Linhuai County is located at the confluence of the Hao River and the Huai River, so it was once named 'Haozhou' in the former dynasty.

In this dynasty, it has a more prominent identity - the imperial township!

Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang was born and raised in this land of great suffering.

Although this place left him many painful memories, Zhu Yuanzhang did not change his deep attachment to his hometown. He upgraded Haozhou to a prefecture and built the central capital city in the south of Phoenix Mountain, twenty miles away from the prefecture.

The south of the mountain and the north of the water are yang, and the name of Fengyang Mansion comes from this. Subsequently, the government moved to the middle capital city under construction. It also analyzed the four townships in the west of Linhuai County and newly established Fengyang County, which is the same as the Fucheng.

The reason why Linhuai County was not directly moved to Zhongdu was because Linhuai shouldered the heavy responsibility of embankment. If this section of the river embankment in the county collapses, it is still a trivial matter to flood the county seat, and the key is that the imperial tomb will be flooded.

Therefore, the top priority of Linhuai County is to take care of this section of the embankment......

This work is not easy, because after the Yellow River seized the Huai River, the Huai River, which lost its main channel, flooded almost every year, otherwise Boss Zhu's family would not be so miserable.

If you change to another county, if you are flooded, you will be flooded, and you can mix up some funds and be exempt from taxes or something. But if the imperial mausoleum of the Ming Dynasty is flooded, from the county down, the head of the whole government will have to be moved.

In the winter of last year, Han Yike, the new magistrate of the county, was leading the people to build the river embankment. Before the first month of the new year, he led people to inspect inch by inch along the river embankment to check for hidden dangers, so as to survive the upcoming spring flood safely.

He didn't just look at the embankment, because he knew that the surface of the embankment was generally of the best quality. It's hard to say what you can't see inside. When the flood comes, it doesn't matter what you have inside and outside, the quality is not up to par, and it will all be washed away.

So he ordered his men to drill holes and take samples in iron cones every other section of the embankment. Then personally check the soil sample taken out, so that whether the surface layer is rammed, the deep layer is rammed, or the surface layer is good soil, and the lower layer is used with inferior soil at a glance.

He was crouching on the embankment, carefully checking the hardness of the soil with a small hammer, when he heard the sound of horses' hooves behind him.

The officials around him looked for prestige, and they couldn't help but gasp.

"County Zun, it's a big official!"

"Oh?" Only then did Han Yike raise his head, and he saw a military attache in a scarlet robe, surrounded by more than a dozen soldiers riding tall horses, leaving the avenue and coming towards him with great style.

In these years, military force is more important than civility, and civil officials are worse than Sun Tzu in front of those founding heroes, and those who do not serve well will be beaten and scolded.

Han Yike is still demoted, so he has to be more careful. He hurriedly asked people to fetch water and wash his face. But the official robes covered with mud and the boots stained with yellow mud could not do anything.

With his clothes neatly dressed, he hurriedly went down to the embankment to greet him, only to find that this high-ranking official of the third grade was very young, and he had seen it himself.

"Hahaha! Is it the emperor's own fast-talking imperial history? The military attache turned over and dismounted in a dashing manner, and helped Han Yike up.

"The next official is Han Yike, please meet Commander Ping." Han Yike smiled bitterly. 'Kuaikou Yushi' is not a good nickname.

"Oh, you know me?" The military attache was Ping'an, and after His Majesty's resignation, he came to Fengyangwei to take office.

"On New Year's Day the year before last, the lower officials had a glimpse of the demeanor of Commander Ping." Han Yike said with a sincere smile: "I heard that Commander Ping is going to take up the post of new Fengyang Guard, and if you miss the distance, you will forgive your sins." ”

"You're welcome, we're also passing by, I saw you here from afar, and I want to get acquainted with the bold Han Yushi!" Ping An smiled heartily: "It's enough to do that set of red tape on formal occasions, let's be casual in private." My name is Brother Linghan, how about you call me Brother Ping? ”

"Yes." Han Yike responded respectfully, but he didn't believe in the words of peace in his heart.

This embankment is more than ten miles away from the official road, how can Ping An see himself? It must have been specially found.

But Shangguan didn't speak, and he couldn't ask, so he had to pretend to be confused and accompany Ping'an first, and talk while walking along the river embankment.

Fortunately, the martial artists don't have so many twists and turns, and they all like to go straight with a single knife.

After walking for a while, Ping An looked back and saw that his own soldiers had blocked the soldiers of Linhuai County in the distance, so he put away his smile and said, "Brother Han, I came back to find you, and I have something important." ”

"Brother Ping, please." Han Yike bowed and said.

"It's not me who wants to command, it's His Majesty who wants to command." Ping An lowered his voice.

"Don't kneel!" As he spoke, he grabbed Han Yike, who subconsciously wanted to kneel and listen.

"The first message is that only you and I can know about this matter, and no third person can know about it." Ping An explained.

"Understood." Han Yike nodded and listened respectfully.

Ping'an told Han Yike about the five highnesses who wanted to return to their hometowns as immigrants. Then he commanded in a deep voice:

"The safety of the five Highnesses in their hometowns and all arrangements are all under my responsibility. We will report the situation of the five highnesses every day......"

As he spoke, he shoved a booklet into Han Yike's hand. "This is a secret book, and with the cleverness of Lord Han, he must know how to use it. Someone will bring a carrier pigeon to you when you turn around, and the flying pigeon can go directly to Ouchi. ”

"In case of emergency, more reliable means of communication are required, and this booklet also contains a copy of the military department, which can be used for eight hundred miles to expedite once. But only once, be sure to use with caution. And he commanded.

Han Yike nodded, once the eight hundred miles of urgency is used, the movement will be big, and there is still Han Gong in the house, and he will definitely get to the bottom of it, and it will be difficult for His Highnesses to continue to hide their identities.

Still, he thought it was ridiculous. "Brother Ping, why do I feel confused, why did the emperor let His Highness be a peasant?"

"The emperor said that it was the experience before the domain, the experience of the people's livelihood, and the learning of farming." Ping An pouted: "We don't dare to ask more as courtiers, just do what we are told." ”

"That's not a bad thing." Han Yike smiled bitterly and said, "It's just that the two of us have a big relationship." ”

"Not really." Ping An nodded approvingly: "That's why I came to talk to you in a hurry." We are a martial artist, rough, and we have the high opinion of you scholars. ”

"Let me think about it." Han Yike pondered for a moment, then stopped and said: "First, just like Brother Ping said, you must absolutely keep it secret, this matter can only be known to you and me, if it is leaked out, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

"Of course." Ping An nodded.

"The emperor also specially instructed that your highnesses should also be kept absolutely secret, if they find out and we know about their existence, the effect of the experience will definitely be greatly reduced. If you run to your yamen and stay, will you stay or stay? ”

"That's all big trouble." Han Yike smiled bitterly, what the is going on?

He continued: "But you can't let it go, without the knowledge of Your Highnesses, it is enough to give some appropriate help so that they can experience the life of the people, and it can't be too difficult for them." Otherwise, let's come in the future, hehehe......"

"Yes, yes, yes." Ping'an gasped and said, "It's still your brother, we can't let them suffer too much, otherwise His Highness will hate us." ”

"I'll arrange these things, and as for safety, of course Brother Ping is in charge. But I'll be careful here, and ventilate in time if there is any situation. ”

"Understood." Ping An nodded.

The two discussed carefully and finalized various matters such as contact information, and then parted ways.

ps. The basic is more and the second is more, and then the next one will start to add more.

(End of chapter)