Chapter 407

"As far as I know, the imperial court has allocated a lot of food for disaster relief, and water is also ordered to be supplied by each state and county every day. Why is it still so?"

Han Zhan only said that he came to visit mountains and rivers, so the villagers who led the way did not know Han Zhan's real identity, and some words had no scruples.

"These silver coins are pulled down layer by layer. You are greedy and I am ignorant. There will be no water left in the hands of the people." the fellow shook his head and smiled bitterly. His weather beaten face was covered with wrinkles, and his eyes were filled with hatred and despair of the dynasty, "If it doesn't rain, how long can it last close to these rivers? Besides, the collusion between officials and businessmen, it costs one or two silver to pick up water in the city. Who can afford such expensive water? So many people in every family want to eat and drink water with their mouths open. They are afraid to need two loads of water a day, two liang silver a day. The drought is more than may now. Where has it changed so much "Come out?"

At last, Han Zhan's face was gloomy and could drip water.

"Dear Sir, you'd better go back early. Now there is a severe drought, bandits are rampant, and people like you are robbing for food and water everywhere. If you fall into their hands, I'm afraid you won't benefit."

"Mountain bandit?"

"It's better to say that they are mountain bandits than refugees. They are all people who are forced to have no way out. Who can't figure out how to become mountain bandits? If they become mountain bandits, they will enter the black books of the government. Future generations will not say that they have no chance of the imperial examination, they will be pointed out on the road. What may be the way? They have to live first. In fact, if they are The imperial court is reliable and promising, and it will not come to this step. Therefore, these people want to kill those dignitaries. "

In their eyes, these people are only greedy for pleasure. They never care about the life or death of the people. Killing them is to eliminate harm for the people.

The villagers talked a lot all the way. All day, Han Zhan had a general understanding of the situation in the south of the Yangtze River.

When he arrived, Han Zhan asked, "I heard from the people in the city that the new top scholar was sent here to handle cases. Didn't he take care of these things? Or did he also collude with those officials?"

The villager was relieved, "this Lord Hai is a good official who is upright and upright. He is polite and never partial. The case he dealt with earlier was a corrupt dog official. It's a pity..."

"What a pity?"

"It's a pity that Lord Hai is weak. In order to keep his black hat and protect the officials, Lord Hai has been killed several times in a row. It's thanks to his great life."

Han Zhan's eyes brightened and he said, "it's a capital crime to murder a court official!"

"Hum! The sky is high and the emperor is far away. Even if you die, who will know if you report an accident? Besides, there are many excuses for bandits in this situation."

"How can you know such a secret?"

"There are some things that you dignitaries don't know, and those who are officials won't know, but the people know it clearly, because they all look at it plainly! In addition, there are children of people's families in the Yamen. It's not surprising that they naturally know."

After Han Zhan returned to the city, it was already sunset.

He gave the fellow twenty liang of silver: "take this silver and thank you today."

At first sight of so much silver, the villagers were stunned and waved their hands: "no, no, no, it's too much to use!"

"Here you are, take it! Now is a difficult time. There are many places that need silver. If it's not good, you can change your family's stuttering."

The fellow was so moved that he said, "in fact, if you have something to eat, you can reward me to take it back. There happens to be a little grandson at home. Now there are no rice grains in the dry field and locusts. There is no food everywhere. You'd better take back the silver!"

Han Zhan didn't expect that the situation was more difficult than expected.

After a half silence, he ordered him to hand over all the cakes and fruits in the carriage to the villagers, and put the twenty Liang silver pushed back by the villagers back into his hand.

"Take it! If these things that are already outside your body can help you, it is also its creation."

Seeing the push and drag, the villagers burst into tears and choked.

Seeing that Han Zhan wanted to go, the villagers called him again: "where do you want to go?"

"The Sea Lord you just mentioned has some friendship with me. I'm going to go to him."

The fellow advised, "the magistrate is a great man. If you have money, you'd better stay in the inn! I'm afraid there..." he sighed heavily, "I'm afraid you can get in and can't get out."

The emperor was dizzy and treacherous. The dog officials below were as black as the bottom of the pot. They were crazy and red eyed. They fished for silver everywhere. If the money of noble people was exposed, I'm afraid it would become a meal for others.

Han Zhan curled his lips and smiled: "it's so just right. I'm afraid they won't do it! Just... It depends on whether they have that ability."

As soon as the fellow heard this, he knew that he was a big man.

He looked at Han Zhanyuan's carriage, holding silver snacks and fruit in his hand, trembled and knelt on the ground. He knocked his head in the direction of Han Zhan's departure. Old tears fell down his cheeks and hit the thick dust, and disappeared in an instant.

After returning to the city, Han Zhan went directly to the magistrate's house. They stayed here last night.

He came by chance. The family just had a banquet. When Han Zhan came back, the magistrate quickly welcomed him.

"My subordinates are about to send someone to find the young marquis. I don't want the young marquis to come back so soon. But you have to take a bath first? The water is ready. We'll have a dinner when you're ready."

Han Zhan ran around all day today, sweating for several times. Naturally, he went to take a bath first.

Taking advantage of the gap between bathing, he asked the boy rubbing his back: "where does the water in your house come from?"

The boy thought that the adult was afraid of unclean water and hurriedly said, "this is the well water from the well. It's very clean!"

"Oh? Isn't the well dry? Why is there still water?"

"It belongs to the common people. The well is shallow, so it's easy to run out of water. The well in your house is specially dug out. In fact, it can be compared outside."

Han Zhan knew it clearly and didn't say much.

The magistrate in Jiangnan is very slippery even if he eats too much fish and rice. Even if he knows that Han Zhan is only making up, he is still cautious and extremely polite. Han Zhan can't help remembering that he was in Yulong city.

Hai Xiuyan was also at the banquet. He was mild tempered and could be a man. He got along well with the magistrate. Gu Changyan would have an affair. Han Zhan was like a second uncle. No one was a bird.

HMM... I'm my uncle.

After the meal, Han Zhan felt boring, so he got up first and had a rest.

The magistrate personally sent Han Zhan to the guest room and carefully accompanied him for a moment before leaving.

Han Zhan tut said, the magistrate is hard to deal with. No wonder the villagers say that!

The meal lasted until midnight. Haixiuyan was waiting to go back to his room when he was stopped by Gu Changyan.

"Gu Shizi." Hai Xiuyan arched his hand. "What can I do for you?"

[author's digression]: it's late today. I'm really sorry to add more to you tomorrow. I feel very sorry, little cute. I broke my promise. How can you say... Because of personal problems... Today, I talked with my dog brother about all kinds of problems, large and small, that have occurred since I got married in the past two years. I was filled with emotion. Maybe it's because I've been away from home all the time, When falling in love, I don't think he's going to die. After marriage, I find it completely different. There must be a gap. In the words of brother dog, I'm a person who loves romance and pays attention to ceremony, such as buying flowers for a festival and girls! What can you do? You don't have anything when you get married? He thought, why did he buy that thing without me? It's better to cook more delicious food for me when we meet. The question is, can these two be the same?!! You don't want to buy it without me?! Moreover, it takes two months to get along with each other when he goes to the family home every year. Although he has been married for two years, he can break off one finger, many of them run in slowly, and there will be many problems... Forget it... When he thinks of staying up late tonight, he suddenly feels that he should understand more