Zheng Yiheng secretly scolded in his heart: Just now, let the three eldest show their faces, and still take a credit! It's really hateful! Why didn't he meet the homeless? The more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and his face was full of dissatisfaction!

Everyone continued to discuss, and Zheng Yichen also listened to the discussion, discussing nothing more than the question of how much food should be paid and where to distribute the money and grain. inadvertently caught a glimpse of Zheng Yiheng's face, and smiled secretly in his heart, his face was calm as usual!

Zhang Zimo himself also introduced in Zheng Yichen's ear:

"This time for disaster relief, in addition to the Jiannan Mansion Treasury to provide money and grain, it also requires a part of the gentry and county government from all over the country, so everyone is discussing how much should be paid?"

Zhang Zimo said that he glanced at the people arguing on the field, and suddenly whispered: "Actually, it's just complaining, and then I hope that my family will be a little less." ”

Zheng Yichen smiled and looked teachable, Zhang Zimo and the others present argued for a while, and finally clapped their hands and signaled that the scene was quiet.

"You have also been discussing for a long time, disaster relief is like fighting a fire, but it can't be delayed any longer, everyone still comes to a conclusion. ”

Zhang Zimo's face was serious, everyone quieted down, and they were reluctant to take the lead in speaking, he didn't seem to be in a hurry, and picked up a cup of hot tea.

Xia is not willing to give 1,000 taels of silver to relieve the disaster and reassure the people, and he also asks Mr. Zhang not to be too little, just because Xia's business has been repeatedly in arrears this year, and he has been unable to make ends meet. Xia also wanted to give more, but he really had more than enough to do. "The first big-bellied merchant came out first!

The rest of the businessmen spoke one after another, each with their own donations. When everyone finished talking, Zheng Yichen felt a little more disappointed at the moment, these businessmen and officials of the government, more than 20 people jointly donated only 17,000 taels!

Such a large piece of land, although not to mention how rich it is, is absolutely not enough to scrape together such a small amount of silver! Sure enough, in all dynasties, businessmen are the most desperate group for money.

Secretly glanced at Zhang Zimo, his face was as usual, as if he had known this, but he smiled slightly: "Since this is the case, thank you very much!"

Everyone retreated in turn, Zheng Yiheng glanced at Zheng Yichen coldly, and also got up to leave. Only Zhang Zimo was still looking at the map and checking the intelligence of various places, and he didn't seem to be worried at all!

Zheng Yichen sat cross-legged and drank tea quietly, and the room was unusually quiet for a while. If it is not bad as expected, although the father nominally let himself and Zhang Zimo come to control the water, in fact, he just let him go out to experience the world and accumulate experience!

The big thing must be Zhang Zimo's single-handedly control of the arrangement, and all the two young masters can do is to follow behind and broaden their horizons! But if it is just like this, it will be completely impossible to achieve the goal of his trip. The second child has already had connections, so it will not be difficult to act, and Zhang Zimo will also put him in the corresponding position.

And he has no connections, no money and food, all he can do is to rush to the front line and strive for credit. In this way, it will attract the attention of the father.

If the mountain doesn't come, I'll go to the mountain! I have to fight for the opportunity to get it, and I don't believe that I can't find the opportunity! So I sit down, observe the situation, and we must seize the opportunity!

Until a little guy came in suddenly and secretly said something in Zhang Zimo's ear. Although the voice was small, how could he hide it from Zheng Yichen's ears and eyes, and only heard his soft words: "Sir, Xia Yuanwai, Fan Zhifu and four vendors have invited the second son to Changhui Restaurant!"

Zhang Zimo's face was still calm, and he nodded to indicate that he understood. Turning his head to look, he saw that Zheng Yichen was still sitting down, a trace of brilliance crossed his eyes, and he said with a smile: "Why don't you go to rest when the third prince doesn't take a break?

Zheng Yichen stepped forward and said: "Don't hide it, sir! Although I am young, I came all the way yesterday and saw the people displaced, so I really had no intention of resting. I just want to be able to help the people right away. ”

"It turns out that the young master still has such a strange ambition, but let me underestimate it!" Zhang Zimo put down the book in his hand and was noncommittal.

Sure enough, it's an old fox, but he still doesn't take himself to heart, and treats him as a useless young master! Zheng Yichen scolded secretly, so he made a sad appearance and sighed: "I can only hate the ruthlessness of the flood!"

Speaking of this, Zhang Zimo's inspiration suddenly moved, and he said tentatively: "If the young master has a heart, I do have an arrangement, and a batch of grain will be transported from Fengcheng to Jing'an City today." I have already arranged for the grain guards to be transported over and distributed to the people, is the young master willing to go with him?"

Zheng Yichen said happily in his heart, sure enough, the opportunity came! stepped forward and returned: "But according to Mr.'s orders, I don't know when to leave?"

"Let's go now!" Zhang Zimo closed the book with a serious face, "Young Master must know! This is not for fun, the mountain is high and the road is steep along the way, and if you don't pay attention to it, it will be dangerous." If you had traveled normally, it would have taken only two hours to get there, but according to the letter, it had been raining there continuously. It's hard to determine the length of time!, young master, would you like to go?"

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Jing'an Castle is a city on the edge of a section of the Jingxi River, a tributary of the Sui River, and it is also in the flood range, so you need to go over the mountain and take a trail. The Jingxi River flows into the Sui River at the tail end of the lower reaches, and the water is shallow on weekdays, and the drop is too large to sail a boat! This time, the water suddenly swelled, forming a raging torrent.

After the water washed away the city, it was drizzling for several days. Zhang Zimo was worried that the water would be repeated, so he united with the government to move all the people to higher places. In order to avoid the river embankment being breached, causing greater flooding, and the rain clouds will accumulate in the past few days, and there will be a risk of landslides.

The Shudi Mountain is high and the soil is thick, once it rains for too long, wetting the deep layer, the mountain is extremely easy to form a large-scale collapse.

Driving the horses, Zheng Yichen followed the guards slowly, his eyebrows were worried, the horses marched to the mountainside, looking at the thick gray clouds in front of him, and the corners of his eyes were full of thoughts. The crowd walked on the mountain road, dripping muddy paths, step by step.

Seeing that the sky was getting darker and darker, it was not yet lunch time, but the sky was like afternoon. Zheng Yichen dismounted, stood on the edge of the cliff of the mountain road, looked far away, and looked at the thickening clouds in the valley below, and couldn't help but feel a burst of haze in his heart. It's not easy to just deliver food!

"Third son, don't worry too much, I've already asked an experienced veteran to investigate, and once the news is found, a signal smoke will be released immediately. Wu Yan, the leader of the team this time, stepped forward. He was very puzzled that the third prince of the Hou Mansion actually came with him!

Zheng Yichen nodded, and after getting on the horse, he was still worried: "Mr. Wu, you know that Jing'an City is on the edge of the Jingxi River. The clouds and fog have become like this here! I wonder if it has been raining heavily over there for a long time. And the mountain is steep, and now the soil has loosened a little, so what if there is a landslide in the area where the people are resettled?"