Three days later, Guo Tianyang prepared his carriage and horses to accompany Emperor Jing and his son out of the palace.
It was the time of Haishi, and the sky was already dark.
Emperor Jing and his son were waiting for the car first, and Guo Tianyang was just about to follow when he suddenly heard a burst of urgent footsteps.
Then he quickly raised the light and ran over to take a look.
When he saw him, he was relieved. It turned out to be his worthless god-grandson!
So he scolded: "You bastard! Why are you running around in the palace! Do you want to scare your grandpa to death!?"
The little eunuch gasped and said: "Master! Mr. Li... Mr. Li has an urgent report to submit to His Majesty, saying that it needs to be read by Your Majesty!"
Without thinking, Guo Tianyang grabbed the memorial in his hand and whispered: "Get out of here!"
Seeing the little eunuch walking away, Guo Tianyang quickly ran back to the carriage and presented the memorial.
"Your Majesty! Mr. Li is calling!"
Emperor Jing felt unreasonably agitated while looking at the memorial. After opening the memorial, his pupils suddenly dilated!
Seeing Emperor Jing's reaction, Guo Tianyang cautiously asked, "Your Majesty, what happened?"
Li Yuanzhao stared at the memorial with curious eyes. If his father showed such an expression, something big must have happened!
Emperor Jing closed the memorial and said worriedly: "The flood in Jianjiang has washed away five dams and displaced thousands of people. The governor of Jianjiang asked the court for an additional 200,000 taels of silver for disaster relief."
"And the rain has not stopped yet, and the floods in the future may be even greater... If it doesn't stop in half a month, I'm afraid the disaster will be endless."
"Two hundred thousand taels! We can't get it out of the treasury, and we can't get out the internal funds. If this happens, the situation will only get worse!"
"My situation is really troubled. It rains so heavily in February. Is it God's will?"
Emperor Jing clung to the window frame with both hands, a feeling of depression filling his heart.
Guo Tianyang lowered his head and said, "Your Majesty, are you still going to Taoyuan County?"
"Go! I'm afraid it won't help if I stay in Beijing now... Go to Taoyuan County immediately and buy a batch of tea! Bring the map with you! I want to think about how to solve the Jianjiang flood."
Maybe Fang Zhengyi has some unique ideas?
Emperor Jing looked at the darkness outside the window and made a hasty decision.
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Taking advantage of the darkness, the carriage quickly drove out of the capital.
In the carriage, Guo Tianyang held an oil lamp, and Emperor Jing kept pointing at the map and mumbling something.
Li Yuanzhao was extremely bored. The road was bumpy and he couldn't sleep. He couldn't read anymore. He could only stare at the map.
When Emperor Jing raised his head, he immediately saw Li Yuanzhao in a daze, and said, "Why, you want to see it too?"
Li Yuanzhao hesitated for a moment, then took the map and began to draw on it with his fingers.
At the same time, he said: "The flood in Jianjiang Prefecture started in Jinli, and then washed down the river and destroyed Changxin, Jiao County, and Hunlou. It should have reached Pingwang now."
"But this memorial will take five days at the fastest from Jinli City to the capital by fast horse!"
"That means the dike in Pingwang may have even been washed away by the flood, right?"
Emperor Jing nodded in agreement. It seemed that this traitor was not completely uneducated. At least he could understand maps and had some thinking ability.
Li Yuanzhao looked at the map and continued:
"Father, look here! This place is called Yintuo! This place is located south of where the floodwaters enter Jianjiang City, and it faces mountains on both sides! The terrain in the east is low and there are no villages. If the river is diverted here, other arrangements must be made in advance. If the people in the county and city move, won't the flood disaster be solved now!?
Emperor Jing gave him a strange look: "How to change the route?"
Li Yuanzhao immediately started dancing: "Gather the Taoists and cast spells! Summon thunder to blow up the mountains to the south and block the rivers. Floods will not be a problem!"
Emperor Jing quickly grabbed the map and struck Li Yuanzhao on the head.
He yelled angrily: "You bastard! What kind of books do you usually read! How can important matters of family and country be child's play!"
"If there really were immortals with such power in the world, so many people wouldn't have died since ancient times!"
"You unlearned and unskilled evildoer!"
"Guo Banban! Go back and burn all his miscellaneous and rotten books for me! If you let me see you again, I will question you!"
The carriage became quiet again, with Li Yuanzhao and Guo Tianyang huddled in a corner like their aggrieved daughter-in-law.
Emperor Jing picked up the map again and looked at it carefully...
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Guo Tianyang stayed up all night and started giving directions to the coachman early.
At noon the next day, Emperor Jing and his son woke up from exhaustion and had successfully entered Taoyuan County.
Li Yuanzhao couldn't wait to get out of the car, then looked at the unfamiliar scenery around him, and his mouth suddenly opened wide!
Emperor Jing stretched his muscles and bones, and when he saw the lively scene in front of him, his mood unexpectedly improved a lot.
Li Yuanzhao said excitedly: "I heard from the masters that most people don't like cleanliness, and the environment is filthy! It seems that what the masters said is wrong!"
"If I had known earlier, I should have left the palace earlier! This place looks much more interesting than the palace!"
Emperor Jing gave the prince a meaningful look: "Let's go, let's go to Youjian Inn first. Remember, my current identity is a merchant, my name is Li Long, your name is Li Yuan, and his name is Guo Da."
Li Yuanzhao was still looking around and nodded absently in agreement.
The three of them arrived at an inn, and the shopkeeper greeted them enthusiastically: "Hey! Master, you are here again! This time you are here to load goods from the county!"
Emperor Jing nodded and said: "Two first-class rooms!"
"okay!"
After Guo Tianyang accompanied Emperor Jing into the room and put away his luggage, he quietly came to Li Yuanzhao's room.
I saw Li Yuanzhao touching around and making "tsk tsk" sounds from his mouth.
When he ran to the back room, he said in surprise: "Ah! There is a well here! Eunuch Guo, quickly bring me a cup! I want to taste the water from this well!"
Guo Tianyang frowned.
Knew it! Fortunately, I took precautions! Otherwise, if the prince drinks toilet water, he will be the unlucky one!
"Prince, this is Gong's bucket! It's convenient to use. Look, there's a rope here! Just pull it and the water will come out and be flushed away!"
An undetectable blush flashed across Li Yuanzhao's face, and then his attention quickly shifted to the rope of the water tank.
He kept pulling the rope and had a great time.
Seeing this, Guo Tianyang retreated with peace of mind.
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"Master! The two porcelain merchants from last time are here again today, staying at an inn!"
Zhang Biao received the news as soon as Emperor Jing and his party entered the city, and hurried to the county government office to inform Fang Zhengyi.
At this moment, Fang Zhengyi hadn't gotten up yet. He was lying on the bed and muttered: "I know, I know."
"This group has only been away for less than seven days. Do you want me to bring them here, young master?"
Seven days? Fang Zheng sat up in a swish, then quickly lay down again, rising violently...
These two are really good! The twenty kilograms of tea were sold out in seven days? Excluding traveling back and forth and other messy time, it probably won’t take more than three days!
As expected, he is a capable businessman, and a new product can hit the market so quickly.
Here comes the money! Young Master Fang is also energetic.
"No need to bring me here! Master, I will go see the God of Wealth in person! Xiao Tao! Change your clothes!"
After slowly getting dressed, Master Fang arrived at Youjian Inn in a sedan.
As soon as I got off the sedan, a stench hit my face!
Two boys at the door kept coming in and out with buckets, and the shopkeeper was fanning the door hard.
Fang Zhengyi quickly covered his mouth and nose and walked up to the shopkeeper.
The shopkeeper almost cried when he saw the county magistrate coming. Just as he was about to speak, he was kicked in the butt by Fang Zheng, causing him to stagger.
"Bullshit! I asked you to take charge of the inn, and this is how you do your job!"
"Grandma! Did the cesspit explode? What happened!?"
Seeing that the county magistrate was angry, the shopkeeper hugged Fang Zheng's thigh and cried, "Master! Don't blame me!"
"I don't know which son of a bitch drained all the water in the water tower! Now we are arranging for servants to replenish the water!"
It happened that Emperor Jing and the other three also covered their mouths and noses and came down from the second floor.
Seeing Fang Zheng reprimanding the shopkeeper, Li Yuanzhao blushed and quietly took a step behind Emperor Jing...
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