After dinner, we continued to talk until the second update, and the Zhao family father and son said goodbye.

The rain continued on the way back. Zhao Hao sat on the boat and watched the water level on the river rise again, and he couldn't help but feel uneasy.

This is the case in the upper reaches, and the situation in the lower reaches of Taihu Lake will definitely be even worse.

I am afraid that as soon as my father takes office, he will face a big test...

Alas, I don’t know if the second master is mentally prepared.

Thinking of this, he looked back at his father and saw Zhao Shouzheng sitting cross-legged at the short table, staring blankly at the two notes in front of him.

"Why is my father worried about it?" It is a responsibility that Mr. Zhao cannot shirk to relieve his worries.

"Hey, what do you mean?" Mr. Zhao scratched his head, looked at his son with a wry smile and said:

"I heard the experience of Zhang County teaching me yesterday. I felt that it was not difficult to be a good county magistrate for my father. But today, after listening to Hai Gong's teachings, I felt that it was really not easy to be a good county magistrate for my father! What do you think is going on?"

"The answer lies in my father's own words." Zhao Hao smiled faintly and said, "It's easy to be a good county magistrate, but it's not easy to be a good county magistrate."

"It's true." Zhao Shouzheng nodded with approval and said, "After listening to the words of County Magistrate Zhang, I don't want to work hard at all. But after listening to the words of Duke Hai, I feel that I still have a lot to learn."

"It depends on what kind of official my father wants to be." Zhao Hao smiled and opened the window, reached out to receive a handful of cold rain.

"Is it the master who is as comfortable and comfortable as County Magistrate Zhang; or is the master who is seeking hardships and serving the country and the people like Duke Hai? Or is he taking a different path from them?"

"That's it..." Zhao Shouzheng couldn't help but make trouble. He thought he would definitely choose the former without hesitation, but for some reason, he couldn't say it.

"Don't worry." Zhao Hao shook his head gently, shook his wet right hand, closed the window and said, "You can think slowly, there is time to think about this problem when you come to Kunshan."

"Yeah." Zhao Shouzheng nodded and asked the most practical question: "What about us now?"

"Now?" Zhao Hao thought about it and said realistically: "It is obvious that the former method is more in line with our actual situation. But the latter method is more conducive to our management of Kunshan."

"so what?"

"See if you can combine it and use it both." Zhao Hao said, pinching his chin.

Zhao Shouzheng smiled and pushed both books to his son and said, "Then please give me my son..."

"I don't understand this kind of thing either." Zhao Hao smiled bitterly: "The importance of every rule, each according to the size of power and responsibility, is full of knowledge here, and laymen cannot do it."

"Then..." Zhao Shouzheng thought carefully and said, "We have never done this job by our side."

"Don't worry, Father." Zhao Hao smiled expectantly and said, "Tomorrow I'll find someone who knows what you know."

It’s not just about being aware of it, but it can be said that it is the master’s ancestor, the first master in history.

Zhao Shouzheng was overjoyed when he heard this.

~~

The next day, Mr. Zhao got up early and dragged Zhao Hao out of the bed.

"Hurry up, aren't we going to invite an expert today?"

"Then you don't have to be so anxious?" Zhao Hao rubbed his sleepy eyes and muttered, "The sun hasn't come out yet."

"Where is the sun coming out when it rains?" Zhao Shouzheng squatted down to put on his son's boots, but couldn't help but feel excited:

"For my father, I am eager to seek talent and I don't want to delay for a moment!"

"It's inverted..." Zhao Hao said helplessly.

"Well……"

Ma Xianglan covered her mouth and chuckled, replaced the second master who was in trouble, and quickly helped Zhao Hao wash and dress neatly.

"Today, let Cai Ming send a car to take you to Wu Ji." Zhao Hao looked in the mirror, and the young man who was energetic again nodded with satisfaction.

"Young Master won't take your secretary..." Secretary Ma pretended to be resentful. In fact, she could be alone with Zhao Hao these days, so she would be happy, right?

"You won't want to go to the kind of place you went to today." Zhao Hao chuckled, and saw Secretary Ma's mouth slightly open in the mirror, and he glanced at her helplessly. "It's not the kind of place you think."

"I didn't think of anything." Secretary Ma smiled and cleaned Zhao Hao's hair. The young master couldn't even invite Qi Jingyun and Zheng Yanru and other Qinhuai courtesans.

"What are you going to Wu Ji for?"

"Miss Jiang should be still here?"

"Here." Of course, she is here. How could she leave if you don't leave? Miss Xueying is still waiting to walk with you again.

"That's good. Please ask her to purchase grain, medicine, sacks, ropes..." Zhao Hao thought for a while and said, "Anyway, I want everything I can use to fight against the flood, and I want as much as I can."

"Yes, young master." Ma Xianglan suddenly felt nervous and realized that the comfortable life was about to end.

~~

The father and son went out in a carriage today.

A convoy of three double-horse cars went north along Xihuangchenggen Street.

The raindrops hit the car wall, making both of them a little anxious.

"God, why is it endless to get out of here?" Even the slow Zhao Shouzheng realized the trouble. "I came back and cleared the day I came back."

"Yeah." Zhao Hao nodded and said, "Uncle said this morning that his colleagues from the Dushui Department told him that the water level of Taihu Lake has exceeded one foot in the same period in previous years, and the flood situation this year is destined to be very serious."

"Hey, after the Governor summoned him, hurry to Kunshan, and I feel more and more worried." Zhao Shouzheng sighed and said, "I didn't sleep well last night."

"Isn't it because I'm thirsty for seeking talents?" Zhao Hao asked with a smile.

"Everything is true, there are reasons." Zhao Shouzheng smiled awkwardly: "I am eager to seek talent in the first half of the night, but I am worried about the people's fire in the second half of the night."

"Ha..." After saying that, the father and son laughed at the same time.

The two of them had a close relationship, and they both thought that at this time last year, they were racking their brains for the qualification for the provincial examination. Unexpectedly, a year later, they began to worry about safety in the area.

Sometimes this life experience is so fucking...

Before he knew it, the carriage passed through Taiping Gate and stopped in front of Taiping Dike.

When the father and son got out of the car, they saw that the three Nanjing Dharma Offices formed the shape of a Pin character by the bank of Xuanwu Lake.

The first person to be affected is the Nanjing Ministry of Justice.

Looking at the sign of the Nanjing Ministry of Justice, Zhao Shouzheng couldn't help but smile and asked, "Son, is this expert an official of the Ministry of Justice? Then we have a good relationship, at least we don't have to worry about the name of the punishment."

"Haha, let's see." Zhao Hao kept a secret and his eyes fell on the small island in the middle of Xuanwu Lake, which was the famous Houhu Huangcaiku.

‘It’s a pity that it’s worthless long ago…’ Zhao Hao sighed inwardly.

Hai Rui told him that through his personal clearance of land in Chun'an and Xingguo counties, and his comparison of grain tax files when working in the Ministry of Revenue, it can be clearly seen that although the yellow book has been updated for ten years, Dingmu has been far from the actual situation - the population is only half, and the land is only 70% of which are more than 80% of them...

‘This is the suffering of the people!’

The eight words of Hai Gong still echoed in Zhao Hao's ears until he saw Hua Shuyang and a fifth-rank official holding an umbrella and greeting him from the yamen.
Chapter completed!