She married a dying prince and she won three babies.

"Are you sure there are many countries on the other side of the sea?" The emperor was still a little skeptical.

Because no one has ever been there and there is no record of it.

He had never even been to the countries to the west and north and had only heard about them.

Some people in the community have traveled that far, but there are no written records.

Now he heard that there was also one on the other side of the eastern sea, which was beyond his understanding.

"Of course." The prince said with certainty.

"How can you be sure?" the emperor asked again.

"I'm not sure, because I haven't been there either, but it's definitely there."

This caused the emperor to glare at him.

"Your Majesty, please believe me. Once we build a ship that can sail long distances, we can send people to investigate and we will know the truth." The prince was very persistent about this.

"Okay, I will believe you this time. If it is really as you said, I will go with you in person after I hand over the country to the prince." After some thought, the emperor made up his mind.

What he understood was that the sea must have a boundary, and the boundary was the land, so there must be people, so he believed the prince's words to an 80%.

It's just that they are ignorant.

When Shangguan Ziqi and Yu Yuanzheng returned to the palace, they counted all the money they had earned over the years, and handed over the money that was enough for their daily living to the official from the Ministry of Revenue who came to contact them.

The Minister of Revenue personally brought the seal of the Ministry of Revenue to sign the silver loan agreement with the couple.

With the money, disaster relief preparations were quickly made.

Food, medicinal materials, tents, etc.

The Minister of Revenue also became much more generous with his money than before.

And disaster relief will not cost one million taels of silver.

Elsewhere, those in urgent need of money have also found a place to stay.

In order to train the students she had taught for so long, Yu Yuanzheng selected ten women and fifteen men, and took them to the disaster area to participate in the treatment of the victims.

It is inevitable that there will be a major epidemic after a major disaster.

Fortunately, it is summer now and we don’t need too many clothes.

Yu Yuanzheng made a list of medicines, taking into account all the epidemics that are likely to be caused by floods.

It only took three days to prepare the first batch of various supplies.

Yu Yunzhi and his son Yu Qingsheng were the imperial envoys and they also appointed several officials to go with them.

There were also ten doctors from the Imperial Medical Bureau accompanying him.

Shangguan Ziqi transferred 3,000 soldiers from the city defense and divided them into three groups to escort supplies to the disaster area.

Yu Yuanzheng left with the first group.

Several guards followed him.

The journey is one thousand five hundred miles.

We couldn't move very fast with the supplies, but at least they were all horse-drawn carriages, so the march was much faster.

It was six days later when they arrived at the disaster area.

This is a small county town under Qingyuan Prefecture.

The scene before one's eyes was unbearable to look at. It was like hell on earth, making one feel heavy-hearted and even breathing difficult.

The once bustling county town was now reduced to ruins, with houses looking as if they had been torn apart by a giant beast.

The collapsed buildings were scattered with broken furniture and clothes, and the streets were muddy, mixed with rubble and rotten debris.

The air was filled with the damp, moldy smell and the stench of rotting corpses. Occasionally, a few crows circled low in the sky, making shrill calls, as if announcing the death of this land.

Some of the victims huddled in makeshift sheds, while others slept outdoors next to the ruins.

Their faces were filled with exhaustion and despair, their eyes were empty, as if they had lost all hope.

The children's faces were covered in mud and they stood barefoot in the mud, watching their rescue team pass by.

The old people were hunched over, their eyes full of helplessness and sadness.

When Yu Yuanzheng saw this scene, her heart ached and her eyes instantly became moist.

She took a deep breath and suppressed her emotions.

At this moment, a young man in the uniform of a county magistrate came running in, the hem of his clothes stained and filthy, followed by two yamen runners.

"I am Shen Qinghe, the magistrate of Fengjiang County. I am honored to meet the imperial envoy." The visitor bowed deeply to Yu Yunzhi.

"Sir Shen, please don't be so polite. Tell me, what's the current situation?" Yu Yunzhi withdrew his gaze from the victims and asked.

“Yes, Fengjiang County is right next to the Qingjiang River, and we haven’t been able to spare the money to repair the riverbank in the past two years.

This year's floods are unprecedented, so we can't hold on.

Once the dam broke, the water rushed straight towards the county town.

I have been sending people to patrol the riverside, but the river water is rising and coming so fiercely that there is no way to prevent it.

I asked the people in the county to evacuate as much as possible early on, but some people refused to listen and insisted on staying. One reason was that they had nowhere else to go, and the other was that they were hoping for luck.

As a result, when the flood entered the city, many people who did not have time to leave were drowned.

Although the rain has stopped now, the flood has not completely receded. Some houses are still submerged in water, and some houses that are not well built have collapsed directly.

The people have been unable to return home until now, and the loss of property is incalculable.”

After County Magistrate Shen finished speaking, tears kept flowing.

He has had a hard time these days.

Fortunately, he was prepared in advance and not many people died.

Ever since the continuous heavy rain, he has been feeling a little worried.

He went to the riverside to check every day, and the more he looked, the more frightened he became.

Things are looking bad and the possibility of a dam bursting is very high.

When he returned home, his wife noticed his anxiety and asked him how he was doing.

When his wife found out, she urged him to make plans soon and not wait any longer.

He made up his mind and organized people to transport the food in the warehouse to the mountain while the rain stopped.

Fortunately, there was a cave in the mountains that could store a lot of food.

"Where did the people flee to?" Yu Yunzhi saw that there were not many people in the city. It was completely different from normal times.

“They all fled to the mountains outside the city, not knowing whether it would rain again, and they didn’t dare to come back.

"I received the imperial decree and came back to wait. Yesterday, I was still on the mountain, presiding over the overall situation."

Yu Yunzhi looked up at the sky. It was a clear sky at this time and it seemed that it would not rain today or tomorrow.

"This imperial envoy has been ordered by the Emperor to come and provide disaster relief. Bring all the officials from the county government and come before me to obey my orders."

Yu Yunzhi started assigning tasks on the spot without any delay.

The supplies brought by Shangguan Ziqi were placed on a high ground and rescue work began.

The first step was to set up a pot and distribute porridge so that the people in the city could eat hot porridge first.

Yu Yuanzheng assigned the apprentices he brought with him to treat the people.

Yu Yunzhi asked County Magistrate Shen to take him to see the place where the dam broke.

There is a gap several meters wide upstream, and water is still flowing through it, but it is not as big as before, and the direction of flow has also changed a little.

No more water was poured into the county town.

"Sir Shen, let's organize people to plug this gap." Yu Yunzhi made a decision after looking at it.

"Your Excellency, we need to hire people, but the county government has no money.

Two years ago, the emperor ordered an increase in taxes and reduced corvee labor to offset the increase. He also required counties to increase their tributes, leaving the counties with no extra money to hire people.

Otherwise, there would be no dam bursting. Alas! "

County Magistrate Shen also had a lot of grievances.

"Okay, I understand. Just go find some young and strong men and pay them 100 coins a day to plug this gap first. If it rains heavily again, the county will be flooded again." Yu Yunzhi made a decision after checking.

The two returned to the tent temporarily set up at the foot of the mountain to discuss further work.

But before they could even take a sip of water, a yamen runner came running over, covered in dirt.

"My lord, my lord, it's not good."