Lake sees the province of Huzhou City.

Huzhou is not only the largest city in the whole Hujian Road, the largest economic and trade center, in Daning has a pivotal position in the entire southern Xinjiang, before Daning's shipping business was relatively thin and mainly concentrated in the east of the Xinjiang generation, after the destruction of the Nanyue Kingdom, the southern Xinjiang sea area opened up by Daning, especially after the destruction of the Qiuli and the Qiao Kingdom, the entire sea area even became the inland sea of Daning, and the vigorous development of the shipping business became inevitable.

The fleets that came from the original Qiu Li and Riro side would choose to land on the Komi Road, because the North-South Grand Canal leads directly to Huzhou City, and after this rest, they can go all the way north along the Grand Canal, which is extremely smooth.

When the Chu State built the North-South Grand Canal, it should not have thought that one day it would make Huzhou City so prosperous, and it is rumored that the Grand Canal was built at that time just to facilitate the Chu Emperor's southward travel.

Businessmen from all over Daning, and even businessmen from many small countries outside Daning, gather in Huzhou City, and the prosperity here is unforgettable.

The tax revenue of Komido has more than doubled compared to ten years ago, but a flood more than a year ago knocked down this prosperity, and the plague that followed made the entire Komido be shrouded in fear and panic.

The caravan did not dare to go to Huzhou City again, and preferred to take a detour farther to Guangkou City on the other side of the East Road, although the farther away was more expensive, but there was no plague there.

For more than a year, Zheng Zhizhu of the Lake Seeing Daoist Mansion seemed to be more than ten years older than before, and the person who was only fifty years old was already full of gray hair.

He was born in Yanta Academy, and he was a classmate of Lai Cheng, both of whom were deeply loved by the old dean, and in fact it also proves how good the old dean's vision is.

Needless to say, Lai Cheng is already a scholar of the first auxiliary university in the cabinet, in addition to Zheng Zhizhu is Hujian Daofu, there is also Yang Youwei, who had the best relationship with Zheng Zhizhu at that time, and now he is also Junping Dao, Lai Cheng's younger brother Dou Dao, and now it is Lianshan Daodao.

Zheng Zhizhu, who has become a Taoist government in his forties, has caught up with the best time, and the vigorous development of Komi Dao's business has made his political achievements particularly beautiful, if it weren't for this flood and plague, it may not be long before he can be transferred to the cabinet, if he is not willing to return to Chang'an, then he will sit firmly in the seat of Komidao Daofu.

Hujian Dao is in the southernmost part of the original land of Daning, with a vast area and developed waterways.

However, because of the topography, the Grand Canal burst in the territory of Xidong Road, but the terrain on the side of Lake Michi is lower, and most of the damage is in Lake Michi.

Zheng Zhizhu is very courageous and responsible, and at this time he did not complain about anything, nor did he just explain to the imperial court that the embankment burst had nothing to do with Hujian Dao, but immediately ordered the entire army to immediately assemble for disaster relief, and asked Ye Jingtian, the general of the wolf ape in southern Xinjiang, for help.

Less than twenty days after receiving the request, tens of thousands of wolf ape troops had already entered the territory of Hujian Dao, and in another ten days, under Ye Jingtian's order, the guards who came quickly from Dongshu Dao and Xishu Dao also entered.

However, the natural disaster was too severe, and the rescue did not go smoothly.

There are too many rivers in the lake, and the flood rushes into one channel, which leads to the overflow of the second river, and then the overflow of more rivers.

Huzhou City, Taoist Yamen.

Zheng Zhizhu slowly paced back and forth in the room, and more than a dozen officials of Lake Mido stood on both sides, all of them were very nervous and worried.

"Grain transported by land,

Silver for water transport. ”

Zheng Zhizhu turned to look at the Tingwei Mansion Branch Office Qianban, who was standing not far away, and said: "The same batch of disaster relief materials has been tampered with, and these two batches of materials are transferred in the same place...... I don't want to doubt the number of the Sky Ticket, but now the evidence seems to have pointed to the past, you are the Qianguan of the Tingwei Mansion, and the case still has to be reported truthfully. ”

"Humble, understood."

Yan Jianhai's face was extremely embarrassed, but he knew that what Lord Daofu said was right, there was an intersection between the materials transported by land and the silver transported by water, and that was Chong'an County, Jiangnan Province.

The Sky Ticket built a huge freight transshipment warehouse in Chong'an County, Gangnam Province, and all the grain raised from various counties in Gangnam Province was gathered in Chong'an County, and then the grain was transported back by a convoy that rushed over.

Soon after that, the imperial court's appropriation for Jiangnan disaster relief also made a short stay in Chong'an County, and the fleet replenished supplies with the help of the Chong'an County Sky Ticket.

"Your Excellency."

Yan Jianhai hesitated for a moment but couldn't help but say: "My lord, we all know that there can't be a problem with the sky ticket number, if there is a problem, it won't be a problem now, there is obviously something strange in this." ”

He raised his head and said seriously: "Take Yuan Xian'an, the leader of the land transport team, as an example, he was the scout team of the Northern Xinjiang Border Army, and he was the right-hand man of the great general Meng Changan. ”

"For more than a year, Yuan Xian'an has traveled thousands of miles with a convoy, have you seen him recently? The others were already out of phase, and they didn't take a copper coin from our lake, and he and his people ate almost only one meal a day in order to get there. ”

Yan Jianhai's eyes were red: "My lord, do you know what the people are talking about?" ”

He stretched out his hand and pointed back: "Since this morning, the outside of the Tingwei Mansion has been blocked by the people, and the people pointed at our noses and scolded us for being white-eyed wolves, and scolded us for embarrassing the lake. ”

Zheng Zhizhu let out a long breath: "I know, I know." ”

Yan Jianhai continued: "Since the news came out yesterday, the lowly job has been worried, the people know that the food for disaster relief will become sand and gravel will cause trouble, so the lowly job as much as possible to send as many people to the granary to maintain, but no one makes trouble, my lord, our people are lining up to deliver food to the people of the sky ticket number convoy, my people are blocking outside the door for safety, and when they come back, they are dirty, and the people throw mud and rotten vegetable leaves. ”

Yan Jianhai, a strong man who had been killed in the sea of corpses and blood in the Tingwei Mansion from the soldiers to the Tingwei Mansion, was already crying and his eyes were red at this time.

"My lord, do you know, my people were beaten and scolded, but no one complained, yesterday from the granary came back from the granary Baiban was an old man who broke his nose, his face was bloody, and he came back and said to me with a smile, Lord Qianban, I am actually quite happy, I am afraid that our fellow villagers in the lake do not understand what happened to the people in the convoy, they don't understand that we can, and we don't understand those life-saving benefactors, we feel uncomfortable."

Yan Jianhai took a deep breath, took a deep breath, raised his hand and wiped his tears: "But don't worry, my lord, the humble duty is the Tingwei Mansion Hujian Dao Branch, and it is the duty of the humble duty to investigate the case, and the humble duty will not be investigated with bias." ”

Zheng Zhizhu walked up to Yan Jianhai, raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder: "I know that the pressure is on your side now, and the people think that you are a group of white-eyed wolves, a group of white-eyed wolves who are not well fed......"

Zheng Zhizhu's hand is slight

"I have already sent someone to ask the wolf ape general to bring troops over as soon as possible, and you will be less stressed by then." ”

Yan Jianhai leaned over: "As a court lieutenant, you shouldn't say these words, but it's really too uncomfortable, and it feels better to say it, and you can't say it...... After retiring from his humble position, he had to go to the granary to inquire carefully. ”

"There you go."

Zheng Zhizhu sighed.

After Yan Jianhai left, Zheng Zhizhu returned to the main seat and sat down slowly on the chair: "From the beginning of the flood to the present, the materials carried by the Sky Ticket account for more than a quarter of all the materials allocated by the imperial court and raised from various places, and the silver donated directly by the Heaven Ticket Number from each branch has already been millions of taels, so I can't believe that the Sky Ticket Number will make up its mind about the disaster relief materials, and no one wants to believe that this is made by the Sky Ticket Number." ”

After a pause, he said, "After you go back, you must appease the people and try not to exacerbate the situation." ”

Everyone leaned over: "Yes." ”

Zheng Zhizhu sat there in a daze, last night he had already written the fold and sent someone to send it to Chang'an in the morning, but he wrote this fold very hard, he was a Taoist, he must write it fairly and objectively, but he knew that such a fair and objective could be grabbed by others, and a feudal official spoke for a ticket number in the fold, and some people would say that he did not take the benefit of the ticket number.

"Ladies and gentlemen...... Do things well, but ask for a clear conscience. “

Zheng Zhizhu waved his hand: "Go and go to your own business, and distribute the existing grain in the granary as soon as possible, the disaster victims will be even more uncomfortable if they don't have food......

At the same time, the granary.

Fang Shishui, the big shopkeeper of the Daotian ticket number, handed Yuan Xian'an a pot of water, and after a moment of silence, he said: "Have you thought about it yourself, may it be that something went wrong?" ”

"It can only be Chong'an County."

Yuan Xian'an said: "All the grain is raised from the counties and counties of Jiangnan Province, the 200,000 catties of grain, one-third of which is still bought by our ticket number, gathered in the warehouse of Chong'an County waiting for me to take people to transport, we arrived directly after loading, it is impossible for someone on the road to steal so much, there is no chance or ability." ”

Fang Shishui nodded: "The silver transported by water has also passed through Chong'an County, and it is resting and replenishing at the dock of our ticket number, so ......"

Yuan Xian'an's eyes lit up: "So, there is a big problem in Chong'an County." ”

"Who is the big treasurer of Chong'an County?"

Fang Shishui frowned: "It stands to reason that it shouldn't, in such an important place, the proprietor should use his cronies." ”

"The big shopkeeper of the transfer wharf and warehouse in Chong'an County is called Chen Sanyang."

Yuan Xian'an said: "This person is very capable, and he is also very safe, although I have only met once, but it feels good, and I have heard that ......"

Yuan Xian'an looked at Fang Shishui: "When I led the convoy to Chong'an County to transport grain, I heard that this Chen Sanyang's chief shopkeeper is from the same village as An Guogong and a native of Yulu Town, Anyang County, Jiangnan Province. ”

Fang Shishui frowned: "Since Grandpa Guo's fellow countryman, how can there be a problem in Chong'an County?" ”

He asked Yuan Xian'an: "If the grain and silver were exchanged in Chong'an County, can you recall the terrain of our warehouse in Chong'an County, where will the things be transported?" ”

Yuan Xian'an frowned and pondered, and after a while, he drew a sketch on the ground with small stones.

"This is the wharf, and more than two miles behind the wharf is the warehouse, and the warehouse is backed by Dakaishan."