"Okay." Bai Ze didn't waste any time, and immediately assigned a group of people who would change their posts and return to the palace with him, and continue to fight on the patriotic front line.
***
In the city gate director's pavilion, Lao Qing, Kang Zhuang and others were counting the supplies coming from all directions. When a figure moved at the door, several people immediately stood up respectfully, saluted the visitor and said, "Emperor, you are here."
Di Qianao nodded gently, a look of relief appearing on his heavy cheeks in recent days, "I heard that a large amount of donations and cold-warming supplies have been received."
Lao Qing nodded, "Yes, I arrived early this morning. Before dawn, it was all unloaded at the door of the Director's Pavilion. I didn't even leave a name. It's tens of millions of taels of silver and tens of thousands of warm clothes."
Di Qianao's heart dropped a bit, "Recently, the national treasury and granaries have been spending a lot of money. I am afraid that some foreign parties will take advantage of the situation to cause chaos and they will be overwhelmed. Now this donation has really solved some of the urgent needs. I am relieved."
Kangzhuang also said: "It must be the emperor's enlightened actions in the past that convinced his subjects to help him now! I don't know which family has such a small amount of money, but spent tens of millions of taels in a short period of time! Lao Kang
A year's salary is just...ahem."
At this point, he refused to go on, lest the emperor think that he was dissatisfied with his low salary. Those who were honest were naturally poor, and those who were not honest were almost all replaced by the emperor. It was very annoying that there was only one governor making a fuss behind his back.
Di Qianao said softly: "Where are the material donations? Take me to the next place. Together with what I transferred from the treasury the day before yesterday, we can allocate them. Control the situation in the shortest possible time!"
Kangzhuang led his hand to the open space outside where supplies were stored, pointing to the neatly stacked silver boxes and clothing boxes guarded by dedicated personnel. They were placed two people high and stretched over a large area. They seemed to be full of hope for life, "Emperor,
You see, here, at the fence over there, all the donations and supplies are here."
Di Qian'ao was greatly relieved, and a lot of the gloom on his brows was gone. He showed his first smile in days and said loudly: "Very good. Distribute the donations and materials quickly, and you and the others will handle it personally to prevent any transfer of money.
We must ensure that every piece of clothing and silver falls into the hands of the people, so as not to let down this anonymous kindness!"
In Kangzhuang, Lao Qing clasped her hands and said, "Yes!"
When the officers and soldiers were carrying supplies, a box of clothes fell from the top, the lid of the box fell open, and the clothes fell to the ground.
"Be careful!" the officer scolded the soldier, "you are careless!"
"Yes, sir. If you realize your mistake, I will clean it up right away!" The soldier put the clothes in the box in a panic.
A brand new robe fell at Di Qianao's feet. He lowered his head and looked at it accidentally, and his eyes suddenly moved.
Haiyin observed the words and expressions, and when the emperor's eyes fell on the robe, he immediately picked up the navy blue clothes and handed it to the emperor's hand.
Di Qianao took the clothes. He was familiar with the cloth. It was the Bai family's cloth. His eyes suddenly became sore, but his heart was riddled with holes and couldn't waver anymore. "Open the box and let me take a look."
"Yes!" Haiyin said, and then ordered everyone: "Open the boxes! Open all the boxes, all the silver boxes and suitcases!"
After receiving the order, the officers and soldiers opened many boxes. Di Qianao walked slowly by and saw that most of them were clothes made of Bai family fabrics. The rest also had clothes from various places. He picked up a piece of silver and looked at the bottom.
, the four characters "Baifu Kuyin" are printed on the silver ingot.
Nearly ten million taels was actually the little thing's personal money, and I was subsidizing him again, which made me feel... uncomfortable.
"This..." Haiyin was shocked when he saw this, and immediately bowed and said: "The donations and materials were prepared by the Queen. I'm afraid this will bring all the money for the Bai family's activities. His brother
I’m afraid my wife was coaxed to come here too.”
Di Qianao's eyes were a little scarlet, it was the wife whom he deeply hated, who solved his urgent need.
At this time, the sound of carriages was heard again, and a large number of people and horses arriving to transport food arrived. The person leading the way was a young man from Liu Qin's residence. He only whispered: "Excuse me, sir, are the donated food also unloaded here?"
Our eldest lady and young master told us to complete the task as soon as possible."
Di Qianao walked over and said in a deep voice: "The eldest lady of your house...where is she at this time?"
When the attendants saw this man wearing ordinary clothes, he had a handsome face and could not look at him closely. He did not know that he was the emperor, so he only said: "I don't know."
Di Qian Ao's heart sank. Why did he ask, the eldest lady of the Bai family was sent to Changchun Palace by him. Was it because she was busy with supplies when she went to Bu Pavilion that day? Did she meet Mr. Xiao by chance? Is it because of state affairs?
Annoyed, have you wronged her?
At this time, a soldier came over and sent a message, "It's not good. The mountain snow on the Dongshou Mountain Road has blocked the road. A large number of refugees are trapped. I'm afraid there are patients inside. I'm afraid the source of the disease will spread. If we don't rescue them in time, I'm afraid they will all die."
Emperor Qianao immediately ordered: "Qiuyan, Cangmiao, bring troops and horses and medicine, and follow me."
"Yes." Cangmiao and Qiuyan smiled at each other. Recently, they have had a tacit understanding of fighting side by side at various opportunities.
The team is about to set off.
Cang Miao looked at Di Qianao's upper and lower body. He didn't know that he was wearing clothes sewn by Miss Yang, so he just whispered: "Your clothes have suddenly declined. What are you wearing?"
Di Qianao: "..."
***
When Luo Changan rushed to the Dongshou Mountain Road, she saw heavy snow blocking the mountain road. She immediately ordered: "Baize, quickly lead people to clear a road along the side away from the mountain. Don't make any noise to avoid causing trouble again.
The snow is falling. We must dig a path as quickly as possible to rescue the people."
[As a queen, you are incompetent. I will never forgive you.]
[What you did today is truly an insult to your status, and it’s hard for me to talk about it. 】
The emperor's disappointed words still echoed in his ears.
Luo Changan's eyes were red, but she couldn't cry like a willful child. She grabbed the snow shovel brought by the general from the carriage, and took the lead in shovel by shovel to shovel away the snow blocking the road.
There was liquid dripping down. She couldn't tell whether it was sweat or tears, her face was wet.
The soldiers saw that the queen was very frail but had great contagious power. Although everyone was tired of dealing with the plague for days, they were all encouraged when they saw the mother of the country taking the lead in hard work.
"Yes, sister." Bai Ze replied to Luo Changan, and then ordered his subordinates: "You are responsible for the east, you are responsible for the west, let me, the major general, help save people!"
"yes!"
Thousands of men and horses spent two to three hours clearing a road through the white snow that could accommodate two people. The snow blocked the road for less than half a mile. With the persistence of the officers and soldiers, the road was finally cleared.
Many young men had their hands blistered from being touched by the handle of the shovel.
Luo Changan was even more useless. Not only was one hand scratched and blistered on both hands, but after only two or three hours, the back of his hands and wrists were covered with purple chilblains from the cold. His cheeks were red and stained with a lot of mud. She saw the way through.
, showing his first smile in days.
Everyone in the palace had already taken medicine to fight the plague. Luo Changan, who was in a high position, took it early in the morning. When the road was cleared, she whispered to everyone: "Follow me in for rescue."