Princess of the auxiliary country

The carriage quickly entered the capital and stopped in front of the eldest princess's mansion after a while.

As soon as the concierge saw Huo Junyao coming back, he quickly stepped forward to salute and say hello, and at the same time arranged for someone to go in and report.

Not long after, Princess Ningyang came.

When I saw Huo Junyao, I didn't know what to say.

"Mom, my second sister-in-law is pregnant. Why didn't you inform her earlier? I'm still waiting for you at the villa."

"This... I forget about it as soon as I get happy and busy."

Hearing this, Huo Junyao nodded, not feeling inappropriate at all because of her words.

"Yes, in this winter, you really should take good care of it."

Seeing that she was not angry, Princess Ningyang also breathed a sigh of relief.

"Wangxia asked people to move all these things to the kitchen. I'll go see the second sister-in-law first."

Wang Xia responded.

Huo Junyao then followed Princess Ningyang into the princess mansion and went straight to the courtyard where Fang Zhilan was.

Seeing Fang Zhilan, Huo Junyao quickly stepped forward to say hello with a smile.

"How are you feeling recently, my second sister-in-law? You have to be careful in this winter. Do you have a stove in your yard? Do you want me to send two to you?"

"You have to keep warm."

"There are all of them. Mom has already arranged them. Mine is very warm."

Fang Zhilan replied with a smile.

"That's good."

"Little sister, I'm just informing you now."

"I know. Aunt Zhao told me. I was still wondering why my mother didn't go to my place for so long."

Huo Junyao understood what Nanny Zhao meant when she heard her explanation.

She also found this funny. Why was she so narrow-minded in the eyes of her family?

"Mom, second sister-in-law, come here and see what good things I have brought for you."

She waved, followed by Hongxiu who came in and walked up carrying a wooden box.

"what is this?"

Princess Ningyang and Fang Zhilan were both curious.

"This is something I made to kill time. I just thought I would teach my mother how to do it when she gets there."

Then, she opened the box and found neatly placed mahjong pieces inside.

"This is called mahjong. It's a good way to kill time, especially during this winter when you have nothing to do."

Then, she called Xiaochan and Hongxiu to prepare the table. Not long after, she, Princess Ningyang, Fang Zhilan and Xiaochan were in front of the table.

Half an hour later, Princess Ningyang and Fang Zhilan had already figured out how to play mahjong.

They were very excited, and after playing a few rounds, they both felt that this thing was really interesting.

"This thing is good, interesting, and very suitable for us indoor ladies."

Princess Ningyang was quite happy. As a housewife, she knew how boring it was.

Mahjong is really fun.

A few people here were playing mahjong, and the court was enthused. At this time, in the royal study room of the palace, Emperor Zhaowu and the ministers, who were also enthused by the court, were discussing matters concerning the victims of the disaster outside the city.

There are thousands of victims, and the court will not have a big problem when it comes to arrangements, but it is said that there are still more victims coming one after another. No one can tell how many there will be later, and they always need to be properly arranged.

Of course, the problem of resettling these victims is not a big one, but with the emergence of these victims, there is also a serious problem that they have to consider.

It has only been winter for a while now, but already so many victims have appeared in just over a month.

What will happen next?

So it must be taken seriously.

According to Emperor Zhaowu's idea, the following states and counties should be notified to start settling the victims of the disaster according to last year's plan, and try to keep the victims in the local area as much as possible.

After all, this thing traveled all the way to the capital, and many victims encountered accidents and lost their lives along the way.

The population of the Yu Dynasty was not large to begin with, so it could not afford to do this.

However, the Ministry of Finance did not agree with his idea, and the reason was simple: no money.

The Ministry of Household Affairs has always been digging around for money. There is nothing we can do about it, Yu Chao is poor.

The current situation is such that no one knows what will happen next, so Chen Hua means to first find a way to resettle the victims outside the city. As for other places, the initial prevention method will be adopted for the time being.

Don't invest first. After all, this investment will cost more than 100,000 and 200,000 yuan.

We are far from reaching the point where we must save him. If we just take out so much money, if something else happens later, the experience of the household department will become tense.

Secondly, doing this will allow some lazy and rogue people to take advantage of the loopholes. When the time comes, it is obviously a good thing, but it will become an inducement to encourage these lazy people.

Fang Qiao and Huo Jingzhi also understand his considerations.

Judging from the current situation, it is far from reaching the stage of comprehensive disaster relief. Will there be victims outside the capital that winter?

This year this is still relatively small.

"I think the top priority is to settle things outside the city first. Doesn't the imperial court have a large amount of coal? I think we can invest some of it, and the states and counties outside can also arrange to sell it at low prices or distribute some coal to the people."

There are a lot of these things now. The imperial court itself has a lot of mineral veins, and the price is also cheap. Even if it is given away, it will not be too much burden on the imperial court.

Not to mention it was sold cheaply.

Emperor Zhaowu pondered for a moment and said, "Then sell it for one penny per catty. If you really can't afford it, give some away and try your best to help the people tide over this difficulty."

Fang Qiao responded.

"As for the victims outside the city, who do you think is more appropriate to hand them over to?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Shen Huan beside him cupped his hands and said, "I think it is best to leave it to His Highness the Crown Prince. First, he can get in touch with the people and learn to deal with such situations. It is not good to just study in books all the time." principle."

The prince is the crown prince after all, so he can't just learn book knowledge all the time without letting him practice it.

"Then leave this matter to the prince, Shen Huan, you will assist from the side."

After things were arranged, all the ministers left the imperial study.

Huo Jingzhi was not going to the Yamen either, but left the palace directly and went home.

Huo Jinyan had gone home early and was taking over Xiaochan's place, playing mahjong with Huo Junyao and the other three.

The family was talking and laughing.

"Little sister, you are good at mahjong. It's quite interesting."

Huo Jinyan also thinks this mahjong is quite interesting.

"It's quite interesting, but second brother, you can't indulge in this thing. I made it for my mother and second sister-in-law to pass the time."

Huo Jinyan smiled and nodded. Although he thought this stuff was interesting, he still didn't think it was enough to be addicted, so it was good to pass the time.

When Huo Jingzhi came back, he was stunned when he saw Huo Junyao, and then said with a smile, "Why does Yaoyao have time to visit the capital?"

"Dad, you still have the nerve to say, why didn't you arrange for someone to notify me of such a big event as my second sister-in-law's wedding?"