Emperor of the Tang Dynasty

"I can only say that I prevented Youzhou's situation from getting worse, but I still can't solve this mess." Li You pouted.

"Your Highness, you don't need to be too concerned, after all, this is not manpower..."

Ma Zhou was just halfway through when he saw Li You stand up.

"…Your Highness, where are you going?"

Ma Zhou had a strange look on his face, and Li You said as a matter of course: "Of course it's a field visit to see what's going on... Otherwise, how can you solve the problem if you don't understand it in depth?"

"……what?"

Ma Zhou heard the words without saying a word, and blinked his eyes in surprise.

No no no... it's not a question of deep knowledge at all, okay?

Even if you have a deep understanding of it, Your Highness, you can't solve this problem. After all, you are a prince. I'm afraid you don't even know how to cultivate the fields? !

In the face of something completely unknown, how can we solve it?

"Your Highness, are you going out?"

Cheng Chumo, who was dozing beside him, stood up excitedly. Although he was nominally engaged in the Youzhou Governor's Office, Cheng Chumo always regarded Zhao Haoji as Li You's personal guard, so when Li You looked through the file , he was so bored that he kept walking.

"Yes."

Li You nodded, and Cheng Chumo immediately said excitedly: "Then I'll go with you! Just in time to protect your safety!"

"Guard my safety..." Li You looked at him up and down, "Can you beat me? Also guard my safety?"

Cheng Chumo: "..."

Your Highness, don't bring such hurtful things!

Chapter 192 The leader has come to condolences to the villagers

After Li You said this, Cheng Chumo has gone from excited to stunned. This is indeed true. Does Li You need an escort for such a powerful martial art?

After flirting with Cheng Chumo, Li You also said sternly: "Okay, then you pack up and go out with me once."

Cheng Chumo jumped up again, apparently full of blood and resurrected!

Ma Zhou also said: "His Royal Highness, I will go with you too."

It happened that Ma Zhou was also very curious, what did His Highness Li You want to do?

If he didn't get along with Li You for a while, then Ma Zhou would probably think that this was just the prince's whim, and he would be completely stunned when he arrived at the place, and eventually returned without success.

However, after having an in-depth understanding of Li You, Ma Zhou is very sure that Li You is by no means the type of person who will fight uncertain battles!

Therefore, Ma Zhou also wanted to see with his own eyes what Li You could do.

"Master Ma, will you come too?" Li You thought for a while, and said, "That's fine. Come over together."

……

Although Li You has kept a low profile as much as possible, the governor's trip still appears to be very powerful among the people.

Especially when the common people knew that their new governor, 367, was His Royal Highness the King of Chu who prevented smallpox and rescued the world, and he was like a celebrity of later generations.

"Calm down, calm down!"

Li You raised his hand to calm down the excited villagers, feeling like he was leading the way to the countryside to offer condolences.

Maybe Li You will ask if he has been lifted out of poverty, if he has made a fortune, if he is living a good life, and then the people will answer that the national policy is good, and now they are all popular...

However, this only exists in Li You's imagination. After concentrating, Li You asked: "This time I came here, mainly because I want to know about your food situation as the prefect of Youzhou, and now I have surplus food at home. ?"

When the common people heard the words, they first glanced at each other, and then shook their heads together.

There are hundreds of people at the scene, and hundreds of people shook their heads like a rattle. The scene was very spectacular.

"Well, as expected." Li You shrugged, "Who among you is more representative of the masses? Find someone to come out and talk to this official."

After the crowd stirred for a while, an old man was elected.

"You are……?"

"See His Royal Highness King Chu!" The old man hurriedly saluted Li You, "The old man is the magistrate of this piece, and his name is Hong Man."

"Hong Man..." Li You nodded and said, "The food is in short supply now, but because of the cold season and the smallpox epidemic?"

Hong Man shook his head first, then nodded again.

"To be honest with His Highness, it's nothing to be cold in the cold. Youzhou is like this every year. We've long been used to it, and we can barely survive the winter."

After a pause, Hong Man continued: "But since the outbreak of the smallpox epidemic, many villagers have unfortunately contracted smallpox. Not only are the fields deserted, but the number of people who can farm is greatly reduced!"

"Even so, it won't get to this point, right?" Li You touched his nose and asked, "The cold weather in Youzhou can slow down the spread of the disease a lot, plus this officer's method is timely and fast, it should be Minimize the damage of this plague."

"His Royal Highness said it is very true, but the problem is that this is Youzhou! Youzhou is located in the north and is very close to the wolf cubs in the north. The soldiers who were originally assigned to the fields did not have time to cultivate, and all Let's go to war! As a result, the food production will drop sharply, and naturally everyone will not have enough to eat."

After listening to Hong Man's explanation, Li You rubbed his chin and thought about it.

These problems, in the final analysis, are one and that is the lack of people!Extremely short of people!

Even if there is land, it is useless if no one cultivates it!

This is a problem that the Tang Dynasty often faced. Even though it seems like overpopulation in modern times, the population during the Tang Dynasty was pitifully small.