In the capital, the palace was vying for power, and it was very lively, but a drought began in the south of the Yangtze River. Chen Yuanheng, the prefect of Deqing Prefecture, found that the drought had not been relieved by this time, and it had begun to affect the lives of the people. Fortunately, Deqing was well prepared, had sufficient grain reserves, and the canals were built very well, and drinking water into the fields not only solved the problem of crop planting, but also solved the problem of drinking water for people and livestock. However, because Deqing Province was not affected by the disaster, and the surrounding state capitals were severely affected by the drought, not only did the crops die, but the land cracked into a big gap, like a baby's open mouth, and even the drinking water for people and animals could not be guaranteed.

In this way, more and more people are looking for water sources and come to Deqing. In the beginning, when there were not many victims, the victims who came here were recruited to work in various workshops. Later, more and more people were affected, and all the workshops were full, and the victims had no livelihood, which began to drag down Deqing Mansion.

Chen Yuanheng saw that the situation was wrong, and on the one hand, he hurriedly reported to his superiors, and on the other hand, began to study countermeasures. In fact, most of the officials in Deqing were promoted because they were excellent in the last disaster incident, and they are very experienced in this area. They soon started the project and continued to build the remaining roads in Deqing's plan, of course, with bank loans.

At the same time, the Deqing government began to issue tasks to merchants who came to participate in the fair, and they had to transport grain from other places to sell before they could enter the fair for normal trading. Those merchants from other places had no choice but to transport their own grain stocks at home, or buy a batch of grain from the local area, to Deqing along with the goods that were originally to be traded. As a result, the price of grain in Deqing has not risen significantly because of the abundant supply. Of course, those merchants do not lose money, after all, grain can also make a little money, although it is less, but as long as they do not lose money, they are satisfied, they are counting on the goods they originally shipped to make money.

The construction of the road was a big project, and the victims were quickly resettled. Because the resettlement of the victims in Deqing is very good. The abundance of food caused the nearby victims who had no intention of coming to Deqing to turn around and flock to Deqing. Chen Yuanheng was forced to send the victims to the four counties to which Deqing belonged except for Ancheng. None of the roads in those four counties have been repaired. In this way, there are more projects, and the victims are well resettled.

Hu Shi is not doing it alone like last time, this time she has a hospital, a team of doctors belonging to the hospital, and a large number of hospital servants dispensing, grabbing medicine, and boiling medicine, and they are all proficient. The main thing is that she has been hoarding for several years. Saved a lot of medicinal herbs. There are also medicinal herb shops that have long produced many commonly used pills. At this time, the Hu clan was strong and strong, and immediately began to devote himself to the treatment of the victims.

It's just that this time the victims didn't come to Jiangnan because of the sword disaster last time, and there were many wounds and diseases on their bodies, and this time they were all because of the drought. Therefore, there are not many patients, most of them have problems before, such as back and leg pain, stomach problems and the like. Therefore, there are many fewer patients in Hu than last time.

As soon as the victims came, the Bai family was ready to accept the orphans as early as last time, but there were too few orphans, because this time the victims came out because there was no water, and they all came out together as a family, so there were very few orphans. This made the Bai clan somewhat useless. But after thinking about it, I would rather be idle than have more parents in the world.

In this way, Deqing is like a huge machine, and it starts to move. The victims who fled the famine were resettled in an orderly manner. This drought lasted for a long time. In this process, the busy Chen family received good news, that is, Chen Wenlin, the second young master of the Chen family who was far away in the capital, was admitted to Xiucai.

Although this was expected, when Chen Wenlin's letter came to the Chen family, Chen Yuanheng, the Bai family and Chen Wenhui were still very happy. In fact, Chen Wenlin had already rewarded an official body last time, and he still held a seven-grade Yulu, but this is a reward, and it is vanity without real power. Where is Chen Wenlin, who relies on his own ability to get the show, so it's glorious.

The Chen Mansion gave double the monthly money to all the subordinates for this, and the Chen Mansion was jubilant.

In the capital, Chen Wenlin, Liu Jingyuan, Liu Yan, and Zhao Chongyi are gathering in Chen Wenlin's small house to celebrate Chen Wenlin's status as a talent. In fact, Liu Jingyuan, who has obtained the status of Xiucai like him, is just that they have already gone to Liu's house to eat and drink again. Now it's Chen Wenlin's turn.

At this moment, Zhao Chongyi used all the martial arts he learned to grab food and eat with his friends. Liu Jingyuan is a weak scholar, where can he rob Zhao Chongyi, and Chen Wenlin's skills can be compared with Zhao Chongyi, but Chen Wenlin is the host today, where can he grab food with guests. The second is Liu Yan. Liu Yan has always been light-hearted, and Liu Yan, who is like a fairy character, will not grab food with Zhao Chongyi.

But when the Chen family's dishes were served, they were full of color, flavor, and flavor, and Liu Jingyuan and Liu Yan were both attracted, and they both threw off their arms and grabbed Zhao Chongyi. Chen Wenlin couldn't cry and laugh and said, "Okay, okay, eat slowly, beware of choking." There are a lot of dishes, and my chef is sharp, and I will ask her to add a few more good ones later. Hey, Brother Yi, you often come to my house for dinner, why haven't you eaten enough, and you're still spitting like this. And Brother Yuan, you are a scholar, and you don't care about Sven, how did you become the same as Brother Wufuyi. Oh, my good fourth brother, good brother-in-law, didn't my big sister give you food? How did you become like this? ”

The cook in the small house was trained from Qinghe Building, and when she saw this situation, she immediately copied a few more good dishes. But it was not offered. Chen Wenlin just persuaded them to eat slowly at first, and after persuading them for a while, he found that no one answered his words, and when he looked down, he found that the dishes were almost finished, and he didn't catch a mouthful, Chen Wenlin was angry: "You guys are too unrighteous, you didn't leave me at all." ”

The angry Chen Wenlin also soon joined the ranks of grabbing vegetables. The maids who were waiting on the side all forced themselves to laugh, took the opportunity to avoid the door with the food, squatted on the ground and laughed, of course, silent laughter, the Chen family's family rules are very strict, they don't dare to laugh blatantly. Rao is like this, Lian Jiazi Chen Wenlin and Zhao Chongyi and Liu Yan still heard the movement, slightly embarrassed, paused, still couldn't withstand the temptation of food, and began to grab it again.

In the process of scrambling, four pairs of chopsticks, first Zhao Chongyi's chopsticks and Chen Wenlin's chopsticks fought, you come and go, the moves continue, if Chen Wenhui is here, he will be very happy. After fighting for a while, they found that Liu Yan and Liu Jingyuan were cheaper in this way, so the two-person battle turned into a four-person chopstick battle, and in the end, it was not enjoyable to fight with chopsticks, so they simply didn't eat at all, and began to fist and kick in the house, of course, only Zhao Chongyi and Chen Wenlin, Liu Yan, and Liu Jing couldn't do it, so they hurriedly watched while stepping up to eat food.

When Liu Jingyuan ate a round belly, the melee between the three of them ended, and then he realized that Liu Jingyuan had been cheapened for nothing, and he immediately became angry and began to torture Liu Jingyuan. It took a long time to finish a meal like this.

After the subordinates removed the table, fragrant tea was served, and the four of them sat very lazily, and they all ate their backs. Liu Yan said: "Hey, the image of this king has been destroyed by Brother Lin. However, your food is really delicious, better than the Qinghe Building you opened. Why wouldn't the people brought by the princess cook such meals? ”

Chen Wenlin said: "Of course I won't do it, no one in our mansion has ever eaten this kind of dish." My sister made it all up. ”

Zhao Chongyi said: "Brother Lin, it's good to discuss and marry your sister to me." I saw the portrait of your whole family that your sister sent you a few days ago, and although I am a little younger, I see that I must be a beautiful woman in the future, so marry me. My son hasn't decided yet. Can't you believe in my character? ”

Chen Wenlin immediately punched over and said, "Don't hit my sister's idea." My sister is still young, don't be delusional. I knew you, you just wanted to be able to eat such delicious dishes every day in the future. Hmph, I sue you for two things. ”

Zhao Chongyi asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Chen Wenlin said: "First, my sister also knows a lot of dishes, which are even better than what we eat now. It's so delicious that you can't imagine it. ”

Suddenly, Zhao Chongyi's words flowed out, and he smiled and said, "Great, I must pursue your sister." ”

Chen Wenlin smiled again and said: "The second thing is that you have been excluded by me, don't think about hitting my sister's idea." ”

Zhao Chongyi wailed and said, "Brother Lin, you are really not interesting. ”

Liu Yan has restored his usual image of a cold and beautiful man and said, "Brother Lin, what kind of family are you going to find for your sister?" The Zhongyi Mansion is already one of the best families in the capital, does your sister want to enter the royal family? ”

Chen Wenlin sneered and said: "Others are rare royal, we are not rare, we don't even want our sister to marry into a noble family in the capital." ”

At this moment, even Liu Jingyuan was confused: "You families are all married, do you want to marry the other four families?" ”

Chen Wenlin said: "Don't say it's my sister, it's me and my brother, my parents don't want us to marry a noble daughter. ”

Liu Yan smiled and said: "Your parents are really different, why don't you like noble girls?" ”

Chen Wenlin said: "My parents said that our two brothers should marry a virtuous and capable housekeeper, and it is best not to be from a noble family, even if it is a merchant family. The most important thing is that girls should be of good character, virtuous, and have the ability to be housekeepers. Also, it was stipulated with us that once you get married, you can only have one wife, and you are not allowed to have those concubines and the like. Prevent restlessness at home. ”

Zhao Chongyi was ecstatic: "It's so suitable for me, it's the same as I thought." ”

Everyone looked at him in a strange light.