Jinhua Prefecture has eight counties under its jurisdiction, with a population of one million and abundant rice and grain, but the Qiantang River, Oujiang River and Jiaojiang River converge in the region, and floods often occur.

This flood was unseen in a century, displacing more than 100,000 people, and the local rich squires colluded with the government to take the opportunity to wantonly annex land, which caused anger and resentment for a while.

After the two small-scale uprisings were suppressed, the people gradually became numb and lost the will to resist, which made the local squires even more arrogant.

Pang Tong and others did not report it, so the disaster did not reach the capital at all, leaving only a mess to be cleaned up.

This is also one of the reasons why they strongly recommended Zhang Xiu to come to Jinhua as the prefect.

As long as Zhang Xiu is not effective in managing the disaster, they can immediately ask Zhang Xiu for his crimes, not to mention putting him in prison and beheading, at least they can cut off his career.

At that time, they will have completely solved this scourge in the court.

Zhang Xiu still doesn't know anything about these.

After coming to the Yamen of Jinhua Mansion, Zhang Xiu placed nearly 10,000 displaced people near the Yamen, and soon received more than a dozen invitations, as well as gifts from gentry from all over the country.

Zhang Xiu accepted everyone's gifts with a smile, but the invitations were returned one by one, making everyone on an errand in the yamen confused.

Soon, those who had come to deliver the invitations also returned home one after another, and were questioned by their hosts.

The largest squire in the area, known as Jin Half-City, is in the home of Jin Wuwang.

Seeing the housekeeper who came back with a sad face, Jin Wuwang frowned and asked, "Why did the invitation come back, could it be that the prefect who came this time is a clean official?" Or what does he think of Master Ben? ”

When the housekeeper heard this, he showed a strange expression: "That's not it, that champion Lang left all the congratulatory gifts sent by everyone, and it seems that those who come do not refuse." But he returned all the invitations. ”

Jin Wuwang was surprised when he heard this: "This is really strange, can you see what this old man means?" ”

The housekeeper hesitated for a moment and said, "That old man Zhang seems to think that we are sending less money, and his bearded nursing home also yelled loudly when he sent off guests, saying that we are sending Huazi." ”

Kim Hopeless: "......"

I want to make money when I first arrive, what kind of person is this!

After being silent for a while, Jin Wuwang came back to his senses, waved his hand with a smile, and said: "Take 10,000 taels of silver tickets and send them to the yamen, and then inform Master Liu, Master Li, and say that I will have a banquet for the new prefect in the champion building tonight, and let everyone see who our new champion is!" ”

After a while, counting the silver tickets sent by the gentry one after another, Zhang Xiu's face bloomed with joy, and she showed off to Yan Feng: "See, the whole 100,000 taels can be made into quilts!" ”

Yan Feng squinted his eyes and said: "You can't sleep for a few days when you make a quilt, this is all life-saving money for the people to buy food." ”

Zhang Xiu was not annoyed when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Jinhua Mansion should not be short of food, after all, the wind and rain here for ten years have been smooth, and a lot of grain must have been accumulated. ”

After Zhang Xiu came to the mansion, he went to the granary as soon as possible, wanting to open the warehouse to release grain.

But when he got there, he found that the granary was empty, and after asking, he learned that the former prefect had been beheaded for reselling official grain, which made room for him.

However, the lack of food in the government does not mean that the local gentry have no food, and Zhang Xiu turned his mind and reached them.

Seeing that the time was about the same, Zhang Xiu sat in a sedan chair, sent out the guard of honor of the yamen, and headed towards the champion building with great fanfare.

At the front of the guard of honor, two signs were held.

The left piece reads "In the world Qingtian", and the right piece reads "Promote to Rank and Make a Fortune", beating gongs and drums to swagger through the market.

Upstairs in the champion, Jin Wuwang looked at the prefect's honor guard who was coming towards him, and said with a sluggish expression: "As the saying goes, there are three fires for a new official, but the words and deeds of this new champion are really ...... It's really fresh and refined! ”

At this time, a fat man with a smile on his face next to him laughed out loud, stroked his goatee, and said, "Brother Jin, shouldn't we go down to greet this Qingtian master?" ”

Jin Wuwang nodded, led seven or eight rich men downstairs, stood at the door, and stood respectfully in a row.

The sedan chair landed, Zhang Xiu opened the curtain and walked out, looked at the few people who greeted him at the door, and said with some dissatisfaction: "There is no red carpet on the ground, do you look down on Master Ben?" ”

The fat man with a goatee immediately stepped forward and said flatteringly: "How can there be any reason to let the master of Qingtian walk by himself, and the grass people will carry you!" As he spoke, he bowed down, looking like he wanted Zhang Xiu to lie on his back.

Zhang Xiuyile asked: "You are clever, what is your name, this master will be free in the future, but he can take care of you." ”

The fat man's eyes lit up, he turned around, helped Zhang Xiu to the front of the building, and said: "Li Fugui, a grass man, is really fortunate to be able to enter the eyes of the great master of the blue sky!" ”

At this time, Jin Wuwang and others reported their lives one after another, and a group of people followed Zhang Xiu to the second floor of the Zhuangyuan Building.

After three rounds of drinking, several people each came up with their own goals.

Some want the coal mountains in the south of Jinnan, and some want to build bridges and roads, and collect tolls from the people.

Zhang Xiu did not refuse to smile and groan, clearly marked the price, and asked them to use grain as bargaining chips to bid with each other, indicating that Tong Suo was not bullied, and the one with the highest price would win, and also signed with them.

The guests and hosts of the banquet enjoyed themselves, and in a warm atmosphere, Zhang Xiuhuan was sent out.

After Zhang Xiu's sedan chair walked away, Li Fugui touched his goatee and said with a smile: "Looking at our newly appointed Qingtian master, it's still very easy to get along with, well, as long as the silver is in place." ”

Jin Wuwang glanced at him lightly and said, "Don't be deceived by his greedy appearance, this prefect is a shrewd person." If I'm not mistaken, he asked us to bid with grain to appease the homeless. ”

"He clearly understands that only if his official position is kept, he can continue to be greedy, otherwise everything will be rootless duckweed and will not last long."

Li Fugui smiled: "It doesn't matter if he is shrewd or not, as long as we can get benefits, even if we give him some!" ”

Jin Wuwang felt justified when he heard this, and couldn't help but smile.

At this moment, his butler hurriedly ran over and shouted loudly: "Master, something is wrong, our house is out of water, go back and have a look!" ”

Jin Wuwang frowned: "If there is a fire, go to fight the fire, why do you come to me, just a small fire, can you still burn our huge family business?" ”

The housekeeper said anxiously, "It's ...... It really works! Our food will be burned out in the blink of an eye, so go back and have a look, sir! ”

Jin Wuwang's face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly saluted the others, and said goodbye: "There is something at home, let's meet again in the future!" After saying that, he hurriedly ran towards the house with the housekeeper.

Seeing this, Li Fugui couldn't help laughing: "This Jin brother, he is very good on weekdays, I thought that nothing could make him change color, but I didn't expect that when it comes to his own family, he is no different from ordinary people!" ”

A thin man smiled and said, "Don't talk cool here, if your house is on fire." ”

Li Fugui smiled: "You crow's mouth, how can it be so coincidental, even my family ...... together"

Before he finished speaking, a young man dressed as a servant hurriedly ran over, and shouted at Li Fugui from a distance: "Master, it's not good, our house is running water!" ”

Li Fugui: "......"

What a coincidence?!