Princess, he is rich enough to rival the country

Hearing Gu Yanshu mentioning the urgent call of the emperor today, Qin Lu didn't know what to think of, and his face was slightly ugly.

After drinking the last sip of soup in the bowl, he slowly opened his mouth:

"There is news from Ruizhou that Shaocheng has been hit by a snowstorm, and the situation is not very good now."

The emperor urgently called, and called many courtiers, so eagerly, even completely disregarding that it was New Year's Eve, and he didn't need to think too much about what happened.

Before Qin Lu returned to the mansion, Gu Yanshu thought about many possibilities.

Among them, the most thoughtful thing is that something happened at the border, and Qin Lu might need to go into battle again.

But no matter how much he thought about it, Gu Yanshu never thought that he would get such a completely unexpected answer.

"Snowstorm? Shaocheng?"

When repeating these four words, only two big characters remained on Gu Yanshu's face: outrageous!

As for why Gu Yanshu reacted like this, it has to start with the geographical location of Shaocheng.

During the days when he was recuperating in the Marquis of Cheng'en's mansion, Gu Yanshu would often read Tianqi's official history and unofficial history, as well as county chronicles and other miscellaneous books in his spare time.

At the same time, he also conducted some research on Tianqi's map.

Combining Young Master Gu's memory and those books, Gu Yanshu discovered at that time that Tianqi has great similarities with China in terms of human history, geography and climate.

For example, if it is parallel time and space, then the current location of Tianqi on the earth is the same as that of Huaxia, which is located in the northern hemisphere.

And the capital city of Tianqi and the capital city of Huaxia are highly overlapping geographically, and the climate is surprisingly similar.

As for what Qin Lu just mentioned, Shaocheng, which was hit by snow, is located in the southwest of the capital.

In China, anyone with an elementary school education also knows a common sense:

Compared with the north, the south is less prone to snow.

Some cities in the south don't even see a small snowflake once a year.

In Huaxia, some cities located in the southwest, if they see snow falling in one year, they can even mention it as a hot topic on Weibo.

It can be seen from this that Shaocheng's coldness and snowfall will never be worse than that of Tianqi Capital.

When the first snow fell in Yanjing a few days ago, Gu Yanshu discovered that the first snow fell in Tianqi later than in Huaxia.

Combined with Young Master Gu's memory, it is not difficult to find that it is not even the time when the snowfall in Tianqi is the worst.

Under such circumstances, Yanjing did not

There were snow disasters, but the cities north of Yanjing did not encounter snow disasters, but the cities located in the southwest of Yanjing experienced snow disasters...

If these words did not come from Qin Lu's mouth, Gu Yanshu would even think that he had heard the Arabian Nights.

"Yes, Shaocheng."

Qin Lu nodded slightly, and directly described the news he had just received with Gu Yanshu.

Compared with previous years, Tianqi's winter this year can be regarded as a cold one.

Many areas that have never snowed have also experienced snow this year.

In cities that used to snow in winter, the snow situation has become much more obvious this year.

Although Shaocheng is located in the southwest of Kyoto, the distance from Kyoto is actually not too far, so the climate is quite similar to Kyoto.

In previous years, there would be light snow in Shaocheng in the winter, but this year, the light snow turned into heavy snow.

It is different from the houses in Kyoto and the north that face a lot of snowfall every year and have been reinforced.

The houses of many people in Shaocheng are not able to withstand the large amount of snow.

In addition, there are quite a few people in Shaocheng who still live in thatched cottages.

When it was found that this winter was colder than previous years, the imperial court had already issued warnings to various places, asking the government to be more vigilant this winter.

But I don't know whether it was the officials in Shaocheng who were negligent, or whether the people didn't take the warning from the government to heart.

When the court got the news today, the snow disaster in Shaocheng was already extremely serious.

The situation in Shaocheng's inner city where the houses are relatively strong is relatively stable.

But according to the person who came to deliver the news, in the suburbs and villages, the houses of those villagers who still live in thatched huts can be said to be rare.

This winter, when the main courtyard was repaired and there was no floor heating, Gu Yanshu even put eight charcoal basins in the house to keep warm at the most exaggerated time.

Even though Shaocheng is not as cold as Kyoto, but there are no houses, one can imagine how hard it is for the villagers.

Just listening to Qin Lu's narration, Gu Yanshu could already imagine the picture in his mind.

"It is reported that many people who lost their houses and had nowhere to shelter from the cold failed to survive and died outside the city."

Even Qin Lu, who usually has no emotion on his face, became much uglier when he said this.

Gu Yanshu never thought that he could hear such a ridiculous thing:

"Frozen to death? Where is the prefect of Shaocheng? Didn't they arrange accommodation for these people?"

As soon as these words came out, Qin, who had a bad complexion,

Kill, his expression became ugly again.

Even though Qin Lu didn't answer, Gu Yanshu understood the answer to this question from this reaction:

In the case that the court had already issued an early warning, the government in Shaocheng was still able to let the snow overwhelm the houses of the people. I am afraid that after the accident, they also did not respond.

Did not arrange housing for the people, did not organize manpower to renovate the houses for the people...

If this is the case, I am afraid that in this snow disaster, there are not a few people who were frozen to death.

"The person who reported the letter arrived in the capital at the beginning of Yinshi today."

At the beginning of Yinshi...

According to Xing Ren, the emperor summoned Qin Lu into the palace when the time was not up today.

Calculating the time, I am afraid that after hearing the news, the emperor did not delay at all, so he called people over.

But it's no small matter about human life, so it's reasonable for the emperor to be so anxious.

Qin Lu's next words also confirmed the thoughts in Gu Yanshu's mind:

"Father was furious when he got the news, and then hurriedly summoned the king, several other princes, and the ministers of the court to discuss with the palace."

"What's the result of the negotiation?"

Nearly four hours have passed since Maoshi.

After summoning so many people to the palace and discussing for so long, even if it is a big deal, it should have a result.

"Father arranged someone to set off immediately to Shaocheng for disaster relief. As for the officials involved in this matter, they will be escorted back to Kyoto for disposal after the disaster relief is over."

"Who did the emperor send to relieve the disaster?"

Gu Yanshu knew from Qin Lu's tone that it was not Qin Lu who went to relieve the disaster this time.

Qin Lu quickly gave Gu Yanshu the answer:

"The second brother and Zhao Shilang from the household department were selected."

As soon as he heard about the candidates for disaster relief, Gu Yanshu knew that this matter really had nothing to do with Prince Li's Mansion.

Whether it is the second prince or the servant of the household department, they are all from the eldest prince Qin Sheng.

"Brother Elder Emperor tried his best to recommend Brother Elder Emperor when Emperor Father was selecting candidates for disaster relief, and Emperor Father seemed to be more interested in letting Elder Brother go there, so I didn't fight too much for him."

Seeing Gu Yanshu's pensive look, Qin Lu couldn't help explaining.

As soon as Gu Yanshu heard it, he knew that Qin Lu had misunderstood:

"This disaster relief matter cannot be done without the hands of the transfer department, and the secretary of the household department belongs to the eldest prince. It is a good thing if the prince does not go. If he does go, the matter may not be easy to handle."

Just after listening to Qin Lu's description, Gu Yanshu knew that the matter in Shaocheng was not easy to handle.

Those who go to disaster relief can bring

It's okay to solve the problem, but if it can't, you have to eat a meal and hang up.

If Qin Lu had gone, under such circumstances, it would be too easy for the Ministry of Households to trip Prince Li's mansion.

While Gu Yanshu was weighing in his mind, he didn't realize that when he said this sentence, Qin Lu's face instantly relaxed.

When Gu Yanshu asked about the candidates for disaster relief, Qin Lu felt a little uneasy.

After all, anyone with a discerning eye would know this at a glance, and it was a great opportunity to make meritorious deeds, but he didn't win it.

Before Qin Lu was in the army, he heard many soldiers discussing his wife in private.

Sometimes it's to show off, sometimes it's to complain.

Among those complaints, the one I heard the most was that the wife of the soldier's family disliked the soldier for not working hard enough.

One of the classic remarks is "Look at the so-and-so who joined the army with you, and now they have become the head of a thousand households. After working hard for so many years, why are you still a small captain?"

There is also "I don't want to make progress every day, I see what you will do after you retire from the army!"

Qin Lu was really afraid that Gu Yanshu would also say to him, "Why did the eldest prince win the disaster relief this time, but the prince didn't?"

If so, Qin Lu really didn't know how he could answer.

With some messy thoughts stuffed in his heart, some of them naturally appeared on his face.

Seeing Qin Lu's complexion changed, Gu Yanshu thought that he was a little unhappy because he didn't win this job:

"My lord, you don't have to think too much about it. Father should have his own considerations about disaster relief. Besides, he has already made too much limelight when he came to Prince Li's mansion, so it's better to keep a low profile for a while now."

Where did Qin Lu think that he would still encounter such a good thing?

The concubine didn't win the job, and the concubine's unhappiness didn't decrease at all, and she even comforted him in turn!

Immediately nodded happily:

"What the princess said is reasonable, the king knows."

Gu Yanshu didn't know what Qin Lu was thinking, seeing that his expression had eased a lot, he asked another question:

"Then do you still have to enter the palace today to pay respects to father, emperor and concubine?"

"Father didn't rest much last night. When the king left the palace, his face was already tired. Today's greetings have been skipped. After a while, the concubine and the king will go to the imperial concubine's palace."

Gu Yanshu was not surprised by such a result.

According to the emperor's character, if something like Shaocheng happened, I'm afraid he wouldn't even think about this year, let alone the younger generation's request.

Ann.

It's just that when entering the palace, Gu Yanshu didn't forget to bring the emperor's annual gift with him.

Although people don't need to pass by, gifts still need to be given.

I don't know if it was because of the snow disaster in Shaocheng, but when Gu Yanshu entered the palace this time, he could clearly feel that the atmosphere in the palace was not good.

The imperial concubine didn't even let Gu Yanshu and Qin Lu stay in the palace, but after a few cups of tea, she found an excuse to send them away.

Perhaps Qin Lu had a mediocre feeling for the imperial concubine, but he didn't mind it at all, following the imperial concubine's wishes, he took Gu Yanshu out of the palace.

When leaving, Gu Yanshu subconsciously glanced in the direction of the emperor's bedroom.

At this time, many red lanterns were hung in the palace because of the Chinese New Year, and the emperor's bedroom was no exception.

Looking from a distance, it is all festive with lights and festoons.

Gu Yanshu withdrew his gaze, and sighed slightly in his heart:

This year, I'm afraid it won't be easy.