The girl traveled through another world and forced the prince to take the imperial examination

Yongkang County has been under lockdown for five days! Outside the city gates, the first wave of refugees gathers.

The refugees weren't seeking food; they were desperate to escape the widespread shortage of medicine in the south, leaving them vulnerable to death. They fled to the county town to seek medicine. However, when they arrived at Daxing Town, the gates were blocked. They hurried to Yongkang County, only to discover they were not allowed in either.

What should they do? The city was too far away, and they had no food. Their relatives were sick and couldn't make it to the city.

There was nothing they could do but wait, for the county magistrate to show mercy and save these poor civilians.

County Magistrate Yu was still feeling complacent, thinking that he was very smart for sealing off the city in advance and preventing the epidemic from spreading into Yongkang County.

At this time, the people of Yongkang County only just learned that an epidemic had occurred. What should they do? The people in the city began to panic. First, food was sold out, and then vegetables and firewood were sold out.

After the city was locked down, the supply of food, vegetables, and firewood was cut off, and prices skyrocketed. Rice even went up to one ounce per dou (approximately 100 grams)—even at these prices, you sometimes had to queue up to buy it.

The Tang family controlled the largest granary in Yongkang County. They hadn't anticipated the city's closure, and their grain couldn't be brought in. With their food reserves running low, they decided to take over the county government granary.

The county government's granary was filled with tax grain that had just been collected. County Magistrate Yu was surprised and delighted when he heard the Tang family's proposal.

What’s shocking is that this is the imperial tax revenue. If you embezzle the imperial tax revenue, you will not just lose your job, you will lose your life!

The good news is that now that an epidemic has truly broken out, he can use the epidemic as an excuse to ask the higher authorities to open warehouses and provide disaster relief. As for whether it's truly disaster relief, as long as no one starves to death, no one will investigate. Afterwards, if he pays the people to write him a few letters of praise, not only will the higher authorities not blame him, they will even reward him.

As the saying goes, fortune and honor are sought in danger. This is a rare opportunity!

After Mu Qingcheng and the others had discussed their plans, they split up and took action. Meng Yun and Mo Yunmofeng were assigned to epidemic prevention and control. Salt production was assigned to the three Taoist priests at Xuantian Palace, who were given twenty more people to assist them.

Song Ming was studying medicine, and salt-making was too simple, so he volunteered to join the epidemic prevention team and help Meng Yun.

Mu Qingcheng returned to the shogunate and locked herself up to tinker with the blower and steelmaking. Once the steel was made, she could make a steam engine.

Meng Yun and Song Ming led more than 20 people to Yongkang County first to intercept the people carrying the disease and heading north. Mo Feng and Mo Yun led more than 20 people to Chunshui Town to search for the source of the disease and find a way to control it.

When Song Ming arrived outside Yongkang County, he looked into the distance and saw a crowd of five or six hundred people gathered at the city gate.

Those people were all dusty and anxious, some were crying out for help at the top of their lungs outside the city gate, while others were banging on the door in anger.

The soldiers on the city gate tower looked down at the people below with expressionless faces. No matter how they cried and shouted, there was no way the city gate would be opened.

From afar, a group of men and horses could be seen galloping towards the gate of Yongkang County in the dusty south. These people were clearly no ordinary people, and the extraordinary qualities of their horses were evident just by looking at their horses.

The soldiers on the city gate instantly tensed up, as if they were facing a formidable enemy. The civilians below also stopped, holding their breath, silently gazing at the figure gradually becoming clearer in the billowing dust.

Meng Yun and his entourage quickly arrived at the foot of the city, standing ten feet away from the civilians and reining in their horses. Meng Yun and his entourage all wore white masks, and except for Song Ming, all wore black light armor, swords slung at their waists, and black cloaks, looking majestic and heroic.

This scene immediately shocked all the people gathered outside the city gate.

Meng Yun looked solemnly at the people and shouted, "We are the Crown Prince's personal guards. We are here on his orders to treat the epidemic and provide disaster relief."

The people were stunned for a moment, and it was only after a while that someone exclaimed!

"Ah! Ah! Your Highness the Crown Prince?"

"Why is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince coming here?"

"Did I hear correctly? Is it really His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

In the minds of the people, the highest officials they have ever heard of are prefects and generals, and the titles of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Emperor only exist in operas.

Meng Yun continued, "Don't be afraid, everyone. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has specially invited the imperial physician to develop a prescription to treat the epidemic."

This was like adding more fuel to the fire, and the situation immediately exploded. What shocked the people was not the prince, but the fact that they heard about the prescription for curing the epidemic.

There's a cure, there's a cure! The disease can be cured, and they can be saved!

A white-haired woman, holding a young child, rushed over, knelt before Meng Yun, and cried anxiously, "Sir, please save my grandson. We are the only two of us left in the family. If this child dies, I, this old woman, don't want to live anymore..."

Meng Yun did not scold them arrogantly. He dismounted and walked in front of the people.

Song Ming also dismounted and walked to the woman to check the child's condition. Fortunately, the child did not have a high fever or faint, but it was obvious that he was indeed infected with the disease.

Meng Yun said loudly, "Everyone, calm down and listen to me. You all know that this disease spreads very quickly. If you rush into the city, you will inevitably spread the disease inside, causing innocent people here to suffer unprovoked disasters. Please do not enter the city yet. I will go to see the county magistrate immediately. I will immediately build shelters for everyone and arrange for people to make medicine for you."

Ordinary people didn't care when they heard this. As long as someone could treat their illness, it didn't matter whether they could enter the city or not.

But those who were not short of money refused to do it. They did not want to live in a shed and suffer from cold and hunger.

"We want to go into the city. Why can't you let us in? We have money. Give me the prescription and we will buy the medicine and treat the disease ourselves."

Meng Yun sneered, "You're so rich? You want to buy the prescription? Sure! This prescription was developed by the imperial physician brought by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. It took countless efforts to develop it. It's worth a thousand pieces of gold! You can buy it if you want. Just give me one thousand taels of gold!"

"What?" One thousand taels? Or gold? Everyone fell silent.

Meng Yun's smile faded, and he said coldly, "Besides, even if you get the prescription, it's useless. Our Crown Prince has already requisitioned all the medicinal materials in Yongkang County. We give the medicine away for free. Where can you buy it?"

"God bless you! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is here to save us!"

"Oh my! His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is truly a living Bodhisattva!"

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your great kindness! We, the common people, will never forget your kindness."

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

A crowd of people knelt at the city gate, and the ordinary people spoke simple words, but they were full of gratitude from the bottom of their hearts.

Meng Yun shouted again, "Please leave the city gate and retreat thirty feet away to wait. I will go into the city immediately and have someone set up a tent for everyone and boil the medicine!"

Without being driven away, the people spontaneously left the city gate. Meng Yun ordered that these people be kept under surveillance and not allowed to move around freely.

He arrived at the foot of the city, took out the token of the Prince's Left Guard, and shouted loudly to the people on the city wall.

"Go tell your county magistrate that I am the personal guard of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and I am here to deliver the Crown Prince's orders."

The soldiers on the city gate tower were so scared that their legs went limp. They had been guarding the city gate for so many years, but had never seen such a high-ranking official!

"Please wait a moment, sir. I have sent someone to fetch Magistrate Yu. Please wait a moment, please wait a moment."