"Got a problem?" Feng Yexuan raised an eyebrow.
Tanxu Town and Qingwu Town were a hundred and eighty thousand li apart, completely unrelated cities. One had a flood, the other a drought; there was no contradiction.
"Your Highness, I've seen your Northern Underworld kingdom's map before. From Tanxu Town to Qingwu Town, there are two major rivers."
Xiao Yao flipped through it but couldn't find the map.
Feng Yexuan, however, casually took out the map of Northern Underworld and spread it on the table.
Xiao Yao immediately found the two rivers between the two cities.
"Your Highness, these two major rivers are normally unrelated. But if the water level in one of them becomes too high, it will push over the city wall and flood into the other river."
"I'm not very familiar with the history of Northern Underworld, but based on my estimation, if Tanxu Town has been troubled by floods for over a month, it means the accumulated water volume is already immense."
"For such a long time, Tanxu Town cannot contain such a large volume of water, and a significant portion will inevitably flow downstream."
"And downstream is another unknown small town. Once the water level overflows this small town, given the terrain, Qingwu Town's city wall definitely won't be able to withstand it."
"Therefore, if Tanxu Town has truly been suffering from floods for over a month, estimating the water flow based on this duration, Qingwu Town should not be experiencing a drought requiring water diversion for irrigation at this time."
"Your Highness, the prefects of Tanxu Town and Qingwu Town, one of them is lying."
"Someone!" Feng Yexuan called out.
Leng Ji quickly pushed open the door and entered, "Your Highness!"
He glanced at Xiao Yao standing beside the Prince, said nothing more, and immediately lowered his head.
He didn't know what the two of them were doing, but it seemed like they were working?
Feng Yexuan said in a deep voice, "Immediately send people to personally investigate Tanxu Town and Qingwu Town to see what the actual situation is."
"Your Highness, both cities are very far from the imperial city. This round trip will take a very long time."
Leng Ji didn't understand why the Prince suddenly wanted to treat this matter with such seriousness.
He hesitated before saying, "Your Highness, although both cities have been plagued by disasters, the amount of silver requested each time is not much. Your Highness has always approved it casually, so why..."
"It's precisely because the silver is not much that both prefects assumed this Prince wouldn't care, and they approved it every time. That's why they have become increasingly audacious!"
If there are prefects who lie and deceive the superiors, there will definitely be suffering common people.
"This time, investigate thoroughly to see who is deceiving the superiors and covering up the truth. Such people are unfit to be officials. Bring them back immediately for investigation!"
"Yes!" Leng Ji understood. The Prince wasn't concerned about the small amount of silver, but about making an example.
"Your subordinate will order people to investigate immediately!"
After Leng Ji left, Feng Yexuan pushed the pile of official documents on his desk towards Xiao Yao, "Read them carefully!"
Afterward, he actually got up from his chair, walked to the tea table, poured himself a cup of tea, and slowly savored it.
Meanwhile, Xiao Yao was neatly arranged by him, sitting in the position he had just vacated, to review official documents for him.
Xiao Yao immediately protested, "Your Highness..."
"Finish reviewing the documents, or be stripped and thrown out. You choose one."
Feng Yexuan leaned back in his chair, slowly drinking his tea. His gaze, while not exactly chilling, was absolutely unchallengeable.
Xiao Yao was on the verge of tears!
What did they mean by "the capable should do more work"? This was too much!
"I'm just a maid..."
"It's fine if you want to be a civil official. Finish reviewing the documents, and this Prince will consider it."
Xiao Yao glared at him!
Who wanted to be a civil official!
She just wanted to go back to sleep, alright?
Didn't he even look at what time it was!