According to the memorials submitted by some places, it has not rained for half a year. This is quite serious for places where rainfall is already scarce. Although the spring ploughing was not greatly affected, there will be problems with the autumn harvest.
Therefore, the court must be prepared to resist drought.
Nowadays, if a natural disaster occurs, the casualties will be very heavy.
Not only was the supervision intensity increased, but many Kaiping guards also left the imperial city and went to various places.
There was no such situation in the imperial city. Normally, Xiaocao should not know about it. However, Wei Tingyu told her about it. Wei Tingyu's legs had recovered well. Although he still needed to rely on a wheelchair, the day when he could stand up was not far away. Because he knew Xiaocao's origins and knew that the world she originally lived in had developed far beyond the present, so he might be able to give her some suggestions.
After hearing this, Xiaocao was not too surprised. Floods, droughts, earthquakes and so on are common in history, and nature has summed up a set of coping methods through long struggles. However, even in the previous life, there were still huge casualties when facing these. In the face of nature, human power always seems insignificant.
But no matter how small, what needs to be done must be done.
Xiaocao had been to many places before, and after asking Wei Tingyu, he had a basic understanding of the current level of "agricultural water conservancy irrigation projects" in Qi Dynasty, which was better than expected. Emperor Xuanren really attached great importance to people's livelihood.
Xiaocao gave some suggestions based on some things from his previous life.
Wei Tingyu was extremely smart. Sometimes, based on one or two words from Xiaocao, he could think of more detailed things. In this regard, Xiaocao was indeed inferior to him.
However, matters in this regard cannot be presented in Xiaocao's name. No matter how cross-border, there needs to be a limit. Sometimes being too evil is not a good thing. Besides, Xiaocao's professional field is only one aspect. If she is asked to intervene in other places, she will probably be helpless after stuttering a few words. Disappointing people is one thing, but if she intervenes in other matters, I am afraid that some people will accuse her of "a hen that crows at dawn".
After sorting it out, Wei Tingyu presented it to Emperor Xuanren. To be honest, he had almost no experience in these areas, so some things might be a bit idealistic, but some of the content was indeed useful.
Imperial edicts were sent to all places, and officials in the court were very busy. Officials who seemed "idle" on weekdays left the court later and later, and "irrelevant" departments were not spared.
When the Queen Mother was born, she only held a family banquet in the palace, and Xiaocao naturally attended. In fact, after her status changed, there was probably nothing she could not attend as long as it was a palace banquet.
However, without the company of Wenren people, and not wanting to get too close to anyone obviously, Xiaocao was either surrounded by people who, whether genuinely or pretended, wanted to get closer to her, or she was just bored and alone.
This palace banquet is really frustrating.
When leaving the palace, Xiaocao's carriage was stopped again, and the people who came were Prince Cheng and Princess Cheng. Princess Cheng was confined to her house for a year last year by Queen Mother Qianqiu because she had plotted against her and Fan Wuguo. She was allowed to come out today, but Prince Cheng was willing to take people out for a "stroll" on the first day, which was surprising. After all, the Ming family is gone now, and he and Princess Cheng did not seem to have a deep relationship. Moreover, the "all-powerful" Prince Heng was also gone. No matter how you look at it, it is normal for Princess Cheng to be "bedridden".
Now that he has even stopped the grass, it is even more surprising.
Xiao Cao had no good feelings towards Ming Zhixin. Even Ming Zeyue was not as annoying as her. The same was true for King Cheng, especially after learning that he was entangled with Li Ruoshui. So this couple really grew on her dislike point.
"If you two are free, please make way. It's getting late. I have a lot to do. I'm not as free as you guys."
To be honest, this kind of leisure is not necessarily a good thing in most cases. For example, Prince Cheng's face suddenly turned gloomy after hearing Xiaocao's words. Idleness means having no job, and having no job means not being favored by Emperor Xuanren. It would be strange if it could be a good thing.
"Princess Anguo has become more and more disrespectful of others because of her father's favor."
"That's right. However, it depends on the person. If it's an ordinary person, he probably won't be like this." Xiaocao said lightly, his displeasure clearly shown on his face.
"you… "
"An Guo." Prince Duan's voice came from the side, "Ninth brother is here too."
Prince Cheng hurriedly greeted Prince Duan.
Prince Duan nodded slightly, looked at Xiao Cao, and said with some courtesy, "An Guo, my eyes are a little uncomfortable today. Could you please take a look at them?"
Xiao Cao hurriedly asked what was going on. Calculating the time, Prince Duan's eyes might be showing signs of rejection, which naturally made her nervous.
Even though Prince Cheng was present, Prince Duan did not hide anything and told Xiaocao directly.