Ling Xia has been more and more frightened in the past two days, and the more he looks at it, the more angry he becomes, the situation in the disaster area is simply miserable, he has considered that the situation in the disaster area may be very bad, and he has made all kinds of mental preparations, but he never expected that when he really arrived, what he saw was this scene of purgatory on earth.

Ling Xia was angry, Xia Ning'er was even more angry, after inspecting the six disaster-stricken provinces, Xia Ning'er immediately ordered to notify the governor of the ten provinces, the political envoy, and the commander of the military aircraft to report to the Yamen of the Governor's Mansion in Dingyi Province, and after sending someone to give the notice, Ling Xia and they walked towards the Yamen of the Governor's Mansion.

When a group of people rode to the entrance of the Governor's Mansion, they saw that this was a deserted and dilapidated appearance, the Governor's Mansion of the Territory was a two-way mansion, the front hall at the door was the place of the Governor of the Territory, and through the front hall was a garden, there was a rockery in the middle of the garden, and under the rockery was a fish pond.

On the north side of the fish pond is a row of rooms, at a cursory glance, there are about ten rooms, in the middle is a living room, the living room occupies almost the size of three houses, the left side is the study, the right side is the bedroom, the left side of the main house has two guest rooms, as for the five houses on the right, it should be the place where the servants and maids live.

Next to the main house on the north side, there is the courtyard wall of the mansion, under the courtyard wall is a small fence with bamboo, in which many rare plants are planted, there is a row of rooms on the east and west sides of the courtyard wall, on the west side is two kitchens, a dormitory, a warehouse for storing ingredients and firewood, and on the east side there are six side rooms, where the guards rest and live.

It hadn't been cleaned up for at least a month, the floor of the room was full of dust, weeds had grown in the yard, the koi in the fish pond were dying of hunger, and when I walked into the living room and the main hall, I smelled a musty smell as soon as I entered the house, and the cobwebs had begun to form on the doors and windows, and it seemed that no one had come here since the previous governor left office.

Opening the window to let in the air, Ling Xia asked the soldiers to clean up the mansion, and when he saw that there were no female dependents, Ling Xia called Liu Baiyu and asked her to go outside to take a turn to see if there were any girls among the victims who were willing to come here to be maids? As long as you can cook and do laundry, after speaking, Ling Xia instructed that you must choose someone with a clean background.

After hearing the order, Liu Baiyu went outside, the streets outside were full of victims, and learned that Liu Baiyu was here to choose Yahuan, many female victims ran to the front to sign up, Liu Baiyu chose left and right, and finally selected four seventeen or eighteen-year-old girls to be Yahuan, and selected two old mothers in their fifties who were proficient in cooking skills.

Although the four girls were sloppy, thin, and sallow, they were all very delicate in appearance, and all of them had gone to private school, and they knew some poetry and songs, and their families were all killed in the earthquake.

When the four and two old mothers followed Liu Baiyu to the yamen of the Governor's Mansion of the Territory, they knew that it was actually the princess recruiting Yahuan, and when they heard that it was the princess and the concubine who were to be served, everyone was stunned, looked at each other, and showed a trace of disbelief in their eyes.

The names of the four girls are Xiaoying, Xiurong, Lulu, and Chuqing, and the two old mothers are called Li Yang's and Granny Qiu, Liu Baiyu first asked a few of them to boil water and wash up, wash them cleanly, and after changing into new clothes, they brought the six of them to Ling Xia and asked him if he left these people?

Ling Xia looked at a few people, and asked a few words kindly, although Xiao Ying and the four of them were a little nervous, they also answered fluently, the four of them spoke decently, Ling Xia was very satisfied, and then he asked Granny Qiu a few questions, both of them were also decent, at first glance, they were honest and duty-bound people, and after a few words of greeting, Ling Xia nodded, signaling that Liu Baiyu could keep them.

Hearing that several of them were admitted, Xiao Ying and the others were very happy, thanked them gratefully, and the six of them went to the back hall to help clean up the house, and after a few of them left, Liu Baiyu walked up to Ling Xia and reported:

"Don Ma, just now when I went outside to recruit Yahuan, I heard a news that Governor Chen was entertaining guests in the mansion, and the governors of the ten provinces and the political envoys were all drinking in Governor Chen's mansion at the moment."

"Oh? Is there such a thing? Ling Xia frowned.

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In the yamen of the governor of Dingyi Province, Chen Fuchen is entertaining guests, the governor of the ten provinces, He Bu, and the political envoys are all guests, the two long tables are full of various dishes, more than ten kinds of fine wines are placed on the table, and the delicacies are served in turn, steamed crab, beef tendons, roasted whole sheep, fish brain tofu, three-spiced roast goose, sturgeon stewed turtle, and roasted wild goose......

"Brother Fuchen, I heard that you have subdued many grain merchants, and now the three most powerful and powerful grain sellers in Dingyi Province are on the surface someone else's, but the real behind-the-scenes boss is indeed your Brother Fuchen." Li Xiquan said with a smile.

Chen Fuchen chuckled lightly when he heard this: "Brother Xiquan is such a wise ear, although I have a few grain shops here, but I heard that Brother Xiquan has monopolized all the cotton clothes and bedding workshops in the jurisdiction, and he has really made a fortune." ”

"Each other, hehe, in fact, it's not just you and me, all the brothers here are in business." Li Xiquan looked around with a smile, pointed to a few people beside him and teased:

"Brother Liu Xian of Dinger Province opened a few quilt workshops, the moldy and dirty cotton was stuffed into a rag, and a quilt was ready, this kind of quilt can buy a car for a copper coin, but guess how much Lord Liu sells? Fifty copper coins for a bed.

Brother Zhanyun of Dingsan Province and the political envoy of the two joined forces to monopolize the production and sales industry of the camp in the jurisdiction, and the original camp tent of eight copper coins was raised by the two of them by a hundred times, and now if you want to buy a camp tent to avoid the cold, you have to spend at least eight silver coins.

In addition to these brothers, the Zhiqing brother of Dingfu Province let his brother-in-law monopolize the cloth industry, and it costs five copper coins to buy a rag. Brother Xiu started a rice and wheat business, and the price of other people's rice and flour rose from the front, and the price of your rice and wheat also increased from the back. ”

"Everywhere, if you want to say black, in fact, you are all the same." He Zhiqing, the governor of Dingfu Province, took over the conversation with a smile and said: "We can only make up our minds from these daily necessities, but Lord Pei of Dingshi Province has a monopoly on the medicinal materials business, and it was only a few copper coins to give birth to a child in the past, but now I have to spend silver coins to treat a headache and cold." ”

"Don't stare at me, if you want to make a fortune, among our people, Ji Siming, the governor of Dingjiu Province, is the best at doing business, I just monopolize the medicinal herb business, but he occupies all the medical halls, and those who were injured by the earthquake go to the medical hall to see a doctor, no matter whether they are sick or small, they are all ruined by him."

These words immediately caused the surrounding people to laugh, indeed, as a few people said, the earthquake brought them unlimited business opportunities, they reached a tacit understanding, that is, to let the disaster develop, in order to earn a huge amount of money, thinking of the profits, everyone happily drank one by one,

At this moment, someone suddenly shouted at the door: "Princess Xia Ning'er, the new governor of the territory, and the concubine Lingxia have arrived!" ”