Datang: Empress mother-in-law sent Li Er to test me

People from the imperial court are really capable.

The chaos in Hedong Road has not continued since Zhang Dun came.

He could even predict that it would not be long before the entire Hedong Road would return to its former tranquility.

Even, Hedong Road will be a blessing in disguise!

Thinking of this, the smile on Ma Yuangui's face became even stronger.

"Boss Ma, it's not good!"

Suddenly, an anxious voice sounded outside the lobby of the government office.

Everyone turned their heads to look, and saw Han Xing running in in a panic.

Ma Yuangui frowned and said, "What's the fuss?"

Han Xing said with a pale face, "The bamboo forest, the bamboo forest has been destroyed!"

As soon as the words fell, the expressions of the people sitting in the lobby of the government office changed drastically.

Ma Yuangui stood up abruptly and said in disbelief, "What did you say?!"

"It's all gone, it's all destroyed!" Han Xing's voice was choked up, "All the bamboo forests inside and outside Jinyang County, all, all..."

Ma Yuangui's face paled in an instant, as if all the energy in his body had been drained, he sat down slumped.

He was still imagining the future of Hedong Road just now, and now what Han Xing brings back is like a thunderbolt.

If the bamboo forest is destroyed, there will be no raw materials, so how can we weave bamboo utensils!

Zhang Dun stood up and said solemnly, "Go and see first!"

"Vice General Han, you lead the way!"

"No!" Han Xing hurriedly nodded, and then led the crowd to a bamboo forest outside the city.

The huge bamboo forest was covered with a layer of black, obviously someone set fire to it.

Zhang Dun frowned and asked, "Is anyone hurt?"

Han Xing said solemnly: "Except for the destruction of the bamboo forest, no one was injured."

Zhang suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and then walked into the bamboo forest to have a look.

Every bamboo has traces of being burned by fire.

Changsun Wuji followed behind him, watching this scene, frowned and said: "The person who set the fire, did he shoot one by one?"

Every bamboo is burned down the middle, and the burning is very even.

What surprised Changsun Wuji the most was that every bamboo hadn't been burnt yet, as if someone had watered it out again.

Changsun Wuji said expressionlessly, "The burning is obviously aimed at us."

Du Yan gritted his teeth and said, "Draw the bottom of the pot!"

In the huge bamboo forest, every bamboo was burned like this, just to make sure that the general manager's mansion could not collect bamboo so that the victims could weave bamboo tools.

Ma Yuangui said angrily: "I will lead my troops to arrest people now!"

Du Yan grabbed his arm, stared at him and said, "Do you have evidence?"

"Do you still need evidence?" Ma Yuangui yelled, "This was not done by the Chen family and those gentry. I, Ma Yuangui, took off my head and kicked it for you!"

Du Yan said with a stern face: "Aren't you still imagining this? There is still no evidence, and now you are arresting people without authorization. If someone in the court interrogates you, can you afford it?"

"Besides, what's the use of arresting people now? After arresting people, can the bamboo forest be restored to its original state?"

Ma Yuangui asked anxiously, "Then what should we do?"

"There are so many victims who rely on these bamboo forests to make money. Can Hedong Road properly resettle the victims? Can the victims have arable land and houses to live in, and rely on bamboo tools!"

"Without bamboo, how can we weave bamboo tools? Without bamboo tools, how can we sell money? If the victims cannot be resettled, Hedong Road will be restless for a day!"

Du Yan pursed his lips and remained silent. He glanced at Zhang Dun for a long time and asked, "Zhang Shaoyin, what can you do?"

Zhang Dun narrowed his eyes and said, "Vice General Han, do all the bamboo forests inside and outside Jinyang County look like this?"

Han Xing nodded and said, "Yes, it's all like this!"

"Understood." Zhang Dun nodded slightly, then glanced at Ma Yuangui, and said, "What Du Gong said just now makes sense, arresting them now won't help, remember this matter first, and settle accounts with them later. "

After speaking, he paused, and continued: "The most important thing right now is to stabilize the victims."

"Lv Changshi, you can arrange this matter and tell the victims not to panic, the General Manager's Office will take care of everything."

"No!" Lu Zizang nodded with a serious expression, then turned around and walked quickly towards the city.

Zhang Dun turned his head to look at Ma Yuangui, and said solemnly: "Jinyang County has no bamboo, what about other counties? The entire Hedong Road has been suffering from severe drought for months, and there are victims everywhere."

"Use all of these people!"

"Let them cut down bamboo in various bamboo forests, and then load it into a truck and transport it to the Hedong Daozhi Office!"

"Boss Ma, you immediately dispatch the soldiers and ask Vice General Han and Vice General Wang to do it."

Ma Yuangui nodded heavily, "I'll make arrangements now!"

Zhang Dun glanced at the bamboo forest for the last time, and said to Du Yan, Changsun Wuji, and Cheng Yaojin, "Let's go back too."

The three nodded. On the way back, Changsun Wuji said in a deep voice, "Cut down bamboo from various places and send it to disaster victims. It will take time and effort, and it will also cost money."

"I know." Zhang Dun hummed, and said: "But what should be done is still to be done. Without bamboo, bamboo tools cannot be woven. The victims who have just stabilized may panic again."

"Fortunately, I went to Hebei Road this time, and the thousands of coins I brought back have not been used up yet, so they can come in handy now."

Zhang Dun took a deep breath, looked at the gate of Jinyang County not far away, and said expressionlessly: "I'm afraid of one thing..."

Changsun Wuji, Du Yan, and Cheng Yaojin looked at each other with surprisingly solemn expressions.

What Zhang Dun thought of, they also thought of.

Changsun Wuji said in a deep voice, "Are you worried that the bamboo forests all over the River East Road may suffer?"

Zhang Dun hummed, and said: "The Chen family and those noble gentry obviously want to draw their salaries from the bottom of the pot."

"Just destroying the bamboo forest in Jinyang County, what kind of drudgery? If it were me, I would do whatever it takes to destroy all the bamboo forests in Hedong Road!"

"This is called dredging from the bottom!"

Chapter 282 Destroying the Bamboo Forest, Do You Think I'm Lost?

Hearing this, Du Yan, Changsun Wuji, and Cheng Yaojin immediately became more solemn.

Cheng Yaojin asked: "Do you want to arrest him immediately?"

Du Yan shook his head, "It's too late to think about arresting people now."

"Yes."

Zhang Dun nodded and said, "Let's wait for the news."

"If they don't do this real dredging of the bottom line, it doesn't affect us."

"If the result is the same as we thought..."

Zhang Dun didn't say any more.

But Changsun Wuji, Du Yan and Cheng Yaojin could guess it.

If the result is as they thought, all the bamboos in Hedong Road will be destroyed.

Everything they have done these days will be in vain.

For a whole day, the chief executive's mansion was very quiet.

At noon the next day, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the lobby of the government office.

Everyone was sitting in the lobby of the government office. When they heard footsteps, they all stood up abruptly.

Changsun Wuji said in a deep voice, "They're back!"

As soon as the words fell, Ma Yuangui and Lu Zizang ran in with wry smiles, "Zhang Shaoyin, Du Gong, Changsun Gong..."

Cheng Yaojin said anxiously: "Quickly tell me, what's the matter?"

"It's not a big deal."

Lu Zizang's eyes were red, "The bamboo forest is all destroyed!"

"..."

Du Yan, Changsun Wuji and Cheng Yaojin's faces turned ugly in an instant.

Zhang Dun breathed out and said, "The Chen family, and those gentry, still have some tricks."

If you want to destroy all the bamboo forests in Hedong Road, you don't just need to spend money.

Manpower, financial resources, material resources, and contacts, etc., all have to be used.

He looked at Ma Yuangui and asked, "Do the disaster victims know the news?"

"I already know."

Ma Yuangui said with a mournful face, "Now the disaster victims inside and outside the city are all swearing at the street."

"Zhang Shaoyin, what should I do next, you need to give me instructions."

Zhang Dun thought for a while and said, "I'll go back to the house and find a way."

After finishing speaking, he walked towards the outside of the government office lobby.

Ma Yuangui and Lu Zizang looked at his leaving back and opened their mouths to stop him.

However, before they could open their mouths, Du Yan raised his hand to stop the two of them, and said in a deep voice, "Don't bother him at this time."

"Let him think about it."

Ma Yuangui said anxiously: "How can I think of a way? It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice. Without a bamboo grove, it's like a clever woman without rice. Even if you think about it, it won't help."

Changsun Wuji glanced at him and said, "That's you! It's not him!"

"Who came up with the method of weaving bamboo utensils and substituting work for relief? It was Zhang Shaoyin."

"He can think of such a way, can't he think of other ways?"

"You still underestimate Zhang Shaoyin."

Ma Yuangui had no choice but to purse his lips and said nothing more.

Du Yan and Cheng Yaojin looked at Changsun Wuji strangely, the sun came out from the west today?This old boy, even opened his mouth to exaggerate Zhang Dun?

Changsun Wuji saw the gazes of the two, twitched the corners of his mouth, as if he didn't see it, and asked, "Dugong, Chenggong, do you think Zhang Shaoyin will take out all the Zuixianlou department stores? "

Du Yan's eyes lit up, but after thinking about it carefully, he shook his head and said, "This is a good method, but it is not suitable for use here."

Changsun Wuji frowned, "You mean, the Chen family and the dozen or so gentry will try their best to stop it?"

Du Yan nodded emphatically, and said in a deep voice: "After all, this is not Chang'an City. When we arrived, the old man walked around Jinyang County."

"The shops I know are all run by the Chen family and those wealthy gentry."

"If you want to get drunk in Xianlou's department store, you have to buy things as raw materials, right?"

"Those shops don't sell you raw materials, what do you do? From other counties? Or from Chang'an City to here?"

Du Yan snapped his fingers and said: "The Chen family, and those ten or so gentry, can destroy all the bamboo forests in Hedong Road with a single move, so why can't they make another shot so that merchants from all over the place will not sell us anything?"

"Furthermore, you can't transfer from Chang'an City. The road is too far away, and it will take time and effort and money. Even if you have the intention, Zhang Shaoyin will not do it."

Cheng Yaojin hesitated and said: "Then let's just put our eyes on it?"

Du Yan rolled his eyes and said, "Stop talking, Zhang Shaoyin is going to find a way, we just wait here with peace of mind."

Changsun Wuji put his hands behind his back, walked outside the lobby of the government office, stared at the room where Zhang Dun was, and narrowed his eyes.

Before, he really didn't like Zhang Dun very much, but it's different now.

During these days of working with Zhang Dun, Changsun Wuji had to admit that Zhang Dun was a capable minister.

Since Zhang Dun came to the Hedong Daoist Office, the entire Jinyang County has been changing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

If no one restrained him, perhaps, the three of them would be able to return to Chang'an City in less than half a month.

But now, the bamboo forest in Hedong Road has been destroyed, and it is conceivable that the entire plan has been completely disrupted.