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Chapter 765 Don't Be a Savior

Wang Dalang didn't come alone; he came with several young men from Hujia Village. They were just teenagers back then, but now most of them are married.

They had practically watched Ayu grow up, and had long regarded her as a younger sister in their hearts.

"I heard you went to Jiangsai with Wulang, what brings you here?"

Wang Dalang pulled everyone over and they saw that Ayu was being protected by many yamen runners, but there was no one they recognized by her side, which made them worried.

"There's unrest over in Jiangsai, and Fifth Brother is currently undergoing training. Uncle Ashu has already sent someone over and should arrive soon."

Ayu said she was fine, and everyone was relieved after asking her in various ways.

They've all experienced natural disasters and man-made calamities, so they wouldn't deliberately demand that Ayu be treated any better.

Since our own people are here, we will naturally take care of them.

Wang Dalang, having traveled extensively for several years, led a group of villagers to help appease the refugees and distribute rice and grain.

The yamen runners initially thought the officials were overstepping their bounds, but once they arrived, everyone became much more orderly. Even the wealthy households who were unwilling to give alms were happy to open their granaries and distribute grain to relieve the disaster victims. It was just unknown what the commander's brother had said to those wealthy households.

Ayu was still busy writing prescriptions and brewing medicine for everyone. Her medical skills were not as good as those of a proper doctor, but she had a little dumpling behind her who was working hard to learn and could help her identify the properties of the medicines and use scientific calculations to prepare the prescriptions.

With the addition of a little spiritual spring water, the resulting medicinal soup, while not immediately curative, still has a very good therapeutic effect.

After the supplies were distributed, many of the injured and sick disaster victims did not worsen.

While they were busy, they waited until the carefree king and his entourage entered the city.

The prefect in charge of Yuecheng was already extremely busy, and when he heard that the Prince of Xiaoyao had arrived, he was in a real bind.

"What's the living devil doing here at this critical juncture? There's nothing left to plunder in Yuecheng!"

The man then said, "No, the Carefree Prince led a convoy of carriages, a full fifty carriages, and several hundred strong men on foot!"

The prefect of Yuecheng nearly choked on his breath: "What? Fifty carriages? Is this living devil trying to take away all the ruins of Yuecheng? And strong men too—"

"No, sir, you've misunderstood!" the man said. "Prince Xiaoyao has come to deliver disaster relief supplies!"

Bang!

The prefect fell to the ground, and the documents in his hand fell into the millstone. He didn't bother to look at them and hurriedly got up: "Would it kill you to finish what you said in one breath? Hurry up and come with me to welcome the Prince of Xiaoyao!"

If he hadn't said the last few sentences, he would have been prepared to run himself to death in front of the carefree king.

It turned out that instead of a living Yama, a living Bodhisattva arrived!

The prefect of Yuecheng rushed out of the government office and saw the carriages and horses brought by the Prince of Xiaoyao in the distance. They were indeed grain for disaster relief.

He almost burst into tears on the spot.

He was about to retire next year, but he never expected such a big incident to happen at this critical juncture. If the casualties among the people are too heavy and they starve to death, he will not have a peaceful life for the rest of his life.

Yuecheng suffered multiple fires, especially destroying many granaries. The government had stockpiled emergency food supplies, but it wasn't enough to cope with the continuous influx of disaster victims. In two more days, the entire city of Yuecheng would be completely out of supplies.

Even if the urgent report sent to Wanning City by fast horse had reached the Emperor's hands, it would not be approved quickly. Some of the pedantic ministers in the court would inevitably make unwarranted comments about the disaster relief funds.

After a while, it will inevitably take another three to five days to get the grain. By the time it is finally delivered to Yuecheng, after layers of skimming and deductions, it will probably be a month or two later.

The surrounding cities could offer assistance, but too many were too cunning and wouldn't help indefinitely; at most, they'd offer token help, which, without an imperial order, would be a drop in the ocean. By then, Yuecheng would be finished!

Fortunately, the carefree king arrived.

Thinking of this, the prefect of Yuecheng's smile became even brighter.

The carefree prince ordered the grain to be escorted to the government office first. When the surrounding disaster victims saw the grain, they went crazy and tried to rush up and grab it.

Those who distributed porridge worked; they fought off several people and finally managed to intimidate them.

When the prefect of Yuecheng arrived, he searched around for a while before finally finding the carefree prince. He was squatting in the medicine shed, imitating Ayu, identifying herbs.

"Your Highness, this humble official pays his respects!"

The prefect of Yuecheng was about to perform a grand ceremony when he was stopped by Prince Xiaoyao.

The Carefree King said, "There's no need for that. Go and get busy. Don't worry about the rest; I have my own arrangements."

The prefect of Yuecheng was still somewhat hesitant.

Ayu smiled and said, "Your Excellency, please go ahead and do your work. Uncle Ashu is with me."

The prefect of Yuecheng had a good impression of Ayu. This extremely young village lady was not the ignorant country girl that the outside world had rumored. On the contrary, she was very knowledgeable at a young age and came to Yuecheng with some good ideas for disaster relief.

He was deeply grateful and even assigned all his trusted confidants to her.

"Very well, then this humble official shall take his leave."

After the prefect of Yuecheng left, people from the surrounding area gradually carried out medicinal soup to the patients, and the medicine stall became much emptier.

The carefree king then asked, "Ayu, you've been here for over ten days, what have you gained?"

Ayu asked, puzzled, "What did you find?"

"Think about it, do these innocent victims and the prefect who wanted to provide disaster relief have anything in common with you?"

The carefree king guided Ayu.

Ayu thought for a moment and then understood: "You mean, I want to start a girls' academy? My initial intention is to give women more protection, and perhaps I am that 'prefect'?"

She carefully considered the details of this period and said, "I've really come to understand a lot. For example, I used to think that as long as I had enough ability and money, nothing was that difficult. But now I know that even if someone needs help, what they need may not be the kind of help I thought they needed. Like after a disaster, some people need food, some need medicine, some just need comfort, and some need help finding their families. Moreover, my strength alone is completely insufficient to support doing so many things..."

As she pondered this, Ayu understood what the carefree king meant.

This is something she can learn from.

“Back in Jiangsai, I already understood that what I think is good for others isn’t necessarily good. The most appropriate thing is for others to feel it’s good and think it’s necessary,” Ayu said. “Once this matter is over, I will also try my best to do what I want to do and what I should do.”

The Carefree King: "Well, it's good that you don't blame your uncle for meddling. Ayu, I used to only treat you as Aruan's child, so I treated you differently. Now, no matter who you are, I am still your Uncle Ashu. Uncle also wants to remind you that it's good to have good intentions, but don't try to be a savior."

Ayu: "I know."

She's grown up, and her thoughts aren't as naive as they were when she was a child.

The next day, Tangyuan and Xiaoyang, who were walking slower, also arrived at Yuecheng, bringing with them some new news.

(End of this chapter)