Xia Xun and his entourage's fleet stopped at the place close to Wu County, and it was no longer possible to sail further, the terrain of this area began to gradually rise, and the disaster situation was not particularly serious, the Qin Cha fleet sent someone to Wu County to inform the county master, and after a while, Wu County ordered Xie Xin to organize a group of cars, and personally rushed to meet Qin Cha.

Xie Xianling is in his thirties, thin and thin, but he looks clever and capable, and when he meets Xia Xun, he can't care about being polite, and after talking to him for a few words, he and Xie Xianling and Wu County's head team walked to the city and asked about the disaster.

The Xie County Decree said: "Guogong, the county seat of Wu County is better, but some of the urban areas are soaked in water, and a part of Hengyu has been dumped, and the common people of these affected families are now separated and installed in the Taoist monks' houses, but the county warehouse has limited grain storage, and the villages and towns around the county town have been seriously affected, and now not only the price of grain and rice has risen, but also necessary things, such as oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, vegetables and even firewood, have increased several times......

They walked as they spoke, one foot deep and one foot shallow, and after a while, Xia Xun was almost unable to move. The ground is very muddy, Xia Xun's official boots are stained with mud, and they seem to weigh dozens of pounds, and the mud on the ground is sticky, so it is difficult to walk. The Xie County Commander seemed to have been prepared, and as soon as he said hello, a squad leader picked a string of mango shoes with a scabbard, and the Xie County Commander smiled dryly: "Grandpa Guo, look...... Is it a change of shoes? It's just ...... this mangshoe."

Xia Xun couldn't help but smile and said, "Okay! You've been prepared, what's wrong with the shoes? It's good, in this situation, who is not conscious when wearing official boots, come, give me a pair! ”

As soon as Xia Xun said this, the other officials also changed, everyone changed their shoes, and learned from Xia Xun to tuck the hem of their clothes into the belt, and the sleeves were rolled up.

Entering the city is not in a hurry to go to the county office, Xia Xun and others first walked around the city for a while, the city depends on the topography, there are also ups and downs, the low area, there is indeed a large amount of stagnant water, some traders rowed bamboo rafts down the river, peddling firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar food to the households, from time to time there was a loud voice of the residents and the vendors bargaining voices.

Xia Xun said: "If the natural disaster is not prepared, it can be done!" Some merchants take the opportunity to wait for the price and sell, raise prices, the imperial court has not issued a decree to prohibit, prices must be stabilized, the goods of merchants, some are purchased from other places, the cost is much higher than usual, so they do not mention anything, that is unrealistic, in that way, the merchants do not go elsewhere to purchase trafficking, relying only on the imperial court relief, sometimes not so comprehensive, and there is a problem of urgency, but the price has doubled several times, then it is not normal, Wu County has not controlled this? ”

Xie Xian Ling said with a difficult face: "Guogong, the will of the imperial court has been posted, and the three classes of officials patrol the streets, and once the behavior of raising prices is discovered, it will also be severely punished, and it is indeed extremely difficult to enforce it." First, the county treasury has limited grain storage, and even if all of it is taken out and sold at a reasonable price, throwing it out is like throwing a stone into a flood, and it can't even splash a bubble, and it is difficult to stabilize prices accordingly.

Needless to say, even if there are some wealthy local merchants who have a lot of grain stored at home, others don't know that if you order them to sell at a low price, they will say that there is no grain to sell. How much grain is stored in their own homes, only the people themselves know, and the people have not broken the law, and the lower officials are not allowed to listen to the rumors, so they search from house to house, and take stock of people's granaries, this matter is really tricky, so as to ...... In order to avoid starving to death, even though the grain they sell is more expensive, the lower officials have to turn a blind eye ......"

This Xie County Commander said with a bitter face, but he is generally an official, and he rarely admits that he is forced to compromise in front of Shangguan, so his honesty has won Xia Xun's favor. And Xia Yuanji and others are familiar with officialdom, and they understand this better, making county orders on the premises, saying that they are the parents of a county, but in fact, they are definitely not arrogant and arrogant on the premises, and they are self-serving, unless you have a very hard backer in the court, and you don't plan how long you will work here, otherwise the strong county orders can be described as rare.

The reason for this is that the ancient population mobility is not strong, and the family has lived in one place for hundreds of years, multiplied, and has power in all walks of life in the local area, so a county order must seek the support of these local clans to make some political achievements in the premises.

Because such a family has lived in the place for a long time, they are generally very responsible for the premises, building bridges and roads, establishing righteous schools, and helping the township in the event of a famine, all of which they consider to be their own business, so it is a beneficial compensation for the rule of the government, but once some of them are consumed by the desire for profit and want to make a fortune in the country, the officials of the place also have many scruples and dare not do too much.

On the one hand, they have limited power, and they are comparable to the big clans in the place, and it is best to lose both. On the other hand, they still have to be officials here, and once they tear their faces, they will lose the support of the gentry in the local area, and the issuance of government decrees and the collection of grain will become a big problem, so it is difficult to make an overly resolute decision.

And these are not problems for Xia Xun, what he wants is the efficiency of disaster relief, the higher the efficiency, the fewer people will die, and the gentle and elegant means are not feasible now. Xia Xun sneered and said: "This matter, the national government also knows a little, you still have to be an official here, the national government will not let you be embarrassed, this wicked person, I will do it!" ”

He turned to Yu Shiji and said, "Xia Shilang, immediately start the disaster relief matter, tell the premises, the imperial court will provide grain immediately, and sell the grain brought in part at a fair price, and set up porridge sheds for the common people whose homes have been flooded; Imperial envoy Yu, strictly investigate those who wait for the price to sell and raise the price, because of the famine, there are robbers, robbers, fraud and thieves, and they will be severely punished! ”

Yu Shiji is not stupid, he heard Xia Xun's extraneous voice clearly, and immediately bowed down and said: "The lower official obeys the order!" ”

With this sentence, if a big household is waiting for a price to sell, and he can't catch his sore spot for a while, just find a witness and identify a gangster who has fled into the house, and then he can enter the house and search in a grand manner.

Although the price hike is hateful, it is just to let the people who have no food at home exchange their savings for many years, so that some profiteers can make a lot of money, at least the people who escaped the flood will not be reborn and starved to death, which makes Xia Xun feel a lot of relief.

He personally walked the streets, so that the people of the city knew that the Qin mission had arrived, the food relief was in place immediately, and the people's hearts were calmed down, so he set up in the yamen of Zhixian County, and prepared to stay here for a day, listen to the report on the disaster relief methods, and leave a part of the personnel to urge the disaster relief, and then rush to Suzhou Prefecture, where is the big city, perhaps the disaster is lighter than Wu County, but due to the influx of a large number of affected people, I am afraid that the disaster relief matters are more complicated. At the same time, the matter of dredging the river should also be started by Suzhou Prefecture, and a small Wu County does not have that power.

When Xia Xun made a short stay in Wu County, and quickly rushed to Suzhou Prefecture, actively arranged disaster relief matters, waited for the arrival of relief grain, and launched a series of disaster relief operations, Qingzhou City, Shandong Prefecture, was also lively.

In the past few days, many outsiders have poured into Qingzhou Mansion, and there are more and more of them. These people all went to the funeral of the Peng family, Pengjiazhuang could not live so many friends, and in addition to the closest relatives and best friends, it was not suitable to live in Pengjiazhuang, so they all lived in various inns in Qingzhou City, large and small, the inns could not live, and even the Peng family's martial arts hall, car dealers and other places were full of people.

The Peng family has too many friends, they have been operating in Qingzhou for decades, not to mention the other places, that is, there are friends from all walks of life in the local area, and the old lady of the Peng family has to do funerals, so they naturally have to be interesting. There are also many friends from other places, such as business partners and friends in the rivers and lakes who drive horses, open martial arts halls, and engage in transportation; In Huaixi, it belongs to the incense hall and branch altar of Pengzi Mountain Gate; Friends in the rivers and lakes who have been helped and covered by the Peng family over the years; There are also partners in the business after the Peng family began to get involved in shipping and inland trafficking......

These guests, not only the three religions and nine streams, but also countless, Yanggu County's Ximen Qing came, and even Beijing's Xie Chuanzhong sent people to join with generous gifts, which shows the breadth of the Peng family's travels. The old lady of the Peng family had to stop for 7749 days before going out of the funeral, so much time left enough time for the arrival of the guests, and because of this, Peng Ziqi took his daughter all the way north, although it was not convenient to travel due to the flooding of the river, but it was not in a hurry to catch up.

Chen Yunan, a hundred households in brocade clothes, pretended to be a businessman, led Li Renhu, Liu Lintao, Shan Ting, and Li Leming several henchmen, and quietly followed Peng Ziqi to Qingzhou.

But I don't want most of the inns in Qingzhou City to be full, a few people wandered around for a long time, but they didn't find a place to stay, and finally found an inn, it seems that there are still two empty rooms, Chen Yunan is happy, and there is a sudden person next to him: "There are two more rooms?" We're going to get it! Chen Yunan couldn't help but be furious when he heard this!

It was Lin Yuqi from Putai County who spoke, in addition to the two henchmen who came with him, there were also Su Xinchen, the little girl in Hun Tang, Dezhou, and Tang Sai'er, the little girl now, who had received help from the Peng family in the past, and now that the old lady Peng has passed away, how can she come to the door to kowtow and incense.

Su Xinchen is now an adult, and she is becoming more and more beautiful, making young women's clothes, and Tang Sai'er has grown from a baby in the swaddling clothes to a little girl with white lips and red teeth, picturesque eyebrows, pink cheeks and smiles, and everyone loves her