The time has quietly entered July, and the rainfall in western Guangdong is significantly higher than in previous years.

At first, Hu Niu was still thinking about going back to Changlin Village, but after a muddy torture, the special carriage got stuck in the mud and almost couldn't get out, so she also took the initiative to give up this idea.

It's just that this frequent rainy weather, even if she chooses to stay in Leizhou City, also makes her feel troubled.

Sometimes she planned to go to Leizhou Bay to catch the sea, or to play on the edge of the West Lake, or to Nandu River to watch the people of the workshop build the bridge, but she had just left the city when a heavy rain suddenly came.

She found that she was like her brother, suddenly trapped in this city, and felt like she couldn't go anywhere. It made her feel a little uncomfortable and preferred the sunny weather.

However, she soon stopped worrying about it, because she realized that something was wrong. This kind of continuous heavy rain weather makes the harvest of crops in Leizhou Mansion not good, and many people will go hungry.

And she also found that more and more refugees came to Leizhou City, and the topic of flooding was everywhere. My brother was obviously busier than usual, and he didn't even have time to go to the craftsman's house.

Later, she became busier as well. Because she found out that some people were bullying the refugees, she needed to teach the bad people a lesson, and at the same time helped to settle some refugees into the workshop work.

Bang!

In the cloudy sky, a dazzling flash of lightning suddenly lit up the ancient city that had been plunged into darkness, and then the downpour fell again.

A tall carriage stopped in front of the government office, and several officials held umbrellas to greet a young official wearing a four-rank official uniform, and a seven-rank official even gave up his umbrella and said, "Be careful, adults!" ”

Lin Haoran withstood the sudden rainstorm, and finally entered the mansion, looking at the darkness around him, and a sense of helplessness swelled in his heart. It's still afternoon, but it gives the illusion of nightfall.

Just now he went to the village on the other side of the Nandu River to check on the disaster situation, and the situation was not optimistic. If this climate continues, not to mention the summer grain problem, the autumn grain will be seriously affected.

He had always thought that drought would cause serious damage, but now he found that the flood was actually more deadly.

Such floods not only affect the harvest of crops, but also cause official roads to be blocked and even paralyzed. Like the current land route from Leizhou Mansion to Guangzhou Prefecture, the bridges of several rivers that must be passed along the way are flooded, and it is impossible to take the caravan at all.

Fortunately, he opened up the route of "Haojing-Leizhou", and he could get rice and grain from Guangzhou Prefecture.

However, the impact of this flood is larger than he imagined, but it is not limited to western Guangdong, most places in the entire Liangguang region have been affected, and this year's summer grain output has been greatly reduced.

The price of rice in Guangzhou immediately soared, and the price has reached two taels and one stone, and the price will inevitably continue to rise.

If the price of rice in Leizhou Mansion was not suppressed by him, I am afraid that it would have soared like Guangzhou Mansion. However, what made him helpless was that a businessman wanted to sell Leizhou rice to Guangzhou City, so angry that he almost killed the pit goods, and immediately strictly forbade Leizhou rice to be transported to Guangzhou Prefecture.

It's just that the problem will eventually be solved, and the best way is naturally to import rice from Guangzhou.

However, this will cause the price of rice in Guangzhou to skyrocket, and it will also force the people of Leizhou to eat this kind of high-priced rice, which is undoubtedly another squeeze for the people with meager incomes.

Bang!

There was another thunderclap in the sky, which completely lit up the compound.

"Be careful, sir!"

The servant helped hold a large umbrella and carefully followed Lin Haoran towards the back house.

Lin Haoran walked hurriedly while listening to the soybean-like raindrops hitting the umbrella surface, and when he heard the "crackling" sound, he felt even more disturbed, and he didn't like this kind of ghost weather very much.

"The back house is gone!"

Suddenly, a voice rang out, and a group of officers hurried with buckets to extinguish the fire.

But it is not only the government office, but the north is bright. It is not known whose house was hit by a natural fire, which affected the area, and a large part of the house was burned.

Lin Yuanbao walked over and asked dejectedly, "Master, what should I do?" ”

Lin Haoran sighed lightly, before Wu Daochang said that his back house was too heavy, and he hadn't taken it seriously. But he didn't expect that this would happen immediately, and he immediately decided: "You pack up some things and move to the house outside!" ”

Suddenly, he found that although the girl Tiger Girl was a little playful, sometimes she was quite reliable in doing things. If he hadn't bought this house in advance, he really didn't know where to live.

Under this crackling rainstorm, Lin Haoran went to the new house outside, but there was no suspense, the wild girl of the tiger girl was not at home, and she didn't know where to run.

His clothes were drenched a lot, and when he entered, he went straight to the bathing room and took a hot bath. After changing into a clean set of clothes, he didn't plan to go back to the office.

As the head of the government, there are a large number of subordinate officials below, and there is a Haikang County government envoy, many things do not need to be handled by him personally, he only needs to move his mouth.

Lin Haoran was thinking of reading in the study, but when he heard someone from Changlin Village coming, he immediately went to the living room.

"Uncle Nineteen!" Tietou was a young man under twenty years old, his body was very strong, and the spirit on his face was very good, and after seeing Lin Haoran come in, he immediately stood up respectfully and said hello.

For this backbone of Changlin Village, this high-ranking official, his eyes are undoubtedly full of admiration and admiration, and at the same time maintain a little fear.

Lin Haoran didn't deliberately put it on the shelf, raised his hand to signal him to sit down, and then asked gently: "Tietou, everything is okay in the village?" ”

"The village is fine! Uncle Nineteen, this is the money that the old patriarch asked me to bring you! The iron head kept his courtesy, replied earnestly, and then handed a letter respectfully.

Lin Haoran took the letter, looked at the letter with serious eyes, and asked at the same time: "Tietou, how is the disaster situation in the village?" ”

"The summer grain harvest in the village is not good, and almost all the farmland in front of the village is flooded!" Tietou said bitterly, but then added: "But our village no longer lives by growing grain, Uncle Da Biao brought back a batch of grain before, which is enough for us to eat for half a year!" ”

Lin Haoran knew about this, nodded and put down the letter and said, "This disaster is more serious than I imagined!" You lead people to bring a batch of medicinal herbs back, once our people have fever symptoms, we must be careful and cautious! ”

"Uncle Nineteen, you still think about it thoughtfully, I'll get medicinal herbs when I go back!" Tietou agreed seriously, looked at Lin Haoran sincerely and said.

"When you go back, you must tell everyone to guard against the plague, and those dead things that float in the river must not be eaten!" Lin Haoran said, took out a piece of paper from his arms and said solemnly: "I have already listed some precautions about the plague, although some of the terms are stricter, but let the old patriarch must do it!" ”

"Good!" Both sides took the piece of paper and nodded very seriously.

Before, he thought that everything would be fine when the village was hungry, but after Lin Haoran said this, he knew that he was still young after all. For this piece of paper, he put it away carefully, feeling that this is a major event related to the survival of the clan.

sent away the iron head, but ushered in Lin Dahu again.

Lin Dahu is already a thousand households on Weidong Island in Leizhou, with a standard Chinese face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a tiger's back and bear's waist, and he is even more majestic when he walks at this time.

"See Soldier-sama!" Lin Dahu came in and saluted heartily.

For this cousin, he undoubtedly admires it. He always thought that daring to go to the sea to make money was the only way out, but this cousin not only held a high position, but also made the Changlin clan the most prominent family.

"Lin Qianhu, please take a seat!" Lin Haoran raised his hand and said gently.

"Thank you, sir!" Lin Dahu sat down in a regular manner.

Lin Haoran picked up the teacup that was sent to him, and asked straight to the point: "How are you doing?" ”

The first batch of guns were put into Lin Dahu first, but it was not because he didn't trust the other guards, but because of the need for secrecy, the subordinates under Lin Dahu's command were obviously more credible.

"No problem anymore!" Lin Dahu seemed to have guessed that Lin Haoran was going to ask this question, and immediately replied confidently.

Lin Haoran took a sip of hot tea, glanced at him and said lightly: "What about the military formation?" ”

"This ......" Lin Dahu's face immediately swelled with a little embarrassment.

Lin Haoran glanced at him, knowing that Hu Niu was right, Lin Dahu didn't attach importance to military drills, and was still keen on that kind of pirate-style solo fight, and immediately said sternly: "Maybe you don't think the military formation has any role now, but when you really encounter the formation, you will know the importance of the military formation!" You're good, now you can't even get a long snake formation! ”

"Nineteen, how can you say that you are so unbearable, this long snake formation is still well practiced!" Lin Dahu's tone softened, and he appeared to be cautious in his defense.

Lin Haoran still had a straight face, holding the tea lid and flicking the tea lightly: "Good or not, things have long been in front of you, and you are not Hai Batian's opponent in this regard!" ”

"Hai Batian is indeed much more powerful than me in terms of military formation, but if he really fights at sea, he is not my opponent!" Lin Dahu said arrogantly.

Lin Haoran sighed slightly, knowing that these two people did have their own strengths and weaknesses, so he said his intentions: "Then when it comes to land warfare, Hai Batian will be the main general, and you will be the deputy general!" ”

Lin Dahu, who was still triumphant just now, was immediately stunned when he said this, as if he had eaten a hundred flies.

Lin Haoran took a sip of tea and said seriously: "Fighting is never a child's play!" Hai Batian has a high talent in this area, and if he is in charge of the army, it will reduce the casualty rate by a lot! ”

"Okay!" Lin Dahu reluctantly agreed.

Not to mention that Lin Haoran is his boss, if the matter is stabbed to his father, his father will definitely go to Donghai Island to kill him. Even among his current subordinates, those clansmen are already Lin Haoran's diehards.

In fact, it is no wonder, although he took everyone to find a way out, and barely gained a firm foothold on Donghai Island. But if it weren't for Lin Haoran's care, they would probably have starved to death if they had their families, and they wouldn't be able to live as nourishing as they are now, and they wouldn't be able to get mixed with the official body.

After Lin Haoran finished talking, he did not leave Lin Dahu behind.

But it's not that he doesn't want to have more dealings with Lin Dahu, but the situation doesn't allow it. In addition to not letting other people in Lei Zhouwei think about it, there is also the fact that he faked Lin Dahu's file and forged a news for Lin Dahu, so he did not make the relationship between Lin Dahu and himself a cousin public.

Maybe for a long time, the two will not have too deep a relationship, so that others will find out this relationship. And this matter has also been strongly supported by the old patriarch.

The rain outside finally stopped, and the dark clouds slowly dispersed, revealing a milky white sky.

After a while, Tiger Niu ran back excitedly. When she saw Lin Haoran sitting and drinking tea, her eyes immediately burst into light, and she said happily: "Brother, let's go to the fish market to buy fish for cooking, okay?" ”

Lin Haoran looked at this energetic little girl, smiled knowingly, and immediately agreed to this proposal. Buying fish for cooking at the fish market has become a little fun between brothers and sisters.

It's just that over time, the climate situation has not only not improved, but has become more and more serious. The water level of rivers in various places has skyrocketed, and more and more refugees have poured into Leizhou City.

Leizhou City is resolutely in the center of the entire western Guangdong, but not only the refugees from Leizhou Prefecture, but also refugees from other prefectures and counties have flocked to Leizhou City.

Wei Guozhong of Haikangzhi County is also conscientious, taking care of the affairs of Leizhou City, tiring the victims who have poured in from all over the place, showing the conscience of an official who has been baptized by the sage book.

The torrential rains continued until mid-July, and the influx of refugees into the city grew. The outer city was put to good use to settle the refugees and a refugee area was created.

A catastrophe will always be accompanied by a plague, and for a plague, it is natural to talk about the tiger's color.

Lin Haoran attaches great importance to the prevention of the plague, and he will talk about this issue almost every day. And the people below are also taking care of his guidance, regularly checking the settlement point of the disaster, and beware of the outbreak of the epidemic.

At the end of July, the United Rice Bank couldn't hold on, and the rice warehouse was finally sold out.

Lin Haoran gave an order and let him go to the granary to put grain. Fortunately, last year he reorganized his regular liquidation, otherwise if he encountered this kind of disaster this year, I am afraid it will become more serious.

Seeing the release of tens of thousands of stones of rice grain, the people of Leizhou City were also a lot more relieved.

It's just that compared to the happiness of the people of Leizhou, Gaozhou Mansion and Lianzhou Mansion are not so lucky, the lid of Chang Ping was ruthlessly opened, and the grain relief became a joke.

The Guangdong Patrol came to the Imperial History in person after hearing the news, and after confirming that the matter was correct, he immediately wrote to the imperial court to denounce the matter. Especially in Gaozhou Mansion, there is not a single grain of rice in the ordinary warehouse of that mansion, and it is all stones, bricks and tiles.

On the last day of July, the price of rice in Guangzhou finally reached three taels and one stone. After the United Rice Shop closed, some small and medium-sized rice merchants showed their hideous faces, and the rice merchants in Gaozhou City suddenly raised the price of rice from one or two stones to four two and one stones.

The rain is falling, the rice is rising, and a haze is hanging over the sky of western Guangdong.