The Qinjiang River, a vast river basin that gave birth to the entire Daqian civilization, is not as straight as a spear like the Xiang River, and the water is as turbulent as a galloping horse. Instead, it is meandering and has the name of nine twists and eighteen bends, giving people the feeling of being as gentle and quiet as a mother in childhood.

Standing on the dilapidated city walls of Xiangcheng, Nangong Ming and Dongfang Yao had a different feeling. It is also a seaside city, but compared to the rich coastal city, it is a great contrast. The same fertile field, but since the harvest a month ago, no other plants have been planted. The same port is deep, but at the moment it is difficult to see a ship ready to go to sea. It seems that the outlet of the Qinjiang River to the sea has no advantages brought by geographical advantages at all, but is even worse than that of inland cities.

There is only one reason, the flood season is approaching, and the Qinjiang River, which has always been gentle...... I'm going to be angry......

"Alas, this is a flat river and close to the sea, it should be another coastal city, why do I see it full of ruins? Now that there is still some time before the flood season, why do people act in such a hurry?" Nangong Ming looked at the people inside and outside the city under his feet who looked like ants moving, and his heart darkened for no reason.

"Every year it is flooded, flooded and waterlogged, and the land is almost unharvested, so instead of working hard, it is better to grow some wild grass and raise a few sheep. Moreover, the relief food is always a few days late, and if you don't prepare in advance, it will be even more hell on earth. Dongfang Yao put his hands on the back of his head, he was a little surprised by Donghai Mansion, especially the people here.

Although the Dongfang family is in Linzi City, which is hundreds of miles away from here, it is naturally full of power for the adjacent Xiangcheng. Even the city guards here are caught between Yin Zekai and the Dongfang family, which side is the living Hades, and anyone who offends will be unlucky. This place is not as good as the south, it is almost impossible for Yin Zekai to completely control it, and if the Dongfang family, which is one of the four great families, can't even hold it under his nose, then he doesn't have to think about it anymore.

As for the floods of the Qinjiang River, which come as scheduled every year, in a sense, it has always been the Dongfang family that saves the people here for free. It's just that even if the Dongfang family is rich and rivals the country, even if too many people here have not lost their land because of the Dongfang family, but for the mouth of all living beings, no matter how rich the Dongfang family is, it is not enough after all.

Therefore, those who have money and food in the city may still be able to support them temporarily, and wait until the arrival of the Dongfang family and the imperial court to provide disaster relief food, and those poor families who have no food and no land will naturally have to embark on the road of escaping the famine in advance like their ancestors.

After all, disaster relief food for millions of people is less porridge and more monks, rather than waiting to starve, it is better to flee to the rich south to ask for food, as long as you can feed the mouths of the family, how can you not live?

"However, the army here is not satisfactory, and in addition to not being strong enough, it is also well-trained. Nangong Ming patted the battlements on the city wall, although the city wall here is dilapidated and ugly, but none of them were damaged by the collapse, looking at the orderly and strict patrol soldiers at the city gate, Nangong Ming nodded.

"Hehe, if it weren't for the food and clothing provided by my Dongfang family for the garrison here every year, I'm afraid they would have to join the army of deserters. Dongfang Yao wanted to reach out and take out the folding fan from his arms, but he remembered that he had already been asked by Nangong Ming, where was there anything that showed his identity?

"En, I didn't expect the Dongfang family to be so strong?" Nangong Ming paused, but he was very surprised in his heart. The Daqian royal family attaches great importance to the army and will never allow outsiders to participate in it. But unexpectedly, the Dongfang family not only controlled the economy of this place, but even let the army completely infiltrate it.

"Hehe, Xiao Ming don't worry too much, although there is a garrison here, it is also the most insignificant, and every year he takes a lot of help from the imperial court, even Emperor Mingxuan is too lazy to pay attention, so it is better to be a favor and throw the burden to my Dongfang family." Besides, with just the three melons and two dates here, can't he still sleep as an emperor?" Dongfang Yao spoke quite casually, even in front of the public, he didn't mind.

There is no way, who let this be a place where even Donghai Mansion Yin is moved? The people in the city are grateful to the Dongfang family, and the army is the Dongfang family's own people, here, Dongfang Yao is really not afraid of anything.

Compared with Lin Yu's low-key visit, Nangong Ming and Dongfang Yao are a lot more high-profile. Since the two of them entered the city, there have been city guards, general soldiers and other powerful people waiting for a long time. When he settled in the official post house according to the custom, the city guard had already received Yin Zekai's order to secretly guard against the governor to Dongfang Yao and the others.

He is an official here, and he still knows who is the pro and who is the queen. Moreover, even if he didn't say it, he would never doubt that Dongfang Yao already knew the reason, because he didn't know how many spies from the Dongfang family were around him, and instead of being caught, it would be better to simply choose one side and lean on, it would be a big deal to lose his official position and go home to farm, it would be much better than not knowing how he died one day.

"Xiao Ming, in the next few days, all the economic and people's livelihood conditions here will be reported, I have already explained, Yin Zekai and the one behind him may have very few routes here, but there are still some. Let's go around the city and listen to the voices of the people. After Dongfang Yao finished speaking, he went down the city wall and left Nangong Ming alone there silent.

Because of the support of the ancient force of the Dongfang family, he may have a great help for this trip to Xiangcheng, but the Dongfang family is not an official government after all, even if it is deep-rooted, there will always be places that cannot be involved, and many things still depend on what he sees with his own eyes.

In addition, it is now the third day, but the factory guards in the west field have not shown up for a long time, which still makes Nangong Ming feel unsure......

Just as Nangong Ming followed Dongfang Yao down the city, the originally noisy street and the people who were busy with their own things quieted down suddenly.

Nangong Ming stopped to take a look, and found that before a market not far away, people surrounded the three layers inside and three layers outside, especially some ruffians who neither planned to escape nor wanted to find a way, and waited for help.

"Beat him!"

"Oh, yes, hit hard!" ......

"What's going on?" asked Dongfang Yao, who pushed aside the crowd and grabbed a soldier who looked like a captain who was also looking lively.

In fact, as soon as the spontaneous start, the patrol soldiers of Xiangcheng had already arrived at the scene quickly, but for some reason, they had to keep guard against the crowd of onlookers, but they let the few people in the middle fight fiercely.

"Who dragged Lao Tzu, oh, it turned out to be the Oriental Adult, the small, the small ......" The soldier who looked like the captain saw that someone was dragging him, turned around and scolded him, and quickly changed his words after seeing who it was.

"What are you eating, at this time, are you actually here to watch the excitement?Don't you know what you need to stabilize the most?" Dongfang Yao slapped his ears at the soldiers, and couldn't help but scold.

"Hmm...... This, my lord, that ......" The soldier covered his left cheek, humming for a long time but unable to speak.

"Haha, it turned out to be the governor and the Dongfang, and the reason for this is the order of the lower official, hehe. Just as Dongfang Yaoban raised his face, a rather playful voice appeared in the oblique thorn.

"Well, it turned out to be a senior deputy general, and now people are panicking, what do you mean?" Dongfang Yao glanced at a person dressed as a military general next to him, in addition to being a little thin, the lines on his face were also upright, quite the temperament of a soldier.

It's just that this person's words and deeds are quite unworthy of his appearance. It stands to reason that he sat in the position of deputy chief of Xiangcheng City Defense, and was the deputy general in the army, and he was a court official with the same rank as Lin Yu. In the whole Xiangcheng, he is a great official except for the city guard and the general army. But this babbling big-headed soldier is the way of comparing himself to a saint, and he wants to follow the style of a scholar who is knowledgeable and gentle.

There is a small white face wrapped in black chain armor, and I don't know if it was intentional or natural. When he walked, he didn't look like a soldier walking resolutely, but he learned to be a scholar and paced slowly. If these are understandable, then his personal pursuit of Fengyue is even more unacceptable.

This person is lustful, and can be described as extremely lustful. And not starting a family at the beginning of the year is said to be the pursuit of Fengyue, and it is to see one and love one, no matter whether the person is a big girl or a little daughter-in-law, as long as it is eye-catching, you must take action.

But fortunately, this person thinks that he has been educated by a saint, and he is not lewd, but he is not hard to seduce. thinks that as long as you pay a sincere heart, you will be able to win the favor of others.

The result can be imagined, except for the concubines in the fireworks building, almost no women from good families got on his thief ship. It is precisely because of this that Gao Yan is still quite famous in Xiangcheng, at least after tea and dinner, the people have something to talk about.

"Lord Dongfang doesn't know, these days for some reason, there are a lot of martial arts people in the city, especially the Qinjiang Gang of Na Laoshizi, who don't stay in his old nest well, and send people here one by one, which really caused a lot of trouble. I arrested batch after batch, but what people have is silver, and the city guard doesn't dare to be too guilty, no, I did it again today. Gao Yan's mouth opened, as if a ball of bitter water poured towards Dongfang Yao.

"En?Qinjiang Gang?" Nangong Ming frowned, for this Jianghu gang that is as famous as the White Turban Gang and specializes in making a living by waterways, Nangong Ming is naturally familiar with it. However, the helm of the Qinjiang Gang is at the junction of Jiafeng and Donghai Mansion, although this place is the mouth of the Qinjiang River, they will inevitably regard it as important, but they have always been at peace with the people here, and there is no need to come out and cause trouble when the flood season is approaching......

"The meaning of the lower officials, the wicked still have to grind the wicked, since they are causing trouble at this juncture, let them eat the dog, anyway, the people are uncomfortable these days, and now there is a free show, so it's not bad for everyone to see it. Gao Yan was happy, and a pair of small eyes were spinning.

"Xiao Ming?" Dongfang Yao turned his head to look at Nangong Ming, but he didn't expect that the other party also looked at the open space in the crowd with interest.

"It seems to be interesting. Nangong Ming smiled at the corner of his mouth, looking at the old man in the field, his face immediately showed a hint of playfulness......