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At two o'clock in the afternoon, under Xia Yun's expedited march, the team composed of officials and personal soldiers finally arrived at Ningdu City.

It's much earlier than normal time.

Outside Ningdu City, Xia Yun took a glance and found that Ningdu City was far inferior to Hangzhou City, whether in terms of the height of the city walls or the prosperous appearance.

This is not surprising, after all, Hangzhou is the economic center of the entire Jiangnan region.

Even the former Jiangnan Weaving General Administration set up its headquarters in Hangzhou.

"Your Excellency, this is Ningdu City. I and others have all come out to greet you. I have no time to arrange a welcoming party. Please forgive me, Your Excellency."

Gu He followed Xia Yun on horseback, with an apologetic look on his face.

When a new governor arrives, there should always be a grand welcome ceremony.

It’s just that they were all called to Zhangjia Village yesterday, and more than a dozen officials were beheaded.

"It doesn't matter. From now on, let the people have a good rest and recuperate."

Xia Yun waved his hand.

He has never been a man who cares about the scene.

Soon, Xia Yun led a large convoy and slowly entered the city of Ningdu.

Although the scenes inside and outside the city are completely different, compared with Hangzhou City, the scene inside Ningdu City can still be described as desolate and dilapidated.

The first is the streets of Ningdu City, all of which are flat roads paved with dirt.

However, with the famines year after year, these mud-paved roads have long become bumpy, with mud puddles and broken edges everywhere.

Even a carriage would feel quite bumpy when driving on the road.

Not to mention the people in the entire city.

On horseback, on the way to the governor's office, Xia Yun kept looking to both sides.

Trying to find some traces of ordinary people on both sides.

However, after looking for a long time, Xia Yun did not see any common people, let alone a single hair of the common people.

Not a single dead body was seen on the streets.

Weird!

Xia Yun was very smart and he quickly concluded that someone must have reorganized Ningdu City in advance after learning of his coming.

"Master Gu, how many disaster victims are there in Ningdu City now?"

Xia Yun asked calmly.

"To answer your question, there are about 4 million disaster victims in the entire Nanzhili area. There are at least 700,000 or 800,000 disaster victims in Ningdu alone."

Gu He, standing aside, responded truthfully.

"Where are these disaster victims now?"

Xia Yun continued to ask.

Hearing this, Gu He's heart suddenly tightened. He could tell from Xia Yun's words that someone was going to be in trouble again.

"In reply to your Excellency, the settlement of disaster victims in Ningdu City was previously in the charge of the former Southern Zhili Governor Su Chensu, and the Ningdu Prefect Li Mingbo was in charge of the specific implementation."

Gu He wiped the sweat from his forehead and did not dare to hide anything in front of Xia Yun.

Xia Yun shook his head.

No wonder that from the court's perspective, the disaster in the Southern Zhili region was much less severe than that in the Zhejiang region.

It seems that every time the imperial court sent people to investigate the disaster, these officials in Nanzhili would relocate the victims first, thus creating a feeling that the disaster was not serious.

But you have to know that the total population in the entire Nanzhili region is only over 10 million!

The number of disaster victims reached more than four million!

Nearly one-third of the victims!

"Zhao Xinlei, pass on my order. Immediately dispatch four teams to the four city gates in the east, west, south and north to set up disaster relief tents. Starting from noon today, all disaster victims in the city can go to the disaster relief tents for meals."

In order to solve the problem of the victims first, Xia Yun did not hesitate at all and used the same method he used in Hangzhou City.

Only by ensuring that the victims survive can we make further progress and restore the prosperity of Southern Zhili.

"Yes, my lord!"

Zhao Xinlei accepted the order and immediately selected local officials from Ningdu City.

A dozen officials were selected.

Then he took a large amount of food and more than a hundred personal soldiers and quickly went to the four city gates.

The reason for bringing along a dozen local officials was that Xia Yun and his team had just arrived, and if they rashly set up a disaster relief site, they were afraid that the people would not recognize them.

……

When the time came to half past two.

Xia Yun and his group finally arrived at the Governor's Office.

"My fellow officers, I will only give you half an hour to wash and eat. After half an hour, I hope to see all of you in the lobby of the governor's office."

When entering the governor's office, Xia Yun turned around and spoke to the more than fifty officials who had followed him all the way.

"We will obey your orders!"

The officials had been traveling day and night and were extremely exhausted at this moment. However, even so.

They didn't dare show any disrespect or impatience in front of Xia Yun.

After all, the fifteen officials who had their heads chopped off yesterday were the best lesson for them!

The officials then dispersed.

Xia Yun and his people, including Gu He, soon appeared in the court of the governor's office.

However, after Xia Yun and others entered the governor's office, they did not choose to rest immediately.

Almost everyone was busy in the yamen.

First, Xia Yun's personal soldiers, under the command of Chong Heihu, quickly began to search the entire governor's office, while deploying a large number of visible and hidden sentries.

As the saying goes, now that you are here, make the best of it.

If they want to gain a foothold in Ningdu City, ensuring their own safety is essential.

"Master Gu, please let me personally check the various tax forms and records of the Nanzhili region in recent years."

In the government court, Xia Yun was eager to understand the true situation in the Nanzhili region, so he immediately gave an order, with a sense of urging in his words.

"Yes, sir. I'll send someone to get it right away!"

Koga nodded.

"Sir, according to the current number of disaster victims in and outside Ningdu City, the daily consumption of disaster relief grain will require at least 50,000 to 60,000 dan."

"It is very likely that the food we brought will not be enough."

When Gu He sent people to get various financial and tax reports, Xu Wan'er expressed her concerns.

There is no other reason.

According to Gu He, the number of disaster victims inside and outside Ningdu City was simply too many.

The little bit of food they brought with them was not enough to solve the famine problem in the Southern Zhili region, let alone the famine in Ningdu City.

However, when Xia Yun heard this, there was no trace of worry on his face.

"If you are short of food, then find some. I don't believe that such a big city like Ningdu would be without any food for disaster relief."

A sneer appeared on Xia Yun's face.

In recent years, the imperial court has transported at least 5 million dan of disaster relief grain to the Southern Zhili region.

If corruption had not been rampant among officials in the Nanzhili region, the disaster would not have expanded to this extent!

After a while, the people sent by Gu He returned to the yamen court, and brought back a large number of forms.

Xia Yun then organized a dozen clerks to start checking all the forms and books on the spot.