Chronicle of Farming in Muxianfu

Chapter 428
Compared with Shangguan Yufeng's worries, Xiao Heng's two days can be described as like a year.When the news of the Lingjiang flood first reached Huadu, no one paid much attention to it. After all, the Lingjiang River has been in disrepair for a long time, and many dams have collapsed. Every year, as long as the rain is heavy, it will spread to both sides. Although there were some mistakes in the repair of the bank before the rainy season, it is also a great thing to benefit the people if it is repaired after the rainy season, so that there will be no more floods in the future.

However, the caravan returning from Mingyue City today rumored that there was a huge flood in the south of Rongcheng, and many people were displaced, cutting grass and eating. Letter from Jia, the words in his heart were in his throat, his son and his adopted sister's family were all in Rongcheng!
Wei Guang and Mu Wu came to the door, and the three of them gathered dozens of capable hands, brought rice, medicinal materials and countless supplies, and led by Mu Nineteen, they rushed all the way south.

Only two days after leaving, he saw Xiao Zhuang sent a secret letter, and he didn't dare to open it privately, so he could only look at His Majesty's face helplessly, guessing whether the current situation of Mu Ai and his party was good or bad.

After reading Mu Ai's memorial, Shangguan Yufeng's face was completely dark, and he slapped hard on the thick golden nanmu desk, causing a pile of red leather memorials to fall to the ground, "These beasts, it's considered a crime to confiscate their homes and send them to prison." I've made him cheap, and I will cut him to pieces!"

Eunuch Duan instructed the young eunuchs to pick up the memorial, while consolingly said, "Your Majesty, calm down, Your Majesty, calm down."

The little eunuchs backed away quickly with winks, Xiao Heng endured and endured, and asked, "Your Majesty, is the Fifth Prince still safe?"

Shangguan Yufeng drank a cup of herbal tea in a big gulp, barely suppressed the anger in his heart, remembered that Xiao Heng's son seemed to be on good terms with Wuhuang'er, and this time he also went south with Mu Ai, so he nodded and said, "It's all good, Madam Xian's method is still keep them safe."

Xiao Heng was completely relieved, and said, "Your Majesty is wise, it's the minister who is worrying too much. With Mrs. Xian here, the fifth prince and everyone will be safe and sound."

Shangguan Yufeng glanced at the memorial again, and ordered, "I will pass on my oral order, and immediately call all the ministers to the Qian'an Palace for discussion."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Eunuch Duan bowed in response, turned around and went out to deliver the decree, meeting the second prince who rushed over head-on.

The second prince was practicing riding and archery with his master. Hearing the message from the eunuch that Xiao Heng rushed to the palace to deliver the letter, he guessed in his heart that the news came from Simba, so he ran over without even changing his clothes.

Sure enough, Shangguan Yufeng heard what he said, worried about the safety of his fifth younger brother, not only did not blame him for his disheveled clothes, but praised him a few times for being friendly and loving brother, which made the eldest prince who came after him jealous.

Obviously they are all brothers, a few days ago, the fifth brother brought back gifts from the south, from the queen mother, the emperor father to their brothers, and even the four eunuchs and maids who served the fifth brother, everyone has a share.Of course everyone was also very happy, but no matter how he looked at it, he felt that the gadgets he got were much cruder.Especially the second brother's share, which was obviously carefully selected. Although it is not a small item worth a lot of money, it is exquisite and cute, unlike my share, which is just a wooden chariot and horse, which is not very innovative.

Today, he also came here to inquire about the safety of his fifth younger brother, but his father only praised his second younger brother. Thinking of what his mother and concubine said on weekdays, he was even more annoyed.

In less than half an hour, the ministers gathered in Qian'an Palace, and several princes also stood behind to listen to the government. After Eunuch Duan read Mu Ai's memorial, all the ministers immediately exploded. Tens of thousands of disaster victims have gathered, but it is still the least affected area, so the two cities near the side of the Lingjiang River have no tiles left.The flood five years ago was said to be a once-in-a-century disaster, but at that time only [-] people were affected. Could it be that this time it is worse than five years ago?

The thoughtful thought of the son of the prime minister who set out to the south with a huge amount of silver twenty days ago to inspect the Lingjiang dam and supervise the repairs, his eyes drooped, either gloating at his misfortune, or secretly calculating their own interests.

Shangguan Yufeng managed to get hold of Prime Minister Wei, how could he let it go, several ministers who received the secret decree before the court meeting, were the first to speak out, pointing out that Prime Minister Wei had ulterior motives and was greedy for money, Prime Minister Wei was not cheap He immediately fell on his knees and cried out his innocence, and his disciples and old disciples also knelt down to help explain, and for a while the hall was as noisy as a busy city.

Shangguan Yufeng was furious and made up his mind to take advantage of this matter to break the power of the Wei family, so he forcefully announced that he would send people south to relieve the disaster and appease the people, and investigate Wei Xian, the son of the prime minister of Wei, for his disobedience and the officials in Rongcheng. The crime of corruption.

Most of the people agreed, but they started a war of words over the candidates for going south. In the end, the second prince knelt in the hall, saying that he was concerned about the safety of his fifth brother, and that he was willing to share the worries of his father and save the people from fire and water.

Shangguan Yufeng was overjoyed, he seemed to have fully realized that the second son was so affectionate and responsible today, so he agreed immediately.According to the Hundred Flowers ancestral system, all princes who are not crowned kings are eligible to inherit the throne. After the age of 16, they can follow the lord to learn governance.

Although the second prince is not yet sixteen this year, he is already 15 years old. He is thoughtful, prudent and elegant, and has a good reputation. At this time, all the ministers saw that His Majesty was appreciative, so they quickly agreed in unison.Of course, Prime Minister Wei's faction was black-faced, but Prime Minister Wei was charged with ulterior motives and was powerless to stop him, so the matter of going south fell on the second prince.

After the court meeting, Shangguan Yufeng kept the second prince in secret for an hour, allocated a hundred inner guards and twenty dark guards, and let him go south overnight with a secret decree.

Mu Ai didn't know what kind of uproar her memorial had caused in the court. Every day, she led everyone to give porridge to the disaster relief, racking her brains to raise rice everywhere, but facing more and more victims, no amount of rice would be the same. A drop in the bucket.

On the third day, the number of victims had reached nearly 2, and there were only 100 bags of more than 20 bags of rice left. The convoy that went to Mingyue City to buy rice had at least six more days to return.But Mu Ai had no choice but to take advantage of the stillness of the night and concentrate on harvesting rice twice in the space. She was so tired that the gold stars in front of her eyes were jumping around, and she was still dizzy when she rested until dawn.

The children hadn't seen their mother out of the house for a long time. When they knocked on the door and came in, their mother's face was as pale as paper, and she was shocked. She ran out and called Ouyang to come in.

Mu Ai barely opened her eyes and comforted everyone, but she was restless at night and didn't sleep well. After drinking a few cups of spring water, she sat up and washed as usual.

Seeing this, the children were relieved and went out to continue their work.

Ouyang helped Mu Ai to sit down on the soft couch, took her hand forcefully, checked her pulse for a while, and after confirming that there was nothing wrong with Mu Ai except for the stagnation in her pulse, she withdrew her hand with doubts in her eyes.

Mu Ai knew that she had exhausted her mind and mind, and Ouyang must not be able to find out, so she smiled and said, "I haven't eaten and slept well these few days, so my complexion has turned a little pale. Don't make a fuss. But there are more disaster victims outside?"

Ouyang sighed, and took her in his arms, "Take care of your body first, don't worry about the outside world."

Mu Ai smiled lightly, leaned on his shoulder, and said, "Ouyang, these days the disaster victims are gathering more and more. I heard from Xiaoan that people have already escaped from Liecheng and Yacheng. I think there are still many disaster victims on the way. If you are struggling, how about you take some people down the road to help one or two, and if the two cities open warehouses for relief, the victims don’t have to gather here, and we will be much more relaxed, what do you think?”

"En." Ouyang responded, and gently lowered his head to smell the fragrance of her hair. He had this idea yesterday, but he was worried that Mu Ai was here alone to support him, so he didn't bring it up. The thoughts coincided with each other, and I felt a little happy.

Mu Ai smiled and said, "If we don't count, we can tell if we have a good understanding."

Ouyang bowed his head and kissed her, and said in a low voice, "I don't trust you."

"There is nothing to worry about. I'm not a child. Besides, now that the gates of the city are open, Mu Shiqi and Mr. Ren can help me. You go all the way south and bring Mr. Chi. The situation is very familiar, and Simba and the token are all with you. However, you have to take care of Simba, a naughty boy, and bring him back unscathed." Mu Ai laughed again when she said this , "Maybe Dayu and Tao'er will also follow you to the south. These two children are also grown up. It's good to take them to learn more and see more sufferings in the world."

The two discussed some details, and then divided the work into arrangements.Sure enough, Dayu and Tao'er strongly demanded to follow Ouyang to the south, and Mu Ai nodded in agreement after making an agreement with them for three chapters. The two happily tidied up and saluted, which made Xing'er and Cheng'er pouted, because they were the only two who wanted to stay camp.

Dayu and Tao'er couldn't see the grievances of their younger brothers and sisters, so they persuaded them a few words, saying that they would give them the heavy responsibility of taking care of their mothers, and when they came back, they would bring gifts to them, and the two children would see their brothers Such a serious matter, consciously being valued, rejoiced again.

Mu Ai prepared enough dry food for Ouyang and the children, as well as a large plastic bottle of spring water for each of them, and carefully told them to drink a few sips every day to prevent infection.Several people solemnly agreed, and then took advantage of the dark sky, pulled two large carts of rice and simple utensils, and left along the official road south.

Xiaoan took a pot of washed wild vegetables and poured them into a cauldron to cook with rice. Seeing his wife looking at the distance of the official road for a long time, she hurriedly stepped forward to comfort her and said, "Ma'am, the young master has a token and came to Deya City and Liecheng will definitely open the storehouse and release the grain smoothly. Besides, Xiao Jin also went with the young master, if something happens, Xiao Jin will be able to fly back to report in an hour."

Mu Ai nodded, and walked around the camp again before taking Simba and Xing'er back to the house.

Mu Shiqi and others bought salt, linoleum and other things from the city, and brought them in big carts. Ren Baiyi also brought dozens of brothers to help distribute the porridge, and protect everyone's safety by the way.

　Sometimes cold and sometimes like to catch a cold, how do you know when it is windy and rainy.Haha, I caught a cold. It’s hard to understand why it’s colder after the year than it was before, and the snow that hasn’t fallen all winter is coming. It’s really an abnormal climate. Everyone, please keep warm.Keep typing!
　　
　
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