Blossom in Adversity

Chapter 265: Life and death are one

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Yu Tao went alone, but came back with five people.

"Miss, except for those who are delivering letters, all the people from the Seven Stars Division in Xiangyang are here. Please follow your orders."

Several people had received Yu Tao's instructions before, so they all greeted him, "Your subordinates greet the young lady."

Hua Zhi wanted to say that she had no right to call on the people of the Seven Stars Division, and she didn't dare to let them call themselves subordinates. However, when she thought about the current situation, she felt unsure, so she nodded to a few people and looked at Shaoyao.

Shaoyao smiled, "Huahua, why are you being so polite? This is all behind closed doors. Who dares to interfere? Tell me your names, everyone."

From left to right, five people stepped forward one by one, "Bo Fan, Liu Yun, Xie Xu, Zheng Qiao, Xie Ru."

Each of the seven lords has his or her own serial number, which they usually use when they are out in the field. At other times they use their real names.

Shaoyao nodded and said, "I just want to ask you, what do you think of the current county magistrate of Xiangyang?"

Bo Fan cupped his hands and replied, "Xiangyang County Magistrate Chen Hongyi has been in office for two years. He has no achievements, nor any major failures."

"It seems that he is following the path of moderation." Shaoyao laughed sarcastically, but after the sarcasm, she felt it was quite boring. Aren't the majority of officials in the court like this? They will not hinder anyone's interests and can climb up the ladder safely. As for whether they do anything or not, ha, that is not important. Sometimes she feels that the total amount of work done by all the civil and military officials in the court is not as much as that done by the Seven Stars.

Waving his hand to signal the others to go down, Shaoyao came to Huahua and looked at the map with her, "Did you see anything?"

Hua Zhi didn't even look at her, but touched her head soothingly, "Not so fast, if you're bored, go help me with something."

"What?"

“Make a big sandbox. The bigger the better.”

Shaoyao's eyes lit up, "Yeah, since I can't leave anyway, I might as well play with that."

"It's not for fun." Hua Zhi swiped her fingers on the map. "From the map, we can see that the water transportation in Jingzhou is well developed. I remember reading in some miscellaneous book that people in this area would first consider taking a boat when traveling. So it can be seen that I want to use the sand table to do some quantitative deduction."

The sand table can be used like this? Shaoyao's eyes widened. "I'll take someone to do it right away, and you'll see it today."

Hua Zhi saw her running as fast as she could on a Hot Wheels and didn't try to stop her. She was really anxious. She was just hoping that the rain wouldn't cover too large a area, otherwise it would be really bad.

Letting out a long breath, Hua Zhi pushed the county annals in front of the Sixth Prince, "It is impossible that places near water have never suffered disasters. Look for the records."

"yes."

She looked at the map again, but her heart was confused. She simply put it down and walked to the window to look at the heavy rain outside. It was clearly almost noon, the brightest time of the day, but the sky was dark as if it was almost night.

In this group, not counting the newcomers today and Wu Xiaoshuang whom she rescued, Baoxia and Xuying are from the Hua family and trust her 100%. Even if they were asked to jump into the Weishui River now, they would not ask the reason and would just jump in. Shaoyao listens to her in everything and would not have followed her if it were not for protecting her. Yu Tao and Wang Cheng were also ordered to escort her. Xiaoliu is the prince, and Yan Xi trusts her and puts him under her nose and lets her run so far. Jiang Huanran, who has been running a fever for the past few days, came here because of her...

If you think about it carefully, the life and death of these people actually depend on her.

No matter what, she always had to bring the people she brought out back safely. When things really became hopeless, she had to lead them to retreat first, even by taking a detour or changing the route. But if she did that, she probably wouldn't be able to be a good teacher who led by example.

With this thought in my mind, I became even more eager and couldn't wait to leave.

Looking back at the child who was looking very serious with his brows lowered, Hua Zhi's heart softened. She really liked this child and sometimes even forgot that he was a prince.

No matter whether he will be an emperor or the leader of the Seven Stars in the future, at least he is still weak at the moment. She can't help him in other ways. She can only try to add some color to his life at this stage so that he won't be so dull when he looks back on it in the future.

"Sister Hua, there are records here." The Sixth Prince looked up and was a little stunned when he met Hua Zhi's gentle gaze.

Hua Zhi walked towards him and asked, "What did the higher-ups say?"

The Sixth Prince collected his thoughts and looked down, choosing his words: "It's the same as what you thought, Sister Hua. Xiangyang is located by the water, and there are flood disasters every year. Sometimes it's a small disaster, and sometimes it's a big disaster. Last year's situation was the best. It was just the loss of some livestock, and there were no casualties. The year before last was also not bad. The worst one in the past twenty years was fourteen years ago. The disaster affected a wide area and killed more than six hundred people. After that disaster, an epidemic broke out, and nearly a thousand people died."

"Anything else?"

The Sixth Prince flipped back a few pages. "One thing is that people who lived near the river used stones to build their houses. Although such houses were not beautiful, they were practical and collapsed much less often."

It's a good idea. As long as it's safe, beauty is not that important to people. As long as it can withstand the flood, they can clean up and continue to live there after the water recedes. Even if some things are lost, at least the shelter from the wind and rain is still there, and they won't be so panicked when they feel at home.

"Let's see if there's anything else that can be used."

"Yes." The Sixth Prince lowered his head and continued to read, but he did not turn the page for a long time. Hua Zhi could not help but look at him again.

Sure enough, after a while, the child couldn't help but look up and asked, "Sister Hua, why do those people live by the river when they know it's dangerous? Take Xiangyang for example, isn't there any other place for them to rest and recuperate?"

How should I answer this question? Hua Zhi thought about it, weighing every word carefully, "It's probably like you live in the palace, because your ancestors lived there, and the Hua family lives in Hualin Lane, and their ancestors also settled there. This is the root."

Hua Zhi sighed softly, "On the other hand, there are fertile fields by the river, and there is water that is necessary for survival. It can irrigate farmland, catch fish to improve life, and even sell them to supplement the family income. That is where their ancestors have lived for generations. Unless they really can't survive, who would be willing to leave and become a rootless duckweed?"

"I understand." The Sixth Prince also looked at the map, his eyes falling on the Wei River that runs through the north and south. There is no shortage of wise men among the people, so how could they not see these things? But for the common people, asking them to leave their homes is probably no different from taking their lives.

What's more, how could they get a chance to live in a good place? They can only endure the hardship. Since it's hard work everywhere, why should they change

The Sixth Prince sighed in his heart. If he had not come out, how would he have known all this

PS: The government did not report the disaster situation, so my hometown could not get any rescue and had to save itself. There was no spontaneous fundraising by the affected people. I was not in physical contact but my heart was there. I was helping to find connections to buy low-priced disinfectants, masks, various medicines, foods, etc., and then contacting vehicles to deliver them to the disaster area. This was the first time I felt the feeling of unity so deeply and personally. I was very moved. I hope it will be helpful for my subsequent plot. I will update today.