After picking up a lucky girl, all the beasts line up to come to your door

"Secondly, ordinary people are afraid of such things."

"If the county magistrate really kills these evil people, it will undoubtedly cause panic and chaos among ordinary people."

"If someone else creates trouble, the situation will be much more serious than it is now."

Now, Zheng Xingguang understood, "So that's how it is."

"How about arresting these evil people?"

Hua Yun said, "It's not Taihang."

"Some of these evildoers must have taken advantage of the chaos to escape. If they knew the magistrate was arresting people, they might incite the villagers to cause trouble, or even do something bad."

Zheng Xingguang was stunned when he heard this. "How can this be possible?"

Hua Yun raised an eyebrow, "You powerful and wealthy children should come out and see more often."

"My elder brother and I are not powerful people." Mu Baobao raised his little paw and retorted, "Second brother, you can't talk nonsense."

Hua Yun soothed him, "Okay, okay, it was Second Brother who said the wrong thing."

He took out a two-liang silver coin from his sleeve and threw it to Mu Baobao, "Little Junior Sister, go play with the silver."

As soon as he saw the silver, Mu Baobao's whole face lit up and he ran over quickly to catch the silver.

She jumped and listened, then ran to the side to play with the silver with a smile.

Silver is really fun.

Hua Yun continued, "For you, the children of the rich and powerful, you are exposed to all sorts of conspiracies and tricks."

"In fact, for the uneducated and simple-minded people at the bottom of society, they don't have so many conspiracies and tricks. What they think about most is how to survive."

"When faced with the threat of death, they will do whatever it takes to survive, most of which is to exploit others."

Zheng Xingguang probably understood, "Is that so?"

"You mean, when dealing with these low-class people, we can't use the usual methods?"

Hua Yun said, "That's about right."

"People at the bottom of society care more about their own interests and whether they can survive."

"Also, for the common people, they don't care who is in power or what those officials are like. They only care about their own lives."

"I can hardly survive, who cares about these things?"

This time, not only Zheng Xingguang learned a lot, but Sang Ye also learned a lot.

"You should go out more often." Sang Ye said with emotion, "If you don't go out, you won't be able to truly understand if you just read books and listen to others talk."

Hua Yun said, "If you walk around more and see more, you will understand a lot of things."

"Okay, that's all for today. Let's pack up and leave tomorrow."

He was really tired of this place.

The next day, early in the morning.

After having breakfast, Mu Baobao and his group left the town in a carriage.

Mu Baobao was lying at the carriage window, originally with nothing to do, but unexpectedly he saw a lot of people.

"Look, there are more people gathered here."

She pointed outside, "There are a lot of sheds, and there's a cooking area over there."

There were hundreds of people outside the city, all gathered in groups of a dozen or more, scattered in different places.

Some people hid in simple sheds, looking eagerly in the direction of the town, as if they hoped that the town would let them in as soon as possible.

Some people were arguing with the constables, while others were crying and begging them for mercy.

There were also people cooking something to eat, but no one knew what they were cooking.

Sang Ye and a few others went to the window to look.

When several people saw this scene, they were all shocked.

"Looking at the situation, I'm afraid all the nearby villages have no water. What a severe drought this is."

"A rough count shows there are several hundred people here, far more than we saw when we got here. If it doesn't rain, the water shortage will only get worse."

"A lot of people are gathering here, let's go!"

Many people saw the carriages and wanted to come over to ask for some food and drink.

The coachman immediately sped up and left with the guards following behind.

"Baby." Sang Ye held Mu Baobao in her arms and looked down at her. "Let me test you. Do you know why I told the coachman to go faster and not help the people?"

Mu Baobao thought hard with his little head for a while before saying, "You're only helping in emergencies but not in poverty?"

Sang Ye said gently, "No, that's not the same as helping in emergencies but not helping the poor."

Baby Mu tilted his head up to look at him, "Big brother, why is that?"

Sang Ye said, "It's very simple."

"If we help those people, will the remaining people come to us for help?"

"So should we help or not?"

“What if we help these people and they ask for more?”

"Simply put, in this situation, you can't be kind enough to help any civilians, otherwise you'll get into big trouble."

Mu Baobao said in understanding, "So that's how it is."

"Big brother, if I encounter a situation like this and want to help these people, what should I do?"

Sang Ye did not say that it was bad for her to have such an idea, "Then leave it to the court."

"Look, there's something as serious as a drought, and so many people are affected. One person alone can't save many."

"Therefore, such matters must be handed over to the court, and the court will send people to resolve them."

Baby Mu raised his little paw and said, "Big brother, should we tell the emperor about this?"

Sang Ye said, "I have already written a letter to inform the emperor. The rest of the matter is not our concern."

At this time, Rongdu, the Imperial Palace, and the Golden Throne Hall.

Emperor Sheng looked at the courtiers kneeling below and couldn't help but sneer: "I have received news that many places are short of water and even experiencing drought."

"Now I want you to come up with a solution, but you can't come up with one. What's the point of me keeping you around?"

The prince quietly reduced his presence, not because he didn't want to solve the problem, but because he didn't want to take the lead.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me." The court officials bowed in unison.

Emperor Sheng said, "Forgive me? I'll chop off all your heads!"

"Father," Prince Chang stood up and saluted, "Your Majesty, I am willing to escort the disaster relief supplies to the various disaster-stricken areas... Ah!"

Emperor Sheng grabbed the whisk from Zhong Ling's hand and smashed it on Prince Chang's head. "You evil creature, I asked you to find a solution, not to have any evil ideas about disaster relief."

"I haven't even discussed this yet, and you're already jumping out like that. Do you think I'm stupid and don't know what you're thinking?"

He was becoming more and more disappointed with his son. Now Prince Chang was only thinking about how to get the benefits he wanted, and he was becoming more and more open about it.

Prince Chang quickly knelt on the ground and pleaded guilty, "Please forgive me, Your Majesty. I hope I can help you with your worries."

His heart was filled with resentment. He was obviously much better than the crown prince, but his father did not make him the crown prince and even scolded him in public.

This doesn't give him face.

Emperor Sheng asked, "To relieve my worries, you've set your sights on disaster relief supplies?"

"Without even a set of rules, you're so eager to ask for disaster relief supplies, as if you're afraid others won't understand your intentions?"

Sure enough, once a person becomes arrogant, he will become stupid.