Guanzhong, the drought ravaged this land, the ground cracked, cracks permeated the green land in the past, the green grass, did not grow tenaciously, malaise disappeared, in this land, walking such a group of people, they held hands, followed behind the people who led the team in front, their eyes were full of despair.

In the distance was a desolate land, sparsely populated, the water was cut off, everything seemed to have become incomparably stranger, and there was an erosive and desperate aura in the air, constantly eroding everyone's heart, and in front of their group were some strong men, with their arms bare, pushing the salute in their hands, step by step, without direction, without hope.

"Father, when are we going? Does the government really care if we live or die? ”

A man looking at the younger man asked the strong man beside him, looking at the desolation in front of him, no food, no water, nothing, and nothing to eat seemed to be in sight except for them, hunger made them gradually lose their confidence, and wanted to go to other places to live, but they were shocked by the environment in front of them, and could not move forward.

"No, the government doesn't care, the court will always take care of us, we still have hope, son, you can't break hope, we are their pillars, their only support, we can't fall, let alone have this kind of thought, you know?" The man warned the young man around him that he should not have such thoughts, and even in the most desperate moments, when he was about to die, he could not throw away the light of fire in his heart.

The young man Zheng Zheng looked at the people behind him who were like walking corpses, he couldn't see a little hope in their eyes, he couldn't see a little dedication to life, it seemed that as long as the two of them fell, they would definitely die here, the young man nodded, as if he understood and said, "Father, I know what to do?" I can't think so, since they have pinned their hopes on us, the children will not despair until the last moment. ”

The young man's answer made the man very happy, touched his head, looked ahead and said: "Son, we are not yet at the last moment, it will be over after a while, the court should send someone to save us soon, and it will come soon." ”

The hot wind blew their faces, and the young man didn't know why his father thought so, was so persistent, and believed in the court so much, and he had such doubts in his heart, but he didn't dare to ask, but nodded his head, and quietly looked at the desolation of the distant nowhere where to be seen, and his heart was disappointed.

"Son, I know what's on your mind? And don't ask why the Father is like this, you'll find out later. The man still did not lose that thought, and looked into the distance, perhaps his prayer came true, and the sound of carriages gradually sounded in the distance, and the carriages, tall things appeared in front of him, followed by vague figures.

The dust raised covered their faces, but could not cover their outlines, the ground shook, accompanied by the sound of the army's slaughter, and a group of cold troops came out of the smoke and dust, murderous, quickly surrounded them, so fast, these people had not had time to react, they had been surrounded, and the panicked people leaned together, looking at the army in front of them in despair.

"Who are you?"

The young man stepped forward to ask, but was pulled back by his father beside him, the man looked at a mark in front of him, a familiar mark, a little hope rose in his heart, and he breathed deeply: "It's finally here, I knew it would come." ”

With tears in his eyes, he seemed to see something he had dreamed of, as if he saw some kind of hope, his body was constantly trembling, and he was so excited that he couldn't speak, and the young man looked at his father in confusion, not understanding why his father was so excited, and looked at the army opposite, and the cart of strange things, and the strange but very familiar mark, as if the mark that his father had collected, and in doubt, he looked at his father again, and saw the tears in the corners of his father's eyes, and the excitement in his heart.

"Father, he ......."

A group of people slowly walked out of the army, walked in front of these people, got off the horse, got out of the car, and the army behind put away their weapons, Di Renjie's eyes glanced at them, and asked with a smile: "Dare to ask if this is Guanzhong?" ”

"Lord Hui, who are you?"

"Oh, this official, this official is Di Renjie, an official sent by the imperial court to Guanzhong for disaster relief this time, these are the food brought by this official, as well as some professionals." Di Renjie pointed to the vigorous team behind him, among which he could see familiar faces, Xie Daoling and Li Yuan, Li Yuan, who had already built the Taiping Temple, finally became an official, although the grade is not high, but he is also an official.

This time he was found by Li Zhou Di Renjie, as a professional accompanying him, along with his brothers, as soon as the man heard that it was someone sent by the imperial court, he laughed excitedly, and slowly knelt down: "The grass people Fu family Fu Zi expect to meet the adult." ”

"The grass people meet your lord."

The people in the back saw that the person who came was an official of the imperial court, although they didn't know who it was, but the food, the countless food was not fake, with food, they didn't need to starve to death, they could live.

"Get up, the official was ordered to come to the disaster relief, you wait to take the food, have a meal, and then talk about it, the official will continue to move forward to help the disaster." Di Renjie waved his hand to signal the entourage behind him, and the entourage quickly began to distribute food, giving enough food, Di Renjie led the army forward, and in the process of advancing, Xie Daoling took a letter from the Fu family, handed it to him with a bag, and ordered him to follow.

Then following the advance of the large army, the father and son of the Fu family carefully put away their things, the young man looked at the bag in his father's arms, his eyes glanced over, and saw the silver of the white flowers, yes, it was silver, and there were a lot of them, his eyes were full of doubts, and he asked curiously; "Father, who is that person?"

"Son, there are some things you should know you will know, you shouldn't know, it's better not to know, you just know to follow your father, and your father won't hurt you."

The man waved his hand and said loudly to the villagers behind him: "Folks, let's go home and follow the adults back to our hometown." ”

With food and food, how can they be willing to wander? And even if you keep going, I wonder if you'll be able to get out alive? Why don't you go back to your hometown, where there are adults, will you be afraid of starvation?

"Yes, village chief."

This is just an episode, an inadvertent episode, which has caused repercussions in many places in Guanzhong, and many people who are ready to leave, perhaps someone, capable people, or those with a certain purpose, have shifted their goals, returned to Guanzhong, and no longer continue to migrate.

With the large army of the imperial court, the disaster relief operation of the imperial court sounded, a large amount of food, the army of slaughter, and the ill-intentioned people passing by, in front of these troops, they looked so weak that they did not dare to come forward to find trouble, and Di Renjie and his party, after arriving in Guanzhong, quickly controlled the local government, and all officials were arrested, whether they committed crimes or did not commit crimes, they were arrested one by one.

Those officials are still continuing to enjoy, suddenly encountering this situation, panicking, constantly threatening Di Renjie, under Li Yuanfang's force, these people were locked up in the dark and restless prison, forced to be with snakes, insects, rats and ants, no matter how they shouted injustice, they could only be locked up in the prison, Di Renjie thundered the storm, regardless of the three seven twenty-one directly controlled the Guanzhong.

At the same time, the army was sent to control all places, for the local disaster relief situation, arranged by Xie Daoling personally, as well as Li Yuan and others, to find water sources, build a waterwheel, Di Renjie is to take care of the overall consideration, it is time to kill and kill, the official should be demoted directly and demoted, and the letter to His Royal Highness the Prince, the order is to do everything, as long as it is an official who has committed a conclusive crime, it will be dealt with severely, and His Royal Highness the Prince's people also need to clean the court and replace it with their people.

Di Renjie took control of Guanzhong, Li Yuanfang, Dai Zhide, and Zhang Wenquan went to various places to start disaster relief, in the face of powerful forces, enough supplies, food, and the imaginary riot did not appear, Di Renjie has been busy these days, interrogating the case in Guanzhong, as well as the evidence of those officials' crimes, everything is so smooth, some things that he doesn't know, as if they have been arranged, have appeared, saving him a lot of effort.

Half a month later, Guanzhong initially stabilized, the waterwheel under the drought also began to run continuously, the water conservancy was quickly established, under Li Yuan's planning, to guide the river water, waterwheel construction, guide the work of the people in Guanzhong, of course, work for relief, work there is food, and it is the end of the day, the same day on the distribution of grain, silver, followed by many businessmen, brought some goods, so that a cycle is formed.

The economy recovered slightly, and soon stabilized, as for the new officials, Di Renjie is meritocracy, eclectic, and those who have merit will be rewarded directly, and those who should be officials will be officials, and after this time, for the taxes in Guanzhong, Di Renjie wrote a letter to reduce it, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince sent a quasi-letter to him, and some of his people, of course, only a few of them, Di Renjie used them when he saw the right one, and this time Li Yuan, Xie Daoling, who made a great effort, were all asked for credit by Di Renjie.

The two of them also began their road to being officials, both of them were temporarily placed in Guanzhong, managing this land, not a year or two, it is difficult to return to Chang'an, for this, Li Zhou is very satisfied, both of them should be experienced, only to understand the life of the people, they will have that kind of more eager heart, instead of participating in partisan disputes.