By the end of October, the temperature is no longer erratic, and everyone has to wear thick clothes.

The river water is as clear as a mirror, and the cool breeze blows up, causing bursts of waves. A keel waterwheel by the river poked into the river, and the waterwheel slowly turned in the wind, and the river water was sprinkled in the canal.

In the avenue near the river, several fast horses surrounded two tall carriages and galloped along the riverside road against the warm autumn sun, rolling up puffs of dust and grass clippings.

A young scholar was sitting upright in the car with his eyes closed, and a little girl like a porcelain doll leaned on the carriage and dozed off, her slender eyelashes in stark contrast to her fair face.

This is naturally Lin Haoran's brother and sister, although he has been in office for more than a month, he has been staying in Leizhou City. Except for two passes through Suixi County, none of the other three counties under the jurisdiction of the Leizhou Prefecture were inspected in the capacity of the prefect.

Now that the affairs of Leizhou Mansion are almost handled, the plan to open the sea is proceeding in an orderly manner, and his mind is also active. One is to take the opportunity to distract oneself, and the other is to check the situation in the other four counties.

But it is not because he loves the people like a son, but because his plan to open the sea cannot be fought alone, and the resources of the other four counties must also be utilized. Even if you can't build a port and open the sea like Dianbai County, you must make a contribution to the opening of the sea.

Although he now has an excellent official reputation, he has not been paralyzed by these praises, and he has never forgotten his true mission. Whether he can succeed and whether he can go further in his career depends on the results of Kaihai.

Chirping......

Just as he was thinking, the scream of the little golden monkey suddenly came from the roof of the car, and the carriage stopped suddenly.

Ah!

The tiger girl leaned sideways on the carriage and paused, affected by the inertia of the sudden stop of the carriage, and her little head hit the carriage in front of her. It didn't hurt much, but she screamed crisply, as if shouting like this would ease the pain.

Lin Haoran was about to sympathize with this little girl, but the little girl got up excitedly, got up excitedly and asked, "Brother, did you meet a robber again?" ”

I have to say that his trip was not very smooth, and he encountered a small group of robbers in Suixi. Needless to say, the gang of robbers was beaten and fled, and two of them were sent to the county prison.

It was Tie Zhu who was driving the car outside, and he reported the situation outside: "Childe, the car is trapped!" ”

With a hint of doubt, Lin Haoran led the wild girl Tiger Girl down from the carriage, only to find that the wheel of the carriage was indeed stuck in a newly dug channel. The channel was paved with thin stones, but it was crushed.

The tiger girl sat a little tired, patted her numb buttocks, and headed for another carriage and asked the little rabbit to take out the pastry. Although the car was stuck in a ditch, she didn't seem to be worried at all.

"Look at it! I said no, the stone is too thin! "Hundreds of people with hoes were digging a canal under the dam, and an old man complained.

Lin Haoran saw that they were all dressed in plain clothes, and there were officials next to them urging them to work, so he knew that these were all ordinary people who were serving.

"Liu Laohan, you lead a few people up to help that son!" A tall yacha probably saw that Lin Haoran's identity was extraordinary, and pointed to the complaining old man and commanded.

Lin Haoran saw all this in his eyes and shook his head lightly towards the iron catcher.

The iron catcher was originally going to lead people to push the carriage out of the ditch, but when he saw Lin Haoran like this, he ordered his subordinates to go down. As for the rice bowl and the others, they are enjoying the meat buns next to them.

"Old man is polite, what are you doing here?" Lin Haoran asked curiously like a scholar.

"Uh...... A few of us are nearby villagers, building embankments and opening canals! Liu Laohan wiped the sweat from his forehead and pointed to the bottom and said.

"How long do you have to serve this time?" Lin Haoran pretended to be curious and continued to inquire, and found that Liu Laohan had some doubts, so he commanded the iron catcher: "You also asked the old man to help us push the cart away, you go and push the carriage out!" ”

As he spoke, he handed the roast chicken to the old man, and the old man's eyes lit up when he saw the roast chicken, and after some shirking, he also opened the conversation and said: "I don't know, this time it will take a month!" ”

"So long?" When Lin Haoran heard this time, his brows furrowed slightly. You must know that there is no need to pay for the service of the Ming Dynasty, and the longer it is, the more people will be trapped.

The old man pulled a piece of chicken leg and bit it, and pointed to the person below: "This is not bad!" If you look at these more than 100 people, there were only more than 50 people a few days ago, so we would have to work for two months! ”

"Why is this happening?" Lin Haoran suddenly became a little interested, and continued to ask.

The old man wiped his mouth and sighed softly: "The military households of Ningchuan should not be served, the gentry should not be served, only we, the private households, should be served, but this is the easy life of picking river mud, dredging, and grass tips?" ”

"Then why are there so many people all of a sudden?" Lin Haoran asked suspiciously.

When the old man heard this, he immediately smiled proudly and said, "It's not that we have a good prefect in Leizhou Mansion!" He is not soft on the gentry, he is upright for the officials, and he is willing to be the master of the people, and the gentry and military households in Wuchuan have people coming to serve these days! ”

Lin Haoran touched his nose, but he didn't expect that what he did in Leizhou Mansion would affect Wuchuan County and indirectly alleviate the suffering of these people.

It's just that looking at Liu Laohan, who is so happy, he can't be happy in his heart, after all, there is still great unfairness in this forced labor, and it is also a kind of exploitation of the people.

One mile in the west of the county, Jianjiang River and Ling, Luo Zhushui from the confluence of Huazhou, to the north of the county twenty miles of Funa floating mountain water, flow through the west of the city, to the south of the county to cross, divided into three rivers, swirl around several miles, compound into one, out of the limit door into the sea.

This is the origin of the name of Wuchuan County, and the three rivers converge into Wuchuan water, also known as Jianjiang. Following the small rivers of Suixi, there is a big river called Jianjiang, which has raised tens of thousands of people in Wuchuan.

Wuchuan, began in the Song Yuanjia period of Ping'an County, after the Sui Kaihuang nine years of the abolition of Pingding County changed to Wuchuan County, this dynasty is under the jurisdiction of Gaozhou Prefecture, now assigned to Leizhou Prefecture.

Knowing that Lin Leigong was coming, the magistrate, county magistrate, and chief Bo of Wuchuan County all stood on the official road early and looked ahead very respectfully. In addition to the officials of these county offices, Wang Qianhu of Ningchuan Qianhu is also here.

Ding Yiyi, the magistrate of Wuchuan County, was uneasy, because the case of Cao Xiucai's murder of his wife was completely solved a few days ago, and it turned out to be an unjust and false errand case. Although this was a case of miscarriage of justice, his previous inaction was also a sin.

Now he has already inquired clearly, Lin Haoran was ordered to come to Leizhou Mansion to open the sea, and he actually has the power to depose these magistrates. That's right, he was very worried about touching Lin Leigong's moldy head and becoming the *** who was killed.

"It's coming! Here it comes! An errand ran back as fast as he could, excitedly saying.

Ding Yiyi's eyes lit up slightly, and he hurriedly asked, "Lord Futai is here?" ”

"I ...... When I saw the carriage, I don't know if it was Lord Futai! The officer replied with some confusion.

"You...... I can't do anything at all! Ding angrily accused.

But at this moment, two tall carriages and several fast horses came in a majestic manner, which made the officials who were about to see through the autumn water excited, and they were about to fire cannons to greet them.