Dressed as a top-notch girl, leading the whole village to become rich

Fifteen years ago, also in summer, a sudden rainstorm hit Changhua in the middle of the night. In a short period of time, landslides occurred, river water surged, and the downstream was flooded... Countless people were washed away.

When the residents of the city woke up the next day, the area outside the city was already in ruins.

What is most outrageous is that the county magistrate at that time, for the safety of the city’s residents, did not allow refugees to enter the city from beginning to end.

Instead, they built sheds five miles outside the city for the refugees to temporarily live in.

Although the rain stopped soon, the victims' houses collapsed, they had no food, and nowhere to live, so they could only wait for relief from the court.

Then not long after, the plague broke out.

Coughing, fever, diarrhea, vomiting... people died in batches, and there was no room for the burial pits, so they had to be burned.

That time, the population of Changhua was halved, and even after fifteen years, it was still not what it was before.

After listening to the history, both County Magistrate Lu and Ye Guo fell silent.

After politely seeing Mr. Yang off, Magistrate Lu closed the door and wanted to discuss countermeasures with Ye Guo.

But now that the rain had just begun, he could not believe the flood, and for a moment he actually spoke.

"It took Changhua six years to build the river bank after that. A little rain like the current one is nothing to be afraid of."

Magistrate Lu regretted what he said.

Receiving Ye Guo's death stare, he regretted his decision even more.

He shouldn't doubt the words of the Imperial Master. If he did doubt, he definitely couldn't contradict Ye Guo in front of him.

Especially in this matter, he already believed it 80% in his heart, and now he is obviously just being stubborn.

Changhua did build a river embankment, but in recent years, the weather has been good and there are thousands of households, or at least tens of thousands of people, living downstream of the embankment.

Yejia Village is one of them.

The rain outside the door has been falling since the afternoon until now when the lights are coming on, and there is no sign of it stopping. It is getting heavier and heavier, and now it is considered moderate rain.

"Xiaoguo, this rain won't cause any trouble tonight, will it?" County Magistrate Lu turned pale with fright and stood up instantly.

He didn't even dare to think further.

Ye Guo saw that he was like a fool at one moment and an official who loved his people like his own children at another moment.

I don't know how to comment on County Magistrate Lu's irrational style.

But fortunately, he is more receptive to advice.

"Not really." Ye Guo closed the county annals in his hand, gently placed them on the table, and said, "Didn't Master Xu say that? We don't know when the flood will come. What we need to do now is to make plans as soon as possible."

"According to Master Xu, he is in the Imperial City recently and probably won't be able to leave."

This is also the reason why County Magistrate Lu was able to receive the letter but Ye Guo could not.

According to Ye Guo's own blind guess, it is possible that Xu Changqing is under surveillance. If he guesses more seriously, he may be under house arrest.

why?

Because of Daqing's current power mechanism, a drought is enough for the emperor to issue a self-criticism edict, let alone a flood or an earthquake.

Even the emperor can be replaced.

And the one who is in power now is not in good health.

Ye Guo just didn't expect that this emperor who seemed to have little presence actually had a lot of power in his hands, and even Xu Changqing didn't dare to confront him head-on.

Although Xu Changqing was only a national teacher, he was definitely a person who was second only to the emperor and above all others in Daqing. Ye Guo was not stupid, so how did she get the title of county lord?

She knew it very well.

Of course, it is not ruled out that Xu Changqing is trying to gain more capital to survive for the people of the world.

"Didn't the Imperial Master say before that he would definitely come in the near future?"

Ye Guo didn't want to say any more words of explanation to Magistrate Lu who was struggling to death again. He just said coldly: "It's getting dark. If you don't work out a set of rules tonight, I will sleep in your yamen."

County Magistrate Lu: I feel threatened.

"Can we make this flood matter public?" Magistrate Lu asked uncertainly.

"Of course you can. If you make a mistake, it will be Master Xu's fault." Ye Guo said nonchalantly. Anyway, the current emperor will not live for many more years, so Xu Guoqing can no longer be the imperial master.

If there is any problem, he will take the lead, there is nothing wrong with that.

"That's easy. I'll gather the people from the county government to discuss this, and then invite Mr. Yang back. I'll also call the people in charge of household registration and the people who built the river bank at that time."

"Let's clarify the situation first, and then we can think of a solution." After all, County Magistrate Lu was no fool, and his words had some substance when he spoke.

When Ye Guo heard him say this, he knew that he was already on high alert for the flood, so he said goodbye.

"Won't you wait for the result?" County Magistrate Lu said unwillingly. To be honest, he had no confidence at all now.

Ye Guo didn't even stop, "You have to believe that you can do it. It's not like I don't want to wait for the result. I left two guards for you."

"You are the great judge of Changhua, and everyone is waiting for you to save them."

After being complimented, Magistrate Lu felt guilty even if he wanted to take some time to sleep, and he had to stay up all night with the people who had been summoned in the middle of the night.

When Ye Guo came out of the county government office, he saw Ye An waiting in the carriage.

"Thank you for coming here. Are you coming back to the village with me, or going back to visit your family?"

I brought her here because I was not sure whether Xu Changqing's letter had arrived and whether the letter mentioned the flood.

If neither of them is true, let Ye An use the dream as an excuse to persuade Magistrate Lu.

I didn’t expect Xu Changqing to be more reliable than I expected.

"I, I want to go back and take a look." Ye An whispered, but soon raised his head and looked at Ye Guo for help.

"Aunt, can I ask you a favor?"

Ye Guo: “No.”

Ye An felt so aggrieved that he wanted to cry, and then he heard Ye Guo continue to speak.

"If your family can't make you feel safe, you'll want to bring a bodyguard."

"It's better not to go back to this home."

After Ye Guo finished speaking, he no longer gave her any room for choice and directly brought the person from where he was and sent her back to where he was.

It has been so long since Ye An returned to Yejia Village, it is impossible for him to really know nothing about his family's situation.

But for such a long time, she hasn't even come to the county town, which actually explains a lot of problems.

There is no need to bother giving the hesitant heroine chicken soup.

Anyone who can be the heroine has a clear mind.

"Aunt, we had a batch of smoked meat, about two thousand kilograms, which was originally planned to be sent to the north to serve as snacks for the soldiers. Do we need to transport the meat to Changhua now?" Ye An ran over and said as soon as he finished washing up the next morning.

As for where the money to buy the meat came from and who was hired to deliver it, Ye Guo knew nothing about it.

As soon as she opened her mouth, she talked about two thousand pounds of meat. I have to say, the heroine is worthy of being the heroine.

"I'll write a letter to Magistrate Lu, and you can have someone deliver the meat to the yamen later." Ye Guo arranged.

Ye An had no objection to this and turned around to make arrangements.