When the Yellow River burst, the six provinces of the Central Plains became a disaster, and it has occurred for more than half a month.

The will of the imperial court came quickly, and the local officials of the six prefectures took the lead in helping themselves, relieving the disaster, rescuing the people, stabilizing the people's livelihood, and waiting for the arrival of the imperial court's grain, grass and manpower.

This is also a consistent procedure.

Even the grain and grass stored in Luoyang City were transferred and transported to Kaifeng Mansion and Guide Mansion.

It's just that local manpower and material resources are limited, and most of the investment direction is in the prefectures and counties where the population is concentrated and the counties are large.

Chenliu County, and Lanyang County (formerly Wenlangcao County, revised the name of the county, Lanyang County in the Ming Dynasty) and Qi County formed a three-legged situation, occupying the northeast of the entire Kaifeng Prefecture.

This time, Chen Liuxian was unfortunately dragged down by the stupidity of Lanyang County.

The flood of the Yellow River sloping down from the mouth of the river, overflowing the county seat of Lanyang, all the way to the territory of Chenliu County with the momentum and power of sweeping thousands of troops, without giving Chen Liu half a chance to react, the entire county was submerged.

The rolled up debris directly blocked the city wall on one side of the county town to the top of the city wall.

Outside the city wall facing Lanyang County, there are countless errands and people who are carrying away the debris washed by the flood under the city wall.

The official wearing the regular uniform of the seven-grade green robe rolled up and pressed under the belt, and the two sleeves were also rolled up high.

The boots with green soles and green faces were already stained with mud at this time, and the underwear and trousers, which should have been white, were also tightly attached to the legs because they were stained with mud.

This person was Pei Benzhi, the county magistrate of Chenliu County, Kaifeng Prefecture at the time.

Pei Benzhi, who went out of the city yesterday to inspect the disaster situation in the county and did not return overnight, did not rush back to the county seat until this time today, and continued to inspect the dredging work outside the city without entering the city.

"Prefectural Honor."

"You're back."

"The road is slippery here, so the county respects it slowly."

"We're all going to work, don't worry about the county."

Pei Benzhi, who did not have three shifts of officers to open the road to guard, led a family member and a clerk of the county government to walk among the busy crowd outside the city.

And beside him, all the people who saw Pei Benzhi put down the work in their hands, greeted this county honorable person, and reminded him.

Pei Benzhi always has a smile on his face, and greets the villagers, even if he has not slept all night at the moment and is exhausted.

[In view of the general environment,

Join the government for the country, and serve as an official for the people.

This is the truth that Pei Benzhi has been taught by his elders since he was a teenager when he was literate in school, and it is also the life principle that he has pursued to this day.

As an official, the official uniform of the four seasons, the summer and winter are safe, the family is supported, the people of a place are supported, and they should be dedicated to the survival of the people under their rule.

Pei Ben thought about the relief of the imperial court, and how many days would it take to reach Chenliu County, and his feet were in the mud under the city wall, and he didn't feel that there was anything wrong with his official body.

After walking dozens of steps, Pei Benzhi raised his eyebrows, and the smile on his face finally converged, and he couldn't help but show a trace of anger.

The chief and clerk beside him immediately followed the county lord's line of sight.

I saw a few gray-haired old men carrying baskets under the city wall, transporting the mud and sundries that were stuck under the city wall to the low-lying places outside the city.

….

Pei Benzhi immediately stepped forward quickly, and his figure was swaying because of the mud under his feet.

In the blink of an eye, Pei Benzhi was already here.

He snorted coldly, looked around, and couldn't see the officials sent by the county government, so he immediately said in a loud voice: "Who let these old men carry the burden!" The official said that day, the elderly over 50 do not have to carry the burden, such heavy work is left to the young and strong, and the elderly can just pick and choose the sundries!"

Several old people carrying heavy baskets full of miscellaneous items, as soon as they saw the county zun angry, they immediately put down their burdens and stood in place with their heads bowed and their hands tied.

The surrounding people, also because of the anger of the county honor, stopped what they were doing and turned their heads to look here.

In the crowd, there was a rush of panicked footsteps

It came from afar.

After a while, I saw a clay figure who could no longer knock out his original appearance, stumbling from the back of the crowd and crawling in front of the county lord.

"Prefectural ...... County and county, this is not a ...... It's not ......."

The county officials in charge of the dredging of the city wall were already stammering.

A few gray-haired old men over there finally couldn't stand it, and several people walked over with each other holding each other's deep and shallow feet.

"County Honor, it's not their fault."

Pei Benzhi's face was gloomy, his brows were tightly locked, his eyes moved away from the officials of the yamen, and he looked at several old people, with a smile on his face: "A few old men, I said a long time ago, you don't have to carry the burden over fifty, you don't have to be afraid, if these people do things, I will punish them."

Several old people couldn't help but sigh lightly, and looked at Pei Benzhi with gratitude in their eyes.

"The county lords have compassion for us useless old people."

"The county is in our Chenliu County all these years, who dares to say that the county is not good. The people in the yamen are also busy with the county lord all day long for us to stay in the county."

"This time, it's us people, seeing that everyone is busy, they all have skin on their shoulders, they are all their own children, and the old men can't bear it."

Pei Benzhi's brows furrowed and he glanced at the crowd around him.

He didn't suspect that it was the Yamen's servants who were oppressing these people, but things always had to be confirmed.

Pei Benzhi coughed lightly and looked at the official who was covered in muddy water: "Get up, go home and have a hot meal, and come back after resting."

The official didn't want to get up, but still knelt on the ground and lowered his head: "County Zun, the little ones don't go home. You haven't been home since you sent the water, and you have worked hard to stay in the county for us. The small ones can't do the big things like the county honor, but the small ones are willing to stay here and contribute to our Chenliu County getting rid of the flood as soon as possible."

Pei Benzhi's brows furrowed a little tighter.

He stepped forward and lifted the garment from the officer's shoulder.

The officials who have been staying in the yamen all the year round and are not engaged in production have already had their shoulders worn out, and the blood oozing out is mixed with sweat and mud, and it has become pitch black.

Pei Benzhi couldn't help but sigh, straightened up and looked at the crowd around him.

He raised his hands in the air and bowed to the people around him.

"It's because the county is not doing well enough, and everyone has missed this year's spring ploughing, and now they can only work in and out of the city."

….

"Rest assured, this county is Chen Liuzhi County for one day, and you will be with everyone for one day. The imperial court will never leave Chenliu County, yesterday the imperial court came to the letter, the grandson has already brought food to our Kaifeng Mansion, and the imperial court has also sent the Son of Heaven's army to help us."

"If you insist on it, let's carry this flood together."

Pei Xianzun's words are an iron law in Chenliu County, and a promise that will never be discounted.

With Pei Benzhi's encouragement, under the ruined city wall, all the people cheered.

Pei Benzhi smiled and waved his hand, then turned around and walked towards the city with the long and accompanying documents.

When I entered the city, the porridge shops on both sides of the street never stopped since the flood.

Pei Benzhi didn't step forward, and did something that couldn't be defeated by taking a quick porridge test.

Because in Chenliu County, there will be no such thing.

However, there was no smile on his face anymore.

Pei Benzhi looked sideways slightly, and looked at the county yahufang clerk beside him: "How much grain is left in the warehouse?"

The clerk cautiously glanced around, all of them were people working, cleaning houses and roads.

The clerk quietly approached Pei Ben.

Then he said in a low voice: "County Zun, if the relief food from the imperial court does not come, our Chenliu County can only last for five days at most."

Pei Ben's heart couldn't help sinking, although he knew that the county government had been tightening the supply of food these days, but so many people in the entire Chenliu County had to eat, no matter how tight they were, there would always be a day when they were empty.

He just didn't expect that Chen Liuxian now only had five days' rations left.

Pei Benzhi's brows almost collided together: "Can't you tighten it any further?" What does Kaifeng Mansion say, what about the grain in the warehouse? What about the grain stored in the homes of the gentry in the county?"

The clerk's face became a little unsightly, and he shook his head: "County Zun, it can't be tightened anymore, and if it is reduced, the people will have no strength to work."

The government replied with an official letter, saying that it was going to help Lankao County first, and that the disaster was the most serious because of the direct break. It is also necessary to support the officers and men of the guard station, and this part must not be in short supply either. Therefore, except for the first batch of grain in Chenliu County, there will be no more grain in the future.

The gentry and big families in our county have donated these days. The county leader personally led people to go door-to-door to beg for it, and now he has probably got more than 2,000 loads of grain."

Pei Benzhi immediately snorted coldly.

Then, the depression in his heart could only turn into a soft sigh.

Pei Benzhi shook his head: "The Ming Mansion has the difficulties of the Ming Mansion, and when the first batch of grain was delivered, Chen Liuxian was grateful to the Ming Mansion. It's just that we should continue to post to ask for it. As for the territory of the county...... Two thousand quintals of grain?"

Pei Benzhi sneered.

The clerk glanced up at the county honor, and he smelled something wrong.

The clerk hurriedly tugged at the sleeve of the county magistrate's entourage and gestured to his eyes.

Chang Sui coughed lightly, stepped forward lightly, and cautiously tested: "Master, the grandson is already on the road with the relief of the imperial court, and this disaster will always pass. Sir, you haven't been back to the yamen for several days, so let's go back and rest for a while. If something happens to you, our Chenliu County will really be finished."

"No return."

….

Pei Benzhi replied calmly, and then looked at the collapsed houses around him, his eyes full of vicissitudes: "This county has received the grace of the country, has been literate since childhood, and knows the truth of the sage. Fortunately, the Son of Heaven appreciated it, and the official knew the county, and the official knew the county Chen Liu, so he had to guard the Chen Retention for the Son of Heaven, and the disaster would not recede for a day, and the county would not return home for a day."

Chang Sui nodded silently.

I thought that my county lord had forgotten what happened just now.

But he didn't want Pei Benzhi's tone to be cold: "The imperial court has issued three orders, and the grandson has been implementing the apportionment of the mu this year, what he is doing is to make the world peaceful, so that the rich can help the poor." At the moment of such a disaster, do those gentry in this county want the county to take the victims to live in their homes?"

The clerk's heart tightened, and Chang Sui's face was also nervous.

"The county is respectful, the gentry of this county are big...... That's Hefu City and Jingzhong...... Connected ......"

The clerk reminded in a whisper.

Pei Benzhi ignored it completely, and his eyes were already looking at the few houses and courtyards that were the most well-preserved under the flood not far from the city.

"Don't let this county find an opportunity!"

He snorted coldly.

The clerk was completely uneasy, and he became nervous for no reason.

In the past few years, the gentry and big families in Chenliu County have long been suppressed by the county, and almost every month they have slandered and sent them to the capital city, and even responded to the sky.

This is also why his own county respect, obviously doing a good job in Chenliu County, has not moved his nest for almost eight years.

Even, before the flood in Liufu this time, there were already faint rumors in Fucheng that they wanted to get rid of their own county and get them to Guanzhong or even the northwest as officials.

Just as the clerk was worried about the future of his county officialdom, there was a sudden noise outside the city gate.

Pei Benzhi turned his head to look over, and saw that someone was already rushing to the city outside the city gate.

Something is happening.

Pei Benzhi immediately took the paperwork and the long entourage, turned around and walked out of the city.

"Prefectural Honor! County honor!"

"It's the Imperial Court...... The people of the court are coming!"

"His Majesty's pro-army Yu Linwei is here!"

As soon as Pei Benzhi rushed to the city, he heard these people shouting with joy on their faces.

The Son of Heaven is here!

Pei Benzhi's eyes suddenly flashed with a gleam.

He immediately took his robe, spread his legs, and ran out of the city.

Less.

Pei Benzhi, who left the city, looked at the open space outside the city, and a long team was gathering from behind.

The banner of the Son of Heaven's pro-army almost occupied a large area of open space outside the city.

The sun and moon flags, star flags, and Mengbeast flags cover the sky and the sun, and they are displayed in the wind.

The cavalry controlled and harnessed their horses and spread out in all directions.

The soldiers began to look for the high ground outside the city that had not been flooded for too long, and it seemed that they were going to set up camp in Chenliu County.

Truckloads of grain and grass, under the heavy guard, appeared in Pei Benzhi's sight.

In Pei Benzhi's sight, several generals dressed in armor and stomachs, riding war horses majestically, surrounded by their own soldiers and iron horses, approached their side.

Pei Benzhi couldn't hide the joy in his heart, and hurriedly beckoned the county officials outside the city to come forward.

"Pei Benzhi, the magistrate of Chenliu County, has seen all the generals, but the general was sent by the imperial court to help the disaster in this county?"

….

Tang Bi, the commander of the Yulin Left Guard of the Shangzhi Army, who had not been given the position of commander of the Henan Provincial Commanding Envoy, was depressed for several days in Yingtian.

Although the grandson asked people to hand him the message, the left and right guards of Yulin were also controlled by themselves after Yu Ma took up the post of Henan Dusi.

But without the scenery of sitting in a guard station, it still made Tang Bi have some difficult words in his heart.

It's just that Henan Province and other six prefectures have a big flood, and Tang Bi began to be glad that he did not take up the post of Henan Metropolitan Division at that time.

At this moment, the commander of the two guards of Yulin, the pro-army of the Son of Heaven, was sitting on horseback and watching the busy scene under the city wall outside Chenliu County.

looked at Pei Benzhi, who didn't look like a county magistrate in front of him.

Tang Bi smiled slightly, folded his hands, and bowed in the direction of Ying Tiancheng: "This general is ordered by the emperor to be stationed in Chenliu County, and the military horses under his command can help Chenliu County deal with the aftermath of the disaster."

That's what I want!

Pei Benzhi's gaze immediately turned to look at the food brought by Yu Linwei this time.

He rubbed his hands and looked at Tang Bi, who had already turned over and dismounted: "General, the people of this county now have the county government to supply daily rations, and the current disaster situation is more than half a month, and the fields have already missed the spring plowing because of the flood, and the county government granary is ...... now."

Pei Benzhi can see it clearly, don't look at the truckload of grain that Yu Linwei brought this time, it is only enough for the army to be stationed in Chenliu County for a short time.

The grain and grass that the imperial court really gave relief to the local area had to be transported from other places.

Tang Bi looked at the county magistrate of Chen Liuxian in front of him, and smiled slightly: "Pei County, I, Yu Linwei, have been ordered this time, and I will definitely give strong support to Chen."

Only contribute but do not eat.

This is the subtext of Tang Bi.

When the army is outside, the first consideration for the generals is the morale of the army. There is a shortage of food in the army, so how can the army be heartfelt.

Pei Benzhi had long known that there would be such an answer, and with a smile on his face, he motioned for the officers and officials around him to retreat, while he walked lightly to Tang Bi.

Tang Bi's eyes narrowed slightly.

This Chenliu county order, from the first time he saw it, was different from other county orders or prefects in the Ming Dynasty.

Tang Bi first raised his hand to signal Pei Benzhi to be a little impetuous.

Then he turned his head to look at his lieutenants: "The order is that the whole army will camp in a place outside Chenliu County, and all arrangements will be made according to the system. The three battalions in front, on the left, and on the right were to assist Chen Liu."

The generals immediately received the order and arranged them in the army.

At this time, Tang Bi led Pei Benzhi, who was constantly thinking about it, to walk along the city wall.

"I heard that in this catastrophe in the six prefectures, there are dozens of counties in the six prefectures, but only Chenliu County is under the governance of Pei County, the disaster is the smallest, and the people are the most stable."

Listening to Tang Bi's praise, Pei Benzhi smiled slightly, arched his hand, and pointed to the busy people around.

"The reason why we can't do it under the disaster in this prefecture

was worried by the imperial court, it was the people of the county who worked hard, and all the people were united, so that there was what the general said."

Tang Bi shook his head: "Because of his pro-army errands, the general has not been out of Beijing for a long time, but he also knows that I am the local government, if Chen Liu does not have Pei County, there will probably be no praise from the general."

Pei Benzhi shook his head as usual.

Tang Bi said again: "Isn't the grain from Kaifeng Mansion not going to be transported over? How much food does Pei County still have in his hands to stabilize Chen Liumin's heart?"

「…… Three days!" Pei Benzhi hurriedly re-exported and reported three days' rations.

Tang Bi smiled: "What is Pei County's plan? I, Yulin Wei, have been ordered by the emperor, so I just have to cooperate with the local government."

Pei Benzhi turned his head to look at Tang Bi, wanting to see that there was a bit of falsehood in the other party's words.

After a while, Pei Benzhi's eyebrows were a little more murderous: "Open the granary of the gentry of Chenliu, borrow it to store grain, and help the people of this county!"

Tang Bi paused, and also turned his head to look at Pei Ben.

After a long half ring.

Tang Bicai laughed out loud: "Pei Xian is not afraid of losing his head? There is only a one-word difference between borrowing and robbing, Pei County, as an official government, opens the private warehouses of large gentry households, and is not afraid of impeachment?"

Pei Benzhi snorted twice and looked at Tang Bi outside: "The general may not know that this county has been an official in Chen for nearly eight years, and although he has no merit to His Majesty, he has fought an iron-necked title. For the Son of Heaven to guard a county of Li people, this county is fearless!"

Tang Bi immediately applauded.

His eyes lit up at the moment, and he reached out and patted Pei Benzhi's shoulder.

"Good!"

"I'm going to see how hard you are with your iron neck in Chenliu County!"

Shredded pork and rice noodles