Zhou Bai did not have to stop at any of the prefectures and counties passing south of the Tianjiang River, including Daizhou, Lingzhou, and Tongzhou passing north along the Ningjiang River.
When local officials and dignitaries invite banquets, he can also shirk the blame one by one. Some of them can even be solved with just a letter.
But when he arrives in Dingzhou, he must slow down. Bei'an and Pingcang are too small, and the field of vision is wider. The entire Dingzhou is the foundation for his future victory.
In the process of participating in the spring and palace examinations, people from all over the world gathered together, and most of them only knew each other at the state level.
For example, Zhou Bai is from Dingzhou Jieyuan, but he does not know that he is from Pingcang County, Bei'an County.
In the process of fighting for the dragon, it is recognized that the Qianlong princes who can be recorded in official history are at least the lords of one state.
Other tyrants who separatized one, two counties or even half of the state, even if they can show their fierce power for a while, but in the end they are just clearing the way for the "real dragon".
Even this true dragon is not the last true dragon, but a dragon that can dominate a state and build a royal empire.
The so-called prosperity and prosperity are also sudden and sudden.
Zhou Bai will not leave easily when he returns to Dingzhou this time. He needs more reputation to let the people of Dingzhou know his name and recognize him.
Once the flag is raised in the future, people will often choose to support people with bigger and better reputations. In the most difficult imperial examination, it is not difficult for him to become the first Jinshi Tianren in the second class. It is not difficult for him to become famous.
The key is that Zhou Ba must let the gentry and people of Dingzhou know that the gods are also leaders who can bend down and come together with them, and even lead them to gain benefits and success.
So after entering Dingzhou County at the southernmost tip of Dingzhou, Zhou Bai asked his followers on the boat to report back to Pingcang first, while he gave up the waterway and took the land route.
However, the Dingzhou government, which had been watching the progress of his return home for a long time, would not be unaware of this.
Every time he visited a county, the magistrate and magistrate would invite him to a banquet and gather local powerful people to have a glimpse of the beauty of heaven and man. Zhou Bai would not refuse anyone who came.
He also took the initiative to visit local celebrities, exchange ideas and concepts, and frequently came up with golden quotes, which became instantly popular.
On the way, Zhou Bai did not forget to help some widowed and lonely people. The money sponsored by the nobles of the sacred city actually made him do good deeds.
The water vapor balance in the Tianyuan Realm was out of balance. After a while, the Sea Dragon Kings on the other side of the boundless ocean finally broke through the limit.
For a time, all the water vapor in the entire realm converged into the boundless ocean, and the entire coastline was pushed forward for more than a thousand miles. Even though the people along the coast had moved inland in advance, there were still countless casualties.
Fortunately, the preparations made by Heaven in advance worked. As soon as the boundless ocean water vapor collapsed, all the water gods and dragon gods moved.
According to their respective zones, they transfer the water vapor from inland rivers such as Boundless Ocean and Tianjiang River and distribute it equally to other dry areas.
The pitang ditches are all filled, and the wasteland has turned into a lake. The densely populated areas are fine at first and try to avoid rainfall. However, it is difficult to escape the disaster of waterlogging later, and the summer harvest is reduced by nearly 80%.
With Zhou Bai's performance as the leader in the ancestral land of the dragon clan, the amount of water vapor evacuation allocated to Dingzhou is not very high. With the best efforts of the Ningjiang Dragon King, he can barely manage to have ten sunny days in a month.
This is much better than other states and counties where it rains continuously for months.
But even so, the rainy season in Dingzhou is still longer than before, and food production is also reduced.
It has been three hundred and twenty-six years since Daxu, and the shortcomings of various late dynasties have already appeared. Dingzhou finally survived the heavy snow disaster last year, but then another heavy rain continued for a long time.
The already difficult life is even worse. After years of peace, families with savings may be able to survive even if they use up their funds, but many at the lowest level in Guizhou cannot survive.
So in addition to doing good deeds and helping others, Zhou Bai also collected donations at various banquets and helped along the way.
By the time he reached Dingzhou City, his good deeds had been known to the whole city.
Show? hypocrite? To attract people's hearts?
Some people may not understand it, but Zhou Bai practices it personally and the people he helps are real and blameless.
On that day, Governor Lei Haomiao personally came out of the city to greet him. With him came not only civil and military officials, but also the people of the city.
They all came to watch the Jinshi Celestial beings. The top two ranked first, and they were only one step away from ascending to the sky. They can be said to be living immortals.
During the Great Xu Dynasty, there were only a few Jinshi in Dingzhou. The last time the second-class Jinshi was thirty years ago, it was only ranked forty-fifth.
Of course, in addition to watching the fun, they also came to welcome Zhou Bai.
As expected, he was his own son from Dingzhou. Even though he was already a heavenly being, he still did not forget his elders in his hometown and began to help the victims as soon as he came back.
Facing the huge crowd and extremely enthusiastic cheers, Zhou Bai could only salute repeatedly.
However, when the governor came to greet him, he was protected by soldiers and prevented the excited people from rushing to Zhou Bai.
Thirty years have passed, and the people of Dingzhou have almost forgotten the appearance of the last Tianren Jinshi. They have the same Jinshi every year, but they are separated from Tianren.
"Master Zhou Baigong is indeed extraordinary. I think he is the reincarnation of a literary star and can inspire literary fortune in Dingzhou for me."
"He is a kind man. It would be great if he could be our official in Dingzhou, so that we can also enjoy happiness."
"Young Master Zhou is a member of the heavenly court and is destined to be among the immortals. How can he be an ordinary official?"
"Governor Lei is not bad. He is a good official. Look at how much he respects talents and welcomes him personally."
"Zijian, congratulations!" Lei Haomiao saw Zhou Bai arriving and stepped forward with a smile, showing a frank welcome gesture.
It's strange that the governor of a state can't do this even when facing gods and humans.
Then Zhou Bai saw the people around him praising Lei Haomiao, and knew that this was someone trying to win people's hearts.
"The governor is so angry with his subordinates. There is no reason for a third-grade official to welcome a seventh-grade official. Please don't put me on the fire."
Hearing Zhou Bai's words, Lei Haomiao held Zhou Bai's hand and said loudly: "What's wrong with me? Putting aside my identity as a heavenly being, I feel ashamed that Zijian has pointed out so many mistakes for me this time!"
"But I hope you can understand that the rain disaster came too suddenly. The state government's manpower and material resources can only prioritize ensuring the main population areas and grain-producing areas, so that fewer people will starve to death."
These few sentences were quickly spread among the surrounding people, and Zhou Bai keenly discovered that many people could repeat them loudly without fail.
He still didn't understand that Governor Lei did not welcome him for free, but wanted to use him to do good deeds and increase the authority of the Governor and the state government.
"You have done a good enough job, and being lowered is just the icing on the cake." He agreed while carefully recalling the memory of Lei Haomiao.
Sun Yucheng from Dingdong, Lu Ding from Dingxi, and even the Zhao family father and son from Pingcang County seemed to have more profound memories than Lei Haomiao.
In those troubled times, all the heroes and hidden dragons in Dingzhou competed to appear, and everyone made a lot of noise.
Regarding the governor Lei Haomiao, Zhou Bai could only summarize two major events.
The first was to take out the ration bag and order the cavalry to raid the enemy's rear and achieve a great victory; the second was to set up a Hongmen Banquet to trap and kill the heads of several big families in Dingzhou County, and then forcefully ransack their homes to eliminate the opposition.
What else?
A flash of inspiration flashed in Zhou Bai's mind. Dingzhou City had not fallen until he was reborn, and the core of Dingzhou County had never lost its vitality.
Sun Yucheng and Lu Ding raised an army to establish an army and made a huge fuss. They both wanted to be called governors of the state. Lei Haomiao has always been on the throne.
At that time, he remembered that there was a rumor that in the near future, the passage between the Thirty-Three Heavens and the mortal world would be weakened, and the Heavenly Court could directly send troops to support it.
"With the governor's order, the state government will release relief food and distribute it to all counties!"
"The governor has an order not to drive away the refugees, but to increase the amount of work-for-relief work!"
"The Governor has ordered that the year-end examination be based on the disaster relief efforts of county and county officials!"
Just as Zhou Bai followed Lei Haomiao into the city gate, he heard the officials reading loudly from behind, and a large newspaper about the new residence was posted on the notice board.
"It's not too late to make amends, right? Zijian." Lei Haomiao also turned around in time and smiled.
"This is good governance."
In his previous life, he seemed to have done nothing, only retreating to the city, and combined with Lei Haomiao's current approach, this governor is not simple!
Zhou Bai was quite emotional and said: Those who are good at fighting have no great achievements.
That night, under the organization of Lei Haomiao, Zhou Bai attended his welcome banquet and fundraising party.
Zhou Bai's private behavior was officially transformed into official behavior.
I don't know whether he sensed something was wrong with Zhou Bai's behavior or something else, but Lei Haomiao actually tentatively wanted to confer an official position on Zhou Bai.
Dingzhou Border Patrol Envoy was of the same seventh rank as Zhou Bai's Hanlin Editor. It was also a clean official position, but it held real power.
In addition to having the same power as the censor to report rumors, he can also form inspection troops to patrol the border areas for smuggling and thieves.
How could Zhou Bai accept this? Accepting it showed that he really seemed to have some ideas and refused decisively and sternly.
This decisive performance made Lei Haomiao feel relieved. The next day, he personally sent Zhou Bai out of the city and sent a small group of silver dragon troops to escort him.
The tall and majestic Jie Jing carried Zhou Bai galloping in front, followed by the silver dragon army riding dragon horses, galloping all the way north.
In the following Ruinan and Longfeng counties, as Zhou Bai expected, there was no room for him to do good deeds alone and become famous.
So we simply ate two meals and continued on the road without any further complications.
Lei Haomiao is just filling in the loopholes in governance out of the instinct of a superior, and does not really see the dragon and the carp hiding the dragon.
When Zhou Bai officially stepped into the territory of Bei'an County, he clearly felt that the second realm aura following him disappeared.
Governor's Mansion, study, brightly lit by candlelight.
"Sir Governor, that heavenly being has entered Bei'an. According to the worship service, he should only be in one realm." A close advisor reported to Lei Haomiao.
Lei Haomiao leaned in front of the eucalyptus and continued to deal with the accumulated disaster affairs. He said without raising his head: "Well, heavenly beings should practice Taoism peacefully. Even if they support the family, they should not go too far."
"Then we still need to send people to keep an eye on him? Aren't you afraid that he is a hidden dragon for such an outstanding person?" The counselor burned the information in his hand and continued to ask.
The word "Qianlong" may have touched Lei Haomiao's keen nerves. He put down the official document and said sternly: "Humph, from ancient times to the present, you can see that those who become dragons have cultivated themselves? Today, His Majesty is rich all over the world. What kind of spiritual stone and elixir are not available? , why don’t you go to seek immortality and ask?”
"You and I can only imagine how domineering the Dragon Qi is. If he is really a Hidden Dragon, he will be able to eliminate a big problem."
"All our efforts are devoted to finding the real Qianlong. As for Zhou Bai, even if he has any ideas, it will be difficult to achieve success in Bei'an for a while."
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Bei'an County, this is really Zhou Bai's territory. As soon as he entered the country, his tribe came to greet him.
And he could see the shadow of Xuan Yiwei from time to time. Of course, it wasn't that Xuan Yiwei was unqualified and was spotted by Zhou Bai at a glance.
Rather, the training methods and methods were all taught by Zhou Bai, and with his powerful spiritual consciousness, it was naturally easy to see.
The scene of Bei'an County Government welcoming Zhou Bai was much smaller than that of Zhou Bai, but most of it was sincere.
This is true for the people, and so is the county officials.
There have been several celestial beings in Dingzhou, but none of them came from Bei'an County. It was too young and was only established a hundred years ago.
The first Jinshi who belongs to Bei'an County and ranks first in the second class, what an honor.
As a native, which one is not proud of.
If a state is too big, it may not be appropriate to call it a township party, but Bei'an County is suitable, and Pingcang County is even more suitable.
In order to satisfy the villagers' desire to benefit from literary fortune, Zhou Bai donated his reading manuscripts and placed them in Bei'an County School and Pingcang County School respectively.
This is not nonsense. The presence of Jinshi manuscripts can promote the rise of literary fortune in public schools.
Within a few years, the number of scholars at the scholar-child level will increase greatly, and as long as there are students reading in front of manuscripts, they will be supported by literary talent.
Even after a period of time, the paper will not be corrupted, and the ink and text will still be as good as new.
Zhou Bai would stay in both the county and county towns. On the one hand, he would have social gatherings and banquets, and he would also make suggestions to the county officials.
Fortunately, the county magistrate has been changed, but the good old county governor Yin Mu has not been changed.
Tianren, who has just returned from being ranked No. 1 in the second class, naturally speaks with weight.
His suggestion is that instead of endless flood control and drainage, water storage should be put on the agenda.
After a major flood there will be a major drought!
Under the imbalance of water rules, frequent rainfall not only means that heaven is sharing water vapor equally, but also that heaven and earth are overdrafting future rainfall.
Either in a year or in a few years, the world will face a severe drought.
According to the reminder from the Dragon King of Ningjiang on the way, the intensive rainfall will stop in the near future, so Zhou Bai gave such an "absurd" suggestion.
What? The first wave of invasion of the Qingxu Realm, plus the price of a saint's Taoist artifact, only caused heavy rain in the Tianyuan Realm for more than three months?
Maybe even people who know the inside story can't believe that it was so easy to get through it.
But if the level is higher, you will see a real Dead Sea appearing in the Desert of Death, you will see that Daxu is hit by disasters almost everywhere, and you will see that Heaven is doing its best to eliminate the remaining power of Taoist tools...
Yin Mu, the governor of Bei'an County, also felt that this suggestion was a bit ridiculous, but since Zhou Bai had already sent a letter to fight against floods and waterlogging, he still reluctantly agreed to store as much water as possible.
The newly appointed Pingcang County Magistrate prevented the county government from holding a welcoming ceremony, saying that he was a heavenly being and did not belong to the official order of the imperial court.
This was someone who clearly expressed hostility. Zhou Bai didn't say anything about his suggestion, so he could only wait until he returned to his family to learn the details.
Red silk was hung all over the place, and almost the whole village, including the Zhou clan, came out to welcome him.
It is far to be expected that because of Zhou Bai's return, the fortune of the Zhou family has greatly increased, and red clouds are blooming over the ancestral home.
His luck is so prosperous that he ranks first among all the Ping Cang clans.
