While worried about something, the court would change its national policy and suddenly allow grain to be transported by sea. Who else can be with such luck?

So, Le Qingsheng immediately made an agreement with Wu Zhong without saying a word and agreed that as long as he obtained the jade seal of the Qing emperor as a guarantee, Le Qingsheng would do his best to acquire the supplies he wanted for the Qing Dynasty.

The reason for doing this is that Wu Zhong could pay for the materials and grass this time. In the future, the scale was larger, but he would have to transport Le Qingsheng to Liaodong first. Therefore, he had to make a guarantee.

This matter was handled so smoothly, and the court's change of canal transportation to sea transportation was considered a lasting attempt. Wu Zhong was a little suspicious about this matter. Should the emperor make this decision just to give him convenience?

But, thinking about it, how could such a big thing be done for him? That can only be said that I have good luck!

In fact, just taking the canal as an example, the reason for digging was not for the people's livelihood, but for the needs of the government. Not only canals, including official roads and stations, in ancient times, were basically for the needs of the rulers themselves, and there were few considerations for the people's livelihood.

Now that the canal transport has been changed to sea transport, the canal has not been abandoned, but has been specially rectified and unblocked. Although it can also maintain tax collection, it has to be admitted that it can be regarded as a precedent for civil use, and how could it be done specifically for Wu Zhong's affairs?

In fact, the fact that Wu Zhong's business was successfully accomplished was a lot of money, not just about the transformation from grain to sea transportation.

The reason why Le Qingsheng was eager to explore new sources of money was not only related to the extremely high profits in Liaodong’s business, but also the movements of Zhang Pu in Jiangnan.

When Zhang Pu found out that he came here, the land industry would not be fooled. What's more important is that if you go out to work outside of land tax, the big salt merchants have to serve. Even if you don't go to service, every time you convert it into service, it will be a lot of money. Preparing for the future makes these big salt merchants want to make more money.

Wu Zhong stayed in Jiangnan as a hostage. The two ships he brought were filled with food and supplies, as well as the people who had Le Qing's birthday, went to Liaodong to discuss business together.

They thought that this was going well, but they didn't know that everything was under the control of the Jinyiwei. Just as the two ships set sail, the commander of the Jinyiwei sent someone to return the capital.

Everything, looking at the calmness, is actually just the peace before the storm comes!

After saying this, it is true that the rain in Jiangnan has never stopped after entering the plum rain season.

The long-term rain made Zhang Pu’s affairs difficult to carry out. After all, we have to check the grain fields and patrol the counties and townships. It was raining, and the roads were muddy, and many places were flooded and they could not even walk.

Zhang Pu was a little worried about this. The emperor had already made an order to come down, and the south should pay attention to floods and disasters. When he was patrolling the places, he naturally paid attention to water conservancy and found that the situation was not very optimistic.

I heard from experienced old farmers that there will be more rain this year than in previous years and there will be a major disaster. However, generally, water conservancy construction is in the autumn when grain and farmers are harvested in slack. At that time, there is not much rain, which is conducive to organizing and doing things.

Now under the rain, I can only temporarily cram the key areas in the rain to prevent heavy flooding.

As time goes by May of the 13th year of Chongzhen, the rain not only does not weaken, but instead becomes heavier, which makes Zhang Pu's job have to stop and devote himself to disaster prevention and resilience.

In Nanjing, the eunuch Lu Jiude, who was in charge, had received the emperor's order and had even mobilized the army to join the front line of disaster prevention and resilience. Sun Chuanting, the Minister of Personnel, even made a clear requirement for the assessment of local officials, so as to prompt local officials to go to the front line of disaster relief.

In the early stage, the money, grain and materials used for disaster relief in various places were all stuck in about 50,000 yuan, and they would usually be approved immediately. However, the Zuodu Censor Yang Tinglin also patrolled the local area in the rain to verify the use of disaster silver.

The people naturally saw these actions of the court and were grateful in their hearts. The reputation of the Ming officials and the prestige of the emperor were getting better and better in these disaster prevention and resilience activities.

In the heavy rain, the southern officialdom was almost filled with the word "rain". When the officials went to the yamen, the first thing they said was no longer "Have you eaten?", but asked, "How is the water?"

From the west to the east, every half day, no matter day or night, you can see postmen running by rain and passing through muddy roads. Every other section of the road, local postmen waiting to relay the water sentiment upstream.

Natural disasters are not terrible. As long as we work together, we can finally get over them.

This was well confirmed in May of the 13th year of Chongzhen.

Although the natural disasters did not change due to Emperor Chongzhen's time travel, on May 13th, the peak of floods came. The water in Wujiang, Gui'an and other places in Su, Song, Hu and other places suddenly broke out, and the houses were surging, regardless of the embankment, and the houses were slumped.

In the original history, historical records recorded that the flooding situation was serious, and the rice price was rising, and the rice was 30 or 4 cents were used to make money. Many rich families were closed, and the people ate grass, wood, and the roots and skins were all gone. The wives and the dead were thrown away. The powerful people were clamoring for food, the neighbors stopped the market, and the rural households were closed in a fierce manner.

However, on this plane, the butterfly effect that Emperor Chongzhen traveled through time fundamentally changed the situation.

Although the embankment was broken, the grain fields were flooded, and the houses collapsed. However, most people were transferred in time under the warning of the government. Then, the pre-prepared disaster relief preparations and grain distribution also played a stable role.

Teams of officials appeared in the disaster area, and local officials comforted the victims. It can almost be said that although the laws of heaven are ruthless, there are emotions in the world and the disaster area is orderly, and there is no such tragic thing as in the original history.

Although the people don’t know what happened in history, they all have eyes. If such a big flood, if it were the past, they would certainly know what would happen.

But now, the emperor did not break his promise. The previous governor checked the exemption of quotas and exemption from the owed taxes and used them to apply it to them, and strictly enforced officials and crossed the famine with the people. These things made many of them even set up the emperor's tablet of immortality at home and prayed to God that such a good emperor would live a hundred years. No, it was not a long life, but a long life!

The power of the Ming Dynasty has always been weak in Jiangnan. However, since the 13th year of Chongzhen, changes have begun to occur.

This flooding disaster involving the Yangtze River eyeliner in the south of the Yangtze River lasted for many days. After the flood receded, the government led the victims to start epidemic prevention. Some simple common sense was naturally published by the emperor's previous decree.

"You can't drink unboiled water, have you heard it? There may be dirty things in the water. You must boil them and burn them to death before you can drink it!"

"For stinky corpses, rotten things should be burned as soon as possible. It is useless to bury them, do you know?"

"By the way, wear a mask, some things will spread in the air. It's a very simple truth. You can take a look at it yourself. There is dust in the air and smell. Can't you smell it?"

“…”

Amid these warnings, a doctor in You Fang heard it very strange. He hurriedly asked a yamen runner who was warning others and said, "Where did you know about these things?"

The yamen runner looked at him and saw that he was dressed as a You Fang Doctor. He clasped his fists and bowed to the capital, and said, "I don't have this ability. It was all explained by the emperor's imperial edict. If you do these well, you can greatly reduce the possibility of post-disaster plague."

The doctor You Fang was stunned when he heard this, and then asked in surprise: "Can the emperor know this?"

As soon as he questioned the emperor, the yamen runners had no time to reply, and the people around him were dissatisfied and immediately responded to him: "What do you, the doctor of You Fang, know? If the emperor doesn't understand, you understand?"

"The emperor is the true dragon emperor, and he has a golden word and a jade word, how could he not understand?"

"Yes, the emperor must understand, what do you know?"

“…”

Faced with the anger of many people, the yamen runners were very proud as the official representative. When he saw the professionals, Doctor You Fang was even more interested, he said, "The emperor not only understood these things, but also explained that fleas on rats, mosquitoes, etc., these little things bite people's blood and may spread plague, very powerful. Therefore, you must do a good job in killing rats and preventing mosquitoes. You don't know this? Doctor You Fang, who is incompetent, can only cheat money?"

Speaking of this, he began to check: "Who are you, where are you from? What's your surname? What's your name?"

When I heard that the doctor You Fang in front of me might be a liar, the crowd around me was dissatisfied and immediately surrounded him and helped the yamen runners scold him.

It is true that some people in the world use monks, golf doctors, etc. to cheat money and things everywhere. There are often things I heard about.

Seeing this situation, the doctor of You Fang was a little panicked and anxious, and quickly replied: "No, I am not a liar, I feel what the official said. There are several places that I have traveled all over the country and the things I have figured out, so I have doubts and want to ask who else..."

At this time, when he said such words, who could believe him? They all said in a verbal way that they wanted to take down the liar.

Of course, the yamen runner would not listen, so he directly asked for Lu Yin and checked his identity. It seemed that if he was wrong, he would be arrested.

"Wu Youke?" The yamen runner looked at Lu Yin and asked in surprise, "You are Wu Youke, the Wu Youke from Dongshan, Wu County, Jiangsu?"

"Well, it's me, what's wrong?" Yu Fang's doctor, Wu Youke, felt something was wrong. He seemed not wanted, right? He asked in a panic.

Someone next to him heard it and asked quickly: "Official, what's wrong? Is this a criminal wanted by the court?"

"It's not a liar in the world, right? I bumped into him this time. I can't let him run away!"

"Yes, everyone surround him, catch him, don't let him run away..."

“…”

Afterwards, there were people who were impatient and even wanted to take action. Wu Youke was surrounded and had no choice but to retreat. He looked so panicked that he didn't know what to do. This was a disaster that came from the sky! He thought that he had never offended anyone!

But at this moment, the yamen runner suddenly shouted: "Stop!"

After shouting, everyone stopped, including Wu Youke himself, all looked at the yamen runners. I wonder what he meant by shouting this?

The yamen runner said happily: "So you are Mr. Wu Youke! The emperor mentioned you in his will, and asked all places to find you, saying that your knowledge of plague is the best among the doctors of the Ming Dynasty. If you go to the capital, you will be guided by the emperor, you should do your part to the people of the Ming Dynasty..."

If you hear a lot, no one who hears it clearly can understand, but one thing can be heard. It seems that this doctor in You Fang seems to be really capable, and it is the person the emperor is looking for.

As a result, the people who were still aggressive just now were a little embarrassed and quickly moved away from Wu Ke a little further.

Wu Youke himself didn't pay attention to them at all, but just looked at the yamen runners in surprise and asked, "You... are you saying that the emperor is looking for me?"

"Yes, there is someone who is looking for you in the emperor's will, but I didn't expect me to catch it, haha!" The yamen runner ignored everything else and was happy.

As a traveling doctor, Wu Youke went to the countryside and went there, and he didn't know where he went. Therefore, it was almost a year since Emperor Chongzhen's will, and he has not found the author of "Theory of Plague" that the movie gave him the impression.

Wu Youke himself was also surprised. If the yamen runners came to him directly and said that the emperor ordered him to find him, he might be a little scared. But at this time, he heard the emperor say so much about plague, and many things he had figured out over the years, that is, people among fellow men, and they felt that they had a lot to say, but they were no longer afraid.

Some of his medical experiences have always been different from those of ordinary doctors. They are rejected by ordinary people and even attacked, making his life difficult. What’s more important is that they feel that no one can understand him, which makes him feel lonely.

But unexpectedly, he now found a fellow man with the same opinion, who was the current emperor. Wu Youke had to be not curious about the emperor, that was fake.

This time, he did not run away, but instead, with expectations in his heart, he followed the arrangements of the yamen runners and prepared to go to Beijing to meet the increasingly famous emperor.

During this flood prevention and control, at the end of May, with the reply from Emperor Chongzhen, a large number of Jinyiwei rushed to Jiangnan. After meeting with Jinyiwei commander Li Ruolian, the salt merchant case that shocked Jiangnan finally broke out.

The Jinyiwei bypassed the salt road yamen and directly dispatched troops from various garrisons and arrested many large salt merchants from Yangzhou, Huaian and other places, as well as many censors and local officials related to salt. The charge was for Tonglu and plotting rebellion.
Chapter completed!