Chapter 100: The First Appearance of the White Lotus (4)
Zhang Jiayin is neither a strict honest official nor a good official, but he is definitely an official who can work and do things. He is like this, wearing a cloth clothes, bare feet, and working on the embankment to strengthen the embankment, making the shoulder pole turn red, and the ordinary seventh-rank official hall will definitely not be able to do it.
"Do you think I want to?" Zhang Jiayin did not show any pride in serving as an official and doing his best to the people, but instead complained.
"The county magistrate in front of me has been home. He built a river embankment like this. I don't know how much he has greedy for the river embankment, but he turned it over to me. If you don't step up the reinforcement of the river embankment, how can you resist it? Brother, I will give you a solid foundation. I checked the county annals of our county and went to several old masters to read the collection of books. The water this time is a bit dangerous. I didn't think about loving the people. I just knew that the river embankment collapsed and I wanted to pay my head. I was trying to kill myself for my own head."
He looked at no one around and whispered: "The rate of water rise is definitely not seen in decades. I am afraid that our place will face the test of floods. I originally thought that when the price of grain tripled, the court would intervene and suppress it, but now I dare not. I have to keep enough food to deal with the disaster, and I have to hire people and recruit strong men. I have to wait until it rises to five times before taking action. Let her prepare the food in Ruxian's hands, and the county will give her a good price to purchase."
"Don't mention money, it's far away to withdraw money." Yang Chengzu smiled. "Brother is in trouble, and brothers need help. Besides, she, a brother and wife, can't even think about making money? As long as we don't let us lose money. It's better to raise the price more, I can also put more marks... No, I mean, I can attract more grain merchants. At that time, we will deduct their grain and force them to buy it, so that they can't find the door even if they cry. Brother, is the water really so great this time?"
"Awesome, it's not raining. If it rains, it's probably even worse. What I worry most now is the rainy season. If our dike cannot be completed before the rainy season arrives, Huaxian will be in danger."
"So Is there anything I can help now?"
"It's nothing, it's just a matter of personal handwork. Working is inseparable from labor. The county government offices are limited in staff, so they can only help the people. But this people are strong for a while and it's not so easy to get together. The dozens of people you escort over here have helped me a lot. You don't even have to worry about your meals. If you die, throw them into the river. Anyway, they are not locals, so don't worry about their family members coming to make trouble. They are the best workers. But just these dozens of people are not worth it."
Yang Chengzu thought to himself: I, Jinyi, have a hundred or so military force, but if I use it as a coolie in this matter, I will be scolded to death. Besides, after being brought, how many people will receive my favor? He turned around and went to Caojiao to talk to Master Zhao Jiu to see if I could hire some coolie from him. As for the money and food used to hire coolie, I will get it here."
"I don't need money and grain. There are reserves in the warehousing in the county government. Thanks to your idea, you have not paid the summer tax this year, and it is strictly managed in the warehouse. I sent a confidant to watch it. I didn't steal the grain to sell it, nor did I burn it. Now there are thousands of stones of rice and grain in the county warehouse. There are grains for hiring coolies, as long as someone does it. But we owe taxes, and life in the mansion is not easy."
"Now we are taking care of ourselves. Let's go to the mansion. We are leaning against the wharf in Hua County. If the Yellow River collapses, the basket will be big. But another matter, we have to guard against the White Lotus Sect. We are fighting with the flood in front and someone stabs the knife behind, and then it will be completely done."
"That's your mission, brother. I can't control it. This seventh-rank official is so busy on the dam every day that I can't get rid of my body. Even I have put down the official duties in the yamen. I will not have that much energy to capture the White Lotus Sect."
"Don't worry, brother, it's my responsibility to capture the White Lotus Sect, and there's absolutely nothing to say. After I go back, I'll send everyone out to find out the news. If anyone preaches and deludes people's hearts at this moment, he will bring them back and ask carefully. He will never let any accidents happen to the county."
Yang Chengzu knew that Zhang Jiayin was currently in a tight manpower and wanted to bring the Jinyiwei to the front line to assist him in his work. But the problem is that these Jinyiwei are used to being idle on weekdays and will definitely not be able to withstand the hardships of the river workers.
If you decide to send someone, your reputation in the guards will be completely destroyed in the future, and the prestige you have finally established will disappear. How can you manage your subordinates?
So he had to find this excuse to investigate the big hat of the White Lotus Sect, which was considered to be a pushover to the river craftsmanship. Fortunately, Zhao Jiuye has been rich recently, and more and more people cannot find food to eat. They all want to make a living by working hard, but he has no shortage of coolies under his command.
Especially when he knew that Yang Chengzu had appointed Jin Changling, he felt relieved. At present, the Cao Gang in Henan was in a state of headlessness and was thinking about the throne with a big incense head. He followed Yang Chengzu's instructions and hid it without saying anything, and sat down to see what happened.
He is a master with great hands and eyes. During this period, he has made friends with Fubiao, who came to Hua County to station. He heard that his old Futai was very jealous of Yang Chengzu and specially sent fifty old soldiers to Hua County to assist in the ground. This is an exceptional treatment.
You should know that there are only three thousand men in Fubiao, all of which are precious. If you want ten people in ordinary counties, you don’t need to get them. This time, you will give them fifty, and you must be the general of love.
After he learned the news, he felt that his investment was right. Although his daughter was a young man, she had such a son-in-law to support her family. Will she still be afraid of others in Henan in the future? With the support of the Henan Governor and the royal palace, the throne of the Cao Gang Henan Xiangzhu will sooner or later be his own and no one can take it away.
Because of this consideration, Yu Yang Chengzu agreed to all the requests and assigned 200 coolies to help the county's river worker. Yang Chengzu asked Ruxian to donate 150 stones of grain and 100 taels of silver, but he actually got a plaque of quick success in the handwritten by Zhang Jiayin, and then hung it in the teahouse.
Her teahouse is now half used for tea and half for lending money. Many people want to borrow seals, but they do it in the teahouse. I think everyone has written a contract under this plaque of urgent public welfare and righteousness, and the mortgage is all the assets or the wife selling her daughter to borrow usury. They must be particularly happy in their hearts, and they are grateful to the emperor for being so full of grace that God has a vision.
Five days later, the weather in Huaxian gradually became gloomy, and sparse raindrops fell from the sky from time to time. However, the light rain could not stop people, and no one would think that such a light rain might be the prelude to a heavy rain. In Ruxian Teahouse, a group of idle people sat on the second floor, knocking melon seeds and drinking tea, watching the boss lady Ruxian swaying her sleeves and dancing in the middle of the hall on the second floor.
Chapter completed!