Infrastructure masters in the red building

Lai Da took Jia Fang's letter and saw that it was sealed with wax according to Rongfu's practice.He couldn't help but glanced at Jia Fang, seeing that the other party's face was peaceful, it seemed that this letter was very ordinary.

But Lai Da is a person who has suffered a lot from Jia Fang. Facing this smiling third master, he dare not neglect at all.

He asked his old mother to ask Mrs. Shi for an errand, and took some Jia Daishan's jackets, together with family letters and silver, and went north to meet Rong Guogong.

As soon as he left Beijing, Lai Da picked up the sealant on Jia Fang's letter at the post station, took out the letter and read it carefully.

Lai Da read and read since he was a child. His parents are the companions of the Duke's wife, and they have high expectations for him. They point out that Lai Da has been with Jia Daishan for a long time.Therefore, Jia Fang's letter did not have any difficulty in reading for Lai Da.

And this letter did not mention the time of Taoyuan Village in the south.In the letter, Jia Fang seemed to answer one by one the questions Jia Daishan had raised before, and what he wrote was all about the drought in the north.

Lai Datong read the letter and saw that there was indeed no problem, so he quickly folded the letterhead as it was, and then sealed the letter again with wax.He had personally seen the Rongguo public seal letter many times, and he was confident that he could seal the resealed envelope seamlessly.

According to the news from the posthouse, Rong Guogong has made a tour of the northern states and counties, and is currently in De'an County, which is about 100 miles away from the capital, to the west of the capital.

Lai Da was determined to perform well in front of Rong Guogong, so he drove seventy or eighty miles in one day, and arrived in De'an County early the next morning, to the De'an county government where Rong Guogong temporarily lived.

Unexpectedly, Jia Daishan went out early in the morning, and Lai Da missed it.Waiting until late at night, people from the county government came to call Lai Da, saying that the Duke had returned.

Lai Da handed over the family letters from Mrs. Shi and Jia Fang, and then waited respectfully aside with his hands down.He expected that Jia Daishan would definitely ask himself about Taoyuan Village in the south, and he had already thought about the rhetoric of "everything is fine", only saying that he was thinking about the drought in the north, and after everything was done in Taoyuan Village, he would Immediately return to Beijing immediately.

Unexpectedly, Jia Daishan opened Jia Fang's home letter first, and after reading it through, he lifted the letter paper and looked at it, then put the letter paper on the table as if nothing had happened, turned around, faced Lai Da, and asked kindly:

"The third master gave you this letter? Is the third master still in Beijing?"

Lai Da felt his throat move, and Gudu swallowed a big mouthful of saliva.Anyway, he had no way out, so he said bravely, "Yes, the third master has been staying in Beijing to repair the garden."

Jia Daishan said "Yes", read Mrs. Shi's letter again, asked about the situation in the mansion, and then called out two soldiers and said, "Drag this slave to me and beat him up again." Forty big boards were thrown to Zhuangzi outside the city overnight. Strictly order the people in the village to keep their mouths shut, and absolutely must not pass the news of this tricky slave back to Beijing."

When Lai Da heard it, his soul flew out of his mind, and he repeatedly called out "wronged": "My lord, what did the villain do wrong?"

"You have been with me for a long time, and you have become more courageous. How dare you open the letter from my family from the third master of the mansion?" Jia Daishan's face sank like water, and he looked at Lai Da who was lying on the ground begging for mercy with his hands behind his back. .

After fighting abroad for many years, if Jia Daishan didn't even have such a small amount of reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance capabilities, then it would be impossible for Jia Daishan to get into the position he is today with his military exploits.

"You think you can imitate the technique of the mansion and seal the sealant seamlessly, don't you know that the traces of removing the sealant can be seen by others?"

"Fang'er warned you in the letter, saying that you are a tricky slave, and I saw you today." Jia Daishan sneered, "In vain I had high hopes for you."

"Because you have been with me for so many years, I will save your life." Rong Guogong is not a person who likes sensational nonsense. With a slight shake of his chin, his soldiers have already stepped forward and dragged Lai Da down. The long plank was set up, and it hit Lai Da's buttocks hard.

After the beating was over, Lai Da was immediately dragged into a cart, and the car drove straight to Jia's Zhuangzi outside the capital city after dawn. From then on, Lai Da was just a criminal slave serving in the village.But Jia Daishan would tell the outside world that Lai Da was sent to the west by him on business, so as not to spread the news to Mrs. Shi and Lai's ears, and make his ears dirty.

After Lai Da was dragged away, Jia Daishan sighed and continued to bow his head to his official duties.Suddenly hearing the sound of footsteps, Jia Daishan raised his head and saw a young man of seventeen or eighteen turning out from behind the hall of the county government office.

Jia Daishan quickly stood up and saluted: "Fourth Highness, it's so late, haven't you rested yet?"

The young man he called "Fourth Highness" shook his head, pointed to the letter in Jia Daishan's hand, and asked tentatively, "Is...is it him?"

Jia Daishan's face softened, he nodded and said: "Yes, it is... him." Jia Daishan wanted to say, "It's my little son who can't do anything", but he held back when he reached the point of his mouth, and only followed the four directions. Answer the prince's question.

"Is there... any hints in his letter?"

The fourth prince has always had some stuttering problems, it was very serious when he was young, but now that he is getting older, it is somewhat better.Jia Daishan has long been accustomed to the way the fourth prince speaks, so he held up the letter paper, pointed it to the light, and said, "Fang'er poked some tiny holes on the letter paper with a needle, and if you connect the words he marked, you will know what is going on." inside."

So Jia Fang's letter, which seems to be irrelevant words, has actually sued Lai Dayi.What's more terrible is that Lai Da made his own claim and opened the letter to read it. Jia Daishan discovered the clue and completely lost his trust in Lai Da.

At this time, Jia Daishan enshrined the family letter with both hands, and said to the fourth prince: "The fourth highness asked the questions last time, and the dog responded one by one, but I don't know if it can completely answer the questions of the highness."

The fourth prince's eyes lit up immediately, he took the letter in Jia Daishan's hand, looked at it quickly, but slowed down at the end, read a few sentences in the letter over and over again, thought and thought, and then clicked Nodding, he exchanged the letterhead to Jia Daishan, and then heaved a long sigh.

"Fourth Highness, Fourth Highness came to De'an County to preside over disaster relief and relief this time, and has thought of everything. There are nearly [-] people outside De'an County, and they all have a heart for His Highness. Your Highness, the affairs here are complicated, you Tomorrow I will go to Lin County for inspection, so why not rest early?"

The fourth prince nodded depressedly, but did not speak, but his eyes were still looking at the letter on the table.

Jia Daishan thought to himself: Jia Fang is really insightful in drought relief, why not call him to De'an County to have a look.So Jia Daishan said: "De'an is very close to the capital, why don't I arrange tomorrow to have the dog come here to meet the Fourth Highness?"

The fourth prince's eyes lit up again immediately, he nodded his head vigorously, and walked back to his residence in the back hall with ease, he should let go of one thing on his mind.

When Jia Fang received Jia Daishan's letter, he didn't dare to be negligent, so he quickly packed up his belongings, took Zhao Cheng with him, and was ready to go out.Jia Daishan's messenger also traveled with them all the way, taking care of various post stations along the way, so Jia Fang, a young man who had never "really" traveled far, felt that the journey was quite smooth.

De'an County is a small county town in the northwest of the capital, and a hundred miles further north is the Yellow River.

Two days later, Jia Fang followed his father's messenger and entered the city from the south gate of De'an County.Jia Fang traveled all the way, and he did not forget to observe the situation of the refugees on the road: the overall feeling is good, along the way along the official road, he saw not many refugees, only occasionally saw a few, supporting each other and marching south of the people.

But looking at the situation in the wheat field beside the post road, Jia Fang realized that even if there was a lot of spring rain in the New Year in the Gyeonggi area, and the farmers had replanted a lot of drought-tolerant crops, poor harvests were inevitable. It's pretty good if you can collect [-]-[-]% of the grain.

What's more, we have to beware of locust plagues that are very likely to occur.

Jia Fang and his entourage came all the way to the county government office in De'an County-this place seems to be a temporary disaster relief headquarters.The majestic gate of the county government office is open at the moment, and people who are in the service of the government office are constantly coming in and out.Jia Fang heard someone who looked like a shopkeeper of a grain store shouting loudly outside the county government office: "No way!" Someone shouted at the other end: "The Fourth Highness said that two thousand shi of grain must be transported to the north gate before this evening... "

In front of this busy disaster relief headquarters, Jia Fang really felt like a "superfluous person" standing by and watching.

Before he had time to be ashamed, Jia Daishan's messenger had already asked in the yamen, and came out to Jia Fang and said, "Third Master, the Duke of the State asked you to put down your luggage and go to the north gate immediately. He is patrolling the area ten miles outside the north gate. Minying, I want you to hurry over and meet."

Jia Fang quickly responded, put away his luggage, took Zhao Cheng, rode on the post horse they had come, went straight out of the north gate of the county, and galloped northward along the official road for about seven or eight miles.Zhao Cheng suddenly asked beside Jia Fang: "Third Lord, what do you think is that?"

Jia Fang also saw it, there was a continuous blackness in the distance.

"It's a refugee camp!" Jia Fang said.

Speaking of the name "Refugees Camp", he still came up with it.He came up with such a name casually in the Wanqing Building that day, and later wrote it down in the note to Jia Daishan.I heard earlier in the De'an County Government that this name has been widely used.

But the scene in front of him still gave Jia Fang a huge shock: I saw that this stream of private camps spread for about ten miles, extending to the northwest.Most of the refugee camps are open-air. Dozens of refugees own an earthen stove, and bedding is scattered on the ground near the earthen stove. They sit on the ground and lie in the open air.

It is not that Jia Fang has never seen so many people in later generations.It's just that facing so many refugees now, he feels that the small county town of De'an County behind him is like a small reef facing the sea, and a wave can completely submerge the reef.