Rice Fields in the Red Chamber

This day coincided with the Great Dynasty, and a flying cavalry sent an urgent report from eight hundred miles, "For the past few days, there have been heavy rains along the banks of the Yellow River in many places in Shandong, and many estuaries have burst embankments. Governor Liu Meng Liu of Shandong sent eight Baili hastened to report, asking the imperial court to allocate funds for disaster relief."

The flood of the Yellow River is a major event, and the disaster relief work cannot be delayed. At present, Lin Mo, Marquis of Hai En, is appointed as the imperial envoy to go to Shandong to preside over the disaster relief work.

Prince Zhaorui Tuqian led a battalion of the emperor's personal army to accompany him.

Lin Mo and Tu Qian took orders, the so-called reward of eating the king and being loyal to the king are very fair.

Lin Mo said: "My Majesty, I beg your Majesty to give me a sword that is still square, and allow me to have the right to cut it first and then play it."

There is no shortage of people who make a fortune in the country. Although the water is so clear that there will be no fish, but in Lin Mo's view, such people who make a fortune in a country are a waste of air to live, and they will all be killed with a knife as soon as possible. , is the best.

Lin Mo's clear voice echoed in the Golden Luan Hall, and drifted into the ears of all the adults present, causing everyone to look at him.

I almost forgot, this Marquis of Hai En is a ruthless person, others fought against Japanese pirates and pirates, driving him out of the Dajin sea area is considered over, but this one is not, he still has to dig out the pirates' lair!Don't give up until you drive all the pirates out!

Look at it now, the disaster relief work has just begun, people are thinking about asking for Shangfang's sword, first cut first and then play, is this the rhythm of killing?

A few ministers who have relatives and friends who are officials in Shandong, or have nephews who are doing business near Shandong have changed their faces, and secretly decided that the first thing they will do after returning home today is to write to the Relatives and friends in Shandong, remind them not to mess with the imperial envoy for disaster relief this time, this is a master who cannot be messed with.

Regarding the request made by Lin Mo, after thinking about it for a while now, I figured out the unfinished meaning in his words. Without further ado, I not only gave Lin Mo a Shangfang sword, but also engraved a piece with "Ru Zhen The jade pendant "in person" was also handed over to Lin Mo.

This was a surprise, and Lin Mo expressed his pleasure. With these two things, he could do more things during this disaster relief trip.

The disaster was urgent, Lin Mo and Tu Qian took a little tidying up, and then went to Shandong with their subordinates.

Since he ascended the throne today, although some large and small disasters have occurred every year in various places, such as floods, droughts, or other natural disasters, the losses have not been large.

In addition, in the past few years, Lin Mo and the craftsmen he recruited in the early years have made various and practical things for road construction, bridge construction and embankment construction. The people of Dajin, Under various natural disasters, it has been able to suffer less losses.

A situation as serious as this time, requiring a province's feudal officials to use [-] miles to report urgently, has never been seen after ascending the throne today, and today's incident is really the first time.

Even though his heart was full of twists and turns, Lin Mo's movements were not slow. Three days later, he stepped on the Yangguan Avenue of disaster relief.

Speaking of disaster relief, Lin Mo's main task is to deliver silver, food, medicinal materials and other materials for disaster relief. As for the disaster relief work, officials from all over Shandong will naturally do it. Once it's in Lin Mo's hands, that's another story.

The disaster relief food brought by Lin Mo this time is not only traditional food such as rice and millet, he also brought all the sweet potatoes, potatoes and corn harvested from various villages under his and Tuqian's name. Come.

Now that he learned of his actions, the steward of Huangzhuang also sent the grains produced in Huangzhuang, which made Lin Mo's heart that had been hanging around relax a little.

These are all things that can fill the stomach. At this time, when they are effective, how can they be left behind?

Corn and other things had been introduced into China from overseas as early as in the previous dynasty. Originally, with the output of these kinds of grains, they should be able to be planted in Dajin soon, but because when the court collected taxes, they only recognized Five grains, do not recognize these new types of grains.

The people have no choice but to let these good things be dusted and continue to grow grains.

Perhaps, this flood of the Yellow River will be an opportunity for these new types of food to enter the daily life of the people of Dajin, and Lin Mo does not want to give up.

Because there were too many and complicated things to mobilize, Lin Mo first brought some relief supplies and went to the disaster area first, and the rest had to be prepared by Tuqian afterward. Just follow them.

Lin Mo has been idle in the capital for many years, and because of his relationship with the disciple brothers, he often brainwashed him in front of the emperor.

What about making money from wars? If you want to get rich, you must first build roads. Technology changes productivity.

After all these years, even today's steadfast mind is almost limped by him.

Today's Dajin, with the capital as the center, radiates to the surrounding towns, and the construction of cement roads has begun.The speed of the project with the power of the whole country is extremely fast. According to Lin Mo's intention, the imperial court is only responsible for laying official roads. For other places, if you want a good and clean road, you can pay for it yourself. That's it, the imperial court will not care about these people spending money to pave the road.

Therefore, the quality of official roads during this trip was many times better than when Lin Mo first entered the capital.

Therefore, the quality of official roads during this trip was many times better than when Lin Mo first entered the capital.

In addition, the carriage he had the craftsman transform was equipped with wheels made of rubber found overseas, and its speed was many times faster than before.It took only half of the original time to get close to the nearest disaster-stricken village, and faintly, people could already hear the cries of the people mixed in the rain.

The guards who explored the road in front came to Lin Mo's carriage in the rain, and reported carefully: "My lord, Shandong has been raining continuously recently, and many villages and towns are flooded downstream of the embankment. It’s just that there are too many villages and towns affected by the disaster, and the government’s food reserves are not enough to support them. Master Liu adopted the advice of his staff and asked some merchants to donate food and cloth to participate in disaster relief, but the effect is not great.”

Lin Mo nodded. He was not surprised by this situation, otherwise he would not have applied to the emperor for the promise of Shang Fang's sword and killing first and playing later.

The carriage stopped at a high ground where the villagers gathered temporarily, and Lin Mo got off the carriage.

The surviving villagers gathered together. Lin Mo took a look and saw that all of these villagers were disheveled, sallow and emaciated, and staring blankly. Many of them were full of death. Obviously, in the In this sudden flood, some people's psychological endurance has reached the limit when watching their homes being flooded.

Even Lin Mo, who was used to seeing life and death, couldn't bear the grief.

A local person in charge stepped forward, "The person who came, is the imperial envoy?"

Lin Mo nodded, "Exactly, are you the person in charge here?"

The man nodded, "The villain is Lizheng of the nearby village."

Lin Mo said solemnly: "The folks are suffering."

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a burst of crying, and many people knelt down on their knees, shouting: "My lord, help me!" Weeping so hard that they couldn't help themselves.

Has Lin Mo ever encountered such a thing?I was in a hurry to help him up, "Folks, don't worry, the disaster has been reported to heaven, the saint is very concerned about it, not only sent me as an imperial envoy, but also His Royal Highness Prince Zhaorui will follow The arrival of more disaster relief supplies will surely allow you to survive the flood safely."

When the convoy approached the disaster area, Lin Mo had already asked people to bake sweet potatoes and potatoes, two kinds of dry food, and put them in one place. At this time, they could just take them out and distribute them to the people.

There is still a trace of warmth in the hand, with a layer of gray black bumps, they have never seen such a thing.

There is asking: "This is?"

Lin Mo said: "This is high-yield food imported from overseas. This is sweet potato, this is potato, and there is also a kind of corn called corn. These are all good foods that can fill your stomach. It's just that Dajin has only been introduced for a few years. , I don’t know much about its characteristics, and now I’m only trying to grow it in Huangzhuang. The flood disaster this time is of great importance. I’m afraid that the relief food mobilized by the court will not be delivered so quickly, so the Marquis brought these with me. No matter what, you always have to fill your stomach first before talking about anything else."

Not only Li Zheng, but even the people who heard Lin Mo's words were in tears.

I don't know who started it, but when Lin Mo's entourage distributed the food to the common people one by one, these people didn't take the food to satisfy their hunger in the first place. Instead, they all faced the direction of the capital, ignoring The rain is raging, kneel down and kowtow, and the mountain shouts long live.

At this time, Jin Jin, who was far away in the capital, was discussing with several adults in the imperial study about the breaking of the Yellow River embankment.

Suddenly, as if aware of it, he raised his head and looked in the direction of Shandong, and there seemed to be a mountain-like "Long Live" sound in his ears.

His heart skipped a beat, as if he knew something.

Raising his hand to cover his chest now, this feeling is really good.

Lin Mo traveled all the way, and every time he came across a seriously disaster-stricken village or town, he had to stop to rescue, leaving some disaster relief plans and enough relief food for a few days before continuing to Jinan City. The itinerary was natural. Slow down.

When the group of them saw Jinan City, Tu Qian had already rushed up with all the relief money and food allocated, and the two parties finally joined together.

In the governor's mansion in Shandong, Liu Meng was covered in mud, and there was nothing clean on his body. When facing Tu Qian and Lin Mo, he felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

These two lords are brilliant and talented. Although there is no clean spot on their bodies, standing in front of him, they look like they are dressed in fine clothes. Standing on the Golden Luan Hall, they are calm when facing civil and military officials. Calmly, it made him more and more embarrassed.

Lin Mo didn't get what was in Liu Meng's mind. He said seriously, "Master Liu, how is the disaster going?"

When Liu Meng asked, he came back to his senses, feeling a little ashamed in his heart.

Marquis Haine was concerned about the disaster, but he only saw what was in front of him, and forgot about the business. It really shouldn't be.

Liu Meng cleared up his wandering thoughts, and talked about the disaster situation in Shandong with Tu Qian and Lin Mo in detail.