xiao Xinrong looked embarrassed.

"What's so difficult about this, as long as one day they are willing to take the lead, the rest of the people will surely follow suit, and if they really refuse to come out when the time comes, they will be called to the king's house, and whoever gives the money will let them go back. Xiahou Shuang took out a set of methods used by Mr. Tidying up the accounts back then.

"You little fox!" The question was solved, and Xiao Xinrong smiled happily and couldn't help but joke.

"If they knew that it was the princess behind her back, I am afraid that they would have to take a detour when they saw the princess in the future. ”

"Brother Chun said this, I am collecting wealth for the people, this is a righteous act, and it is also for them to accumulate goodness, and they should all thank me. "If Xiahou Shuang has a small tail at this time, I'm afraid it will be up to the sky.

"Meet the Princess. Madame Hong wondered in her heart, not knowing why the princess suddenly summoned herself.

"Mrs. Hong may have heard that the river burst its banks a few days ago, and the people on both sides of the river were seriously affected, right?" Xiahou Shuang said straight to the point.

"Yes, the concubine heard about it. Mrs. Hong's heart was beating and her eyelids jumped, Zhou Zhifu and other officials were directly put into prison by the prince because of this matter, and the rest of the people were watching, I don't know how the prince is going to deal with Zhou Zhifu, there are many businessmen who have close contacts with Zhou Zhifu and have begun to think about looking for a backer again.

Master Hong is also worried about this matter, Zhou Governor's Mansion has been circling in Yangping for many years, as the richest man, Master Hong and Zhou Governor's private contacts are a lot, Zhou Governor's Mansion has benefited, Master Hong's business will become bigger and bigger, and now that people are in prison, Master Hong is afraid that he will also be affected.

"There are more people affected by the disaster this time, and the imperial court is no longer able to make perfect arrangements for them, I just think that Mrs. Hong can discuss with Master Hong after she goes back and contribute some efforts to the imperial court. Xiahou Shuang said meaningfully.

Come, come, know that there is no good thing, Mrs. Hong felt sorry in her heart, did not dare to slack off, and said: "Princess, please rest assured, the concubine will go back and discuss with the master, and give the princess a reply tonight." ”

It's a man of interest.

If Mrs. Hong hears this, I'm afraid that I will have the heart to cry, and my little life is in the hands of others, can I not be interesting.

After listening to Mrs. Hong's words, he pondered for a while, and Mrs. Hong and the others impatiently urged: "Master, you have something to say!"

"The princess's meaning is nothing more than to let us give out the silver, but how much is a knowledge, and if there is less, I am afraid that the princess will not be happy, and it is not appropriate to give more. ”

After pondering, Master Hong asked, "Have you heard from the princess that any other rich family has contributed money?"

"Not really. Mrs. Hong shook her head: "You said master, the princess will not let our family bear the loss this time, this is too ......" Mrs. Hong shook her head in disbelief.

"Not really, but since it greeted us, we must have made up our minds. Master Hong got up and called Mrs. Hong: "Let's go." ”

"Sir, where are we going?"

"Go and talk back to the princess. ”

Xiahou Shuang didn't expect the two members of the Hong family to come quickly enough, and after seeing people, he asked with a smile: "Master Hong must already know the difficulties of the imperial court, but he doesn't know what to do?"

"The villain dares to ask, what are the plans of the princess of the other merchant houses in the city?"

"Master Hong doesn't have to worry, everyone else will get the news soon, it's just that informing Master Hong in advance is just to give you a start. ”

Hearing this, Master Hong's heart relaxed, and he was afraid that the new prince would do something to kill chickens and take eggs, if that was the case, he would not be able to stand up to the demand even if it was millions of silver dollars.

"In this case, after discussing with the lady, the villain and the lady felt that they would give 100,000 taels of silver to help the prince and the princess get through the sadness. ”

"Master Hong is really happy, this favor is remembered by the princess and the prince, but we don't take this money for nothing, only when we borrow it temporarily from the palace, we will definitely pay it back in the future. ”

"Thank you, Princess. "Master Hong doesn't take this as true, how can there be any reason why the silver that he has to leave is being returned.