Prince Rui's expression was very unpleasant.
"I've already changed its dressing; I found it in your basket."
The tigers now live in the bears' territory.
We've also negotiated with the Tiger King; the Tiger King's previous cave will serve as the boundary, and people are not allowed to set foot inside.
Once inside, the tigers will eat people.
Tomorrow, we will also send up a thousand live chickens and five hundred rabbits up the mountain.
They were released into the tigers' territory.
Zhao Qingluan said he understood, then asked in confusion,
"How did Your Highness communicate with that tiger? The number is so clear."
Prince Rui glanced down at Zhao Qingluan, whose face was deathly pale.
"If you can communicate, then I can certainly communicate too. I'm not stupid."
Zhao Qingluan gave a soft "hmm" and then fell silent, sensing that Prince Rui was in a bad mood.
He's a patient now, and a patient has to act like a patient, like sleeping.
While everyone else was exhausted, Zhao Qingluan slept soundly.
Upon arriving at the county government office, Prince Rui invited a doctor for Zhao Qingluan.
Zhao Qingluan woke up while the doctor was examining his injuries.
You can't blame the doctor for having too much strength; he couldn't have determined which bone Zhao Qingluan had broken without carefully feeling it.
The result of the exertion was that Zhao Qingluan was awakened by the pain.
After the doctor applied splints and bound Zhao Qingluan with various strips of cloth, Zhao Qingluan became a semi-disabled person.
He used to be able to take care of himself and cook for himself, but now he's completely useless.
Given his impoverished nature, Prince Rui bought him a cook and a servant.
With the servant's help, Zhao Qingluan's daily life became much more convenient.
He then threw down a hundred taels of silver and left with his men.
Prince Rui left in a great hurry, as if he were being chased by dogs.
In fact, he was furious. The guards he had carefully trained were really incompetent.
So many people were hunting five bears, yet someone still got injured; they had absolutely no ability to cooperate.
It seems they've really let their guard down lately.
And those soldiers in the city defense camp, they didn't even have the courage to draw their swords and stab the bear.
How could such soldiers win battles and defend cities if they went to the battlefield?
Many of the guards who followed Prince Rui were sent back to the guard camp for retraining.
As for the city defense battalion, they were sent back, but a memorial was immediately submitted to the Emperor.
Looking at the wildly cursive script on the memorial, the emperor sensed his son's anger.
As a result, the entire army underwent a major reshuffle.
During this process, many officials who held positions without performing their duties or embezzled military funds and supplies were dismissed and investigated.
Not only that, the civil officials also made a big move.
While many were imprisoned and many others retired and returned to their hometowns...
They had no idea that they would be caught in a trap set by a small county town.
On the first day after Zhao Qingluan woke up, the county government issued a notice.
"There is a tiger immortal in Black Cliff Mountain who has cultivated for a thousand years and can understand human speech."
After discussions between Prince Rui and the county magistrate, it was decided that the tiger should return to the mountain, with the Black Mountain Tiger Cave as the boundary, and the people should not cross it.
If, due to the greed of the people, they cross the boundary and are killed or injured by a tiger, they should accept their misfortune and not go to the county government to complain.
Locals may go into the mountains to collect wild fruits and vegetables, but are prohibited from hunting rabbits and chickens.
That was the reward that the county promised to the Black Cliff Mountain tigers.
If ordinary people go into the mountains, they can hunt wild boars and wolves.
Just be careful. Not all ferocious beasts can become immortals.
In short, good luck to you.
Even so, the people were overjoyed.
They not only kowtowed towards the county government office, but also towards the imperial city.
They said they wanted to thank Prince Rui.
In fact, Prince Rui had already headed north, and it was unknown who they were bowing to.
Magistrate Zhao Qingluan held even greater weight in the hearts of the people. He was someone who could speak with even the Tiger Immortal.
From that day on, there was a constant stream of food available in front of the county government office.
Having no other option, Zhao Qingluan had to post another message.
"Thank you for your kindness, but unfortunately, my family is small and we can't finish all that food. Please don't send any more in the future."
They gained another wave of goodwill; I wonder how these ordinary people reached this agreement.
Today it's your family delivering, tomorrow it's her family delivering, and until winter came, Zhao Qingluan never spent money to buy vegetables again.
That's a story for another time, of course.
As Prince Rui traveled north, he truly experienced the differences under the rule of his officials.
The county town under the rule of the Zhao brothers was thriving.
As for those seasoned veterans, they were all about getting away with things as much as possible.
Let alone repairing the official road, even the blue bricks in the county town are crooked, with one piece warped on the east and another missing on the west.
Even worse, the whole city smelled extremely unpleasant.
The drainage ditches throughout the county were clogged in many places, and on rainy days, sewage would almost overflow into every household.
Therefore, Prince Rui, who couldn't stand it, kept sending memorials to the palace.
"Hehe, my good son, in all these years, the number of memorials he has submitted and the words he has spoken to me have not been as many as in this period of time."
Look at him, full of complaints; I'm just his punching bag.
The emperor uttered words of disdain, but his eyes and brows were full of smiles.
Rong Fuhai quickly began to flatter him.
"That's because the prince cares about the emperor and the people. It's all thanks to the emperor's excellent teaching."
The Emperor shook his head. "You sycophant."
Prince Rui was like a harvester of officials.
Wherever he went, officials fell from grace one by one, and local officials throughout Northeast China flocked to temples to burn incense and make wishes.
"Please, Buddha, protect us. May that evil Prince Rui not come to our county. We, the believer, kowtow to Buddha."
In similar ways, the monks in the temples were also happy to receive appointments from local officials.
After all, their donations are much higher than those of ordinary people.
After a long journey of several days, or rather, to understand the people's conditions, Prince Rui and his entourage arrived at Mo City.
Upon arriving in Mocheng, Prince Rui still first strolled around to observe the people's conditions.
When asked how the crops were growing this year, the farmers really opened up a floodgate of conversation.
"Hey, you've come to the right person. We used to grow wheat every year; it's easy to grow."
This year, a new county magistrate arrived. He distributed high-yield grain seeds to us and personally taught us the techniques of seedling cultivation and planting.
This old man has lived this long and this is the first time he's encountered such a good official.
That's why they say we farmers have something worthwhile to do.
I heard that our new county magistrate comes from a farming family; otherwise, how could he be so good at farming?
"When he gets to the fields, he can hoe the soil faster than even us skilled farmers..."
Prince Rui privately thought that Zhao Yonggeng might have received a message from his son.
I made a special arrangement in the county to show myself the best side.
No matter how remote the mountain village he sent to investigate, the results were largely the same.
That's impressive. One person praising it is just an isolated case, but if many people praise it, then it's truly good.
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