The powerful prince and princess who dotes on the world is pregnant again

Zheng Qiang and others immediately rushed back to the capital on a starry night.

Zheng Qiang entered the palace and recited his official duties.

Lu Yi and A Gen returned to Princess Xiu's Mansion,

Xia Zixing raised her eyebrows and smiled when she saw A Gen and Lu Er appearing together.

"Lu Er, could there be an accident this time?" Rong Xiu asked,

Lu Er told everything about the situation in Licheng.

"You said Governor Xu drugged you? Is it to get the Ministry of Works?" Xia Zixing asked,

If you want the Ministry of Industry, the quickest way is for the current Minister of Industry to die.

But they stunned them and did not directly kill them. This is unreasonable.

"Agen, you have really made two great contributions this time out,"

Lu Eryi heard the question: "What are the two great powers?"

"Before he went to Licheng, he also went to Wancheng to help me rescue Grandma Gu from the other party. Do you think this is a coincidence?" Rong Xiu said with a smile.

And this thing?

Lu Er thought that A Gen went directly to Licheng to find him, but it turned out that he also went to Wancheng.

"That Nanny Gu has been sent back,"

Agen stood aside and said nothing.

Xia Zixing saw that they were almost done talking,

"A Gen, Butler Chen came to see you a few days ago. You should go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion."

Agen looked at Xia Zixing, then at Lu Er, nodded and left.

"Princess, A Gen was not sent out by you?" Lu Er asked,

"No, what did I send him to do? It's really thanks to him going out to find you this time, otherwise these two things would have caught us off guard." Xia Zixing chuckled.

She doesn't plan to say more about Lu Er and A Gen now.

Regarding the matter of leaving the city to open a river channel, Emperor Ren was in court the next day.

Looking at the ministers below,

"Let's talk about it, is this river channel open or not?"

"Your Majesty, Mr. Zheng went to Licheng in person. What did he say?"

Zheng Qiang stood up and said, "Back to the emperor, this time I have been observing the actual situation in Licheng for nearly ten days. I have inspected the situation both inside and outside Licheng. If it is really to irrigate the people's crops, a river can be opened. It is different from the previous one." Great rivers are connected.”

"But there is no need to open another river in Licheng. Licheng already has a cross-city river, so there is no need to add another one."

After listening to Zheng Qiang's words, everyone was thinking about the issue of whether to open the river or not.

Rong Xiu stood in the crowd, glanced at Prince Rong Yun, and found that he had his head lowered.

But Prince Xuan spoke very positively,

"Father, if this newly opened river channel is really of great benefit to the people, then it needs to be opened to benefit the people,"

"Prince Xuan, do you know how much manpower and financial resources it takes to open a river?"

"People have been living for so many years, but it's still difficult to cross without rivers,"

"Our Yuerong Kingdom is getting stronger day by day. For the sake of the people, we should actively respond to opening rivers for the people. If the people's income improves, they will be more active in paying taxes."

In the court, some people supported the opening of the river channel, while others did not.

There was a lot of quarrel between the two sides.

Emperor Ren was very satisfied with the effect. Everyone is a minister who does practical things.

Emperor Ren raised his eyebrows and looked at Rong Xiu, then at the prince.

The two men did not speak today.

Seeing that everyone was almost arguing, Emperor Ren coughed and said,

"Prince Xiu and Prince, what do you want to say?"

The prince who was named looked a little abnormal, and his face was not very good. He had lowered his head just now, and no one saw his face.

At this time, they raised their heads and saw the prince's expression. Everyone showed worried eyes.

Among them, Mr. Chen was the first to be concerned: "His Royal Highness, you have been tired recently. Why do you look so bad?"

The prince smiled and said, "I felt a little cold a few days ago. Father-in-law, there is no need to worry."

After the prince finished speaking, he turned to Emperor Ren: "Father, regarding this matter, I think we should first calculate how much it will cost to open this river."

When Emperor Ren heard this, he said, "Yeah."

Turning to Zheng Qiang, "Shang Shu of the Ministry of Industry, you should know the approximate cost of opening a river channel, right?"

Zheng Qiang bowed and said, "Back to the emperor, I have read the records of the Ministry of Works. It costs half a million taels to open a river channel one mile long. But if you want to open it from the city, it will be almost ten miles long. "

"In addition, the river opens outside the city, and there are more mountainous areas than flat roads. It is more time-consuming and laborious to drive, so the cost may be more."

One mile is about 500,000 taels, and ten miles is 5 million taels. This has been recorded before. According to current prices, there may be an additional 20% cost.

After hearing this data, Emperor Ren looked unhappy.

More than five million taels, even if it was five million taels, he couldn't get it out.

There are five million taels in the treasury, but this money is not used to build rivers.

Ren Shangshu, the new member of the Ministry of Household Affairs, stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, at this time of year, farmers have already planted the second season crops, and the people are not in a hurry to need this river. We can open a part of it today, and wait until the people pay taxes next year. , and then open another part of it, and try to let the people use the newly opened river channel in the second half of next year,"

Rong Xiu took a deep look at Ren Yuanshan. This person was from the prince, but had nothing to do with the prince. It was just that the prince recommended this person when he recommended him for the position of Minister of the Ministry of Finance.

He asked in a deep voice: "Sir Ren, how can a ten-mile river course be completed in one year?"

Ren Yuanshan faced Rong Xiu: "Your Majesty, there are many common people living in Licheng, mostly young adults. If we arrange more people and start work in multiple places, one year will be enough."

Waste of money.

Emperor Ren signaled to Eunuch Laifu: "That's all for today, we'll discuss it next time."

"Retreat from the court..."

After going to court, Rong Xiu caught up with the prince.

"Prince, are you going back to your home now?"

"Second brother, I still have something to talk to my father about,"

Rong Xiu nodded,

Outside the palace, Lu Yi asked: "Sir, what's wrong with the prince? Why does it feel like he's gone back to before?"

Rong Xiu sighed. This was also what he was worried about.

The prince's face looked as weak as before.

"Let's talk to the princess about this."

In the palace, Emperor Ren saw the prince and asked hurriedly: "Yun'er, what's wrong with you?"

After saying this, I wanted to summon the imperial physician to the palace.

"Father, no need, I'm fine,"

Eunuch Laifu put a chair behind the prince. The prince nodded to Laifu.

"Thank you, father-in-law,"

"Your Highness, you have to take care of yourself."

The prince sat down with a smile on his face,

"Father, my son's body cannot be cured by an imperial hospital,"

Emperor Ren was shocked: "Didn't Princess Xiu cure you before?"

"Yes, Princess Xiu cured me, but it's all my fault that I don't take care of my body."

Emperor Ren sighed, "If I had known I wouldn't have let you do things, I would rather be more tired myself than have you like this."

Emperor Ren thought that he had left too many state affairs to the prince, which made the prince tired, and he regretted it in his heart.

"Father, this has nothing to do with you,"

"My son's health was not good for a long time, but now it has weakened prematurely,"

……

As for the Prince's Mansion, Princess Chen Jun has been worried about the Prince's affairs these days.

But every time I asked him, the prince said it was okay.

But anyone with a discerning eye could see that the prince's body had changed.