Shen Zhining stared at Xu Mochen: "Your Majesty, you still have so many old friends."
Xu Mochen glanced back, "You are also a time traveler after all. Our harem is fake and we can't count. Don't worry about it.
But Tang Derun is right. When it comes to friendship, Zisu is indeed closer to the Yingyue Sect.
"Then I will edit a letter and you give it to Zisu," Xu Mochen thought, "If the Yingyue Sect is willing to help, that would be the best."
The matter was settled temporarily, Xu Mochen asked about the affairs of Ningzhou Prefecture.
"The governor of Ningzhou is Wang Bo'an. Speaking of this person, it is very interesting." Tang Derun has already had a look at Ningzhou. "He is a civil servant. During the unification war, he also led troops to suppress bandits. He is considered to be both civil and military.< /p>
After the world was unified, he was named the prefect of Ningzhou and had a good reputation here."
Xu Mochen thought about it: "Is this person a cultivator of immortality?"
"No, I just know how to breathe in and out." Tang Derun knew Xu Mochen's taboo, "Because he is a civil servant, he has some contacts with the immortal cultivators of the Wenfa Sect in the DPRK, but he has not exceeded them."
Xu Mochen nodded: "The control of the plague cannot be separated from the cooperation of the local government. Let's go meet this person."
That was the year, this person has been out for a long time, who knows whether he will deteriorate.
Since Wang Bo'an has been in the imperial court before, he should know about immortal cultivators.
He wants to judge this person's current position with his own eyes.
"The Prefect's Mansion is not far from the inn," Tang Derun frowned, "I just went there with great fanfare. I'm afraid I won't be able to hide it from Prince Ning's eyes and ears."
"I have nothing to hide," Xu Mochen felt it didn't matter, "My whereabouts have been exposed a long time ago, otherwise Zisu and the others wouldn't have found me so accurately.
But what you said is right, as the chief manager of the embroidery team, let’s go and meet him.”
They and their group have all been disguised, so it is not easy for ordinary people to recognize them.
But if you want to hide it from the immortal cultivators, it will be difficult.
Seeing that the emperor had made up his mind, Tang Derun said nothing.
The four people left and soon arrived at the prefect's mansion in Ningzhou.
Ningzhou was once the capital of the former Southern Wei Kingdom, and many of its buildings were quite large. After the fall of the country, the imperial palace and the like were destroyed, but the rest were preserved.
This prefect's mansion, judging from its size and momentum, is no worse than the mansions in the capital.
There were several carriages parked at the door, but the drivers were blond and blue-eyed foreigners.
"They are people from foreign vassals and foreign countries," Tang Derun recognized. "Ningzhou is close to the sea, so from time to time there will be envoys from foreign countries coming across the ocean."
Xu Mochen also knew these things. His consciousness swept away and found that these people were not immortal cultivators.
I just don’t know which country it is from.
Daqian has relatively frequent contacts with foreign countries.
Tang Derun stepped forward and handed over the sign of the Embroidered Clothes Envoy: "Please inform the prefect that Tang Derun, the chief executive of the Embroidered Clothes Envoy, is visiting."
The Embroidered Clothes Envoy was an elite bodyguard directly under the emperor and was very powerful. The guard did not dare to neglect him and hurriedly took the token and went in.
Not long after, several people came out quickly, led by a middle-aged man. He came to the door and asked: "Where is the person?"
"It's been a long time, Lord Wang." As a cultivator in the world of monsters and beasts, Tang Derun naturally has a good memory. He stepped forward and bowed, "We said goodbye back then, but I didn't expect to see you again like this."
"Master Tang," Wang Bo'an also recognized him, and he smiled, "Ningzhou is far away from the capital. I didn't expect that Master Tang will come here, so I won't be able to welcome him from afar."
"Hahaha," Tang Derun waved his hand, "You're welcome, sir. I just happened to be passing by and came to bother you. These are noble people."
Noble people? Wang Bo'an saw a man and two women who looked ordinary, but could be called "noble people" by Tang Derun. He thought they were probably members of the top aristocratic families in the capital.
Although he didn't know the purpose of their visit, Wang Bo'an still politely invited the four of them to the hall.
Xu Mochen naturally sat in the first seat, while Concubine Xian leaned against him, Cuizhu stood behind, and Tang Derun also stood with his hands down.
With this attitude, Wang Boan did not dare to neglect him more and more, and hurriedly asked people to serve him good tea.
Xu Mochen clasped the tea lid and said: "Master Wang governs Ningzhou, which is popular among the people. I have also heard about it in the capital. I have a chance to meet you today and I have some questions to ask."
His tone was very calm, but he was the emperor after all, and he still had the slightest hint of coercion.
Wang Bo'an had also been in the officialdom. He knew that this person was unusual, so he smiled and handed over his hands: "Young Master, I am so complimentary. I don't know what the problem is. Let me explain it to you."
"The flood situation in Ningzhou is not serious this year, but the accompanying epidemic is not small." Xu Mochen grinded the tea lid, "I don't know how you are going to deal with this matter."
"Young master, you don't know something." When Wang Bo'an heard about this, he didn't dare to sit down. "As early as a month ago, my subordinates had written to the court to report this matter.
I just don’t know why, but I still haven’t given any instructions.
Seeing that more and more people are getting sick, Xiaguan is now convening private doctors to set up free clinics, and the government will allocate money to treat those who are sick free of charge.
Young Master, the world has just been unified. Please forgive me for speaking frankly. The Ningzhou Prefecture actually does not have much silver and cannot sustain long-term consumption.
Besides, if you drink the brewed medicine, some people can survive it, but some people can't. Once this disease occurs, the whole village usually gets sick, which is similar to the plague."
As he spoke, he listed several measures in detail.
Xu Mochen listened, Wang Boan was obviously not an incompetent person, but schistosomiasis was not something that he, a prefect, could fight against.
Strictly speaking, if he hadn't been aware of local problems and someone had deliberately leaked the news to him, he might not have known about it now.
Wang Boan's petition will definitely be withheld.
His imperial power was limited to the capital, and now there are at most several Qizhou states.
Now the memorial can be handed to him just because I want him to know.
"Sir," Wang Bo'an said, the more excited he became, "please ask the master to return to the capital, and I must ask Datian to listen to it. If you continue to let it go like this, I am afraid that Ningzhou will have ten houses and nine empty houses."
"You're right," Xu Mochen sighed, "your measures are also useful, but they are far from enough to control or eliminate the disease.
The key issues are one is drugs and the other is eradicating the source."
Drug?Source?
Wang Boan was stunned for a moment. Does this young master know how to govern?
Thinking of this, he became excited and bowed deeply: "I would like to ask you to give me some advice. If the prefect's office can do anything, I will have someone supervise and handle it."
"The method is not comprehensive yet, but I can tell you," Xu Mochen took a sip of tea, "but you have to be aware that ordinary people may not believe this.
This disease is called schistosomiasis, which is an insect that can live in the body. People are infected by the larvae of the insect due to water sources, and slowly become sick.
But are there any people who survived the disease, but then their stomachs became bigger and harder?"
"Yes," Wang Bo'an had never heard of such a thing, so he was doubtful, "Young Master, are you true?"
Xu Mochen smiled and was about to respond when someone's announcement sounded outside.
"Master Taishou, those people from foreign lands are urging me again. They said that if you don't make a decision, they will leave."