Chapter 100 Ancient Culture Festival (1)

It was originally thought that Qi Ziyan was just going to cooperate with the investigation, but no one expected that after this cooperation, he would never come back.

The police station did give Qi's parents some notification documents. After receiving those documents, Xu Fang and Qi Shan took the initiative to leave the program crew.

Except for Qi Ziyan, all other members of the Qi family are amateurs. Liang Sheng did not stop Qi Shan and Xu Fang from leaving.

For the remaining two days of the show, "Our Family" will only record the Ji family's part.

The next day, the county’s ancient culture festival began, and the program team started live broadcasting earlier than ever before.

At five o'clock in the morning, the live broadcast of the program team had already started, but it did not record the Ji family. Instead, it showed netizens the scene of the "Ancient Style Culture Festival" in the county.

Although this county is not big, it has preserved many ancient buildings. These ancient buildings occupy a lot of area, and it is reasonable to demolish them for the rapid development.

However, the county did not do so. Instead, it continued to preserve and renovate the buildings, and even organized a seven-day "Ancient Culture Festival" for these buildings.

During the "Ancient Culture Festival", people traveling around the county are free to wear ancient costumes and accessories.

Merchants and hawkers can wear ancient costumes and set up stalls on the streets. Many ancient performances such as dragon and lion dances, stilt walking, and opera are also performed at different times during these few days.

Strive to restore the ancient world to the greatest extent possible.

This event promoted the development of tourism in the county. For many netizens who knew about the "Ancient Culture Festival" in this county, they had long wanted to see this event with their own eyes. The move by the program team was exactly what they wanted.

Ji Chenxing would do morning jogging exercises, so he woke up relatively early. After turning on the live broadcast of ancient times, he followed the program crew.

In ancient times, Jun Heng's morning court session had already begun.

Unlike the energetic people in Ji Chenxing's live broadcast room, some ministers in the court were a little sleepy because they got up too early. Although they were not yawning all the time, the court was still lifeless.

"This year, just like previous years, there are signs of floods in the south and droughts in the north, so both the south and the north need to take precautions in advance.

“Especially in the flood-stricken south, the bodies must be handled promptly to prevent the spread of the plague. I won’t go into details, you all understand.

"The disaster has been going on for three consecutive years, and each year it's getting worse. The national treasury was able to support the relief efforts in the past two years, but what should we do this year? If any of you have a good idea, please share it with us."

Jun Heng's face was serious, and his eyes swept across the officials in the court.

Most people lowered their heads even more, wishing they could bury themselves in the ground.

While waiting for the minister's reply, Jun Heng looked at Ji Chenxing's live broadcast room.

Are there no droughts or floods in their world? Why do they never worry about natural disasters? Is there a better way to deal with them?
Just as Jun Heng was deep in thought, a minister finally stepped forward and answered his question.

The person who answered the question was Prime Minister Liu Hongru.

"Your Majesty, I think that since there are floods in the south and droughts in the north, it would be better to transport water from the south to the north. This way, the two will offset each other and neither side will be affected."

As soon as he finished speaking, Jun Jingrui suddenly burst into laughter.

"According to what the Prime Minister said, how should we transport water from the south to the north?"

Jun Jingrui also asked a key question. After all, the country is so big that diverting water from the South to the North is not as easy as it sounds. It is not as easy as just carrying a few buckets of water over.

Below the court, the ministers began to whisper about this issue.

After a while, Prime Minister Liu Hongru came up with another plan.

"Your Majesty, what do you think of this? Let's dig a river from the south to the north, so that the water from the south can flow to the north, right?" Liu Hongru's idea was theoretically feasible, and among the whispering ministers, there were waves of "Yes, yes" and "Oh, right, yes" in approval.

Jun Heng nodded and looked at Jun Jingrui, "What does the prince think?"

Jun Jingrui took two steps forward and knelt in front of the ministers.

"Your Majesty, I think this is inappropriate."

Jun Jingrui's words caused dissatisfaction among the ministers. They had thought about it for a long time and finally came up with a prescription, but it was rejected by Jun Jingrui.

"You think it's inappropriate?" Jun Heng sat on the dragon chair and looked at the expressions of each minister calmly. After a moment, he asked Jun Jingrui, "Tell me, what's wrong?"

Jun Heng watched Jun Jingrui grow up, and it can even be said that he personally taught Jun Jingrui.

Even though Jun Jingrui did a lot of stupid things when he grew up, he did read a lot of books, and Jun Heng was happy to listen to his opinions.

"Your Majesty, I think that digging a river from south to north is a good thing, but it is too labor-intensive and costly. Moreover, our treasury is not full, and there are disasters such as floods in the south and droughts in the north. It is really inappropriate to dig a canal at this time."

The ministers were once again whispering in the court, "Your Highness is right," "Oh, why didn't I think of that," "As expected of His Highness, he is the Crown Prince. Why don't we go have a drink with him today? We'll stand on his side!"

Jun Heng nodded calmly, approving of Jun Jingrui's answer, "Prime Minister Liu, do you have anything else to say?"

This was not the first time that Liu Hongru was refuted by Jun Jingrui, and he had his own reasons.

“Your Majesty, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince believes that now is not a good time to dig the North-South River, but I would like to ask, when is the right time?

"Is it next year or the year after? When is the best time to dig the river? Who can guarantee that next year will be a year of good harvest without disasters?
"We also issued a lot of silver for disaster relief in the past two years, but the effect was minimal. Instead of dragging it out and issuing more silver, it is better to bear the pain and dig the river. It will not only solve the current difficulties, but also benefit future generations."

In the court, the sound of ministers gasping for air could be heard continuously.

"It seems that Prime Minister Liu is more right", "How can the prince refute this?", "If it doesn't work, just dig it up. I'm tired of dealing with these disasters every year at this time!"

Jun Heng never opposed his ministers exchanging their opinions in the hall. He believed that only when different opinions collided with each other could they identify which ones were truly useful.

Jun Heng cleared his throat, "Prince? What do you think of what Prime Minister Liu said?"

"Not appropriate." Jun Jingrui still objected, and this time, he pointed his spearhead directly at Liu Hongru.

"Prime Minister Liu, do you know what kind of pain you are enduring when you say 'endure the pain'?

“Over the years, many dynasties have come and gone, but no dynasty has ever dug a river like the one you mentioned. It’s not because they have never suffered from disasters, but because the cost of the project you mentioned is too high for a dynasty.

"Prime Minister Liu, do you know that more than 200 years ago, the king of Zhongrong State planned to dig such a river, but what was the result?

"Because of the huge cost and the people's hardship, the river project had only been underway for a few months when someone dug up a stone pier with the words 'Zhongrong Kingdom has come to an end' written on it. The rebels rose up and the entire dynasty was overthrown."

Jun Jingrui finished his words here, and the entire court fell silent.

Jun Heng thought about it for a long time, but ultimately did not adopt anyone's idea.

"This matter still needs further consideration. Let's leave the court for now."

There is always a solution, it's just that we haven't found it yet.

After retiring from court, Jun Heng changed into incognito clothes. He decided to visit the common people first, then absorb the strategies from another world before making a final decision.