This bag of silver solved the urgent needs of many people, allowing them to wait for relief from the court. It also allowed them to spend the year safely despite the continuous heavy rain and barren harvest that followed.
Of course, this is a later story.
The closer the carriage got to Shenyang City, the fewer people there were, and the occasional people passing by were half-naked.
Not all of them are poor, it's also because it's hot. They feel hot even in shorts. Some people even take off their shirts and bask in the sun.
Prince Du didn't quite understand: "The land is already so sunburned, why are you still busy working in the fields? There's nothing here."
Xie Qing's eyes were filled with compassion: "The people rely on the harvest from the land to make a living. As long as there is land, there is hope. Looking at it every day is like looking at their hope."
Qin Wan turned her head to look outside. The sky was vast and there was no woman to be seen. She guessed it was not that they were not allowed to go out, but the weather was hot. How could women take off their clothes whenever they wanted when going out like men?
I can only stay at home.
"The people have suffered." Qin Wan felt bad, and recalled that in her previous life, there were heavy rainstorms in May and June. At that time, it was because the site for building the dam had not been decided, so the people had just suffered from drought and then floods, and countless people were displaced.
Xie Qing looked at her curiously: "What are you thinking about?"
Qin Wan met his gaze and spoke with concern, "I'm wondering what if the Qiang and Southern Xinjiang disagree? If they do agree, the court will need to spend money to build the dam. First, it needs to be larger, and second, we need to ensure that no one cuts corners."
If the dam is built small, it is not a big problem. However, if it is built with shoddy materials, the dam bursting will be a real natural disaster and man-made disaster.
Xie Qing knew that Qin Wan had something else to say. If the three countries jointly built the dam, naturally everyone had to contribute money together. But if the other two countries did not contribute, funding would also be a problem.
However, these matters had to be discussed after the two countries agreed. Xie Qing only promised Qin Wan: "The dam must be built. The money from the court is not enough, so we will find a way ourselves."
He took out a map and pointed out the place where he planned to build the dam. He also explained in detail what kind of dam he planned to build and how much money it would cost.
However, for the matter to be finalized, it also needs the consent of His Majesty, and more importantly, the cooperation of the Qiang people and southern Xinjiang. He has been working secretly for a long time, but the monarchs of the two countries have not agreed. Now he goes to find the emperor's uncle, hoping that the emperor's uncle can come forward and persuade the two countries.
They did not enter the city, but walked around Shenyang City and looked at the disaster situation in the east of Shenyang City.
This place is far away from Qingquan Mountain, and the drought situation is more severe.
Once we entered the city, we saw that the situation there was a little better.
However, there were people watching over the water at several wells. The queue of people drawing water stretched for two miles, and each person was only allowed to have half a bucket of water, which cost ten cents.
Prince Du stopped a man and gave him a dime. He took a look at the water in the bucket and found it was very turbid.
Prince Du frowned and asked, "Can this water be drunk?"
The man who was drawing water said, "It's good to have some to drink. I heard that the people outside the city have nothing to drink."
Qin Wan asked him, "Is this half bucket of water enough for a day?"
The man shook his head. "How can it be enough? It's just that water is expensive these days. When you're thirsty, you can only take a sip. This water is for cooking."
Xie Qing waved his hand and asked them to leave. They went around all the water sources in the city. There were guards everywhere. In some places, although the guards were not wearing government uniforms, it was obvious that they were guarded by government officials.
The water supply in the city is not optimistic, because almost every water source is like this, extremely turbid.
Qin Wan was very worried: "Even if the craftsmen come, it will take time to explore the water source and dig a well. I don't know if they can hold on until then."
Xie Qing said solemnly, "As long as the water source of Qingquan Mountain can hold on, the people can hold on too. When the main force arrives, we can have them transport water to the city."
Prince Du felt that this was very troublesome and said, "Just order the governor to send someone."
"We have to capture the governor first." Qin Wan looked at Xie Qing thoughtfully.
The city of Shenyang is controlled by the prefect, which is Rupin's power. So has the governor already defected?
Or should we just go our separate ways?
Xie Qing clenched his fists, and suddenly felt that bringing Qin Wan here was a mistake: "It's too dangerous here, I shouldn't have brought you here, why don't you go back now?"
"I said, I won't leave. I'm not the kind of person who retreats without a fight." Qin Wan turned her head and looked at Xie Qing seriously, expressing her attitude again.
"In that case, let's go."
Xie Qing suddenly smiled and strode into a restaurant.
There are things to do and meals to eat. If you don't eat now, you may never have the chance to eat properly in the future.
The entire Shenyang City is short of water, and naturally, food. There is nothing delicious in the restaurant. There are quite a few dried goods, but seasonal vegetables are very scarce.
The three of them reluctantly ordered four dishes and a soup. After eating, Xie Qing was in no hurry to leave: "I think the prefect is already downstairs at this moment."
The restaurant, which was originally very quiet and sparsely populated, was now unusually quiet, and you could almost hear a pin drop.
The faint noise outside had now disappeared.
Qin Wan leaned over and looked down. Isn’t that right?
There were quite a few people standing downstairs, the first two of them were dressed in official attire and the other in military uniform.
Seeing someone emerge from the upper floors, the prefect knelt in the street and said, "Your Highness, we respectfully welcome His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"
"Your Highness, the Crown Prince!"
The cheers were deafening.
Xie Qing stood up. In Shenyang City, he no longer had to pretend to be a dissolute prince, nor could he pretend to be an incompetent prince.
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