From Jiangning to Chongzhou to take the post road plus more than 500 miles across the river, Lin Mengde only took two military guards with him to protect, and got the official letter signed by Jia Pengyu in the morning, and set off from Jiangning without delay.

The two accompanying guards were both strong, and although they were tired, they would recover after a rest; Lin Mengde's big legs were grinding the saddle to a bloody blur, and at this time he was drugged, and his ugly forked feet were half lying on the bed board and talking to Lin Bin.

"Cao Ye originally wanted to come over, but he had the title of lieutenant chief at the mouth of the river and couldn't leave; I didn't expect to be so guilty of riding a horse for a day, and I didn't help you, but became a burden to you. ”

"I didn't expect Jiang Li to save Qiao Zhong's family," Lin Jian pulled a chair out of the way and sat down in front of Lin Mengde, "Hu Zhiyong and Hu Zhicheng brothers are quite capable, with their help, it will save a lot of trouble, Uncle Mengde, you can come and give advice for me." I decided to help the disaster here, what is the opinion of Ziang and Xiao Loach? ”

"You've made a decision, and we'll naturally arrange everything according to your decision," Lin Mengde said with a smile, "What do you think?" ”

"At first, I didn't think it was too complicated," Lin Jian said, "The boat is on the river, the wind and waves are evil, and the heart is like a hanging thread, at first glance, there is a great disaster here, more than 20,000 people are drowning, more than 20,000 people are waiting to be fed, and those who have a little responsibility will not stand idly by." ”

"Those who have the world in mind must first have the will to help the world," Lin Mengde said with a smile, "To put it mildly, with the experience of Hong Zepu, if you really let the officials of Chongzhou do nothing, the victims on the island will really disperse on their own?" I don't think it's possible, if people don't have a way to live, what else can't they do? ”

"Indeed, I'm also worried about this," Lin Lian nodded and said, "Xisha Island is just at the mouth of the Yangtze River, and if there is chaos here, the waterway connection between the estuary and Changshan Island will have to be bypassed from Jiyang Lake and Dongjiang River." The Dongjiang waterway is narrow, and the intention of going to sea is easy for the two sides of the strait to detect, and it is within the core control of the water camp in Ninghai Town, and the Dongjiang estuary is facing the Shengsi Islands where the Donghai Kou are entrenched, so there is a great chance of encountering the Donghai Kou ships head-on. In addition, if Chongzhou is in turmoil, it is the luxury family that will benefit the most, and if the Donghai Kou forces are allowed to take the opportunity to intervene in Chongzhou and control the situation in Chongzhou by gathering the victims of the chaos, then the problem will be even more serious to the point of being out of control......"

"Cao Ye and I received a report in the middle of the night, knowing that this matter is not trivial, and immediately sent someone to call Xiao Loach Ye back from the Longjiang Boat Yard to discuss together," Lin Mengde said, "What we are most worried about is this, your trip to Pingjiang Mansion is to prevent the Taihu Lake bandit forces from pulling the luxury family and the East China Sea into the past, of course, you can't let the luxury family and the East China Sea Kou forces intervene in the victims of Xisha Island." ”

Xisha Island is in the middle of the route between Changshan Island and the estuary, and the Dongyang round-trip to Changshan Island is based on Xisha Island, and its geographical location is so important that there is no need to spend time to explain.

Lin Jian knew that Cao Ziang, Lin Mengde, and Ge Cunxiong could figure out the priorities.

"Cao Ye accurately predicted the attitude that Chongzhou County might have towards the disaster victims," Lin Mengde said again, "I'm afraid that you don't have a position on disaster relief in Chongzhou, so you pulled me to knock on the door overnight and enter the city to find Zhang Yubo, and then rushed to the palace of Xiao Xuanchou, who was the inspector, to pull him out of the bed." We took three hundred taels of gold from the treasury and gave it to Xiao Xuanchou as a benefit, and originally only hoped that Xiao Xuanchou could issue an official document first to let you have a position in Chongzhou. Where did you think that this kind of seed is greedy for gold and has no responsibility, and stabbed the matter to Jia Pengyu, the envoy of the inspection. At that time, Cao Ye and I were afraid that Jia Pengyu would make things difficult, so we could only wait for Dongyang to reply, but I didn't expect Jia Pengyu to issue an order without saying a word. Thinking about it in hindsight, Jia Pengyu also had other intentions, but he couldn't care too much. It will be necessary to wait until Gu Wuchen comes back from Dongyang, and then Jiang Ning plans to write a formal official letter, not to mention that it will be delayed for four days. A four-day delay would be too bad for us in Chongzhou. ”

"I went out of Jiangning mainly to prevent the Taihu pirate forces from pulling the luxury family over, but the banner I carried was to raise military resources and salaries for Dongyang Weaving and Training Township Yong, and Dongyang Weaving and Training Township Yong really hoped to receive a large amount of military resources and salaries," Lin Jian said, "Jia Pengyu wrote in the official letter that he wanted me to help the victims of the disaster first, and this is the problem: most of Chongzhou County will use this as an excuse to throw us all the burden of relief for the victims, and Dongyang will not get the food and salary that should be their income, and most of them will complain that I am meddling here......

"Well," Lin Mengde nodded and said, "Jia Pengyu is going to return to his hometown, but the old fox is the old fox after all." ”

Lin Jian nodded: "Jia Pengyu still wants to separate the relationship between me and Gu Wuchen, and the other is to drag Gu Wuchen's back leg in Dongyang to train Xiangyong...... The Chu party was strong, and these old foxes had to back down, but they were unwilling to back down like this. ”

"Speaking of which, there have been some strange rumors in the estuary lately that are worth talking about?" Lin Mengde said.

"What's the rumor worth all the fuss about?" Lin Jian asked.

"Saying that Xun Niang is over seventeen years old and has not allowed anyone, Gu Wuchen will most likely leave her daughter as a bargaining chip to envelop you," Lin Mengde said, "Men are unmarried, women are unmarried, there is nothing to say, we are also speculating in private, but this kind of talk is widely circulated in the streets and alleys of tea shops, and deliberately relies on buying people's hearts, I am afraid that it is not so simple......"

"Don't leave him alone for now, there are always people who like to play conspiracy and tricks......" Lin Jian frowned, such rumors also made him unable to deal with them, Ying Sleeve should have mentioned the meaning of kissing to Gu Junxun, this kind of thing completely depends on the attitude of Gu Wuchen and his wife, but no matter what, Gu Wuchen will not kick him away at this time, and he can only ignore it for now.

"Here in Chongzhou, do you think this is good," Lin Mengde said, "You are only in the name of assisting the local government in dealing with the disaster, and you can ignore the so-called 'raising food to help the victims first' in the official document issued by Jia Pengyu?" ”

"You can't have both fish and bear's paws, and it's too rare in the world to be able to sacrifice harm for profit," Lin Jian said with a wry smile, "This official letter has arrived in Chongzhou County, and Chongzhou County will inevitably push the disaster relief affairs on my head." This time, even if we put a large amount of money out in private, there are still people in Dongyang who will think that we will use the food and salary that should belong to Dongyang to help the victims here. ”

"Since it can't be taken into account, it is also necessary to give relief to the victims," Lin Mengde considered the gains and losses, and still resolutely supported Lin Tie to help the victims on Xisha Island, "Others don't know about Changshan Island, the so-called displaced people are not born diaspora, if these two or thirty thousand displaced people can take root on Xisha Island, if he changes in the future, it will be a great help to Changshan Island." Cao Ye discussed with me, we can't just help the homeless, there are other things to do besides raising hope......" Lin Mengde said this, paused slightly, and said while thinking, "Now that the Hu family is serving you, I think it is the best." The Hu family is a local in Chongzhou, and the Hu family will not be suspicious, and the Hu family is also trustworthy. We can take advantage of the convenience of relief to help the Hu family move to Xisha Island and take root. In this way, even if this matter is completed, you can use the Hu family to ensure your long-term influence on Xisha Island. ”

Lin Jian nodded and said, "It's really feasible, let's deal with the matter of the past two days first, and I'll discuss it with Brother Hu Zhiyong." ”

Lin Jian sent a copy of the official letter of the Inspectorate to Chongzhou County that night, but Chen Kun, the magistrate of the county, still did not show up, and Li Shuyi, the secretary of the household office, took a boat to Xisha Island again.

"Master Lin, Master Geng went back and taught Master Chen a hard lesson," Li Shuyi smiled and cried and handed over the county official document to Lin Xuan, "Chongzhou has been affected by the disaster this time, Chen Zhixian, Master Xiao, Geng County Lieutenant and others have all gone to other places to ask me to come over and follow Lord Lin's orders." ”

Since according to the official letter of the Inspectorate of Justice, it was mentioned that "raising grain to help the disaster first", and Chongzhou County was affected by more than one Xisha disaster, the county decided to completely push the Xisha relief to Lin Lian's head, and Li Shuyi didn't even bring a messenger, so he brought two family members to the island to assist Lin Lian in disaster relief.

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In the night, it rained heavily and the wind swelled, so Lin Jian chose a slightly higher slope of the northeast beach as a relief camp, and there were large bushes on the east side of the camp to block the wind and waves, which was generally safe. It's just that not enough shacks have been built, and most of the victims can only stand in the heavy rain overnight, except for the priority care of the injured and sick.

Lin Jian was wearing rain at the beginning, but soon the rain was drenched, so he took off the rain and wore a soaked official robe to inspect the disaster in the heavy rain. Several polders collapsed in large areas due to heavy rains, and the sediment was carried away by the rushing embankments, as if large tracts of land had disappeared from view overnight. However, these danger areas were alerted in advance, and the people who were placed there were evacuated in time, and there were no casualties.

Lin Jian estimated that even if the local government and county government department finally came up with regulations and policies for the resettlement of displaced people, there would still be many displaced people on Xisha Island; For thousands of years, the peasants' desire for the land and their deep-seated passion for the land were unimaginable.

Lin Jian let the heavy rain wet his clothes, and stared for a long time at the gap that had been washed away by the torrential rain and waves, and from where he stood, the gap was just a deeper black shadow: the unstable sandy terrain, summer storms, and barren land were all harsh natural environments that Xisha Island could not get rid of, but it was not that there was no way to overcome it, it was just that the local government had not fulfilled its due responsibility.

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In the river in the distance, a huge ship rises and falls with the waves, and there are still a few wind lanterns on the side of the disaster relief camp that are not extinguished in the heavy rain, and it looks like faint fireflies from a distance.

Qin Zitan stood in the cabin, ignoring the raindrops that drifted into the cabin, looking at the fire-like wind lanterns of the relief camp on the shore in the distance, and stomped his feet in annoyance, but he didn't expect to be a step too late.

Qin Zitan knew that Xisha Island was seriously affected, so he rushed from Huzhou without delay and joined Du Rong from Weiyang in the Yangtze River in the Huyang County section.

Whether it was instigating the rebellion of the victims of Xisha Island, or infiltrating the extravagant family and the Donghai Kou forces on Xisha Island in the name of Qingfengxing's assistance to the Yamen of Chongzhou County, they all made great achievements.

Qin Zitan had just made contact with the eyeliner deployed in Chongzhou, and knew that the wind disaster on Xisha Island and the reflow of the sea tide had drowned nearly half of the displaced people, and the attitude of Chongzhou County had already been clear, and the local disaster was also serious, so he had no time to take care of these displaced people.

Whether it is a catastrophe or a pandemic, most of the people who can survive are young and middle-aged people who are physically strong, and this catastrophe can be said to be a natural elimination of an elite army for the luxury family in the hinterland near Jiangning. Due to the hostility and rejection of the displaced people by the local government and the inaction of the local government, these disaster-stricken displaced people who had no other way to survive could have easily instigated or co-opted the luxury family, who would have thought that Lin Jian would have taken another step forward!

Regardless of the boat tossing in the wind and waves, Du Rong also stared at the island with a gloomy expression, Lin Jian was already a thorn in their hearts at this time.

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