The rebirth of the evil woman is not easy to mess with

Chapter 526 It's for me!

"Lord Li, we haven't reached Kaiyang yet. The drought along the way has become more and more serious. I'm afraid that the drought will be even more terrible when we arrive in Kaiyang."

On an official road, under a few big trees, Cui Yongquan was eating dry food, looking at the barren scene around him, he was a little worried.

Along the way, the dry ground, steaming heat, and withered trees made him tremble with fear.

The few big trees here to enjoy the cool air are the footholds specially chosen by them.

"The people below reported that it was a severe drought in Kaiyang, but now it seems that the drought is still spreading, and it has a tendency to spread to Shengjing City..."

Li Qingmu summed up the situation along the way and came to a bad conclusion.

Drought is spreading.

This matter is troublesome.

"It's a strange thing. The first half of this year was smooth, so why did this happen in the second half of the year?"

Cui Yongquan recalled what happened in the Nanyuan Palace before, and couldn't help but tremble with fear. He was also present at the time, and he was one of the people who were affected by the miasma poison.

"Guyang County is on the side of Kaiyang."

For some reason, Li Qingmu thought of "Guyang County", which was Duanmu Nan's hometown.

"Since His Majesty the Emperor sent us to assist the local people to fight against the drought, the first step is to understand the local situation, otherwise it will be just rhetoric. Master Cui, let's hurry up and get on the road!"

After Li Qingmu drank water and ate good food, he got up and urged the big guy to hurry.

Cui Yongquan was also impatient, so he immediately urged everyone along with him.

It was very hard to travel under the scorching sun, but fortunately, most of the officials dispatched by this group could bear hardships. In the evening, everyone finally came to the nearest small town to rest.

Li Qingmu drove for several days, and he was a little unkempt. He finally arrived at the small town. After checking into the inn, he took a comfortable hot bath, and then prepared to go to bed.

Just as he was about to turn off the lights, a black shadow flickered outside the door, and then Cui Yongquan's voice came.

"Master Li, according to this itinerary, we will be able to arrive in Kaiyang County tomorrow evening. At that time, we will have to contact the local officials to discuss countermeasures against the drought. I have already thought up some strategies here, why don't we discuss them together?"

Li Qingmu was a little tired, but after all, this was something that benefited the country and the people, so he put on his outer robe and got out of bed to open the door.

"Cui Gong, please come in."

Cui Yongquan was a little embarrassed, "Sorry, I still came to disturb Mr. Li this evening, but the drought is like a fire, so I can only be presumptuous."

"Cui Gong is polite, please."

Li Qingmu has always been a person who is greeted with a smile by others, and Cui Yongquan is so polite, so naturally he is also polite.

Moreover, Mr. Cui Yongquan and the current Prime Minister Cui Yuanhe are considered distant relatives. Cui Yuanhe also took good care of him in the officialdom.

After going back and forth like this, Li Qingmu naturally treated him as an elder.

After Cui Yongquan came in, he went straight to the point and said, "Lord Li, the first thing to do in this drought is to relieve it. In fact, there have been countless droughts in the past dynasties, but some dynasties can still survive even if there is another drought. Some really can't. Why?"

"Because in some dynasties, the local government was more diligent in dredging water conservancy."

Cui Yongquan looked at this young man approvingly, no wonder both the emperor and Cui Xiang valued him so much, there is a reason for him to be favored.

Li Qingmu's thinking was very clear, and he hit the nail on the head.

"These local officials eat the people's fat and the people's anointment, but they seldom seek the well-being of the people. Dredging water conservancy and building reservoirs are what they should do, but they are lazy! Now when the drought comes, they only know how to submit a memorial to the court. , to rescue from the middle, hum!"

Cui Yongquan snorted coldly, and said angrily, "Even if the imperial government allocates food relief funds for moths in these places, after layers of exploitation by the upper levels, how many of them are in the hands of the common people?"

"Less than [-]%!"

Li Qingmu pondered for a while, and said.

Cui Yongquan was amazed again: "You can calculate it so clearly? How did you calculate it?"

"Before……"

Li Qingmu hesitated for a while, Qi Yun showed him a document before, but he can't talk about it!

"The junior asked other elders for advice before."

"Oh……"

There is nothing wrong with this answer, and Cui Yongquan can't pursue the question further. It is a bit inappropriate to ask who he is asking.

But Li Qingmu's performance still amazed him. Cui Yongquan looked at him with relief, and said: "My nephew is smart, sees the problem and sees the essence, His Majesty really has a unique vision! Then, what does my nephew think about the next drought relief?"

After exchanging a few short words, the two became very familiar.

Li Qingmu poured a cup of tea for Cui Yongquan himself, and another cup for himself, then took out the Four Treasures of the Study, and began to draw on the plain white rice paper.

On the side, there is also a map of Kaiyang's surroundings.

"Cui Gong, look, there are actually quite a few water systems in Kaiyang County. Here, here, and here are all run through by big rivers. Even if there is a drought, the crops will not dry up, and the people will have no water to drink."

Cui Yongquan looked in the direction of Li Qingmu's drawing, and nodded: "That's right, the water system here is very developed, as long as we do a good job of dredging, let the local government help the people to dig water canals."

"Cui Gong, in fact, many of these places have water canals, but they have been in disrepair for a long time and have been blocked by silt. You just need to dredge them..."

Li Qingmu just said this, when suddenly, the candlelight flickered and reflected the window coffin behind, and a black shadow flashed behind the window paper.

"who?"

Li Qingmu yelled angrily, and quickly got up and broke the door to chase out.

This is a human's instinctive reaction. A black shadow hides furtively by the door and window. What exactly is it trying to do?
"boom!"

Li Qingmu rushed out, looked left and right, the corridors of the inn were empty, where were there any people?

"Nephew, what's the matter?"

Cui Yongquan's bewildered and bewildered voice came from inside, and Li Qingmu came back and said lightly, "It's nothing, maybe I was wrong."

He said that he was about to step into the door, but he saw an extra person behind Cui Yongquan.

It's not so much a person as it is a child.

It's just that this child looks too weird, with a big head, the same size as an adult, but his body is very small, only the height of a seven or eight-year-old child.

Such a weird person, people can't help but get goosebumps.

"Cui Gong be careful!"

Li Qingmu stepped forward, stopped Cui Yongquan behind him, and looked at this little man warily.

Cui Yongquan was stunned, he didn't know what happened, but when he turned around, he saw the big-headed boy standing not far away, his head exploded with a bang.

He took a step back in panic, and said in a trembling voice, "This... what is this?"

With such a strange appearance, and the fact that he entered Li Qingmu's room without a sound, if he still simply thinks he is a pitiful deformity, then he is not worthy to be the Minister of the Ministry of Industry.

Cui Yongquan's scalp tingled for a while, and his first thought was that he might die here.

"Cui Gong, hurry up!"

Li Qingmu stared at the deformed child on the opposite side, he could feel that the other side's eyes were fixed on him, this was... aimed at him!

(End of this chapter)