The sun hung in the sky and moved little by little. After Xiangwu, there was still no trace of the court food. Gu Kun couldn't help but become anxious, frequently looking up and looking at the sun in the sky.
Just when everyone was waiting more and more anxiously, there were signs of restlessness among the crowd. An increasingly loud roar came from the Yellow River.
"What's wrong?" After Gu Kun heard this, his expression changed and he asked around quickly.
Could it be that the people are really starting to lose control and provoke a civil uprising? Thinking of this, Gu Kun couldn't help but break into a cold sweat. If a civil uprising was really triggered, not only would his head be saved, but his whole family would not be able to escape.
"Go, go and see what's going on." Gu Kun couldn't care much anymore and quickly called the people around to check.
But before he could go forward, a county magistrate stumbled over from a distance.
Gu Kun quickly stepped forward and asked, "What's going on up front? Is there a civil uprising?"
The visitor was stunned for a moment, then smiled quickly and said: "No, there is no civil uprising ahead."
There is no civil unrest! Gu Kun finally felt relieved, but since it was not a civil uprising, why was there so much commotion in the past?
"What happened ahead?"
After hearing this, the county magistrate suddenly laughed and said, "Master Gu, I'm so happy. The imperial fleet has arrived. We are saved."
"Did the imperial court come by the Yellow River?" Gu Kun suddenly exclaimed. Since it's a fleet, what else doesn't Gu Kun understand? The only place in Kaifeng that can be opened to ships is the Yellow River. He originally thought that the imperial court would use water transport, but he did not expect that it would come via the Yellow River. If you want to take the Yellow River, you must do it by sea. Why would the imperial government allow the fleet to take the sea route if it banned the sea?
Forget it, never mind, as long as the food comes.
"How much food has come? Do you know?"
The county magistrate shook his head and said with a smile: "I don't know, there are too many. The boats cover the sky and the sun, and you can't even see the end."
"Okay, it's good that you're here." Gu Kun praised excitedly, "Let's go and have a look now. Also, whoever comes, please inform the Chief Envoy, Mr. Feng, and report that the food for the court has arrived."
A person stood out from the left and right and quickly turned towards the Chief Secretary's Yamen.
The messenger walked into the Chief Secretary's Yamen and quickly went to report to Fengqing.
"I pay my respects to the Chief Envoy, and to the Councilor on the right. Mr. Gu, the Councilor on the left, ordered me to report that the food for the imperial court has arrived, and it is on the Yellow River."
"What are you talking nonsense about? Has the food from the imperial court arrived? Is it still on the Yellow River?" Li Cheng was the first to not believe that the food from the imperial court would arrive, and asked quickly.
"Mr. Li, it's absolutely true. Many people have seen it. The imperial court's grain transport fleet is heading towards Kaifeng on the Yellow River."
"Okay, I understand. You can go down." At this time, Fengqing said calmly and waved his hand for the official to leave.
Seeing that there were no outsiders here, Li Cheng couldn't help but frowned and said, "Why did the imperial court bring food here?"
Fengqing looked at Li Cheng, rolled his eyes, let out a long breath, and said, "It's a good thing that the food has arrived. As for how it was transported, since it came from the Yellow River, it was naturally by sea. "
"The imperial court has banned the sea, how could it be possible to take the sea route?" Li Cheng felt very unwilling, and even his voice became shrill.
"The facts are right in front of us. Nothing is impossible. None of us thought that the imperial court would take the sea route, and all the efforts to transport the arrangements by water were in vain. Really, God is not as good as man." Fengqing couldn't help but sigh.
"Then what should we do now?" Li Cheng ran out of ideas for a moment and couldn't help but ask.
Fengqing glanced at him with a smile and sighed: "What else can be done? I just said that it is a good thing that the food from the court comes. We can do whatever we need to do to relieve the disaster."
"Your Excellency is worthy of being an official of Henan Province. This statement is very reasonable." Li Cheng also understood the meaning of Feng Qing's words and immediately agreed with a smile.
Now that the matter has arrived, now that the food for the imperial court has arrived, no matter what they think, they cannot act rashly. Is it just disaster relief anyway? Isn't it easy to provide disaster relief as long as there is food? If they can successfully provide disaster relief, they will still have merit.
Han Du stood on the bow of the boat and looked at the people kneeling on the bank of the Yellow River who kept cheering.
"Finally we're here."
Zhang Chao also breathed a sigh of relief and sighed, "Yes, it's not easy. I rushed slowly, but I finally got there."
Han Du smiled at him and ordered: "Go and tell the boatmen that I will be rewarded heavily."
"Uncle Xie." Zhang Chao clasped his fists towards Han Du and said on behalf of the boatman
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The ship slowly docked, and Han Du held up his binoculars to look at the officials waiting by the river.
After a while, Han Du put down the telescope and asked Zhang Chao thoughtfully, "What do you think this hungry person would look like?"
"What's the point? He must be sallow and thin." Zhang Chao didn't understand why his uncle asked this, but he was used to Han Du suddenly asking some strange questions. Therefore, I didn’t think much about it.
Han Du raised the telescope and looked at the crowd again, and said with a sneer: "The common people are really sallow and thin, and some officials are the same, but some officials have red lips and white teeth, and their faces are rosy. It doesn't look like they have been hungry for many days." appearance."
Seeing Zhang Chao's disbelief, Han Du reached out and gave him the binoculars.
After Zhang Chao saw it, he couldn't help but remain silent.
Han Du took the telescope and put it away, and ordered: "Don't unload the food on the ship yet, unload the dried sea fish first."
"Uncle, I just want to~"
"The people have been hungry for so many days. I want to give them a good supplement and treat them to fish and meat porridge." Han Du smiled slightly.
Han Du waited for the soldiers to set up the springboard and walked down with his hands behind his back.
"I, Feng Qing, Chief Minister of Henan Province, have met my uncle. My uncle traveled thousands of miles to transport the grain here. I would like to thank him on behalf of the people of Henan." Feng Qing said with a look of relief and joy. . The few words he said were quite satisfactory, and no one could make any mistakes.
"Sir Feng, you're welcome. I, Han Du, are here as part of my responsibilities." Han Du had a warm look on his face, and there was nothing unusual about it.
After meeting him, Han Du did not hesitate and said straight to the point: "In that case, without further ado, Master Feng is ready to start giving porridge."
"It has been prepared for a long time. We are just waiting for uncle's food." Feng Qing said with a smile.
Han Du nodded and waved behind him.
Baskets of dried sea fish were carried down and piled up on the river bank.
Looking at the baskets of dark things, Fengqing's face suddenly turned ugly. He pointed and asked, "Uncle, what are these?"
"These? These are dried sea fish, but they are good things." Han Du explained with a smile, and immediately ordered: "The chief envoy should hurry up and order people to cook all these, add more water, and make porridge. Let the people eat.”
