Not only Qi Hongkuo, but Wan Lin and the others also stretched their necks curiously and waited to hear Li Dalong's method.

Li Dalong pointed to a young man sitting on his right hand, with a thin figure and a hump-nosed nose, and said, "Gong Rui has a lot of research on all kinds of machinery, just ask him what kind of machinery you want to make." ”

Qi Hongkuo hurriedly stood up and politely bowed his hand to Gong Rui, "Ah, it turns out that Mr. Gong is so knowledgeable!" ”

Gong Rui also stood up hurriedly and said humbly: "Lord Qi is polite!" The students are not talented, but they only know a little bit about machinery. ”

Wan Lincai Gong Rui could see that he was a smart person in his eyes, and said to him very politely: "Mr. Gong has worked hard, I'm afraid I'll have to ask you for more advice." ”

But as soon as he finished talking to Gong Rui, Wan Lin said to Li Dalong with great regret: "It's a pity that you are leaving tomorrow, I'm afraid that we want to ask Mr. Gong the question but haven't finished yet." ”

Li Dalong smiled: "Hehe, Brother Wan doesn't have to worry. I'll lend Gong Rui to you first. ”

"What?" Wan Lin's slightly dimmed eyes suddenly regained their brilliance.

Qi Hongkuo was flattered and said, "Outside the force, do you really want to leave Mr. Gong behind?" ”

Li Dalong looked at Gong Rui and asked, "Gong Rui, are you willing to stay and assist Lord Qi and Lord Wan in researching machinery to help disaster relief?" ”

Gong Rui replied without hesitation: "If you can do something practical for the people, Gong can't ask for it." ”

Li Dalong laughed and slapped the table, "Hahaha, good!" I knew you would! ”

Wan Lin and Qi Hongkuo both cast grateful eyes at Gong Rui, and Wan Lin said: "Brother Li, your subordinates are really full of talents!" No wonder your business is doing so well. ”

Wan Lin said this on purpose, and the person he gave Li Dalong was a wealthy businessman with business all over the country, so it would not be suspicious that he was surrounded by some expert guards and various talents.

Li Dalong glanced at Wan Lin and hooked his lips in understanding.

Since he talked about machinery, Qi Hongkuo couldn't wait to ask Gong Rui for advice.

The two of them switched places with others, sat next to each other, and had a lot of discussion.

Qi Hongkuo said that he doesn't understand machinery is modest, he is a studious person, his hobby is to read books and study water conservancy-related things, and he also has some understanding of machinery.

In the process of discussing with Gong Rui, Qi Hongkuo found that Li Dalong did not boast of Gong Rui's talent.

Although Gong Rui is only in his twenties, he is extremely proficient in all kinds of machinery, Qi Hongkuo just put forward a few hypotheses, and Gong Rui drew a detailed and reasonable sketch for him.

With Gong Rui's help, Qi Hongkuo has gained a lot of confidence in fighting disasters.

Wan Lin also participated in the conversation with Li Dalong, and after learning about Gong Rui's talent, he only sighed that he was fortunate to meet Li Dalong and his party here, which not only saved their lives, but also sent them such an excellent talent.

In the end, the banquet turned into a disaster relief seminar, and everyone made suggestions on how to quickly alleviate the drought, and it was not until the early hours of the morning that everyone went to rest.

Li Dalong and his entourage were not in a hurry to leave, and escorted Wan Lin and others for a while, and after everyone had lunch together, the two groups finally parted reluctantly.

Gong Rui had already helped them draw sketches of several machines, and when they got to the place, they just had to let the blacksmith make things according to the drawings.

This solved a big problem for Wan Lin and Qi Hongkuo.

Their plan was for Wan Lin to work with local officials to solve the livelihood problems of the victims, while Qi Hongkuo and Gong Rui went to dig ditches to divert water, dig wells to get water, and restore crops to life as soon as possible.

Fu Xiaojiu and Bai Yusheng are responsible for the health of the victims, who often have a major disaster and a major epidemic, and they have to prepare for epidemic prevention and protect the health of the victims.

Fu Xiaojiu and Bai Yusheng are worried about the victims, but they are even more worried about Wan Zhang.

Thinking of Wan Zhang's body destroyed by poison, and thinking of Nianzhen and the two young children, Fu Xiaojiu's heart was like a knife.

Bai Yusheng knew that he was not as good as Fu Xiaojiu in terms of detoxification, and he read relevant books whenever he was free these days, and his diligence and studious were all in the eyes of Fu Xiaojiu.

Wan Lin and Qi Hongkuo had interrogated the three water thieves several times, but they refused to speak, and there was no progress in investigating the ghosts.

Wan Lin was forced to have no choice but to let people torture the water thieves, but they were still very hard-mouthed.

Wan Lin and Qi Hongkuo discussed it, the two of them didn't have the energy to waste time on interrogating the water thieves, so it was better to detain the water thieves first, and slowly investigate the matter of finding the ghosts inside, and then spare some energy to focus on these things when the disaster eased a little.

The encounter with the water thieves was a big episode on the road, and the rest of the road was particularly smooth, especially after arriving on land, although they often encountered victims along the way, but they were all safe and sound.

Except for the banquet that everyone thanked Li Dalong for being a little richer, the rest of the meals were very economical, and the remaining food relieved many victims along the road.

After half a month of traveling, the group finally arrived in Linyang County, which is in Wulin Province.

Linyang County is only more than 100 miles away from the state capital Wulin Mansion, and because it is close to the state capital, the disaster situation is slightly stronger than that of other places.

But the streets are no longer as prosperous as they used to be, and most of the people are skinny and have no energy.

When they arrived, Lu Cong, the county magistrate, was leading people to dig a ditch for drinking water in a paddy field that was about to dry up.

Linyang County is a neighboring county of Dongzhou County, where Wan Chang is located, and Wan Lin and others plan to go to Dongzhou County to alleviate the disaster here.

Although the county order was not there, the chief secretary and two officials stayed in the yamen, and as soon as they said that the relief messenger had arrived with a large number of supplies, they hurried to the city gate to meet them.

Wan Lin and Qi Hongkuo knew that they were here for disaster relief and not to put on a show, but they all walked into the city gate, but there was no one in charge to answer them, so they couldn't help but feel strange.

Wan Lin sent someone to inquire, only to know that the county order actually took someone to dig a ditch, and heard that the county order was so pragmatic, Wan Lin and Qi Hongkuo were very pleased.

The chief bookkeeper and the two officials didn't care about the image, and ran all the way out of breath, and before they reached the city gate, they saw the disaster relief convoy.

The chief bookkeeper trembled and knelt on the ground and confessed his guilt loudly: "Little, little one to meet Lord Chincha!" The little one didn't meet you in time, and I hope you will be punished! ”

Wan Lin and Qi Hongkuo stepped out of the carriage, and there was no dissatisfaction on the faces of the two of them, but the chief secretary and the two officials did not dare to look up at them.

Qi Hongkuo said softly: "You guys get up first, I don't blame you with Lord Wan." ”

"Thank you, sir!"

The chief bookkeeper didn't seem to have anger in Qi Hongkuo's tone, so he stood up cautiously.

The three of them are all officials at the lowest level who live in a small county, where have they seen a big official from the capital?

They saw that Qi Hongkuo's appearance was mediocre and he just had an elegant temperament, but when they dared to look at Wan Lin's face, they knew what it meant to be extraordinary and handsome.

Wan Lin saw that although these three people were officials, they were all yellow and thin, and a lot of pity suddenly appeared in his heart.

"I heard that your Lord Lu took someone to dig a ditch, is the place where he went far away from the county seat?"

Wan Lin meant that they didn't go to the yamen either, so they went over to help first.

However, the master bookkeeper was mistaken, and hurriedly said: "The little one has already asked people to go to Master Lu, let him go back to the yamen immediately!" ”

Wan Lin saw that he was both helpless and sympathetic to his frightened appearance, so he said in a gentler tone: "You misunderstood, we didn't want him to come back. We wanted to dig a ditch for him. ”

"Huh?" The chief bookkeeper and the two officials were stunned.

Wan Lin then instructed the others: "Send the things to the county government and leave some people to guard them, and the others will follow us to find Lord Lu, and we will give them more help." ”

The three of them didn't expect that the officials from the capital would help with the work without even drinking tea, and they were all a little flattered, and hurriedly led them in front.

Wan Lin and Qi Hongkuozi discussed it again, and they and Gong Rui took most of the people to find Lu Cong to see the terrain and the disaster.

If the conditions are possible, they can directly dig ditches to divert water, and if the terrain is complex or require a lot of manpower, they will stop digging ditches first, and wait for them to develop a most time-saving and labor-saving plan, or make a labor-saving machine.

Fu Xiaojiu and Bai Yusheng, as well as the accompanying auxiliary officials, stayed in the county government with a few people, who were responsible for distributing supplies and doing some physical examinations and epidemic prevention work for the people.

After assigning their respective jobs, Wan Lin and Qi Hongkuo took people to find Lu Cong.

Lu Cong was digging a ditch in a suburban paddy field in the north of the city, he didn't just use his mouth to direct others to work, he wanted to succeed in diverting water as soon as possible, and regardless of the official's etiquette image, he took off his official uniform, pulled his sleeves and trouser legs, held a hoe and followed everyone to dig pits and plow the ground.

Lu Cong's back was soaked with sweat, and as soon as he wiped his eyes that were fascinated by sweat, he saw a young man running over in a hurry.

"Lord Qiqi, the relief messengers and the convoy have arrived, and the master has asked the little one to tell you, so that you can hurry back to meet Lord Qincha."

When Lu Cong heard this, he immediately put down his hoe, but he was just about to prepare to meet Qincha, but he showed a look of disgust.

"I said I was here for disaster relief, but I'm afraid I'm here to put on a show!"

Lu Cong sighed faintly.

In the past, when he was serving as a county magistrate elsewhere, he had seen with his own eyes how the Qincha who came to provide disaster relief did not do practical things, and only asked to deal with the matter and go back to ask for credit.

But since the Qincha came, he still had to be courteous for a few weeks, but his clothes were soaked with sweat, and he had nowhere to wash, so he could take off his inner clothes and go directly to greet the Qincha in his official uniform.

Lu Cong had just finished dressing, but he saw a group of people and horses rushing towards them with dust and dust.