"Daddy, our food and books have been moved upstairs. The younger brother of Pen, Fun, and Pavilion led www.biquge.info people to block several doors of the house, and the water on the street should not be able to flow in. Ma Luan said to his father Ma Shiying.

Ma Shiying put down the book in his hand, nodded and said, "If this rain doesn't stop, even if there is no water flowing in the street, the stagnant water in our yard will be able to flood into the house." What is your brother doing now? ”

"My brother is supervising the servants to carry water outside." Ma Luan replied.

"What's the use of this, such a heavy rain, a few people there can ...... with buckets Besides, my pond is living water, and it is open to the outside, so what's the use of blocking the door? Your brother likes to do these useless things. Well, how deep is the water in the courtyard outside? Ma Shiying asked again.

"There's only half a step left." Ma Luan replied.

"Alas, this rain will not stop, and in half an hour at most, the house will be flooded." Ma Shiying shook his head and walked towards the door of the room, while Ma Luan followed.

Ma Shiying walked out of the room and into the hallway. As far as the eye can see, the courtyard in front of me has turned into a large pond, and most of the flowers and plants in the garden have turned into aquatic plants.

"The rain seems a little lighter?" Ma Shiying looked up at the sky and said.

"It's a little smaller." Ma Luan also looked up at the sky, although he didn't feel that the rain had become lighter, he still followed Ma Shiying and said so.

However, Ma Shiying's words seemed to be really right, and not long after, the heavy rain really began to get smaller, and about an hour later, the rain actually stopped, and then the sun actually showed its face.

It's just that at this time, the first floor of the small building where Ma Shiying lived had also entered the water, and Ma Shiying had to hide in the small building, bored and waiting for the water to recede by itself. It's just that although the rain has stopped, the water has not receded so quickly. In this way, not for a day or two, the water will not be clean. Ma Shiying also worked as a pro-people official, so he naturally knew what the results would be like from such a heavy rain, so he asked people to find his second son Ma Xi.

"Xi'er, as soon as the water recedes, prepare to buy grain. As a father, he was afraid that food prices would soon skyrocket. My family rushed to buy a little to come in......"

"When the price is higher, sell ......," Ma Xi said.

"Fart!" When Ma Shiying heard this, he immediately scolded, "What nonsense are you talking about? How can my family do such a thing that makes it difficult for the country to make money? Do you want people to point at me and scold me in the future? ”

Ma Xi listened, but he was not too convinced, he just lowered his voice and said: "It is difficult to make a fortune, if you want to say that it is difficult to make a fortune, there are a few people in this court who are not difficult to make a fortune, and I haven't seen anyone get scolded, besides, my family is not a ...... What can you do with scolding? ”

"You idiot!" Seeing that his son dared to refute, Ma Shiying became more and more angry, and scolded, "How can Lao Tzu have such a stupid son as you!" Even if my family does what you say now, how much money can they get? Is my family's reputation worth so much money? ”

"People ......," Ma Xi said.

"People are different from us! How much can people earn by operating like this? How many are we? Besides, we live here, unlike those snakes! There are people in the central part of the country, and no one will scold them for what they do. What about us? We are to do the same as them, and we are afraid that we will be used for ...... right away."

"That's what Daddy said." Ma Luan said, "Brother, you think, the most important thing in my family at this time is that my father will recover." At this time, anything that is not conducive to the recovery of my father cannot be done. Now we can't afford to do something small and big because of the big thing. As long as Daddy can recover, what is this little money? ”

Ma Shiying listened, nodded and said, "You idiot, you don't study hard with your brother!" ”

"Daddy, you are just as good as your eldest brother, how can I not understand it, isn't it just a long line to catch a big fish......" Ma Xi said.

"You ......"

At this time, I saw the housekeeper Zhang Hong poking his head out of the door.

"Zhang Hong, is there something wrong?" Ma Shiying asked.

"Master, there is a student who claims to be surnamed Kong, and he asks to see Mr. Qian Qianyi and Fujian Zheng Zhilong's posts." The butler hurriedly walked out.

"At this time? Did he say anything? Ma Shiying asked with a frown.

"Back to the master, this student only said that there was a big matter to discuss, but he didn't say anything else." The butler replied.

Ma Shiying thought for a while and said, "Please invite this Mr. Kong in." ”

……

"Mr. is not easy to come by." Ma Shiying looked at the half-wet Confucian clothes under Kong Zhang and said, "I came here at this time, I don't know what to see." ”

"Don't dare." Kong Zhang replied, "The younger generation is here for this heavy rain. It is also for the people of Jiangnan. ”

"The old man is only white now, Mr. Kong is afraid that he is looking for the wrong person when he comes to the old man, right?" Ma Shiying Road.

"Boss." Kong Zhang said, "The younger generation took a boat to Nanjing with the eldest son of Zheng Zongbing in Fujian yesterday, and it happened to be this heavy rain. Zheng Gongzi and his students saw the rain and knew that such heavy rain would definitely cause a catastrophe. If no one helps them, the people of Jiangnan are afraid that the dead will have to borrow each other. The younger generation thinks that this is to provide disaster relief, firstly, to have money, and secondly, to have a virtuous organization. Zheng Gongzi has always been a benevolent person, so he told his juniors that he also had a little business in Nanjing, but he could transfer a little money, and he could also transfer more money in Songjiang Mansion. As for the sages who can preside over this. ”

Speaking of this, Kong Zhang stood up and waved to Ma Shiying: "Zheng Gongzi said, if you talk about this matter, there is no sage in Nanjing today who can pass the boss. ”

Kong Zhang's statement about his relationship with Zheng Sen did not surprise Ma Shiying. When Kong Zhang came to visit, he took the posts of Qian Qianyi and Zheng Zhilong, Ma Shiying knew the relationship between Qian Qianyi and Zheng Zhilong's son Zheng Sen, so he could naturally guess it.

"Mr. is overrated, the old man is just a leisurely person in the forest and springs now, where can he have such ability." Ma Shiying said unhurriedly.

Kong Zhang said: "The old man has served in Yanzhou, Henan, and Datong in the past, and has been a pro-people official who deals with practice. He has personally presided over many disaster relief events, and the local people still remember the virtue and ability of the old man. Now in the vicinity of Nanjing, who else can be more experienced than the boss to handle this matter? In the past, Mencius went to Qi, stayed for three nights and then went out of the day, and still said: 'Wang Qishu has made a few moves to me. 'A gentleman can't bear to abandon his king, so generous! The old man had to temporarily hide in Lin Quan because of the eunuch party structure that day. But with the benevolence of the old man, can he really bear to watch the government and politics go wrong, and Li Yuan suffers and does not come out? ”

Having said this, of course Ma Shiying knew that he had to express something, so he sighed and said: "Of course what Mr. Kong said makes sense, but Ma is powerless now." ”

Kong Zhang listened, and bowed again: "Boss, the junior has five thousand taels of silver donated by Zheng Gongzi here." Zheng Gongzi has now gone to Songjiang, and more silver will be sent in the near future for relief of the victims. It's just a matter of disaster relief, and there are a lot of things, and the younger generation can't handle it. I also hope that the old man will come out to preside over this matter for the sake of the common people in the world. Moreover, although the traitorous party in the DPRK and China is still strong, the saint has already awakened to his senses. The return of the righteous man and gentleman to the court is just around the corner. When the time comes, with today's virtue, are you still afraid that you will not be able to return to the court, show what you have learned, and benefit the common people? ”

Ma Shiying knew from his other friend, Ruan Dacheng, that now Zhang Pu was operating Zhou Yanru's reinstatement, and now that the government was in trouble, I heard Ruan Dacheng say that the emperor was also dissatisfied with those ministers in the current cabinet. The possibility of Zhou Yanru's reintegration is already very large. And he also knew that Zheng Sen had a close relationship with the Restoration Society, and many of the activities of the Restoration Society, and even the operation of Zhou Yanru's restoration that Zhang Pu was doing, Zheng Sen was one of the big benefactors. So now Zheng Sen's people told him that if he did this, he would be able to re-establish the court, which is definitely not a lie. Besides, this good thing of using other people's money to make a name for himself is to wear a lantern, where can he find it?

Thinking of this, Ma Shiying also got up and said: "Ma has received the emperor's grace, but now although he is white, how can he watch the people suffer." If Mr. can trust me, the matter will be handed over to Ma to deal with. Ma doesn't dare to say that he must do a good job, but he will do his best and never slack off. ”

Kong Zhang listened to it and said: "The younger generation has thanked the boss on behalf of the people of the world. As he spoke, he took out a silver ticket and handed it to Ma Shiying with both hands, "Your Excellency has made people hold this, and you can withdraw five thousand taels of silver from the Zheng family's shop." In a few days at most, Zheng Gongzi will be able to bring more silver rice from Songjiang. In addition, if the boss is dispatched, the younger generation will only be the first to look forward. ”

Ma Shiying took the bill, glanced at it, and handed it to Ma Luan: "You bring a few people, together with your brother, and immediately go and spend the money, and my family should be able to have hundreds of taels of silver, and then ...... Mr. Kong, who are you there for the old man's disposal? ”

"In addition to the juniors, the Zheng family also has about 30 people in the account room, among whom there are seven people who can recognize words. can be at the disposal of the boss. Kong Zhang replied.

"That's very good." Ma Shiying said, "Then please ask Mr. to call these people to the old man as soon as possible, disaster relief is a major matter, and it is also an urgent matter, and we need everyone's cooperation and tacit understanding." Let's discuss it first and do it together, so that we can do this well. In addition, this is very labor-intensive, and we still don't have enough manpower in our hands today. I want to find someone else......"

Speaking of this, Ma Shiying looked up at Kong Zhang and said, "I want to find Ruan Yuanhai to help, I don't know ......."

"Ruan Yuanhai?" Kong Zhang frowned, and then said, "People say that he is a eunuch who has fallen on a reverse case......"

"Yuan Hai was just confused for a while, but he didn't actually do any great evil." Ma Shiying said, "He actually regretted it deeply. And this person is outstanding, and with his help, he can save more people. ”

Kong Zhang pretended to be very hesitant and thought for a while before saying, "Da Mu said that the disaster relief was all arranged by the boss. Since the elder thinks that this should be done, the younger generation naturally has no objection. ”