Datang romantic little landlord

He was preparing to arrange departure when he saw another group of carriages approaching at the end of the long street...

829 Xu Zhou Asks for Help

Li Wangyou looked up, but was surprised to see the banners of his Hu County Marquis Mansion hanging on those carriages.

In my own house, why did someone come?

When the team of carriages approached, the beautiful boss got out of the carriage, Li Wangyou was startled, and quickly went up to meet him with an oiled paper umbrella.

"Master, why are you here?"

Su Changqing gave him a blank look, then secretly stretched out his hand to grab his waist, and then said softly: "You sent someone to send a letter to Qiu's family, so Qiu Kun will naturally inform me. I also heard that you were appointed by Li Shimin to be deposed by Henan Dao." The envoy Zhi guessed that you were going to Xuzhou for disaster relief, so he quickly followed over to see if he could be of any help."

Only then did Li Wangyou suddenly realize, but he secretly cursed Qiu Kun, that fat man, unreliable!

Among the letters he sent out, apart from the secret performance to Li Er, there was also a letter sent to the Chou family in Chang'an.

In the letter, he told Qiu Yuanliang that there might be a flood in Xuzhou, so he ordered Qiu Yuanliang, a large grain merchant in Chang'an City, to raise more grain and prepare to ship it to Xuzhou for sale.

Li Wangyou is naturally not a saint, and he naturally has his own little calculations.

If there is really a flood in Xuzhou, the food transported by the Qiu family will naturally be bought by the court and used for disaster relief.

All enemies can make a small fortune, and the people of Xuzhou will not go hungry.

After all, compared with the government transporting grain to Xuzhou for disaster relief, it is obvious that the speed of a big grain merchant like the Qiu family will be much faster.

This kind of thing is beneficial to everyone, at most it is just a little more copper money for the court.

Li Wangyou didn't expect that fat Qiu Kun would actually notify the beautiful boss about this.

"Hey, it's great to have you here, Changqing. It would be nice to have you as my adviser. Li Shimin suddenly took me to be an envoy of the Henan Province. I'm still at a loss."

For the sudden appearance of the beautiful boss, Li Wangyou was naturally happy.

After all, the beautiful boss is a high-achieving student at the University of Pennsylvania. In terms of management ability, he is a few blocks away.

There is no reason why he would not be happy to have a beautiful woman behind his back to help him make suggestions.

Now that it has been raining heavily for three days and three nights, Li Wangyou doesn't know what's going on in Xuzhou, so he can only hurry up and arrange for everyone to set off for Xuzhou.

It is very convenient to travel from Fenglingdu to Xuzhou.

Nowadays, the waterway of Datang is more convenient than that of later generations. Take a boat from Fenglingdu, go down the Yellow River directly to Zhengzhou, and then pass through Tongji Canal from Zhengzhou to Xuzhou.

The whole journey is more than 1000 miles of waterway, and it takes about two days to reach Xuzhou by going down the river.

After Mi Tuo read the edict, he didn't go back to Chang'an City. He had to follow Li Chengqian and Li Tai all the way to Xuzhou to return to Chang'an City.

Li Wangyou, the freshly released envoy of the Henan Province, together with the accompanying imperial army, more than a thousand people, would take some effort to go to Xuzhou by boat.

Fortunately, there were so many ships in Fenglingdu and Tongguan, especially after showing the banners of the Prince and the King of Yue, how could the local government dare not cooperate fully.

After working hard for half a day, they finally got together enough ships. Li Wangyou led the people on board a large official ship and set sail eastward.

As for the imperial troops, some of them boarded various conscripted ships and escorted them, while the other rode their horses to follow the guard on the river bank.

The continuous drizzle in the sky has never stopped. The torrential rain in the past few days obviously affected a very wide range.

Standing at the bow of the boat, Li Wangyou could clearly observe that the water level of the Yellow River had skyrocketed.

Fortunately, if there are no mistakes in the history books, there will be no floods along the Yellow River in the fourth year of Zhenguan, which is a blessing in misfortune.

Otherwise, once the Yellow River bursts, the disaster it will cause is simply unimaginable.

In the afternoon of the second day, the fleet arrived in Guancheng County, Zhengzhou, which is also the seat of the state capital of Zhengzhou.

All the officials in Zhengzhou had already received the news that Li Wangyou, Marquis of Hu County, was ordered to be the dethroning envoy of Henan Province, leading His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness the King of Yue to inspect Henan Province.

Naturally, these officials from Henan Province did not dare to be negligent, and ran neatly to the wharf of Guancheng County, Zhengzhou, ready to receive Li Wangyou and his party.

As soon as the official ship carrying Li Wangyou and others docked, the governor of Zhengzhou led all the officials and bowed to salute.

"The lower officials have seen His Highness the Crown Prince, His Highness the King of Yue, and the Marquis of Hu County."

"Mianli, Inspector Hu, do you have any news from Xuzhou?" Li Wangyou didn't know the Inspector of Zhengzhou, only his name.

He didn't have the time to be courteous with these Zhengzhou officials, so he went straight to the point and asked about Xuzhou's situation.

Zhengzhou is adjacent to Xuzhou. If there is news, these officials in Zhengzhou should be the most aware.

Unexpectedly, this Governor Hu groaned for a long time without saying anything, which made Li Wangyou couldn't help frowning.

How come the governor of Zhengzhou doesn't know what to ask?

He was annoyed in his heart, but he could only be patient and let the governor of Zhengzhou send someone to inquire about the news.

"Master Hou, the official has already ordered people to prepare a banquet, and I also invite Lord Hou, the crown prince, and His Royal Highness the King of Yue..."

Before the governor of Zhengzhou finished speaking, Li Wangyou interrupted impatiently.

"Okay, there is no need to arrange these things. I am anxious to know the situation in Xuzhou now. It is the right thing for you to order someone to find out."

Governor Hu hit a snag, he couldn't help being a little embarrassed, and he even slandered him in his heart.

He is the governor of Zhengzhou, not the governor of Xuzhou. Why did Li Wangyou, the dethroned emissary, ask about Xuzhou as soon as he arrived in Zhengzhou?

Could it be that something happened in Xuzhou?

During these days, except for a few days of heavy rain, I haven't heard of anything happening?

The governor of Zhengzhou felt strange, but he didn't dare to ask more questions, so he could only immediately order someone to go to Xuzhou to find out the news.

But before the governor of Zhengzhou dispatched troops, Xuzhou galloped over, bringing shocking news.

"Report! Xuzhou is flooded! Eight counties are trapped! The governor of Xuzhou ordered people to call for help!"

This sudden news stunned all the officials in Zhengzhou.

The governor of Zhengzhou was taken aback even more, and looked at Li Wangyou with suspicion.

Li Wangyou was worried that his eyes were darkened, and he didn't care how shocked the officials in Zhengzhou were, so he hurriedly asked for a detailed report.

"The Yinghe River and Shuangji River in Xuzhou burst through yesterday night due to continuous days of heavy rain. Now most of Xuzhou has been swallowed by floods, including Changshe County where the state government is located. Among the nine counties in Xuzhou, eight counties are flooded. Surrounded by floods, the city is in danger!"

Li Wangyou was stunned when he heard the news.

In the history books of later generations, there is only one sentence recorded, that in the fourth year of Zhenguan, there was a flood in Xuzhou.