Walking through a village and town, I suddenly saw a lot of people gathered in front of me, carrying something, someone went over to ask, saying that it had just been hit by a typhoon, which blew down many houses in the village, and the county magistrate was leading people to repair houses and treat the injured.

Most of the people they see are indulged in pleasure, regardless of whether the people live or die, and it is rare for such a county magistrate to do it himself.

Guo Wenying was quite interested, "Let's go, let's take a look." ”

As they walked forward, there were a number of people gathered in the middle of the village, and in the middle stood a man in his official uniform, about twenty years old, with a dirt stain on his official uniform and two trouser legs pulled up, revealing two calves. If it weren't for Puzi on his chest, wearing a black gauze on his head, he really wouldn't be able to tell that it was an official uniform.

At this time, this man was standing on a rock, condescendingly explaining to the people how to resist the typhoon and reduce losses, and how to save their lives as much as possible when the typhoon came? His voice was soft and calm, without a trace of excitement, but people listened very convincingly, and they couldn't help but trust him.

At the moment when she saw him, Guo Wenying only felt that her heart was hit hard by something, and she was very uncomfortable.

She always knew that Jiang and his party were in the southeast, but she didn't expect to see him so soon, and it was this situation, in this kind of place. He looked a lot thinner and darker, and although he was in good spirits, he couldn't hide his exhaustion, and at a glance he knew that he hadn't closed his eyes much for more than two nights.

Many officers and soldiers suddenly appeared in the village, and the people couldn't help but look back at them in amazement, as if they were some uninvited guests.

A guard shouted: "Your Excellency is on the ground, don't wait for you to retreat quickly." ”

The people receded like a tide on both sides, but they didn't go far, just watched quietly.

Jiang and his entourage jumped down from the stone, walked a few steps to this side, and suddenly saw Guo Wenying standing in the front, his body only felt a shock, and then he looked at her blankly, not knowing what to say.

In the end, Guo Wenying asked, "You, are you okay?"

After asking this short sentence, Jiang and his entourage felt a severe pain in their hearts, he gently patted the soil on his body, and forced himself to calm down, "Why did you come here?"

"Let's take a look at the situation in Quanzhou. She hung her head, not daring to look him in the eye. The bracelet he gave him last time was dropped by Feng Jingting, and he really didn't have the face to face him again at this moment.

Jiang Yixing frowned, "It's very chaotic here, there are often Japanese robbers coming ashore, and there was a typhoon a few days ago, so you better go back, so as not to step on the mud again." ”

He looked at her shoes, which were already covered in mud, some of them had dried up, and some were new. He subconsciously bent down and rubbed the upper of her shoes with his sleeve, and the time the two of them went to the street together, she stepped into the water with one foot, and he also wiped it with his sleeve.

As soon as the sleeves touched the top of her feet, Guo Wenying shrank her feet and said in a low voice: "Lord Jiang is busy with official business, so it is better to help the people rebuild their homes quickly." ”

Jiang and his entourage were stunned, and then realized that the relationship between the two was no longer what it used to be, and he stood up, but he couldn't help but show a look of disappointment. He was originally a little wooden, he had never been emotional, and he had never been in love with anyone. The only time I met Guo Wenying, but I was separated by my life.

In the past year, he has not had a good life in the southeast, and what kind of attention can a seven-rank official who has been degraded from Kyoto receive here? He was the most sent to this remote county, where he had to fight against the Japanese invaders every day, and his life was always in danger. But he doesn't care much, it's good to be busy, and when you're busy, you forget a lot of things.

At this time, when I heard Guo Wenying say this, I had to nod, "Then I'll go." ”

Seeing him turn around to leave, Guo Wenying's heart suddenly moved, and she stopped him again, "I brought a lot of people, let them help a little." ”

She asked Zhang Xinfang to lead hundreds of people to help carry things and fish out everything that could still be used from the water, and Lu Weixin also took Jinyi Wei to help clean up the trees on the side of the road that were blown down by the typhoon. They originally came to inspect, but they turned into work, but Guo Wenying spoke, and no one dared not listen, even Hongxiang and Kite helped the injured people to bandage their wounds.

When they came out, they didn't expect the environment to be like this, and they didn't bring much medicine and food, but what they could leave was left for these affected people, and told Lu Yiyu to let him bring some food over for relief after he went back.

Originally, the remaining population of several counties near Quanzhou was not large, and in the event of a natural disaster, these people really had no way to live.

Jiang and his entourage hurriedly thanked him, but at this time he didn't know that Guo Wenying was the new governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, and thought that she just happened to pass by, so he invited her to sit in the county government and eat something by the way.

Guo Wenying thought that it would take some time for these people to help with the disaster relief, and they couldn't leave for a while, so she said, "Then thank you Lord Jiang." ”

Jiang Yixing rubbed his hands and smiled a little shyly, "You still call me a party, after all, we are also acquainted." ”

Guo Wenying nodded, and the two walked forward along the official road, which was about a few miles away from the county office, and it didn't take long to get on the horse. Zhang Qiang and Pi Xiaosan followed behind, except for a dozen personal guards, most of them stayed in the village to help the disaster. Because she had something to discuss with Xu Heng, she asked him to follow.

The county government is even more dilapidated than expected, it seems that it has just passed through a fire not long ago, and there are traces of scorch in some places, and it has not been repaired yet, and the door panels of the gate are shaking.

Jiang Yixing said: "There are many times that the Japanese invaders land here, and there are always seven or eight times a year, and occasionally a small group of Japanese invaders climb ashore, and when they are strong, they run away." Although the imperial court has stationed troops here, such a large place is a small group of people, where can they be managed, and the people have suffered a lot because of this. ”

Guo Wenying turned his head and asked Xu Heng, "How many troops are stationed here?"

"About four or five thousand people. ”

Guo Wenying thought for a while, "Increase the number of people to 30,000, and then build the fort." ”

Xu Heng hesitated a little, "I built a fort before, but it was just that the Japanese invaders blew it up, and it is not difficult to build a fort, but the southeast coastline is too long, and it is not suitable to station too many people in one place." It is still suitable to garrison the navy here, and this has to be discussed with Xu Hai later. ”

Guo Wenying said: "The navy will be stationed, and the army will also be stationed, how about the specifics, let's go to the place where the port will be built tomorrow and take a look." ”

As they spoke, they had already entered the county office, and the front hall looked like it had just been robbed, and it was empty, just a table and a few chairs, and nothing else. If you don't look at anything else, just looking at this place, you really can't see that this is a county office.

Jiang and his entourage smiled apologetically, "It's really shabby here, you sit down first, and I'll order some noodles for you to eat." ”

Zhang Qiang couldn't help but say, "Isn't there a cook in this county office?"

"What kind of cooks, the servants are almost gone, and there are only a few old, weak, sick and disabled people who can't walk, and the rest have gone outside to beg for a living. ”