.Hu Zongxian told Chen Si that Mao Haifeng had actually brought the news to Japan and received a enthusiastic response from Wang Zhi... No, it should be said that it was an over-active response. The bad one was in the word "excessive"...

By the way, Boss Wang may be homesick, but of course he may be more of a fever. Without saying hello, he led dozens of large ships and suddenly appeared in the Zhoushan area of ​​Zhejiang.

This scared the officers and soldiers of Zhejiang. They quickly closed the door and martial law. The soldiers rushed to the top of the city and pointed the muskets and cannons at the invading pirates. In short, Hu Zongxian was so nervous...*** Just after sending Xu Hai away, why did Wang Zhi join in the fun again? If this grandson wanted to take advantage of the situation, then I could only let him have a tyrant meal...

However, this time, Hu Budo made a mistake in his judgment because Wang Zhi came to negotiate. Not only did he come by himself, but he also brought several Japanese daimyos who were good at it. The reason why he was so arrogant was not only to ensure safety, but also to support the scene for himself.

He was shameless at first, but when he became older, he became extremely shameless, as if he wanted to make up for the face he lost when he was young.

But Mr. Wang, who was excited to return home in glory, was turned away at the door of his house. Not only did Governor Hu not lined up to welcome him, but he was also on high alert and called on them to leave as soon as possible.

In the surprised gaze of Japanese friends, Wang Zhi felt very embarrassed. He called Mao Haifeng to scold him, then kicked him to the shore, asking him to protest to Hu Zongxian.

After the kindness of Hu Zongxian and Shen Mo, as well as friends like Chen Jing, Mao Haifeng had a strong affection for the government and tried his best to make this happen, so he strongly encouraged the old ship owner to come. After this, he had the heart to jump into the sea. He drowned and went to the shore with the white flag. He met Hu Zongxian smoothly and told him the truth of the matter.

When Hu Butang heard this, he was too nervous. He quickly put on a look of surprise and said, "I thought it was Xu Hai who came again, but I didn't expect it to be the old ship owner." He ordered the troops to put away the muskets, exchange them for flowers, and ribbons on the city wall. He asked Mao Haifeng to invite the old ship owner to the ashore, saying that he would apologize for him in person, and then immediately started negotiations.

When Mao Haifeng saw that it was indeed a misunderstanding, he was very happy and returned to the boat and said this to his godfather.

But Wang Zhi's mind was no longer hot, and he would not go ashore again. Who knew that Hu Zongxian had held a Hongmen banquet? Boss Wang did not have the courage to attend the meeting alone. On the contrary, his family has great achievements and cherishes their lives.

Of course, I love face. Boss Wang admitted that he was afraid of death. He ordered someone to notify Hu Zongxian that negotiations require sincerity. You are very unsatisfied now, so I decided to go home and not play with you anymore.

Hu Zongxian was anxious and said to his left and right: "I finally saw Wang Zhi, so I can't let him leave like this!" The aides gathered their thoughts, gave him ideas, and finally put in a move, using the hostages he had been raising for several years - Wang Zhi's old mother, wife and children - to threaten him to go ashore.

Hu Zongxian asked Wang Zhi's son to write to him, saying that if you don't come back, we will die all our family.

After receiving the letter, Wang Zhi sneered and wrote a line of big words, asking the messenger who delivered the letter to take it back.

Hu Zongxian took apart and saw that it read: "If my father doesn't return, the whole family will be safe, and the door will die!"

At this time, there came outside to report that Wang Zhi's fleet had left the port and headed towards Japan.

Hu Zongxian is so regretful, why did he come up with such a bad idea?

Now, the relationship between the two sides has dropped back to freezing point, and the efforts over the past few years have turned into vain. Hu Zongxian was helpless and could only write to Chen Si, asking him to think of a solution. He would have to save the relationship anyway. Even if he could not recover as before, he would not be allowed to call Wang Zhi again... A governor who had been struggling with Xu Hai had an endocrine disorder. If Wang Zhi was several times stronger, it would be more affordable for the governor to abandon his official position and run away.

After reading the letter, he fell into trouble. Wang Yongji took it and read it. He said unjustly: "I found that Hu Butang was a bit too much. He would push it to you when he encountered trouble, treating you as a way to save the suffering Guanyin?"

"The key is that after finishing the work, I will not give you any benefits." Chen Shu sighed and said with a wry smile: "He has come to see it right. I am kind-hearted and helpful..." As he said that, he laughed and finally said seriously: "Actually, he knows that I need Wang Zhi's cooperation more, so he feels at ease to push it to me, not afraid that I will not work hard."

"But, the relationship has been broken one after another. What can we do?" Wang Yongji had completely brought himself into the role of a silent subordinate and said, "Can you go to Japan and apologize to him?"

"I'm going to send you there." Chen Si smiled and said, "I've bought all the tickets for you."

Wang Yongji rolled his eyes when he was choked, and then he suddenly remembered that what he hated the most was the four words "come to the door to apologize". He quickly smiled and said, "I just said that, don't take it seriously."

"I said that too, don't take it seriously." Chen Shu laughed and said, "Let me do this, I will write a letter to express my sincerity and invite Mao Haifeng to come and have fun to see if it can be eased."

"Can this work?" Wang Yongjibuxin said.

"Do you think of a solution for me?" Chen Si rolled his eyes and said.

"Then let me listen to you." Wang Yongji smiled bitterly.

While the two were chatting and laughing, the door was pushed open, and Gui Youguang, covered in mud, appeared in front of Shen Mo.

"Standing at attention!" Silent shouted, "Don't step on my carpet!" It was a brand new Persian cashmere carpet, transported from the Arabian Peninsula thousands of miles away. It was spread on the floor of the signing room a few days ago. He was so precious.

Gui Youguang had to forcefully withdraw his foot, but mud still dripped on the carpet.

Looking at the two shocking mud dots, he sighed silently and distressedly, covering his face and said, "Come in."

"Ah..." Gui Youguang said a little confusedly: "Are you let me in, or not?"

"Why did you come in?" Chen Si rolled his eyes and said, "It's already dirty..." His handsome and generous look was completely different from what he had just now.

Gui Youguang had to come in on tiptoe and left a string of black footprints on the carpet. Gui Youguang felt distressed, but he was silent but ignored him and said, "What's the matter?"

"Oh." Gui Youguang slapped his head and replied to his spirit: "Master, big things are not good. There is something wrong with the river bank. Mayor Hai cannot withstand it. You can hurry up."

"What?" Chen Ji Ran stood up suddenly. After being an official for half a year, the word he was most afraid of hearing was "make trouble". He asked quickly: "What's going on?"

The Wusong River and Kunshan River Basin are now the most abundant water in the year. Although this year is surprisingly drought, the vast shaking of water still injects enough water into this river.

In theory, Kunshan County, located in the Wusong River Basin, should be full of green rice fields at this time, and farmers work hard, boats and oars traveling on the river, fishermen singing and singing, a paradise on earth, and a beautiful scenery of the land of fish and rice.

But when the silent group arrived here on a fast horse, they saw the Wusong River, which should have flowed eastward, could not find the main stream. Looking around, they could only see the horizontal and horizontal main streams of water networks divided into countless small tributaries, turning the entire basin into a swamp where there is no boat or field.

Gui Youguang had long explained to the silence that the silt problem in the Kunshan section of Wusong River came from the slowdown here, and the sediment carried by the river was deposited, but seven parts were from man-made, man-made destruction, and invasion of Jusai...

Because the soil quality of the land that was soaked by the river was extremely fertile, and the output of grain was several times higher than that of ordinary land, some people saw that the water flow was slow here, so they dug up the embankment, deliberately released water to overflow the fields on both sides of the silt, artificially expanding the silt.

As soon as the embankment is opened, the river water is diverted, the flow rate is slower, the sediment deposits are more serious, and the river channel becomes more and more silted, which is better to say in ordinary years. Once there is a big flood, it is as narrow as a ditch, and it is also riddled with holes and can no longer release the torrent, so it can only be left to rage and flood most of Kunshan County.

In theory, when there is a collapse, the officials and wealthy families on both sides of the Taiwan Straits must be repaired as appropriate. This kind of private digging of rivers and occupying Jusai must be prohibited. However, local tyrants and wealthy families just covet the fertile river fields and try every means to occupy the people's fields. Not only that, they have become more and more powerful, building embankments, intercepting rivers, and reclaiming the silted land into "padfields", and then reporting official letters and sending some personnel, they officially occupy it as private property, and then renting it to the people. There is also a special name for this method, called "Dangtian".

"The encroachment of large households is very serious in Kunshan. They also occupied the ponds that could have been discharged from floods, and then used the blockages to private fields for cultivation. They destroyed the water conservancy facilities along the river and were completely in a state of 'defying'." Gui Youguang said in a heartache: "So whenever there is a flood, Kunshan will flood. Just for the selfish interests of some people, many people will leave their hometowns and be displaced!"

"The powerful built polder fields privately to block the rivers and lakes, which is already so serious. Why doesn't Kunshan County care?"

"Haha, now officials are promoted or moved at most three years. They can't stay in a place for long, and no one wants to offend the big households and make them unhappy." Gui Youguang sighed: "They are even more greedy for their short-term benefits. They plant crops on the Wusong River occupied by the powerful households and plant crops along the river. Not only do they not stop them, but they "regulate their taxes" and teach them to "block the river" - under the long-term indulgence of the government, the river channels have basically been silted, and the grain planted by the people and mulberry and hemp are spread throughout the river basin, which has caused a fatal blow to the navigation and flood discharge capacity of the Wusong River. The operators are also afraid of dredging, so the accumulated problems are getting worse and worse. If they are not rectified, the Wusong River will not be cured!"

Gui Youguang told Chen Si that after the on-site inspection, Hai Rui contacted the local government, government and large households, hoping to use the law to dismantle the dam, work hard, and work together to carry out river ports to prepare for the reconstruction of the embankment.

Hai Rui was tired of his mouth because of this, but it was related to the personal interests of officials and gentry, so as expected, the resistance encountered was very great.

After several communications failed, Hai Rui had to abandon the local government officials and prepare to work alone.

The first step of the project is to block the weirs opened privately on both sides of the river, so that the scattered water flows back to the main trunk. After the swamp fades, we will find the main road, divide the diversion channel, and rebuild the embankment to flow with regulations.

The water volume is small this year, which is just right for this job.

The reactions of the people along the river were many times stronger than Hai Rui had expected in advance...

I saw that there were several dams in the northwest of Kunshan, standing on the bank of a river with several dams, and they were filled with nervous-looking yamen runners holding chains and sticks in their hands, protecting several solemn officials behind them. The leader was Hai Rui.

He had a blue face, and a complex light flashed in his eyes. In front of him, there were ordinary people who could not see each other at first sight. They all knelt there, kowtowed and begged: "No, don't..."

The two sides have been in a stalemate for a long time. The people asked Hai Rui not to block the dam, but Hai Rui could not agree to this request.

"Master Hai," a scholar-like man stood up and said, "We always heard that you are the Master Qingtian who decides for the people. You will definitely stand on the side of our people, right?"

"Who are you?" Hai Rui asked in a deep voice.

"Student Kunshan student Xu Qingzhi." The scholar clasped his fists and continued: "Master Hai should know that if the dam is blocked and the water flow is intensified, it will destroy all the fertile fields downstream, and the fish ponds on both sides will be cut off from water, the land will dry up, and the root of the people's survival will disappear. If so, what will the people rely on? How can the lord bear it?"

"You are exaggerating!" Hai Rui said lightly: "I just want to go back to the river to build a dam. When will it occupy the foundation of the people?"

"Sir, it's true that this is a river, but it has been cultivated by the people for many years." Xu Qingzhi said: "If you want to go back, you are depriving the people of their fields and cutting off their lives!"

Hai Rui said patiently: "The drought this year is fine. If you flood next year and flood your land, will you lose all your harvest in the year be soaked?"

Xu Qingzhi shook his head and smiled bitterly, "There is nothing to do. It's up to God to harvest one season. One season is the harvest. The land here is fertile, and one season is worth two or three times the harvest elsewhere. Even if it is flooded for a while, it will be a good deal for the next year." As he said, he said emotionally, "Sir, this is relying on the heavens to make a living! These peasant brothers dig dams one by one, and carry mud one by one, and then silt out this little land. They worked hard year after year, day after day, for the sake of this little food that could be washed away by the flood at any time. It's really sad and pitiful! Do you want to deprive them of their life-saving food?"

"Yes, sir, spare your life, show mercy..." The crowd was extremely moved by his words, and many people started to cry.

Hearing the crying sounds, Hai Rui felt very distressed, but he was very clear and knew that if he was kind to such a woman and did not dredge the Wusong River and ended the repeated floods, a hundred times the people would suffer, so he had to do this!

His eyes swept across everyone, and he suddenly saw someone flashing in the mulberry field in the distance, but another man arrived, attracting his attention again.

I saw a group of officials surrounded by a middle-aged official wearing the same official uniform as him, but they were clean and brand new. They came over from a distance panting. When the common people saw him, they lowered their heads in fear and made their debut without saying a word.

Because he was the magistrate of Kunshan County to celebrate Gan's birthday, the parents and officials of all the people present.

When the county magistrate Zhu saw the people surrounding the government, his face looked extremely ugly. He lowered his head and came to Hai Rui, bowed and said, "Brother Gangfeng is frightened, let me deal with these troublemakers!"

Hai Rui thought about it, after all, he was a parent official, so this request was taken for granted, so he nodded and stepped aside.

Zhu Ganshou's cold eyes swept across everyone, and naturally fell on Xu Qingzhi, who was neither kneeling nor standing, frowned and said unhappily: "You are a scholar, why are you here to mix with?"

"Sir, righteous indignation." Xu Qingzhi said with a tough head: "Watching the people have no way to live, the students feel unpleasant."

"Okay, what a righteous scholar." Zhu Ganshou sneered, but his eyes turned to the common people kneeling on the ground and said, "Drop the Wusong River, benefit the country from the top and benefit the people from the bottom! Such a great thing, why do you still have to gather people to fight? Don't tell me, it's for your little land." He snorted heavily, "There are the land of the Xu family, the land of the Wang family, and the land of the rich people here, but there are no land of you tenants!"

As soon as this said, the crowd who had just lost their parents suddenly became silent as if they had died.

Zhu Ganshou said to Hai Rui: "Sir, please plug the leak!" Then he said to everyone loudly: "Who dares to obstruct one will catch one, and two will catch one pair!"

The power of the parents and officials became stronger, and the aura of the people was suddenly suppressed.

Hai Rui took a deep breath and nodded heavily. Just as he was about to speak, he heard someone in the crowd shouting: "People are there, and the fields are there, and the fields are dead and the people die!" Then he rushed forward from several directions. The crowd that had just calmed down suddenly became chaotic again.
Chapter completed!