The prefect of Bingzhou couldn't help but doubt whether the Princess Regent could do it. He had only heard about the Princess Regent's deeds in the past, but had never seen it with his own eyes.
What if he is like other Tianhuang nobles, who just uses things done by others to arrange things for himself, and then gives himself a good name? It is hard to say, after all, there are many such things.
These aristocratic families always have their own means to ensure their good reputation.
What he saw now, he felt that there was nothing reliable about it.
There is such disaster relief out there.
When there were any disasters in the past, the envoys, relief money and food were usually well prepared.
What's the use of just saying don't be afraid?
She is the regent princess. No matter what happens, her identity will not change. She will still live a life of wealth and wealth. But what about these people? As long as something goes wrong during disaster relief, many families will be destroyed and lives will be lost.
"Let's go and take a look." Gu Jinyan said, "Look at the situation in Bingzhou and look at the crops."
"Ah?" Bingzhou prefect did not react for a moment.
Going to see it now?
What time is it now? They have just arrived in Bingzhou, so they may be very late after all this trouble.
He couldn't understand the regent princess. He said she was not good at it, and she was very interested in her. But if he said she was interested, she didn't give him any hope now.
"The prefect is not free at the moment? Then I and my guards can just take a look." Gu Jinyan did not make too many demands on them.
"Yes." The prefect of Bingzhou responded quickly.
What can he do? Everything is not because of the locust plague.
He was at his wits' end now, and had been waiting for the regent princess to come and find some solution.
The prefect of Bingzhou took his men with him and took Gu Jinyan to the villages near Bingzhou Prefecture, specifically choosing a village that was most severely affected by locusts.
The carriage traveled for a full hour and arrived just before the sun set.
Before they came, they put on bamboo hats and covered their whole bodies, but there were still many bugs flying towards people.
Seeing these densely packed things, Gu Jinyan swallowed and almost vomited.
This is really disgusting.
"The capital city of Bingzhou is better off, but these places with crops and livestock are the most seriously harmed." The prefect of Bingzhou shouted loudly.
Everyone was wrapped very thickly, and there was also the sound of flying locusts, and the prefect of Bingzhou was afraid that she wouldn't hear it.
"These locusts are really scary. They eat everything. Even the cattle will take a bite when they come over. Just these crops have been eaten up." The prefect of Bingzhou said: "And there are so many, I can't kill them all.
But they only have a short time to eat the food. If the food is eaten by them, the people will have nothing to eat."
You can even faintly hear the voices of the people in the village crying and shouting.
After Gu Jinyan finished reading, he said, "Let's go back first."
The magistrate of Bingzhou stayed here for a while, and then he heard her talk about going back, and became a little panicked: "Princess Regent, what should we do about this matter?"
"You have also seen and heard that now the people are living in dire straits."
"If it is solved one day later, many people will die here because of it."
Gu Jinyan nodded, she naturally knew this.
But these things cannot be solved in a short while.
Always take your time.
Gu Jinyan got on the carriage and took off everything he was wearing, but he still brought some bugs into the carriage. Gu Jinyan threw all the bugs out of the carriage, and then couldn't help but retched, it was so disgusting.
"Princess, are you okay?" Hu Wenguang asked.
For the Princess Regent, who is so delicate and expensive, to be able to do this is incredible, and indeed quite disgusting.
"It's okay, let's go first." Gu Jinyan said.
No matter how anxious the prefect of Bingzhou was, seeing that she had already boarded the carriage, he could only wait.
When they arrived at the Bingzhou government office, the Bingzhou magistrate came up quickly. Gu Jinyan nodded towards him: "Master magistrate, I already know the situation in Bingzhou and will find a way. Let's rest today. We will discuss this matter again tomorrow morning.
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What else does the prefect of Bingzhou want to say?
Seeing that Gu Jinyan's face was slightly ugly and extremely pale, he thought that she had just arrived in Bingzhou Mansion today and went to see her.
It’s been a lot of work.
Then he nodded: "I will ask someone to bring some food over."
Gu Jinyan nodded.
Invite Hu Wenguang and Long Wu to sit down and eat together.
Hu Wenguang still felt it was inappropriate.
Gu Jinyan said directly: "It doesn't matter so much here, just eat and get up early tomorrow."
Gu Jinyan ate a little and lost his appetite.
I quickly took a shower.
This made me feel a little more comfortable.
After a peaceful night's sleep, when I woke up the next day, the first thing I saw was the somewhat weathered face of the prefect of Bingzhou.
Gu Jinyan was speechless. The prefect was quite diligent.
As if she was afraid she would run away.
Fortunately, the prefect was not so inhumane yet, so he let her eat some breakfast first. As soon as he put down the bowl, the prefect of Bingzhou asked: "Princess Regent, what are your plans?"
"Master Magistrate, please call me Jin Yan. Arrangements will be made later. Let's sit down and discuss it."
"It's Miss Jinyan. The study room where the meeting is held is over there," said the prefect of Bingzhou.
Soon everyone arrived.
Gu Jinyan was sitting at the front seat, and many people still looked a little distrustful of her.
The prefect of Bingzhou also looked at her with suspicion.
He opened his mouth and said, "Miss Jinyan, the imperial court has given 1.5 million taels of silver for disaster relief. To convert this into food, we need to go to other state capitals to find a way."
Gu Jinyan waved his hand: "Don't worry about what to do with these coins right now."
"Let's talk about the locust plague first," Gu Jinyan said.
Everyone was talking a lot.
Not talking about silver coins, this silver coins?
In the past, these officials have been tempted by these silver coins in disaster relief. Could it be that the regent princess is also interested?
"Princess Regent, why aren't you anxious about this silver coin? Is it possible that this silver coin is gone?" Someone asked: "What is the situation in Bingzhou now? These silver coins must be used for the people, otherwise these people will starve to death. Regent
princess!"
Everyone is already anxious.
I suspect that the silver coins are no longer there at all.
Otherwise, why would the Princess Regent care about Zuoyan and be unwilling to mention the matter of the silver coins?
"What do you mean?" Hu Wenguang asked unhappily when he heard something was wrong in these words.
How could they be so suspicious of someone like the Princess Regent?
Hu Wenguang watched all the way.
Gu Jinyan waved her hand, she had arranged for Qing Ling and the others to do these things.