Chapter 706 Greenhouse Preview

Seeing Lao Zhao coming over, everyone looked at him. Seeing him gasping for breath, they thought something important must have happened.

"What happened?"

Feng Wu looked at him while eating the lunch bag in his hand.

Seeing that this guy's forehead is sweating, it seems that the matter is serious.

Old Zhao took a look at the lunch bag in his hand, then looked at the ones in other people's hands, sniffed hard, and it smelled quite good.

But now I have something important to say, so I have to be patient for now.

"Your Highness, several villages near Jinzhou Prefecture were attacked this morning, and the glass covers of many greenhouses were damaged."

“…………”Everyone was stunned.

He stopped eating the lunch bag in his hand and stared at Old Zhao in front of him, obviously shocked.

Even the man stopped what he was doing.

"Are there any casualties?"

"Two elderly people died, and quite a few young people were injured, but the local mayor has already sent a doctor."

"What about the vegetables in the greenhouse? Are they damaged?"

General Cheng stood up anxiously, holding the lunch bag in his hand.

If those vegetables were destroyed, the people would have nothing to eat in the winter.

Seeing General Cheng so excited, Old Zhao hurried to comfort him.

"Fortunately, the vegetables in the greenhouse were not damaged much, because each village organized a patrol team, and they found those people first and took action.

Later, the village heads organized people to help. They didn't have time to damage the vegetables, but the glass covers of many houses were still damaged.

He was having breakfast in the morning when mayors from all over the place came running over. He was so shocked when he heard about it that he followed them without even eating.

I thought all the greenhouses were destroyed, but fortunately each village organized patrol teams in advance, so the losses were not so great.

After hearing this, the others also looked relieved, fortunately the loss was not that great.

"Do you know who did it?"

General Cheng's face darkened and he stared straight at Old Zhao.

I don’t know who has such a conscience that they would destroy the food rations that the people depend on for survival. If this is discovered, they will be severely punished.

Seeing General Cheng's angry expression, the others seemed much calmer, especially Old Zhao.

"We haven't found out yet. I think it must be related to the Second Prince. After all, he has done this many times."

Old Zhao had a face full of sarcasm. Who else but him could do such a heartless thing?

"Second Prince?" Grand Tutor Sun frowned.

He glanced at the two adults beside him again, and it was obvious that they didn't understand why they suspected the second prince.

Seeing the confusion in his eyes, Old Zhao looked sarcastic.

"Humph! Who else could it be if not him? Ever since my prince was exiled, haven't they caused enough trouble?"

Since he was exiled to the present, Han Mulei has probably emptied his family's wealth and spared no effort to put the prince to death.

It's a pity that he couldn't get what he wanted. Not only is the prince living a good life now, but the people are also enjoying it. He can only watch helplessly.

Seeing the mockery in Old Zhao's eyes, the adults looked at each other and understood what was going on without asking any more questions.

But the impatient General Cheng still glared in dissatisfaction.

"This is outrageous! I will report this to the Emperor when I return."

I also know that the second prince usually does a lot of shady things, but he attacks those powerless civilians, which is really infuriating and unbearable.

Although the other two adults did not say anything, their expressions were also angry.

Looking at the lunch bags in their hands, Lao Zhao swallowed, but continued to talk about business.

"Your Majesty, they attacked more than a dozen villages at once, involving no less than a thousand people. Now the government offices in various places only have a few dozen people.

That’s why I came here today to ask Your Majesty to send more people to prevent them from harming the people again.”

Looking at the situation today, I don’t think those people will let it go.

Then he hurried back and asked the prince to send more people to protect the people's greenhouse, otherwise there would be more casualties and losses when he came again.

“…………”Han Mulei didn’t say anything.

But he was obviously thinking about something. No need to guess, you know it must have been Han Mulei who did it.

I think he is afraid that the vegetables in the greenhouse will be put on the market and block his way to making money.

Just as Lao Zhao said, they won't give up just this time, and they should indeed send some people.

Thinking of this, he looked up at Lao Zhao.

"You will take 20,000 people back with you and set up guards at all the intersections leading to Qingzhou Prefecture to strictly check for any suspicious persons passing by.

In addition, we will deploy patrol teams in each village day and night to prevent them from causing further damage."

There is no better solution at the moment, we can only send more people to patrol.

"Yes." Old Zhao was delighted.

I knew the prince would send people, but I didn't expect him to send so many. Now I feel relieved.

As if she remembered something, she looked up at the man.

"Your Highness, what should we do with the damaged glass covers?"

When I came back from there before, the farmers who suffered losses were crying so hard that they almost died.

It's understandable. A glass cover would cost dozens of taels of silver, which would be heartbreaking for anyone.

So I thought about talking to the prince. It would be best if he could give it to me for free, but if that's not possible, it would be fine if I could charge a little less.

As soon as he saw Lao Zhao like this, he knew what he was thinking. The man turned his head and looked at Feng Er.

"Send some men over there to fix the glass cover."

"Does that require the people to pay money?"

Old Zhao stared at the prince in front of him, his face full of expression saying "don't ask for money". His expectant eyes were as if the damaged glass cover belonged to their family.

Han Muchen looked at him speechlessly.

"What do you think?"

We didn't charge them for installing so many covers in the first place, but now we can charge them for repairing these.

However, seeing how Lao Zhao was wholeheartedly serving the people, the man was still very satisfied.

Even General Cheng and the others at the opposite table looked at Lao Zhao with satisfaction.

Although Old Zhao was born into a military family and looks rough, he has a kind heart that is dedicated to serving the people.

The people of Qingzhou Prefecture are truly blessed to have such an official.

Seeing that everyone was looking at him with approval, Lao Zhao touched his face embarrassedly.

"Hehe, aren't these people just too pitiful for me?"

I was never this attentive when I followed the prince to fight in battles before.

Ever since I became the head of Qingzhou Prefecture, I've been dealing with the common people all day long, and only then did I realize how hard their lives are.

I thought that if I could help them save as much as possible, I would do so. After all, the prince and princess have plenty of money and don’t care about these things.

But I was still very happy because the purpose of my visit was achieved.

Looking at the lunch bags in everyone's hands, I don't know what they are, but they smell pretty good.

After running for a whole morning, my stomach was empty. I quickly went to wash my hands and joined the queue for lunch.

But the man really had no appetite. After eating his full meal, he stopped and looked into the yard.

After a moment, he looked up at Butler Liu.

"When you have time, go check what Han Mulei has been doing recently?"