The magnitude of this hurricane is far greater than you can imagine.

In the city of Guangzhou, waterlogging soon formed. Almost the entire city was flooded, and both officials and ordinary people could only climb high places to avoid the waterlogging caused by the rain. There were even quite a few that had to go to the roof.

On the side of the post station, the same is true, thanks to the Guangdong political envoy and others who urgently dispatched ships to transfer the officials in the post station, they avoided the embarrassment of squatting on the roof like ordinary people.

A day later, the hurricane passed, the rain stopped, and the waterlogging slowly receded. It's just that in the low-lying areas of the city, there is still stagnant water.

Many houses were either blown by the wind or soaked in water and could not be inhabited. Trees with leafy branches are often uprooted, fall to the ground, or crush the houses on the side.

Some of the people who survived shouted to find their lost family members, and some cried as they looked at their ruined homes.

In short, in the city of Guangzhou, at a glance, there are miserable scenes everywhere.

These officials who were ordered to go south were all shocked by this scene. The wind disaster in the south is really terrible!

Because of the southward journey, among the officials who were already a little tired, the older ones were also drenched in the rain, and if there was such a toss, there were signs of illness.

Everyone thought that they would not continue to go south until things got better.

As a result, I heard that Han Gong Li Shanchang actually mentioned it, saying that he was going to Xiangshan County immediately.

When Le Shaofeng heard this, he hurriedly advised: "Taishi, a once-in-a-century storm has just occurred in Guangdong, and the grief is everywhere, so it's really not a day to travel!" ”

Fang Keqin, the governor of Guangzhou Prefecture, who rushed to hear the news, also reminded: "Yes, Taishi, the storm has just passed, and there may be many days of heavy rain when I look back, which is not suitable for travel." ”

After finishing speaking, he saw that Li Shanchang didn't seem to listen, so he continued: "The Pearl River is windy and rough, and it is not safe to travel to Xiangshan County by boat now. If you take the land route, the disaster has not yet been reported, and there may be roads that have collapsed, bridges that have broken down, and there may be mudslides on the hillsides. ”

Le Shaofeng listened, and then persuaded again: "Brother Song and the two of them are also sick, and Lang Zhong said that they need to rest." ”

Li Shanchang listened to their words, but he clasped his hands into fists, saluted in the direction of Jingshi, and then said righteously: "I will come by order, and I should do my best." His Majesty's eagerness still rings in his ears today. Now it's just a mere wind disaster, how can you miss the major event that Your Majesty has explained? I want to ...... back then"

Anyway, he just said in a barabala, taking the dangers he experienced before the founding of the country, and saying how dangerous and difficult it was at that time, but he still carried out Zhu Yuanzhang's orders without hesitation, and only then did he get some results.

Anyway, it's just a meaning, what is this storm disaster in front of you, and the things that the emperor has explained must be done immediately.

Let others hear it, I really feel that the Korean Duke is the first hero of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and puts the emperor's will in the most important position!

In the end, Li Shanchang said in a soothing tone: "Of course, if you are sick, the official is not disregarding human feelings, you can stay in Guangzhou City to recuperate, and then go to Xiangshan County to meet when you are well." As for the rest, they will go south with the official on the same day without delay. ”

He is the leader of the team, the Duke of Korea, the title is so high, and he crushes others, and no one can resist what he decides so much.

So, Fang Keqin's side had to coordinate with Lan Yu's side, and sent a general banner to escort a sergeant with more than 100 people to Xiangshan County.

The officials on the side of Guangzhou City sent Li Shanchang and others on the road. Looking at their backs, the political envoy said with emotion: "Taishi is really the pillar of the Ming Dynasty, and His Majesty's ministers are also!" ”

As he spoke, he turned his head to look at a large group of subordinates, and said, "When you and I encourage each other, take the Taishi as an example, immediately write a letter and ask the court for disaster relief!" ”

They didn't know that the reason why Li Shanchang insisted on hitting the road so quickly was definitely not what he said on the surface.

Before the founding of the country, it was a business, taking risks to do things, and there was no way to do it.

Now, he has opened the country, become the first hero of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and be crowned the Duke of Korea, it is time to enjoy, why do you have to work hard?

The reason why Li Shanchang did this was for only one purpose, that is, to hurry to Xiangshan County to see the good show, so as not to be too late, and after being cleaned up by the boy from Liujia Village, he would not be able to see anything good.

If that kid makes false reports and exaggerates his political achievements, it is the best time to expose it when this once-in-a-century storm comes.

Don't miss the opportunity, the time will never come, this is the time!

As a result, the huge convoy set off from Guangzhou City, passing through Shunde and Panyu to Xiangshan County.

Along the way, there were traces left by the wind everywhere, the official roads were flooded, washed away, and the bridges were broken, making them walk very slowly.

Originally, the journey to Xiangshan County could be reached in one day, but it took three days. Again, the magistrates had to temporarily transfer manpower to serve them as a priority.

The most delayed part was when the official road was washed away by floods, and the team had to be transported back and forth by boat.

During the golden hour of disaster relief, he was forced to come to work for these officials, so that the people along the way did not have a good impression of this team.

But they can't help it, these officials don't know how much older than their county lords, and no one can offend them.

"Those who are officials, who know the suffering of our people, what they want to do, what can we only do!"

"No, I heard that each of these officials is bigger than the official position of our county, and one of them is still a grandfather!"

"That's right, the one who made the first contribution to the founding of the Ming Dynasty seems to be the Duke of Korea. Who dares to offend him! Come so far away from us, it's too late to serve! ”

“……”

Hearing these words, some people were not convinced.

"That's not necessarily, the horse master in Xiangshan County may not pay attention to them."

"That's right, it's better to be in Xiangshan County, there is a concubine as the county honor, so you don't have to be so low-voiced."

"But no, that Yongjiahou at the beginning, just because our county respected offended his father-in-law, he went directly to the yamen to beat the county honor, what can you do? But look at Xiangshan County, what happened to Yongjiahou when he offended the horse master? ”

"That's right, so the people of Xiangshan County are blessed, and they can suffer less from some sins when they have a horse master as a backer!"

"That's right, you see that these officials can show off their power here and send our county like dogs, but they will try it in Xiangshan County?"

"Isn't there some Korean duke? An official who is bigger than Nayong Jiahou, this time, I'm afraid the horse will also be entertained, right? ”

"That's not necessarily, look at it, really, I don't have any money, otherwise, if I go to Xiangshan County to buy a house and become a household registration over there, I will suffer less crimes!"

"If you can't afford to buy a house, you can go to work, go there for a year, and you can transfer."

"That's right, let's see what happens after this typhoon, if not, this land will not be wanted, and it is better to go to Xiangshan County to be a non-farmer.!"

“……”

On the side of the official road, the county commander of Panyu County, looking at the group of people who stepped into Xiangshan County, finally breathed a sigh of relief, sweated, and immediately shouted to the team behind him: "Go, go, hurry up and go to the disaster!" ”

Originally, he admired the first hero of the founding of the Ming Dynasty very much, but as soon as he met, he was a little disappointed.

Ignoring the local disaster situation at all, he just urged him to hurry, and his words were very polite.

If he had been, he might not have felt any better. But now, as the commander of Panyu County, he has to deal with the county commander of the horse many times, and in comparison, he feels that the county commander of the county is the real good official of the Ming Dynasty!

I just don't know, this very strict Taishi, after he arrives on the territory of the horse, will he conflict with the horse?

He feels that the colt eats soft rather than hard, and others may be afraid of this Korean male, but the colt may not be afraid!

It's best that this Korean duke can eat a flat in the hands of the colt, so it's worth getting drunk!

………………

Li Shanchang naturally knew that he was urging all the way south to Xiangshan County, which made many people dissatisfied. Of course, he didn't really care.

At this time, although it is already the early autumn of the eleventh year of Hongwu, and the north has begun to cool down, the south, especially here in Xiangshan County, is still very hot.

Two days ago, the storm brought rain and cooled the weather down a bit. But as soon as the rain passed, the weather became hot again, and it was called a sultry heat, the kind that was humid and muggy.

Even if you are the Duke of Daming, even if you stay in the carriage and fan hard, you are sweating and suffering from sin!

However, the other officials all wilted, but after Li Shanchang entered Xiangshan County, he suddenly became energetic, and ordered the car window to be opened, regardless of the sun's rays, sticking out his head from time to time to look around.

He's a bit like a kid who has just arrived in a place, very fresh and curious, looking around.

Here in Xiangshan County, as far as the eye can see, there are still trees blown down by the wind, and farmland is also flooded.

However, after their group went south from Guangzhou City, they still saw at a glance that the infrastructure of Xiangshan County was far from being comparable to other counties.

All roads are built of concrete, and river embankments and waterways are also built of concrete. Although it also suffered from the storm and rain, it is obvious that the loss of Xiangshan County is much smaller than that of other counties.

At this moment, Li Shanchang's excitement obviously dropped a lot.

He is indeed a capable person, after a glance, even if he is careful, he has to admit that this kid from Liujia Village, just by what he sees in front of him, it is enough to deduce that Xiangshan County is indeed very well governed.

After walking for a while, dark clouds flew from the sky, obscuring the sun, and although I don't know if it will rain, it also makes them a lot cooler.

Perhaps it was because they were about to reach their destination, and it was a place where they had admired the daimyo for a long time, and when they heard about all kinds of incredible political achievements, many officials got out of the carriage and chose to ride horses.

As long as there is no direct sunlight, it is much more comfortable to ride a horse than to be stuffed in a carriage.

For these officials who have experienced troubled times, horseback riding is almost their basic skill, and everyone will.

So, after getting on the horse, the relationship was good, and they got together to comment on everything they saw.

Needless to say, the road infrastructure and water conservancy facilities in front of them are enough to amaze these officials. Not to mention, this is a popular man in the eyes of the emperor, and the crown prince has endorsed the achievements of the prince.

These officials are all talented, and they even improvised a poem, and they pursued each other again, but it also diluted the fatigue of the journey.

Suddenly, an official pointed to the side and said, "Look, it's really as rumored, the countryside in Xiangshan County is all cement houses!" ”

Hearing what they said, these officials turned their heads one after another, and sure enough, they all applauded with emotion one after another.

"I have seen a lot of broken walls and ruins, and I have seen a lot of thatched houses, this is the first time the old man has seen it, and the whole village is a cement house."

"It is said that the county government of Xiangshan County subsidized the money and replaced the houses of all people in Xiangshan County with this kind of cement house. Tsk, Xiangshan County is really rich! ”

"No, it is said that by the end of this year, the county government can have two million! I used to think it was too exaggerated, but looking at this road, this house, I really believe it. No money, it can't be like this! ”

“……”

Li Shanchang also rode a horse, and when he heard their praise, he felt uncomfortable, and immediately said: "It's just the people's fat and the people's ointment, and it should be returned to the people." Your Majesty's mind is that we are officials, and we try not to work for the people. If you loot the people's money and use some of it on the people, Your Majesty may not be really happy! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang did have such an attitude, at least before. Not to mention anything else, it was just the military rations, he used the guardhouse tuntian system, and then proudly announced that he would feed a million troops without spending a grain of grain!

In addition, he collects taxes, including commercial taxes, etc., all of which are collected and watched, and when he thinks it is almost over, he shouts to stop, and then asks all localities to collect taxes according to this tax amount, and cannot increase taxes.

It is because of this kind of thinking that the Ming Dynasty is one of the most bizarre dynasties. Those who are in power do not pursue the amount of tax they receive, but rather the reduction of taxes. Some magistrates even put a basket at the entrance of the yamen and asked the merchants to pay the taxes and watch the payment themselves.

It's just Zhejiang Province, a major tea-producing province, that the money for a year's tea tax has been recorded, and it is only two taels of silver, who dares to believe it? Can that dynasty be like this?

If the imperial court has no money, it is natural that public works will not be able to talk about how good the construction is, and as soon as there are natural and man-made disasters, they will start to catch the blind.

Of course, this is the eleventh year of Hongwu, and some measures have been announced, some measures have not yet been implemented, and they have not yet been customized.

At this time, Li Shanchang's opening immediately swept everyone's interest.

He has the highest title and the oldest qualifications, and no one wants to get along with him.

After Li Shanchang spoke, a group of people fell silent. However, in their hearts, they do not approve of it.

After all, they are not blind, but no one wants to refute it.

After a long while, someone finally spoke, pointed to a place and said, "Look over there, there are many people repairing the river that was damaged by the storm!" ”

Seeing people, Li Shanchang was very interested in going over to take a look, and by the way, how much they complained under the typhoon. Anyway, in the previous places, there were all heard, and there were even crying, relatives died, no houses, grain fields were flooded, sugar cane was destroyed, and so on.

So, he opened his mouth and ordered: "Let's go, we have arrived in Xiangshan County, we are ordered to understand the people's situation and go over to have a look." ”

In fact, Zhu Yuanzhang's intention was for them to inspect the implementation of national education in Xiangshan County, rather than to examine the people's feelings.

However, when Li Shanchang said this, no one objected. Because they are all very curious about Xiangshan County, and when they see the people of Xiangshan, of course they also want to know about it.

So, the carriages and the like were all parked on the official road, and some of the soldiers watched from the retinue, and the others turned into the road leading to the other side of the river, which was also a cement road, and there was no mud or mud.

Seeing that these conspicuous groups of people were coming, a man dressed in the clothes of a county official came out from the crowd on the other side of the river, and hurried over to greet them.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this is not to the county seat, go straight along the official road, and you can see the county seat about fifteen miles away."

Li Shanchang didn't have to come forward in person, and naturally someone below stepped forward and shouted to make way.

Naturally, the official couldn't stop him, so he followed the group and went back.

On the side of repairing the river, there are about 200 young people busy filling a large gap in the river. Judging from the traces, it must have been washed away by the surging river.

When they passed, they had to stop and pay their respects.

Seeing this, Li Shanchang sat on his horse and asked with a sympathetic expression: "This official has heard that this typhoon disaster is a once-in-a-century occurrence, can you wait for serious losses?" ”

When the officer heard this, he hurriedly stepped forward and was about to reply.

But he saw Li Shanchang pointing at a young man who looked very young with his hand and said: "You come to answer, if there is any problem, this official is the Duke of Han of the Ming Dynasty, and he will make the decision for you!" ”

Young people are more impulsive, can't hide things, and are easy to tell the truth.

It would have been impossible for the officer to hear what he wanted to hear.

When the young man saw this, he hurriedly replied, "This storm is bigger than in previous years, but we have nothing to lose, and everything is fine." ”

Pretty good? When Li Shanchang heard this, he was immediately angry, and immediately shouted: "They have suffered such a big typhoon, and they still say that it is good?" Do you think this official is easy to deceive? ”

The officials behind him didn't speak. But they didn't believe it, thinking that the young man was lying.

Li Shanchang's side ordered another one that looked honest and young: "You come!" ”

"Back to this lord, since the horse came to our Xiangshan County, he has formulated wind disaster prevention regulations. The horse said that our county is close to the sea, and there are wind disasters every year, so we must pay attention to it. Therefore, although this typhoon is bigger than before, we really don't have much loss. ”

When the others heard this, they all nodded their heads in agreement, but they didn't dare to speak up.

When Le Shaofeng heard this, he couldn't help but praise: "It turned out that the horse had taken precautions, so it's no wonder!" ”

But when Li Shanchang heard it, he snorted coldly.