As soon as the two of them sat down, Leng Yu couldn't wait to say:

"I just came back from the Ministry of Household Affairs. According to Mr. Zhang's report, there are 8.5 million taels of cash available in the treasury. I think we can use the money from the treasury to resettle these victims."

Hearing this, Liu Dechang's brows tightened.

"Relocating these victims is not a small number. Now that the emperor is seriously ill, we cannot make this decision casually. If the emperor blames us, we cannot bear the blame."

"The emperor has decreed that I have full authority to decide all matters in the court. Besides, what is wrong with opening warehouses and releasing money for the sake of these disaster-stricken people? Taking a step back, if my father really blames me, I will be the only one to blame.

Just carry it."

"This is not something you can afford alone. The money in the treasury is not allowed to be used easily to prepare for emergencies. Even when it is urgently needed for marching and fighting, only a very small part dares to be used. There are so many victims now, how can you

Resettlement and rebuilding their homes is not a small sum of money!"

Leng Yu frowned, pondered for a while, and then said seriously:

"There are a large number of victims this time. If they are not resettled in time, it will inevitably cause turmoil. If we want to resettle them reasonably, we have no other choice but to use the money in the national treasury. Don't worry, General Liu. I will be responsible for all the consequences."

Don't worry, you won't hurt others."

After saying this, he turned his head with a solemn expression, "Xiao Lingzi, call A Li."

"yes……"

After receiving the order, Xiao Lingzi quickly walked out of the main hall.

Liu Dechang sighed there, shook his head and explained,

"I have lived to this age, and I am not afraid of being implicated. I just think that it is better to wait until the emperor wakes up before making a decision on opening the national treasury to use money to relieve the victims, so as to ensure that nothing goes wrong."

Leng Yu took a sip of tea, put down the tea cup, and looked up at Liu Dechang,

"General Liu, you don't know something. Lan'er said that the emperor's body will not return to normal for at least half a year. These victims can't wait, and we can't afford to wait. Now their daily food and drink expenses are already twice as much as we expected.

, the only way is to resettle them as soon as possible. I will be the master of this matter. If there is any problem in the future, I will be responsible for it alone."

Seeing the seriousness of his words, Liu Dechang did not refute again. He also knew that if he wanted to properly resettle these victims, he had no other choice but to first take out the money from the treasury.

After a while, Xiao Lingzi came with A Li. After saluting, A Li replied directly:

"Your Majesty, in response to your request, I have roughly calculated that to settle the more than 30,000 disaster victims, based on family units, an average of three people will build a house, and 11,000 houses will be built. According to your proposal, all the houses will be built together.

Even though the house proposal can save materials for one wall, each room will cost fifteen taels of silver, so just building the house will cost 165,000 taels."

"Well, what about the cost of water control and renovating the land?"

"The affected land in Jiangsu and Zhejiang is about 120,000 acres. The cost of plowing the land is about 35,000 taels. The cost of water control can only be determined by local surveys. I made a conservative estimate and built water conservancy projects, built rivers and built river embankments.

, at least thirty thousand taels are needed, and the food and drink expenses for these people on the road, three

Calculated every month, we need at least 180,000 taels. If each person is given another 5 taels of silver for daily expenses, we will need 150,000 taels. In total, it will take 560,000 taels to resettle these victims.

To feed and clothe the officers and soldiers traveling back and forth from the capital, we need to take out 600,000 taels from the national treasury."

This number made Liu Dechang take a breath,

"Do you need so much? According to what you said, this almost uses up one-tenth of the national bank balance. This is not a small number!"

"With only one-tenth of the national treasury, these victims can be resettled. I think it is worth it. I will prepare now. If possible, I will personally go to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to take them away."

With this decision, Leng Yu immediately decided to enter the palace. He wanted to tell Luo Lan first to prevent her from thinking about it.

When he arrived at the Yangxin Hall, he was immediately stunned by the sight in front of him.

Although it is already evening, there are still no fewer than ten princesses kneeling here, headed by Concubine Li and Concubine Li.

Seeing Leng Yu coming, Liu Xi hurriedly greeted him.

"Prince Yu, are you here?"

Leng Yu frowned, nodded, and asked in a low voice:

"What's going on?"

Liu Xi shook his head helplessly and sighed,

"They have to say that Princess Yu wants to harm the emperor and that she wants to kneel and die here and plead for the emperor's life, but the old slave can't persuade her to go back. What do you think we should do?"

Leng Yu glanced at these people. Among these people, except for Concubine Li and Concubine Li, whose eyes were firm, the rest of them were looking around from time to time. From their expressions and movements, Leng Yu could tell that they were not the same.

They don't want to kneel here all the time, or in other words, they were attracted by Concubine Li.

So, he came to the crowd and said with a serious face:

"Why do you ladies kneel here?"

The dozen empresses all raised their heads to look at her, and Concubine Li was the first to say:

"We learned that the Emperor was imprisoned here by Princess Yu, and his life and death were unknown. We were worried, so we wanted to go in and have a look, but Eunuch Liu wouldn't let us in. We had no choice but to kneel here and wait..."

Leng Yu's face darkened, and he understood in his heart that it looked like these women were here to cause trouble on purpose.

So, he cleared his throat and said coldly:

"The emperor is seriously ill and Princess Yu is treating the emperor. It is reasonable for Eunuch Liu not to let you see him. If you insist on kneeling here, then please do it. Come and arrange for two hundred imperial guardsmen to guard here.

Anyone who wants to enter will be shot without mercy."

After leaving these words, he frowned with a cold face and said to Zhang Yuan:

"Zhang Yuan, Xiaotan, you two are here to guard. Anyone who dares to cause trouble will not be treated lightly."

Zhang Yuan and Xiao Tanzi hurriedly replied with clasped fists:

"My subordinate understands."

Leng Yu looked at these empresses again and continued to say lukewarmly:

"The weather now is neither cold nor hot, but it may be a bit cold at night. It is appropriate for the ladies to kneel here to express their concern for the emperor. However, the emperor will not be able to return to the hospital in seven days.

Wake up, you guys have been kneeling here for seven days, it’s really embarrassing for you. Come here, prepare a few mats for the ladies, and prepare some hot tea to serve. By the way, there are many mosquitoes at night, so prepare a few plates of incense..."

Before he finished speaking, a lady stood up behind him.

"I've been having pain in my back lately, and I can't kneel for a long time. Ladies, I'm going back first."

Seeing that someone left first, the others got up one after another and walked away in dejection without even saying hello.

Li Fei looked at these women who were running away and wanted to stop them, but because Leng Yu was in front of them, she could only feel itchy with hatred.

When only Concubine Li and Concubine Li were left here, Leng Yu suddenly sneered,

"Xiao Lingzi, we have business to do, so don't disturb the two ladies from kneeling here."

After saying this, he looked at Eunuch Liu again,
Chapter completed!