Xia Qing originally wanted to make a few taunts, but when he looked around, he found that His Highness the Crown Prince was already standing on the steps not far from them.
"Indeed! It's getting late, it's going to be morning soon. Pingyun, let's go!"
Xia Qing ignored Gu Chengyu and walked forward first. Min Feng bowed and followed his teacher.
Gu Chengyu smiled slightly and didn't take it to heart.
Seeing that all the theatergoers had left, the prince simply walked over to Gu Chengyu and walked side by side with him.
After Gu Chengyu saluted, the two of them walked out of the palace together.
"Don't you feel angry?" After a while, the prince suddenly asked.
"Why are you angry? Isn't that using other people's mistakes to punish yourself?" Gu Chengyu chuckled lightly and then said nonchalantly.
The prince laughed, "That's interesting. It's Mr. Gu who has such a free and easy state of mind!"
In fact, the prince still somewhat admired Gu Chengyu's frank attitude just now. Min Feng was far behind Gu Chengyu!
"If someone picks your peaches, you can take it calmly."
Gu Chengyu raised his eyebrows, "Picking peaches? That's not necessarily the case, right?"
Gu Chengyu didn't think that without the Jiangnan floods, he wouldn't be able to get promoted, not to mention that the Jiangnan floods weren't over yet!
He has been silent for two years, and it is time for him to act with a high profile. Otherwise, everyone in the court will probably forget about him!
"Master Gu is very confident!" The prince sighed with emotion, and then parted ways with Gu Chengyu at the gate of the palace.
Watching Gu Chengyu's carriage leave, the prince remained silent. Gu Chengyu was a man who didn't take either soft or hard advice!
It's great that we are not far away but not close, but we feel like close friends. Let's maintain this status quo!
"Sir! News came from Hangtian Prefecture that their river embankments have seen a lot of water seepage. Master Yang, the prefect of Hangtian Prefecture, has summoned the people to reinforce the river embankments."
Chen Zhao got the news and quickly reported it to Qian Huichun.
Qian Huichun frowned, "But you want to ask for reinforcements? Our Changtian Mansion was severely affected and needs reinforcements more than they do. The manpower here cannot be withdrawn."
Before Changtian Mansion burst its embankment, Qian Huichun had already asked various state governments for help, so Hangtian Mansion had a lot of manpower to reinforce Changtian Mansion.
When the news came from over there, of course we didn’t expect Changtian Mansion, which had already been affected by the disaster, to send additional reinforcements, but we had to return the original reinforcements to the other party, right?
But obviously Qian Huichun didn't plan this way. He needs these people now, so how can he return them to them?
"Ignore it, we are the worst hit here, we can't let anyone go!"
But Chen Zhao was hesitant, "Sir! We are in danger here, and we really need people. But the situation in Hangtian Mansion is not serious. If they also break the dike, will the superiors blame them?"
Qian Huichun snorted coldly, "We are all too busy to take care of ourselves. Where can we get the manpower to provide reinforcements? If you want to blame Yang Chaoying, it is also his fault. What does this have to do with me?"
When Chen Zhao saw this, he stopped trying to persuade them. Anyway, as long as the imperial court sent officials down, they would not be able to escape, so this matter was not considered a crime.
At this time, everything he and the adults did was to make up for their previous mistakes, in order to atone for their sins!
"I asked you to evacuate the people from several nearby villages. How is the situation going?"
Qian Huichun focused on the flood. He had sent a letter to the capital yesterday.
As for the backer, he is also planning. If he waits for two more days, he doesn't know when there will be a response.
"Back to my lord! It's already halfway through. I must seize the time and move all the people out."
Chen Zhao watched as two officers fished out a body that had been soaked in water. Because it had been soaked in water for several days, the body was swollen and had begun to fester in some places.
Because it was summer at this time, it was not easy to preserve the body, and it also emitted waves of stench.
Chen Zhao felt a little sad, because this was still a little baby, about four or five years old, and his facial features could no longer be seen clearly.
He left the place as if fleeing, and began to patrol the victims with his people.
Although people have been settled on a safe high ground, with so many people, they have to make arrangements for eating, drinking and sleeping. Otherwise, the weather can kill people alive.
Especially after so many people have died, the corpse air will spread, making it easier for an epidemic to occur!
Chen Zhao was actually very worried. Your Excellency had already reported the number of victims yesterday.
The actual number of people was more than half, only three hundred.
So crazy, how could this not make him panic? Nearly 800 people died!
Can you guarantee that the imperial court will really not find out? If the imperial envoy sent by the imperial court discovers that they lied about the number of people, will their crimes be increased?
Just when Chen Zhao was thinking wildly, he suddenly heard a hoarse shout coming from behind him.
"No! The embankment collapsed again."
Chen Zhao was shocked when he heard this. He turned around and found that the government servant who was shouting just now had disappeared.
The rushing river was turbulent and overwhelming. The river embankment quickly collapsed and fell into the vast river.
The situation was critical at this moment, but Chen Zhao's mind suddenly became extremely clear.
"Sir, it's not good! Move quickly, the flood is coming!"
He climbed onto the nearest horse, whipped it hard with his whip, and the horse ran forward like an arrow from the string.
Qian Huichun was so frightened that he ran away in panic. He even dropped his black gauze hat on the ground and had no time to pick it up. He quickly ran towards Chen Zhao.
Chen Zhao didn't have time to think, so he grabbed Qian Huichun and threw him on the horse behind him, and then galloped forward.
"Sir! Oh no, Changtian Mansion's embankment has burst again!"
A policeman braved the pouring rain and stepped on the mud, shouting to Yang Chaoying, the prefect of Hangtian Prefecture, who was supervising the work ahead.
Yang Chaoying was not surprised when he heard this. After all, as long as there is a breach in the river embankment, if it is not filled up immediately, another breach is inevitable.
However, he had heard the news from the people sent before. Qian Huichun was ordering people to move the people to high ground, so he turned a deaf ear to the water seepage in the Hangtianfu river embankment.
The manpower sent out for reinforcements failed to come back, which made Yang Chaoying very dissatisfied.
It has been two days. The people downstream from Changtian Mansion should have moved, right? Even if the dike bursts again, at most it will only be a loss of some property!
And Hangtianfu must seize the opportunity to strengthen the river embankment, otherwise Hangtianfu will follow in the same footsteps.
This damn day, it's raining again. He is extremely anxious. How can he care about the affairs of other state capitals?
Why is this river embankment so fragile? When the imperial court sends people to inspect it, he will definitely have to read it for all relevant officials.
Why was such a project approved? Isn't this obviously a waste of human life?
Thinking of this, Yang Chaoying waved his hand and prepared to continue directing these strong men to move the huge stone up.