Chapter 176 It Won’t Be Long
Mo Liyuan walked slowly along the muddy path towards Lan Xiyue, "Yu'er, what are you thinking about?"
Lan Xiyue turned and looked at Mo Liyuan, her clear eyes filled with thought. "Your Highness, I'm wondering why some people suffer from abdominal pain and diarrhea."
Mo Liyuan frowned upon hearing this, "Is it poisoning or a stomach upset?"
Lan Xiyue pondered for a moment and shook her head. "They must have eaten something, but now we have porridge. I don't know what they ate to upset their stomachs."
"Tianyi, go ask those people who have abdominal pain and diarrhea, what else did they eat besides the porridge they were given?"
Tianyi responded and left.
Lan Xiyue looked at Huilong County, which was submerged by the flood. "Your Highness, Huilong County is still flooded. It is not a long-term solution for these people to stay in Qingshan."
Mo Liyuan's eyes grew darker upon hearing this. "I have already ordered the evacuation of all the people living downstream, and have had a canal dug to divert the water from Huilong County to the Qian River."
Lan Xiyue's heart trembled slightly when she heard this. "Digging a river channel to change its course, wouldn't that be very time-consuming and laborious?" Lan Xiyue couldn't help but mutter.
In ancient times, there were no machines or tools, and everything relied on manpower. Such a project was undoubtedly time-consuming, labor-intensive and extremely difficult.
"Does Yue'er have a better idea?"
Lan Xiyue shook her head. "There is strength in numbers. Your Highness's method may be the best one."
After a while, Tianyi hurried back and said, "Master, Princess, those people who had abdominal pain and diarrhea said they only drank porridge and some wild fruits picked from the back mountain to fill their stomachs. After all, the porridge was too little and there were so many people, so they still couldn't eat enough. So those people went to the back mountain to pick wild fruits."
Lan Xiyue frowned slightly when she heard this. "I've already asked An Yi to pick the wild fruits that the people mentioned and check them out. They're just ordinary wild fruits, not poisonous. Clearly, the problem isn't with the fruits themselves."
Tianyi scratched his head, his face full of confusion. "So what's the problem? Why are some people safe and sound, while children and the elderly are the most likely to get hurt?"
Just when everyone was at a loss, the strange old man's voice suddenly rang in Lan Xiyue's mind: "Girl, check the water!"
Lan Xiyue's eyes lit up, "Where's the drinking water for the people?"
Tianyi pointed to a lake on the top of Qingshan Mountain and said, "Princess, the water we drink now comes from that lake."
Lan Xiyue already had a plan in mind, "Take me to see it."
Mo Liyuan passed by Lan Xiyue and said, "I'll take Yue'er with me." After he finished speaking, the two of them took off into the air and rushed towards the top of Qingshan Mountain.
The wind whistled in my ears. Suddenly, Lan Xiyue pointed to a place not far away and said anxiously, "Stop, get off."
Upon hearing this, Mo Liyuan paused, then jumped down, and the two of them landed steadily.
Lan Xiyue walked over quickly and saw two little children squatting on the ground, holding muddy water in their hands and drinking it with gulps.
Lan Xiyue's heart sank suddenly, and she frowned, "The water on the ground is not clean, don't drink it."
The two children slowly raised their heads, their eyes full of pity: "Sister, we are thirsty."
Lan Xiyue looked at Mo Liyuan, her eyes full of understanding: "Aren't we using water from the mountaintop lake?"
Mo Liyuan also had a solemn expression. At this moment, An Yi quietly appeared and whispered, "Master, Miss Lan, we have already investigated everything. The young and middle-aged people have been building wooden houses. Some think it is too far to go to the top of the mountain to get water. Many people are thirsty and are drinking water directly from the muddy ground."
Mo Liyuan said coldly, "Immediately arrange for personnel to divert water from the mountaintop lake down the mountain to ensure that every citizen has access to clean water."
"yes"
Lan Xiyue squatted down and her eyes fell on the two children who were covered in mud and scooped up water from the ground to quench their thirst.
"The water on the ground is not filtered or boiled, so it's not clean. Drinking it will upset your stomach."
The two children blinked their big eyes, nodded as if they understood, then stood up and ran away.
Looking at the children's backs as they walked away, Lan Xiyue stood up and turned to Mo Liyuan beside her and said, "Your Highness, there are too many people here. The weather is getting hotter, and if they are crowded together, I'm afraid other problems will arise."
Mo Liyuan frowned upon hearing this. People had gathered at the foot of the green hills, on the hillside, and wherever there was flat ground. He said in a deep voice, "In a few days, when the canal is dug and the water is diverted to the Qian River, and the water in Huilong County recedes, the people can return and rebuild Huilong County."
Lan Xiyue nodded after hearing this. Now the entire Huilong County was flooded, and the people had nowhere else to go, unless they crossed from Qingshan to Mogu Mountain, and then from Mogu Mountain to Wanshou County or other counties.
The people had nothing to eat, but they could still have porridge if they stayed here. Huilong County, located at the foot of Qingshan Mountain, was their home, so most of them were reluctant to leave. Only a few who had relatives in Wanshou County or nearby counties crossed Qingshan Mountain to Mogu Mountain and left.
"Yu'er," Mo Liyuan's voice interrupted Lan Xiyue's thoughts. "I have ordered people to dig the river day and night. It won't be long."
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