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Chapter 1216: TWO Chapter 1216-Disaster or blessing? Who knows?

Translator: Exodus Tales  Editor: Exodus Tales

Chapter 1216 – Disaster or Blessing? Who Knows?

11th month, 5th day, Shanhai City.

Within the Imperial Reading Room, Cabinet assistant secretary Zeng Guofan was reporting to Ouyang Shuo about the situation regarding the land.

Out of the six Cabinet elders, Zhang Liang and Wei Zheng were working part time and did not participate fully in Cabinet work. As the Grand Secretary, Jiang Shang was like half a Chancellor. When Ouyang Shuo was not in the Capital City, Jiang Shang would be in charge.

Of the remaining three elders, Kou Zhun, Yan Song, and Zeng Guofan all had their respective responsibilities.

Kou Zhun was in charge of human matters as was the top assistant of Jiang Shang. Every time Great Xia took down a new piece of territory, apart from special cases like Zhongyuan Province, Kou Zhun would appear to settle the situation.

Of course, if they took down many provinces at once, the few elders would all come out to manage one each.

Apart from that, Yan Song was in charge of the court situation, focusing on the Capital City Imperial Court. Zeng Guofan was in charge of the local administrative matters. He has the most speaking rights for matters about the land.

The two of them complemented one another to maintain the prestige of the Cabinet.

Yan Song was a person with ability, but he liked to form factions. Ouyang Shuo would not be at ease putting him in charge of local administrative matters. On the contrary, controlling the court situation was not difficult for the experienced Yan Song.

As this matter related to the calamity situation across the land, Zeng Guofan was the one reporting.

“In the 10th month, the calamity affected 17/22 of the provinces of the dynasty, affecting close to 13 million people. A million hectares of animal husbandry land was affected and close to 20 million mu of farm was affected. Preliminary estimates put the direct economic loss at 19 million gold. The indirect losses are uncountable.”

When Ouyang Shuo heard that, he sucked in a deep breath.

Gaia was really vicious this time, directly cutting off a piece of flesh from Great Xia.

“Which provinces were the most affected?”

“Liaojin, Zhongyuan, Wannan, Jiangnan, and the North Africa Protector House. These five areas were affected the most.” Zeng Guofan remembered it like the back of his hand.

When Ouyang Shuo heard that, he did not know whether he should feel sad or happy.

A large part of them were new territories and were really unlucky.

The part that made Ouyang Shuo feel slightly happy was that along with Zhongyuan, Wannan, and Jiangnan provinces being hit, if the Imperial Court helped them out, the people there would feel really grateful. The barrier between the two would be removed, and they would share the same heart as the dynasty.