Song Mingyue

Chapter 46 The Jiangnan Flood
The lively recruitment of relatives is finally over, but the ending is very weird, beyond everyone's expectations.

No one would have imagined that the young master of the Zhao family, who had let the rumors out early and refused to participate in the recruitment, would suddenly emerge as a force, and in the Six Arts Examination, he would be the first in three subjects and the top three in one subject to enter the re-examination.

No one thought that the son-in-law of the Wang family had long been determined to be only between Xie Yu and Zheng Yu, but in the end he was embraced by the son of the Zhao family and returned home as a beauty.

Jiangning, a prosperous and affluent city, used to have a slow pace of life, with a lot of gossip about three aunts and six wives. This time, the big reversal in recruiting relatives has undoubtedly become the topic of conversation for the whole city, especially those common people who are more interested in talking about it. The more it spreads, the more mysterious it becomes. , Dozens of versions have been circulated, the most hanging version is that with the help of God, Mr. Zhao will win all six subjects and crush all the candidates.

For unrelated people, this is just good talk and gossip news, but for the four big houses, it is undoubtedly the result of an earthquake.

When Xie Yun received the news, she couldn't believe it for a long time, and Zhao Shiyu had to pinch her three times to believe it.

For the Xie family, they were generally very happy. After all, they had drawn the Wang family into Zhao and Xie's camp. Although they were a little upset that Zhao Hao was born and robbed his cousin's daughter-in-law, it didn't matter after all.

But for the Zheng family, it is tantamount to bad news. Wang Zhao's marriage means that the Zheng family will independently resist the alliance of Wang, Zhao, and Xie, and will be in an extremely unfavorable situation in the subsequent business field.

However, Zhao Hao, who won the first prize in recruiting relatives, did not seem to have changed anything in his life... He did not meet his fiancée in the end.

In ancient times, when a man and a woman got married, the six rituals were necessary.

The so-called six ceremonies refer to Nacai, asking for names, Najib, Nazheng, asking for a date, and welcoming relatives.Engagement is almost like accepting a contract, this ceremony has nothing to do with him, Zhao Hao, it is all arranged by parents, matchmaker, housekeeper and others.

For this marriage recruitment, Zhao Hao has always maintained a state of enthusiasm, perseverance, and determination to win, but after he really won the championship and won the favor of the beauty of the Wang family, Zhao Hao felt a bit at a loss.

Whether he really likes Wang Xin, or because the Zhao family is invincible in the open and secret struggles among the four major houses, or because he has been ignored because he has the intention of fighting, or...Zhao Hao himself can't tell, The way is unknown.

However, one thing is certain, he is not disgusted with the woman who once disguised herself as a man, that woman who is beautiful and intelligent, and whose literary talent is not weaker than that of a man.

As for the white clothes behind the ten-mile peach blossom forest, there is more admiration and admiration in my heart. Getting along with people is very happy, very comfortable, and very warm, but is there something called affection growing? Zhao Hao But did not understand.

He was 25 years old in his previous life, but he was just a happy single dick who had never really loved or been loved.

Therefore, he is still a happy dandy, while enjoying the pleasure of bringing the system through a wealthy family, while continuing to accumulate merits, trying to solve the erysipelas in his body, and repair the damage to the foundation of his body caused by his predecessor's depletion of lust.

……

Since the middle of June in the lunar calendar, due to continuous torrential rains, the upper reaches of the Yangtze River have gradually become flooded and disasters have flooded.

And this year, the disaster was more serious than previous years. According to "Jiangsu Provincial Chronicles. Northern Song Dynasty" records: "In August 1118, the rivers, Huaihe, Jingzhe and other roads were flooded, and countless people were drowned, and the hungry people were exiled everywhere. Relief for victims."

At this time, the victims of the disaster also flocked from everywhere one after another. The atmosphere in Jiangning City became slightly tense, which was not obvious, but anyone with such experience probably knew what was going to happen. .

But Zhao Hao is not an aborigine. Although he felt that there were more disaster victims who came to sell their bodies every day, and he occasionally heard his parents talking about the disaster situation in various roads in the south of the Yangtze River and the rise in prices brought about by the disaster, he didn't think too much about it.

Therefore, he still maintains the leisurely and leisurely pattern of the past. Apart from doing good deeds, he has nothing to do every day. He either goes to play chess with monks, or learns piano from Layman Meilin.Occasionally, I find my second uncle, Wang Jue, to go to Chunfenglou for a few drinks.

Time is quiet and time is not old, probably Zhao Hao's mentality at that time.

On this day, Zhao Hao dressed neatly as usual, had breakfast, boarded the carriage, took Zhao Dian and a group of house slaves, and drove straight to the east of the city, intending to go to Tianxi Temple to eat a few bowls of tofu flower, and He ravaged the old monk in chess.

Dangdang~
dong dong dong~
Just after passing through the city and rushing to the north gate of the city, a rush of bells and gongs came from the east of Jiangning City, and spread throughout the city in an instant.

The handlebars were about to rein in the carriage and stop, Zhao Dian and others also changed their expressions drastically, and they rode their horses to guard Zhao Hao's carriage.

Zhao Hao opened the car curtain in puzzlement, and looked towards the east gate with a puzzled face, only to hear vague noises and noises, getting louder and louder.

The noisy sound came over and gradually spread to the entire street.

"The east gate is closed, don't leave the city."

"My man is still outside the city, what should I do?"

"The west gate is also closed, and I have to go out of the city to do business..."

The voices passed one by one, gradually converging into a wave of panic. The originally sunny sky suddenly became cloudy, and an ominous atmosphere enveloped the entire sky of Jiangning City.

Immediately afterwards, the news came that all four gates of Jiangning City were closed.

"Is that so?" Zhao Hao asked with a look of surprise on his face, looking at Zhao Dian in bewilderment.

Zhao Dian sighed helplessly: "There are too many victims of floods in the south of the Yangtze River. If they flood into the city, there will be chaos. It happens every year. But this year's disaster seems to be more severe than last year..."

Zhao Hao's face changed slightly, he thought for a while, and then said loudly: "Quick, follow me to the top of the city to have a look."

Liang Lie and the others couldn't help being shocked when they heard the words: "My lord, no!"

Zhao Hao said angrily: "How dare you wait against my orders?"

The servants had no choice but to look at Zhao Dian, and saw Zhao Dian nodded slightly, so they were relieved.

……

On the east gate tower of Jiangning, Zhao Hao, with the consent of the generals defending the city, climbed up to the top of the city surrounded by Zhao Yun and a group of slaves. The generals defending the city were still worried, and sent some soldiers to follow beside.

Zhao Hao walked quickly to the battlement in the middle of the east gate tower, looked down slowly, and was stunned by the scene in front of him.

The victims, densely packed victims appeared in front of his eyes, looking down from the city tower, there was a large area of ​​blackness, like army horses coming to attack the city, it was frightening.

Listening carefully, there was a mixture of cries, curses, and roars from the city. It was extremely noisy, and some people even threw stones at the city gate.

Of course, this is useless. The east gate of Jiangning is a heavy gate, covered with a thick copper skin, and there is an inner door to block it. Even with a siege engine, it cannot rush in, let alone stones.

The victims under the city were all in ragged clothes, some were carrying burdens, some were pushing carts, some were old women with white hair, and some were children waiting to be fed.

From the bustling crowd, Zhao Hao suddenly felt a breath of despair, fear, hunger and death rushing towards him, almost suffocating him.

He opened his mouth, but couldn't make a sound. It took him a long time to come back to his senses, and he turned around and shouted at Zhao Dian and the people behind him: "Quickly, let all the steamed stuffed bun shops, pastry shops, and sesame seed shops in Jiangning City kill them." All the edible items in the store will be delivered to the east gate, and all expenses will be charged to my Zhao family’s account, and you can come to Zhao’s family to withdraw it another day!”

Even if all the steamed stuffed buns, steamed buns, sesame seed cakes and other stuff to satisfy the hunger in Jiangning City are sent, the maximum amount is only 20, which is only three or four hundred guan, which is only a small amount of money for the Zhao family. Zhao Hao can definitely do this Lord, there is no need to ask Xie Yun for instructions.

When Zhao Hao yelled these words, his voice was almost hoarse. Liang Lie and other servants did not dare to neglect, and went downstairs one after another.

"Don't be fooled!"

At this moment, a majestic shout came from the entrance of the city staircase.

When Zhao Hao heard this, he couldn't help being furious. Looking back, he saw a gray-haired official striding forward, but he saw that it was Wang Hanzhi, the prefect of Jiangning.

"The young master is kind and generous, and he is merciful to the victims of the disaster. He is worthy of being a relative of the Great Song Dynasty, a noble man in heaven, but if the young master puts food in this way, it will only cause turmoil and trample on the victims, and hurt innocent people."

PS: 1. The style of this book has changed from the previous book, and the author can only grind it out patiently, otherwise it will become a naked pretentious style, so the writing is slower, please forgive me. 2. Recommend a good book - "Three Kingdoms of Bing Jia", readers who are waiting for the update can go and read it, although the book has a bit of a rough and pretentious style, but the whole process is very cool, the point is... the book The author is handsome, really handsome!

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