Chapter 31: The End of Disaster Relief
"So what should we do?" Zheng Daji had no idea at the moment, so he could only ask Shangguan Yinling for help.
"Now the only way to send more people to hurry up the process is to presumably at this time the saint's secret guard is hiding in the city, Lord Zheng, now you and I are both cautious."
"Yes, yes, my lord is right, the lower officials will immediately go back and dispatch personnel to speed up the process." Zheng Daji nodded again and again, just a piece of tissue paper in his hand, but it seemed to weigh a thousand catties.
"Even so, it is inconvenient for this official to stay for a long time, so he will go first." Shangguan Yinling straightened his clothes, left quickly, and hurried back to the post station.
At this time, Lu Li was still sleeping at the post station, and when the street was noisy, the sound of moving and demolishing the house kept coming from the window, she was finally woken up, rubbed her eyes, sat up, pushed open the window and looked down.
Good fellows, since they arrived in Baozhou, they have never seen so many people on the street, and all the sturdy men are on both sides of the road, and the whole street and houses have been repaired.
She frowned slightly, no, this Zheng Daji had been prevaricating before, and even gave all the beauties on the tip of his heart to Shangguan Yinling for this matter, he spent so much thought, why did he send someone out to relieve the disaster?
Curiosity drove her to get up, Lu Li dressed neatly, pushed the door and went out of the room, and saw Shangguan Yinling standing in front of the fence, looking down at everyone busy.
"Your Excellency, you are truly divine." The first sycophant when I got up in the morning came so suddenly, "How did you make Zheng Daji relax?" ”
"I don't have the skills." Shangguan Yin Ling curled his lips, "It's just that I was prepared." ”
Zheng Daji pretended to be a Qing official again, but he was not a Qing official, even if he was far away in the capital, after a little inquiry, he also knew what virtue this person was, although it was not as good as seeing it with his own eyes, but it also made him prepare in advance, and asked the saint for this letter of accountability.
The sturdy men in the whole city did not rest, Zheng Daji hurriedly sent people to purchase a lot of materials nearby, the disaster relief funds allocated by the saint were not enough, he took the initiative to pay out of his own pocket, and within five days, the entire Baozhou City had a new look.
At this point, the disaster relief is temporarily over, and the next thing is mainly to rely on the people to become self-reliant and rebuild their homes.
When they returned to Beijing, they would first have to go to the Holy Shrine to reduce or exempt the taxes of the affected people, and punish Zheng Daji, who would return all the stolen money he had embezzled to the people of Baozhou.
Their mission in Baozhou is over, and they will soon leave for Beijing.
Although Zheng Daji said that the warehouse was a lot empty, fortunately, the saint did not issue a new letter of accountability, he was also relieved, and Shangguan Yinling, who had a headache, was about to leave, he was even more overjoyed, and happily prepared a send-off banquet in the private room of the first restaurant.
The group sat at the table, and the prefects of several nearby cities also rushed over, and a few prefects who had enjoyed it for many years and were raised with a big belly were more flattering than one in the face of Shangguan Yinling.
"This natural disaster is thanks to Lord Qincha, if it weren't for you, how would we solve such a big problem one by one, your lord is like our reborn parents, and you will respect Lord Xiaguan for a drink."
Lu Li stood behind Shangguan Yinling, and couldn't help but give a thumbs up to these people's sycophant kung fu.
It seems that her kung fu is still a little bit worse, no wonder it is self-defeating every time, it turns out that Lord Shangguan has heard too many compliments over the years, and he is not interested in her little fight at all.
"Several adults have praised it falsely, since we are the courtiers of the saint, it is reasonable to share the worries of the saint, and I hope that you will be loyal and conscientious in the future, assist the saint in governing one side, and be a good parent official of the people."
Shangguan Yinling's words were heartfelt and heartfelt, but everyone only thought he was talking about polite scenes, and they didn't care.
At night, Lu Li packed his bags and prepared to leave the next day, a figure flashed outside the door, and then, the door next door was knocked, Lu Li had more eyes, and secretly came to the door, listening to the door being opened, and the sound of two people talking in a low voice came into her ears.
"My lord, according to your instructions, I have been sending brothers to investigate near the Zheng Mansion in disguise for the past few days, and I found that the Zheng Mansion often uses carrier pigeons to communicate with people, and look at the direction of the carrier pigeons, as if flying to the capital." Xu Yun reported the scene he had seen in the past few days, "Moreover, I saw a person outside the Zheng Mansion today, who was a little similar to Qin Hai, originally our people were still following, but he was really cunning and didn't follow." ”
"It's time to go to the Zheng Mansion again." Shangguan Yinling frowned slightly, keenly aware of someone watching the excitement and eavesdropping next door, so he simply approached the door next door, reached out and knocked on the door.
Lu Li was listening seriously, when suddenly there was a knock on the door in her ear, which frightened her and jumped back a step with a sudden.
"Now that you've heard that, change into your clothes and come out."
The three of them changed into night clothes, and took advantage of the darkness to sneak into Zheng Daji's mansion again.
This time, they didn't just stay in the backyard, but went to the front yard.
Since the last time the food was stolen, Zheng Daji has hired a lot of good hand-holders, and has been patrolling back and forth at a few posts at night, and a few people are walking to the front hall while carefully paying attention to the surrounding movements.
The lights in the front hall had been turned off at the moment, only Zheng Daji's bedroom was still lit, and the three of them quietly touched over and stopped under the window in the corner.
Along the crack in the window, the three of them looked in, and at this moment Zheng Daji was kneeling in front of the bed, washing his wife's feet.
"Madame's feet are the most beautiful I've ever seen, soft and petite, and fragrant." Zheng Daji took the footkerchief and carefully wiped the water stains on his wife's feet, then put it in his arms to warm up, and sniffed it with satisfaction.
"Come on, you've been talking for ten years, but I haven't seen you run to that flower building less." Mrs. Zheng chuckled, "Now that Lord Qincha is leaving, you don't have to worry about it every day." ”
"Madame is too worried, this Lord Qincha is just saying it nicely, but in fact it is not a good thing, greedy for money and lustful are indispensable." Referring to Shangguan Yinling, Zheng Daji was also quite angry in his heart, he was oppressed by him during this time, and he didn't know how much gold and silver he had lost in his hands, and when he left, he must get it all back.
"My lord, I always feel that this Lord Qincha is not what it seems, you think about it, we have stolen so much grain and have not yet found out who did it, and he has no doubt about the fact that the grain was dropped out of thin air in the people's homes, and he has not even investigated it, isn't it strange? Also, I always feel strange about the letter that came from Beijing the day before yesterday, although it was written by the saint himself, but why didn't the saint directly issue a decree but wrote a letter, the saint has always rewarded and punished severely, if you know that you are not effective in disaster relief, how can it be as simple as a warning? ”
As soon as Mrs. Zheng said this, not only Zheng Daji, but also the three people outside the window were a little stunned.
I didn't expect this Zheng Daji to have such a smart lady by his side.
Several people were hiding, and there was a knock at the door, and a family member whispered outside.
"My lord, I have something important to see."