The first Taoist priest of the Tang Dynasty

Du Hu was injured so badly that he staggered and fell down.

"County Captain, did you hear the roar of the tiger just now? It seems to be in that direction."

A yamen servant heard the roar of a big tiger coming from the northeast, and pointed his finger.

"Quick, go there quickly, the governor is in danger." Zhong Bengen had already heard the roar of the tiger, but his ears were not sharp enough, and he could only hear a small roar.

But no matter how small the roar of the tiger is, it can still be distinguished.

Zhong Bengen and all the yamen servants rushed to the direction of the roar.

At this time, Zhong Wen, after slaughtering the seven big tigers, jumped away again and began to investigate in other directions.

Half an hour later, Zhong Wen saw two big tigers again, he came out with a sword, and after killing them, he jumped away again.

To Zhong Wen, killing a tiger was extremely simple. He didn't need any means at all, let alone any killing moves. He only needed to be fast enough and the sword stabbed accurately, and he could kill him at will.

However, for ordinary people, Dumb's attack power is amazing.

Without dozens of people, it is impossible to deal with a big tiger. Moreover, you need to have a weapon in your hand, otherwise, it is still useless.

"County lieutenant, there is a big tiger." At this moment, Zhong Bengen arrived not far from the pool with a dozen or so yamen servants.

A yamen servant saw a few big tigers lying by the pool, and hurriedly warned in a low voice.

"No, those big tigers don't seem to be moving." Another clerk looked carefully, and found that the big tigers lying on the ground seemed to be motionless, which made him a little confused.

"It seems to be dead, there are bloodstains." Another yamen servant said in a low voice.

"Go, go and have a look, be careful." The county lieutenant had also noticed something was wrong, and ordered to the yamen's servants aloud.

Zhong Bengen led all the yamen's servants and walked cautiously towards the pool. In their state, they could be as careful as they could be.

Facing big tigers, they have to be careful, even if there are some abnormalities, they have to be careful, not to mention facing these big tigers.

"County lieutenant, it seems that he is dead. There are a lot of bloodstains around. There are seven big tigers in total. Could this be killed by the governor?" A courageous Yachai touched not far from the pool and found It has been a long time since the seven-headed tiger died, and there are still many bloodstains around it.

"It seems to be..." Zhong Bengen looked at the current scene and was already stunned there, but he was thinking in his heart whether the governor was a civil servant or a general, a seven-headed tiger, and he would kill him if he said so.

"County lieutenant, what should we do with these big tigers? Do you want to take them back? This leather is worth a lot of money." Yi Yacha slandered these big tigers.

If someone is willing to buy it, the furs of these big tigers are definitely worth a lot of money, not to mention there are seven big tigers.

"Go to two people, hurry up to Balizhuang and gather all the men so that these big tigers can be carried out." Zhong Bengen, who had reacted, hurriedly confessed to the two yamen servants.

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Chapter 323 The Third Fire of the Administrative Order

After the two servants left, Zhong Bengen led the other servants and began to turn around.

Before anyone found Zhong Wen's figure, they dared not let go of their worries.

Although so many tigers have been killed, no one knows how many tigers there are in the mountain. Moreover, they came into the forest to protect the governor.

Now, the governor is gone, and the big tigers have met, but these big tigers have been dead for a long time.

After more than half an hour, dozens of villagers were brought over by two government servants.

At this time, Zhong Wen was running around all over the mountain.

Big tiger, so far, he has killed fifteen of them, which shows how many big tigers there are in this mountain, and these big tigers are very concentrated.

This made Zhong Wen very puzzled why the big tigers gathered together.

However, what he saw next made Zhong Wen finally understand the reason why there were so many big tigers and why they were so concentrated.

"I'm going, why is this small river dry?" When Zhong Wen jumped in front of a small river, he found that the water in the river had dried up, and there was no water at all.

Zhong Wen looked at the small river in front of him, thinking in his heart.

The creek is not wide, only less than two meters wide. Moreover, Zhong Wen has seen this creek before, but it was in the lower reaches.

Today's small river is dry, which is enough to show that there is a shortage of water in this mountain forest.

After Zhong Wen thought about it, he realized that it was the lack of water in the mountains and the dry vegetation that caused the animals to decrease, and it made those big tigers gather from nowhere.

As Zhong Wen saw along the way just now, the place that should have been full of greenery is now overgrown with withered grass.

Zhong Wen originally thought that it would be like this in autumn, but after thinking about it carefully, he realized that it was not the case at all.

"It seems that this is the dry season, and the mountains and forests are starting to run out of water. I don't know if it's the same in other places."

Zhong Wen, who had figured out the link here, thought about the situation in other counties in Lizhou.

If the dry season really came, this would be a hassle.

Fortunately, all the counties in Lizhou are basically near Jialing River, Dongyou River, and Baishui River. Otherwise, this dry season would be difficult.

On the contrary, in other places, when the dry season comes, it will be in trouble.

Afterwards, Zhong Wen left and headed back towards Balizhuang Village.

"Inspector, Inspector, you are finally back, are you injured?" When Zhong Wen headed towards Balizhuang, he found nearly a hundred people in the forest.

He was still carrying a few big tigers, and after a glance, Zhong Wen realized that these big tigers were the ones he had killed.

"I'm fine, you carry the seven tigers back to the village first, and now there are eight tigers in the east and north of the forest, County Captain Zhong, take someone to bring the eight tigers back, I'll go back to the village first, I have to rush back to Lizhou."

After Zhong Wen confessed to the county lieutenant, he ran away quickly, not wanting to stay for a long time at all.

After the county lieutenant was stunned for a while, he organized the staff again and began to go to the east and north of the mountain forest.

When Zhong Wen said this sentence, it really hurt these people.

The big tigers that Zhong Wen killed were tens of miles away from here, and it was over a hundred miles back and forth. Moreover, they were still in the middle of the mountains, and it was even more difficult to walk.

Fortunately, there were a lot of them, and it was only when the sun went down that they discovered the place where Zhong Wen said that the tiger had died. However, this night, it is estimated that they will sleep in the mountains.

Moreover, there are still in the north, which will make them miserable, and there is no food yet.

Fortunately, these people are used to suffering, and it's not a big problem if they don't eat for a day or two.

At this time, Zhong Wen rode alone and returned to Lizhou City overnight.

It wasn't until late at night that Zhong Wen rushed back to the outside of Lizhou City.

The guard who opened the gate saw Zhong Wen under the gate, quickly opened the gate, and entered Lizhou City to meet Zhong Wen.

"Everyone, hurry up and send a message to all the counties that the dry season is coming. In the mountains beyond Balizhuang Village, Sanquan County, I found a small river that has dried up yesterday. Therefore, the dry season is probably coming, and we have to start preparing."

As soon as the time for going to the Yamen arrived on the second day, Zhong Wen summoned all the officials in Lizhou City and began to assign tasks.

"Inspector, Lizhou is located in Jialing River, so there is rarely a dry season. Moreover, even if the dry season comes, with Jialing Water, it is very easy to get through it."

Zheng Zhi suddenly said to Zhong Wen.

"Bie Zheng, you're talking about Jialing Water or Dongyou Water. The existence of this river is a blessing to our state, but what about Yiqing County? It's not close to the river, and there are counties that are not close to the river. What about the place? What if there is no water? Do you carry water for them?"

Zhong Wen was furious when he heard Zheng Zhi's words.

Although the dry season will not make Lizhou turbulent, but if there is a severe drought, how can you prepare for it?At that time, there will be nothing Jialing Water can solve.

Although, among the seven counties in Lizhou, except Yiqing County, which is not close to the river, there are still many people in the fields who do not live near the river in other counties.

If the dry season really comes, it will not be so simple.

Hearing Zhong Wen's words so loudly, Zheng Zhi quickly shut up.

"Send someone to notify the county officials to come to Lizhou for a meeting, and arrive at noon tomorrow." Zhong Wen finally issued this order again.

At noon on the second day, most of the county officials from various counties had arrived, even Wang Shiyu, the county magistrate of Sanquan County, was among them, but Zhong Bengen, the county captain of Sanquan County, did not come.

"The dry season is coming. This matter is very serious. It will have a great impact on the people all over Lizhou. Do you have a way to deal with it?" Zhong Wen looked at the officials present and asked aloud.

"Returning to the governor, it is autumn now, and the summer grain has already been harvested. Only the soybeans have not been harvested. Even if the dry season comes, it will have no effect." At this time, the magistrate of Yichang County suddenly stood up and looked at Zhong Wen. Said.

"It doesn't matter? Are you a county magistrate like this? Do you remember that in the five years of Wude, our Lizhou suffered a severe drought, which lasted for two years, and the fields had no harvest. Don't you, the county magistrate, know? You still need me Explain to you word for word?"

Hearing the words of the magistrate of Yichang, Zhong Wen really wanted to slap him.

This is really good, the scar has forgotten the pain, and it has been less than ten years, and I have completely forgotten it.

"I don't care what your opinion is now. The severe drought is approaching. Call me craftsmen now, explore the villages, and prepare to dig wells to store water. If anyone dares to shirk or refuse to implement it, don't blame me, Zhong Wen, and cut him off."

"Department of Law Enforcement, let me go down to the counties, from the county magistrate to the officials, let me go down, whoever doesn't act according to this, take it down directly, Zheng Zhi, draw up a decree, issue it to the counties, and send it to the various counties." Villages, organize personnel to start digging wells, and at least one village has a spare.”

Zhong Wen's order was not known to be good or bad, but in order to prepare for the severe drought, he had to issue this order, and this order can be said to be Zhong Wen's third fire since he took office.

Afterwards, the officials began to disperse. No one dared to be sloppy in case of emergencies. Even the law enforcement department moved, and none of them dared to move.

"Lv Tongjun, the people in your military mansion are fine for the time being, organize your people to go into the mountains to fight tigers, you should have heard about the tiger attacking the village in Balizhuang Village, Sanquan County, so, this time, your military mansion, Assign good people to go to the counties and go into the mountains to fight tigers, and if any abnormalities are found, all large and ferocious beasts can be attacked."

At this time, Zhong Wen came to the Tongjun Mansion and issued the so-called Tiger Fighting Order again.

"Yes, Inspector, I'll discuss it with the lieutenant general." Lu Lindong, the commander of the army, was walking on thin ice under Zhong Wen.

The former military mansion was not controlled by the governor, but in today's Lizhou military mansion, everything is under the control of the new governor.

Moreover, more than 200 people were separated from his military command office to directly serve as the law enforcement department, and their official positions were higher than his military command.

Today's Tongjun Mansion only has about [-] people left.

But for Zhong Wen's matter of fighting tigers, it is acceptable. Anyway, they have a large number of people. Even if they are divided, each team has nearly a hundred people. Relatively speaking, fighting tigers is relatively easy.

Although the government soldiers have no combat effectiveness, and they are still rotated every three years, but no matter what, they have been trained, which is better than some ordinary people.

One day later, the Tongjun Mansion began to disperse six teams to the six surrounding counties, but there was no Tiger Fighting Team in Mianyang County.

The Tiger Fighting Squad in Mianyang County is naturally organized by the yamen of the two yamen in Lizhou. Anyway, these people are fine for the time being, and the combined yamen and servants of the two yamen have two to three hundred people. It doesn't matter if you score more than 100 to fight the tiger.

As for the dead, Zhong Wen didn't think about it.

The first thing to do was naturally to dig the well, and Zhong Wen was in charge of the Lizhou government office, and even Zheng Zhi, the other driver, was sent out by Zhong Wen.

Now, if something big happened in Lizhou, probably only Zhong Wen, the governor, would be available.

This matter can be regarded as the first of its kind in all dynasties, no one will let it go, and no one will be idle.

It can be said that Yiqing County at this time is very lively.

From the county magistrate, to the servants, to the common people, every household, with shovels and loads, began to dig wells in the land that had already been explored.

Yesterday, the county government sent a messenger to inform them that the dry season was approaching, and wells needed to be dug to prepare for the water storage in the form of dug wells, so as to prepare for the severe drought in autumn and winter, and even next year.

"Cunzheng, what happened to the officials in the county government this year? Didn't anyone say they would dig a well before? Even in a year of severe drought, no one said they would dig a well. How did it become so good?" A villager asked their villager.

"How did I know, I just received a notice from the county yesterday asking the villagers in our village to prepare to dig wells. However, this is a good thing. In the past, when there was a severe drought, there was no harvest, and every family died. Quite a few people, and now the officials of the county government have gotten better, and even organized people to dig wells."

The villager just heard the notice from the yamen who came yesterday, how did he know about the two yamen in this prefecture and county.

"Cunzheng, why don't you go and ask those yamen later, do we have any money for digging wells?" Another villager asked the villager.

"Money, money, money, you know money. This well is dug to cope with the severe drought. What more money do you want? This is a well in the village, not for the imperial court. What more money do you want?" He is also a sensible person.

Digging a well in your own village must be for your own village. There is no way to send money. Of course, his village likes and is willing to do such a thing. This is a matter related to the lives of villagers in a village. Yes, where is it possible to think about money.

Under the organization of Yachai and officials, some people were directed to start digging wells at ten selected locations.

"Shangguan, may I ask, are there only ten wells to be dug? How deep and big should we dig?" A bold villager asked a commanding official.

"There is an order from the governor. Of course, this well must be dug deeper. At least in each village, each well must be dug separately, with a radius of about ten feet and five feet. As for how deep, as long as people can stand in and submerge." The officials shouted loudly to those present.

He was only acting according to orders, and as for the digging of wells, it was naturally left to these common people to operate.

The organization and command must come from these officials. After all, the people in this era are still very cute, but there is no such thing as disobeying orders.

Besides, they were peasants who didn't know a single word, so they were very nervous when they saw a yamen servant.

"A radius of one foot and five feet, digging so deep, well, everyone, digging quickly, our village has to dig, and it may take several days to complete. If the dry season comes in the future, we will have water to irrigate the land, so don't be afraid. There is no more food in the field." After the man got the response, he also had an idea in his mind, and shouted to the surrounding villagers.

Chapter 324 Clan Conflict

At this time, Zhong Wen, sitting in the Lizhou government office, seemed to be a bit idle.

There are no official documents to deal with.

Moreover, Zhong Wen doesn't like the cumbersome things of handling official documents, and with the help of clerks, how can it be his turn to handle any official documents? He only needs to listen to the report and sign it, and he doesn't even want to read it. .

To put it bluntly, Zhong Wen's approach was also because he was overwhelmed by the sight, and he didn't want to see it, and he didn't want to see it.

Zhong Wen was bored, so he left the room where he worked.

"Where is the government prison? Lead the way." Zhong Wen shouted to a nearby government servant.