Jia Min of the Red Chamber is very arrogant

As soon as Mrs. Zhen came home, Aunt Ma came over and said that the master wanted to see his wife.Mrs. Zhen saw Aunt Ma who was like a goblin, and said to Joe, I know, you go down first.After Aunt Ma left, she showed joy and hurried to see Zhen Yingjia.

Aunt Ma bowed politely before leaving, but she said in her heart: What are you pretending to be a wife, and don't even look at the master resting in this room on the [-]th day of the month.

As soon as Mrs. Zhen arrived in the study, she saw that Zhen Yingjia's expression was not good, and Zhen Yingjia didn't show any politeness to her. What made her angry was where she went today and what she said.Mrs. Zhen didn't dare to hide anything, so she said it aggrievedly. Zhen Yingjia asked the two girls who went with Mrs. Zhen again, knowing that Mrs. Zhen didn't say anything that shouldn't be said, so she was a little relieved. Finally, Zhen Yingjia said, tonight I rested at Aunt Ma's place.Mrs. Zhen was filled with grievances, but dared not say anything.

Zhen Yingjia from Jiangning Weaving Mansion and Lin Ruhai from the government office were as thoughtful as they were, counting the days for seven days.

Seven days later, as Lin Ruhai and Jia Min expected, thousands of disaster victims surrounded the government office, and the outside of the government office was completely surrounded.The disaster victims are still rushing to the government office. If we don't guide the disaster victims, we are afraid that disaster will happen.

In the house behind the government office, Jia Min kept asking people to inquire about the situation in the office, and his heart was all over Lin Ruhai.

Lin Ruhai sat in the hall, flipping through the official documents on the case, drawing circles with a Chinese ink pen from time to time, and making notes and annotations.This made Yin Tongshen grind his teeth in anxiety.

After the former magistrate was transferred, Yin Tongpan remained in his original post and now assists Lin Ruhai in handling affairs.Not long after Lin Ruhai first arrived, he didn't do anything other than look through the official files left by the former magistrate.Yin Tongpan originally thought that Lin Ruhai was born in Tanhualang, he was talented, and he was confident in not rushing, but who knew that the fire was about to burn his eyebrows at this moment, but the magistrate was still not in a hurry, Yin Tongpan thought to himself : Could it be that Tanhualang is just a nerd.

Since the floods started this summer, Yin Tongpan has been running around everywhere, and he is really exhausted. Hearing that a magistrate who knows people well and is valued by saints has come, General Yin Tongpan will breathe a sigh of relief. Situation, the magistrate is actually hiding in the yamen and dare not go out, it is really not as good as the former magistrate.

"Lord Lin, the disaster victims outside are very noisy, and if there is no one to comfort the government office, I'm afraid they will crash into the government office in a while and cause a big mess. Can you put the file away first and make an idea?" Yin Tong judged I was so anxious that I was scratching like a cat's paw, I couldn't wait any longer, so I had to remind Lin Ruhai aloud.

Lin Ruhai listened to Yin Tongsan's words, put down the file and raised his head. He said with a gentle smile, "What's the rush? There must be a way for the car to reach the mountain. I'm afraid it will be settled."

When Yin Tongpan saw Lin Ruhai like this, he felt angry and didn't dare to explode. He just thought: I know Mr. Lin, you are a handsome man, but what's the use of your pretty face smiling at an old man like me?It can't appease the people, and it can't change money and food.

Yin Tongpan was about to speak, when the yamen servant outside rushed in and said, "Master Lin, it's not good. A few victims outside encouraged and said that if you don't go out, they will rush in!" He couldn't sue Lin Ruhai in front of the governor. When he looked up at Lin Ruhai, he still looked confident. It was the first time that Yin Tongpan felt that he should have such a handsome face.

This yamen servant was still breathing, and another yamen servant came to report: "Lord Lin, Lord Zhen is here."

Lin Ruhai listened to Fang and said with a smile to Yin Tong: "It's time now, Mr. Yin, come out with me."

The victims in front of the yamen's gate saw that the officials inside the yamen just kept hiding and didn't care about the lives of the people, and they were very restless under the instigation of several victims.

"Zhu Er, what do you say?" one farmer asked another.

This Zhu Er was one of the activists who had been mobilizing the victims at first. He was originally a local rascal. It's done if it's built, and it can't really be a violation of the Yamen. Otherwise, the magistrate will blame you if he blames you, and my master will not protect you.

Zhu Er saw the gaudy taels of silver, so he didn't care about the many, he nodded and bowed his head, and took the 200 taels of silver into his arms, for fear that the man would regret it.The master who wanted to hire him didn't bother to inquire. He thought to himself, this matter is very easy to do, and the people in the yamen are the most timid. If a few words of encouragement, the victims are a little restless, someone will come out to appease them immediately, so there is no way to collide.

Unexpectedly, the magistrate didn't do what he thought, and because of the turmoil and hustle and bustle outside, he could sit comfortably.At this moment, the agitated victims asked him for his opinion, but he panicked instead. He was screaming loudly just now, but now he showed timidity and was speechless for a long time.

Qi Yun and Qi He, who were ordered to disguise themselves as disaster victims, were mixed in the crowd, and they had already recognized the agitators. Now they couldn't help laughing at Zhu Er's cowardly and timid look.He thought again: Grandpa really knows everything well, if it wasn't for the master's repeated explanation before this departure, no matter what happens outside, just keep an eye on the instigators and don't take any action, I'm afraid the two of them would have taken down Zhu Er long ago.Qi Yun and Qi He also understand the principle of capturing the thief first, as long as Zhu Er is captured, at least half of the master's siege will be resolved.

Now when they saw Zhu Erlu timid, they realized that Lin Ruhai's order must have important intentions.

Zhu Er was so questioned that he couldn't make up his mind, and he was about to shed a cold sweat. Fortunately, at this moment, the gate of the government office opened, and Lin Ruhai and Zhen Yingjia came out side by side.

The Zhen family has been donating porridge for nearly ten days in a row. How could Zhen Yingjia let go of this opportunity to earn fame and fortune? He also showed his face in the porridge shed during the porridge giving. Many victims recognize him now.

Zhu Erzheng was sweating profusely when he saw Zhen Yingjia, as if seeing a savior, he shouted: "Look, Master Zhen is here, Master Zhen is a great benevolent person, he is a living Bodhisattva, since Master Zhen is here, everyone will be saved."

All the disaster victims followed the prestige, and saw the master of the Zhen family standing with an official wearing the uniform of the magistrate. They were grateful to Zhen Yingjia, but somewhat looked down on the new magistrate.

Lin Ruhai said loudly: "Everyone, please be safe and don't be impatient. Since I am wearing this Usha, I will be doing my best for the benefit of the people. I dare not say anything."

Everyone thought to themselves: Just now, these many people had no way out. You just hid in front of your magistrate, but now that Master Zhen came out and said beautiful words, who would believe you?He ignored him, and only shouted "Master Zhen, help me" and "Master Zhen Bodhisattva is alive".

Zhen Yingjia stretched out both ends and pressed it slightly, the noise of the victims gradually stopped, Zhen Yingjia then said: "Everyone, everyone, this Lord Lin was sent by the Holy Spirit of Beijing, his talent is far superior to mine, he will be able to solve everyone's problems The crisis is what the people are anxious about. I hope everyone will give Mr. Lin a little more time."

"How can we give more, if we wait any longer, we will starve to death."

"That's right, that's right... Mr. Zhen, please save us, the magistrate can't point it out." The disaster victims vented their dissatisfaction, and gradually became popular.

Zhen Yingjia raised her hands again to signal the crowd to be quiet, and then she turned to Lin Ruhai and said, "Master Lin, although you are talented, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice. Now many victims of the disaster need a winter's worth of chewing to overcome the current difficulties. Although my Zhuangzi I also suffered some disasters, but blessed by the Bodhisattva, there are a few places that are not affected much, or I donate them first. Master Lin will write a memorial and report it soon, and it is unknown whether he will receive the relief money from the imperial court."

After hearing this, everyone was very grateful to Zhen Yingjia, but seeing that the magistrate didn't nod his head and acted indifferently, it made people very angry.

Lin Ruhai did not immediately agree to Zhen Yingjia's proposal, but instead asked, "How much food does Master Zhen want to donate?"

Zhen Yingjia said: "This year's autumn harvest plus last year's grain, I'm afraid there will be seven or eight thousand shi." After hearing this, everyone was so grateful to Master Zhen that they said so much.If it is white rice, it is more than 2 taels when converted into silver.

Lin Ruhai said again: "Thank you, Mr. Zhen, for your kindness, but if the next official takes office, the first thing he does is not solve the people's distress, so he is not worthy of being a parent official. The lower officials of the grain house have their own opinions, and only winter clothes and quilts are the same. Since Mr. Zhen has the heart of a bodhisattva, and he is allowed to weave in Jiangning, it is better to ask Mr. Zhen to take care of this matter. How about asking Mr. Zhen to convert the donated food into bedding and winter clothes?"

Everyone originally hated Lin Ruhai for using his accent to show his authority, but he didn't make decisions for the people. After hearing this, they felt that the consideration of the new magistrate was also reasonable.Even if everyone has food, it is impossible to survive the winter without something to keep out the cold.It turned out that after the natural disaster, the people's life became more and more difficult, and most of them had pawned their winter clothes and quilts. At this time, Lin Ruhai reminded them, and Fang remembered, even if he was given a few liters of food, what should he do after eating?

However, Zhen Yingjia had a look of embarrassment on his face. Originally, the food he was going to donate was disaster relief food for the robbery. He won a good name without any effort, and restraining Lin Ruhai was actually killing two birds with one stone.Who would have thought that Lin Ruhai asked him to exchange food for winter clothes in public, and that was real money from Zhen's mansion.Although the Zhen family is very rich, Zhen Yingjia also feels pain because of the free payment of more than 2 taels.

But now many disaster victims are watching, if he refute Lin Ruhai's words in public, the more than ten days of building momentum will be in vain.The victims of natural disasters will think that he is just trying to gain fame, and I am afraid that the so-called seven or eight thousand shi of grain is just talking about it.However, these disaster victims were originally planned and instigated by himself. Now he has lifted a rock and hit his foot, so he has to bear the pain to catch them, and he can't show embarrassment on his face.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhen Yingjia was a little unwilling, and said: "People are iron, and rice is steel. After all, rations are much more urgent than winter clothes. I am now donating food to solve the urgent need. I am afraid that Master Lin will have to find a way for winter clothes. Besides, even if All the workers and embroiderers in the weaving mansion work overtime, but they can't make this much."

He looked at Lin Ruhai, thinking that he would throw this hot potato back first, and see how Lin Ruhai would respond.

Seeing that Lin Ruhai didn't answer him, he raised his eyes and looked into the distance.Everyone followed Lin Ruhai's gaze, only faintly hearing the sound of horseshoes in that direction.In just a moment, the sound of hoofbeats approached, and the horse was actually an extraordinary horse.Everyone thought to themselves that letting the horse step on it was not out of arrogance, they had to make way for the horse to stop in front of the yamen.

The horse galloped very fast, and even stopped steadily for a moment. It was actually a good horse for thousands of miles, its coat color was messy, and its breed could not be seen clearly.The man on horseback got off his horse and saluted Lin Ruhai: "Lord Lin, General Liu is lucky to have lived up to his fate. The robbed money and food in Liyang County have been found, and the bandits have also been captured. Now General Liu is on his way to escort the money and food. You can enter the city today." .”

Zhen Yingjia's expression changed when he heard this. Fortunately, he had experienced in the officialdom for a long time, so he stood firm and did not fall.Keeping his expression steady, before Lin Ruhai could speak, he said first, "Is this true? This robbery that has not been solved for a long time was so easily solved by General Liu? Who is General Liu? I have never heard of it in Jiangnan province."

Lin Ruhai ignored him and helped up the person who reported the letter just now. This person is General Liu's deputy.Lin Ruhai hurriedly said: "Vice General Chen has worked hard, go down and rest first, I will come to welcome General Liu and Vice General Chen after I have finished my work here."

When all the people heard that the robbery case had been solved, and the food was entering the city today, they were all rejoiced.Now that there is food, as long as Master Zhen is willing to donate winter clothes, this natural disaster will be considered avoided.As long as you are more diligent in spring plowing in the coming year, you are not afraid that you will not be able to survive.

After Vice General Chen took his leave, Lin Ruhai turned around and said to Zhen Yingjia: "Now that the food problem has been solved, I don't know if what Mr. Zhen said counts? If Mr. Zhen is willing to change the donation of food into a donation of clothes, I will thank Mr. Zhen on behalf of the people. "

By this time, all the disaster victims below agreed, Zhen Yingjia couldn't get off the tiger, so she had to wait and say: "It's not that I don't want to, it's just that the Zhen family can't come up with so many winter clothes and quilts."

Lin Ruhai smiled and said, "It's okay, it's the same for Mr. Zhen to donate cloth and cotton, the officials have their own way."

Zhen Yingjia said: "Master Lin, don't coax me, even if I count all the women weaving in Jiangning and the maids and women in my house, I can't make so many clothes." After Zhen Yingjia finished speaking, seeing Lin Ruhai smiled He looked at himself with a non-smile.

Seeing Lin Ruhai's expression, Zhen Yingjia was startled, and regretted: I should have directly denied that there were a lot of cotton wool in the house. I only said that I couldn't make it, and I was admitting that there were raw materials in the warehouse. Denying it now is too late.Lin Ruhai's expression, I'm afraid I guessed it, I didn't check for a while, I fell into the trap set by Lin Ruhai, and I had to pay some money.

At this moment, some of the victims shouted: "Half a month ago, I saw a lot of carts carrying unidentified objects arriving at Zhizao Mansion. They were connected end to end and you couldn't see the end at a glance. I'm afraid it was cloth and cotton wool?"

This time it was Qi Yun who had disguised himself as the one who called out.Many of the disaster victims also saw a lot of cars pulling into Zhizao Mansion for unknown reasons, so no one can deny it.The victims were encouraged again, shouting for winter clothes and cotton wadding, but this time it was Zhen Yingjia who swallowed the bitter fruit alive.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, in order to protect her reputation, Zhen Yingjia had to agree to Lin Ruhai's request.At this time, a young servant came up and whispered beside Lin Ruhai.

Lin Ruhai nodded while listening, and at the end, raised his head and said loudly: "I'm new here, and when I encounter such a thing, I have to do my best. Although I don't dare to stand shoulder to shoulder with Mr. Zhen, Zhuo Jing heard that this year's floods , the victims of the disaster have ordered people to go to the pawnshop to pawn a few dowries and get 8000 taels of silver, and they must do their part for everyone.

After Zhuojing heard about the situation here, he said, although there are rations and winter clothes, there are only spring seeds, so the 8000 taels of Zhuojing have designated messengers to buy the grain seeds needed for spring sowing, and those who need them will arrive in half a month. The yamen registers and compiles a book to find out that the people who have been affected by the disaster can come to receive grain seeds for spring farming next year, and no money is required. "

When the disaster victims heard this, they realized that they had misunderstood the magistrate before, and the local parents and officials should be like this, not only to consider the present, but also to consider the livelihood of the people in the future.Someone in the crowd shouted: "Master Zhifu is wise, Mrs. Zhifu is kind!"

Lin Ruhai raised his hand to signal the victims to be quiet, and the victims stopped shouting when they saw that the magistrate had something to say.

Lin Ruhai also said: "This flood has affected many people and destroyed countless good fields and houses. I am afraid that some fields have been deserted. I will ask people to inquire. If a large area of ​​land is deserted, I will buy it and rent it for everyone to cultivate. The first three No rent will be collected in the new year, and no rent will be collected in disaster years in the future. Only this one: it is the same as spring seeds. Those who want to rent land should register at the government office, and the victims of the disaster will be given priority. If it is verified or reported to be false, it is inevitable They will be chased back to the fields and driven out of Zhuangzi."

After hearing this, the victims cheered loudly again, and called Lord Qingtian directly.

Lin Ruhai raised his hands high and pressed down twice, the victims stopped cheering and heard what the magistrate had to say.Lin Ruhai said again: "God helps those who help themselves. Although everyone has suffered natural disasters and is very sympathetic, we must not wait for relief in vain. We must work hard. Winter is coming, and the affected people have strong families. Tomorrow Go to the government office to register and strengthen the river defenses at the weak places of the river embankments. We can’t let this year pass and ignore the next year, otherwise next year there will be floods and everyone will be displaced. There will be spring floods in the beginning of spring, so the river defense must be completed in winter. This is to protect everyone's homeland, and I hope everyone will work together to tide over the difficulties."

The more everyone listened to it, the more they felt that this young magistrate handled things properly and had extraordinary abilities. If he thought about it one step, others would plan ten steps.In the future, as long as you act according to the magistrate, you will not be afraid of having a bad life.Someone in the crowd shouted Lord Qingtian again.

He was stopped by Lin Ruhai, who went on to say: "Everything that goes to work to strengthen the river defense will be counted according to the amount of work and effort. Those who contribute more can give priority to renting land. Some men will be left behind. Then choose a place to build a house to settle the displaced people. Anyone who has a female family member who knows how to needlework will also queue up to register at the government office tomorrow, and start working to make winter clothes when the cotton wool from the weaving government is delivered. Those who build houses and make winter clothes also It is counted as working time, and the priority is given to renting land. Since we have encountered difficulties, we must be self-sufficient and strive for self-improvement."

After hearing this, who would not accept Lin Ruhai?I wish I could set up a longevity tablet for him and enshrine it every day.

In the end, Lin Ruhai was very grateful to Zhen Yingjia for his financial contribution, and all the disaster victims were extremely grateful and praised Zhen Yingjia.

To appease the victims, General Liu had arrived long ago and set up barracks. A large amount of food could not be put in the government office, so they were put in the barracks first, and the army guarded them, so it was very safe.The army is very familiar with camping, and it is very fast.On the second day, a large area of ​​barracks was set up, which was used as a workshop for women's family members among the victims to concentrate on making winter clothes and quilts.The family who secretly coveted ink for some households after receiving the cotton cloth, saw that everyone was rushing to work together, so they had to put away their irrational thoughts.

Wenshu's needlework is excellent, and the tailoring is also good. When the cloth is in hand, the women are not allowed to start working.Instead, they asked who was good at tailoring one by one, and after the school examination, they picked out those who were good at tailoring, and took the job of tailoring alone, so as to save less waste of cloth.And the women were divided into groups one by one, specializing in one item they were good at.The work was done in an orderly manner, except that the stitches were slightly thicker than those from the weaving house, everything else was fine, and the speed was even faster.It's just another story.

Let's say that the discussion was completed that day, and the victims were sent away. Lin Ruhai and Zhen Yingjia sent Zhen Yingjia away after some courtesy.Zhen Yingjia was so angry that it was as if someone had knocked out her teeth, but she had to swallow them together with the blood.The next day, they still ordered cloth, cotton wool and other things, and the cart was pulled up and sent to General Liu's camp.

The author has something to say: Zhen Yingjia deserves to be the number one murderer in the Red Chamber. The four major families of King Xue of Jiashi are behind him in their murders and family raids. Please continue to kill them.

In this chapter, Father Lin has a faint sense of pretense. I dug a hole and watched you dance quietly.