Captain Ruan came forward to contact him, submitted the official letter from the yamen, and sent Gu Yezhou's greetings, asking him to visit the prefect. Of course, he did not forget to give the doorman a hanging of money as a hard work fee.

It’s easy to deal with if you have money, so the concierge quickly reported it in. After a while, the prefect summoned them.

Gu Yezhou asked the three constables to wait in the gatehouse, and followed the servant to meet the governor.

The prefect's surname is Qi, an old man, and he is very arrogant. Gu Yezhou knew how to deal with such an official, so he didn't say much, so he took out his gold box of gold leaves and placed it in front of the prefect Qi: "A little bit of a word, please accept it with a smile."

The prefect Qi's eyes suddenly lit up, and even his breathing became rapid. However, the greedy expression swept past and returned to calm. However, the tone of speaking became much more polite: "But I don't know what the sir needs to purchase?"

They came here and purchased Jiangnan specialties. If this is the case, there would be no need to deal with the yamen. Just buy it yourself. The reason why Gu Yezhou visited the magistrate and gave such a generous bribe was naturally not to complete the so-called yamen purchasing work. What he wanted was the police car in the Shunjiang River outside Yuezhou City. Because he didn't know where the police car was, he needed to use a lot of manpower to search the entire county's Shunjiang River basin. This work is very big and will take a long time. If you don't get permission from the yamen, you will be afraid that it will cause difficulties from the yamen. It would be better to open the joints of the yamen first and organize the search and salvage through the yamen directly.

Gu Yezhou had already thought about it. He pretended to be heavy and sighed a long time ago, and said, "That's right. Jia Yan had a strange disease, but it was not cured no matter how he treated it. It was almost impossible. Jia Ci had a dream and dreamed of a white-haired old man saying that Jia Yan's disease was that Jia Yan had an accidental offended a strange god. He gave a prescription. He said that the disease could be temporarily controlled, but if it needed to be eradicated, he could only go to Yuezhou by the sea to find a very strange-looking stone, take it back and carve it into the shape of this strange god, burn incense and pray every day, so that Jia Yan's disease can be cured. After Jia Ci woke up, he took the medicine according to the prescription mentioned by the old man in his dream. As expected, Jia Yan's disease did not worsen, but it did not improve. That's how it made his parents ecstatic."

Hearing this, the magistrate Qi stroked his beard and smiled, "Lingzun is really a good person and heavenly appearance. If you have a noble person to help you in your dreams, you can be happy and congratulate you."

"Thank you, sir."

"So. Did the sir go to Bi County to find the strange stone to go back to make a Buddha statue?"

"That's right!" Gu Yezhou bowed and said, "It's just that Jiaci was in his dream. The white-haired old man did not say what was in Shunjiang, but was just talking about the Shunjiang in Yuezhou. So, I want to ask the local fisherman with good water quality to go into the water to inquire. Fortunately, the white-haired old man had already explained the appearance of the strange rock in detail in his dream. He would not search without a destination."

The stone monsters in Jiangnan are leaky, transparent and thin, and have always been the best choice for gardening rockery. However, it is rare to use for carving statues of gods, but the world is so big that there are all kinds of wonders. Therefore, the magistrate Qi did not think it was strange. He nodded and said, "Sir, he is filial and admirable. What do you need to do if you are the official?"

"Because it takes a lot of manpower to search for this strange rock, if you are here, you may not be able to hire enough personnel even if you spend more money. Therefore, I would like to ask the magistrate to come forward, search in the name of the yamen, and appoint the magistrate as the supervisor. The labor costs for all personnel are here. As long as the strange rock is found, there is another filial piety to respect the magistrate. I wonder if it is possible?"

"Yes. OK." Prefect Qi stroked his beard and said, "But, this strange rock should be very heavy. How do you plan to transport it back?"

"I will contact the merchant ship. At that time, load the ship and go upstream, and then change the carriage tow when you get to the ground."

"This is a huge project."

"There is no way. In order to treat my father, I have to spend the money I should spend."

“That’s that’s that’s it.”

Gu Yezhou stood up and bowed and said, "Thank you for help in this matter. In this way, the young man prepared a small amount of wine in Zhiweixuan and invited the magistrate and the villages in Yanjiang to visit. We will finalize this matter at the banquet, okay?"

County Magistrate Qi smiled and nodded, "You are impatient. Okay, just as you said. I will immediately send someone to notify the villages in the Yangtze River to go to Zhiweixuan tonight!"

The prefect Qi received the money and did not be vague in his work. In the evening, he and the villages along the river all arrived at Zhiweixuan.

Gu Yezhou had already prepared a generous gift for each of them in advance. He took it out immediately. Those who were receiving such heavy gifts were really surprised and happy. After hearing the mission assigned to them, he felt that the task was easy to handle, and he suddenly felt that it was easy. He said that all the fishermen in the village would definitely send all the water-related fishermen in the village to search for what Gu Yezhou was looking for.

In the afternoon, Gu Yezhou had already found the carved and printed workshop in the city, and personally drew the appearance of the police car, printed several, and distributed them to the fishermen who were searching below. He would give them a large reward to those who found things.

The people in the lion laughed and said that there was no need to give additional rewards to the fishermen. Since this was a yamen's errand, the fishermen should do it, but with the rewards, they will do it better and faster.

All Gu Yezhou wanted was to find the police car as soon as possible, so he didn't care about spending more money.

This banquet was filled with fun and it was over.

The next day, Gu Yezhou brought the yamen constable assigned by the prefect of Yuezhou and his three constables to the Shun River. Dozens of fishermen with good water quality in several villages along the river outside the city had already begun to look for the "strange rock" that Gu Yezhou mentioned in the Shun River.

There is a small boat by the river, which is for them to patrol. Gu Yezhou and his friends sat on this boat, inspecting and supervising the workers along the Shun River. Those who were receiving the generous gifts from Gu Yezhou were not lazy, and personally urged the fishermen in the village to go into the water to search. The fishermen were also very hard because of the temptation of Gu Yezhou's heavy rewards.

Although the search for villagers in all the villages along the river was done, it took a lot of time. Fortunately, there were many people participating and they were carried out in different areas. After a few days, there was finally a result. At the bottom of the river outside Yuezhou City, the "strange rock" mentioned by Gu Yezhou was found!

Gu Yezhou got the news and immediately rushed to the scene. He asked in detail about the two fishermen who found the "strange rock" and learned that the police car was actually stuck between two huge reefs. No wonder the bandit carp said that he tried his best to salvage the police car. Fortunately, it was stuck by the rocks, so the police car was not washed away by the flood.

Gu Yezhou immediately sent other fishermen to verify, and it was exactly the same as the fisherman said. Gu Yezhou was very happy and immediately gave the fisherman who discovered the police car a heavy reward in advance.

He called a few experienced old fishermen together and discussed how to get the "strange rock" at the bottom of the water. After the old fishermen went down to the bottom of the river to see the situation, they said that the huge rock was born between two large reefs. If they wanted to get it from the bottom, unless there were two large ships with a winch in the middle to see if they could pull the huge rock up. However, several fishermen said that the thing was too big and they were afraid it was very heavy, and they didn't know if the winch could be eaten or occupied.

When Gu Yezhou heard them, he suddenly remembered the story of Cao Chong calling the elephant that he had heard before, and he couldn't help but think of a solution.

Before implementing this salvage plan, Gu Yezhou decided to dive down to inspect it himself. However, as the carp said, the place where the police car is located is the deepest place in this section of Shun River. In addition, the water melted by the snow has not completely receded, and the water level is still relatively high, so it is even more difficult to salvage. Fishermen with good water properties dived to the police car and had no way to stay for a long time. They could only hurry down and come up again, otherwise there would be insufficient gas.

When traveling through time, the voice did not tell Gu Yezhou how to use the police car to return. Perhaps just by entering the police car, you can return automatically, so you must enter the police car.

So, Gu Yezhou found the blacksmith workshop in the city and designed a simple diving device himself, that is, to create a long pipe that extends to the water surface and connects a sealed hose about three feet long sewn with deer skin at the other end, and holds it in his mouth. Diving underwater and breathing through this pipe. The pipe is stabilized by the fishing boat hovering on the upper surface of the target.

He asked the fishermen to do several tests and then modify them, and the results proved feasible.

Gu Yezhou personally conducted an underwater test and thought it was feasible, so he used deer skin to tighten his ears under the protection of two fishermen with the best water properties to prevent the water pressure from being too high under the water and crushing the eardrums. He dived to the police car.

The visibility under the water is very low. Due to the mud and debris caused by the flood, the outside of the police car has been covered almost. Only the appearance of the police car can be seen in vaguely. Through inspection, Gu Yezhou confirmed from the police lights on the rear window and the roof of the car, this is the police car he was looking for!

After inspection, Gu Yezhou found that although the two doors in the front seat were open, they had been deformed and were located between the two huge reefs, blocking the passageway. Except for fish and shrimps that could enter, it was impossible for people to enter.

He tentatively pulled the two rear doors, but they were locked and could not be opened. The rear window and the front windshield were also intact and there was no way to get in.
Chapter completed!