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Yao Sisi looked at Eunuch Tang with a baffled expression. What was the empress dowager up to? She wasn't so stupid as to think it was the Emperor's idea. It must have been the shrewd old lady's attention.

She looked at the people in the room. She didn't want them to kneel down with her, so she smiled as she walked up to Eunuch Tang and said, "I say, Eunuch Tang. There's no need to read the imperial edict. I'll accept it."

Eunuch Tang thought for a while. He wasn't a stubborn person, so he handed the imperial edict directly to Yao Sisi.

Yao Sisi opened the imperial edict and looked at it. "What's the situation here?" You actually want me to go south to help you with the treatment? No way, and I'm not allowed to bring anyone else.

Eunuch Tang smiled in embarrassment. "If there's nothing else, this old servant will be leaving first."

"Don't go yet!"

Yao Sisi pulled Elder Tang along for an inquiry before she finally figured out the ins and outs of the matter.

The day after tomorrow was about to leave. The empress dowager had said something about worrying about him being unable to take care of himself while he was busy, and had specifically asked her to accompany him. She had said something about rushing over, but she was not allowed to bring anyone else with her in order to arouse attention, but Yao Sisi did not believe a single word of what she was saying, making it clear that the empress dowager had done it on purpose.

Lotus Garden.

"Miss, hasn't the empress dowager already changed her opinion of you? Why didn't you let Master follow after the Fourth Princess this time? "

The maidservant Youlan muttered. She did not think that her young miss was any worse than Yao Sisi.

The empress dowager was naturally not an ordinary woman. Even though the empress dowager was only waiting at the head of the palace, she knew everything, and the reason why she didn't let Yao Sisi bring along was because the empress dowager wanted her and the prince to have a chance to be alone. The empress dowager must have guessed that Yao Sisi would have some martial arts skills, and the empress dowager also guessed that the empress dowager had some safety issues for the guards. It would also be reasonable for Her Majesty not to ask me to go. "

"But …"

You Lan wanted to say something, but was stopped by Meng Qinglian.

"Whatever, I'm tired too. Help me to lie down on the bed."

The two of them did not say anything. You Lan knew that the young lady was speaking the truth. She had no choice but to admit that fourth princess Yao Si was a strange woman, but she really didn't want her young lady to feel sad. She could understand the sorrow in her young lady's heart, but there was nothing she could do.

Meng Qinglian was grieving because she couldn't be of any help at all. She didn't even understand how to cure water.

The next morning.

Yao Sisi got up from the bed and sat at the dressing table, combing her hair.

Last night, she spent a lot of effort to calm Shadow and Yuanbao down, and that night she let Shadow and Yuanbao go to the Beggar's Nest to inspect them. She did not want to leave them behind, but in fact, she had already thought about it.

Yao Sisi grabbed a few pieces of clothing and kept all the banknotes that had not been deposited into the bank into her purse. There were at least ten thousand taels of silver in total.

According to the rules, flooding should occur in June or July of each year, when they heard that the river was supposed to be cleaned up, who knew that the sky would suddenly rain cats and dogs, flooding? Fortunately, the main owners had already finished their work, destroying many houses and causing quite a number of casualties.

Ten days later, in the middle of November.

When Yao Sisi's group arrived in the affected area, even the situation in Fringe County was enough to know that the flood waters were coming with great ferocity and people were being displaced.

Here, begging commoners could be seen everywhere, all dressed in rags, shivering in the cold wind.

Even though the imperial government had brought in a large amount of clothes, it was still not enough to keep the people from suffering from the cold.

Yao Sisi and Zuo Lifan stayed in the yamen that night to discuss the solution with the county magistrate.

"Lord Ley, tell us about the disaster?"

Zuo Hongfan got straight to the point. He wanted to find out what happened as soon as possible.

"Water City and Cherry City suffered the most, and the flood actually fell straight down from the upper reaches of the boiling river, surging violently and leaving people at a loss for a moment.

Waves and floods were a group of invading, ferocious and powerful enemies. They swept across the two sides of the river and instantly, the bridges died helplessly. The houses close to the riverbanks also collapsed in a blink of an eye.

It quickly transformed into a unique water city.

More than half of the people have been displaced, and large numbers of victims have left their homes for lack of food and clothing, many of whom starved to death from starvation. "

Lord Lei said with a sorrowful expression.

"It's that serious?" "Where are the trees?"

Yao Sisi asked.

"Yes, the princess consort is right."

In order to build houses, people would go up the mountain and cut down trees, and in addition, there were floods all year round. Everyone would chop down trees and build boats. "

This was the first time he saw Yao Sisi take a matter so seriously. Along the way, he saw her eyes moisten a few times, and also saw some people giving alms to the victims along the way.

Zuo Rulan Fan's opinion of Yao Sisi also slowly decreased by a lot.

Yao Sisi slapped her thigh and said, "That's right, we should cut and cut as we please. The soil and water loss is severe, and the natural ecology is destroyed, resulting in the annual disaster."

The flood could also be seen as a punishment from heaven. If they wanted to get through it once and for all, they would have to logically cut down the trees and plant more.

At present, all parties are in need of support. Everyone should have the money to donate. If they have clothes, they would donate clothes. If they have food, they would donate food.

Every year we have to strengthen the dam, it's basically incurable. "

Yao Sisi revealed her thoughts. The two of them looked at Yao Sisi in surprise. Every word she said was on point.

Zuo Hongfan couldn't help but ask, "It's already too late to take long-term effective measures. Right now, it's more important to organize the flooding of the river. Do you have any ideas?"

"What are you interrupting for? I'm going to get there slowly. Since it was filled with rain year after year, they had to build a water conservancy project, which was to open a canal for storing water. When the weather was dry, they could draw water to irrigate, or they could also send water to remote areas where they lacked water. The second was to prevent water disasters. The purpose of eliminating harm and reaping benefits has been achieved. It is definitely too late to do so now. It is a fallow season, the food damage is small, but it is not optimistic that the flood will destroy our homes and our lives. Since we are unable to stop the flood, then we shall bring the flood to a designated area, which is the diversion. "

Hearing this, the two were filled with excitement, "How do we split it up?"

"You can choose a low-lying area to break the dam. I estimate that most of the people below have already fled. As for the few residents on the edge of the plateau, they will organize a retreat. In this way, the pressure on the river dam would be reduced and the reinforcement of the river dam would be completed very quickly. There could be several places for diversion, and later on when the channel was opened, it could also be used for diversion. After the flood, it would leave behind a depression and save some effort. The most important thing for displaced victims right now is to comfort and help. "

"First, cover up with porridge. Secondly, he could gather clothes from other places, whether it was old or new. Also, he could buy firewood and charcoal to gather in a few courtyards or empty space to burn firewood to keep warm. Third, send people to encourage the victims, give them hope, and let them participate in disaster relief. "

The two of them were stunned by Yao Sisi's words. No one could have imagined that a girl could say such words. Perhaps, no other girl in this world could be so intelligent. If it was a man, then he would surely rise to prominence.