The wind, rain, thunder and lightning were lucky, they were lucky to meet Zhang Bairen, so they were not starved to death on the streets. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

To be honest, the four names of wind, rain, thunder and lightning are really not very good, but in any case, Zhang Bairen thinks that the name is just a code name. He thinks it's good, what do the four children know, how do they know to refute?

After a day of rest, Zhang Bairen finished his morning class on the second day, and then slowly stood up and walked out of the lobby. Looking at the guards who were already waiting outside, followed by the wind, rain, thunder and lightning, four small ones wearing wide robes and obviously ill-fitting. The yellow muscles are thin like little monkeys, closely following behind Zhang Bairen, his face full of cowardice.

"My lord, what are you doing with these four little monkeys, just throw them at the inn" Zuoqiu Wuji came over.

"It's okay, it's good to take the four of them to see the world and broaden their horizons" Zhang Bairen unhurriedly boarded the carriage in front of him, and the four brothers and sisters were led into the carriage behind by Snapdragon.

"Go directly to the place where the canal was dug," Zhang Bairen commanded.

A group of dozens of people walked out of the city through the chaos of homeless people. The wagons wheeled towards the place where the canal had been dug.

Far away before they got close, they heard a noise and scolding, screaming and scolding, which was unbearable.

There were servants begging and begging, and overseers punching and kicking.

When Zhang Bairen and his entourage arrived, there was a lot of movement, and everyone around them looked at each other, and the guards shouted: "The canal is heavy, and idle people are not allowed to approach." ”

"Your Majesty personally pardons the river patrol governor here, don't you come to greet him quickly," Xiao Long scolded arrogantly.

In the face of this group of ruffians, if you are not arrogant, these guys will treat you as a grandson, but they will think that you are a bully and make it difficult for you everywhere.

What the hell? It seems that the imperial court does not have this official position!

Anyway, looking at the dozens of big men with bulging muscles, they looked like they had a murderous and fierce aura on their faces, and the supervisors didn't dare to slack off, and more than a dozen overseers ran over together: "I've seen the adults, and I ask the adults to check the tokens and official letters." ”

The rules are the rules, and the official letter has to be verified, and you can't just come to a cat or a dog and you say that it is a certain official position, and you are an official position here.

Zuoqiu Wuji took out the wooden box from the side, but saw a roll of yellow holy decrees stored in it.

Xiaolong took out the holy decree with a respectful face, took the token handed by Zhang Bairen in the sedan chair, and looked at several overseers with murderous eyes in his eyes: "Wait and see, our lord is the governor of the military aircraft secret mansion, the river patrol governor appointed by His Majesty, and the dog officials who are just supervising you." ”

Looking at the bright and flickering holy decree in front of him and the gloomy token, several overseers all jumped in their hearts, and bowed in unison: "I've seen the adults later." ”

"Why just a few of you, what about the rest?" Zhang Bairen sat in the carriage and did not get down.

One of the overseers was hesitant and hesitant, and his face was gloomy and uncertain.

"Say, what about the rest?" Zhang Bairen scolded suddenly, as if a drum was shaking a burst of thunder, shaking the nine clouds.

"My lord, the rest of the brothers have gone to arrest people, and now there are not enough servants in the canal, so they will arrest those beggars and homeless people, which is also the explanation of the lord of the house" The overseer smiled bitterly.

Zhang Bairen frowned when he heard this: "Is it enough to arrest people?"

Slowly lifting the curtain, Zhang Bairen was dressed in coarse linen clothes, carrying a huge sword bag, and a pair of eyes glanced at the overseers below.

Zhang Bairen's face was expressionless, but the supervisors below were stunned, they didn't expect Zhang Bairen to be so young, and the youth was a bit excessive.

The canal servant was yellow-skinned, constantly digging the dirt ditch below, and the shovel and pickaxe were picked up, but how to look at it felt like he hadn't eaten.

Zhang Bairen got out of the carriage: "You all stand down, the official can go around casually." ”

The supervisors did not dare to disobey and returned to their posts one after another.

Looking at the yellow-skinned servants, Zhang Bairen played with the real water bowl and was silent.

"Smack"

A long whip in the hand of an overseer 'shakes', and a loud whip is drawn in the air, hitting a servant, leaving a blood mark in an instant: "Old thing, don't dig it quickly, you haven't eaten!"

looks like an old man in his forties, it stands to reason that although he is in his forties, he is already past the prime of life, but there is still a long way to go from old age, but at this time, this man has decayed and is unsightly.

"Big man, the little old man only eats half a nest a day, a bowl of porridge, his limbs are weak and weak, where can he dig it" The servant stumbled and fell to the ground, his face was full of pleading: "Please also be merciful, and give the little old man some food." ”

"Food, so beautiful, you don't work and want to eat?" "You eat a whip!" the overseer's whip danced and crackled, and the whipped old man rolled all over the ground.

"Wait, you stop," Zhang Bairen's brows furrowed as he watched from the side.

"Your Excellency" overseer turned.

"What's going on?" Zhang Bairen frowned.

"My lord, this old boy is not good at work, he is cheating and playing tricks, he will be honest with a whip, he is a group of cheap embryos, he doesn't work if he doesn't fight," the overseer scolded and scolded.

"Is this official blind?" Zhang Bairen picked up the scabbard and gave the overseer a slap in the face, and the overseer couldn't find the south, south, west, and north.

Ignoring the overseer, Zhang Bairen looked at the old man on the ground: "Half a nest a day, a bowl of porridge, what's going on?"

The old man was also an agitated figure, and he turned over and knelt on the ground, kowtowing again and again: "My lord, you have pity on our group of hard-working people, who do such heavy work every day, but only eat half of the nest and drink a bowl of porridge! Five or six hundred people have died of exhaustion!"

"Is there such a thing?" Zhang Bairen's face changed.

At this time, the overseer came to his senses, and when he heard the words, he changed color in an instant: "My lord, they are all a group of lowly people full of nonsense, you don't have to listen to it!"

"Huh?" Zhang Bairen's eyes flashed with cold light, and the overseer's heart suddenly burst: "I'll give you one last chance to speak." ”

The scabbard in Zhang Bairen's hand stabbed into the ground, and the overseer's heart twitched, as if the sword was pierced in his heart.

"My lord, don't blame the lower officials for this kind of thing, the lower officials are only responsible for supervising the work of these horsemen, and their food is not under the control of the lower officials, you have to find an official who is specifically responsible for food in this matter. ”

The overseer's face was full of grievances at this time, and he couldn't bear Zhang Bairen's pressure, so he poured beans and said: "No matter what these people eat or how much they eat, our daily work is regulated, and we can't catch up with the construction deadline and can't be successfully completed. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Bairen glanced at the overseer, ignoring the overseer's words: "Get up! ”

As he spoke, Zhang Bairen walked to the side and sat down, and this situation was all in his eyes, what else could Zhang Bairen say?

It has only been a few months since the canal was excavated, and hundreds of lives have been lost, and as the number of people declines, this number will skyrocket, and the more serious it will become.

"My lord, the matter of grain and grass is also provided by Huaibei and other places, it seems that these clans are not honest!" Zuoqiu Wuji said.

"The water is very deep" Zhang Bairen rubbed his brows, and after a while, he said slowly: "Hearing is false, seeing is believing, wait until noon to see." ”

The group sat on the construction site and waited, but at noon, they saw the firehead soldier walking to the construction site with a large basin and steamer, and shouted: "Come, come, eat!"

A group of hungry servants threw down their tools and ran over, but they provoked a burst of whipping, and then half a nest and a bowl of black porridge, I don't know whether it was grass roots or tree bark.

Zhang Bairen frowned: "Just eat this?"

Looking at the rice porridge in the bowl, if the black soup is porridge, there is half a nest head that is too small to be smaller.

"My lord, this is a day's ration, you give a comment, we do this kind of physical work every day, just eat such a little thing, sooner or later we will be tired to death" The old man drank the rice soup in the bowl one by one, gnawed on the nest head, and did not dare to waste a trace. Even some dregs fell to the ground, and the old man even ate the soil with him.

"Go and call the fire chief!" Zhang Bairen looked at the overseer, the life of the overseer is a little better, two nests a day, fortunately, there are still rations brought by him, it seems that the life of the overseer is not good.

When the overseer heard this, he put away his head and ran away with a red and swollen face.

"Patrol Captain?" In the logistics grain and grass camp, a man gnawed on a white steamed bun, placed a pound of pig's head meat in front of him, drank a little wine, and looked at the overseer who broke into the big tent, his brows furrowed.