The little concubine with many children and good fortune wins the harem by doing nothing

At this time, Long Yi and his companions had traveled day and night to reach the Blue City in the north. Along the way, the closer they got to the northern cities, the more severe the drought became, especially in Blue City.

It seems that the information from the secret agent is correct.

But now that I'm here, I still have to do a secret investigation to prevent anyone from embezzling the relief supplies after they are delivered.

After sorting out his thoughts, Long Yi told Yin Yi and the others about his next plan.

After everyone was ready, they set off in the dark.

At this time, the prefect of Lancheng, Ning Jiu, was staying in the yamen, drinking and eating meat, and even had a group of women from brothels serving him.

Long Yi gently lifted the tiles on the roof and looked at the extravagant and lewd scene inside. His face instantly turned dark.

He gestured to Yin Yi and the others, then quickly jumped off the roof and landed silently. He quietly walked to the door and listened to the movements inside the house.

"Sir, when this batch of disaster relief money arrives, should we still withhold half of it like we did before?" said a flattering voice.

"Of course. What does it have to do with us if those poor guys have no food to eat? Besides, we have done this kind of thing many times in the past." The prefect Ning Jiu said drunkenly.

Long Yi was furious. He kicked the door open and rushed in.

"How dare you embezzle disaster relief funds!" he shouted sternly.

Ning Jiu was so frightened that the wine glass fell to the ground.

"You... who are you? How dare you trespass into my residence!" he stammered.

"I am a secret envoy sent by the imperial court to investigate the drought, and I am specifically here to punish corrupt officials like you!" Long Yi showed his token.

Hearing this, Ning Jiu immediately collapsed to the ground and begged for mercy repeatedly.

Long Yi said to Yin Yi behind him: "Lock him and these people up first. After we get the evidence, we will take them all back to the capital and hand them over to the emperor for punishment!"

After he finished speaking, Long Yi took Yin Er and the others to search the government office inside and out.

Soon they found a large amount of embezzled relief supplies in a secret room in the backyard.

There is also a book of accounts and correspondence between him and the Ning family in the capital.

After Long Yi read these letters one by one, he found out that Ning Jiu was actually a distant relative of the Ning family.

And this corrupt official is actually the one who was dismissed during the flood in Jiangnan last year. I didn’t expect that he could still be an official, and even became the prefect of Lancheng. The Ning family’s hands are really long!

Now it seems that Ning Jiu, the fish that escaped the net, not only embezzled all the disaster relief money in Jiangnan, but now he is even eyeing the disaster relief money this time. He is really shameless!

Long Yi read the letters and the account book of embezzled disaster relief funds with a grim face. Then he handed the evidence to Yin Yi and ordered him to take all the evidence and Ning Jiu and his men back to the capital and hand them over to the emperor for punishment.

He himself stayed behind to organize disaster relief efforts.

He decided to use the relief silver and supplies seized from the prefectural government's mansion to help the victims in Lancheng and alleviate their urgent needs.

Early the next morning, Long Yi prepared to open the granary to release grain, because on the way here, they had seen many displaced people, so it was urgent for him to rescue the victims.

Long Yi found the cook from the prefect's mansion, and asked him to organize the cooks and maids in the mansion to serve porridge at the door.

Soon, the people affected by the disaster in Lancheng learned that the emperor had sent people to provide relief, and they were distributing porridge at the door of the prefect's residence!

Soon, the victims flocked here.

Seeing that there were more and more victims and the speed of distributing porridge could not keep up, Long ordered his servants to build more porridge stalls.

As the number of victims continued to increase, Long Yi noticed that some of them looked pale and weak.

So he took prompt action and decided to set up a temporary ward in the palace and invite doctors to treat the victims.

At the same time, he also sent people to investigate whether there were similar situations in other places so that timely measures could be taken to rescue more people.

The doctors quickly started to work, diagnosing and treating the patient, while Long Yi directed everything from the sidelines to ensure that everything went smoothly.

While busy, Long Yi found an old man holding a young child, whose face was as pale as paper.

He went forward to ask and learned that the child had not eaten for many days. Long Yi felt very distressed and immediately arranged for someone to deliver hot porridge and medicine to the child.

After a period of effort, the victims' condition was brought under control, and fortunately the expected epidemic did not occur.

At the same time, Song Zhe, the disaster relief minister sent by Chu Junze, finally arrived with food, medicinal materials, and a well-digging team. (Song Zhe first appeared in Chapter 104 of this article)

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Long Yi and Song Zhe began to distribute supplies.

He distributed food and common medicinal materials to the victims one by one to ensure that everyone had basic living needs.

While distributing supplies, Long Yi noticed that some victims were still in low spirits.

He knew very well that providing material assistance alone was not enough, and he also needed to give them spiritual support.

So, he, who was usually a man of few words, found Song Zhe for the first time and told him his idea.

Fortunately, Song Zhe had the same idea as him. When he was transferred from the Hanlin Academy to serve as an official in the local area last year, he witnessed the vicious faces and madness of those corrupt officials.

So as for these corrupt officials, Song Zhe would deal with them one by one.

Moreover, thanks to the emperor's kindness, he was entrusted with such an important task as soon as he was transferred back to the capital.

Therefore, he had made adequate preparations for this disaster relief, and he also had the help of Empress Consort Xian. The well-digging team was specially prepared for him by Empress Consort Xian.

Because the drought in Lancheng was the most serious in the north, Su Qianqian thought of asking them to bring a team that could help dig wells to help the people of Lancheng dig wells and find water sources.

In addition, he also had in his arms the method of extracting clean water written by Concubine Xian.

Thinking of this, Song Zhe's heart was filled with enthusiasm, and he calmly assigned tasks to his subordinates.

As orders were issued one after another, disaster relief work in Blue City was being carried out effectively.

The tacit cooperation between him and Long Yi also brought this disaster relief mission to a perfect end.

After finishing the affairs of Lancheng, Long Yi prepared to return to Beijing, while Song Zhe needed to stay for a while until the new prefect appointed by the emperor came, and then he could hand over the work.

Song Zhe stood at the city gate, watching Long Yi lead the team farther and farther away. He was filled with emotion, and this cooperation made him look at Long Yi with a new eye.

Others may not know who Long Yi is, but he, Song Zhe, knows it well. When he was being hunted down, in addition to the help of that hero, it was Long Yi who personally protected him and returned to the capital.

Only after he could no longer see Long Yi did he return to the government office to continue handling the remaining matters.

He has a deep understanding of the people's needs and actively promotes the implementation of various relief measures.

Soon after, the new prefect finally arrived in Lancheng. Song Zhe smoothly handed over his work to him and gave a detailed introduction to the current situation and measures that had been taken.

When leaving Blue City, Song Zhe looked back at this city that had once suffered from drought and was now gradually recovering.

He set out on the journey back to Beijing with a full sense of accomplishment.