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"Lord Lu, now that half a month has passed, it's time to settle the salary. ", said the scribe sent by the river governor.

"Please tell the governor of Qianhe, and when it is finished, all the remaining money will be paid. ”

"Ridiculous, Lord Lu, you don't want to repay your debts, do you? This kind of method is very common in the business field. ", the scribe snorted coldly.

Lu Ming said: "This official is a good talker, please tell Qian Hedu and let him wait for some more time." ”

"There's no money, right? Okay, don't blame us for being rude!"

The scribe sneered, waved his sleeves and left.

Lu Ming shook his head helplessly and sighed softly.

Xu Xiancheng brought a bowl of porridge and said, "My lord, come and eat some porridge, you didn't eat at noon yesterday, and your body will be exhausted if you continue like this." ”

"Thank you. ”

Lu Ming took the porridge and took a sip, and immediately praised: "Good porridge, this bowl of porridge must be made by Sanniang." ”

"Your Excellency, you have lost a lot of weight. ”

There were tears in Xu Xiancheng's eyes, during this time, Lu Ming was frugal, spent all his savings, and almost had nothing left.

Fortunately, there is still food in the yamen, otherwise you will definitely not even be able to eat porridge.

"I'm thin again, won't I? I think I'm supposed to be fine. Lao Xu, don't talk nonsense. Lu Mingqiang said with a smile.

"During this period, Lord Lu had trouble sleeping and eating, and it was really hard to work for the people. ”

"No way, who made me the parent official of Qingyu County? Not in his position, not in his politics, let's go, let's go to the construction site and see if we can keep those workers." ”

"Yes. Xu Xiancheng nodded.

Lu Ming brought people to the construction site again, and found that the river governor clerk was also here, he said a few words to the workers, and then everyone stopped their work, packed up their things and planned to leave.

"Everyone, please stay!"

Lu Ming gritted his teeth, stepped forward, bowed deeply to everyone, and said: "Please don't go, the river is about to connect to the river, if you go at this time, it is equivalent to abandoning all your previous achievements and falling short!"

"That's your business, what does it have to do with us? There is no salary, you let so many of our brothers drink the northwest wind?", the scribe sneered.

"Brothers, go!"

The foreman greeted him, and many workers immediately took the guys and left without looking back.

A worker said guiltily: "Lord Lu, don't blame us for being ruthless, after all, we obey the orders of the governor of the river, if we disobey his orders, our heads will have to move and leave!"

The scribe interjected: "But then again, if Lord Lu is rich, then the situation will be different. ”

"This ......"

Lu Ming's face was ugly, and finally he shook his head and said, "Since this is the case, the official is not reluctant, you can go." ”

"Thank you, sir!"

Many of the workers saluted and took their leave, and quickly left, led by the scribes.

"Adult ......"

Xu Xiancheng wanted to speak and stopped, not knowing what to say.

At this time, a light drizzle began to fall in the sky.

"The rainy season is coming, and we can't afford to fall short. ”

Lu Ming said to Zhao Zhutou: "You go to the villagers and borrow the tools." ”

"What are you going to do, my lord?"

"I'm going to do the final work myself. Lu Ming said.

"Adult ......"

Zhao Zhutou choked a little, and then clenched his fist, "Subordinates obey!"

After finishing speaking, he returned to the county with the officials.

"Lao Xu, you help me take a look at this place, let's figure it out, where to start digging. ”

"Yes, sir. ”

After a long time, Zhao Zhutou and the officials returned, followed by more than 30 villagers, each with a guy in their hands, and walked quickly towards this side.

"Zhao Zhutou, why did you bring the villagers?", Lu Ming asked.

The old man at the head said: "Lord Lu, I heard that those workers are gone, and our fellow villagers have decided to come together to help." ”

"No, this is a construction site, accidents can easily happen, and you shouldn't take any chances. Lu Ming said.

"Lord Lu, look at what you said, you spent so much innocent silver for us folks to deal with Qian Gouguan, we keep your kindness in mind, now that the workers have withdrawn, we should shoulder the responsibility ourselves, how can we drag down the adults anymore?

"Yes!", everyone said in unison.

"You ......", Lu Ming was a little moved.

Zhao Zhutou said: "My lord, let's complete this final project together, although we don't have much manpower, we will definitely be able to complete it before the rainstorm!"

Lu Ming nodded solemnly and said, "Okay, then let's start now!"

"Let's get started!"

......

Half a month later, the river was finally opened, and the people stood on the shore and cheered.

"It's done! We're done! We're going to have a good harvest this year!"

"That's right, we all have to thank Lord Lu for opening up the river, without his generosity, even if the people of the whole county are dispatched, it is impossible to open up a new river before the rainy season comes. ”

"Thank you Lu County Order!"

Everyone saluted and thanked Lu Ming, grateful.

Lu Ming finally showed a pleasant smile and said, "Now I can finally go home and sleep well." ”

The crowd laughed.

This year's rainy season arrived as scheduled.

Heavy rain poured down, the wind howled, and the water level of the Qinghe River rose rapidly, and it was immediately led by the newly opened river into a large river more than ten miles away, preserving the crops.

It rained heavily for ten consecutive days, and suddenly Zhao Zhutou came to report: "My lord, it's not good! The governor of the river ordered someone to blow up the embankment, and the new river channel could not bring a large amount of river water into the river at one time, and all the crops at the bottom were flooded!"

"What did you say!"

Lu Ming stood up, his face was shocked, and he was stunned in place.

"How dare the Governor of the River blow up the embankment?"

"Yes. ”

Zhao Zhutou gritted his teeth, his face was extremely ugly.

"I'm going to kill Qian Hedu!"

Lu Ming roared angrily: "Send the order down, take everyone with you, and raid the house of Qian Hedu!"

Zhao Zhutou immediately stopped Lu Ming and said loudly: "My lord, don't be impulsive! Qian Hedu must have already set up an ambush, if you rashly go to Qian Hedu, you will definitely fall into the net!"

"Qian Hedu, this brute, we have worked hard to open up a new river, and he actually blew up the river embankment and flooded the crops, does he want the people of our Qingyu County to starve to death? I want to kill him! I want to kill her!", Lu Ming shouted hysterically.

"Lord Lu, you must be calm, I understand your feelings, but the gentleman takes revenge, ten years is not too late, and the crops of the villagers are still important now!"

"You...... Hey......"

Lu Ming sat down in his position, "Governor Qian will definitely frame me for the crime, and then embezzle the disaster relief funds sent by the imperial court, what should I do?

"What?

Zhao Zhutou was so frightened that he almost couldn't stand on his feet, and his face showed disbelief.

After a long time, Lu Ming's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said: "Since this is the case, just don't do it, don't stop it, and when the rainstorm is over, I will go to Qianhe Governor to settle accounts!"

"That's true. Zhao Zhutou said.

A few days later, the biggest rainy season of the year finally passed, and the people of Qingyu County stood on the edge of the fields, looking at the crops all over the ground and crying.

"Oh my God! How can this be? Didn't a river channel be opened to divert floodwater? Why did Qian Hedu blow up the river embankment? Does he want us ordinary people to starve to death?"

"Without crops, what will we eat to live, and what will we pay for the grain tax?"

"Heaven is unfair, heaven is unfair!"

Lu Ming's eyes swept over the flooded crops, and said to everyone: "Fellow villagers, the supervision of this official is not effective, so that Qian Gou Guan took the opportunity to blow up the river embankment and flood the crops, this official assures you that you will get the disaster relief money issued by the imperial court to tide over this difficulty." ”

"What's the use of that? The annual disaster relief funds have been embezzled by the prefect and the governor of Qianhe, and even if there is money in our hands, there is not much left, how can we live this life!"

"Believe me, I will definitely give everyone justice!", Lu Ming's expression was serious.

Two days later, the disaster relief money distributed by the imperial court arrived at the Tianci Mansion on time.

On the third day, Lu Ming took the official to the prefect's yamen, but the prefect refused to meet guests on the grounds that he was busy with official business.

Lu Ming had no choice but to go to the River Governor's Mansion.

"Yo! Isn't this Lord Lu? don't come unharmed!"

Qian Hedu greeted him with a smile on his face, looking very enthusiastic.

"Lord Qian, I heard that you sent someone to blow up the river embankment some time ago, but is there such a thing?", Lu Ming asked.

"Nonsense!

Qian Hedu immediately said: "The torrential rain poured that day, and it was because the river embankment could not withstand the flood that it was seriously damaged, allowing the river to flood the crops. ”

Immediately afterwards, Qian Hedu changed his words again: "But I heard from my subordinates that there were several officials from Qingyu County sneaking around on the river embankment that day, I don't know if it will be ......."

"Qian Hedu, don't talk nonsense. Lu Ming said.

"I have evidence here, do you want to see it?", Qian Hedu laughed.

"No, I won't believe it anyway. ”

Lu Ming said: "I am looking for you today, in fact, there is something I want to discuss with you. ”

"Haha...... Lord Lu, are you finally willing to give up your dignity and beg me?", Qian Hedu sneered.

"I have a deal here, and it's a big deal, I don't know if Qian Hedu is interested. ”

"As long as it's buying and selling, there's nothing you're not interested in. ”

Qian Hedu smiled: "But I'm curious, what kind of deal will this be?"

"Your Excellency, please see. ”

Lu Ming approached Qian Hedu and carefully took out an object from his arms, which was a crystal clear gem.

"Jewels!"

Qian Hedu greedily took the gem and laughed, "Not bad!

"My lord, I still have it here. ”

Lu Ming put his hand into his sleeve again and slowly took out the things in it.

"Let me see, let me see!", Qian He Dule blossomed.

However, the next moment, Qian Hedu's eyes widened, and his face was full of horror.

Because what Lu Ming took out was not a gem, but a short sword that shimmered with a cold glow!(To be continued.) )