Lord of the House

The bright moon is like a wheel, the light is like water, and the waves of the river are like silver scales. Hu Zhiyong, the owner of Chongzhou* Hu's sugar factory, is a middle-aged man with a short mustache and a bushy beard. They are all thin and sunken, but their eyes are very different, and they look at the full moon in the distant sky thoughtfully.

Midnight has passed. If it is the second time, the full moon is floating in the river sky, unusually orange-red, unusually huge, and the silver-white river waves clustered in the distance seem to be gushing out from the full moon.

"Dad, here we are, just in front of Jiangwanzi..."

Hu Zhiyong's eldest son, Hu Qiaoyi, was a sturdy young man wearing a short cardigan. He crouched at the bow of the boat, trying to identify the terrain of the North Beach of Xisha Island under the moonlight. He pointed to a gap in front and told his father Hu Zhiyong.

This Jiangwan is not big. Hu Zhiyong still remembers that when he was a child, there were independent sandbars on both sides of the Jiangwan. The large sandbar on the west is the main body of Xisha Island today. The small island on the east is also known as Guanyin Island. Shen Lu, Guanyin Island was integrated with Xisha Island, leaving such a Jiangwan, Chongzhou used to call the northeastern beach of Xisha Island Guanyin Beach, and this Jiangwan called Guanyin Bay.

The bow was straightened and was about to enter the Jiangwan. Two sentry ships came to intercept it. Hu Zhiyong bowed to show his identity; one person came aboard with a lantern and said to Hu Zhiyong very politely, "Mr. Hu came over at night? I'll give it to you. lead the way."

Hu Zhiyong didn't make inquiries, and asked the boatman at the helm to follow the instructions here, and he and his eldest son, Hu Qiaoyi, led the passers-by into Jiangwan and landed on the shore.

The torrential rain a few days ago caused a section of the inner side of the Jiangwan to collapse, and the bank was as steep as a cut. Lin Bing had people pull the Dongyang to the beach of fine sand and ooze, so that the ship's side was directly against the collapsed river bank. A sidewalk was built, and the tail cabin of the Dongyang was directly used as a disaster relief barracks.

Hu Zhiyong took the passers-by to the river bank and walked to the disaster relief camp. Zhicheng said that they only gathered the victims to Guanyin Beach when they left Xisha Island. Unexpectedly, after three or four hours, the disaster relief camp will have a large scale, with wind lanterns and torches. , The campfire illuminates the camp.

The areas along the coast that are prone to collapse are pulled out of the cordon with ropes, and ropes and wooden stakes are also used to pull out the boundary of the disaster relief camp. With the tail cabin of the Dongyang as the center, more than a dozen tents have been set up in the open space in front of the ship near the river bank. "Death", "Ku" and other simple and clear classification flags, two porridge farms are located on both sides, and outside the camp, thousands of people are building shelters overnight.

Just looking at the front, it is hard to imagine that the typhoon combined with the back tide of the sea caused nearly half of the refugees on Xisha Island to drown.

Being a businessman is all about being neat and tidy, and Hu Zhiyong is really hard to imagine how agile means can be used to set up such a camp in just three or four hours. I'm afraid it's very rare, right?

"That's my elder..."

Hu Zhiyong looked over. Lin Bie was wearing a short-breasted t-shirt with his sleeves rolled up to his elbows, standing in front of a campfire and giving orders. He frowned, as if he was not satisfied with other people's work. , even writing and gesturing instructing things, only asking others to really understand his intentions before letting them do things.

Lin Fu is much younger than imagined; Lin Fu has just passed the age of weakness, but his actions and prestige will give others the illusion. Even at such a young age, he was still wearing commoner and straw sandals, but the way he commanded others to listen carefully made him look very authoritative, and the seven or eight armored soldiers guarding him made him also dignified.

Hu Zhiyong noticed that someone beside him was looking at Lin Fu, he was busy bowing a long bow, reporting his family, and said, "Chongzhou Hu Zhiyong pays a visit to the adults..."

"Oh, I thought you could only come here at dawn, is the night in the river still calm?" Lin Fie came over and took Hu Zhiyong's arm, asking him not to make such a big salute.

"The river is calm for the time being. I don't know if there will be another storm before the autumn passes. Thinking about the extreme shortage of supplies, how dare Zhiyong delay the emergency relief of adults?" Hu Zhiyong said, his eyes looking around , eagerly looking forward to seeing Qiao Zhong's figure.

"It's convenient for us to go in and talk..." Lin Fu invited Hu Zhiyong, Hu Qiaoyi and his son into the tent. He never thought that there would be no way to let the meat ticket boy meet his family in Jiangzhong so early, but he still had to be careful about everything. There was a possibility that the news might be leaked, so he walked into the tent and ordered someone to find Hu Qiaozhong.

"This place is very simple, and I don't even make tea for Mr. Hu. If you are thirsty, there is cold water here," Lin Fu poured a bowl of cold water into his stomach with a wooden spoon, and said to Hu Zhiyong, "This way The disaster relief is urgent, and I am also welcome to you. What materials you brought with the ship, I will send someone to do the accounting immediately, and the disaster materials will be used immediately..."

Hu Zhiyong also felt ashamed. He knew that both Qiao Zhong and Qiao Guan were still alive, and they took refuge in Jinchuan Prison Lin Fu, who had recently become famous in Jiangning. He rushed over to see Qiao Zhong, but Zhicheng reminded him to pack some with the boat. Disaster relief supplies such as rice grains, firewood and charcoal came over, and when Lin Fu asked about it, he replied, "I'm in a hurry, all the stores in the county have closed their doors, Zhicheng stayed in the county and knocked on the door, and I'll store it at home. All came with the boat, not much, only 3,000 catties of rice, 2,000 catties of firewood, salt, sugar, and oil, and two live pigs were slaughtered temporarily, and the rest will wait for tomorrow morning..."

"It's really urgent, we are all still hungry," Lin Bie said to Zhou Pu, "there is no other manpower, Zhou Ye, you go and bring the relief materials to the shore. Do heavy physical work. If you are injured or sick, you will give rice and vegetables, and everyone else will cook vegetables and porridge. Let the dining room do the same. Let’s get through the night first, and then bring me a bowl of vegetables and porridge when things are done. Give all the sugar to Zhou Langzhong. to arrange..."

Zhou Pu quickly went out to make arrangements.

Refugees gather on Xisha Island in order to reclaim wasteland, and they all live near the water. This time, there are almost no people who are not affected by the disaster.

While setting up a disaster relief camp in Guanyin Bay, Lin Fu sent people to various places on the island to notify the victims to gather in Guanyin Bay. Lin Fu had no plans to go to sea this time, and it was a hot summer day. The food on board was very limited. It was only the rations for nearly 300 people on board for three to five days. It was impossible to take care of everyone. The victims gathered about five or six. At the scale of 1,000 people, the food reserves are exhausted, and they are waiting for the loach master Ge Cunxin and the Hu family to rescue them.

At this time, there were more than 10,000 victims in the relief camp, and the three thousand catties of rice could barely keep the adults through the night; when tomorrow, more victims would gather, and about 40,000 catties of rice would be enough to consume a day. Chongzhou is a medium-sized county with less than 1,000 people. It is not bad to have 300,000 to 400,000 catties of grain in the county’s Zhongmi City. Moreover, this typhoon, Chongzhou is not only a place in Xisha Island, but a large amount of disaster relief food. Or have to ship from somewhere else...

Lin Fu was thinking about the disaster relief, looked up and saw Hu Zhiyong still sitting there, and said, "Sit down and talk, I didn't expect you to come over at night, Qiao Zhong took people to the West Island. There is a river there. Use a boat to ferry people and send someone to replace them, Qiao Zhong will be back soon, you don't have to worry."

"Don't worry, don't worry, Qiao Zhong follows the adults to learn to do things, what's there to worry about..." Hu Zhiyong said hesitantly, but he didn't sit down.

"What's wrong?" Lin Fu asked in surprise when he saw Hu Zhiyong's strange expression.

"My lord is a great favor to the Hu family twice, and Zhiyong will kowtow to your lord..." Hu Zhiyong pulled his eldest son Hu Qiaoyi to his knees on the ground, and was about to kowtow to Lin Bie.

"What are you doing?" Lin Bie held Hu Zhiyong's arm to prevent him from kowtow. "Sit down if you have something to say."

Hu Zhiyong refused to get up, insisted on kneeling on the ground, and cried, "The Hu family is just a small clan~www.wuxiaspot.com~ After being crushed from Qiao Zhong and Qiao Guan, they fell apart, and the operation of the workshop was becoming increasingly decadent, and they were barely able to maintain their debts. It has been raining heavily for the past few days. I knew that an old ship would be at risk in this season on the Yangtze River, but it was because the price of sugar in Danyang Prefecture was 20% higher than before in the rainy season, so that Zhicheng and Qiao Cheng transported sugar to Danyang. Fortunately, I survived the disaster when I met the righteous help of adults. I also know that Qiao Zhong and Qiao Guan are safe and sound, and I am overjoyed. It is just that the world is impermanent, and when you think about it carefully, the Hu family is like a boat in this world. The broken ship in the stormy waves has today's joy, but it may suddenly capsize and destroy the family at any time. The Hu family is not qualified to ask the adults to send them, but apart from the adults, the Hu family can't find any other way of life, so it is shameless to ask The adults protect the Hu family, so that the Hu family will be dominated by adults for generations..."

Hu Zhiyong broke free from Lin Bing's support and insisted on touching his forehead to the ground to give him a big gift.

The Hu family had no choice. When Hu Zhicheng went back, he analyzed the situation to his brother very clearly. The Hu family's sugar workshop, which only had a dozen or 20 employees, was on the verge of bankruptcy, and it was not qualified to compete with the dignified Ninghai Town. The water camp was leading the battle. Once the news leaked, Xiao Yuantao could just send dozens of cronies to pretend to be rogue pirates and wipe out more than two dozen people from the Hu family.

The Hu family is so insignificant, even if they want to seek refuge with the powerful, there is simply no powerful family that has enough weight to shelter the Hu family. Besides, those high officials and dignitaries and Xiao Shouyuan are the same raccoon dog, and they are not trustworthy at all. Although Lin Fu didn't have a good reputation in Qingliu, he was much more trustworthy than those high-ranking officials because he did not repay the kindness to the Hu family twice, and he did not avoid the disaster on Xisha Island this time. The Hu family took care of his subordinates, at least there is no need to worry that they will be sold to him one day. My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter