Just when Han Jiangping was negotiating with Li Wenliang about buying land at Lijiadaokou, Gu Haotian led a large group of men and horses on the way south to Jianghuai.

July is the rainy season in the Huaihe River Basin, and it is also the concentrated outbreak period of floods in the Huaihe River Basin every year. Due to the poor access to the sea, the Huai River flooded almost every year until the Republic of China, and the government was corrupt and incompetent at the end of the dynasty, and the disaster was often magnified several times. As a liberal arts student in later generations, Gu Haotian was relatively clear about this natural disaster, but he did not realize that a natural and man-made disaster was raging not far from the south of Liangshan.

However, when Gu Zhen went to the mountains a few days ago to stay idle, he said that the recent floods in Jianghuai would make a profit if grain was transported to Jianghuai for sale. Gu Haotian suddenly remembered that the Jianghuai disaster may be an opportunity for Liangshan, and Gu Haotian's first thought was the disaster victims everywhere, which was a big burden for the government, but for him, it was a resource in short supply. He immediately summoned Wen Huanzhang and others to discuss, and everyone agreed that this was a good opportunity, but they all agreed that it was far away from Liangshan, and the local social situation was complicated, so it was necessary to make proper arrangements.

After Gu Haotian agreed with everyone, he immediately asked Shi Qian and Duan Jingzhu to take the personnel of the intelligence department to go first, find the supply points along the way and the foothold in the disaster area, and then he dispatched troops to start the first cross-regional large-scale robbery operation since the establishment of Liangshan Park. The logistics department prepared food and medicine, and Du Qian led the team to the south, and the personnel of the Cooper and the commercial office went to Jeju to rent ships and buy food and medicine in case of emergency, and the civil affairs department also dispatched manpower to the south to cooperate, except for the personnel left behind and the necessary boats, the rest of the ships and personnel of the sailor battalion were all led by Ruan Xiaowu and Ruan Xiaoqi to the disaster area, and all the personal guard battalions set off, and the first and second infantry battalions were personally led by the battalion commander to select 50 capable forces to cooperate with the south. On the mountain, Wen Huanzhang made overall arrangements and was ready to resettle a large number of victims at any time, including the resettlement point after the Lijia crossing was obtained.

"Ladies and gentlemen, as the saying goes, train troops for a thousand days, use troops for a while, this time to go south to Jianghuai, it is a huge challenge for Liangshan Manor, the local situation is not familiar, the number of victims is huge, and the resettlement pressure is very great, in fact, the trip to Jianghuai is also a time to test the combat effectiveness of our Liangshan team, everyone must be careful and cautious, and work together to do a good job this time." Gu Haotian made a simple mobilization, and then prepared to go.

Two days after the departure of Shiqian's intelligence office, all the work on the mountain was ready, and Gu Haotian personally led the team to set off, and when they arrived outside Jeju City, they joined the procurement fleet of Kubaek, and the group headed south.

Two days later, Shi Qian sent a letter saying that two supply points would be set up on the way as planned, one was Liucheng Town in the south of Peixian County, and the other was a small town called Liuzhuang in the south of Xiapi City. Gu Haotian immediately ordered Xue Can to take 20 people and some personnel from the Civil Affairs Office and Logistics Office to stay in Liucheng, and ordered Zhu Jing to take 20 people and some personnel from the Civil Affairs Office and Logistics Office to be stationed in Liuzhuang to be responsible for picking up people on the way.

Six days later, the fleet passed Suqian and approached Huainan, but saw that the rain was shining, the river was overflowing, and there were ragged refugees on both sides of the river from time to time heading north. On the afternoon of the 9th, the fleet arrived at the destination - Guishan Town on the edge of the Huaishui, Shi Qian and others had already rented the wharf and hotel, Gu Haotian ordered Ruan Xiaowu to take the sailors and the infantry of the first battalion of Yusheng to strictly guard the supplies on the ship, and his party lived in a hotel near the wharf, and then Gu Haotian recruited relevant personnel for a meeting.

"Brother Shiqian, tell me what you know."

This year's disaster is more serious than in previous years, since the plum has entered the Huaishui River, it has been more than half a month, the water from the north and south flows into the Huaishui, and the downstream can not be discharged, the large and small rivers have skyrocketed, the embankments are broken everywhere, and the people along the coast have been affected, and the government has not done anything, and it seems that the rumors have also taken the opportunity to embezzle the money and grain of the imperial court.

It's the government again! Gu Haotian sighed in his heart, he had already seen the greed of the government in Yishui County in the first half of the year, and this time I am afraid it will not be any better, such a court is rotten to the bone, and he deeply feels that such a government will not leave much time for himself to grow and protect himself.

"Is it good to find a place to put the grain?" The reason why Gu Haotian did not stop in big places like Huaiyin and Sizhou was actually because he wanted to find a village with convenient water transportation to facilitate control and layout.

"I found a few, but I didn't feel very satisfied, the big families in the village, the gentry are very repulsive to us, if it is difficult to get it for a while, even if it is inconvenient to operate the next step." Shi Qian is also troubled by this matter, and he has run many places in the past two days, and he has eaten closed-door soup.

"This is a troublesome matter, there are many people in Guishan Town, and the land is not familiar with the disaster victims and cannot be settled, it is obviously inconvenient for us to transfer the population, you have a good way."

Gu Haotian also felt that this matter was troublesome, this time he brought a large amount of food, if he put grain in an uncontrollable place, the consequences would be unpredictable.

"I have a friend who lives in a nearby place called Dawangzhuang, called Shangguanyi, last year I wanted to come to him, but I met a small official in the hotel in Yuncheng, so I stayed in Liangshan, it is better for me to go to his place to explore, to see if it is convenient." At this time, Ji Sheng spoke.

Shangguan Yi, Gu Haotian immediately recalled this person, he had seen it in a version of the Water Margin, he had defeated Qin Ming and Yu Cheng, two tiger generals, and defeated Wen Zhongrong in thirty times, he was really a tough person, but he didn't expect to go to Huaixi because of him. If you get this person's help, why worry about this great thing.

"How far away is Dawangzhuang, I will go with Brother Yusheng." Gu Haotian couldn't wait to meet immediately.

"It's also around here, wait for me to inquire in the neighborhood, and then report to the petty officials." He replied and hurried out.

Later, Gu Haotian made arrangements for the protection of food and the grasp of information about the victims, and only after a while, he rushed in, and it turned out that Dawangzhuang was on the edge of Hongze Lake in the northeast of Guishan Town, seven or eight miles away. Seeing that it was getting late and the place had been discovered, Gu Haotian decided to visit again tomorrow morning.

After dinner, Gu Haotian, accompanied by Shi Qian and Duan Jingzhu, went to the town to check the disaster situation, Guishan Town is not big, but because it is located on the edge of the Huaishui River, the business is more developed, so there are more victims gathered in the town. A few people walked along the street, but they saw that under the eaves and in the corners of the alleys, wherever they could shelter from the rain, they were crowded with people who were poorly clothed.

"These victims are so difficult, is it possible that no one cares about the government and the squire?" Gu Haotian felt that these people were too miserable.

"I have only heard of Guishan Town, and the Puhui Temple in the west of the town has a limited amount of thin porridge every day, but I have never heard of the rest." The general situation was already known two days earlier.

"Let's go to Napuhui Temple." Gu Haotian let Shi Qian lead the way.

Puhui Temple is in the west, has a history of more than 100 years, but it is a very large temple. A few people entered from the mountain gate, and saw that the main hall and corridor were full of people, and there were nearly a thousand people in this temple, but their neatly dressed group of people seemed abrupt, Gu Haotian knew that there was nothing to see in it, and now he couldn't do anything for them, so he suddenly lost his mood, so he turned around and returned.

A few people were walking gloomily, when they suddenly heard a commotion in front of them, and a few people saw that the noise came from a medicine shop called Jishitang.

"Doctor, you can do well, please save my father, tomorrow I will definitely raise money for medicine with you, otherwise my brother will work for you with all his strength."

"I am the one who opened the hospital, not the one who opened the charity hall, if the people all over the land are like you, my medical center will not be closed and bankrupt."

"Doctor, it's really the stakes of my father's physical illness,......。"

"Hugh talks a lot, go out, go out, I have to treat others."

"You thief can't save him when he sees death, what kind of bird is Jishitang, brother doesn't have to beg him, let's burn this bird's hall to see how he can help the world."

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It was another ugly drama of indifference, Gu Haotian sighed in his heart, but turned around and walked into the medical hall, only to see a pair of young brothers in the lobby, one carrying an old man on his back and glaring angrily at the doctor, and the other pleading in a low voice.

"Get out of the way, someone has come to see the doctor." When the doctor saw Gu Haotian and a few people coming in, he seemed to be emboldened, and his voice became louder.

Gu Haotian walked up to the doctor, took a piece of silver from Bian Xiang that was full five taels, and slapped it in front of the doctor with a "horn".

"Is this ingot enough to cure the disease?" Gu Haotian looked at the doctor in front of him expressionlessly.

"I see that Lang Jun is good-looking, there is no serious illness, this ingot of silver, enough, enough." When the doctor saw a young man in front of him, he thought in his heart that it must be the victim girl who had played too much, and came to ask for tonics.

"I'm not sick, you can take a good look with this old man, if it's not enough, just say it." Gu Haotian pointed to the old man on the back of the young man and said to the doctor.

"Well, show him!" The doctor looked at Gu Haotian in surprise, his mouth wide open enough to stuff an egg.

Looking at the ugly state of the doctor bowing his head to the silver, the two brothers who were breathing fire in their eyes were also stunned for a while.

"Two brothers, it's important to see the elderly, don't delay." Gu Haotian saw the hesitation of the two, turned around and said to them sincerely.

"Brother, this brother is serious."

The young man with the old man on his back said excitedly to the other.

"Ah......h

The elder brother replied blankly, as if he didn't believe it, after all, there are too few good people like this in this world.

"Take these taels of silver with you and buy some things for my husband to make up for his body."

Gu Haotian took another ingot of silver and stuffed it into the brother's hand, and then turned around and went out with the group.

At this time, the elder brother came to his senses, and he hurriedly chased out the door and shouted loudly: "The benefactor has a great name? ”

"The name is not enough to worry about, but if the doctor's medicine fee is insufficient, you can go to the East Gate Linjiang Inn to find me." Gu Haotian turned around and bowed his hand and went to take care of himself.