The city was full of disaster victims and was not suitable for interrogation, so Kang Anping brought all the county guards, magistrates and other officials to the county government's cells.
After Ying Zheng and others appeased the victims, they also came to the county government office.
"Send an order to Xianyang to gather double the amount of food. We must ensure that these victims are fed and clothed!"
Ying Zheng sat on the throne and issued the order angrily.
"yes!"
Chunyu Yue got the order and went to do it quickly.
"Father, there are more victims here than we knew before. The daily consumption of food alone is huge. I plan to publish this news in the newspaper and call on the people to donate food!"
Ying Feiyu thought for a moment and then spoke.
"Well! If some people are willing to donate, that would definitely be great!"
The food in the treasury is supplied to the army or used in emergencies.
This food adjustment will definitely consume a lot.
And this is just the beginning, more and more food will be needed in the future!
It is indeed a bit laborious to rely solely on the treasury for support!
If people are willing to donate, it will be a lot easier for the court!
"Father, don't worry. The rains in Daqin last year were good and the grain harvest was good. Every household has a lot of surplus grain. There will definitely be donations from the people!"
Ying Feiyu said confidently.
"good!"
Ying Zheng responded, then held his forehead with one hand, as if he had a headache because of this matter.
After a moment, he raised his head again and said, "Let's go to the embankment and have a look!"
"yes!"
Led by local government officials and soldiers, the crowd climbed over mountains and ridges, bypassed floods, and arrived near the embankment.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Crown Prince, what is below is the breach of the dam!"
After the yamen officer learned the identities of several people, he was careful when speaking, for fear that what he said was wrong and his head would fall off.
"Go down and take a look!"
Ying Zheng put his hands behind his back and slowly walked down the mountain with the help of his guards, heading towards the embankment.
"Father, be careful!"
Ying Feiyu reminded from behind.
He is nimble and can run the fastest without support.
But the scumbag dad is pampered and as fat as a ball. He is really afraid of accidentally rolling down!
"Yeah! You all should be careful too!"
Ying Zheng responded and spoke.
In fact, the hillside they were on wasn't too steep, but there were a lot of gravels, which made it a bit awkward to walk on!
After a while, everyone arrived near the embankment.
Due to the breach, the water level dropped suddenly.
More than half of the entire embankment is exposed!
"Move forward!"
Ying Zheng seemed to want to walk to the breach to see if he could find any clues.
"Your Majesty, the water ahead is unstable and very dangerous!"
The officer quickly reminded him.
Ever since the flood started, not even the county magistrate or the county magistrate had paid a visit.
I didn't expect His Majesty to come in person with the Prince and the Secretary, which really impressed them!
"No matter how dangerous it is, I still have to go and take a look!"
Ying Zheng ignored it and led everyone forward.
The guards were worried that something might happen to Ying Zheng, so they took the lead and walked forward along the river bed.
Every time you take a step, you have to test it again and again to make sure there is no danger before you can move forward!
Due to frequent rainfall recently, the river bed is mostly muddy, and everyone's feet will sink every step they take.
It’s really tiring to pull it out and go again, over and over again!
Fortunately, the journey went smoothly and everyone finally arrived at the breach of the dam!
However, after everyone checked for a long time, they found nothing unusual!
"Your Majesty, the gap is extremely irregular. It doesn't look like it was dug manually!"
Wang Ben shook his head and reported.
"Could it be that the woodcutter used this matter to spread rumors?"
"Yeah! It's very possible!"
Chunyu Yue's conjecture was agreed by Wang Ben.
If it is true as the woodcutter said, there should be traces of manual excavation at the breach of the dam!
But now they found nothing!
"Will it be on the other side?"
Ying Zheng pointed to the other end of the breach.
"Your Majesty, please wait here while I go to check it out!"
Wang Ben raised his hands and took the initiative to ask for help.
"okay!"
Ying Zheng nodded in agreement.
"Marquis Tongwu, I will go with you in the end!"
Later, Wang Ben took two guards, discussed the route with the local government officials, and went around to the other side.
After careful inspection, he shook his head at them to indicate that he found nothing!
"Maybe I'm overthinking it!"
After learning this result, Ying Zheng breathed a sigh of relief and led the people to change direction and prepare to return to the city.
"Ouch!"
But just after walking a few steps, Ying Feiyu seemed to suddenly step on something, which was very painful.
"Feiyu, what's wrong?"
"It's nothing, I think... it seems...!"
As Ying Feiyu spoke, he stretched out his white hands to explore in the mud.
Finally, he pulled out a chisel that was over a foot long!
"What's this?"
At first glance, Ying Zheng couldn't tell the difference.
It wasn't until Xiao Zhengtai cleaned up the mud on it that Ying Zheng could see it clearly!
One end of the chisel is like a spear tip, flat and sharp, while the other end is very smooth!
"Hiss..."
After seeing this object, Chunyu Yue and Wang Ben suddenly took a breath of cold air.
"It seems...the woodcutter didn't lie!"
Ying Zheng said with a frown.
"Yes! Although this chisel is buried in the mud, this end is still smooth without a trace of rust! It's obvious that it was discarded not long ago!"
Ying Feiyu made an inference based on the condition of the chisel.
"You're right! This place was originally a lake. Who would bring a chisel here? Unless..."
After saying that, Ying Zheng subconsciously turned his head and glanced at the broken embankment.
"Father, please wait a moment, I will go down and take a look!"
"Go down?"
"That's right!"
Before Ying Zheng could react, the young lady jumped out quickly and plunged into the water.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince?"
Everyone behind him exclaimed.
No one expected that the prince would jump into the water!
Ying Feiyu came to Daqin a long time ago, but no one had ever seen him swimming, so they hurriedly chased him for fear of an accident!
"Your Highness, how are you?"
However, those standing in the mud are all a bunch of landlubbers, and none of them can swim.
"Feiyu, Feiyu...?"
Ying Zheng shouted urgently.
If he had known this, he shouldn't have brought this kid here with him!
He usually seems to be very smart, but he didn't expect to do such a stupid thing today!
"Okay, okay, stop shouting! This prince didn't commit suicide by drowning himself in the river!"
Just as everyone on the shore was rushing around anxiously, a little head suddenly emerged from the water, wiped the lake water on his face, and said jokingly.
"Okay, come up here, kid!"
"Who gave you permission to go into the water?"
"Do you know how dangerous this is?"
As soon as he landed, he was scolded by Ying Zheng.
Of course, Ying Feiyu also knew that the old guy was worried about him, so he didn't talk back!
"My son also wants to..."
"What are you thinking about? Even if you go into the water, it's not your turn. What if something happens to you?"
Ying Feiyu grinned and was about to say something when Ying Zheng cursed again.
"That's okay! I know it!"
Ying Feiyu had no choice but to respond, to prevent this old guy from getting angry again.
