I, Jiajing, successfully cultivated immortality

Chapter 66 A spoonful of porridge
What the coachman said was true. An hour later, Hai Rui rushed to Hangzhou City. After setting up his wife, he hurried to the Governor's Mansion to report his duties.

"Stop, stop, what are you doing?"

As soon as Hai Rui approached the Governor's Mansion, he was stopped by an officer.

"I am Hai Rui, the new county magistrate of Chun'an County. Please go in and inform me." Hai Rui was not annoyed and looked calm.

"Lord magistrate, please wait a moment, I'll go in and report here." The officer who had stopped Hai Rui before saw that this was the new magistrate of Chun'an, immediately put on a flattering expression, said, and then trotted all the way, ran into the governor's mansion.

"This new county magistrate of Chun'an is dressed in such shabby clothes that he almost offended him. It's okay, it's okay." The official who went to report the letter thought so, and a flash of rejoicing flashed in his heart.

"My lord, Hai Rui, the new magistrate of Chun'an, is waiting outside." As soon as the officer entered the hall, he knelt on the ground and reported respectfully.

When Zheng Michang heard this, he couldn't help showing joy. Finally, someone came to take over the affairs of Chun'an County, and his burden could be lightened.

With such a mood, Zheng Michang hurriedly said: "What are you still doing in a daze, let him in quickly!"

"Yes, yes, my subordinate will go now." The official left in fear.

"Master Zhixian, please come in quickly."

"En." Hai Rui nodded and walked into the Governor's Mansion.

"My lord, Hai Rui, the new magistrate of Xiachun'an County, is here to report on his duties."

Hai Rui entered the hall and bowed to Zheng Michang in salute.

"My official is Zheng Bichang, the chief political envoy of Zhejiang Province. I have the fish charm and the report (note: the items for checking the official's identity, as well as the letter of appointment) are all on me, right?"

"My lord, it's all on me." Hai Rui said, took it out of his pocket, and handed it to Zheng Michang.

Zheng Michang took the Yufu and the report, and after checking carefully, he ordered his subordinates to bring the Four Treasures of the Study, and said, "The monogram is still missing."

Immediately afterwards, Hai Rui picked up a pen and wrote his name on the white paper. Zheng Michang was relieved to see that the handwriting was almost the same as that recorded on the document.

"Since the survey is correct, you should go to Chun'an County to take office as soon as possible. Since you are new here, I would like to give you a few words." Zheng Michang said, holding up the teacup, taking a sip, and then slowly opened the mouth.

"Follow your lord's instructions." Hai Rui quickly bowed and saluted with a respectful expression.

"Recently the dam collapsed, and the two counties of Chun'an and Jiande were the most severely affected. In Chun'an County where you took office, more than 1 people were affected. The specific casualties have not yet been counted. Now the government has set up Congee shed, actively give relief."

"Besides, since you haven't taken office yet, the disaster relief supplies issued by the government to Chun'an County are temporarily kept by Wang Yonghe, the magistrate of Jiande County next door. You can ask him for it yourself! As for the rest, remember everything. In this booklet, you can go back to the county government office and read it yourself."

"Thank you, my lord, for your reminder, I will never forget it."

"Okay, go down and get busy, you have a lot of things to do next."

"Yes." After bowing and saluting, Hai Rui rushed to the Chun'an county government office without stopping, his face full of eagerness.

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At this time, Ma Ningyuan and Gao Hanwen were in the worst-hit area, supervising the government's porridge distribution to prevent anyone from being deducted from it.

"Oh, these people are really suffering!" Gao Hanwen couldn't help sighing as he looked at the long queues of victims who had lined up in front of the porridge shed opened by the government.

These victims were dressed in rags, and all their attention was on the big pot set up by the government's porridge station. They stared straight at the people who had finished receiving the porridge in front of them, with anxious expressions, for fear that the porridge would be eaten when it was their turn. Gone.

Therefore, from time to time, people in the back line were impatient and wanted to jump in line, but they were picked out from the line by the officials in charge of maintaining order, beaten severely, and sent to the back of the line.

Looking closer to the cauldron, what kind of porridge is this? It is clearly a large pot of hot water with some rice grains floating in it!
"Next, next."

The clerk in charge of distributing porridge held a spoon and looked at the victims queuing up to receive the porridge in front of him with a dull expression, like a robot. Every time someone came to him, he scooped up a small spoonful with the spoon.

After the victims reached themselves in the queue, they all begged the little official to beat them up more, but the little official didn't answer, and just silently scooped up a small spoonful of porridge.And those victims who received the porridge ran to the side as quickly as possible, drank the gruel in the broken bowl, perhaps feeling that they were not satisfied, and licked the bottom of the bowl clean.

At this moment, there was a commotion in the previously well-ordered team. Seeing this, Ma Ningyuan and Gao Hanwen hurried forward, trying to find out what happened.

"Please take another spoonful, I still have a child!"

In the crowd, a sallow-faced and thin woman was kneeling on the ground begging bitterly, holding a new-month-old child tightly in her arms.

"Go away, I'll give you one more spoonful, and the others will eat one less spoonful! If you continue to mess around like this, I won't even give you a spoonful! Drag her away."

The official in charge of distributing porridge said so, and then ordered the officer in charge of maintaining order to drag the woman away. Between pushing and shoving, the broken bowl that the woman used to hold the porridge was trampled to pieces, and the porridge in the bowl spilled all over the floor, attracting a lot of attention. There was a lot of looting.

"What happened? Why is it so noisy?" Ma Ningyuan frowned and stepped forward, asking the porridge official.

"Master Zhifu, this unscrupulous person shamelessly wants to have an extra spoonful of porridge, but there is only so much porridge. If she eats one more spoonful, others will eat one less spoonful! There is no way, the lower official..."

After Ma Ningyuan listened, he turned his gaze to the woman kneeling on the ground, and said coldly, "Is that so?"

"My lord, the girl is also helpless. I still have a child who has just reached the full moon to support! The father of the child died in the flood in order to save our mother and mother! Before he died, his greatest wish was that I This child will be brought up." The woman said, holding the child tightly in her arms, crying.

After listening to the woman's cry, Ma Ningyuan was silent for a long time, and then turned his gaze to other victims who looked dumb. His Adam's apple moved up and down, but he was speechless.

"There's only so much porridge here. If you eat more, others will eat less. It's not fair to others! If everyone is like you, this porridge shed doesn't have to be opened anymore. Let's go. "Gao Hanwen gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice.

"My lord..." Gao Hanwen's words made the woman feel as if she had been hit hard, and then she hugged the child tightly in her arms and left the scene in a daze.

After this small episode, the order at the scene was restored, and the crowd lined up again, stepping forward one by one, waiting for the government's porridge.

"Brother Ma, you will take care of the order here for the time being. I still have some things to do!" Gao Hanwen said, took a few things from the guards at the side, and left in a hurry.

"Wait..." Before Ma Ningyuan finished speaking, Gao Hanwen disappeared.

"Huhuhu~ I finally caught up with you." Gao Hanwen panted heavily and said.

At the corner of an alley, Gao Hanwen saw the woman from before. At this moment, she was holding her child in her arms, sitting quietly in the corner.

"My lord, is this?" Seeing Gao Hanwen's appearance, the woman from before asked doubtfully.

I saw Gao Hanwen took out some cakes and handed them to the woman: "I'm from the north and I'm used to eating cakes. I don't know if you're used to it."

"Thank you for your kindness, my lord. My family will never forget your kindness. In the next life, I will definitely repay my lord as a cow and a horse!"

After finishing speaking, the woman put the child in her arms aside, and kowtowed to Gao Hanwen a few times.

"Eat, there is still some money here, which should be enough to fill your stomach, but be careful." Gao Hanwen said, and took out some broken silver from his pocket.

Gao Hanwen knew that if too much money was given to the woman, it would harm her instead, so the money was only enough to eat, and it could also reduce some coveting.

"My lord, you can't! Please forgive me for not being able to accept it! Your lord can give me a bite, which is already a great favor, how dare you ask for too much?"

"Accept it, raise the child well, and don't disappoint your husband's expectations." Gao Hanwen looked at the child in the woman's arms and said softly.

"Thank you, sir." After much hesitation, the woman still accepted the money.

(End of this chapter)