Imperial College Kindergarten

Chapter 90

The closer we get to Quzhou, the worse the weather becomes.

On this day, the ship docked at a dock in a county town in Jiangzhou. The still bright sky suddenly turned into a black curtain that blocked out the sun. The clouds became lower and lower, heavy rain fell, and thunder rumbled in my ears. It looked like a beast roaring. Looking out the window, the whole world turned into a gray sky, and thick water vapor rushed towards the face.

Liu Xueting's thoughts had not been at peace since the rain. With such a heavy rain, the ship could not move forward at all, and the system could not detect any news about his eldest brother.

Xie Yu, who arrived later, didn't look good. He regretfully told Liu Xueting that the rapids in Quzhou had not receded at the moment and there were too many dangers. The ship could not sail in at all and could only wait in Hegu County.

Liu Xueting listened to Xie Yu's explanation. Even though she knew it was true, her heart still fell as heavy as the day before, and she was so depressed that she couldn't breathe.

Seeing Liu Xueting's pale face, Xie Yu quickly stepped forward to support her arm, but let go after only a moment, and asked urgently: "Are you okay?"

Liu Xueting covered her heart. The nightmare scene of her elder brother falling into the rapids kept flashing in her mind. She grabbed Xie Yu's shirt on his chest and said, "Assistant Xie, is there no other way to enter Quzhou?"

"I know you are worried about your elder brother, and I don't want anything to happen to your elder brother. I have sent people to look for him. Quzhou is too dangerous now. I'm sorry, I can't let you be in danger."

Xie Yu's Adam's apple moved slightly and he patted Liu Xueting's shoulder comfortingly.

"If your elder brother knew, he would also approve what I did."

Only then did Liu Xueting realize that she was so excited that she wrinkled Xie Yu's clothes. She smiled awkwardly: "I'm sorry, thank you for teaching me..."

Xie Yu smoothed out his slightly wrinkled clothes and frowned when he heard this: "You don't have to apologize to me, these are just small things. Your face really doesn't look good. Don't fall down before you find your brother." , I may not be able to take care of you when I get busy later, what you have to do now is to take good care of yourself, okay?"

Liu Xueting only found out after seeing it a few days ago that Xie Yu had brought additional people.

She nodded lightly, knowing that she couldn't help at the moment, so it would be nice if she didn't cause any trouble.

After Xie Yu gave his instructions, he left in a hurry.

Liu Xueting sat down, looked at the rain outside, and asked again without giving up: "Tongzi, is it true that we can't find the location of eldest brother?"

303 sighed heavily, the timing was so unlucky: "Sorry, host, there are no explosions in Quzhou at the moment, and there is no news about Quzhou at the moment."

"What if I buy it with points?" Liu Xueting remembered that it was not the system that broke the melons. One active check would deduct points ranging from [-] to [-], and it would be wiped out by the main system after three times, but it was only checked last time. Once defeated, there are two chances!

303 couldn't help but remind: "Host, you forgot, you just upgraded before coming to Quzhou, and you currently have no points."

Liu Xueting frowned, feeling for the first time that his melon-eating skills were so useless!
With zero points, she couldn't even buy any props!

No, we can't just wait like this. If the melon doesn't come, I'll be the one to go. Then she will go and have the melon!

Only by exploding melons can she gain the value of the melons, and she will always be able to use them whether she is buying props or news.She laid aside the topographic map of the Great Xia Dynasty that Feiye had prepared for her before setting off and the Quzhou county annals that she had borrowed from the Imperial College. While flipping through the county annals, she checked against the topography of Quzhou, and her brows did not relax as she continued to look at them.

According to the county records of Quzhou over the years, floods were not so widespread many years ago unless affected by rain in a certain year.But since about 12 years ago, floods have occurred frequently in Quzhou.

Liu Xue stopped and was shocked. Due to its abundant water resources, Quzhou mainly cultivates rice. However, the floods are raging every year, and it takes at least a year to build and recuperate. After a year of hard work, the land income is not as good as in previous years. This is still what Emperor Wen repeatedly said. With the tax reduction and exemption in Quzhou, the floods may come again next year... This happened over and over again, and it actually lasted for about 12 years.

When the first flood broke out, the reigning governor of Quzhou failed to act and was demoted to a remote area by Emperor Wen. Another governor of Shanzhou was appointed Ying Wuwei to succeed him.

Ying Wuwei had been in office for ten years, and every year he sent people to strengthen the river embankments, dredge the rivers, and plant trees upstream of the water sources. After the floods, he rushed to the most serious flood areas as soon as possible. He would not return home until the floods receded. The court He personally checks the distribution of disaster relief food and money to ensure that it is truly distributed to the people.

There was once a subordinate who embezzled money for disaster relief. After the flood, he took off his official uniform and escorted the corrupt subordinate back to Beijing to plead guilty. Emperor Wen not only did not blame him, but praised him for his benevolence for the people. Therefore, Ying Wuwei swore in front of Emperor Wen that he would If the floods in Quzhou are not resolved for a year, he will not leave Quzhou for a year, and he will inevitably fight against the floods in Quzhou to the end!
Even the people in Quzhou are full of praise when they mention him.

The county annals also recorded that every time when Ying Wuwei came to Beijing to report on his work, the people of Quzhou would line the streets and say goodbye with tears, and even received the Wanmin Umbrella every year.

On the surface, there's nothing wrong here.

But Liu Xueting discovered that the earliest records in the county annals were only recorded in the third year of Jianping, and no further records were found going forward. In other words, the records in Quzhou county annals only lasted for 15 years... Huh? Why does 15 years sound so familiar?

Liu Xueting suddenly took a breath. She remembered, wasn't it the time when the ancient country surrendered 15 years ago? !
She looked through the topographic map carefully, and it coincided with the history told by Dr. Wang - the territory of the ancient country was exactly the current Shanzhou and Quzhou areas.

It's an ancient country again, and she hasn't forgotten that one of the four masters has never appeared, and the silver coins missing from the last fraud incident are unknown...

At this moment, the rain gradually stopped. She raised her head and put away her cluttered thoughts. She felt that she had thought too much. This flood was a natural disaster. People in ancient China did not have the ability to control it, right?

It's a pity that there are no county records from the previous ancient country, otherwise we can check it out.

The rain stopped completely.

Xie Yu hurried over and told Liu Xueting that they had to go to the county to stay one night to see how the water would be tomorrow.

Liu Xueting silently packed her luggage and followed Xie Yu and his party off the ship. After walking for a while on the pier, she was attracted by an ancestral hall not far away.

A crew member explained: "This is a shrine built by the people of Quzhou voluntarily for the governor of Quzhou to express their gratitude for the merits of the governor of Quzhou. Later, there were more Wuwei shrines on the edge of the water area, where people did business and sailed. I have to put a stick of incense in front of my house to pray to the God of good luck and good fortune!"

"There are people in this family who have boarded the ship. They also like to go to Wuweisheng Temple to worship and pray for the safe return of the people who have left the ship!"

"So that's it." Liu Xueting nodded. It seems that Ying Wuwei is very popular among the people. It's amazing to be able to do this as an official!
　Thank you treasure~

　　
　
(End of this chapter)