The county magistrate crawled to catch up with the prince, only to find that the officials who came with the prince were discussing something while gathering something they had fished out from the embankment.
Among them were officials from the Dushuijian.
The Du Shui Jian was a department in charge of internal and external canals, ferry crossings, bridges, dams and other projects. When they saw the materials, they found that the dam was a shoddy project that had been cut corners.
"Bastard! No wonder this dam leaks every year despite being repaired every year! I must find out these termites!" The prince was so angry after hearing the officials' report!
There was a lot to be made from building the dam, and every official involved was suspected.
The third prince also had a solemn expression on his face. Corruption among officials has happened frequently throughout history.
I just didn't expect that this group of people would dare to joke with the lives of ordinary people!
The prince brought everyone back to the county government office and ordered people to bring the prefect and others over immediately.
The guards did not dare to delay and rode away on their fast horses.
Bai Zhirou also realized the seriousness of the matter. This was not something she could get involved in.
She returned to her own porridge stall and found that the number of refugees queuing had decreased a lot, but there was a new porridge stall belonging to Prince Rong's Mansion next to it.
"Yes, Princess Mingzhu is the daughter of Prince Rong, and Prince Rong is very supportive of Princess Mingzhu. Didn't he immediately set up a porridge stall nearby?"
It was Nanny Jiang who spoke. Unexpectedly, she was also brought out this time.
At this moment, he was waving a big spoon and talking about the glorious deeds of Prince Rong's Mansion with saliva flying.
Seeing that she kept talking and the whole pot of porridge was covered with her saliva, everyone leaned back in disgust.
What does Prince Rong’s Mansion and Princess Mingzhu have to do with them?
As long as someone is able to eat, no matter if he is an emperor or a landlord, he is a good person!
The refugees who were originally queuing up in the soup kitchen at Prince Rong's Mansion were transferred to the soup kitchen of Princess Mingzhu.
Seeing that there were fewer and fewer people in her team, Nanny Jiang scratched her head in confusion.
Bai Zhirou was too lazy to care about this dog-loving and look-down-on-people servant and returned to her own porridge shed.
In another hour it would be sunset and she would have finished distributing the porridge.
But it was too late to build a temporary shack after sunset, so she left the porridge stall to Mingcui and Qiu Tong, and walked out of the city with the rest of the people and the yamen runners.
She borrowed a few people from the county magistrate and started building a temporary shack at the city gate.
Refugees gathered outside the city. They were all villagers from nearby villages that were destroyed by the flood.
She looked at them one by one and saw that they were just dressed in rags, but their spirits were relatively good and there were no special problems, so she felt relieved.
The materials for building the shacks were still being transported. The refugees had just been given some porridge and were now drowsy, not paying any attention to what the yamen runners were doing.
As the sun sets, Bai Zhirou is still chatting with an old man. She learns that the county magistrate here is a lazy and timid person who treats people differently based on their circumstances.
The people whom they look down upon the most are the lower class people.
He came here two years ago to serve as the county magistrate, but he didn't make many political achievements. Instead, he caused a lot of unjust, false and wrong cases.
Bai Zhirou was shocked when she heard this. Her first meeting with the county magistrate was not a pleasant one.
That little fat boy actually dared to boss her around.
If she didn't have the title of princess and wasn't Chen Zhao's fiancée, but was just an ordinary commoner, wouldn't she have to endure his anger in vain?
While Bai Zhirou was talking to the old man, someone had already informed the county magistrate of the matter.
"This little girl actually dared to pry into my privacy! She is so audacious!" The county magistrate chuckled in the second room.
Next to him was the meeting place of the prince and his men, so he didn't dare to speak too loudly.
"You continue to keep an eye on her, and ask another person to notify the prefect and let him deal with the situation accordingly." The county magistrate whispered in his ear.
The bailiff received the order and left quickly.
Someone had already rushed to the prefectural yamen at full speed, so he had to take a shortcut to get there faster than that person!
The setting sun gathered its last rays of light, and darkness completely enveloped the earth.
Bai Zhirou then led the yamen runners back. The temporary shack was only half built, and the rest had to be completed by tomorrow morning.
Mingcui and Qiu Tong also closed their porridge stall, but Nanny Jiang was still there glaring at them, and it was obvious that she disliked Mingcui.
Mingcui didn't care about the old woman. She put the last chair on the carriage with quick hands and feet, and drove the carriage back with Qiu Tong.
Bai Zhirou gave some commercial silver to a few yamen runners and asked them to come early tomorrow and invite a doctor to see the patient.
"You can ask a doctor, but you have to do this in person." One of the yamen runners said with a smile.
Bai Zhirou thought about it for a moment and agreed.
The yamen runners sent her to the post station and then went back. At this time, the prince and his men had not returned yet. It seemed that they had no plans to come back tonight.
When Xia Yifeng saw her come back, he picked up some food for Xia Yuning without even turning his head.
"You are a princess after all, why do you spend all day with those lowly people?" Xia Yifeng said sarcastically.
"Brother, Sister Zhirou has her own ideas. Let's not interfere." Xia Yuning timidly turned to Bai Zhirou and asked, "Sister Zhirou, where are my parents' homes? What do they like to eat? I can buy them some gifts."
Bai Zhirou sat at a table alone. "You'll know when the time comes. In the current situation, you only need to buy some rice, flour, grain, oil, etc. Nothing else is necessary."
During a disaster year, being able to buy food is a great fortune!
Xia Yuning took note of this.
"Why are you asking these questions? We brought so many things, and any one of them would cost a farmer's family several years' worth of expenses." Princess Rong said.
"Mother, I just want to repay them for giving birth to me." There is nothing else to say.
Bai's father and mother only gave her life, not raised her, and had no feelings for her. They just wanted to send her away with some gold, silver and jewelry.
The Bai family lived in Xiaohe Village, Qinghe Town, near Linzhou. They were the richest landlords in Xiaohe Village. Although their life was not bad, it was not good enough compared to Prince Rong's Mansion.
Every day, someone was assigned to deliver information to the emperor about the prince's flood control efforts, and the empress only knew about it for a morning and afternoon.
At this moment, she was anxiously waiting for the latest news.
It was the prince who followed everyone to the river to build the dam. The prince set an example and worked together with the third prince, Shen Zhao and others to contribute to the dam.
"This silly child should just watch from the shore, why does he have to go into the river?" The queen was so distressed that she burst into tears after hearing this.
She gave birth to him after ten months of pregnancy, and she was happier than anyone else when he was named the crown prince.
Now this child is honestly working with those officials to build a dam in the river!
If anything happened to him, wouldn't that be like cutting her heart out with a knife?
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