Xu Tu looked at Liu Jin's departing figure. He was not worried at all. Instead, he felt carefree. If Du Ye was just a county magistrate with an ordinary status without any background, then he would definitely be controlled by the Changzhou Provincial Governor.
The problem was that Du Ye was the crown prince.
The Changzhou Provincial Governor's actions would only cause trouble for himself.
Xu Tu's thoughts turned and he suddenly said: "County magistrate, you still have to be careful. The Changzhou Provincial Governor and the county magistrates must have some unspeakable secrets. Now that the Changzhou Provincial Governor has failed to transfer grain, then the next step might be to take action. "
Du Ye said: "It's fine. We'll deal with it as we see it. As long as we do our job well, we don't need to care about the rest. If he wants to use his methods, I don't mind taking down the Changzhou Provincial Governor. "
Xu Tu said: "County magistrate is wise."
Du Ye said seriously: "Now that it's no longer raining, the various places must be counting the losses. You're in charge of this matter. Count all the losses in the various places. Quickly count the places that are affected by the disaster, the places where houses have collapsed, and the places where there are casualties. Then, we'll deal with these matters one by one. "
Xu Tu said: "This subordinate obeys."
Du Ye waved his hand.
Xu Tu turned around and left to get busy. Because Xu Tu had already transferred all the Xu family members to the various places, the Xu family's resources were all released to help Du Ye. Therefore, it did not take long for Xu Tu to understand the local situation. In just a day and a half, all the information in the entire territory was gathered.
In fact, this was also due to the existence of the official roads.
Because the water roads were mainly built, warhorses could gallop and spread the news in a short period of time.
If there were no cement roads, it would be extremely difficult to gather all the information. After all, it had rained continuously for half a month. The roads were already muddy. It was unknown how long it would take to gather all the information. It was not something that could be done in a short period of time.
Xu Tu saw the gathered information and went straight to the county magistrate's study. When he saw Du Ye, he handed over the gathered information and said: "County magistrate, the information that we've found out is that in the entire Jiangyin County, there are 15 people who died. They were all caused by the collapse of houses. The main location of the casualties is Willow Village, 35 li to the northwest of the county. "
"This village is backed by a mountain and water."
"In front of us is the river, and behind us is Willow Mountain. This was especially true for Willow Mountain, which was made of mud and soil. Due to the continuous torrential rain, the landslide rushed into the village and caused 13 casualties. "
"As for the other two deaths, it was because the local people were bored and went to the river to play in the water. As a result, they fell into the water and died. It has nothing to do with the others."
Xu Tu said seriously, "Although the other places have suffered some losses, the impact is not too great. The only biggest problem was the drought this year, followed by the rain. This year's autumn harvest was basically ruined. This time, the losses were huge. There is no harvest this year, which means that the price of food this year is very likely to rise. "
Du Ye nodded and said, "The issue of grain prices has already been considered. Both the county yamen and the Xu Clan had stockpiled a lot of food for the time being. Therefore, the price of food in Jiangyin County isn't a big problem. Moreover, the government can also control the price of food so that it won't rise too much. "
Xu Tu said, "The county magistrate is wise!"
Du Ye continued, "Also, make some arrangements for us to go to Willow Mountain Village immediately. There is a landslide in this mountain village. We have to deal with it as soon as possible. We can't keep dragging it on. "
"Yes!"
Xu Tu replied again.
He reported the other miscellaneous matters and went to make arrangements for the carriage.
In a short period of time, the carriage and the rest of the guards were all in place. After Du Ye changed his clothes, he left with Xu Tu and started to go to Willow Mountain Village. Because the official road had been built and the road was smooth, the carriage drove on the official road and sped along.
In less than two hours, they arrived at Willow Mountain Village.
After all, the carriage was fast.
When Du Ye and Xu Tu appeared in Willow Mountain Village, the entire village was very busy. Many villagers were spontaneously cleaning up the collapsed soil. After all, the collapsed soil had to be cleaned up completely.
When the village chief of Willow Mountain Village heard that the county magistrate had come, he excitedly brought everyone to welcome him.
Currently, most of the people in Jiangyin County knew about Du Ye and the county magistrate of Jiangyin. Because of Du Ye, Jiangyin County was able to avoid a disaster this time.
The village chief's name was Zeng Shan.
He went directly in front of Du Ye and hurriedly bowed in greeting, looking slightly nervous.
Du Ye looked around and said, "Village Chief Zeng, how much of the collapsed soil in the village has not been cleaned up?"
Zeng Shan said, "County Magistrate, there's not much left. According to the current progress, the mud in the village will be cleaned up in at most one and a half days. "
Du Ye continued to ask, "Have the dead people in the village been buried?"
Zeng Shan said, "This time, the collapse of the mountain was caused by the 13 people in the two families closest to the mountain. They were all submerged in the soil. When we dug them out, they had already been dead for a long time. The collapse this time was really too powerful. Therefore, the dead people did not have time to react at all. If it was only the houses that collapsed, there would still be a chance. However, the problem was that with the collapse of the soil and the heavy rain, there was no chance of survival at all. "
When Zeng Shan said this, he also felt sad. He said, "There were 13 people in these two families. The older one was already over 70 and close to 80. The younger one was only three years old. Now, they are all dead. Everyone has been buried and laid to rest. "
Du Ye nodded.
However, he sighed in his heart.
Natural disasters were heartless!
These were the most ordinary people.
When he was born, he grew up in the palace and lived a good life. Whether it was thunder or rain, wind, frost, rain, or snow, it did not affect Du Ye at all. However, these ordinary people were different.
Their lives were not easy.
Du Ye took a deep breath and adjusted his state of mind. He asked, "Village Mayor Zeng, how are the other villagers?"
Zeng Shan said, "It's not a big problem."
After a pause, Zeng Shan said, "It's all thanks to County Magistrate Du that the river outside our village was cleaned up. Therefore, all the rainwater was drained away in the heavy rain this time. If it wasn't cleaned up, once the river overflowed, our Willow Mountain Village would probably become a swamp. "
Du Ye nodded and said, "It's good that the losses are not bad."
When he said this, Du Ye asked about the other difficulties in the village. For example, the difficulties of food and other supplies.
However, Zeng Shan said that it was not a big problem.
The reason was very simple. The villagers in the village had a bumper harvest in previous years. Every family had stored up food. Although this year's harvest was very poor, for ordinary people, they could still live on even if they earned less money.
After hearing this, Du Ye breathed a sigh of relief.
At least the people did not lack food for the time being. In that case, Jiangyin County would not be in chaos. Why was it that in the past, when natural disasters happened, the people were the most likely to rebel? It was not that the people liked to rebel, but that the people could not live on. As long as there was a slight chance of survival, no one would be willing to leave their homes, and no one would be willing to rebel.
Du Ye comforted the villagers of Willow Mountain Village and told them to relax. The government would stabilize the prices. At the same time, many of the fortifications in Jiangyin County would be gradually arranged to ensure that the people could still work and earn money even if their harvest was gone.
After talking to the villagers, Du Ye got up and left.
At this moment, Du Ye was slightly relieved.
Because the local people were still doing well, he didn't have too much to worry about.
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