A man with a bald head next to the man turned his head and scolded,""Spicy piece for mom! Big brother, what nonsense are you talking to him for? I can't stand these people who spit and spit like oil stars. They look so smug as if they have hair on their bodies. According to my personality, sharpen that woodcutter and see who can stop us! If I snatch the rice, I'll eat my stomach first. No matter how fierce he is, can he cut open my stomach and take it back?”
After saying that, the bald man turned his head to ask if he was his accomplice. He blamed this big brother for being too kind and weak. Among the dozens of people who were tied up, there were also a few who agreed with him.
"Alright!" The man roared and kicked Scald Head."You're so f * cking hungry that your hands and feet are weak. Only your mouth is still hard. Even if you eat the rice and your mother wants to eat it, you can throw away your stomach and take it out!？Don't you have half a brain? And all of you, shut up. Why are you blindly coaxing me!”
Scald Head and the rest shut their mouths, their necks still stiff as they whispered,""I did it for you. If he didn't have anything to eat, his little nephew would starve to death…”
"You're too talkative! "Get lost!" The man kicked Scald Head again, causing him to roll half a circle with an "Ouch!"
Steward Li sneered and said loudly,""You guys know me, Li Ta. I know whether I should have any ideas or not! My family's young miss is kind enough to give you alms. If you don't want face, forget about eating it into your stomach, I'll let you digest it for nothing. I'll even squeeze it out of your intestines!”
Although Li Ta was tanned and thin, his arm was full of muscles when he waved his hand. There were a few palm-sized scars on his arm, like cracks in black rocks.
The scabby man was not convinced." F * ck you, Li Ta. It's fine if you're usually fierce, but we're about to starve to death. Why would we be afraid of you?"!”
Li Ta ignored him and turned to Lin Ming.""Rude person, miss, please don't take offense. Why don't I send miss back to the car?”
Lin Ming nodded and was about to turn around when he heard the man shout,""Are you the Second Young Lady? Second Miss, please spare us this time and let us go back to line up for porridge. I beg you, Miss!"
Li Ta stood two steps in front of Lin Ming and shouted,""This is the official Second Young Miss Lin. Don't be rude!”
He was actually an official? Second Miss Lin? A woman on the official road? How could a woman be an official? Looking at Li Ta's respectful appearance, she must be the family of that high-ranking official!
Although the man was tied up, he quickly walked over on his knees and kowtowed loudly."Greetings, Lord Official, and Greetings, Miss Official! Ever since the disaster, our village has long run out of food. If there is no food for the 112 households, the old and the young will starve to death! Please save us, Miss Guan!"
Lin Ming wanted to get back to the car first before planning the disaster relief from Miss Zhang, but Li Ta's " official Miss Lin " was heard by the disaster victims. Lin Ming didn't want to leave. He laughed to himself, lifted his hat, and looked at the crowd."This gentleman is too polite. This little girl is Yan Zheng Ru Hai's niece. This time, it was my uncle who sent Mister Zhao here to do his best for everyone. The method to resolve the emergency is currently being prepared, so please be patient.”
The bald man crawled over and roared,""You rich ladies say it so easily. The old lady at home is about to starve to death, so how can we be patient! I only hate that I'm so thin that I don't have any meat to cut off to save my life. Teach us how to calm down!”
Li Ta was about to move again, but Lin Ming stopped him and said,""The late emperor once said,'The most filial and straightforward can be a strong man'! I admire you."
The bald man blushed and said in a weak voice,""We're just boorish people. We don't understand what a warrior is. It's useless to admire him. Admiration won't fill our stomachs.”
"Don't be rude, light!" The big brother said.
"Big Brother, I know. We've been in trouble for so long, and only one official has given us food. How can I be rude to her? I'm just telling the truth. This little porridge can't save our lives!”
Lin Ming saw that the group of people were all skinny. Although they were hungry, their faces were hungry, but their eyes were bright. He thought for a while and said,"Everyone is a filial warrior. Although Ming's strength is meager, I'm willing to do my best to help. The Son of Heaven was wise and blessed. The money and food for disaster relief would arrive in a few days. Now…Mingyuan offered 18,000 taels of silver to purchase food and set up more porridge shops to help everyone tide over this temporary crisis.”
"Eighteen thousand taels of silver!" Scald Head's eyes widened in fear." So much? How much rice do we need to buy?" His hands were tied behind his back, so he could only stick out his chest and bump around the people around him."There's hope! I'm saved! We're saved!”After cheering for a while, he suddenly stopped and said gloomily,""You must be lying to us. Although you are the young lady of a noble family, I don't think you have that much money. Even if your father is a corrupt official, he wouldn't give you so much money.”
Lin Ming smiled and didn't explain."" There was a disaster in the pass, and the local grain was in short supply. Although I wanted to buy the grain quickly, it was my first time here, and I was not familiar with the neighbors, so the journey was not fast…"
The bald man bounced up." We, we are familiar with each other. We were born and raised in this place. We have all kinds of businesses. This time, in order to save our lives, we have gone to all the neighboring villages. We only regret that we can't afford it. If you are really rich, we have the strength to help you transport the grain!”
" Yes, yes!" The dozens of men responded one after another. Some said that they had good stamina for chopping firewood, while others said that they had better stamina for farming. In short, all of them enthusiastically recommended themselves.
"Good!" Lin Ming couldn't help but praise him and said,""In that case, everyone! Today, he would take the porridge back first. Tomorrow morning, he would meet at the Zhang family's water transport gate. After breakfast, he would assign tasks and go buy grain on the same day! Steward Li, ask someone to untie them.”
In the blink of an eye, this group of mountain pagodas had been subdued by a girl she did not know? Li Ta's heart was pounding. When he heard Lin Ming's order to untie them, he quickly called for a few kids to untie them.
Li Ta's heart was like a tidal wave.”，He vaguely felt that this was the same as when he first heard Old Zhang Cao's shout,"”，There seemed to be something different.
Before this, Li Ta had never respected any woman. Even if the women of the Caotou family were more heroic than ordinary women, he would only treat them respectfully because of his status. But at this moment, the blood in his stomach was driving him, making him have an impulse, just like how he dared to fight with his sword even though he was young. He was driven to stand under this woman's command and listen to her orders before fighting.
In the Four Seas Restaurant in Yangzhou's bustling area.
Xu Shizhen, the eldest uncle of the governor of Yangzhou, dismissed the attendants and personally poured wine for the people who were drinking.
"Brother Zhao, you and I have known each other for nearly fifteen years. At that time, we were both insignificant. However, at that time, I said that Brother Zhao, you have a strategic mind and a careful mind. If you step into the officialdom, it will not be a problem for you to leave your name in history.”He sighed and shook his head." Brother Zhao, Brother Zhao!" he said with a smile.”
Zhao Fusheng took the cup and drank it all in one gulp." Qu Yuan holds hatred, Jia Yi hides sorrow. I want to be a good official, but so what? He had almost lost this skull! Even you have been implicated by me and lost your black veil hat. Haha, haha."
Xu Shizhen shook her head and refilled his glass before sitting down. She said,""Those are all small matters. I'm getting impatient with a mere county magistrate.”
"Sigh, I'm also an old man who has been in the officialdom. Don't comfort me. If it weren't for your brother-in-law, I'm afraid that you and I wouldn't have been able to get to know Duke Lin. Old Xu, do you really think you can tell a person by their appearance?”
Xu Shizhen smiled and said," You don't believe in these things, do you? Back then, I wanted to invite someone to see your wife, but you didn't allow it. Now you believe me?" I can't say for sure whether it's useful or not. In the end, we're the same people. I don't believe in evil techniques.”
" Then your brother-in-law…" Zhao Fusheng laughed. Thinking of that year, the two of them couldn't stop laughing.
Xu Shizhen stopped laughing and drank a cup.""What was my brother-in-law like back then? Back then, when we went to take the exam, even the waiter of the Three Yuan Inn was better than him in terms of talent and agility. Who would have thought that he would actually be nominated for the Imperial Roll? Who would have thought that he would be able to smoothly become the governor of Yangzhou? When I married my younger sister, I didn't expect that the blind man by the roadside would be able to match her eight characters by touching her face. I didn't believe what he said at all. I only thought that this fatty had a soft temper and was timid. I guess he wouldn't dare to despise our poor girl who didn't have parents. Back then, I was ambitious and thought that I would be brilliant in the future and take care of him and his wife. Who knew that the fatty would save my life and I would become his advisor. It really fulfilled the blind man's criticism that day.”
" Haha!" Zhao Fusheng laughed and said," The world is unpredictable. The world is unpredictable!"”
The two of them drank a few more cups and ate some wine and food. Naturally, they talked about officialdom.
"Brother Zhao, I don't understand what you're playing." Xu Shizhen asked curiously. Lin Gong Ru Hai is talented and has the heart of a saint. Why are you unwilling to join him and instead accept this hot task to come to Yangzhou? But what good opportunity did he have?”
Zhao Fusheng put down his chopsticks and sighed,""Duke Hai, sigh, let's not talk about it. I didn't come to Yangzhou for any opportunity.”
"Then why? You and I have been in the officialdom for many years, so we should know that this job is not easy to touch, especially for people like us who have no foundation.”At this point, Xu Shizhen told him the inside story of the flood in Yangzhou. Although Zhao Fusheng did not know as much as him, he did not lack much information. The difficulty of the problem, the knot of the disease, Ruhai had already talked about it several times when discussing this matter.
"I know that we're in such a predicament. I've been thinking about it day and night, but I still feel that we have to start with the Zhang family.”
"I think so too." Xu Shizhen said," The county magistrate who dared to bite the hedgehog is just a star. The general of the town is the real weight. The people's hearts are in the scale. Water transport," Xu Shizhen tapped on the table," The Zhang family, the axis beam is all his."”
"It's a pity that the current Zhang family is like a turtle in a shell.”"Old Xu, you've been in Yangzhou for many years. Do you know if the Zhang family has any weaknesses that we can take action on?" asked Zhao Fusheng.”
Xu Shizhen smiled and said,"Eat, eat!"”
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