Sword Roaring to the Heavens: Seeking Taoism from Yihua Palace

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A few days later, he finally found the place where the sword was buried, and got the "Flying Cloud and Flying Moon Sword" again. He felt like meeting an old friend.

Looking at the famous sword in his hand, he couldn't help thinking of Zhang Sanniang, the number one beauty in the world.

Seeing everything in the world with cold eyes, beauty is only for heroes.Ten miles of red makeup is devoted to the king's will, and the concubine's heart is far away from the Milky Way for a hundred generations.

Jade lady Zhang Sanniang has a graceful and bright appearance, elegant manners, and graceful appearance.

The blue silk is supple and lovely, the skin is white and moist to the bone, the duck egg face has smoky eyebrows, the handsome eyes and beautiful eyebrows are eager to look forward to, the gills are condensed, the nose is greasy and goose fat, the body is slim, the body is full of charm, the shoulders are slender, and the waist is long. The figure is slim.The essence of literary talent is not as good as Xianlan, which makes people forget the customs.

Moreover, she doesn't like to embroider tents and mandarin quilts, but only likes to help the poor.

Thinking that Yaoyue and Zhang Sanniang both deeply love the same man, he would like to meet the world-famous Yan Nantian.

And he was even more curious about "The Magic of Wedding Dress".

During the rest of these few days, he had a feeling of [Valley Stepping on the Void] and [Heavenly Girl Skill].

There is quite a feeling in my heart.

After getting his own sword, he will go back to Yihua Palace.

The newlyweds haven't been there for a long time, so they can't neglect the beauty.

He did not go back the same way, but chose another way back to Yihua Palace.

Riding the horse all the way, I am not in a hurry to go back, so the speed of riding is not very fast.

Riding on the official road, many common people appeared in front of them. These common people dragged their families, ragged clothes, children and old people.

Why are there so many tired people on the official road?

Suddenly there was an official in front of us delivering supplies and coming across.

"Get out of the way and don't get in the way."

The voice of the official messenger was very fierce, and the eyes of ordinary people showed fear.

Official roads, as the name suggests, are official roads, which can be used by government personnel to walk and transport money and materials. The main reason for the construction of official roads is also to facilitate smooth travel and better work for officials from other places.

Although official roads are built under the guise of serving officials, ordinary people can also take official roads except for officials in official uniforms. will be punished.

At this time, another group of people came from behind, and they were probably refugees.

Jiang Chen caught up with an old man on his horse, then dismounted, and asked politely: "Master, what's wrong with you, where do so many people want to go?"

Jiang Chen was wearing a gauze hat and carrying a sword behind his back, the old man was a little afraid of him.

"Our hometown was hit by floods, the houses were washed away, and the farmers in the fields were flooded. If we don't go to other places to beg, we will all starve to death this year."

"Then where are you going?"

"We plan to go to the county in front to make a living."

"Then do you know how large the area affected by the flood is?"

"It's not that big. A dozen or so nearby villages have been severely affected."

"Okay, thank you sir."

"fine."

Jiang Chen got on his horse and headed towards the county seat ahead.

When I arrived at the city gate, I saw a large number of refugees being stopped outside.

This is also easy to understand. A large number of refugees have poured into the town, which puts a lot of pressure on the town, and there are many uncertainties.

But if the refugees are ignored, their lives will not be guaranteed, and in the end there will be conflicts between the government and the refugees will eventually become mobs.

The flow of the rivers in Huixian County varies with the seasons. The water volume is sufficient in summer and decreases in winter. The sediment content of the river water is generally relatively high, especially in the lower reaches of the Beihe River and the Daxiaoling River. Due to the continuous elevation of the river bed due to sediment deposition, it is very easy to flood. , commonly known as "Nine rivers at the bottom of the river, nine floods in ten years."

The floods destroyed the fields and huts, and many people and animals were lost.” Many villages around the Hunhe River Valley were even razed to the ground. Except for the submerged villages, most of the suburbs of the county town have become Zeguo.

Suddenly being washed away by the water, family assets drifting away, houses washed away, sleeping in open tents, those who lack food and cannot wait, avoid high places, surrounded by water, no dry roads, and poor people have nowhere to find food.

This scene is still really disturbing.

Jiang Chen led his horse into the city gate, but was stopped by an officer. Jiang Chen quietly handed over a piece of silver to the officer, and the officer immediately put on a good face and let him pass.

Although beggars can be seen in the county town, there are no real refugees.

There is not much difference between this county and other counties.

Jiang Chen first found an inn for dinner.

Handing over the horse to the man, he went into the inn, saw an empty table, and sat down.

"Is the guest officer a top-notch or staying in a hotel?"

"Give me three or two of your restaurant's signature dishes, and a jug of good wine."

"Okay, please wait a moment."

After a while, the food and wine were served.

He was eating and drinking alone, and when he was about to eat, suddenly there was a dirty girl staring at the leftovers from his meal, her throat was swallowing, and she seemed to want to eat.

Just as Jiang Chen was about to go upstairs, the girl rushed to the table where Jiang Chen was sitting before, grabbed the leftovers and devoured them.

When the guy saw it, he hurried over to drive him away.

"Where did the beggar come from stealing food?"

The dude shoved the dirty girl down without compassion.

"Hold on, buddy."

"What is the order of the guest officer?"

"Give this girl the same dish again, and the money will be charged to my account."

"Ok."

The girl quickly knelt and kowtowed to Jiang Chen, but he went upstairs without stepping forward to help her up.

Back in the room, Jiang Chen thought about how to rescue those refugees.

If it was before, he might have been powerless, but he got a few 10 taels of ill-gotten wealth, and he wanted to use this money to benefit the people.

At this time, the man knocked on the door and came in to deliver tea.

"My friend, let me ask you, there are so many refugees outside the city gate, has the government not given relief to the victims?"

"What about relief? I heard that the imperial court allocated relief money, but none of the money was distributed to the victims, not even relief food. A brother of mine who works in the yamen said that the storehouse was full of food. You said there was so much Why is the food not distributed?"

"Oh, thank you."

"Guest officer, if you need anything, just ask."

"Ok."

Why did disaster relief in ancient times not distribute food but set up a porridge shed in trouble.

The main reason is that the amount of food for these disaster relief is not very large, and it cannot be directly distributed to them, and the same is true for cooking rice.But if it is made into porridge, the rice used in the porridge is not a lot, and there will be a lot of water, and after drinking this water, people will feel full.

But now there is food in the warehouse, but the government does not do anything, why is this.

Jiang Chen guessed that this official might want to privately sell these grains, and then put the money into his wallet.

Of course this is just a guess without confirmation.

Jiang Chen intends to investigate this matter carefully, so many refugees' lives are waiting to be rescued, he can't stand by and watch.

When Jiang Chen is not capable, he will choose to live selfishly. If he is capable, of course he will do something for the society.

This means that if you are poor, you will be good for yourself, and if you are rich, you will benefit the world.

In the dead of night, he flew to the yamen with a gauze hat on his head.

At this time, in the dark night, an afterimage jumped on the roof like lightning. This lightness kung fu was like walking on the wind, and there would be no sound when stepping on the roof.

When he arrived at the Yamen soon, he first wanted to check whether the grain depot was really full of grain.

When he came to the grain depot, he took off a few tiles from the roof and took a closer look, and there was indeed a mountain of grain inside.

Why is food not distributed when there is food.

Now what he has to do is how to remove these grains without anyone noticing.

With so much food, he would be exhausted to carry it by himself.

It seems that we can only threaten the county magistrate to open a warehouse to release grain.

Find the room where the county magistrate sleeps, this dog official is really comfortable, hugging his little wife on the left and right, the county magistrate is also very old, he is really fierce.

The next day, when the magistrate woke up, he suddenly found a mysterious man wearing a hat breaking into his room.

"come..."

I saw Jiang Chen volleying the acupuncture points with a wave of his hand, the magistrate not only couldn't move, he couldn't speak either.

The two beautiful wives pulled the quilt to cover themselves, looking terrified.

"Don't shout, now I need you to cooperate with me. Have you seen the sword behind me? It cuts iron like mud. I used this sword to kill many wicked people. If you cooperate well, I will I won’t take your lives, otherwise the consequences will be unpredictable, so I blinked my eyes to understand.”

Watching them blink their eyes obediently.

"Very good, do you know why I came here suddenly? The magistrate of the county should know that refugees gathered outside the city, and the imperial court also allocated relief money, and the grain depot was piled up like a mountain of grain. As a parent official, how can you turn a blind eye to it?"

Jiang Chen loosened his acupoints with a wave of his hand.

"It turns out that the hero came here for the sake of the refugees. I also want to open a warehouse to release food, but this matter is not up to me alone. If I decide without authorization, my black hat will not be full."

"At the end of the day, you are just trying to embezzle disaster relief funds and privately sell grain from grain depots."

"Hero, I also want to do something for the common people, but everyone is like this. If I am independent, then it will be difficult for me to be an official for a long time."

"I believe what you said, but now I'm not here to listen to your complaints. I want you to open a porridge shed now, open a few more, and put more rice in it. And who embezzled the relief money, write the list to me , I'll go get it back myself."

"Hero, will you tell me out?"

"Of course not. My purpose is to relieve refugees. As for the issue of corrupt officials, that's something the imperial court has to deal with. There are so many corrupt officials that can't be killed. If one corrupt official is killed, the next one will attack like a hungry wolf after he takes office. He will Crazy amassing money, the people are suffering even more."

"Hero really hits the nail on the head."

"Stop talking nonsense. I'm here to order you to do things. Don't take chances. Otherwise, you will lose your legs and hands, and you won't even be able to have sex in the future. It's not my fault that I didn't remind you."

The magistrate's expression changed.

Let them get dressed first, Jiang Chen followed the county magistrate, watching the magistrate hand him the list of corrupt officials.

"You're sure you didn't add fuel to the picture and wronged a good person. I will investigate this matter. If you make a mistake, you will definitely die!"

"Don't dare."

Then the county magistrate asked his subordinates to set up porridge sheds outside the city, and a total of four porridge sheds were set up.

Refugees flocked to porridge sheds, and officials were responsible for maintaining order.

Now that the flood has just passed, these refugees are bound to rebuild their homes.

Jiang Chen proposed to use work in lieu of relief.

Work-for-relief refers to a support policy in which the government invests in the construction of infrastructure projects, and the recipients of relief participate in the construction of the project to obtain labor rewards, thereby replacing direct relief.

Jiang Chen asked the county magistrate to build a water conservancy project, so that the next flood will not be afraid.

The disaster victims participate in the water conservancy project, not only have food every day, but also get wages.

The magistrate's life is in Jiang Chen's hands, how dare he defy it.

Seeing many refugees coming to sign up, Jiang Chen was very satisfied.

Water conservancy projects are in full swing.

The wages are settled daily, and the county magistrate paid the money first.

Now it is time to clean up the other corrupt officials.

One of the corrupt officials came to question why the county magistrate wanted to make his own decisions.

The magistrate looked at his superior obediently, and then looked at Jiang Chen, meaning that you will solve it.

Jiang Chen was too lazy to talk nonsense, no matter how much he said, it was better to do it.

After swiping, the dog officer opposite had a broken finger.

"Who are you?"

The other guards wanted to subdue Jiang Chen, but they were beaten to the ground one by one.

"If you want to survive, do as I tell you, otherwise I'm afraid you won't be able to bear the consequences."

"What...you want me...to do."

"Spit out the embezzled disaster relief money, and I will cut off one of your fingers for a penny less."

The most distressing thing for this corrupt official is to spit out the money that came in. Seeing his hesitation, Jiang Chen cut off his ear with a sword. The savageness scared the magistrate and everyone.

"If you don't have life, what do you want the money for? At that time, your money will belong to others, your three wives and four concubines will belong to others, and your children will be called other people's father. What do you think?"

The dog official was so frightened that his face turned blue.

"I take."

Following the same pattern, Jiang Chen recovered all the disaster relief funds in a few days by virtue of his ruthlessness and decisiveness, a total of 100 million taels.

Then mobilize all skilled craftsmen to help the victims build houses, and the wages and materials are all paid by the government.

In order to supervise the dog officer's work, Jiang Chen has to waste a lot of time here again, I hope Yaoyue and Lianxing don't think too much about it.

Countless refugees know that there is a hero who is helping them to uphold justice, but no one knows who this hero is. He has been wearing a gauze hat and refuses to show his true colors.

The refugee homes are also in full swing, and the houses will be divided into families at that time.

Jiang Chen has already moved out of the inn, and directly moved into the yamen to live in. It's great to be served with good wine and good food here.

Eight days have passed like this.

In Yihua Palace, Yaoyue and Lianxing are playing chess.

"Sister, why didn't Jiang Lang come back? According to the distance, he should have come back. Sister, aren't you afraid that he won't want us?"

"Don't you worry, what am I worried about? Back when he had the chance to escape, he came back. Now no one can threaten him. Besides, is he willing to give up his sister?"

"It's my sister that he can't give up the most."

Jiang Chen rode a horse to supervise the workers everywhere, and ensured that the workers could get their wages smoothly.

At this time, the dirty girl from before suddenly rushed over from the side of the road and blocked her way.

Jiang Chen dismounted and looked at her strangely.

"Are you hungry?"

The girl shook her head.

"Then what are you going to do?"

"I want to follow you, I can do anything."

"Follow me? Why."

"Because you are nice to me."

"Just because I treated you to a meal?"

"Ah."

(End of this chapter)