I am happy to be a mother in a famine year, I have a system to farm the land

Pei Yuan felt that if Zhang Siyuan had told the emperor what had happened, the emperor would not have worried about Zhang Siyuan's superior achievements.

"General Zhang didn't see the man's face clearly before. The other person covered his face. Only by looking at his identity and body shape, he felt that the man looked like the soldier of Prince Rong's Palace next to Rong Jiao."

"Until two months ago, Mrs. Zhu took out an archery arrowhead from General Zhang's leg injury. Apart from the royal family, I am afraid that only Prince Rong in South Vietnam could make this arrowhead."

Pei Yuan pursed his lips, "Why can't it be your Majesty? Your Majesty was also very afraid of my eldest brother at the beginning."

Pei Yuan shook his head, "Although Your Majesty is afraid of General Zhang, the war on the border has not subsided at that time. Those foreigners may invade the Great Zhou Dynasty at any time. Your Majesty will not attack General Zhang when there are no generals available."

"Besides, His Majesty does appreciate General Zhang. Even if he is wary of him, he will not let anyone hurt him behind his back."

The two stood on the bridge for a long time before returning to Zhang's house.

Now that he knows that all the children are fine, Zhang Siyuan is relieved.

Thinking of Xuanyuan Ke's purpose of leaving for Linxian this time, he couldn't help but put down the tea cup in his hand.

"I wonder how your highness is going when he goes to Lin County to check the situation this time?"

I don’t know if it was because of the previous famine, but the river there was blocked.

This time, the court had notified them in advance when they released the water. Unfortunately, the Linxian government did not act and did not dredge the river. When the flood came, flooding occurred in many places.

Those who managed to survive that natural disaster died in this flood.

Thinking of this situation, even Zhang Siyuan couldn't help but frown.

When the court released the water, the government also found people in advance to dredge the river, and he followed him.

I originally thought that after this drought, those officials who did not act would restrain themselves a lot.

But unexpectedly, they were still rampant, and even felt that they suffered a loss because they were not able to obtain corruption during this natural disaster.

Zhang Siyuan frowned as he thought of his subordinates' previous reports.

He never expected that these officials below could be so arrogant.

When mentioning the situation in Linxian County, Xuanyuan Ke couldn't help but frown.

He had patrolled the river before. After coming to Qingshui County this time, he felt that the only one that did the best in this regard was Qingshui County today.

However, Qingshui County was able to pave the river with cement because of the cement made by Zhu Qiuqi.

As for other counties, Xuanyuan Ke has not thought about what kind of cement they use. At least they need to clean up the rivers.

But when he arrived at Linxian County and saw the situation in Linxian County, he was very reluctant to immediately pull out the Linxian County officials to execute him on the spot.

Before the flood, people in the government embezzled the money given by the court. Not only did they not clean up the river, they actually blocked the water flow for the landlord's fields.

Not only that, even after the floods caused serious casualties to the people, the government did not stop.

Even in order to make the land of the landlord's family better, another river was blocked.

This left people downstream who had been suffering from drought for a long time without water sources. Not only did their crops in the fields fail, but they themselves were unable to survive.

People in the upper reaches were flooded due to floods, and people in the lower reaches died due to lack of water. He had to ask the officials and the landowners and squires of Linxian County to pay for each of these!

Xuanyuan Ke placed the tea cup in his hand heavily on the table, his eyes full of anger.

"They are all a bunch of beasts! They have killed countless people. One day I will kill them myself!"

Seeing that Xuanyuan Ke's mood was a little unstable, Zhang Siyuan looked at Xuanyuan Ke's followers.

The attendant saw Zhang Siyuan's expression and then looked at his master.

Seeing that Xuanyuan Ke didn't stop him, his followers stepped forward.

"What General Zhang doesn't know is that his parents in Linxian County were bribed by the local absentee landlords and blocked the river upstream for the land of those landlords and squires."

“The people in the upper reaches had their fields and houses flooded due to the strong flow of water, and there were countless casualties. The people in the lower reaches had suffered from drought for a long time, and their fields had lost all their crops, and the number of deaths was not small. "

Hearing this, Zhang Siyuan couldn't help pursing his lips.

He didn't expect such a commotion in Linxian County. It seemed that the situation was worse than what they had found out before.

Xuanyuan Ke calmed down and couldn't help but sigh.

"Not only that, if the dam along the river is not reinforced, there is a risk of being washed away at any time."

If the dyke was breached, the number of casualties would probably be even greater.

Zhang Siyuan's expression became serious when he heard this.

"This matter can only be solved by reporting it to His Majesty in advance, and only by sending people from the imperial court."

Xuanyuan Ke nodded, although he did not tell his father about his departure from Beijing.

But if the matter here is reported to the emperor, he will definitely send someone to investigate. As long as the emperor agrees, they can better solve the matter.

And after his observation over the past few days, he found that the dams and bridges made of cement were indeed very sturdy.

Moreover, something similar to fine iron seemed to be added to the bridge, but he never mentioned it.

The imperial court prohibits the private sale of salt and iron. If it is discovered, I am afraid...

Although Zhang Siyuan had never mentioned this matter before, Xuanyuan Ke also knew that it was time to have a good talk with Zhang Siyuan about this situation.

"I have reported the matter to my father, but there is one matter that I still need to discuss with General Zhang."

Zhang Siyuan raised his eyebrows, knowing that the prince was afraid that he wanted to discuss something else with him.

After thinking for a moment, he planned to have someone help push him back to the study.

At this moment, Pei Yuan and Wen Xu also came back.

King Ling couldn't help but raise his eyebrows when he saw Pei Yuan's reddish eyes.

"Brother Pei, what's wrong with you? But what sad thing happened to you?"

"It's said that men don't shed tears easily, but they haven't reached the sad point. It seems that this matter has really reached the sad point of Brother Pei, otherwise he wouldn't cry like this."

Prince Ling's teasing voice came, and Pei Yuan hurriedly wiped his eyes.

Wen Xu on the side looked at him and shook his head. With a head like Pei Yuan, he was afraid that he would not be able to compare with Prince Ling.

"Okay, Brother Pei, Brother Wang is just joking with you."

Pei Yuan was stunned and touched his face. There were indeed no tears.

He looked at Prince Ling in astonishment, only to find that Prince Ling's eyes were full of teasing smiles.

Seeing King Ling like this, Pei Yuan couldn't help but grit his teeth.

But due to the identity of the other party, Pei Yuan had no choice but to endure this tone.

Zhang Siyuan couldn't help but coughed dryly when he saw this.

When Pei Yuan saw Zhang Siyuan, his eyes turned red again.