Just one pregnancy and four babies, but the prince actually pledged his love to her

Chapter 417: Refugees at the City Gate

What's more, whether he fights for that position or not is not only related to his life and property, but also to whether his mother can live well in the palace and whether his grandfather's family will be destroyed.

In the past, he would be concerned about his father, the emperor, his mother, the queen, and his grandfather's family, but now there are Li Mengyue and the children.

He originally thought that he would never have children in his life, but he was blessed by God, and Li Mengyue was sent to him, and she became pregnant with his child.

He must cherish his child and create a good living environment for him, so that he will not be affected by his father before he is even born and have no chance to see the world.

But internal strife is internal strife, and natural disasters and man-made disasters must also be resolved. He can't wait until he becomes the crown prince and takes over the throne from his father before the entire Great Zhou has become a devastated place!

This was not his original intention. He wanted the people to have a stable living environment and live a peaceful life.

However, these are extremely difficult to do in the face of natural disasters and man-made calamities.

But he was not afraid. He was taught by his father himself and had gone through hardships on the battlefield, which made him have such a strong character.

No matter how unqualified his father was as an emperor, he was indeed a good father to him.

Therefore, no matter what, he must protect this country, not let it fall into the hands of the enemy, and not let the people lose their lives in natural disasters.

However, with his current abilities, he is still unable to truly solve the current difficulties.

But no matter what, when he learned that the situation in the north was not optimistic, he could not sit idly by and had to find a way to solve it.

Li Mengyue didn't know what Xie Ruiyuan was thinking, but she knew that there was not much time left. It would take more than ten days to ride from here to the north at full speed.

Once you arrive at the place, you need to gather people, have them make honeycomb coal, and wait for it to dry before putting it into use, which all takes time.

She didn't know how much heating supplies the people in the north had stored, but she knew that the extremely cold Little Ice Age would not be so easy to get through, and coal would still need to be mined, and in large quantities.

One coal mine is not enough, coal mine detection equipment is still needed.

"Since I gave you the things, I won't take them back. If you don't want to use them, I have nothing to say."

Li Mengyue once again stuffed the coal mine detection equipment into Xie Ruiyuan's hands, and then stopped talking about the equipment and changed the subject to put it on the honeycomb coal machine.

"This thing is used to make honeycomb briquettes. OK, I have finished what I want to say. I am leaving now."

Li Mengyue walked around Xie Ruiyuan and headed for the door, but after taking two steps, Xie Ruiyuan grabbed her arm.

Li Mengyue turned her head and asked, "Anything else?"

Looking at Li Mengyue's clear eyes, Xie Ruiyuan felt like he was overthinking.

But before he could say anything, Li Mengyue turned around, walked to the chair and sat down.

"I forgot I had something else to ask you."

"You said."

"I want refugees at the city gates."

"What did you say?"

Seeing Xie Ruiyuan so surprised, Li Mengyue changed her words.

"No, we don't want all of them. We only want hardworking and diligent refugees."

"Tell me your reasons first."

It’s no wonder that Xie Ruiyuan was cautious. Whether the refugees from Guangping Prefecture or Yongkang Prefecture were able to escape to Qingshan, they all had some skills, otherwise they would have collapsed forever on the road.

After finally escaping to Qingshan Prefecture, he did not dare to continue north and risk being beheaded, so he had to stay in Qingshan Prefecture.

Although Qingshan Prefecture had just suffered a locust plague, with Li Mengyue's participation, the losses caused by the desperate locust plague to the seven counties of Qingshan Prefecture were not unacceptable and were far from enough to warrant fleeing.

But even in such a contrast, having experienced the same disaster, why do they all leave their homes and flee to a place where they can survive?

The people of Qingshan Prefecture don’t have to flee. Even if they suffer some losses due to the locust plague, so what? It’s much better than theirs.

Qingxuan came back yesterday to report to him, saying that the refugees were so moved by the free porridge that they thought the court was blocking them from going north and would not care about them anymore.

Unexpectedly, he was rescued in Qingshan, and learned that it was Prince Chen who gave the order, which won him a lot of hearts among the people.

Although the refugees were grateful, they were all unsure. Although they could get three meals of porridge a day, the court did not say how to resettle them, and people were very unsettled.

Even though Qingxuan didn't ask about this issue, he knew the answer very well, but he had not yet figured out how to resettle the victims.

Dispersing the refugees to seven county towns and asking the county magistrates to distribute the refugees to various villages and towns is easier said than done, but extremely difficult to do.

If not handled properly, various conflicts will arise between refugees and local people.

But he knew that even if there were conflicts, he had to do it.

Before he could think of a foolproof plan, Li Mengyue intervened and asked for refugees.

He didn't know what Li Mengyue wanted to do with the refugees. He was worried that the refugees would be difficult to manage and would bring danger to Li Mengyue.

"Our village has joined forces with six surrounding villages to build another reservoir and dig a river channel. I want the reservoir to be completed within two months, but we don't have enough manpower."

After hearing what Li Mengyue said, Xie Ruiyuan understood that there were not enough villagers, so they targeted the refugees.

He knew in his heart that even if he tried to stop her, Li Mengyue would firmly do what she wanted, so it was better to guide than to block.

In case he disagrees, Li Mengyue will do it quietly, and if something goes wrong, it will be too late to regret.

Another point is that Li Mengyue's approach also gave him inspiration on how to better resettle the refugees.

"Ayue, do you know what consequences will result if refugees are not used properly?"

"Of course I know, but if the refugees use it well, it will have unexpected effects, right?"

Xie Ruiyuan knew that what Li Mengyue said was right. Refugees continued to arrive in Qingshan Prefecture. It would not take many days for the number of refugees in Qingshan Prefecture to increase.

If the charter is not put forward and implemented in time, when the refugees gather to a certain scale, the situation will not be what it is now.

Therefore, the method mentioned by Li Mengyue is definitely worth a try.

"Ayue, you want refugees to build a reservoir. I agree. Go directly to Yang Zhijin and tell him that it was me who said that. Ask him to fully cooperate with you."

This is exactly what Li Mengyue wanted to hear. She knew who was the most powerful person in Qingshan Prefecture now and whose words had influence, and that person was none other than Prince Xie Ruiyuan.

Now that she has gotten the answer she wanted, there is no need for her to stay any longer. She still needs to recruit refugees. Starting work earlier can help the refugees feel at ease.

However, this time, Li Mengyue wanted to leave but still failed because Xie Ruiyuan wanted to discuss with her how to resettle the refugees.

What Li Mengyue didn't expect was that Xie Ruiyuan also made a request to her so that she could go more smoothly in rescuing the victims.