Lin Rongyi's family was not idle after eating, Zhang Yiniang led her eldest daughter to the river, and washed the dishes in the cold river water.

Lin Rongyi led his youngest daughter and youngest son to pick up branches and dead leaves along the river, preparing to build a temporary shack against the base of the city wall.

Although Nanjing is located in the south of the Yangtze River, it is still very cold in winter.

Under the cold wind, all the victims huddled together like Arctic penguins to keep warm.

Relatively speaking, Lin Rongyi's family had a good time, after all, they built a simple shack through their own hard work.

But even so, Lin Rongyi, who was lying at the door, was shivering from the cold wind, and he didn't sleep well all night.

I finally stayed up until the next morning, and after eating a large pot of hot porridge at the porridge shop of the second emperor and grandson, I waited at the city gate for the steward who came to receive the people.

As soon as Lin Rong heard his name called, he hurriedly handed the note over, and the steward glanced at it and circled it in the small notebook to confirm it.

Subsequently, more than a dozen people gathered together, and then they walked a few miles along the official road to a huge construction site.

"Lao Liao, someone brought it to you, how many of them are suitable for you?"

"If you can't do the work on your side, send it to another workshop to do something light."

"In short, the Third Emperor Sun has sent a message, as long as people are not lazy and do not steal women, they must not be dismissed for any other reason, and try to give people the opportunity to earn money to eat!"

As soon as Lin Rong heard this, his heart rose with emotion again.

Yiniang is right, the three emperors and grandsons are indeed good people, and they are always thinking about them.

However, what touched him the most was that the three emperors and grandsons were not meaningless charity, but gave them the dignity to eat by strength!

Lin Rongyi's lie leaked when he took the brick thrown by Lao Liao, but Lao Liao did not demolish him, but explained why he did this and why he did that while building the wall.

Lin Rong listened very carefully and learned very quickly, and it didn't take him a morning to do his job well.

This made Lao Liao very happy, and he felt that he had found a good apprentice.

Therefore, during lunch, he not only greeted Lin Rongyi warmly, but also took him to the canteen to eat.

Lin Rongyi followed Lao Liao to a shanty made of simple wooden planks, and saw that there were tables and stools in it, and his eyes were as wide as copper bells.

In his cognition, he never thought that there was such a thing as a canteen on the construction site.

Shouldn't this thing be like a porridge shed, just put a big pot on the ground and then everyone just gather around the cauldron to deal with it?

Lao Liao likes to see the appearance of strangers who have never seen the world, and he completely forgot that when he ate in the cafeteria for the first time, he cried so much that he was embarrassed.

"Look silly, huh?"

"This is the style of our Xuanwu Lake Construction Chamber of Commerce, not to mention that there is no canteen on the construction site of ordinary people, even the construction site of the imperial court does not see this thing!"

"Only our three emperors, Sun Xin, are kind-hearted and can't see us poor people suffering, so we have built a canteen for us to eat!"

Not long after, Lao Liao led Lin Rong to finish the meal and joked with him with a smile.

"Little brother, you're lucky, you can eat cabbage and tofu stew on the first day!"

Lin Rongyi just saw that the food in the canteen was so good, and he was very excited. But hearing Lao Liao's words, the excitement that had finally risen suddenly subsided.

Dare to love this kind of good food is not available every day!

"Brother Liao, what do you usually eat?"

Lao Liao Wenyan pointed to the vegetable pot road.

"That's what I usually eat!"

"Ugh...... Then you just said I was lucky......

"I thought you usually ate worse than this, but even if it's almost, it doesn't matter, it's good to be able to mix a round belly this year!"

Old Liao smiled when he heard this.

"You can kill a pig every once in a while on the construction site, and the big guy can

Eat braised pork!"

"Compared to braised pork, this bit of meat in this cabbage tofu is not enough to see!"

Then Lao Liao was elated, and spat to Lin Rongyi to explain the taste of braised pork and how delicious it was.

"Brother Xiaolin, do you want to work on our construction site for a long time?"

"As long as you can endure this hard work, let's guarantee that you can eat braised pork and earn hundreds of dollars a day!"

"We all dream of it, but I'm afraid that the three emperors and grandsons will be stupid, and in the end I won't be able to pass the three-day probationary period......

When Lao Liao heard this, he immediately showed his fox tail.

"If you want to establish a foothold on the construction site, you have to worship a master, and with a master to take you, you will naturally be able to learn to be a bricklayer, and you will naturally be able to stay!"

As soon as Lin Rong heard this, his eyes rolled slightly and he understood, the old brother in front of him, who was ten years older than him, wanted to accept apprentices?

"Master is above, please accept the apprentice's worship!"

Lin Rongyi also simply kowtowed to Lao Liao.

Lao Liao naturally accepted this apprentice with joy, and then after lunch, he took him to a house on the construction site to register Lin Rongyi in his name and become his apprentice.

Because according to the rules formulated by the Three Emperors, the master has additional income for taking the apprentice, and can enjoy the filial piety of a quarter of the apprentice's salary.

Therefore, the workshops and people on the construction site under the name of the Three Emperors are very keen to accept apprentices, and they never think about hiding private things.

For example, the current Lao Liao, he can't wait to train Lin Rongyi into a qualified bricklayer in three or five days, and then hurry to accept an apprentice.

Because the three emperors and grandsons of the female fraud also set up a rule, that is, each mature bricklayer can only accept one apprentice at a time, and only if this apprentice passes the rating assessment and becomes a qualified bricklayer, he can accept the second one!

Stimulated by this system, every craftsman was riveted to teach his disciples.

Because the more disciples the church has, the higher their income.

Lao Liao now has more than a dozen apprentices, and even if he doesn't do anything every day, he has an income of hundreds of dollars.

The money earned in a year can catch up with the county master's fortune!

On Lin Rongyi's side, Zhang Yiniang's side also skillfully pasted the matchbox.

This work is light and economical, as long as you are quick with your hands and feet, you can earn dozens of dollars a day, and you can receive an extra liter of rice.

The two of them worked all day, and when they returned to the base of the city wall in the evening, each carrying a liter of rice in their hands.

Lin Rongyi brought back a discarded tarpaulin from the construction site and renovated the shack.

Although the work on the construction site is very tiring, either moving bricks and mixing ashes, or following the crowd to carry wood and bulldozer.

But whenever he felt that he was about to lose his life and wanted to fall asleep, he couldn't help but glance at the rising smoke.

This is their family's cooking smoke, and it is also their family's hope!

Yiniang gathered around the makeshift stove and cooked porridge skillfully. A few children gathered around the stove, talking and laughing with their hands to keep warm.

Whenever Lin Rong saw this picture, his body would rise with infinite strength.

Brother Liao is right, as long as you work hard with the Three Emperors and Suns, life will definitely get better!

The situation of Lin Rongyi's family is just a microcosm of all living beings.

But this microcosm is like a spark, bringing a glimmer of light to the desperate victims and rekindling their hopes for the future.

……

Qianqing Palace.

Lao Zhu kept an eye on the victims outside the city all the time, and every day he would send people to investigate the number of victims and which state capitals they came from.

But Lao Zhu is only investigating, and he really has no intention of punishing local officials in a short period of time.

He himself was from a poor background, and he knew the nature of these local officials all too well.

If he dares to punish the crime, other officials will be able to trap the people in their places of residence and let them starve in their hometowns

Die.

Therefore, even if we deal with these wrong officials, we must first deal with the victims outside the city.

"Go and check, what is the rebel grandson busy with now?"

"Back to Your Majesty, just now Wang De came to report that the three emperors and grandsons are now teaching in the school every day...... "Alas!"

Lao Zhu sighed when he heard this.

"What an opportunity to buy people's hearts, why doesn't this grandson know how to cherish it. It's good now, there are rumors of Yunwen's child's wisdom and benevolence inside and outside the city, and when he mentions that rebellious grandson, it is really ten miles against the wind, and when I can't wait to scold him, I will bring us all together......

Qin Deshun also smiled bitterly when he heard this, the third emperor and grandson did too much in this matter, and the emperor made it clear that he had let him rescue the disaster, he was stunned, and he didn't even bother to get a porridge shed.

It just set up a few workshops and recruited some displaced people as workers.

Therefore, now both the people of the capital and the officials in the court say that the three emperors and grandsons only recognize money, and they have no benevolence at all......

Although Qin Deshun also felt that Zhu Yunxi was a bit excessive, he still said two good words for him.

There is no other reason, his little pension money is still saved in the grandson's chamber of commerce.

really brought down the Three Emperors and Suns, and he Qin Deshun would be the first to starve to death!

"Emperor, you're too harsh......

"The Three Emperors and Grandsons are expected to return, if you buy the hearts of the people again and collude with civil and military officials, then it will be your turn to have a headache, hehehe......

Lao Zhu was stunned when he heard this, and then he smiled bitterly.

"You old thing can see through!"

"We are indeed a little greedy, we always think that this kid can do better, and we don't want him to be compared to anyone."

"But what you said is also right, our eldest grandson is so reckless, which is even more commendable."

"It's just that he made so much money, so he should spend some of it!"

"It doesn't cost much to build a few porridge sheds, and we have secretly instructed the official warehouse, as long as he goes to ask for food, he must do his best to meet the ......

"But this grandson is like an iron rooster, and he can't pull out a hair!"

Qin Deshun could only laugh when he heard this, this has no explanation, the third emperor and grandson are really very picky in spending money, and they are carved out of the same mold as the emperor.

This grandson has earned one or two million in silver, and he didn't even build a palace, squatting in a small building on the side of the Hope School all day long, huddled with a group of Guozi prisoners.

I really don't know what he thinks, even if he takes out 100,000 taels of silver to build a palace for himself, there are still people who dare to make irresponsible remarks!

Lao Zhu complained to Qin Deshun, and then buried his head in the recital again, and governed the huge empire through this recital.

After more than ten days, Lao Zhu finally sorted out the cause of the disaster.

To put it simply, there are natural disasters and man-made disasters.

The natural disaster is that the river does swell, flooding a lot of farmland. Man-made disasters are caused by the shrinkage of the built dikes, which do not play the role of protection as they should be.

In addition, when some prefectures and prefectures build dikes, they focus on high areas that are not prone to floods and other disasters, but the construction of dikes in potholes is very perfunctory.

For the fields on the high places are owned by the rich and the officials, and the fields of the potholes belong to the common people.

After Lao Zhu figured out these things, he directly made a list, planning to let Xiao Rebel Sun inspect it for him, and then he should kill, peel the skin, and hang up and bleed.

Although the eldest grandson is still young, he should not do such bloody things.

But as the grandson of the Ming Emperor, he should shoulder the responsibility of holding up the big umbrella of morality for the common people!

"Early tomorrow morning, send someone to call that grandson into the palace, and say that we will send him on an errand!"

"No!"

"The slave maid will send someone to inform Wang De in a while, and ask Wang De to urge the three emperors and grandsons to enter the palace tomorrow morning."

After Lao Zhu explained this, he yawned and went to sleep in the room.

Since the little rebel grandson moved out, Lao Zhu can be regarded as sleeping a few times

Steady sleep.

It's just that I slept well, but my heart always felt empty, and even eating was not fragrant.

But he also knows that his grandson is older and has his own ideas, and it is impossible to always accompany him, a bad old man.

Therefore, it is up to him to toss around.

After Lao Zhu fell asleep, the entire palace seemed to be pressed the pause button, turning into a picture scroll that seemed to be static.

No one dared to stir the picture, only the bitter cold wind howled without hesitation. Not only did the picture scroll hunt sound, but it also clothed it with a plain layer of silver.

When the entire palace was covered with snow, Lao Zhu was naturally awakened by freezing.

Although the old Zhu Gui was the emperor, there were no braziers and other heating things in his bedroom.

First, he wanted to stay sober and not let himself forget the suffering of the people. The second is that he is naturally hot, and he doesn't need such things at all.

Lao Zhu felt the cold air at night, immediately got off the bed, casually pulled a piece of clothing and put it on, and walked to the palace gate with his shoes.

When he saw the snow fluttering outside, there was no romantic feeling in his heart, only endless sadness and despair.

Because these days, people from outside the city have been pouring in one after another, and their number has reached tens of thousands.

This night of heavy snow, I don't know how many people will be buried!

As soon as Lao Zhu thought of this, he felt as if there was a fire in his heart, and he could no longer contain the killing intent in his heart.

He hated himself for being too merciful, and he should have stripped all those who were greedy for ink as soon as the victims appeared!

Qin Deshun was also woken up by the cold wind, and seeing that His Majesty the Emperor was dressed so thinly, he hurriedly picked up a large coat and put it on.

"Emperor, it's cold at night, you ......"

"Get out!"

Lao Zhu tightened the thin clothes on his body, and resolutely stepped into the heavy snow, stepping on the footprints that were heavier than the advance.

Yu Linwei, who was guarding the palace gate, saw His Majesty the Emperor appear, and knelt on the ground in unison to salute.

"See Your Majesty!"

"Open the palace gates!"

"No!"

Lao Zhu walked out of the palace and stood in the snow at the entrance of the palace, waiting for something like a sculpture, looking forward to something.

The sky lit up with a touch of fish belly white, and the first figure appeared on the long street.

The second tiger rode a fat and strong war horse, yawning, and came to the palace to be on duty.

Everyone only knew that he was a celebrity in front of the emperor, but they didn't know that his job as the head of the guard was not so easy to do.

I was so busy every day that I didn't even have time to go home, so I could only sleep in the house of the widow Wang in Fantou Hutong......

Just when Erhu was secretly lamenting his hardship, his eyelids suddenly jumped.

Because, he actually saw a figure at the gate of the palace, a thin figure covered in snowflakes.

"This ...... This man can't be Your Majesty, right?"

Although separated by a long distance, Erhu stayed by Lao Zhu's side all the year round, and he was already familiar with Lao Zhu's figure no longer familiar.

Seeing this, the two tigers hurriedly clamped the horse's belly and galloped wildly in the direction of the palace gate.

"What a emperor!"

"Emperor, when did you come out?"

Lao Zhu smelled the fat powder gas coming from Erhu's body, and knew that this thing ran out to fool around last night, and he was angry for no reason.

"Get out of the way!"

"Wash off the anger on your body and come back!"

Hearing this, Erhu hurriedly took a few steps back, and then sniffed his sleeve, he was not sassy, how did the emperor smell it?

Erhu patted his clothes and sleeves indiscriminately, and when he saw that the emperor was dressed so thinly and didn't even have a big coat on his body, he suddenly became mad at Qin Deshun behind him.

"Lao Qin, how did you do it, don't say anything about putting on a dress for the emperor on such a cold day!"

Qin Deshun depressedly took out a big coat from behind him, put it on his arm, and looked helplessly

The two tigers spread their hands.

Seeing this, Erhu immediately understood, it was not that Qin Deshun didn't take care of it, but that his own emperor didn't want to wear it.

When the two tigers thought of this, they only felt that the tiger's nose was sour, and the two tigers instantly shed tears.

The emperor is worried about the people, and deliberately uses this method to punish himself!

When the second tiger was secretly sad, a light carriage creaked in the distance.

Qi Tai jumped down from the carriage lightly, thinking triumphantly, it was snowing heavily today, and Baiguan must have come very late.

If you appear so early, you will definitely be praised by Your Majesty for your diligence!

Qi Tai has been strict with himself every day since he was in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Rites, and he is full of thoughts on how to remove the word "acting" as soon as possible.

However, when he saw the direction of the palace gate and saw that there were already several people standing there, he was directly dumbfounded.

This is too rolly, right, and it doesn't let people live?

Qi Tai stepped forward with a grumbling heart, and just when he wanted to see who this "King of Volumes" was, he suddenly saw the two tigers standing on the side......

Qi Tai chuckled in his heart, and secretly said in his heart Could this person be His Majesty?

Just when Qi Tai was thinking like this, Erhu gave him a wake-up call.

"Why don't you hurry up and see Your Majesty!"

When Qi Tai heard this, he hurriedly knelt down in the snow and kowtowed to Lao Zhu.

"Weichen Qitai greets Your Majesty, my emperor ......"

"Excuse me!"

"Finally, there is a diligent man!"