There is still one year, as long as there is another year, Qin Mo will have to accumulate all the silver in his hands, buy a lot of land, and do all kinds of business, all of which are in order to gain a foothold in that place in the capital.

On this day, it was a spring day, and Qin Mo was reading the account book alone behind the bamboo curtain in the inner hall...

At the beginning of the year, I moved to this Jiangxi. Jiujiang, and Suizhou belong to the same Jiangxi, just a middle, an east, Jiujiang is also Zhili Prefecture, and there are several places in Anxian and Wuzhou.

It has been two months since Qin Mo moved to this Jiujiang City, there is a river, there is a lake, and the city is a big river, which is an important transportation for the imperial court, and merchant ships also load ships from here, and transport goods to and from the east or north.

The imperial court has set up Cao Yun envoys here many times, and a few years ago, the governor of Cao Yun personally came once.

Qin Mo only came to live here for two months, and found that the climate here in Jiujiang was a little different from those places before, there were many rivers and the air was exceptionally humid.

Qin Mo bought a mansion in this city, which happened to be located in the center of this city, and people came and went every day.

This Jiujiang is much more lively than Suizhou, and it is already a bit of the prosperity of an ancient metropolis to the east.

There are people and cars coming and going in front of the door, and the traffic is busy.

And as soon as the spring day was warm, during the lunch break, Qin Mo stayed in the house and never went out.

Qin Mo bought this house before, just to escape the summer, and secondly, to inspect the new business here.

Baihualou, more than 30 girls, beautiful and picturesque, all day under the vermilion attic, looking down, waving handkerchiefs and coquettishly shouting, "The guest officer is coming!" ’

Qin Mo would never say that one-third of the people in it were bought by her, and now one-third of the shares of the tallest and prosperous pavilion in the city are hers.

In these days, money can make ghosts grind.

She Qin Mo, it can be said that what she may lack is that she is not short of money!

His grandmother was old, and he was accompanied by his aunt's family, so Qin Mo stayed in Qinzhou, and Xiangxiang always went to study in the hall of Linshui Wang Xiucai whenever the class started.

Over the years, she has gradually grown up and can take care of herself.

There is Jun Niang in the water, and Qin Mo is always at ease.

When Xiangxiang is a little bigger, Qin Mo will transfer her over and let her help him take charge of the grange shop in the southwest area.

There are thousands of silver flowing in the account every day, but I don't know if this girl can bear this burden.

However, if this girl learns well, for Qin Mo, it will be an extra pair of arms, which will naturally save effort compared to now.

The flowers of Jiujiang bloom early, it is really by the south, the climate is warm early, the spring comes out in the middle of spring, there are bursts of flowers everywhere, Jiujiang is known as the flower capital, especially the spring flowers, the fragrance is everywhere, the ten thousand Hu in the city, the blue wave green head, the willow branches are flying, the apricot blossoms on all sides are willows on three sides, and the mountains and lakes of a city are half a city.

It's just that a flood in May flooded half of Jiujiang City.

In a short time, beggars were everywhere inside and outside the city, and hunger was everywhere.

These nine rivers are next to the big rivers, the terrain is low, and like Suizhou in the west, it is a flood-prone place. It's not surprising that this is the case.

It's just that the situation was too sudden, and, in the end, it turned out to be too miserable.

Most of the crops were not destroyed, especially the crops around Jiujiang City.

Qin Mo went out to inquire, and some people sighed and said, "This is a flood that Jiujiang has not encountered in 30 years!" ”

And when the city was flooded, Qin Mo naturally closed the door every day, and the water flooded to the stone steps outside the gate, only Xiao Tao was panicked for a day, and Qin Mo was still sure in his heart.

However, I didn't think that a flood would come so quickly and miserably.

Many houses outside the city were washed away, and the food and utensils at home were also scattered, many people were killed and injured, and the government itself was difficult to protect, but it was still open to release grain, and every time Qin Mo went on the street, he could find beggars crowded one by one next to the wall.

Moreover, after the flood, there was a plague, this time, like a war, Qin Mo was caught off guard, this was the first time she encountered the plague when she came to this time and space.

Just half a month after the flood, the plague came from outside the city.

Qin Mo guessed that if such a big thing happened, although the magistrate was unable to rescue it, he would definitely report the matter to the imperial court, and the imperial court's disaster relief food and disaster relief personnel were already on the way...

Qin Mo took out the food in his house every day, and then gave it to the victims, and also wrote a letter to the people closer to Suizhou, and transferred the grain from the grain store to relieve these victims, but in the end, he was a person, and he was weak.

Because many beggars around Qin Mo's house have received Qin Mo's favor, and know that the owner of this house is a good man and has food to help, so there are more and more refugees who gather under the outer corner of Qin Mo's house every day, Qin Mo is anxious, but he can't think of a better way.

In just a few days, a few thousand taels of silver were scattered, but she felt that it didn't really have any effect at all...

Wait until the plague returns.

The entire Jiujiang City seems to have become a hell on earth.

There were stenching corpses of people and animals everywhere, inside the city, and even more outside the city, and in a hurry, the government didn't know what to do.

Many large families hurriedly packed up their soft and prepared to take the whole family out of this place for refuge, knowing that once they went out from the gate of this city, they found that the epidemic outside the city was stricter than that inside the city, and the epidemic was originally transmitted from outside the city, so in a hurry, they had to ask the coachman to turn the horse's head and quickly come back from outside the city.

For a while, everyone panicked.

Jiujiang City has always been prosperous, and it is not uncommon for large families in the city to be seen, and every time Qin Mo goes on the street, he can feel the panic between people.

The ancients heard that the epidemic disease was discolored, and the small peach was no exception.

In just half a month, the letters Qin Mo received could be piled up to a foot high, and in the end, these housekeepers were all sincere.

"Girl. Girl. You can't go out, there are epidemics everywhere outside, you go out like this, there are three long and two short, but what can I do-! ”

Sure enough, as soon as Qin Mo wanted to go out, Xiao Tao tugged at Qin Mo's dress, which didn't look like Xiao Tao on weekdays.

He was a few years older than himself, but he was as timid as a child.

"Let it go, let it go, Xiao Tao, I have my own sense of proportion for your girl, if you do this again, I will send you out to marry-!"

Xiao Tao sobbed and choked, "This time the girl really threw Xiao Tao out and gave it away, Xiao Tao didn't let go, the girl didn't want to think about it, now it's scary outside, even the official has no choice, you still have to go out, two days ago when you went out, I won't let you go out, you don't listen, why are people so stubborn, can the epidemic be played, girl, even if you don't want to think about yourself, you have to think about it for Miss Xiangxiang, if you have three long and two short, who will take care of her!" ”

"I'll just go out and see, is there anything you said so strictly-!"

The legs are tightly entangled, who knows that this little peach will suddenly go down from the elbow and hug his legs-!

"Is the plague a joke, now the girl and Xiao Tao are trapped here, we can't get out of the city, Miss Xiangxiang and they must be in a hurry outside, if the girl has another three and two short, how do you let Xiao Tao explain to the shopkeeper of the Duo Grange shop under the girl, and Miss Xiangxiang-!"

"Good. Good. Don't worry. I think about it, don't go out, don't go out, okay! ”

Hearing her say so miserable, Qin Mo raised his two hands to make a surrender gesture...

Seeing Qin Mo like this, this little peach believed it to be true, burst into tears and laughed, and sure enough, he let go of Qin Mo's legs...

"Girl.!"

When he was rolling up his sleeves to wipe his tears and choking, he didn't want to blink his eyes and see what was like a red cloud floating by, Qin Mo had already turned around and walked away.

"Girl!"

Waiting for Xiao Tao to roar in panic, he looked at the door again, and saw Qin Mo's sharp action of opening the door, and before he chased out, Qin Mo had already closed himself out.

Already slipped out.

In the end, looking at the closed black door, Xiao Tao, who was left in place, stomped her feet in place impatiently, and finally squatted down and hugged her elbows and cried.

*

After Qin Mo went out, as soon as he stepped on the slate bluestone street, there was a circle of beggars outside the wall of his courtyard.

It's like this every day, Qin Mo is used to seeing this, but every time he looks at the miserable situation, he can't help but shake his head and sigh.

The situation of this day and day did not improve at all, and the relief team of the imperial court did not arrive for a long time.

Let these people live on the streets.

"Hungry. Mother, I'm hungry....! ”

"Please. Have pity on me...! ”

Another broken bowl reached under Qin Mo's hand, Qin Mo shook his head, and stepped back slightly, she herself didn't have much to eat left in the house now.

Xiao Tao is right, this plague is not a small disease for ancient times, on this street, you can see everywhere that hanging head, ragged, some curled up on the ground shivering, some foaming at the mouth have been unconscious on the side of the road.

In this pile of beggars, there are people who are getting sick one after another.

"Mother, I am in pain. I'm in pain.! A little girl's thin voice, her breath was dying, although it was small, but it still fell into the ears of Qin Mo, who was visiting along the street.

The mother, who is no longer young, has frosty sideburns, and the clothes she wears are patched together piece by piece, and the little girl in her arms is also skinny, and she is held in her arms.

A tear seeped out of the corner of the mother's eye, and the dust from the corner of the eye turned into a gray tear.

Hearing her daughter's cry of pain, her dirty hand went up and pressed the little girl into her arms.

"Auntie!" Qin Mo walked away from her, then exhaled softly, saw the aunt's eyes lift, and then reached out to the little girl in her arms

"Let me take her pulse-!"

"You're a doctor?!" Mother asked, raising her eyes across the ravines

Qin Mo condensed slightly, "I just know a little bit about medical skills-!" ”

A moment later, hearing that the mother sighed softly and shook her head, Qin Mo didn't care, and already put her hand on the child's thin wrist

"Sister. I was in pain. I hurt...! ”

Seeing Qin Mo take the initiative to come over, the little girl's eyes were half-open and took the initiative to come over, and her pure eyes, in an instant, were as bright as the stars in the sky.

Qin Mo looked at the little girl's eyes, and only sighed lightly. It's a pity for this kid.

Qin Mo picked up her hand, grabbed it, and used it for half a moment, concentrating.

Just suddenly.

"Smack!" A long whip suddenly flung from the center of the street, and the whip hit the hard stone slab and threw out a creepy whipping sound, Qin Mo and the beggars beside him forgot about it.

From afar, Qin Mo saw that it was a young girl in a strong suit led by a team of army men, the girl was riding high on the back of the brown and red horse, with three thin braids on her head, hooped up with a silver crown, and armor made of silver on her body and elbows.

At first glance, she was a swaggering aristocratic girl, with a flying look, sparkling eyes, and a face full of vigor and pride that matched her age.

"The people on this street have listened to me, this territory is the territory of my Ruizhao County Palace, you all get away from me, don't gather outside my house, like a pile of rotting corpses, just give the county lord bad luck, I don't get out under the order of three whips, don't blame me for being ruthless-!"

The woman was on her horse, and she shouted loudly with a look of grandeur.

Sure enough, some of the beggars who heard this helped each other and went to the other end of the street...

There are also some people who are already hungry and sick and are dying, and they can't walk, but they just spread out on the side of the road, powerlessly watching others walk...

The woman is not only energetic and majestic, but the dozen or so guards behind her are all strong and powerful.

These people know they can't afford to offend.

However, Qin Mo was the mother and daughter who diagnosed his pulse, Qin Mo just saw the mother, opened his eyes and looked at the girl in the strong suit on the horse, then closed his eyes and stopped moving.

"Hey, you're not leaving, do you want to eat the whip?"

Seeing that people were walking one after another, the girl in the strong suit found that there was still a person standing here, with her clothes intact, and saw the mother and daughter sitting on the side of the street next to Qin Mo next to her, so she pulled the reins and drove out of the horse.

Qin Mo looked up and leaned at the girl on the horse.

"Don't you see that these people are sick and can't walk at all?"

Is this the kingdom, no matter how powerless the people are, these rich and powerful people don't even leave people a last chance to live.

"Who are you, to help these people speak, dare not put the words of the county lord in your ears-!"

The young woman only looked at Qin Mo when she was talking and came over, and fell directly on Qin Mo's face, for a moment, she was stunned for a moment.

Although the woman in front of her is half-veiled, her faintly visible delicate facial features are true. It's beautiful... It seems that this is the first time she has seen a beautiful woman who is longer than her

Sweeping Qin Mo up and down, the fabric of the clothes this girl is wearing is not bad, at least now that Jiujiang City is hungry, she can still dress like this. It shows that at least it is also a large family.

County Lord, Qin Mo couldn't help but sneer in his heart when he heard her speak, if it weren't for the name of a county lord, how could he shout like this on the street to a bunch of people who were suffering from disasters.

Qin Mo thought about it, stepped forward in two steps, and bowed respectfully to the woman.

"It's not that the little woman didn't put the words of the county lord in her ears, and it's not that the little woman has disrespect for the county lord, it's just that the Jiujiang disaster, the disaster and epidemic occurred together, the court urgently sent people down to help the people, the county lord is the most respected person in the hearts of the people of Jiujiang, how can you abandon these refugees for your own selfish desires, the county lord's approach is not afraid to spread out in the future, so that the people of Jiujiang have criticism of the county lord, and let the court have opinions on the county lord-!"

Qin Mo's words made the girl sitting on horseback feel a lot less arrogant before, but she didn't listen to Qin Mo's words, when Qin Mo said something to her just now, her face also changed slightly, but how could she listen to the words of such passers-by.

"You are so bold, you actually used these words to deter me, I sue you, I, Murong Ling, am not frightened, dare to say such things to me, what are you-!"

The girl then sneered, "My brother is the county king of the imperial court, and my aunt is near the emperor's side, have you heard of the favored concubine in the palace, my third cousin is the emperor's own son, you are poor, a little you, dare to call me out, which onion are you!" ”

Seeing what she said triumphantly, Qin Mo softened his attitude in a moment, and arched his hands, "I didn't expect the county lord to be so profound, the little girl is disrespectful and disrespectful!" ”

After the girl heard Qin Mo's words, she really fluttered lightly with pride.

But I didn't expect Qin Mo's next sentence

"It's just—!"

"--If the emperor in that palace knew that his favorite concubine's niece and nephew were flying so arrogantly outside, it would not be good, no matter how high or low a person is, what wins is moral character, and the county lord today drove so many refugees away for his own selfish desires, regardless of their life and death, and his hands were stained with the blood of so many people, and what he got outside his body was the resentment of the people, even if the status of the county lord was precious, it would be in vain not to be respected by the people--!"

"You-!" Qin Mo's words completely angered this Murong Ling, and even used the emperor to press her, she Murong Ling grew up, how could she have been so angry, and Qin Mo's words, although angry, but they were all in place, everyone had a sense of shame, which also touched the shame of this county lord.

"Who are you to dare to speak to me like that? I think you really don't want to live anymore! ”

Qin Mo didn't answer

The long whip in his hand flicked and slammed on Qin Mo's body, Qin Mo stood there and didn't avoid it, his face was like Mount Tai collapsing in front of him without changing color.

The county lord only gave one whip, and seeing that Qin Mo's face did not change, he was annoyed. I want to give back a whip.

Suddenly, I caught a glimpse of a servant who was hurrying in not far away.

The servant seemed to be known to the woman.

The servant was a middle-aged woman in her forties, and she walked in a hurry...

"County Lord, the prince read the letter saying that it will arrive at noon today, the prince has been waiting at home for a long time, and he has not seen the county lord come back, the person who just guarded the door said that the county lord has entered the city, but he has not entered the house for a long time, the prince sent someone to let me come out to take a look-!"

"Xun Niang, you came just in time, this woman openly contradicted me in front of so many people, I was about to ask my father to arrest her now. You're here, you're going to help me watch first! ”

Listening to her, Rao listened like this, and Qin Mo didn't feel afraid in his heart.

"County Lord, I think it's better to forget it-!" The woman who came seemed to have a little embarrassment on her face, "The prince instructed that the county lord should return to his house as soon as he entered the city, and he could not stay on the street at all." ”

She walked up quickly, and when the young woman saw her move, she tilted her head down.

The woman's face was distressed, and she whispered something in her ear.

After finishing speaking, for a moment, the woman's complexion changed instantaneously.

"Don't tell me about such a big thing happening in Jiujiang City-!"

The aunt's words fell, and the young woman immediately grabbed the reins of the horse to leave.

The group hurriedly and finally left.

The distance had already been widened, and the young girl turned around again, and sat on the horse and glanced at Qin Mo with dissatisfied eyes from a distance, but Qin Mo was covered with a veil, she naturally couldn't see Qin Mo's full appearance, Qin Mo could see that there seemed to be hostility in that look, but Qin Mo glanced at it and didn't bother to pay attention to her.

Finally, he squatted down to diagnose the mother and daughter