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Chapter 362
Zhang Guoji went back depressed, with a hundred stocks given to him by the emperor on his body, and he had to get the silver for the emperor when he returned home. , You have to get the silver first, and then the stocks.

The emperor said a lot of confidentiality requirements, and Zhang Guoji was a little dazed. He touched the one hundred stocks in his arms, thinking that the nearly 10 taels of silver he had just saved at home were gone, and he didn't know whether it was right or wrong.

The emperor asked him to still sell stocks in a semi-open manner, without publicity. The source of the stocks was claimed to be obtained through Empress Yi'an. Even if they were to be sold, they had to be selected to sell more to those nobles and Beijing officials. , Anyway, it is mysterious.

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Shaanxi.

Zhou Yanru ran for four days, his butt was worn out, and he couldn't walk anymore, not to mention riding a horse, even walking was a problem.With a slight movement, Zhou Yanru grinned in pain.

Zhou Yanru lay on his stomach in the station room, inhaling continuously, needless to say his butt hurts.Not only was it painful, but also very frustrating. I thought that I would be able to rush to the edge of the Yellow River in a short time by galloping at a speed of [-] miles, and that I could perfectly complete the tasks of buying a leather raft and hiring a rafter , to find a good position for his buttocks in the future, but Zhou Yanru still underestimated the distance of three hundred miles, gritted his teeth and ran wildly for four days, and finally broke down. His will has been stretched to the limit.

Zhou Yanru cried. Since he was a child, he has never been wronged or suffered like this. In a corner of a post station in northwest Shaanxi, he wept silently.I'm afraid this trip was a disaster. He ran desperately, but he still couldn't reach the Yellow River in time, and he couldn't complete the task Xu Guangqi entrusted to him. It is difficult, let alone riding a horse.

Zhou Yanru wiped his tears, not knowing what to do, how important the Shaanxi matter is, how important it is to transfer the victims, how important the leather raft is to the transfer of the victims, he understands all these, and naturally knows how important it is to reach the Yellow River in time , Unfortunately, now he can only lie in this station, unable to move, let alone the Yellow River, the Yellow River is still hundreds of miles away.

What should I do?Do you risk your life and continue running?Still recuperating here?Zhou Yanru was surrounded by pain, regret, exhaustion, etc., and fell asleep in a daze.

In the early morning of the next day, Zhou Yanru limped out of the room with his buttocks. Yesterday's injury was not healed at all, and he might not be able to walk today. Zhou Yanru was ready to accept his fate, and if he got on the horse again, his ass would be gone and his life would be gone. What about the future.

The people under him had already prepared their horses and packed their bags, waiting for the imperial envoy.

Seeing the people under his command gathered together, waiting for him with nothing to do, Zhou Yanru was ashamed and sighed. He used to look down on and despise these people, but now he knows that these people are not easy. It's too frivolous.

Said to rest today and not to go, Zhou Yanru couldn't say it, said to go, there was a pain in the buttocks, there was a tendency to fester, and the pain was excruciating when he touched something, and he was in a difficult situation.Zhou Yanru's eyes lit up.A river flows in front of my eyes, the water is not very clear, but it is a relatively wide river, Zhou Yanru is instantly blessed, the emperor can give relief along the river, emigrate along the river, Xu Guangqi can carry people on a raft, Why not find a river leading to the upper reaches of the Yellow River?Floating down on a raft?With the speed of four hundred miles a day on the raft, I can reach the scheduled place earlier, and this ass can also rest for a day.

Zhou Yanru figured it out instantly, the emperor took a trick in emigrating, and Xu Guangqi also took a trick in emigrating, so why didn't he take a trick?Aren't the disaster victims going to float down in rafts?Why don't you get a leather raft and float down the Yellow River?

"The post minister, the post minister, is the post minister here?" Zhou Yanru shouted happily.

The post minister who came out of the post station received the Zhuangyuan Lang yesterday, and he was very serious. He woke up early this morning to serve him. The official is here, what can I ask you to order?"

Zhou Yanru asked with great joy: "Yichen, do you know the name of this river? Where does it flow to? But it flows to the Yellow River?"

The post minister thought for a while and said: "As Master Zhou said, this river is called the Luopu River. It is a branch of the Yellow River, but it flows into the Yellow River..." The post minister thought about it, and quickly answered the question clearly. .

Zhou Yanru said happily: "Yichen, are you right? This river really leads to the Yellow River? To Ningxia Town?"

"Returning to my lord, I can't be wrong. Our inn is called Fengzhousuo. This river is naturally the Luopu River. It can't be wrong. It really leads to the Yellow River, and it can reach Ningxia Town. My lord asks this?" The official asked puzzledly.

Zhou Yanru said again: "Okay, postmaster, it's good to go to the Yellow River, and to Ningxia town. Does the postmaster know, can this river be used by a leather raft? I want to make a leather raft to go to Ningxia town." Zhou Yanru thought After thinking about it, I said it again.

The post minister looked at the No. [-] scholar in surprise. He was very surprised. Usually when he received officials, didn't he stop and go?I can't wait to walk twenty or thirty miles a day. How can I be like this No. [-] man? I heard that he ran three hundred miles in one day. He is crazy. Then I heard that he wants to go to Ningxia town on a raft. Postmaster I wonder if there is something wrong with my ears.

Facing the surprised expression of the post minister, Zhou Yanru had no time to talk to him, and said: "The post minister just tells the truth, the matter is urgent now, and I must rush to the Yellow River in Ningxia Town immediately. Does the post minister know that there are leather Rafter, I want to take a raft to Ningxia Town, the sooner the better." Zhou Yanru changed his face and said in a pleasant manner.

The postmaster didn't come back to his senses for a long time. Hearing Zhou Yanru say it again, he began to think about the problem. After thinking for a while, he said: "Master Zhou, if you want to talk about using leather rafts, there is no river in Shaanxi that can't use leather rafts. It's just that the degree of danger is different, my lord, if you really want to float down on a raft, it's really dangerous!" The post minister looked at Zhou Yanru in "shock", wondering why the number one scholar, the court official must be very dangerous. Is the rafting exciting or not?It must be exciting, so you have to play with your life.

"It's nothing, the post minister can just say that there are leather rafters nearby, or if the post minister introduces some leather rafters to me, I will thank you very much." Zhou Yanru was overjoyed, his ass finally didn't use it. Wouldn't it be easy to go down on a raft after grinding it down?It can be regarded as an early experience of a raft.

"Master Huizhou, this Luopu River has always been able to float rafts, and there are many people who make a living near our Weizhou Station, but I am willing to find some rafters for you, so as to ensure that you will be transported safely. Ningxia Wei." The post minister was quite familiar with the local area, so he readily agreed to find a rafter for Zhou Yanru.

Zhou Yanru really felt like a savior. This time, he saved his ass and his official position.

"I don't know the post official's name, but Zhou will repay the kindness of today's siege." Zhou Yanru wished he could kiss the post official twice. His ass finally didn't have to be worn anymore, and it was already showing signs of festering. If I ride a horse again, I'm afraid I won't be able to keep my butt, and maybe my life will be lost.

The post minister was flattered and said: "I dare not climb high. My surname is Zhang, my name is Hongzhi, and my style name is Anru. I am the post minister of Fengzhou office."

"Okay! Zhang Anru, I've made a note of you. When I finish my errands in the future, I will definitely report your achievements to the imperial court." Zhou Yanru was so happy that he almost jumped up, and hurriedly reassured him.

"Thank you Mr. Zhou for taking care of me. I thank you. Then I will send someone to find the rafter. I will make sure that I will not miss your business. My lord, please stay at the post for a while. I will come as soon as I go." The little post minister hurriedly thanked him, this time, he finally climbed a big tree.

"Okay, then I will wait here for Zhang Yichen. An Ru just go to recruit, saying that I will not lose money from the rafters. This time, I have a big deal to recruit them, let them just come That's it..." Zhou Yanru said proudly, it was an established strategy to hire rafters with money, so spending money can naturally be generous.

The post official left in a hurry, and immediately went to find the rafter. This time, his fortune is about to change. This gentleman is the number one scholar, but the leader of the Donglin Party. You can move from the seat of the post minister.

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On the sixth day, Zhou Yanru had been floating on the raft for a whole day.Zhou Yanru's troubles came again. This river is said to be able to ride a raft, but it is really dangerous. On the way, several people have been lost, and even a lot of money has been lost. When they arrive in Ningxia Town, if Without money, I'm afraid it will not be easy to persuade those rafters to float down to save people. Even if he can be persuaded, Zhou Yanru can't guarantee that this matter will be completed within a day or two at this time. The idea at the beginning was to make money. Seeing the money, Zhou Yanru is not afraid that he will not be able to hire people. However, now he has lost several bags of money, and even lost a few people. This "rafting" can be described as thrilling .

Now Zhou Yanru has completely turned into charcoal, lying on top of the raft, looking ahead anxiously.A sheepskin tire was tied to his body, and he said, "Boater, where is this place? How long will it take to reach the Yellow River?"

"Return to this senior official, this place has already passed the manhole, and has almost entered the territory of the Lingzhou Institute. If you go further, you can enter the Yellow River, and you will arrive at the place your lord wants to go." The rafter said. He often walks this way, and he is very familiar with this place. He also takes good care of these "distinguished guests" on his raft. Unfortunately, these landlubbers are afraid of water, and some of them were even thrown into the river. Well, it must be feeding fish and shrimps if you throw it down, there is no way to do it, so Zhou Yanru has an extra skin on his body.

"Okay, boatman, hurry up and enter the Yellow River as soon as possible. The sooner you arrive, the more rewards I will give you..." Zhou Yanru said anxiously, lying on the raft, for this errand, he already wanted to do everything. The method, after suffering all the hardships, is to get to the bank of the Yellow River as soon as possible, where a great contribution is waiting for him.

However, Zhou Yanru's troubles also came. He was a fast horse and light rider, and he had limited money. On this sheepskin raft, he even lost a few bags. He could reach the Yellow River in time, but unfortunately, he couldn't have money. Zhou Yanru was not sure that he could recruit enough rafters and buy enough rafts. If he waited for the money from the brigade later, wouldn't it be useless to come here first?

Zhou Yanru lay on the raft, and began to calculate, to get some money from those people, to get some silver for emergency, and then to figure out who belonged to them on the ground, or had some friendship with Donglin all the way. Speaking of the power of the Donglin Party, Zhou Yanru is still a member of the Qing Dynasty. As the leader of the Donglin Party, this must be controlled, but in the northwest, their Donglin Party's power is relatively weak, and Zhou Yanru is troubled again. ... If an official does not have someone to rely on in the court, he will not be able to sit securely. Therefore, the local officials are more or less inextricably linked with the court. Zhou Yanru has been thinking for a long time, and he has some He got a clue, got some money to save the emergency, and he got it. He ran to the Yellow River in more than six days. It's just a matter of time, Zhou Yanru became beautiful again when he thought of this, this trip was not in vain.

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On the edge of the Yellow River.

Zhou Yanru looked at Yihe's leather rafts ready to go, slowly drifting downstream, and it was naturally beautiful in his heart.When he arrived in Ningxiawei, the local government and immigration officials had gathered a large number of rafts and rafters in accordance with the requirements of the urgent letter, waiting for him to go.

This is also the reason why Zhou Yanru must arrive on time no matter how hard it is. This is a critical moment. If the raft is driven downstream at his own order, then this credit will naturally be credited to him. If I couldn't make it on time, so the raft still had to go down, but the credit had nothing to do with him, and there was also a crime. At this historic critical moment, Zhou Yanru used all his strength to fight for his life. I rushed here in order to be able to arrive here at the agreed time and wave the historic key hand.

"My lord, it's really spectacular! Even the Yellow River is almost full!" A local official flattered.

"That's right, that's right. This transfer of victims is an unprecedented event, costing tens of millions of taels of silver. Naturally, this scale and this scene are rarely seen in a thousand years. Hehe, it's all thanks to His Majesty... these rafts They all have to go downstream to save people, hehe, don’t look at how many there are now, but there are more disaster victims in the lower reaches, and more rafts are needed, adults should have read the Di Bao, Shaanxi will slaughter 20 people The leather tires of the first animals are used to immigrate, hehe, how many leather rafts do you need? In ancient times, the river was cut off by throwing whips, but today, in my court, there are leather rafts covering the Yellow River!" Zhou Yanru was very excited, and he and the crowd Officials brag and fart.

A group of officials are also willing to take pictures of the leader of the Donglin Party, the deputy imperial envoy of immigration, and the flattery of the champion. Such a high-ranking official who occupies a high position at such a young age has a bright future. It is almost certain that he will enter the cabinet. Naturally, we need to curry favor, even if we don't curry favor, we can't make the relationship deadlocked, otherwise, it will be full of trouble if there is no care in the court in the future. A red-hot celebrity also took a look at this rare and spectacular sight.

On the edge of the Yellow River, countless people and skin rafts have gathered. Many local immigration officials are already organizing people to register those rafts. What, where are they from, household registration, etc., register clearly one by one, and then send four to six taels of silver, a pack of dry food, and a "waist card" with their names engraved on them. This is considered to have recruited these people and received them. These things can then float down, and when they reach Yansui, someone will naturally respond, record the content on the "waist card", wait there, and start the formal immigration work.

Those rafters saw that the battle was big, the heads of Ningxia Wei all came to their heads, and they heard that there were imperial envoys coming, all of them shrank their heads and listened to the arrangements of these people.

Fortunately, it was for the immigration of Sinongsi, so the rafters felt relieved. It was not expropriation, and they did not need to bring their own food to do coolies for others, but to save people. All the rafts came with their own rafts. They heard that there was still money, and many of them decided to wait and see if it was true.

Zhou Yanru "borrowed" a lot of money from local officials over the years. As a leader of the Donglin Party, deputy imperial envoy, etc., although he was in Ningxia, a remote place in the northwest, it was still somewhat effective. Said that he wanted to "borrow" money, and he readily agreed without hesitation, which made Zhou Yanru heave a sigh of relief and borrowed a lot of money.

Then, Zhou Yanru showed the money and placed it on the river beach brightly. He took a part of the money and left alone. There are more and more people, and there are more and more rafts.Quite a few people got their rafts out of the corner they didn't know.

There are more and more rafters, and there are more and more rafts.

The river has been covered, and it looks like you can cross the river on a raft.

Looking at these leather rafts, Zhou Yanru felt happy. This time, he's done it.It only took him more than six days to rush from Xi'an Mansion to the bank of the Yellow River, a distance of [-] miles! , and then spent a day to hire a lot of rafts, and then in four or five days, these rafts can go to Yansui and Fugu. The leather raft was sent to Fugu County, which is not insignificant.Fugu County was the place where the civil uprising first started. It is self-evident how important the resolution of the uprising there is to the whole of Shaanxi. It is quite important to wave a historic hand.

Zhou Yanru looked at the rafts full of rivers, the moving human heads, countless rafts coming from far away, and the rafts floating down from the upper reaches from time to time, his mood became more and more high.It was decided to set up this office on the bank of the river, and to watch these "credits" drift downstream. [After thinking about it, the distance between Shaanxi and Beijing is too far, and it is difficult to unify the time. It takes a lot of time to transmit messages, and synchronization is very difficult, so I simply make a time difference and write different things at different times. 】

(End of this chapter)