Datang: Dad, I really didn't want to rebel!

Chapter 61

Chapter 78

Qianzhou.

After receiving the imperial decree, Li Chengqian entertained Eunuch Chen and others with great joy.

At the banquet, when Li Chengqian, Zhuge Liang and Mr. Chen were coming and toasting, Yang Chen hurriedly opened the door and entered.

Li Chengqian put down his wine glass, looked at Yang Chen who was in a hurry, and scolded: "You're in such a hurry, what a shame!"

Yang Chen panted heavily, and hurriedly clasped his hands together and said, "The governor, outside the city of Qianzhou, is here... There are a lot of disaster victims here."

"Disaster victims?" Li Chengqian asked in confusion, "Where are the disaster victims?"

"Cough cough..."

Eunuch Chen coughed dryly and said, "Your Highness, it's like this. You sent a letter to His Majesty earlier, saying that there will be floods in Shizhou."

"So His Majesty issued an imperial edict, asking the people of the ten states to immediately transfer food and strengthen flood control facilities in each state and county."

"However, Li Yuanxiang, the governor of Xiangzhou, did not listen to His Majesty's order, causing more than 8 people to be homeless. Therefore, His Majesty ordered that most of the victims come to Qianzhou to find you. This will also speed up the development of Qianzhou!"

After hearing Eunuch Chen's words, Li Chengqian was stunned for a moment, and then burst out laughing: "Haha, good, the governor will definitely treat these common people well!"

At first, he didn't want to report to Chang'an that there was going to be a flood in the Ten Prefectures.

Because he knew that if the Ten Prefectures suffered disaster, the people would eventually have to move to other prefectures and counties, and some victims might come to Qianzhou by then.

Qianzhou is really short of people. Steel factories, cement factories, etc. all need people.

The development of a place is linked to productivity.

And people represent productivity!
But conscience finally defeated greed, so Li Chengqian wrote to Chang'an to tell Li Shimin and the others about this matter.

Unexpectedly, Xiangzhou, the largest among the ten states, was still in trouble!
The [-] people suffered, and Li Chengqian felt a bit of joy that he shouldn't have while feeling emotional.

Now, there are finally people in Qianzhou.

Yang Chen looked at the smile on Li Chengqian's face, and suddenly he was a little horrified and said, "General Governor, you asked your subordinates to draw out an open space from the south of the city and build a temporary residential area for tens of thousands of people. Clicked?"

"Forehead…"

Li Chengqian rubbed his head, in fact, where did he get it, those temporary residential areas were not for this purpose at all.

But now it's just in time!

Of course, in front of others, Li Chengqian would not be so stupid as to admit it, but put his fist to his mouth and coughed dryly, "This governor is used to keeping a low profile!"

The pretense was very successful. When Eunuch Chen and Yang Chen looked at him with bright eyes, Li Chengqian knew that he had successfully harvested two little fans.

As for Zhuge Liang...

He took out the iconic chicken feather fan again, and began to fan it lightly, and his eyes released a strange light.

That appearance seems to be saying... If you are interested in studying Taoism together, can't you, dear?
...

Qianzhou.

Today's Qianzhou is extremely lively.

Groups of victims came to the gate of Qianzhou City one after another, but did not go in. Instead, they lingered anxiously at the gate. Obviously, they were not used to this unfamiliar environment.

The people of Qianzhou who passed by turned their heads to look at them one after another. Qianzhou didn't know how many years no outsiders came in, and now there are so many people suddenly, it's really strange.

Soon, Li Chengqian, led by Qianzhou officials, rushed to the gate of the city.

Standing on the city wall, Li Chengqian condescendingly looked down at the densely packed people below, and suddenly he was in high spirits, "Hello people!"

"... "

There was only a moment of silence to answer him, and the eyes of the common people as if they were looking at fools.

Li Chengqian was a little embarrassed, but he didn't get angry, but continued: "This governor is Li Chengqian, the governor of Qianzhou!"

Now, the people were a little surprised.

After the flood in Shizhou, except for Xiangzhou, which was seriously affected by the disaster, Li Shimin has ordered all the people to return to their respective prefectures and counties.

At the same time, in order to build momentum for Li Chengqian, Li Shimin specifically stated that Li Chengqian had already reported to the imperial court that there would be floods in the ten states, but the governor of Xiangzhou did not listen, which is why Xiangzhou suffered such a big loss.

These days the court is the authority, since the court is praising Li Chengqian, it will never be false.

So many people gave Li Chengqian the title of "magic fortune teller". If he resigned and became a magic stick now, he might have more fans than Li Chunfeng.

Seeing that his name caused a lot of commotion, Li Chengqian felt a little satisfied. At the same time, he pressed his hand and waited for the people to calm down before continuing to speak.

"I know that you are all from Xiangzhou. Xiangzhou is famous for its richness, but Qianzhou is just a remote place. So when you come to Qianzhou, you are naturally very unhappy."

"There is a saying that once you come, you will be safe. I believe you have all heard it. It takes time for the imperial court to rebuild Xiangzhou. During this period of time, you are homeless anyway, so why don't you stay in Xiangzhou?" What about Qianzhou?"

"The governor can't guarantee your prosperity and wealth, but three meals a day are not a problem."

"If you want to stay, the Governor welcomes you. If you don't want to stay, the Governor will never force you. Later, the Governor will send a team of guards to escort you to Yuezhou!"

"Come here, open the city gate!"

The two guards pushed the city gate open and looked at the narrow street. The victims hesitated.

Li Chengqian smiled again and said: "The place where you live has been arranged by the governor. If you are not satisfied, you can leave at any time. Why don't you go in and have a look?"

Hearing Li Chengqian's words, some disaster victims with children couldn't help but go in first.

They don't care about it themselves, but children can't stand the toss.

With one comes a second...and then three...

Then more and more people walked into the city.

A smile bloomed on Li Chengqian's face. With these victims, many things can be put on the agenda.

In fact, the reason why Li Chengqian built a temporary residential area before was to renovate all the houses in the south of the city and replace them with stronger cement!
At the cement factory, enough cement has been piled up so far, so it's just a matter of dispatching people.

That's why Li Chengqian built a temporary residential area, just to let the people of Qianzhou move in, and then join in the big project of repairing Qianzhou.

But now it is better, with these victims, we can give a lot of help.

Of course, this also means that the pressure he faces will increase, and the basic necessities of tens of thousands of people cannot be solved casually.

...

In the afternoon, nearly [-] victims were all placed in a temporary housing area in the south of the city.

According to Li Chengqian's order, Yang Chen set aside a piece of land in the south of the city and built a temporary residential area that can accommodate tens of thousands of people.

The quality of the houses in this residential area is not very good, but they are enough to protect them from wind and rain.

Because there were a lot of victims, most of them were arranged together except those with their families.

There were about three or four people sleeping in one room, which was quite a bit like a later school dormitory.

The victims didn't have any objections to this. Although this place was simple, it was much better than those places like ruined temples.

After arranging all the victims, Li Chengqian immediately summoned several important civil and military officials from Qianzhou to the front hall of the Governor's Mansion to prepare for a meeting.

(End of this chapter)