Inspecting the disaster was a thankless task, and no one among the civil officials wanted to go, so they all refused on the grounds that they were busy with errands, and in the end, only Wu Xianling and Mei Xueyan were left, as well as two entourages to accompany them. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Rented a medium-sized carriage and walked on the gravel road with constant bumps.

"Why doesn't Uncle Wu punish these officials?" Mei Xueyan asked.

"It is human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and I may not be able to sacrifice myself for others, so how can I be demanding of my subordinates?" Wu County Ling said, "At the beginning of my tenure, I was also high-spirited and wanted to punish them, but later I realized that the officialdom was intertwined, and it was not possible to have no blood." ”

Mei Xueyan nodded and understood, the emperor is in charge of the world, and there are still so many powerful people who form parties and run private interests under his nose, not to mention that Wu Xianling is only a seven-grade petty official, and it is not easy to serve the country and the people.

"Do you know why Feng Yuanjun has high hopes for you, but agrees to let you come to the county government office?"

Mei Xueyan replied: "Probably let me experience myself, the so-called insight into world affairs is knowledge, and the practice of human feelings is the article, he doesn't want me to be a pedantic Confucian who can only read the books of sages."

"The insight of the world is all knowledge, and the practice of human feelings is the article...... These two sentences are very meaningful, savoring it makes people benefit immensely, you can have this consciousness at a young age, every word is beautiful, it is not easy. ”

Wu Xianling groaned, "You are right, Feng Yuanjun has the ambition to clean up the world, but he has suffered the loss of not understanding the world, and he doesn't want you to repeat his mistakes." ”

"Students understand."

"It's really hard for you to say, what we old men can't do, but we hope that you are a woman, I'm ashamed. You are still a showman, it is too early to tell you this, I can only remind you not to cling to the left minister's henchmen in the future, and to protect yourself before you become a talent. ”

Mei Xueyan didn't know the current situation in the imperial court, and she didn't want to get involved in it, but Feng Yuanjun and Wu Xianling often worried about her, and she should listen to the lessons of her elders, but she didn't know that she had already offended people because of an article, and it was impossible for her to be alone.

"Drive!"

The sound of horses' hooves was hurried, and a tall and handsome jujube red horse caught up, and the four hooves flew quickly to catch up with the carriage, except for Lin Sanlang's two dogs, no horse in Lin'an had this speed.

"Stop!" Wu Xianling jumped out of the car and said loudly, "Lin Shinephew, why are you here?" ”

"Uncle Wu is going to Huangsha Ao?"

Lin Saburo sat on the horse and looked inside the carriage while talking, this carriage had no beaded curtains, and Lin Saburo immediately saw the person he was looking for.

"yes, me and ...... Master Mei went to inspect the floods together. ”

"It just so happened that I was on the same road." Lin Sanlang drove the second dog to the side of the carriage and asked with a smile, "Since Miss Mei is here, why don't you say hello to me?" ”

"Third Master Lin, what are you doing in a remote place like Huangsha Pass?"

Mei Xueyan only asked lightly, she and Lin Sanlang have no grievances or hatreds, but they won't make the enemies look blushing when they see each other, but they don't want to be too close. This time, Lin Saburo didn't have the nerve to call her "daughter-in-law", and Mei Xueyan was not so disgusted.

"Hey, I am the general of Jingguo, a hundred households of the Red Yan Army, it is the duty of our soldiers to protect the family and the people, of course, we must save the people in danger. What's more, you and Uncle Wu are not skilled in martial arts, in case there is any accident, I will take care of it. ”

Mei Xueyan muttered, "What can we do ...... accidents?"

"Do you know water?"

Mei Xueyan could only shake her head, she hadn't even taken a bath in the tub, how could she know what water? Wu Xian Ling also shook his head in disdain.

"Isn't this it, you are not water-savvy and polite, if you encounter a drowning person, who will save you? How do you prevent a riot? Take me and you'll be sure. ”

"Makes sense." Wu Xianling agreed, "It's because I didn't think it through, so I would have to worry about Lin Shi's nephew to protect Miss Mei." ”

Mei Xueyan got into the carriage, his legs were long on Lin Sanlang, he couldn't stop him from following Mei Xueyan, and he didn't have a position to prevent people from going to disaster relief.

With Lin Sanlang, it became less boring along the way, Lin Sanlang rode a horse for a while to the left, chased to the right for a while, and talked to Mei Xueyan, Mei Xueyan didn't reply to him much, he and Wu Xianling could also chat for a while, and the interesting things he saw and heard about the military camp elsewhere made Mei Xueyan laugh and be tired.

Two hours later, we arrived at Niujia Village on the outskirts of Huangsha Pass.

At this time, Mei Xueyan knew that the flood was serious, Niujia Village was quite high and half of it was flooded, because it was on the high ground, so there were not too many casualties, they were all from a village, people without houses lived in neighbors' houses, and livestock cattle and sheep were also raised together in captivity, but the farmers were sad and sad.

Mei Xueyan looked at the flood in front of her like a blue sea, the waves were magnificent, but she didn't have the heart to appreciate the scenery at this time, she only felt that her eyes were full of desolation, and not far away you could see the flooded roof, and the branches and beams of the house were floating on the water.

"Alas...... What did I do in Lin'an County, so that I had to suffer from this heavenly punishment, there was a disaster of ice and snow before, which almost delayed the sowing season, and now it is a flood, which hurts people and destroys money, and suffers these crops. ”

Farmers not only lost their homes, even the crops were flooded, destined to have no harvest this year, unlike the later generations of agricultural science and technology developed, these farmers and their families are counting on the harvest to survive, the flood is not only a temporary disaster, but also a long-term damage, Lin'an can not recover within a year or two.

Seeing Wu Xianling's painful look, Mei Xueyan could only comfort him.

"It's not a punishment from heaven, but a disaster is impermanent, and Uncle Wu doesn't have to blame himself."

Wu Xianling repented: "If I had been able to do everything myself, I would have known that the former master had embezzled the people's money and had not even repaired the embankment of Huangsha Pass, and I would not have had this disaster of anger and resentment."

"It's not too late to make amends, but fortunately, the bad guys have been punished."

While speaking, the village chief of Niujia Village came to meet and speak, and first cried for a while before letting people lead the way.

"Niujia Village is harmonious inside and outside, seeing that you are united and your neighbors are assisting, it can be seen that you are the village chief of the village."

"Thank you for the praise of the county commander, everyone is in danger in the face of natural disasters, and our Niujia Village is lucky, but we have pity for the other 20 or so villages, all of which were flooded."

"This official is about to patrol the coast, you are familiar with this place, are you willing to lead the way for this officer?"

Village Chief Niu hurriedly nodded and led the way.

Because of the long floods, the villagers spontaneously formed fishing boats to salvage, and the government's cargo ships also patrolled constantly, sometimes bringing people and livestock ashore, and sometimes carrying large and small sacks, although the wheat and millet were wet by the water, they were still edible in the sun.

"Hey, there's someone on that driftwood?"

Mei Xueyan saw something lying on a floating log in the distance, but the distance was too far to tell if it was a child or something else.