It turned out that Lu Chengping tried his best to find out a lot of connections in Suzhou Prefecture and finally bought more than 600 stones of grain. However, after buying the grain, he could not hire a ship to transport Luzhou. Because the entire Suzhou Prefecture now knows that there was a flood in Anhui and Luzhou was a severe disaster area. The wind and waves on the river along the way were not easy to sail. Therefore, at this time, naturally no one wanted to take this order.

Just when Lu Chengping was helpless, a grain merchant came to Lu Chengping and told him that there was a fleet in Shanghai that wanted to go to Luzhou Prefecture, and that he could stop in Zhenjiang and take his grain with him, and that there was no travel expenses.

Lu Chengping followed Lu Chengxiang for many years, and of course he knew a lot of current affairs. Now Shanghai is not a place under the jurisdiction of the Qing court, but under the rule of the East China **. Therefore, in the Qing court's officialdom, the East China ** was a taboo topic. Even if you want to deal with the East China **, businessmen will be intermediaries and will never personally come forward to have anything to do with the East China **.

If it were normal times, Lu Chengping would certainly not have any contact with the fleet, but now he really couldn't hire a ship. And he also knew that Luzhou Prefecture was waiting for him to transport the food back to provide relief to the victims, but he couldn't afford to drag it down, so at this time, he could only find this fleet to transport it.

However, after Lu Chengping loaded the grain on the ship, he found that there were more than a dozen ships in this fleet, and most of the fake ships were equipped with cannons, which looked like warships. The people on the ship were all gray and blue military uniforms. Obviously, they were all soldiers. This fleet was actually a fleet. Lu Chengping couldn't help but regret not falling. If he had known it was a fleet, he wouldn't have been on the ship, because Qiu Ba and others were not reasonable. He was probably the sheep who had entered the mouth of a tiger. He wouldn't even have a few bones left. He was afraid that his life would not be saved.

But now the food has been loaded and the fleet has set off, so it is too late to regret it. Lu Chengping had to bite the bullet and leave it to fate. However, after being on the ship for a while, Lu Chengping found that the soldiers were still polite to him and did not have the arrogant and rude appearance of the Qing army. Yu Lu Chengping started talking to several soldiers, but in fact he was determined to make a spell on the soldiers to make sure of his ending.

The soldiers did not hide anything from Lu Chengping and told Lu Chengping directly that they were the People's Army of East China. This time they went to Anhui to rescue the victims. Because they learned that Lu Chengping was sending food for disaster relief to Luzhou Prefecture, they were willing to take Lu Chengping for a journey.

After listening to the soldiers' speech, Lu Chengping was happy and worried. What he was happy was that he listened to this statement was that this army did not intend to ask for its own food, and could also send it to Luzhou. Then he not only saved his life, but also completed the task of buying food. What was the worry about was that the People's Army entered Anhui Province under the famous discussion of disaster relief. What was the purpose? I am afraid that the visitor was not good.

But this matter was not something that Lu Chengping could not even control. Now, as long as the food could be delivered to Hefei safely, Lu Chengping ignored it and waited patiently on the boat to arrive in Luzhou.

Although they were traveling against the current, they were all driven by machines after all, so the fleet sailed very fast. However, two fleets were divided into two on the way, leaving only 3 large and 2 small 5 ships. Fortunately, the food purchased by Lu Chengping was on these three large ships, so Lu Chengping did not panic. The fleet sailed away from the Yangtze River near Wuhu and entered the Yuxi River.

Yuxi River was called Ruxu River in ancient times, and it was the earliest river channel in Chaohu Lake connecting the Yangtze River. So the fleet drove along the Yuxi River, entered Chaohu Lake, and then entered Feishui through Chaohu Lake. Finally, it stopped in the east of Hefei City, unloaded Lu Chengping's grain from the ship, and then the fleet continued to set off and swam along the Feishui. After getting off the ship, Lu Chengping ordered his subordinates to look after the grain and hurried into the city to report to Lu Chengxiang.

After listening to Lu Chengping's speech, Lu Chengxiang hurriedly ordered people to organize cars and horses to transport food outside the city. Although it was done with a big deal, it caused a bigger problem. Lu Chengxiang certainly knew what the People's Army entered Anhui and what it meant to enter Luzhou Prefecture, it was probably not just for disaster relief.

The others were also in deep thought at this time, obviously all digesting this amazing news, because everyone knew that East China ** had publicly announced at the beginning of the year that they would overthrow the Qing court and establish a new dynasty. At this time, they sent warships and troops into Anhui, so they would not believe that they were killed to save the disaster. If they were to take advantage of your illness and take advantage of the disaster in Anhui, Jiangsu and other provinces to take advantage of the situation, it would be more credible.

After waiting for a while, Lu Chengxiang said, "What do you think?"

At this time, Chen and Zheng said: "Sir, according to the opinions of the lower officials, this matter is of great importance. You should not hesitate. You should immediately inform the governor's yamen and ask the governor to decide."

Lu Chengxiang frowned and said, "Is it too early to inform the governor's office now? Where is the fleet of East China ** still unknown? Maybe they may go back again."

Song Changhui said: "My lord said, in the opinion of the officials, I should send someone to visit nearby first. After discovering the East China fleet, I will discuss what they mean. Now, disaster relief is the priority and no troubles arise."

Lu Chengxiang nodded and said, "It's reasonable."

Chang Qingde said: "Dongweng, since new grain has arrived, will you use more rice to make porridge tomorrow to calm people's hearts!"

Lu Chengxiang thought for a while and said, "Okay, according to the standards of the previous few days, the 600 stone of grain can only temporarily solve the urgent problem, so it should not be used randomly. In addition, you should not be careless about defending the city, and you must not let the victims come into the city." Seeing that Lu Chengxiang said this, everyone stopped talking, so they stood up and said goodbye and left.

The next day, the quality of the porridge dressings opened in the government office outside Hefei City increased greatly. Although they still did not meet the normal standard of being able to be neutral in porridge, most of the porridge was finally covered with rice grains. Therefore, in the past few days, the victims who were quite resentful of the porridge were relieved a little. Lu Chengxiang's heart was also much more at ease.

However, just two days later, Lu Chengxiang felt in a mood again because he received news that the People's Army's fleet stopped ships and landed in the area of ​​Sanshigang, about 30 miles northwest of Hefei, and established camps on the shore. A higher terrain area in Sanshigang, northwest of Hefei, there were several villages there, but due to the relatively undulating terrain, there were still large wasteland.

In the following days, Lu Chengxiang sent people to Sanshigang to inquire about the situation of the People's Army's camp. He received news that the camp was getting bigger and bigger, more and more tents were built, and walls, guardhouses, and docks were built, and disaster victims were really taken in. Lu Chengxiang felt a little surprised. Could it be that East China ** was really here to rescue the disaster?

On the 6th day, the second fleet arrived at St. Thirty Terminal. The scale of this fleet was much larger than the first fleet. There were 12 ships in total. Not only did they send a large number of personnel, but they also included a large number of soldiers, as well as a large number of construction materials and food supplies. It seemed that they planned to take root in St. Thirty Terminal. At this time, the number of victims contained in the camp was about 300, and it was still increasing, because ships were sent out every day to rescue people in various villages and towns that suffered from floods.

Lu Chengxiang really couldn't understand. Could it be that East China ** really came to Luzhou to rescue disasters? So why did they do this? Although it was to save the risk and disaster relief to gain a good reputation, Lu Chengxiang also knew that disaster relief was a very expensive thing, and to buy reputation with money? Could it be that East China ** really have too much money to spend? But this is also possible, because I heard that East China ** asked for a large amount of compensation from Britain, France, Japan, Russia and other countries, and it is said that there were more than tens of millions of taels of silver. Therefore, East China ** is not short of money, so it is not impossible to spend some money to buy a good reputation. East China ** has publicly announced that it is necessary to destroy the Qing Dynasty and establish a new dynasty, so establishing its own image of benevolence, righteousness, and loving the people, and to show that it is the act of promoting troops and promoting righteousness. Changing the dynasty is in line with the will of heaven and following the people's sentiments. This is what every new dynasty will do.

Thinking of this, Lu Chengxiang couldn't help but feel shocked and sweated. The more he thought about it, the more reasonable it became, because Lu Chengxiang was an official who was born in the imperial examination and was familiar with history books. Such things have been repeated in Chinese history, and it is not surprising that East China ** also played this trick.

So Lu Chengxiang found his aide Chang Qingde and told him his thoughts. In fact, Chang Qingde has been thinking about this problem over the past few days, and the result he came up with was similar to Lu Chengxiang. Because both of them received the same education, their ideas were roughly the same. However, Chang Qingde was one step further than Lu Chengxiang thought, that is, disaster relief in East China. In addition to winning people's hearts, he might also be staring at the Anhui land. When the flood retreated, because East China China has a good reputation for disaster relief and people, he only had to raise his arms and shout, and he was afraid that the entire Anhui land would be achieved without bloodshed.

However, Chang Qingde did not tell Lu Chengxiang this idea that Bi Jing is not the time, but suggested to Lu Chengxiang that it would be better to send people to the People's Army camp by thanking the People's Army fleet for sending food. One is to go to the camp to observe closely, which is much more detailed than sending people to peep from afar. In addition, you can also test the tone of the People's Army to see what they plan to do this time, and then make plans.

When Lu Chengxiang heard this, he thought that this suggestion was good. It would be better to send someone to find out the truth and the truth first. After all, the two sides still had such a relationship. However, people on this kind of official side cannot come forward, so they can only send people below. As the party involved, Lu Chengping must go. However, although Lu Chengping has been with him for many years and is quite capable in doing things, he is still a little bit worse in doing such things. Therefore, Chang Qingde has worked hard and Bi Jing Chang Qingde is still more experienced.
Chapter completed!