Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

Seven days later.

There was heavy snow at the border of Tiancang Kingdom. The earth seemed to be covered with a layer of silver makeup. The surroundings were white and it was beautiful at first glance.

The temperature across the border also began to drop sharply, becoming extremely cold.

In Gu Chan's words, it was really damn cold this day. The temperature dropped to minus 7 or 8 degrees Celsius. It was really freezing!

However, although the weather is cold, it cannot stop everyone's enthusiasm to return to the border.

Most of those who had fled to Zhongyuan City before had a hard time living. Now that the border has been recovered, they certainly want to come back as soon as possible to get back their houses and land and live a good life in the future.

Well, during these seven days, all the people in Zhongyuan City who were having a hard time have started to pack up and return home.

Everyone was smiling along the way. Although the wind was cold and the weather was freezing, everyone felt warm in their hearts. After all, as long as they returned to the border, they could live in their own houses and live a stable life.

On the other hand, Gu Chan and Xuanyuan Qing were not in a good mood at this time.

At noon that day, the two men were sitting in the study in the backyard of the county government office, warming themselves around a charcoal brazier.

Qingluan Huofeng sat nearby, constantly adding charcoal into the charcoal basin to make the fire burn brightly.

Qing Luan said with a worried look on her face, "Ninth Prince, now tens of thousands of people are returning to the border. If they come back and see the tragic situation at the border, wouldn't they be miserable?"

"Yes! It's all the enemy's fault. They have destroyed the entire border beyond recognition. Although they have been defeated and fled, there are few houses in Wuheng County that are intact now." Huo Feng also complained.

Not bad!

Since the enemy occupied the border, they have not cared about anything else and have been doing whatever they want, turning the originally good border into something unrecognizable.

Just last night, Gu Chan and Xuanyuan Qing had already roughly estimated that if the border wanted to fully recover its former vitality, the court would have to allocate at least 5 billion taels of silver in subsidies to fully restore the border.

But the problem is that the imperial treasury is empty now. Let alone 500 million taels, it would be difficult to come up with even 500 million taels.

Now we are faced with the problem of settling tens of thousands of people returning home.

Don’t even mention how much Xuanyuan Qing’s head hurts right now.

Gu Chan said with a stiff face, "You are the ninth prince of Tiancang Kingdom. Now tens of thousands of people and the entire border of Tiancang Kingdom need financial assistance from the court. You can't just sit here and say nothing! What if the people come back in the future and it's winter and they have no food or money, will you let them freeze to death or starve to death?"

"I tell you the truth, the national treasury is empty now, and there is no money at all. It's already very good if we can barely maintain the expenses of various departments in Kyoto. I really can't ask my father for money." Xuanyuan Qing said with a bitter face.

"..."Gu Chan.

Dry!

She now understood that being an emperor was indeed not easy!

Even though he became the emperor, his family still couldn't come up with money to save the people.

What the hell is going on!

Scratching his head speechlessly, Gu Chan said, "How about this, let's ask the wealthy people in Zhongyuan City to donate some money, squeeze some money out of them, and use it to help the border."

"The military pay from this war has already hurt them enough. It may not be easy to squeeze them again. And to put it bluntly, after this war, Zhongyuan City will need to recover. In addition, it's winter now, and the entire Central Plains area needs to take a break." Xuanyuan Qing explained the reason.

Gu Chan was stunned when she heard this. After thinking about it carefully, she felt that what Xuanyuan Qing said made sense.

Zhongyuan City also needs to develop in the future. We can't empty Zhongyuan City to help the border! All the people in Zhongyuan City also need to survive. While taking care of the border, we also have to take care of the other side.

From a manager's perspective, this is called vision and pattern.

Obviously, she is still too young compared to Xuanyuan Qing and cannot be called a qualified manager.

After thinking this through, Gu Chan sighed and said, "Damn, it's so troublesome to manage people. I'd better go back to Zhongyuan City and run my clinic to be more comfortable, so as not to be bothered by these things all day long."

"You have already reached this position. It is impossible to easily unload the burden." Xuanyuan Qing said with a smile.

"Hmph! I do whatever I want. What can others do to me?" Gu Chan said disdainfully.

Xuanyuan Qing said cunningly, "I wrote a memorial seven days ago and sent someone to deliver it to Kyoto at an expedited speed of 800 miles. I think in two days, the emperor's imperial decree on meritorious service will be delivered. You have made the first contribution, so in addition to rewards, promotion and advancement are inevitable. Do you think you can run away?"

"Xuanyuan Qing, could you please stop being so cunning? I told you to share the credit with the six people under me and let the emperor reward them according to their merits. Now, you are trying to trick me again, right?" Gu Chan said with a gloomy face.

"Ha ha……"

Xuanyuan Qing laughed evilly, feeling very proud.

He didn't want to argue with Gu Chan at all. He just wanted to keep Gu Chan and use her for his own purposes. As for what means and methods to use, it was not something he wanted to consider. As long as the result could satisfy him, it would be fine.

Gu Chan got up and left angrily, not wanting to stay with this scheming boy anymore.

Two days later in the afternoon.

Just as the common people had returned to the border one after another, each taking over their own houses and lands and starting to carry out repairs.

The people sent by the emperor finally arrived at the border with the imperial edict.

The person who led the team this time was none other than the female leader of Tianji Pavilion in Kyoto, Tiancang Kingdom, Renzong.

She led a team of a hundred people. All of these people wore yellow jackets and had great physical skills. They were obviously at the level of palace guards, not ordinary guards.

Moreover, this team of a hundred people was pulling carts full of large boxes, and no one knew what was inside these boxes.

After the team of a hundred people entered the county government office, the female leader was not in a hurry to announce the decree, but asked everyone to go and rest first. She also found a nice yard in the backyard and took a nice hot bath, as if she was here for vacation, not to announce the decree.

At night, Gu Chan and Xuanyuan Qing sent people to set up more than ten banquet tables for her, but she did not show up on time.

The two of them had no choice but to lead the generals and sit down in the lobby in the front yard and wait.

While waiting, Gu Chan asked quietly, "Ninth Prince, what is the name of this female leader?"

"What? Didn't you pass the Renzong test when you went to Kyoto before? How come you don't know her name yet?" Xuanyuan Qing said, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

Gu Chan scratched the back of her head and laughed awkwardly.

At that time, she was thinking about how to save her life all day long. How could she have the mood to care about the name of the female leader of Renzong?