Zhao Hao is here to go to Hairuiyo. As soon as he returned to Tamna Island last month, he learned that Hai Gong had asked several times when he had returned.

After learning the exact date of Zhao Hao's return, Hai Rui asked him to meet in the town of Muddy on the fourth day of the first lunar month, and they did not see each other.

Zhao Gongzi had no choice but to rest, and even crawled to the appointment.

"This area is called Mudpool." Niu Yiqun introduced to Zhao Hao while operating the boat: "The south bank of the lower reaches of the Wusong River is known as the Eighteen Pu, and this mud Pu is the easternmost one. The mud crossing where the prince met in the sea is on the edge of the mud pool. ”

As he spoke, he couldn't help muttering: "Cheng in the sea is really true, why did you choose such a broken place?" ”

"What's wrong with that place?" Zhao Hao asked with interest. It's a shame to say that although he has bought the whole of Pudong, he hasn't set foot in it yet.

"One word, 'poor'. There is a folk song in Shanghai that sings well, 'There is a mud crossing by the mud pool, there are pedestrians passing by the mud road, there are no good clothes and pants, and the singles on the street cry ......'" Elder Niu sang with a voice that was not full of five tones, startling a shoal of gulls and herons.

Zhao Hao almost vomited, but when he sang, people also felt the same.

No, it's more uncomfortable. Because others still have to pretend to enjoy it, and they have to be praised against their will. It's simply triple injury, 361 degrees of abuse.

Having said that, if it weren't for the fact that this broken place is half saline-alkali land and half of the muddy pond, he can pocket the entire Pudong for one or two silver and one acre of land?

In a few moments, a rural wilderness appeared in front of him. Zhao Hao looked intently, and saw a number of sampans and wooden rows parked next to the wooden trestle, but he didn't see the boat of the Ying Tian Patrol.

If it weren't for the guards Cai Xu, Cai Kun and Hai'an waiting at the dock, Zhao Gongzi would have thought that Haigong was late.

After the sand boat stopped, Cai Xu set up the plank, Cai Kun jumped up and helped Zhao Gongzi to the shore.

Hai'an smiled and asked Zhao Gongzi for peace, this all-weather multi-functional old servant, no one has attained the Tao, and the villain like a chicken and dog ascending to heaven is still so simple, calm and reliable.

"Haha, I haven't seen you for a long time." Zhao Hao smiled and took a cloth bag from the guard's hand, stuffed it to Hai An and said, "Get some Korean ginseng, the old man will make up for his body, and he will serve Hai Gong for a few years." ”

"Hehe, Childe is too polite." Hai An also smiled and took it with both hands: "But I have to ask my master, he doesn't nod his head, and the old man doesn't dare to accept it." ”

"I'm not an outsider." Zhao Hao knew Hai'an's personality, and he didn't force him. Smiled and asked, "When did you arrive?" ”

"My grandfather has lived in the town for more than half a month." Haian replied with a smile.

"Huh?" Zhao Hao was taken aback.

"Oh, I just stayed here at night, and I got on a boat before dawn and ran all over the deserted villages and wild water 18 pools in this area." Hai An smiled bitterly: "I went to Huangpu again today, and let the villain wait for the son here." ”

"Hai Gong is really 007, don't fight for your life......" Zhao Hao shook his head helplessly and said: "Then hurry up." ”

"Okay." Hai An responded and led the way.

The water where he wanted to go was even shallower, and Zhao Hao couldn't go to the sand boat he was on, so he could only follow Hai'an on a small sampan and row towards the depths of the reedy river.

The guards also got into the boat and followed closely behind.

~~

Because Zhao Hao was coming today, Hai Rui didn't go far, the boat went out of three miles, bypassed the large area of calamus, and saw a few small boats parked on the water.

The governor's soldiers on a boat saw a ship approaching and looked at it vigilantly. After seeing the group led by Hai'an, he relaxed.

On the other boat, Niu Shishi, who was cow in the canopy of the boat to roast the fire, also poked his head out, and when he saw that it was Zhao Hao, he waved excitedly.

"What about Zhongcheng?" After greeting him, Zhao Hao asked.

"There." Niu pointed ahead.

Following the direction he pointed, Zhao Hao saw Hai Rui and Zhang Zheng, the magistrate of Shanghai. Each of them held a long wooden pole and stood on one side of the shore. There is a long rope between the two wooden poles. Hai Rui straightened the rope, counted the knots on his head, and said loudly: "Four feet wide and seven feet!" ”

When Niu heard the noise, he hurriedly wrote it down on a piece of paper.

Then Hai Jui inserted the wooden pole into the mud, pulled out his feet, got up to the boat, followed the rope to the middle of the ura, sent another rope with a plumb pendant into the water, measured the depth, and said, "Six feet deep." ”

Niu Yishi hurriedly wrote down this data again.

The booklet in his hand was already densely filled with thousands of hydrological data, all of which Hai Rui had measured with a pole and rope......

Zhao Hao asked people to row the boat over and saluted Hai Rui with a smile.

"You're back." When Hai Rui saw him, he said angrily: "Is it that I don't urge you, so I plan to celebrate the New Year in the Li Dynasty?" ”

"That's not going to happen. It's not been nervous for more than half a year, go abroad to relax and relax. Zhao Hao smiled and didn't want to say much. I can't tell Hai Rui that I'm going to win glory for the country and fight the nest of the Japanese Invaders, right?

The two boats were attached together, and Zhao Hao helped Hai Rui to his boat, and at the same time gaged: "Zhongcheng is in a hurry to call me back and drink Ling Gongzi's full moon wine?" ”

"You can't miss it." Hai Rui's old face was red, but he couldn't hide his joy, he was happy to make Zhang last month, it can be said that he was old and happy. Then he whispered to Zhao Hao: "Thank you." ”

"You're polite, it's all Dr. Li's credit, and I didn't help much." Zhao Gongzi said modestly. Hey, why do you feel weird?

Fortunately, Hai Rui's thoughts were not as dirty as his, and he didn't realize the ambiguity in his words. He sat down on the side of the boat, took off his mud-stained official boots, and replaced them with cloth shoes handed by Hai'an.

In fact, his pants and the hem of his robe were all covered with mud. Just changing your shoes doesn't help at all.

Looking at the back of Hai Rui's hand, all the blood wounds were frozen, and his ears and mouth were all cracked. A face that was already black, and a layer of bronze rust was blown by the cold wind. It's almost the same to say that he is an old boatman, how can he still have half the demeanor of the world's first feudal official?

"Zhongcheng, what is this for?" Zhao Hao hurriedly asked Secretary Ma to bring his own skin care oil and handed him a bottle.

"What the hell?" Hai Rui looked at the delicate little porcelain vase.

"Skincare, wipe it on your face to prevent chapping, you see I've been floating at sea for months, and I'm not like you." Zhao Hao said as he demonstrated how to apply skin care products. "We have to be worthy of this face, Zhongcheng."

"Don't, old man smears and powder, what kind of system?" Hai Rui looked at the way he rubbed oil on his face, and felt a chill.

"Love or not." Zhao Hao rolled his eyes, and kindly regarded it as a donkey's liver and lungs. "What is Zhongcheng doing, come here to clear the acres?"

"Fart!" Hai Rui glared at him and said, "Yingtian Shifu has already been cleared, and the old man is measuring the water conditions in this area!" ”

"What are you doing measuring the water?" Zhao Hao put his hands into his sleeves. In the south of the Yangtze River in Layue, the wind is as piercing as the bones. I really don't know how Haigong persevered.

"Control the water." Hai Rui glanced at him, and asked knowingly: "Don't you know about the flood in Susong this year?" You can't just ignore other counties just because your father's county can't be flooded, right? ”

"Oh, it's a flood control." Zhao Hao asked angrily, "Have all the people below gone on strike?" Why do you still use the dignified governor to measure it on the spot? ”

"Strike? I don't dare to borrow their guts. Hai Rui sneered and said, "I didn't use them." ”

"Why not?" Zhao Hao asked puzzled.

"Boy, remember, you must bow down to control the water!" Hai Rui glanced at him and said in a deep voice:

"Dealing with floods is like leading troops to fight, and we cannot be stubborn and inflexible, and stick to the ancient rules and regulations. You can't trust others at will. The reason is that the terrain is high and low, the water flow is slow and fast, shallow and deep, and the situation of the river is curved and straight. It is impossible to understand what it really is without personal observation and measurement. Without a visit to understand the situation, it is impossible to find out the situation thoroughly. ”

"If you can't do it yourself, others will fool you, and when the time comes, you will lose tens of thousands of taels of silver, or you will be defeated. Compared to these serious consequences, what is the point of hard work? ”

"Uh-huh, understood." Zhao Hao hurriedly and obediently was taught.

At work, he and Hai Gong are two completely different styles. Hai Jui is meticulous in everything, he is fully authorized and only asks about the results.

There is no superiority or disadvantage between the two styles, only whether they are suitable or not. Hai Rui is the same type as Emperor Taizu, fierce and capable! There are no problems with every day, and one person can prime minister the overall situation, of course, there is no need to delegate power.

Zhao Hao, an ordinary person with limited energy, is still lazy, of course, he can only motivate and restrain people by establishing a good system, and let others help him work.

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The two called Zhang Zhixian, who was frozen out of his nose, and went to the boat where Niu Yanshi was located.

The boat had a cabin, and in it there was a charcoal basin, and a copper kettle hung from the basin, so that he could drink tea.

The four of them sat around the charcoal basin and talked while baking the fire.

"This year's floods are too serious, destroying city walls, flooding fields, and drifting people and animals. More than one million people were affected by the disaster in Yingtian's ten prefectures, which directly led to the failure of half of the crops. Hai Rui said bitterly: "Fortunately, the disaster relief was timely, and we finally survived." ”

Hai Rui said plainly, but Niu Yanshi and Zhang Zhixian both knew that it was too difficult for Lord Zhongcheng to provide disaster relief for most of the year.

Needless to say, the hardships and tiredness are not afraid of them. But the problem is that in this era, the government's ability to directly provide disaster relief was actually very limited, and even the dignified governor had to count on the powerful families, squires and landlords to donate money and materials to mobilize the people.

If these people don't cooperate, the government won't be able to play at all, and the people will only stare dryly...... This is the sorrow of the small government, and it is also the sorrow of the small people.

In the past, Hai Jui cleaned up the illegal occupation of land, implemented a whip law, tried old cases, and cracked down on local tyrants and inferior gentry. Everything was done loudly, with a beginning and an end, and naturally offended the big landlords in the south of the Yangtze River.

Although the big landlords did not have the courage to retaliate, they took the opportunity to non-violently and non-cooperate, and gave Hai Rui some eye medicine......