The tyrant empress is my wife, I am invincible and have been hiding

"Old Liu, go tell everyone that the King of Zhenguo will definitely find a way to send us money and food. Please be sure to persevere. We have already opened one-third of the ditches in the Xijiang Mountains. If we give up now, the fruits of our labor for more than half a year will be wasted."

"The three counties of Xijiang will return to their previous state. In March and April of next year, during the plum rain season, the entire three counties of Xijiang will become a vast ocean again."

Li Bing's eyebrows twitched slightly. The terrain of the entire Xijiang Three Counties was connected to the Xijiang Mountains. The Xijiang River ran through the three Xijiang Counties. As long as it rained continuously, the water flow of the Xijiang River would rise wildly. Due to the obstruction of the Xijiang Mountains, the water flow could not be diverted in a short time, and it would inevitably submerge the three Xijiang Counties and turn them into a vast ocean.

"Sir Li, we all know that you are a kind-hearted person." Old Liu couldn't help but sigh. Ever since Li Bing and his son came to the three counties of Xijiang, the ditches along the way have been built in an orderly manner, basically able to meet the needs of the people in the three counties of Xijiang for irrigation of crops. The only problem is the flood disasters during the plum rain season every year, which requires digging a ditch in the Xijiang Mountains, which is very difficult.

"The people of the three counties of Xijiang have lived like this for hundreds of years. We are located in a barren land, surrounded by mountains on all sides, and have no mineral value at all. There is a reason why the court does not value us. How could it be possible to allocate millions of taels of silver to help us?"

There was some sadness in Old Liu's words. He was born and raised in the three counties of Xijiang. The annual floods and the droughts that followed the floods were devastating blows to the people of the three counties of Xijiang.

Hua Hua Hua...

At this moment, not far away, a white-haired old man with wrinkles on his forehead was seen walking towards Li Bing in two steps instead of three.

"Lord Rong, is there any news from the court?"

The visitor was none other than Rong Sibo, the governor of the three counties of Xijiang.

It is easy to imagine how little attention the three counties of Xijiang were paid. Although the territory was vast, for nearly a hundred years the imperial court had only sent one county governor to manage the three counties.

Rong Sibo was once the right vice minister of the Ministry of Revenue of the imperial court. Later, he offended Li Linpu and was demoted to serve as the governor of the three counties of Xijiang.

Ever since Li Bing and his son came to Xijiang County, he saw the hope that the people of the three counties of Xijiang would be able to live a life with enough food and clothing.

Even he couldn't help but marvel at Li Bing and his son's ability to build water conservancy projects. The construction of ditches in many places was extremely exquisite.

In more than half a year, the ditches in the three counties of Xijiang have been repaired in an orderly manner. If there is no plum rain season next year, the people in the three counties of Xijiang will have almost no problem with water supply.

Hearing Li Bing's question, Rong Sibo was a little embarrassed and could only shake his head. He had been in the three counties of Xijiang for many years. Even if Li Bing and his son were extremely capable, even if it was true as they said, the state guardian Ye Feng would not give up the three counties of Xijiang. But he was once the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and he knew very well that the treasury of the Song Dynasty could not support the huge amount of millions of taels of silver.

Rong Sibo shook his head and said, "Lord Li, I was the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Revenue in Jinling City in my early years. His Majesty rewarded me with a house. I sent someone to Jinling City half a month ago to sell the house. In exchange, I got more than 30,000 taels of silver. I have ordered people to buy food, and I believe the food will be delivered soon."

"Lord Rong? Have you sold all the houses in Jinling City?"

Although Li Bing had not spent a long time with Rong Sibo, he knew that he was a rare honest official.

Ever since he was exiled to the three counties of Xijiang by Li Linpu, he had been fantasizing that one day he would be re-employed by the court and transferred back to Jinling City.

Now all the houses in Jinling City are sold?

"Money is only a thing outside of one's body. Rong has been in the Three Counties of Xijiang for thirteen years. He has always wanted to change the situation in the Three Counties of Xijiang, but due to his limited ability, he is unable to continue."

"Now that I have finally met Lord Li, I can completely solve the flooding problem in the three counties of Xijiang. Even if I can make some contribution to the elders and folks of the three counties of Xijiang, that is what I should do as a county governor."

Rong Sibo also knew that the food he bought with his thirty thousand taels of silver could only sustain for three days at most. But he thought that if he could hold out for one more day, he would have more hope.

"Report...repay..."

At this moment, a constable not far away, panting but with an excited look on his face, quickly came to Li Bing and Rong Sibo.

"Constable Yu, what's going on? Are the workers digging the ditches having problems?" Li Bing saw Constable Yu, who was a court official in charge of supervising the digging of ditches on the front line. Now he was running towards him panting. It was very likely that something had gone wrong with the workers digging the ditches.

"Your Excellency Li, the workers are not getting enough to eat and are very upset." Upon hearing this, Constable Yu answered directly.

"Lead the way, I'll go and comfort everyone."

Li Bing didn't think much about it. He had encountered migrant workers getting upset when he was building the Jiuzhuan Dam in the Western Shu Dynasty. This was just a trivial matter.

"Calm everyone down?"

Constable Yu was a little surprised and didn't understand why Li Bing wanted to appease everyone.

"Yeah? Didn't you say the migrant workers were upset?"

Li Bing frowned.

"Aiya... Lord Li, the governor of Rong County, I am not here to report this matter, but the court has sent people to deliver nearly 20,000 dan of grain."

Constable Yu immediately understood that Li Bing must have misunderstood what he meant.

Report the situation to Li Bing and Rong Sibo immediately.

"Twenty thousand dan of grain?"

Li Bing, Rong Sibo, and the migrant workers' leader Lao Liu next to them, all had faces filled with horror, their eyes wide open, and expressions of disbelief in their faces.

"Constable Yu, this kind of thing is no joke." Rong Sibo still couldn't believe it. He had been in the three counties of Xijiang for more than thirteen years, and the imperial court had divided up not only 20,000 dan of grain, but even 200 dan of grain had been left for the three counties of Xijiang. It would be good if they could get one-tenth or one-twelfth of it.

"My two lords, come with me to the county magistrate's mansion. The convoy carrying grain from the imperial court is right at the mansion." Constable Yu brought Li Bing and Rong Sibo with him. They were very fast and they saw a long convoy outside the mansion. The convoy was loaded with grain and many people were carrying it outside the mansion.

"What's your name, sir? I'm very grateful for bothering you to deliver food to our three counties of Xijiang." Rong Sibo and Li Bing walked to Wen Hai, the leader of the convoy.

"You two adults, please don't be polite. Zhenguo Jun knows that the three counties of Xijiang are mainly short of food. I will first send more than 20,000 dan of food to solve the current problems of the three counties of Xijiang."

"As for the food and money needed for the subsequent construction of the canal, please don't be polite, my two adults. I will have to make a few more trips." Although Wen Hai didn't know what the relationship was between his own shopkeeper Shen San and Zhenguojun, he knew that Shen San had personally run around for several days to collect food for this matter, so naturally he didn't dare to neglect it.

"My lords, the King of Zhenguo knows that New Year's Eve is approaching, so he has ordered me to prepare a thousand kilograms of wine, as well as hundreds of cattle and sheep of various kinds. I hope that all of you and the workers who are building the canals can have a happy New Year's Eve and have a full New Year's Eve dinner." Wen Hai said, pointing to the two carriages behind him.

These things were all instructed by Shen San, and he naturally dared not disobey them since they were done in the name of Zhenguojun.