In the past few days, everyone has been riding horses and is very tired, and they have rested early after entering the post station.

I will go to Kaifeng, the capital city of Henan, immediately, and I believe that the local officials in Henan will soon learn the news, and they will be busy again.

Sure enough, early the next morning, Liu Yu heard a report from someone from a post station outside: Lord Inspector and officials from all over Henan have been waiting for Lord Qincha outside.

Liu Yu took out the official uniform that she had made before leaving Beijing, put it on, put on her official hat, and put the token that Kangxi gave her with the words Ru Zhen's presence into the space.

Generally, important items will be put into the space, and they will be taken out when they are needed, so as not to lose them.

He took the baggage and the sword out of the station.

Seeing the middle-aged man standing at the front wearing a mustache from the second-grade official uniform, I thought that this was Lu Zhizhong, the governor of Henan.

Seeing Liu Yu coming out, she hurriedly took the officials behind her to salute her. Liu Yu handed over the items in his hand to the guards behind him and returned the salute.

Liu Yu had a polite conversation with a group of officials, and asked Lu Zhizhong to take her to the post station in Fucheng. Compared with the post station I lived in before, the conditions are much better.

Lu Zhizhong originally wanted to arrange for Liu Yu to live in his mansion, but Liu Yu refused.

Then Lu Zhizhong said to Liu Yu again: "Lord Qincha has worked hard all the way, and the lower officials have prepared a table of banquets in the mansion to catch the wind and wash the dust for the adults, and ask the adults to appreciate their faces." ”

Liu Yu refused once and could not refuse again. agreed to participate in the reception banquet arranged by Lu Zhizhong.

After sending Lu Zhizhong and other Henan officials away, Liu Yu immediately called all the people he brought with him and arranged for people to investigate the local situation.

Look at the disaster relief silver that Lord Shen brought over at that time, how many people have seen it? The severity of the disaster in various parts of Henan? Where are the victims gathered now? How did the government arrange for these victims?

Liu Yu threw out so many questions in a row, so that the guards sitting around didn't know what to do, a few people, you look at me, I look at you.

Finally, a round-faced guard cautiously said: "My lord, it's not that we don't help you, but we are just a reckless man who knows how to do some fists and feet, and I usually run errands in the palace, and I have never done anything related to the investigation of cases." ”

Liu Yu replied to him: "It's okay! you just do what I say." ”

As he spoke, he took out a stack of silver tickets from his cuffs, with large and small denominations, the small one was fifty taels, and the large one was one hundred taels.

Liu Yu took out the silver and divided it among a few of them, and after dividing it, he said, "You can take this silver as the cost of finding out the news."

You work in pairs, and each group asks for a message. Every night, I will go back to the post station and tell me the news I have found out that day.

It's best to disguise yourself when you inquire about the news, so as not to be in danger if you are discovered. Leave the two of them by my side and accompany me to meet the various officials in Kaifeng. ”

"Minions respect their orders!"

Liu Yu accompanied a few people to eat some Dongdong cushion at the post station, and let them go out after eating. Leave the two of them to accompany her to the reception banquet in the evening.

In the evening, Lu Zhizhong ordered the sedan chair man to wait outside. Liu Yu originally planned to ride over, but when she saw that the sedan chair that picked her up outside had arrived, she gave up riding and took the sedan chair instead.

It was the first time for Liu Yu to take a sedan chair, and it was quite stable, but the speed was slower.

staggered for about half an hour and came to Lu Zhizhong's house. The guards at the gate had already received news that a big man was coming to the mansion and asked them to be careful about receiving them.

Lu Zhizhong heard the butler's report that Lord Qincha had arrived at the door and hurriedly came out of the courtyard to greet the accusation.

Liu Yu accompanied him again, but he was very impatient in his heart.

The faces of these second-class masters are really hypocritical, so that Liu Yu really has no eyes to see it, and she is secretly tired. I feel more tired than letting her go to war to fight.

No matter how disgusted you are, no matter how impatient you are, you still have to deal with them.

Accompanied by Lu Zhizhong, Liu Yu came to the hall where the banquet was held, and there were already many people waiting inside.

In addition to the officials he had seen in the morning, there were also some elderly people in the hall, and Liu Yu guessed that they were some elders of the Lu family.

Seeing Lu Zhizhong accompany Liu Yu in, everyone got up to greet him.

Liu Yu nodded and followed Lu Zhizhong to the top and sat down. The two guards who followed behind were also invited.

Soon a maid served tea, and seeing everyone standing, Liu Yu waved to everyone and said, "Sit down!"

Then they sat down. Subsequently, Lu Zhizhong introduced these officials to Liu Yu one by one, as well as those old men in civilian clothes.

I thought it would be the Lu family, but after Lu Zhizhong's introduction, I learned that it was a rich family in Kaifeng Fucheng, and I heard that Lord Qincha was going to come to him to apply for this reception banquet.

Liu Yu was a little strange when she heard this, so she asked, "You want to see me, what's the matter?"

At this time, an old man with gray hair dressed in a brown embroidered silver robe stepped forward and said, "Lord Hui Qincha, the old man and the others want to see your lordship."

One is to praise the demeanor of adults, and the other is to do things about disasters.

Lao Yu and his friends plan to donate some money and food to the victims, which can be regarded as a modest contribution as a member of the Southern Province. ”

Listening to the old man's words, Liu Yu picked up the teacup on the table and scraped the tea leaves in the cup with the lid of the cup.

The old man who stood and replied cautiously glanced up at Liu Yu. I saw that this young Qincha was looking intently at the tea leaves in the teacup, as if he hadn't heard him speak.

Everyone didn't dare to speak, and looked nervously at the young man with a somewhat immature face.

After a long time, Liu Yu put down the teacup in his hand, arched his hand in the direction of the capital, and said: "The emperor's grace is vast! The emperor is concerned about the disaster situation in Henan, and he is worried that the people will not be able to eat their stomachs, so he specially ordered me to come to check the situation."

Originally, I was a little worried, but now that I have listened to your words, I feel that the people of Henan have you Confucian businessmen here, and I think that life will not be too bad in the future. I thank you on behalf of the people!"

After finishing speaking, Liu Yu picked up the teacup on the table and said, "Replace wine with tea to toast you Confucian merchants." ”

These old men said: "Don't dare, don't dare." As he spoke, he picked up the wine glass on the table and saluted back.

After taking a sip of tea, Liu Yu asked again: "I don't know how much you plan to donate, whether you want to donate silver or food?"

After listening to Liu Yu's words, they couldn't reflect it for a while, according to the process. Isn't it time to praise them as if you were eating and drinking? How is it different from what they think?

However, the old man still replied to Liu Yu: "Back to my lord, the old man and his friends decided to donate food. ”

"Food is good! The victims are now short of food, and with food they can save their lives. ”

"Yes, yes, yes. The officials below even claimed that it was, and even Lu Zhizhong nodded.

When Liu Yu saw a group of them and acted for her alone, she was tired and panicked for them.

However, she wouldn't just let them go. Since they are all here, they will all bleed.

Later, Liu Yu asked, "I wonder how much food you want to donate, and when will it be distributed to the victims?"

The old man's head was about to sweat when he was asked several questions by Liu Yu in a row, and he looked up and quietly glanced at Lu Zhizhong, who was also sitting at the top.

Lu Zhizhong pretended not to look at him, and looked carefully at the teacup, as if he wanted to see him as a flower.