Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 75

Linhuai County is located at the confluence of Haohe River and Huaihe River, so it was once named "Haozhou" in the former dynasty.

In this dynasty, it has a more prominent identity - Emperor Township!
Zhu Yuanzhang, Emperor Hongwu, was born and raised in this miserable land.

Although it left him with many painful memories, Zhu Yuanzhang did not change his affectionate nostalgia for his hometown.He upgraded Haozhou to a mansion, and built the central capital in the south of Fenghuang Mountain, [-] miles away from the mansion.

The south of the mountain and the north of the river are Yang, hence the name of Fengyang Mansion.Subsequently, the government office was moved to Zhongdu City, which was under construction.It is also analyzed that the four townships in the west of Linhuai County have newly established Fengyang County, which is in the same country as Fucheng.

The reason why Linhuai County was not directly moved to Zhongdu was because Linhuai shouldered the heavy responsibility of embankment.If the river embankment in this section of the county town collapsed, it would be a trivial matter to flood the county town, but the key point would be to flood the imperial mausoleum.

Therefore, Linhuai County's top priority is to take good care of this section of the embankment...

This job is not easy, because after the Yellow River seized the Huaihe River, the Huaihe River, which lost its main channel, flooded almost every year, otherwise Boss Zhu's family would not have been so miserable.

If you change to another county, if it is flooded, it will be flooded, and you can get some money, tax exemption and so on.But if the imperial mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty is flooded, the heads of the entire yamen will have to move from the county magistrate down.

Therefore, last winter, Han Yike, the new county magistrate, led the peasants to build embankments.Before the first month of the new year came out, he led people to patrol inch by inch along the embankment, checking for hidden dangers, so as to safely survive the coming spring flood.

He inspected the embankment not just to take a look at it, because he knew that the surface of the embankment was generally of the best quality.It's hard to say what is invisible inside.The flood is coming, but regardless of your inner and outer layers, if the quality is not up to standard, everything will be washed away.

So he ordered his servants to drill holes with iron cones to take samples at intervals on the embankment.Then check the soil samples taken out by yourself, so that it is clear at a glance whether the surface layer is solidly rammed and the deep layer is not rammed, or whether the surface layer uses good soil and the lower layer uses poor soil.

He was squatting on the embankment, carefully checking the hardness of the soil sample with a small hammer, when he heard a rush of horseshoes behind him.

The officials around him looked for their prestige, and couldn't help but gasped.

"The county lord is a high official!"

"Oh?" Han Yike just raised his head, and saw a scarlet-robed military officer, surrounded by more than a dozen personal soldiers on tall horses, leaving the avenue and coming towards him in style.

These days, the military is more important than the civilized, and the civil servants are worse than the grandsons in front of the founding heroes. If they do not serve well, they will be beaten and scolded.

Han Yike was still demoted, so he had to be more careful.He hurriedly asked for water to wash his face.But there is nothing you can do about the official robes covered in mud and the boots covered in yellow mud.

After finishing his clothes, he hurried down to the embankment to greet him, only to realize that this third-rank senior official was very young, and he had seen him before.

"Hahaha! Is this Kuaikou Yushi personally appointed by the emperor?" The military officer dismounted gracefully and helped Han Yike up.

"The next official is Han Yike, please meet Commander Ping." Han Yike gave a wry smile. 'Kuaikou Yushi' is not a good nickname.

"Oh, you know me?" The military officer was Ping An, and after His Majesty's speech, he came to Fengyang Guard to take up his post.

"On New Year's Day the year before last, I saw Commander Ping's demeanor." Han Yike said with a sincere smile: "I heard that Commander Ping was going to take up the new Fengyang Guard, and I was disappointed. I hope you will forgive me." .”

"You're welcome, we're just passing by and saw you here from a distance, and want to get acquainted with the daring Han Yushi!" Ping An said with a hearty smile: "That set of red tape is enough for a formal occasion, let's be more casual in private. Good. My name is Brother Ni Han, how about you call me Brother Ping?"

"Obey." Han Yike respectfully responded, but he didn't believe in what Ping An said.

This river embankment is more than ten miles away from the official road, how can Ping An see himself?It must have come here on a special trip.

But Shangguan didn't open his mouth, and he couldn't ask, so he could only pretend to be confused and accompany Ping An, talking while walking along the embankment.

Fortunately, warriors don't have so many twists and turns, and they all like to go straight to the point.

After walking for a while, Ping An looked back and saw that his own soldiers had blocked the guards from Linhuai County at a distance, so he put away his smile and said, "Brother Han, I'm coming back to find you, and I have something important to do."

"Brother Ping, please tell me." Han Yike bowed.

"It's not me who wants to give orders, but His Majesty wants to give orders." Ping An said in a low voice.

"Don't kneel!" As he spoke, he grabbed Han Yike who subconsciously wanted to kneel and listen.

"The first word of mouth is that only you and I can know about this matter, and no third person should know about it." Ping An explained.

"Understood." Han Yike nodded, as if listening attentively.

Pingan then told Han Yike that the five His Royal Highnesses were going to return to their hometowns as immigrants to practice.Then said in a deep voice:

"The safety of the five highnesses in their hometown and all arrangements are in the responsibility of the two of us. We will report the situation of the five highnesses every day..."

As he spoke, he stuffed a booklet into Han Yike's hands. "This is a book of secret words. With Mr. Han's intelligence, he must know how to use it. Someone will bring you a pigeon in the future, and the pigeon can send the letter to Da Nei."

"If there is an emergency, a more reliable means of communication is needed. There is also a survey of the Ministry of War in this booklet, and you can use [-] miles to expedite it once. But there is only one time, so be careful." Ping An instructed again.

Han Yike nodded. Once he used [-] li to expedite the situation, there would be a lot of noise. There is also Han Hangong in the mansion, so he must get to the bottom of it, and it will be difficult for His Highnesses to continue to hide their identities.

But he still found it ridiculous. "Brother Ping, why do I feel so confused, why does the emperor make His Highness a farmer?"

"The emperor said that it was based on the experience before the vassal state, to experience the difficulties of the people's livelihood, and to learn farming and so on." Pingan said: "We as ministers don't dare to ask more questions, we just follow the order."

"Then it's not a bad thing." Han Yike smiled wryly and said, "It's just that the relationship between the two of us is getting bigger."

"That's not true." Pingan nodded deeply and said: "That's why I came here to talk to you in a hurry. We are a martial artist, so rough, we still need the opinions of you scholars."

"Let me think about it." Han Yike pondered for a moment, then stopped and said, "One is, as Brother Ping said, it must be absolutely kept secret. Only you and I will know about this matter. If it is leaked out, the consequences will be disastrous."

"Of course." Ping An nodded.

"The emperor also specially ordered that you should keep it absolutely confidential to your highnesses. If they find out that we know their existence, the effect of the experience will definitely be greatly reduced. If you go to live in your yamen, will you keep it or leave it?"

"That's all big trouble." Han Yike couldn't stop smiling wryly, what the hell is going on?

He continued: "However, we can't let it go. It's enough to give some help so that your Highnesses don't know about it, so that they can experience the life of the common people, and don't make it too difficult for them. Otherwise, in the future, we will, hehe hehe……"

"Yes, yes, yes." Ping An gasped and said, "It's still your little brother, we can't let them suffer too much, or His Highness will hate us."

"I'll arrange these things. As for safety, of course Brother Ping is in charge. But I will also pay attention to it and ventilate in time if there is any situation."

"Understood." Ping An nodded.

The two discussed again carefully, finalized the contact information and other matters, and then parted ways.

ps. The basic update is the second update, and the next update will start.

(End of this chapter)