After Zhao Zhuang had dealt with all the things, it was close to midnight, and the next first thing was to send away more than 70 boats full of grain safely, Gu Haotian summoned everyone at the wharf to make a temporary explanation, and ordered Ruan Xiaowu, Zhou Yunqing, Yu Sheng, Yuan Lang, and Teng Huan to take a hundred sailors to escort the fleet back to Liangshan overnight, and Ba Sanlang and his seven men and the twenty-five members of the Green Gang who he had just named and left behind also went together.

The rest of the people all took the boat back to Dawangzhuang, more than 200 people got on the boat, it was past midnight, Gu Haotian was waiting to get on the boat, but saw that Zhuang Mingli was still following behind.

"Master Zhuang, why don't you leave, you still want to go back with me." He asked strangely.

"Although the world is big, I am afraid that there is no small place to live, so I implore the petty officials to stay here in order to spend the rest of their lives in peace." Zhuang Mingli knelt on the pier and pleaded, he really wanted to go back with Gu Haotian.

This was beyond Gu Haotian's expectations, but it was not surprising when he thought about it, when the Qiao County Commander found that there was a word, Zhuang Mingli would have no way to live, rather than hiding in Tibet, it was better to follow himself with peace of mind. Thinking that since this Zhuang Mingli is a master, there must be some ink in his belly, and Liangshan happens to lack cultured people, so he moved his mind to accept him.

"Where are you?"

"In the lower Huaiyin clan."

"Then if you go with me, can the old and young Qiao County Order in the family let go?"

"Old mother, wife and children, ......" Zhuang Mingli looked in the direction of Huaiyin, only to see two lines of turbid tears coming out of his eyes, "It's hard to protect themselves, they can only ask for more blessings." ”

Gu Haotian saw his pity, and thought about using him anyway, so it was better to show his favor to the end. Then said:

"The matter of Zhaozhuang will not be discovered by the Qiao County Order in the near future, I will now dial a fast boat with you, hurry to Huaiyin to pick up the family, and go to Dawangzhuang to find me in two days."

Zhuang Mingli was stunned for a moment, then went to Gu Haotian and bowed respectfully, turned around and got on the assigned boat, and rushed to Huaiyin overnight.

Xiao Jiasui stood on the bow of the boat and watched the whole process, and sighed in his heart, he was so old at a young age, and he must be extraordinary in the future.

The fleet left Zhaozhuang, joined Shangguanyi outside, and went straight to Dawangzhuang. Gu Haotian sat on the boat without sleep, from Liangshan south to Huaishui, unaware of nearly twenty days, the season has entered August, autumn is coming, and Huaishui because of the gradual southward movement of the rain belt, the disaster situation is slowly weakening, and the victims are slowly decreasing, he is ready to deal with the matter at hand to Du Qian, and go back to Liangshan to prepare for the exam.

Huaishui and his party have gained a lot. More than 10,000 people provide Liangshan with scarce human resources; Fifty-eight large boats and twenty civilian ships more than doubled the wealth of the Liangshan Water Army at once; The more than 70,000 stone grain and 15 or 60,000 taels of money obtained by Zhao Zhuang not only made the disaster relief capital not a loss, but also made a lot of money; More importantly, he has recruited many talents, Xiao Jiasui is his most unexpected surprise, this is an all-round talent, in his mind and Wen Huanzhang is no different, Yuan Lang, Teng Ji, Teng Ji are all first-class brave generals, Lu Cheng is also good, if nothing else, Shangguan Yi and Taihu Lake Sijie will also become a member of Liangshan.

Thinking like this, unconsciously the fleet arrived at Dawangzhuang, at this time it was not yet dawn, and after a night of fatigue, Gu Haotian let everyone rest.

A good night's sleep, until noon Gu Hao did not get up, and after freshening up, he asked Bian Xiang to call Du Qian and Xiao Rang.

"The petty officials haven't slept all night, why don't they rest more." Du and Xiao stayed in Dawangzhuang last night and did not participate in the operation.

"That's enough, Brother Du Qian, how many people have been affected in the village in the past two days?"

In the past two days, Gu Haotian has focused on the affairs of Zhaozhuang, and the victims have been handed over to Du Qian to deal with.

"But it's less, there are only more than 500 people in two days, and I think this place can be withdrawn in a few days."

"It's almost the same, one is that there are not too many people on the mountain for a while, and the other is that there are not too many people nearby, and the disaster is almost over, and the victims will return to their hometowns. Later, you told Shi Qian and Duan Jingzhu that there was no longer any need for Guishan Town, and asked them to take back all the brothers outside and join them in Dawangzhuang. ”

"I'm going to leave for Liangshan tomorrow to deal with the autumn season, and I asked Xiao to let my brother come over, I wanted you to stay here, but I thought that more than 10,000 people came to the mountain at once, and there were many civil affairs, so you should go back to Liangshan, so let Du Qian's brothers work hard for two more days, and I asked Gu Bo and Ruan Xiaoqi to stay to assist."

The two of them had no objection to Gu Haotian's arrangement, and both nodded in response. Gu Haotian saw that it was still early for lunch, so he and Bian Xiang went to the residence of Fei Bao and the others.

Let's say that Fei Bao and Di Cheng have also gotten up, and the two are sitting in the room talking.

"Big brother, the injuries of the brothers below are almost healed, and I think the disaster relief on the side of the junior officials is almost healed, why should we go back?" Di Cheng asked.

"But I wanted to see that Liangshan, and I got along with the Liangshan brothers in the past two days, and I heard them say that Liangshan was lively and novel, and I was envious in my heart. Besides, this little official's bearing and courage are already extraordinary, and he will not be a thing in the pool in the future, even a shrewd person like Mr. Xiao is also impressed by him. Although our brothers have been comfortable in Taihu Lake, but after all, they are shallow-rooted and narrow-eyed, just like this time, the little Qinggang dares to calculate us, maybe Liangshan is the best way out for our brothers in the future. ”

Fei Bao's idea has obviously been thinking about it for a long time, and when Di Cheng asked, he said what he thought in his heart.

"What the eldest brother said is also that compared to Liangshan's strength, we are just an ant, but will they ask me to wait."

Di Cheng was shocked by the strength that Liang Shan had shown these days, and he thought that he also had some catties and taels, but after coming into contact with the people of Liang Shan, he felt that he was not the opponent of any of them, so he felt a little inferior.

"No, the petty officials can even treat Ba Saburo and Zhuang Mingli preferentially, and we can."

The two brothers were chatting, but they saw Gu Haotian and Bian Xiang coming in from outside.

"Why is the little official here?" The brothers hurriedly got up and greeted them.

"Yesterday, the two brothers helped a lot, and they haven't thanked them in person, but now they are free, so they come over to sit down and express their gratitude."

"The little official has seen the outside, and he said that the life-saving kindness of the two of us has not been repaid, and what do you want to give to thank you."

"Ha, ha, ha." Gu Haotian laughed heartily when he heard this, "I said, I really can't figure it out, and there is no need to pay attention to vulgar etiquette between brothers, but I came here today to discuss with the two brothers." ”

Fei Bao and Di Chengwen said that they looked at each other and had some doubts.

"Liangshan is surrounded by 800 miles of water, most of the safety of the mountain manor lies in the water, now there are only three Ruan brothers in the mountain and water, they really can't take care of the big water, the four heroes of Taihu Lake are all dragons in the water, I have been fascinated for a long time, and I came here today to implore the virtuous brothers to come to Liangshan to help me."

After that, Gu Haotian solemnly saluted the two.

Fei and Di didn't dare to accept the courtesy, so they hurriedly got up to avoid it, but their hearts were extremely shocked, thinking that their brothers were also good at some water kung fu, and they were also thinking about whether Liangshan would accept them, and now the little official actually came to invite them in person. The two looked at each other for a moment, their eyes full of emotion, and then they both bowed.

"My brother was born in a reckless background, and he has no outstanding skills, and now he is valued by the small officials, and we naturally like it, but there are more than 100 fishermen in Taihu Lake who follow my brothers to make a living, and I can't bear to abandon them, I don't know if the little officials can take them in."

Fei Bao was a man of affection, and he knew that without their brothers, those fishermen would be bullied by other forces.

"So I can't ask for it, there is a shortage of people who know water on the mountain now, it's better to go back to Liangshan with me tomorrow, and after arranging a place to live, then send a fleet to pick up people with you south." Gu Haotian helped the two of them up and responded immediately.

After getting the four heroes of Taihu Lake and accepting more than 100 fishermen by the way, Gu Haotian thought that the Liangshan Water Army could add two more battalions, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed. It happened to be noon, and there was nothing important to do, so Fei Bao and Di Cheng returned to their residence, and asked Bian Xiang to call Xiao Jiasui, Du Qian, Xiao Rang, Sun An, Shangguanyi and others to come over, and served a table of wine and food, which was regarded as a celebration of Zhao Zhuang's action.

"Why didn't Shi Qian and Duan Jingzhu come here, I just saw it." Sun An looked at the people in the room and asked a little strangely.

"Just now, the two of them received the instructions of the petty officials and went to Guishan Town to retrieve the personnel." Du Qian returned.

"Take back the personnel, isn't it a petty official who is going back to Liangshan?" Shangguan Yi was a little surprised when he heard this.

"The little official still has important things to do, but he wants to go back first, so he will leave the Du Qian brothers here for a few more days, but these days have caused a lot of trouble to the owner of Shangguan Zhuang." Xiao Rang helped explain on the side.

"I see."

Shangguan Yi responded, but an inexplicable anxiety rose in his heart, and Gu Haotian and Liangshan people got along for a period of time, his heart has already had a sense of identity with Liangshan, feeling like a family, just heard that the little official personally invited Fei Bao and Di Cheng to go up the mountain, at this time suddenly thought that although he and the people of Liangshan got along the longest and cooperated the most, but the two parties were just friends, the little official never opened his mouth to ask each other, and he never confessed, if the little official went back tomorrow, then there would be some more twists and turns, He had to be decisive, and he secretly made up his mind.

Everyone sat down, and after several rounds of wine, Shangguan Yi raised his wine glass and toasted Gu Haotian.

"Little officials, brothers, although I am not very capable of Shangguanyi, but I also have a chivalrous heart, and I have usually done some things to help the poor, but after getting along with the Liangshan brothers these days, I know that I am a well frog who does not know the width of the sky, and Yelang does not know Handa. Today, in front of all the brothers, I ask the little officials to leave a place for me in Liangshan, so that I can live happily with the brothers every day in the future. ”

"I didn't dare to ask for it, I was worried that the owner of Shangguan Zhuang had a big business, and I couldn't bear to give it up, so I kept hesitating, but the owner of Shangguan Zhuang said what I wanted to say but didn't dare to say, it was a big surprise."

"Brothers, there are three more brothers in Liangshan, and three more helps, everyone drinks a cup and congratulates together."

Gu Haotian originally thought that he had to find a suitable time to talk to Shangguan Yi today, but now he took the initiative to bring it up, but it couldn't be better, he was in a good mood for a while, and drank a lot of wine with everyone.

In the evening, Shi Qian and Duan Jingzhu brought people back, Ruan Xiaoqi arrived with a fleet at night, and Zhuang Mingli also arrived with his family the next morning. So Gu Haotian asked Ruan Xiaoqi and Gu Bo to take a team of men and horses and dozens of boats, leaving behind to assist Du Qian and Shangguanyi, and the rest of the personnel took the remaining five or six hundred disaster victims in Zhuangshang and set off back to Liangshan.

The Huaishui disaster relief lasted more than 20 days, and went south in early July, and it was already August when I returned, but it was a miserable wind and rain all the way to the south, but when I went back, it was already an autumn harvest in sight.