Huang Dewang is dead.
The big households in Hailing County also honestly sent their grain to Yongfengcang.
The victims of the disaster have food, and so do the local farmers.
Hailing County seemed to have returned to peace overnight.
But only the people in the county government were still worried.
The grain that had just entered the warehouse had not yet been warmed, so half of it was sent to the four major saltworks.
Yes, although the Xu family has a great business, their granary is not a bottomless pit.
At this time, if the cooks hadn't known that the Xu family was really running out of food, otherwise, looking at the food in the pot getting thinner and thinner, no one would have been working.
What can support everyone to continue working is the sincerity of the Xu family at the beginning, and the temptation of half of the harvest in the next ten years after the fields are leveled.
Chen Hua also knew the situation at the salt farm, so he did not dare to neglect and shipped the grain there overnight.
"Why haven't you come back yet?" Chen Hua walked around in circles in the Yamen anxiously.
The shaking made Huxian Cheng and the feudal master dizzy.
"No, the county has to go out to greet him!" Chen Hua finally couldn't stay in the county government office anymore, turned around and walked out.
A group of officials and officials rushed out and followed the elder to Nanshuimen to wait for the grain ship.
Arrived outside the city.
When the victims saw Chen Hua in official uniform, they fell to their knees one after another.
"Master Chen, you are tired!"
"Master Chen, if it weren't for you these days, I don't know how many people would have starved to death!"
"Chen Bodhisattva!"
As Chen Hua walked, he helped the people who were kneeling by the roadside.
Although he kept asking for help, his heart had already flown to the water gate.
Here, before he could comfort the victims, someone suddenly shouted: "There is a boat, there is a boat coming!"
When Chen Hua heard this, his body tilted, and Lao Hu quickly helped support him behind him!
Chen Hua's increasingly dark and thin face was full of excitement, his lips trembled slightly, and he finally turned his head to look at Hu Xian Cheng and said, "Is it him?"
How did Lao Hu know? He quickly said: "Someone will help the master, and I will go and see it myself!"
Unexpectedly, Chen Hua said: "No, let's go together!"
The victims also seemed to understand the conversation of several officials, and they all followed the county government officials and rushed towards the South Water Gate.
Xu He stood on the bow of the boat and looked at the city wall of Hailing County not far away. He said to Gu Hengbo beside him: "Sister Gu, it's not easy. We are finally home!"
Gu Hengbo looked at the towering city wall and nodded, murmuring: "Indeed, it's not easy!"
In the past few days, they have been to various government offices in Huai'an, and have been treated with cold looks, neglect and ridicule, but the food will finally come back!
"The passenger journey is outside the green mountains, and the boat is in front of the green water. The tide is flat and the banks are wide, and the wind is blowing and the sail is hanging." Xu He sighed with high spirits as he faced the wind from the bow of the ship.
At this time, Wu Decao, who was standing next to him, suddenly pointed to the shadowy Hailing County town in the distance and said, "Look loud and clear!"
Xu He looked in the direction of his finger and saw what seemed to be a dense group of people standing next to Nanshui Gate.
At this time, a fast horse galloped from the river embankment. The rider came to the boat and reined in the horse and asked, "Is this Mr. Xu on the boat?"
Wu Decao said: "Exactly!"
The rider didn't reply. He turned his horse's head and flew towards Hailing County.
I saw him riding his horse while shouting: "It's Mr. Xu's boat, it's Mr. Xu's boat!"
Just when Xu He was stunned, not long after, the dense crowd in Hailing County suddenly burst into cheers.
When Gu Hengbo saw this scene, tears flashed in his eyes, and he quietly returned to the cabin.
She knew that this moment belonged to the man standing on the bow of the boat, and it belonged to him alone.
The boat was getting closer and closer to the city gate, and Xu He could already see Chen Hua's blue official robe on the dock.
People cheered, jumped for joy, and jumped up to wave to them.
Xu He felt that at this moment, his heart almost jumped out of his chest. These days of grievances and these days of pleading were all turned into ashes at this moment, and his soul became clear again.
Finally, finally...
The grain ship has docked.
Xu He stepped on the ship's planks as if he were stepping on cotton wool to the dock.
Chen Hua, Hu County Prime Minister, the Chief Registrar, and all the officials in the Hailing County Yamen all bowed to him.
Xu He was startled and quickly stepped forward to help everyone up.
But at this time, there was nowhere to help, and the crowd of people and victims who were watching all saluted and said: "Master Xu, thank you for your hard work!"
Looking at their unfamiliar, tearful faces, Xu He felt a sour, hot emotion rising up.
He wiped the corners of his eyes, straightened his clothes, stood on the pier, faced the huge crowd, and saluted respectfully: "Xu He is fortunate to have lived up to his command! I'm back..."
"coax……"
Enthusiasm blossomed.
The fear that was weighing on everyone's hearts was released in an instant.
Chen Hua held Xu He's shoulders with tears streaming down his face and said in a trembling voice: "Liangsheng, thank you for your hard work!"
Looking at the dark and thin Magistrate Chen, the Magistrate Chen who used a stick to drive him out of the county government office, the Magistrate Chen who was making tea and discussing the movement method with him day and night, Xu He choked up and said, "Mr. Chen, you Lost weight again!”
Chen Hua patted him hard on the shoulder and said: "It's good to lose weight. It's good to lose weight. The common people have lost weight. It's the big problem for me, the county magistrate, to be fat!"
At this time, Hu Xian Cheng came to Xu He. The two looked at each other. Hu Xian Cheng blinked, then hugged Xu He and said, "Mr. Xu, everything is fine!"
Seeing this scene, others may wonder when Lao Hu became so close to Xu He, but only Xu He knew that the mountain that was pressing on Lao Hu had been removed.
After a while, the grain ship gradually came to a stop. Chen Hua waved his hand and said, "Folks, help unload the grain!"
Xu He and the victims were stunned.
Immediately afterwards, the victims were moved to tears and said: "Mr. Chen trusts us, let's go, let's help unload the food!"
"No one is allowed to touch even a single grain of this grain. Don't lose the face of us foreigners!"
"That's right! Mr. Chen regards us as his own, and we can't let the Hailing people look down on us!"
Seeing this scene, everyone on the dock laughed.
At this moment, there are no locals or foreigners.
Everyone is their own person.
Although the victims had been hungry for many days, at this time, each and every one of them was as vigorous as flying. In less than an hour, more than 20 large cannons were neatly stacked on the dock and loaded one by one by the county government's dock back to Yong. Fengcang warehouse.
Chen Hua patted Xu He on the shoulder and said, "Let's go to the Yamen to have a conversation."
Xu He saw that Wu Decao had hired two small sedans to board the boat to pick up Sister Gu's two female dependents, so he turned back and said with a smile: "Let's go, I just want to learn about the recent situation in the county with Mr. Chen!"
The two looked at each other and smiled, then turned and walked towards the city.
At this time, the summer breeze blew by, blowing the river surface and causing ripples.
Hu Xiancheng sighed: "The days go by so fast. Is it going to be the beginning of autumn?"
