Zhu Zihan is a very assertive person. He analyzed that the imperial court allocated a lot of grain and silver every year due to floods, but the situation was not only not good, but worse, and it seems that there must be something strange in this.

Zhu Zihan finally made a decision. He must rush to the disaster area as soon as possible to find out the real situation. Then solve the problem in a targeted manner.

A large number of entourages walked on the way to the disaster area step by step, but Zhu Zihan himself only brought two entourages and a group of three, disguised as businessmen, and rode horses overnight to go straight to the disaster area.

Accompanying Zhu Zihan: One was a warrior in his thirties with a red face and a heavy beard. This person, Zhang Dahu is strong, powerful, and a five-grade guard with kung fu.

He was carrying a burden, which contained a sword from Shang Fang, an official seal of Lord Zhu and the king's holy decree, as well as clothes and silver for his personal use.

His task is to protect Lord Zhu and the things he has with him. Serve the life of Lord Zhu.

The other is named Wang Xiaolong, who is the same age as Zhang Dahu. He was handsome, thin, capable, witty and flexible. It has the reputation of the world's first sword, and can make a variety of hidden weapons.

His task is also to protect Lord Zhu, and he also has the forerunner of Lord Zhu's actions, the implementer of the plan, and the executive officer of the order.

They walked non-stop. After walking for a day and taking out a little midnight, I stayed in an inn. The people ate and fed the horses, rested a little, and went on the road again.

On the third day of the journey, we were close to the stricken ground. There are a lot of refugees here, all of them are ragged and yellow-skinned.

Hungry and weak, they stretched out their helpless hands and begged passers-by for alms to eat.

Zhu Zihan walked on the streets of the town and found that there were many young and middle-aged people among the begging crowd.

He thought: If all the young and middle-aged people in the disaster area go out to beg for food, who will take care of the rivers and build dams and embankments in the disaster area, and who will farm the land and collect grain? What will the people eat and what will they wear when there is no food?

Zhu Zihan and his entourage entered a restaurant and bought some food. While eating, Zhu Zihan remembered to talk to a local.

At this time, a pretty good little song came into my ears. Looking at the sound, the grandparents and grandchildren who were singing not far away were singing for a few drunken brothers!

When the song was finished, and the girl begged for a reward from them, one of the fellows said, "If this little girl washes her face, will she still be beautiful?"

When the other guy reached out to touch the girl's face, the girl twisted her face to the side, dodging the dirty hand.

The guy was also angry, slapped the girl in the face, and said, "It's your blessing that Lao Tzu can touch your face." ”

The girl's grandfather knelt down in front of the guy and begged, "The child is young and ignorant, and the uncles should not be as knowledgeable as her." ”

Lord Zhu saw this scene and was very angry. He frowned and glanced at Wang Xiaolong.

Wang Xiaolong immediately understood, and he popped an object out of his hand without moving, and hit the guy who hit the person. It was a bone that struck him on the back of his hand, causing blood to flow out. The guy grabbed the injured hand with his other hand and bent down to scream.

The guy who was the first to stir up trouble, and just as he was about to open his mouth to scold, a dirty stump flew into his mouth. Thanks to Wang Xiaolong for not making a big effort, otherwise that guy's mouth would be in trouble.

I saw that the guy was holding his bleeding mouth with his hand, and he was snorting in pain. The other two guys looked bad, grabbed their wounded accomplice and slipped out.

Before leaving, one of the guys left them with a message: "You wait, there will be something for you to see." ”

"Useless things, a bone and a dirt scare you like this.

Get out, grandpa is waiting for you!" Wang Xiaolong said with a smile and contemptuously.

Lord Zhu asked Wang Xiaolong to invite the grandchildren who sang the song over. After the grandfather and granddaughter who sang came over, Lord Zhu bought two bowls of rice for their grandchildren. As they ate, they talked about the people there, what was the situation in the area, and so on.

Zhu Zihan also asked: "Is there any relief grain in the local area?"

"We haven't seen a grain of grain from them. They just have to arrest people and fix this and that. Those who do not pay their wages and do not have enough food to eat, and those who do not go and those who do not have labor have to pay a lot of taxes. The old man poured out his grievances.

Zhu Zihan comforted them and said: "You better go back! Soon the county government will open a warehouse to provide grain." No matter how bad your home is, it's better than being outside.

"If only you could open a warehouse for food relief as you said. The old man said with a look of disbelief on his face.

Zhang Dahu took it and said, "Our lord is Lord Zhu from the capital. He has the final say. ”

"That's great, thanks to the lord!" the old man said in a panic as he knelt down and kowtowed.

Zhu Zihan stepped forward to stop the old man from kneeling and said, "You can tell the other victims to go home!"

Zhu Zihan asked Zhang Dahu to bring some money to the ancestors and grandchildren, and said to them: "Let's go! ”

The father and daughter thanked Master Zhu gratefully.

Zhu Zihan said to Zhang Wang and the others: "Let's go, we still have to hurry!"

They rode on horses and drove for half a day into a county town in the disaster area. There was a depression there, and there was devastation everywhere inside and outside the city. Except for the powerful and powerful, the homes of ordinary people are mostly empty.

In this case, the officials are still scratching errands everywhere. In the beautiful name, it is said that it is for the people to control the river and build embankments.

Zhu Zihan decided to go to the embankment repair site in person to check and understand the situation. Zhang Dahu went to the river embankment with the adults, but Wang Xiaolong took Shang Fang's sword and holy decree to the county government to convey the king's will to the county order.

Wang Xiaolong came to the county government of Dongxian County to beat the drum, and soon the county magistrate was promoted. Wang Xiaolong walked straight into the lobby, and the county magistrate was very annoyed when he saw the comer walking in with high spirits, and he didn't kneel down for himself.

Just as he was about to vent, Wang Xiaolong had already taken out the holy decree and read it out: "The holy decree has arrived!" The county magistrate who was frightened by the holy decree was taken aback, and hurriedly knelt forward.

Wang Xiaolong preached: "The king called: The flood in the south is serious. The special envoy sent Zhu Zihan to deal with it. Everywhere they go, they are subject to moderation, and if they do not comply, they will be severely punished. Chin this. ”

After reading out the holy decree, Wang Xiaolong said: "Zhu Qincha said, immediately open a warehouse and release grain to help the victims, and if there are any more people who die of hunger, they will ask you."

Hurry up and put up notices, distribute food to the victims, let them go home as soon as possible, and take action as soon as possible to control the river and repair the embankment. ”

The county magistrate of Dong County is a donation official, his surname is Bai Shaoding, and he is a county official bought by the old man Bai who has a relationship with the emperor in the neighboring village. Therefore, he has to obey Master Bai in everything. Now let him open a warehouse to release grain, which is really a bit difficult for him.

"Let's act now!" Wang Xiaolong saw Bai County's embarrassed appearance and urged.

Wang Xiaolong saw that Bai Shaoding didn't react, so he glared at Bai Shaoding, who was still hesitating, with his eyes. Say, "Kill the violator!"

Only then did the county order order the subordinates to do so.

Wang Xiaolong said again: "Bai County ordered you to go with me again, Lord Qincha is waiting for you on the embankment construction site now!"

Bai Shaoding's face turned white with fright when he heard this, and his legs became weak. He knew that there were too many problems in the river, and the problems were too big. He hurriedly beckoned someone to carry the sedan chair and hurried to the construction site of the river embankment.

Lord Zhu and Zhang Dahu were rushed to the construction site of the river embankment by the officials. There weren't many people working there, because they couldn't catch anyone who could do it.

There are many overseers. In order to catch up with the schedule, the overseers whipped the migrant workers with whips to get to work.

An old man was moving stones, and the stones were too big to move, and they had a hard time moving, and the stones fell to the ground after a few steps. When the overseer saw this, he walked over and whipped him twice.

The whip was whipped on the old man's back, and the two blood channels were bulging. The old man didn't care about the pain, so he could only endure the pain and pick up the stone and continue to walk forward.

Lord Zhu carried a small stone, stood there and looked around, and was also seen by an overseer.

The overseer walked towards Lord Zhu. When he raised his whip and was about to whip Lord Zhu, he saw the person standing behind Lord Zhu holding a big stone, and his eyes glared at him fiercely as if they were on fire.

The overseer was furious when he saw this, and he didn't dare to pull the whip down, but he pretended to be indifferent and walked away.

Lord Zhu saw Wang Xiaolong coming from afar with Bai Xianling. He stopped what he was doing. He pointed to the river bank and said to Zhang Dahu: "The north bank of the river is higher than the south bank of the river, and the north bank has been repaired with a river embankment, but the south bank is low but nothing has been repaired."

The flood level on the north bank is below the embankment, while the water on the south bank is connected to the water in the fields. Isn't that a strange thing, you say?"

After Master Zhu finished speaking, he walked up to the people who were working next to him and asked, "Fellow, what's the matter?

"You're an outsider, of course, you don't know why. The north shore is Bai Guo's uncle's field, and the terrain is high and must be repaired, and if he does not repair it, he will not need his own money.

The south bank is different, it is the land of ordinary people, and it doesn't matter if the county government is flooded or not!" The young man who was asked took the opportunity to complain.

"Is this simply unreasonable!, no wonder the imperial court allocates money every year, and there are floods every year. Zhu Zihan was very angry when he heard this.

Lord Zhu also inquired about the fact that he was not paid for the construction of embankments and dams, and he was not even given enough food.

Bai Xianling saw from a distance that among the people working, there was a middle-aged man who was well-dressed and had an extraordinary bearing. He concluded that it must be Master Zhu. Bai Shaoding hurriedly came to the embankment repair site.

Bai Shaoding got out of the sedan chair and reprimanded the officials loudly: "You eyes and beadless things dare to offend Lord Qincha, look how I clean you up." ”

He hurriedly greeted Lord Zhu, and apologized: "The lower officials don't know that the lord has arrived, and he has missed the welcome, and he has offended a lot, and his subordinates are polite!"

Master Zhu ignored him. Bai Shaoding saw that Lord Zhu ignored him and said: "Please follow the subordinate officials to the contemptible house, I will pick up the wind and wash the dust for the adults, and suppress the shock!"

"I've got something for you to do as soon as possible. ”

"The subordinate must do as the lord instructs. ”

Master Niu pointed to the embankment and said, "Stop the work on the north bank and repair the embankment on the south bank as soon as possible." ”

"This -- the subordinate official is executed. Bai Shaoding knew that it would not work if he didn't agree, so he had to agree first.

"Did Bai County order you to open a warehouse to help the people?"

"I've arranged it a long time ago. ”

"From today onwards, you will be paid to the migrant workers who build the river embankment and dam. Let them be well fed and work. ”

"Yes, yes, I will do it. ”

Bai Shaoding agreed, thinking in his heart: What can I do about this!

"You should put up a notice as soon as possible to inform the people that they will have food to eat for the embankment and dam, and that they will be paid. It would be much quicker to recruit more people to clean up the river. ”

"Xia Guan understands, I'll arrange it. Bai Shaoding reluctantly agreed.

Bai Shaoding turned around and instructed his subordinates, "You should immediately do as Lord Zhu instructs!"

Bai Shaoding turned around again and said, "Your Excellency came to inspect the embankment in person, which really embarrassed the lower officials. I don't know if the adults are willing to stay in the dormitory, but the officials can listen to the teachings of the adults at any time. ”

"Don't bother Lord Bai, I have my own arrangements for accommodation. What you need to be concerned about is speeding up the construction of the south embankment. When I need you, I'll send someone to find you. ”

Bai Shaoding said yes while agreeing: I don't want you to live in my house!

After Bai Shaoding sent Master Zhu away, he wanted to hurry to the Bai Mansion to report to Uncle Bai Guo. I had to tell Uncle Bai Guo that Lord Zhu asked him to open a warehouse for disaster relief, to pay the migrant workers, and that when Lord Zhu inspected the river, he asked him to stop repairing the embankment on the north bank and renovate the embankment on the south bank.