Chapter 1401: Outlander 27: Plague Outbreak_2
Mo Yan smiled, propped herself up to reward her husband with a kiss on the corner of his mouth, then lay down and covered herself with the thin quilt and closed her eyes.
Xiao Ruiyuan shook his head with a laugh, lowered his head to return a kiss on his wife’s eyes, and sat quietly for a long time until her breathing became long and even before he silently left the room.
The messengers dispatched returned with news from Wei Zhou soon after. The situation in Wei Zhou was a bit better than Mo Yan had imagined; local officials and civilians had been reinforcing the river embankments continuously. However, it was also true that the heavy rain in Wei Zhou had not stopped, and the breach of the Wei Zhou river section was just a matter of time if it continued like this.
Urged by Mo Yan, Xiao Ruiyuan went to the palace overnight to report the possible impending crisis in Wei Zhou to Chu Heng, who had ascended the throne.
The so-called crisis was all inferred based on facts; Wei Zhou might not breach, but as it concerned the lives of millions of civilians, Chu Heng did not dare to take the risk. Therefore, he issued several Imperial Edicts overnight, ordering local officials in Wei Zhou to work together to lead the civilians in strengthening the river embankments and to relocate those who might be affected by the disaster to safe areas in advance. Meanwhile, he commanded the Ministry of Revenue to allocate supplies, ready to assist at any time.
Mo Yan was not idle either. She ordered the rice shop to stop selling rice and donated all the grains to the Court to be sent to Wei Zhou. If she were not in her postpartum confinement and easily not allowed to leave the mansion, she definitely would have returned to Liu Yang Village to transfer some of the piled-up grains from her space, so the rice shop wouldn’t have to close.
Despite the disaster not yet occurring, the seeds and seedlings in the Wei Zhou area had been affected by the heavy rains and could not be planted. The autumn harvest was destined to be a failure, and a large amount of grain would be needed to help the people of Wei Zhou get through the crisis afterward.
If the people of Wei Zhou could safely get through this time, perhaps the epidemic might not break out, and Mo Yan would also have gained the merits she needed. This was what she really wanted to see.