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You don't see the water of the Yellow River coming up from the sky.

The Yellow River, the mother river of the Chinese nation, which gave birth to the entire Central Plains civilization, is like a woman with a changeable temperament, sometimes gentle, sometimes irritable. When it is gentle, the river feeds countless people on both sides of the river, so that many villages and towns will prosper because of this; But when she is irritable, she will also wreak havoc on both sides, driving her people to a dead end, destroying embankments and flooding fields, and flooding rivers that can destroy everything she has created.

The reason for all this lies only in the abundant sediment brought from the loess high slopes of Shaanxi, and over the course of thousands of years, the riverbed has been continuously raised, so that when she came to the boundary between Henan and Zhili, the river level would be far higher than the ground on both banks, and once the heavy rain continued, the water surface would be washed away or overflow the embankment, which would cause incalculable disasters and make the people on both sides of the river suffer.

Now it has been several months since the flood, and it is at the turn of winter and spring, when the river is at its smallest, but because the Yellow River has been slightly diverted again, and the river is not smooth, the water of the Yellow River trapped behind the embankment is still turbulent, and it seems that it may break through the river embankment at any time and wreak havoc, constantly washing some sediment and stones into his arms, and rolling forward with them.

This made pedestrians walking on the official road, which was only a few miles away from the embankment, and could hear the sound of the surging water of the Yellow River, a little more worried in their hearts, and their footsteps became more and more hurried.

This is a convoy of more than 200 people, except for a few horse-drawn carts carrying people in the front, and the large carts pulled by mules and horses in the back are stacked with tall sacks.

At this time, the man in a light robe sitting in a wide carriage and playing against a handsome young man was Lu Jin, who came from the capital to Kaifeng to investigate the truth about the Yellow River's embankment.

However, this time, he did not come in the name of some Qincha or Jinyi Guard's commander, but borrowed the identity of a disaster relief businessman and secretly rushed to the local area. Most of the food in the carts behind them was brought by him after he raised money in the capital, and the other half belonged to the handsome son Yin Xiang who was playing against him.

Because they were on the same road, and they were both going to the area of Xingze to help the local people who had been affected by the disaster, after meeting halfway through, the two convoys got together. After some conversation, the two people who were actually very different in age and identity actually got along very well, so they sat in a car at this time, gossiping and playing chess.

What made Lu Zhen even happier was that he thought that he knew about Go, and he would inevitably be killed by people when he played against others, but he didn't expect that the opponent in front of him was also a stinky chess basket.

It wasn't until Lu Zhen dropped the chess pieces in his hand to the key point and slaughtered Yin Xiang's entire dragon that the latter lost with some regret: "Brother Zheng, your chess strength is better than the next one, but I lost." "By the way, in order to hide his true identity at this time, Lu Zhen has reversed his name and called himself Zheng Lu, even the name used in the road guide on his body.

Seeing him admit defeat, Lu Zhen smiled unexpectedly: "It's just a fluke in the next place, fight again tomorrow, presumably Brother Yin, you will be able to win back a city." As he spoke, he poked his head out again and asked Han Wutong, who was following him: "Wutong, where are you now?" How long does it take to get to Xingze? ”

Coming with Lu Jin, in addition to Han Wutong, a cronie in charge, there are dozens of good hands of the Jinyi Guard, such as Yao Gan, as for Qinggele, who has been following him to protect him well, because he has now held an important position in the Jinyi Guard, he can only stay in the Zhenfu Division to do things. But even so, with these more than 30 good hands guarding by the side, even if there are thousands of troops and horses, Lu Jin's whole body can be guaranteed.

Han Wutong, who had been riding a horse and following the car, immediately replied: "If you go back to the master, we have already entered the boundary of Kaifeng Mansion, and according to the itinerary, we will be able to reach Xingze County in three days." ”

Lu Zhen nodded, knowing that such leisurely days would not be long over. Once he entered Xingze County, in addition to providing relief to the victims, he also had to investigate the truth about the destruction of the river embankment, but he really had a heavy responsibility on his shoulders.

"Brother Zheng's steward knows quite the rules, and he is much better than these people in the younger brother's family." Yin Xiang glanced at Han Wutong who was still following the car with some admiration, his subordinates and companions were all following behind, and none of them could be on call like Han Wutong.

When Lu Zhen heard this, he just smiled. In other words, he is not an ordinary businessman as he said, as an earl of the imperial court, the rules of his subordinates are naturally much stricter. If he hadn't had a strict order before, I'm afraid that Han Wutong would not be the only one gathered in front of the carriage at this time.

While he was talking, a group of people in ragged clothes and staggering footsteps appeared on the road ahead. After the two sides got closer and closer, Lu Zhen could clearly see the empty eyes of these people, as well as the yellow muscles and thin faces, obviously the pitiful appearance of not being hungry for a long time. This made his heart ache, and he turned his head and said to Han Wutong: "You let the convoy bring some food to them, another group of displaced people who escaped because of the famine......" said a sigh, and the smile on his face had disappeared.

"This is the ninth batch of disaster victims who came from Lianlu...... Han Wutong muttered softly, and then rushed to the back to make arrangements.

And Yin Xiang glanced at Lu Zhen with some admiration: "Brother Zheng is really righteous, you will give food to the homeless people you meet along the way." It's just that this hasn't arrived at the place yet, the food in your car has gone to 10%, and if you go further, you will inevitably encounter more fleeing victims, so after you get to Xingze, how much food can you take out to help the local people? ”

Lu Zhen shook his head and said: "Brother Yin, what you said is wrong, I came here with food this time to help the victims here, not to invite any reputation." Since they are also victims, why can't I help them, but keep the food for Xingze? As for the fact that if you can't get enough food when you get there, I think there will be a way to solve it. ”

As soon as he said this, Yin Xiang looked at him with more and more admiration, and couldn't help but arch his hand and said: "Brother Tai is high, I have been taught below." As he spoke, he also poked his head out and shouted at his entourage behind him: "Gao Ming, you also take out some food and distribute it to these villagers, don't let Boss Zheng's family be beautiful." ”

When the man named Gao Ming heard this, he immediately rushed over and glanced at his son-in-law: "Son, didn't we say that we would send this grain to Xingze County?" What is the reason for such a halfway break? ”

"You just do what I want, what do you ask?" Yin Xiang suddenly turned his face and reprimanded: "If something goes wrong, I will bear it." Go quickly, or you'll go back on your own. ”

Speaking of which, Gao Ming couldn't insist anymore, so he could only agree in a muffled voice, and glared at Han Wutong who was putting grain with some annoyance, and then rushed to his own grain truck to order.

With two grain merchants delivering grain at the same time, these victims finally got enough food for several days, which made them grateful for a while, and after asking about the situation, they rushed to Lu Jin's carriage and kowtowed to thank them.

Seeing this, Lu Zhen hurriedly got out of the car and vigorously helped an old man who was kneeling and kowtowing to the ground: "The old man doesn't have to be like this, everyone should get up." I have limited ability, so I can only help you here. ”

Everyone thanked them again for a thousand moments, and then they got up according to their words. Seeing these people behaving like this, Lu Jin's heart became more and more uncomfortable.

Over the years, he has fought for power, flat white lotus, and opened the sea to forbid ...... I thought that I had done a lot of things for the Ming Dynasty and the people, and felt that with my own efforts, the Ming Dynasty should have entered a prosperous era. Even if it can't be compared with hundreds of years later, it can still make the people of the world live and work in peace and contentment.

But it wasn't until now, when he saw these people who had fled their hometowns and fled the disaster, that he knew that he was still too optimistic. The prosperity he had seen before was only a paradise in the area around the capital and the coastal provinces. In fact, apart from these places, the Central Plains, and even other remote areas of the Ming Dynasty are still not much different from before. Under the gorgeous clothes of this prosperous era, there are still too many disasters hidden, and it is often these people at the bottom who suffer.

Of course, Lu Jin's expectations for himself are indeed a little too high, not to mention the Ming Dynasty, that is, a few hundred years later, even though the people in most parts of China have been well-off, there are also many people living below the poverty line, which is a problem that cannot be eradicated in that era of scientific and technological prosperity, not to mention that at this time, it is only a slight ban on the sea, and there is a small surplus of the Ming Dynasty.

Now that they met, Lu Jin simply inquired about the identities of these victims. Only then did I know that these people were not only from Xingze County, which was destroyed by the river, but also from other states and counties.

In fact, don't look at the report that only said that Xingze County was flooded, in fact, the entire territory of Kaifeng Prefecture was greatly affected, but the embankments in other places were temporarily saved, and not many people died.

In addition, because the fields have been flooded, the people have long been displaced, and now that the spring famine season is approaching, the prefectures and counties cannot come up with too much surplus food to help the victims, so for these displaced people who have no way to guide and leave their homes in droves to go elsewhere, the local government can only turn a blind eye, and even hope that more people will flee the local area, so as to reduce the burden on their own families.

After listening to the words of these homeless people, Lu Zhen sighed again. At the same time, he also had a little more opinion on those officials in Kaifeng Prefecture. No wonder a heavy rain caused such a bad result, these magistrates really don't take the life and death of the people under their rule seriously at all......