In the pre-Ming Dynasty, Taierzhuang was first subordinate to Jining Prefecture and then to Yanzhou Prefecture.
According to the military regulations of the Qing Dynasty, it was normal practice to march thirty miles a day.
However, Lao Si was in a hurry to investigate the disaster and had to travel eighty miles a day.
The problem was that the fourth child didn't want to alarm the local officials, so he couldn't change horses at various stations along the way.
Lao Si's private visit incognito has a distinctive feature: no cities along the way are allowed to be entered.
When you are hungry, you will get dry food, when you are thirsty, you will boil spring water, and when you are tired, you can rest in a roadside temple or Taoist temple.
Sometimes, when we really missed our place, Lao Si led everyone to live in the wild woods.
At first, Yuzhu was really unprepared and could only sleep in the wilderness with the fourth child.
Later, after the fourth child revealed his special ability to endure hardships, Yuzhu did not want to treat him badly, so he ordered Niu Tai and Wu Jiang to purchase oilcloth and other items at the market town they passed along the way.
Lao Shisan felt that the hammock made by Yuzhu was particularly fresh.
However, after Lao Shisan tried the hammock, he immediately took Yuzhu's achievements as his own.
Following Lao Shisan’s strong recommendation, Lao Si also tried the hammock.
However, what Lao Thirteen didn't expect was that Lao Si said that it would be better to rest on a bed of hay.
Traveling all the way at dawn and staying overnight, hurrying and slowing down, we finally arrived at Cao County, the border between Shandong and Henan provinces.
The Yellow River bursting its banks in Henan will always be within the territory of three prefectures, namely Kaifeng Prefecture, Guide Prefecture and Weihui Prefecture.
Due to long-term siltation of the river, the water level of the Yellow River east of Kaifeng Prefecture is much higher than that of Kaifeng Prefecture and other three prefectures.
To put it bluntly, the water surface is higher than the city. As long as the embankment is broken, the people in and outside the city will suffer.
Because of the severely backward ideas about water control, in this era, there was far from a system that prohibited people from living in flood discharge areas.
This led to a serious consequence. Although floods often swept through grain fields, after the floods receded, the victims who went out to beg for food came back to continue farming.
This has formed a vicious cycle, with crops being farmed every year and floods every year, making farmers miserable.
Then, every three to five years, the Yellow River breaks its banks.
Because the Wei Hui Mansion opposite sent people to block the official road and no one was allowed to enter. The fourth child had to lead everyone and temporarily settled in Caoxian County.
After Yuzhu learned the news of the road closure, he couldn't help but smile slightly. His reputation as the cold-faced King of Hell was really not just blown away.
As the saying goes, there are policies from above and countermeasures from below.
Almost everyone among the local officials in Henan Province knows that Lao Si has a bad habit of conducting private visits incognito.
The road into Henan was blocked for no reason. Even if Yuzhu thought with his feet, he knew that it must be to prevent the fourth child from sneaking into the yellow flood-stricken area in Henan Province.
If it were another prince, he would probably be helpless.
However, the fourth child has been running the government for decades and knows the situation at the grassroots level very well.
Lao Si sent someone to privately contact the Yamen official who was blocking the road opposite, hoping to bribe him to gain the qualification to let him go.
Who would have thought that the inspection team led by the other party, relying on its monopoly advantage, would actually open its mouth and try to become a big fat man in one bite!
"A person actually wants to charge two hundred taels of money to buy money?" Lao Shisan was almost shocked. He jumped up and cursed angrily, "Why don't they go and rob?"
Yuzhu picked up the tea cup, blew away the crumbs floating on the surface, and took a pleasant sip, as if it was nothing to do with him and he was hanging high.
Well, the chief imperial envoy on this trip is Lao Si, and the deputy imperial envoy is Lao Thirteen. Yuzhu is just a third-class shrimp, and it's not his turn to make irresponsible remarks.
In the officialdom, the prevailing rule of the game is: whichever hill you are on, you must sing which song.
If you meddle in other people's errands randomly, you are not understanding the rules and have crossed the line.
Putting your chopsticks into someone else's bowl at will is an unbearable humiliation for anyone.
The awareness of territory protection and the exclusive awareness of mating rights are both animal instincts.
If you violate your instinct, you are violating your nature, and you will be punished sooner or later!
The fourth child saw that Yuzhu didn't want to get involved, but he didn't want to do what he wanted, so he turned to him and asked him: "Cousin, if there are really two hundred taels per person, then I can only ask you to borrow it temporarily.
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Yuzhu held the tea cup, smiled softly, and said: "Fourth brother, I really don't believe it. You can't see such an obvious plan to invite you to the pot?"
"How do you say this?" Old Thirteen heard something in Yuzhu's words, and immediately stared at him and asked him.
Yuzhu gently put down the tea cup, shook out the folding fan, and said with a smile: "Henan Province is suffering from a major flood. The rivers are drowning. Others are afraid to avoid it, but the fourth brother is willing to spend a lot of money to buy a way in. Hehe
, doesn’t this clearly tell the officials of Yu Province that the fourth master has arrived?”
"Oh, it turns out it's like that!" Lao Shisan slapped his forehead suddenly, as if he suddenly realized, "Let me tell you, my right eyelid keeps twitching, I guess someone has plotted against me."
The jade pillar folded back the folding fan, but smiled and said nothing.
Lao Shisan was constantly staring at Yuzhu, and his heart went crazy.
Zhou Quan on the side, even though he kept his head down and drank tea, his heart was completely clear.
Just now, in just a few words, several moves had been made between Lao Si and Yu Zhu, and between Lao Thirteen and Yu Zhu.
The logical reasoning involved is actually not complicated.
The fourth child is not an ordinary little brat. He is Prince Yong, who manages the Ministry of Industry, and is the biological son of the old emperor and Concubine De.
In a word, it is impossible for the fourth child to go out without bringing enough money and banknotes.
As the saying goes, when wealth disperses, people gather together; when wealth gathers, people disperse.
If you want to achieve great things, you must be good at spreading money.
The fourth child's family has a big business and a strong ambition, so the family cannot be too wealthy.
In other words, the fourth child probably doesn't have hundreds of thousands taels with him, so it's absolutely fine to have 10,000 taels in banknotes and a few thousand taels in scattered silver.
The fourth child deliberately opened his mouth and asked Yuzhu to borrow money. How dare Yuzhu not borrow it?
It is impossible for the fourth child to accept Yuzhu's banknotes, so it is logical to ask Yuzhu to come forward with the money to open up the joints.
As long as Yuzhu shows up with money, he will be stared at by the officials of Yu Province.
At that time, the attention of the officials in Yuzhu Province was all focused on Yuzhu, and the fourth and thirteenth brothers took advantage of the opportunity and entered the disaster area without anyone noticing.
To put it bluntly, Lao Si deliberately set a trap and wanted to use Yuzhu as a spearman.
As for Yuzhu, he saw through the trick at a glance, so he stared at Old Thirteen without blinking.
Old Thirteen, why did you sell your good brother like this? This is Yuzhu’s soul question.
"Good brother, listen to me..." Lao Shisan, who was targeted by Yuzhu, gradually couldn't bear it anymore and wanted to take the initiative to explain to eliminate unnecessary misunderstandings.
Yuzhu waved his hand and said calmly: "If I am entangled, it will be convenient for you to do whatever you want, right?"
Old Thirteen, who was said to be right in his mind, blushed and was speechless.
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