Red House Shoufu

Chapter 172

Daming Mansion is located in the northeast of Henan Province, and it is the water and land hub from Henan to Shuntian Mansion and Shandong Province.

At this time, in the government office, the main hall was full.In addition to the prefect Li Jiamao and Tongzhi Shangguan Jing, there are also county magistrates in several counties such as Kaizhou, Nanle, Huaxian, and Junxian.

"Master Zhifu, please do me a favor, allocate some food, and let the officials go back to help the victims... When the officials came, the river was almost flooded to the county seat. It has been three days, and the food in the county may have been eaten long ago." It's over!"

Cai Jinwen, magistrate of Jun County, was frothing with anxiety. He came to Fucheng to beg for food.But I didn't expect that when I arrived in Fucheng, the food didn't arrive, and I was detained in Fucheng for an excuse.

Jun County is no different than other places. The county seat is on the bank of the Wei River. The flood flooded a large area of ​​land nearby, and as many as [-] victims flooded into the county seat.

The county government, which didn't have much stock in the first place, organized the gentry to raise grain, but... two thousand shi of grain, how many days can it last?
Fang Li, the county magistrate of Hua County next to him, also looked the same, his official uniforms were all crumpled.The anxiety in his eyes couldn't be concealed at all.

Li Jiamao just picked up the teacup in his hand and sipped the tea leisurely.Shangguan Jing snorted coldly, and reprimanded: "Didn't I say that? Something happened to the government's disaster relief food on the canal, and the new food has not yet arrived. As for the disaster relief, the magistrate has already borrowed it from several big families in the mansion." The food, in order to prevent consumption on the way, is cooking porridge in Fucheng for disaster relief, why do more needless transfers?"

"Master Tongzhi, Nanle Kaizhou is fine, but Junxian County is too far away from the Fucheng, and the refugees have no food, how could they reach the Fufu alive..."

Cai Jinwen questioned, but was interrupted by Shangguan Jing's reprimand.

"Magistrate Cai, this is the only way to keep the hard-earned food from being consumed too much after the government has discussed it. With such a heavy rain and a long journey, can you guarantee that the food for disaster relief will not go moldy? Can it be safely transported to the county middle?"

Boom boom boom!
Cai Jinwen wanted to ask again, but Zhu Cang, the magistrate's teacher, hurried in.He whispered a few words to Li Jiamao, only to see the teacup in Li Jiamao's hand trembled, and then he said indifferently: "You go back to rest first, and the matter of distributing food, I will discuss it with the government office before making a decision!"

"Master Zhifu..."

"Humph!"

Cai Jinwen bowed to pray again, but was stopped by Fang Li, the county magistrate of Hua County, amidst Li Jiamao's indifferent hum.

"Brother Cai, go back first!"

……

Just after returning to the guest room, Fang Li looked around, closed the door and window, and said to Cai Jinwen, "Brother Cai, you were impulsive just now!"

Cai Jinwen wanted to refute, but finally said with a heavy sigh: "The tens of thousands of people under the rule are starving for food. If I don't act impulsively, they will starve to death!"

Fang Li poured Cai Jinwen a cup of tea, handed it to him and said, "Our chance has come!"

Cai Jinwen, who had just received the tea, didn't bother to drink it, and quickly asked, "Brother Fang, what do you mean by that? What chance?"

"Just now Zhu Cang came in in a hurry and said a few words in the ear of the magistrate. Didn't you see that the magistrate's hands shook?"

Fang Li looked at the direction of the main hall contemptuously: "Our magistrate sat in this position through the relationship of Prince Yizhong's mansion. Usually, he doesn't even pay attention to the chief envoy. It's a real Buddha."

"Brother Fang, don't be fooled, I have little knowledge, please ask Brother Fang to clarify!"

But Fang Li cupped his hands to the north: "A few days ago, the imperial decree was issued to all counties and counties in Henan. Your Majesty sent imperial envoys to patrol the river to arrive in Henan. Calculate the time, and I'm afraid we have already arrived in Henan!"

……

The camp had already been set up, although it was not as comfortable as living in the city, Lin Shu and Du Zimu didn't care about it.Even Jia Zheng, who was used to being pampered, just frowned and didn't say anything unnecessary.

After several days of boating, everyone was a little tired, so they went to sleep after setting up the tents.Tan Mingming made arrangements for defense and came to Lin Shu's tent.

"Bachelor, I don't know what to order to find the end general?"

Lin Shu was writing a secret note, dried the ink, put it in a box, and handed it to Tan Mingming.

"This secret report is of great importance and time is pressing. We can't stop on the road. Please send someone to the capital as quickly as possible!"

Tan Mingming realized the seriousness of the matter, and solemnly clasped his fists and replied: "Scholar, don't worry, the final general will choose a good player, one person, three horses, and send it to the capital in [-] li urgently!"

After Tan Mingming left, Lin Shu hid another secret performance in some toy snacks bought along the way, and handed it to Fuquan, asking him to arrange for Lin's capable guards to return to Beijing secretly and quickly.

It's not that he doesn't trust Tan Mingming, Jiyuan uncle's mansion is the emperor's confidant, so it's impossible for Tan Mingming to betray the emperor.

It's just that the situation in Henan is extremely complicated, and the whereabouts of himself and others have been in the sight of all parties.One light and one dark, there is always a letter that can reach the emperor's dragon case safely!

There was thunder and thunder, and in the rain, a group of people was rushing towards the imperial envoy with difficulty.

In the carriage, Li Jiamao and Shangguan Jing were talking about Lin Shu and his party in a low voice. He couldn't help complaining and said to Shangguan Jing: "You said these three people, why do you have to stop at Daming Mansion? If the river inspection is not good, go to Kaifeng and other places to inspect the Yellow River , why stay here with us?"

"My lord, it may be caused by continuous heavy rain and unsafe sailing, so we don't have to worry too much..."

Shangguan Jing lifted the curtain of the car, looked at the refugees who passed by from time to time, and frowned.

He said to Li Jiamao: "But these untouchables on the official road can no longer exist. We have to arrange people to drive these people away, so that the imperial envoys cannot see them!"

Li Jiamao also sensed that something was wrong. It was inevitable that refugees would be displaced during a catastrophe, but if they only gathered in the prefecture, something would be wrong.

He quickly opened the curtain of the car to call for someone, but was stopped by Shangguan Jing: "We can make arrangements when we get back. It would be best to invite the imperial envoy to stay in the garden in the north of the city temporarily. As long as the imperial envoy can't get in touch with the refugees, we can find a way to hide it." .”

Li Jiamao thought to himself, it is indeed inappropriate to send people to drive away the refugees at this time. If someone from the imperial envoy sees it, wouldn't it mean that there is no silver 300 taels here?

Then please invite the imperial envoy to stay in the garden in the north of the city for a while, and then arrange for beautiful people and good wine to entertain you, let's hide it first!
I heard that the imperial envoy is a young man who just won the first prize this year, and he is also a son of a family in the south of the Yangtze River. I think he also likes red sleeves to add fragrance, and beauties are on his side.

At that time, let's see if we can use the beauty trick to draw this young imperial envoy into his camp.

Creaking and creaking, the carriage finally arrived at the gate of the imperial envoy's office, and the officers and soldiers on duty reached out to stop the visitor: "Fengtian patrols, who is here!"

Zhu Cang hurriedly got off the carriage, regardless of the muddy ground, and walked up to the soldiers guarding the gate with an umbrella.

With a smile on his face, he took out the greeting card and handed it over: "I would like to ask the general to inform you that Mr. Li, the magistrate of the Daming Prefecture, and Mr. Shangguan, the Tongzhi, have heard that the imperial envoy has arrived and come to visit!"

　I will update two chapters first, and I will strive for three updates every day in the next few days, and slowly pay back what I owe... Thank you for your concern, my daughter-in-law is fine, I can write with peace of mind.

　　[There was a problem in the previous chapter. The map in my hand was a bit small and I couldn't see it clearly.Daming Mansion was under the jurisdiction of Beizhili in the Ming Dynasty. Here I wrote it as Henan jurisdiction. The reason for the plot is not easy to change.Feel sorry! 】

　　
　
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