Datang: My father is the head bodyguard

Yuan Wuguo, the magistrate of Qiancheng County in Qingzhou, was immediately troubled after receiving the telegram. He, a small magistrate, actually received personal guidance from His Majesty the Emperor. The burden of this "honor" weighed heavily on his shoulders. Don't get angry.

"Master... have you ever seen the imperial edict?"

Master Zhao is a venomous person. When he and Yuan Wuguo were friends, they went to take the imperial examination together. He never thought that he failed, but Yuan Wuguo passed through all the tests and finally returned to Qiancheng County, Qingzhou. Be the county magistrate here.

As his name suggests, Yuan Wuguo does not seek merit in handling political affairs, but seeks no faults. As long as there was any ambiguity or lack of clarity in the government orders issued by the superiors, he would directly put the political affairs on hold and wait and see.

Master Zhao, his real name is Zhao Chong. There was a sense of impetus in his conduct, and when Master Zhao saw the political affairs that Yuan Wuguo did not want to deal with, or rather did not want to deal with, he immediately sent a telegram to Yuan Wuguo to ask his superiors, and after confirmation, he set off to deal with them himself.

This made Master Zhao's ability in handling and implementing government affairs far superior to that of county magistrates in the same state. In the end, Yuan Wuguo was given an "excellent" rating by his superiors in the year-end evaluation.

Only the superior's comments were full of bitter irony: "This county magistrate is quite dull in understanding government orders, but he handles political affairs thoroughly, so he is rated as excellent."

You say it's irritating or not. This comment was included in the evaluation. Yuan Wuguo was afraid that he would be nailed to the position of county magistrate for the rest of his life. When he learned about this, Yuan Wuguo was not angry. On the contrary, he was angry. He patted his heart, as if he had escaped some catastrophic disaster.

"Smoothness and stability are also a good thing, don't ask for more, don't ask for more!"

Yuan Wuguo handed the contents of the telegram to Master Zhao. Master Zhao took it and saw that even he was in trouble: "Mobilize the people in the county to strengthen the river embankments and build breakwaters. Move the people in low-lying areas to safe highlands or slopes. , to help people minimize losses during floods.”

The most terrible thing is the last sentence: "Remember not to inform the people about the possible floods, so as to prevent the people from panicking and fleeing the disaster and becoming refugees."

Master Zhao's frown could kill a fly: "We have to mobilize the people to strengthen the river embankment, and we have to make the people not know that floods will happen, tsk tsk tsk."

Yuan Wuguo touched his chin: "How many soldiers are there in the county?"

Master Zhao looked up at the county magistrate: "Seventeen and a half, half of the old man guarding the gate of the military camp in the county. I heard that they were the troops who retreated from Shizihe in the former Sui Dynasty. It is more than enough to beat you and me. I am asking this question for no reason. very?"

Yuan Wuguo walked around in the county office: "Didn't you hear that there was an earthquake in Ganzhou last year, and the Earth Dragon turned over, and the mighty Tianwei Army rushed to rescue many victims? I was just thinking, can... "

Zhao Chong didn't wait for Yuan Wuguo to finish and snorted coldly: "What great thing are you thinking about? That's the Mighty Heavenly Army! If our county had such a mighty Heavenly Army, huh. Don't talk about floods. The imperial court will have to send troops to attack, and we must be destroyed! Is this an army like the Tianwei Army that you and I can imagine?"

Yuan Wuguo's tone became anxious: "Then what should we do? This is not a job given by the superiors. It is an order directly issued by His Majesty. If you do not do it, you will be contemptuous of Your Majesty. If you do not do it well, you will not be able to avoid being beheaded and exiled. My life Stop it!"

Zhao Chong looked at his little friend who was so frustrated, and a ball of unknown fire surged into his heart: "Yuan Wuguo, Yuan Wuguo, God is really blind in asking you to sit on this county magistrate's seat. No. I want merit, but I want nothing wrong!”

Yuan Wuguo is not a clay figure. No matter how good the relationship is, no one can bear to be scolded like this: "Shame on you, Zhao Chong! You are capable, just say so! What's the use of complaining about me? It's over now, it's yours If the method works... If it works, I will ask you to be the county magistrate, and I will be the master!"

"I wonder if you two have finished arguing?"

Yuan Wuguo and Zhao Chong followed the sound and saw a sturdy man with a Chinese character standing in the lobby of the county government office. He raised the curtain and looked at them inside the county government office.

"Guardian... please don't tease me. I and the master had to quarrel out of desperation..."

Gu Pinghai was noncommittal: "How you quarreled has nothing to do with Gu. I believe you have also received the telegram. Floods may occur due to the warm weather next spring. Have you two discussed what to do?"

Yuan Wuguo hesitated for a long time and was speechless. Master Zhao got angry and said: "The county government first gathered the government officials and county soldiers, and evacuated the people in the low-lying areas according to the county annals map. Where are the stewards...? "

Gu Pinghai nodded: "Baoli Trading Company has instructed Gu to summon workers and people to strengthen the river embankment and build a breakwater. After you evacuate the people, immediately mobilize and recruit all people who can work to go to the river to help."

Master Zhao suddenly connected a line in his mind: "I wonder how much Baoli Trading Company will spend to recruit workers this time?"

Gu Pinghai raised a finger: "One or two taels per day covers a meal. The supply of food and meat is still sufficient. To be honest, the winter floods are coming in a few months. There is really no need to worry at this time."

With Gu Pinghai as a talisman here, Master Zhao obviously calmed down: "It is not easy for people in low-lying areas to move out, and we have to make them unaware of the possibility of floods. I want to... lure them for profit. Tell them that Baoli Commercial Company is looking for workers, and they will be working for several months, both men and women, so that people of all ages will follow.”

Gu Pinghai thought for a while: "Take some statistics from the county's yellow book and give me the approximate figures. I'm going to adjust the tent and stove."

Yuan Wuguo was more like a master at this time. He hurriedly took out the Yellow Book and the County Chronicle Atlas from the warehouse, and compared the two to find out the number of people who needed to be moved out of the low-lying areas.

After getting the numbers, Gu Pinghai turned around and left: "I hope you two can move out some people as soon as possible. There is some inventory of tents in the business house, which can be used for emergencies first."

After leaving these words and not listening to Yuan Wuguo and Zhao Chong's reply, Gu Pinghai just left without looking back. Yuan Wuguo and Zhao Chong stood in the county government office and watched Gu Pinghai leave.

Yuan Wuguo let out a long breath: "I'm afraid I wouldn't feel such a terrifying oppression if I were to face the governor directly."

Zhao Chong also swallowed his saliva: "It is said that any manager of Baoli Trading Company can pick up a talented person who can stand alone. Manager Gu didn't show his talent before, but now he has shown his true talent."

Yuan Wuguo started to blame everyone again: "Who told me to rely on Baoli Trading Company as a giant tree in the sky? Who can we rely on? Can't we just back to back?"

Zhao Chong glanced at Yuan Wuguo with disdain: "I got into Baoli Trading Company based on my ability. Do you have that ability? You, the yamen servant, have a rest today, so they won't have to complain again. It's the same as before, right?"