The queen wants to run away every day

Chapter 362 The Disaster in Haining

After solving the problem of disaster relief money, the emperor did not stay in Jiangning Mansion, and took Yingyun straight to Haining County.Although they had made sufficient psychological preparations before, they were still shocked by the devastation when they stepped into the county seat.

The emperor deliberately got out of the carriage and walked on the streets of the city on foot. Collapsed houses can be seen everywhere.The wood has been soaked by the tide and smells of decay, and a second collapse may occur at any time.

This is the scene after the local officials cleaned up the streets. It is conceivable that Haining County was still a mess in the past few months.

The emperor settled Yingyun in the corner garden, and rushed to the river embankment without stopping to inspect the restoration project.

Fortunately, the corner garden is located on a high terrain, and the house was not obviously damaged, otherwise it would have been a waste of Yingyun's money to repair the garden.

After packing her bags, Anai sighed, "Madam, I came all the way just now, and I saw those disaster victims are very pitiful. I have saved some money over the past few years and want to donate it to them."

As she spoke, Anai took a bag of broken silver wrapped in a silk handkerchief and handed it to Yingyun.

Yupo and the others followed suit, revealing all their secrets.

Yingyun evaded and said: "Your salaries are meager. If you follow me, you won't get any rewards at ordinary times. You can keep them yourself. I heard that there is a porridge shed outside the city. Let's take a look tomorrow and help if you can." If you help a little, it is considered that you have done your best.”

However, Anai and the others insisted on asking Yingyun to accept it, saying: "The servants live and eat in the palace, and there is not much room to use the silver. You should keep it first, Madam, and reward the servants after the disaster is over." .”

Yingyun smiled and said: "Okay, when I return to the palace, I will give you a big reward."

Anai and the others laughed and said, "Thank you, Empress."

The next day, Yingyun took them to the outside of the city to have a look. The porridge shed was placed in the outskirts, and there were two meals a day, morning and evening.

As soon as Yingyun walked to the porridge shed, the porridge soldiers knelt down to pay her respects, and several victims near the porridge shed also kept shouting: "Thank you, Empress."

Yingyun took the pots and spoons and poured porridge for them herself. Looking at the pots of steaming white rice porridge, it was very thick but not mixed with too much water.

However, seeing is not necessarily believing. Yingyun is well aware of the routines of the officialdom, so she probably did enough to show her that she was coming today.Maybe, when she turns around and walks away, will they change their faces?

Thinking this way, Yingyun quietly ordered Wushun to pretend to be a refugee and secretly inquire about the situation.

After a long journey, Yingyun returned to the corner garden at dusk.

It was not until it was completely dark that Wu Shun came back in a hurry.

Yingyun asked, "Can I find out anything?"

Wu Shun replied: "The slaves were mixed among the refugees and heard some information. It is said that the porridge shed is used twice a day, and they can still wrap their stomachs, but the houses in the city have been destroyed. Most of them live in the wild, and people freeze to death every day. "

Yingyun sighed: "It will take time to rebuild the house, and there are not so many places in the city to accommodate refugees. This is indeed a difficult problem."

The corners of Wu Shun's eyes twitched slightly, and he said hesitantly: "Madam, I have also heard about one thing, some refugees complained that the magistrate of Haining built the embankment openly, but secretly used all the good work and materials in front of his house. , and some people say that he is a corrupt official, greedy for Mo Xiudi's money."

(End of this chapter)