January passed in a blink of an eye.

The summer is hot, and at this time, Fujian and Guangdong are like a big steamer. The riverbed begins to dry up, and the rivers and many fields are also beginning to crack, like hideous scars, shocking.

Guangdong has severe drought.

Fortunately, this place is not a land of fish and rice, so it is okay to have some drought. It is just that the water level of many rivers has dropped, which makes many merchants miserable. Many places cannot sail, so they have to go by land. Once they take the land, they don’t know how much waste it will take and how many days it will take.

Hao Fenglou also wasted a lot of time for this, but he observed along the way and found that the drought in Guangdong was actually affected much lower than he thought. The reason was that in recent years, many fields in Guangdong have been abandoned and a large number of people have smuggled to Lang Son. The young and strong here would rather go to business than farming, so they no longer have to rely on the weather for their own income.

It is also because of this that even in the famine, grain production has been reduced, and the only thing that has caused Guangdong to suffer is that the price of grain has almost doubled. In fact, the impact is not great. It is precisely because of the soaring grain, merchants from all over the country have escorted large quantities of grain to sell. Although it has made the locals much more difficult for their lives, they still have the motivation to spend the famine.

Many times, in this era, people only want to live well and live well, and everything else is not important.

After all, eating braised vegetables is the norm, and everyone is used to hard life.

The eight hundred guards are now wearing summer uniforms, all dressed in short clothes, but they have a lot of luggage, and everyone is tanned. Everyone has suffered a lot. Fortunately, their willpower is enough and there is no complaint.

However, they were very eye-catching. I don’t know how many local officials or personnel from the waterway inspection department they passed along the way. They were mostly the same in their attitude towards Hao Fenglou and others, but they were just keeping a distance.

The name Hao Fenglou used was to send Empress Liu to honor him. This name was ridiculous, but if someone wanted to express his "loyalty", what could you say? Don't say that, even if someone had no reason, what could you do if you met someone from the Hao family?

This is Hao Fenglou's reliance. The biggest problem with this empire is that, besides the emperor, there are only a few people who dare to make a decision. The perfect decentralization system established by Emperor Taizu has castrated all the ministers to a certain extent. Everyone has such a little power, but in fact it means that they have no power. Without rights, there is no responsibility. Without responsibility, there is only perfunctory and shirk responsibility. As long as they don't make mistakes, it's fine.

Seeing the Pearl River Port, everyone knew that the King of Pingnan was a wolfish ambition. He might not be sure to cause anything to cause, but what should he do with them? The court did not issue a manifesto. Everyone was happy to pretend to be confused and just stay away.

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But this matter is a bit troublesome for the two people in Guangdong. One of them is Liu Yan, the governor of Guangdong, and the other is Wang Meng, the commander of Guangdong.

When they heard that Hao Fenglou was coming to Guangzhou and was about to arrive, the two brothers were in a hurry and things were a little bad. Hao Fenglou was struggling in Guilin. Although the court praised it, everyone knew that the emperor was already furious. Now Hao Fenglou is coming to Guangzhou. The person who came is not kind.

Besides, Empress Liu and the two princes were in Guangzhou, waiting for the Huangmen imperial envoy to take over the imperial guards. At this critical moment, if something happens, it will be a huge trouble.

Others can shirk responsibility, but although these two people have no power, they have the obligation to protect Empress Liu. If there is any mistake, the head will fall to the ground, which is extremely bad.

Therefore, just as Hao Fenglou was about to arrive in Guangzhou City, the two of them sat in the public room in the yamen of the governor and envoy, first sighed, then planned.

"Mr. Liu, if the person who comes is not good, and the person who is good does not come, then Hao Fenglou will come from afar and there is no possibility of a quick stop. If it cannot be properly handled, you and I will be the crime of death. How do you think about the arrangement of Queen Liu?"

Liu Yan twisted his beards, first sighed, and finally said, "Some things, we have to agree first. You and I are now on the same boat, so we must unite sincerely. Hao Fenglou once incited the rebellion of Guangxi. In Guangdong, the Hao family is probably hiding a considerable strength. If we send Empress Liu back to Beijing, Hao Fenglou incites the people to kidnap Empress Liu, it will be a huge trouble. Therefore, it is necessary to protect Guangzhou City. Guangzhou City now has 7,300 military households and more than 6,900 people. However, based on these alone, it is probably insufficient. Some elite troops must be drawn from all over the place to prevent accidents."

Commander Wang Meng shook his head and smiled bitterly. The key to the problem is here. He has no troops to adjust. The Hao family army occupied Guilin, so in order to prevent the Hao family army, most of the troops in Guangdong were stationed in western Guangdong, with more than 30,000 people. This is all the armed forces that Guangdong can take advantage of. Although there are garrisons in Guangdong, and there are also many people, in addition to the elderly, weak, sick and disabled, there are still a few strong people? If all of them are transferred to Guangzhou to protect Empress Liu, would you still have to do anything else?

Seeing Wang Meng hesitating, Liu Yan said seriously: "In a lot of trouble, we must protect the safety of the Empress. Otherwise, if there is a little mistake, how can you and I afford to be sinful? I know your difficulties and know that you are a good wife. But now, I should just say it directly. The court has already known about this, but there is no order. But just a few days ago, my mentor brought a letter."

Wang Meng suddenly showed awe-inspiring look, because Wang Meng knew in his heart that this governor had no mentor. His favorite among the officialdom was to make connections. As long as he could barely get in touch with him, he would dare to recognize any relationship. Just talk about this Wang Buzheng. Speaking of which, he was much older than his mentor, but because when he was in the capital, his mentor was a attendant in Hanlin and happened to teach some lessons, and Liu Buzheng became a disciple.

Because this mentor is very amazing now, his name is Huang Huai.

Wang Meng said: "Oh, but I don't know what Mr. Huang said?"

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Chapter 2 is here! (To be continued) r655
Chapter completed!