The two ladies from the Minyang Marquis Mansion have been avoiding going out since they returned home.
Although they didn't know what Lu Zhixi was going to do at the banquet, Princess Changping did go to the house first to say hello to their grandmother.
Now that Lu Zhixi has met such a tragic end, will Princess Che not let them go?
Wen Jinhe was not interested in these soldiers and generals at all.
Princess Changping left the capital the day after Lu Zhixi entered the Jianyehou Mansion.
Luo Jincheng even quickly hired the legitimate daughter of a royal censor in the court.
Originally, with the current status of the Marquis of Jianye, it was impossible to obtain this marriage, but the daughter-in-law of the imperial censor was notoriously jealous in the capital. She had practiced martial arts since she was a child, and once killed three disciples on the street. Zi beat him to the ground.
After the marriage was decided, the people in the capital thought Luo Jincheng was crazy.
Taking the letter sent back by Lu Yebai, Wen Jinhe couldn't help but admire Mr. Luo Xiaohou.
As a concubine, Lu Zhixi was so disgusted by her husband that he wanted to cut her into pieces.
The royal censor's daughter-in-law will probably make more mistakes after joining the family.
This is to find a helper and come back to torture people.
"Have you found everyone?" Wen Jinhe looked at Man Qiu.
Man Qiu nodded, "We have made preparations. The generals guarding Min City, Shang City and Zhen City are all the prince's people, but I'm afraid the prefect needs to put some thought into it."
Wen Jinhe spat the grape seeds in his mouth into the plate, "There have been wars all year round, and the local prefects support the generals who defend the city. Even if they sue the emperor, I, the princess, are just doing ordinary business."
Wen Jinhe plans to arrange for people to go to several war-torn cities on the border of Beidi Kingdom to reclaim large areas of wasteland for planting and building factories.
There are relatively few people living on the border between the two countries. As a result, a large number of workers are needed to attract the people on the border of Linyue Kingdom to live in Beidi Kingdom, turning the border of Linyue Kingdom into empty cities.
"Princess, this is the news from the Nancheng magistrate."
Northern Nancheng was a fiefdom given to Wen Jinhe by the emperor. Whether it was taxes, land or people, it was now under Wen Jinhe's management. The local magistrate was also the first to report affairs to Wen Jinhe.
"The drought has just ended, why is there another flood?" Wen Jinhe felt her head hurt as she stared at the sad words written by the Nancheng magistrate on the Zhezi.
Butler Li stood aside with his back hunched over, "Princess, the fiefdom given to you by the emperor is not like Princess Changping's Bianyun City. It does not need to be managed. Nancheng is located in the north and is the central city of the thirteen cities in the north. Every year there is either drought or drought. Floods make people’s lives very difficult.”
Wen Jinhe didn't know that Li Jingxing wouldn't give her a good place, but there were too many natural disasters.
Staring at the cross-river on the map that runs through the thirteen cities in the north, it almost dried up during the drought. Now that the water depth has surged, it is simply a disaster.
"Didn't the imperial court build a dam across the river before?" Floods are more harmful than droughts, and people die in an instant.
Butler Li hesitated: "Yes, the emperor will order the construction of a dam almost every time after a drought, but it will be washed away every time a flood comes."
Wen Jinhe raised his forehead and said, "This must have been corrupted by the minister who went to supervise the construction. This is a shabby project that can only be looked at but not used."
When Li Junche came back in the evening, he saw his princess standing in front of the map of Nancheng, her brows furrowed more tightly than anyone else's, "What's wrong?"
Wen Jinhe sighed heavily, "It's nothing, I just felt that the hot potato the emperor gave me was too hot."
Li Junche picked up the folding book on the table doubtfully, "This matter may affect you."
"Ah... this is a natural disaster, why does it affect me?" Wen Jinhe was thinking about how much money should be spent to appease the people of Nancheng, who are now considered the people of his own jurisdiction.
Li Junche stretched out his hand to touch Wen Jinhe's head, "Nancheng is your fiefdom, the closest to Yuehe River, and since you have been away for a long time, some people may say that you have failed in your management."
Wen Jinhe's pupils couldn't help but turn upward, "It's as if there won't be floods in my fief if it's not true."
When the news of the flood in Nancheng and the collapse of the dam by the cross-river floods came back to the capital, officials from King Heng's faction in the court were not the first to take over the responsibility of Princess Zuoche.
But if the problem of cross-river flooding is not solved, the twelve surrounding cities will be affected sooner or later. In previous years, this was the direction discussed in the court.
Before Wen Jinhe could think of a way, he was summoned to the imperial study room by the emperor's order.
Seeing the governors of the three provinces, the Minister of Hubu, the Minister of Industry, the Prime Minister and King Heng, but Li Junche was not there, Wen Jinhe stepped forward and kowtowed: "My daughter-in-law pays homage to my father."
Li Jingxing looked at her with a smile, "Princess Che, women are not allowed to participate in politics, but Nancheng is your fiefdom, and the flood is closely related to you, so I called you here to discuss it together."
"Princess Che, you must have received the letter from the Nancheng magistrate, right?" Shangshu Ling looked at Wen Jinhe and asked.
Wen Jinhe: "I received it a few days ago."
"I wonder how Princess Che plans to deal with it?" Shangshu Ling's attitude towards Wen Jinhe was still very respectful.
Wen Jinhe felt a little unsure, feeling that everyone here seemed to be plotting against her.
Wen Jinhe replied: "I am going to use money to solve part of the people's losses after the flood."
The Minister of Household Affairs raised his hand to Wen Jinhe and said, "Princess Che, this method treats the symptoms but not the root cause. If you want to solve the problem once and for all, it is most appropriate to build the cross-river dam indestructibly first."
Wen Jinhe frowned, "I heard that the imperial court built dams after floods many times, and they were washed away by the floods every time. I guess this method is not very effective."
King Heng immediately said: "That's because the dam is not high enough."
"Then why don't you cultivate higher?" Wen Jinhe asked immediately.
The Minister of Household Affairs shook his head in embarrassment, "This depends on the amount of money allocated by the national treasury. Originally, the cost of rebuilding the cross-he dam this year had to come from the national treasury, but now Nancheng is your fiefdom, and all taxes owed will no longer be handed over. The treasury, according to imperial law, this money should no longer come from the treasury.”
Wen Jinhe's brows twitched and he bit his lip.
The emperor nodded with an embarrassed look on his face, "That's true, Princess Che. I gave you the fiefdom because I didn't want your talents to be buried because of your identity as a woman. Although Nancheng is far away from the capital, it should be managed well."
Wen Jinhe held back her anger and wanted to curse. They sent Li Junche out deliberately, and there was no one here to speak for her.
The Prime Minister standing opposite stared at Wen Jinhe but said nothing.
Seeing that Wen Jinhe remained silent, the Minister of Household Affairs continued: "According to the situation in previous years, the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry calculated that to completely solve the cross-river flood problem, ten million taels of silver would be needed to build the dam."
