It was already mid-August, and it was the hottest time of the year. In Yuyang, a heavy rain lasted for several hours yesterday, causing the Yishui River to soar. The roaring river water rushes downwards. The dim river water hits the river embankment from time to time. From time to time, a river embankment is impacted by the rapid river water. In the sound of a clamor, the soil mixed with stones fell into the water, and a gap appeared under the embankment.

Gao Yuan stood on the embankment with his hands behind his back, looking at the rolling river water, frowned tightly. This time he came to Yuyang because Qin State expressed his request for negotiation through the four seas trade, entered the river from the grassland, then crossed the Luliang Mountains, and finally arrived at Yuyang Yishui River.

The great disaster that Yuyang suffered made Gao Yuan, who had been walking along the way, full of anger. At this time, he had only four words to evaluate Lu Chao, which was crazy.

But he had to admit that Lu Chao's move was corrected by the Han Dynasty's soft threat, pension, relief, and reconstruction of his homeland, which would make the already weak economy worse. Yuyang itself is one of the major granaries of the Han Dynasty. This year, the grain prices of the Han Dynasty are just going to rise.

Compared with opponents like Li Xin and Wang Xiao, Gao Yuan has a headache for people like Lu Chao, because older generation military strategists generally leave room for action, will not massacre the people on a large scale, nor will they destroy people's livelihood on a large scale, but Lu Chao, who uses any means to attack the enemy, is much harder to deal with.

Because he has no bottom line.

When I used Mrs. Lu's trust in her, I broke the Shannan County City. With guilt, I let Lu Chao go. I didn't expect that ten years later, this person who was still a little scholarly and enraged at that time actually grew up to be a monster like today.

I'm afraid I have my own contribution to this!

Gao Yuan smiled bitterly at the corner of his mouth, and he slapped him with a drink and a peck. Lu Chao probably was the one who brought God to his own hardship. How to deal with him? Gao Yuan has not yet had a definite conclusion.

"This heavy rain may have made it worse for the victims of Yuyang, right?" Gao Yuan glanced at Du Shenghao, the governor of Yuyang County beside him. The governor himself was from Yuyang. He was one of the group who had defected to Gao Yuan very early after being introduced by Jiang Jiaquan. He was originally a handsome scholar, now he had a beard and haggard face. The hem of his official robe was lifted up, and a corner was tucked on his belt. The two boots were covered with mud and water, and even the stains could be seen on the robe.

Hearing Gao Yuan’s question, Du Shenghao nodded heavily, "God is not good. This heavy rain has come too badly. Most of the victims have not returned home yet. They all live in temporary tents and shacks built by themselves. Yesterday I ran to several settlements, and many shacks were washed away by the flood. Some victims near the river were unable to retreat in time when the flood came, and many were killed and injured. Some were buried in the landslides on the mountain. Now the county is organizing people to dig. Even if they can’t save people, they must dig out the bodies!"

"How many casualties?" Gao Yuan took a deep breath.

"Preliminary statistics show that the death toll has exceeded 100." Du Shenghao gritted his teeth, "Lu Chao, the grandson of the turtle, will not die well one day. Such an inhumane thing can be done. The king, the king, was afraid of the enemy like a tiger, and was afraid of the battle to avoid the enemy. He also asked the king to severely punish him."

Gao Yuan shook his head gently, "Monor Du, did Zeng Xianyi tell you? Oh, by the way, you are a civil servant. It is normal for Zeng Xianyi not to tell you about these military affairs. It was correct for Yang Dasha to not send troops at that time, because afterwards, Lu Chao set up a trap and ambushed a large number of troops. If Yang Dasha left the city, he would be afraid that there would be more misfortunes."

"Is there such a thing?" Du Shenghao said in surprise: "The King is not exonerating Yang Dasha. With Yang Dasha's temperament, if he really suffers grievances like this, how can he not beat the ministers? He is famously stupid and bold."

Gao Yuan smiled: "Yang Dasha is also from a miserable family. County Magistrate Du was concerned about the people and scolded him. Why don't he understand?"

"I will apologize to him the next time I see him!" Du Shenghao was silent for a while.

"There is no need. Maybe Yang Dasha has forgotten this matter now. Yuyang disaster relief is not only about your Yuyang County. The court will allocate a large amount of funds, food and various disaster relief supplies to you and will ship them as quickly as possible. This time the special war tax bill has been passed, and the court has also gained a lot of money."

"Thank you, the king, for sympathizing with the people of Yuyang!" Du Shenghao.

"If one side is in trouble, all sides will support each other, let alone letting the people under his command live a good life is the responsibility of me, the king, and I didn't do it well!" Gao Yuan sighed, "This time, Qin's move was indeed beyond my expectations. Fortunately, we won this battle after all, a little better than the worst."

"Your Majesty, the boat is coming from the opposite side!" He Weiyuan pointed to the much wider river surface and shouted loudly. "It must be that Li Ru who came."

"This immortal man has taught such a crazy disciple. I must scold him later!" Du Shenghao said angrily.

Listening to this, Gao Yuan was amused even if he had a lot of sorrow in his heart. It seemed that this incident in Yuyang really completely changed the scholar who had originally treated the wrongly and did not say anything. He even swears when he opened his mouth.

Gao Yuan coughed and said, "Mr. Du, go and do it. Yuyang County now has not only **, but also natural disasters. With you busy, you don't have to accompany me here."

Du Shenghao was stunned for a moment, but thinking about what the king said was right. Yuyang County is really complicated now. Before, the king came, he had to come to Jin to meet him and accompany him, but it would be worthless to delay his precious time in order to scold Li Ru.

"The king said, I'm confused. If you have time to scold this old man, I might as well do something practical, this old man!" Du Shenghao glanced at the ship slowly approaching here, spat heavily, turned around and left quickly.

On the boat in the river, Li Ru sat cross-legged at the bow of the boat, two guards stood behind him. On the side of the boat, four foreign soldiers were waving their oars and fighting the surging river water. However, despite their sweat, the boat was still slowly floating down. When they were on the dock, they deviated hundreds of meters from the previously scheduled location.

With the support of the guards, Li Ru jumped off the bow of the boat, stepped onto the ground with his feet, and felt a little dizzy and his feet were also a little drifting. He couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "I'm old, I've been walking around the world a few years ago, crossing mountains and rivers. I haven't encountered any strong winds and waves before. How could I feel dizzy when I have ever had such a river?

Someone has come to the Han Kingdom, "Li, please!"

After walking a distance, Li Ru finally saw the person standing on the river bank in his presbyopia. He was shocked by the feet. The Han Dynasty only said that he would meet and meet with him on the banks of the Yishui River, and did not explain the candidate for the negotiation. He originally thought that the person who came was not his junior brother Jiang Jiaquan, but he would be another important figure in the Han Dynasty's political discussion, but he did not expect that it was Gao Yuan himself.

Gao Yuan turned around, looked down at him in the distance, and nodded slightly.

Li Ru hurriedly walked to Gao Yuan, clasped his fists with his hands, and bowed to the ground: "Li Ru met His Highness the King of Han!"

"No need!" Gao Yuan waved his hand and said, "Mr. Jiang is both a teacher and a friend to me. You are Mr. Jiang's senior brother. I can't stand your gift."

"No!" Li Rudao: "It's not Li Ru, the senior brother of Jiang Jiaquan, who is here to negotiate with His Highness the King of Han today, but Li Ru of the Qin Dynasty."

Gao Yuan nodded: "Okay, since that's the case, I'll accept this gift. Li Ru's husband, please come up, the scenery here is nice."

"Stand higher, you will naturally have more scenery to see, but if the foundation stone under your feet is not reliable enough, it will easily fall badly. Your Highness, the embankment under your feet is collapsed!" Li Ru walked to Gao Yuan's side with a smile, looking at the surging river, and said.

"Everyone said it well!" Gao Yuan nodded, "It was my decision to set the negotiation location on the banks of the Yishui River. Do you know why?"

"His Royal Highness of the Han Dynasty has always been unexpected, so I want to ask for advice." Li Rudao.

Gao Yuan smiled slightly, turned around and looked at Li Ru: "When I was still a small Fufeng County Captain, I led my troops here to fight against Zhao State by the order of Ye Xiang of Dayan. At that time, there were only hundreds of soldiers around me. Ye Xiang of the past, haha, of course, it was my father-in-law in the future, and I must think I was dead."

"Is it good to marry me when I'm long and my hair is so long?" Li Ru laughed, "That's a famous saying that has been circulating for a while. I don't know how many crazy girls have become crazy?"

"That was the most sinister battle in my life." Gao Yuan turned his head and looked at the surging river. "The State of Zhao was still a huge figure for Yan State. There was a powerful Zhao army in front of him, but behind him, there were ulterior motives, and there were only three hundred brothers who followed me through life and death. At that time, I really had no idea at all."

"But later you won." Li Ru said lightly: "It was this battle that made you stand out and from then on, you set foot on a Qingyun Avenue, and that's what you are now."

"Qingyun Avenue?" Gao Yuan laughed, "It is precisely because Yishuihe, the battlefield at that time, is of great significance to me, that I put this negotiation here to tell myself that no matter how powerful I am now, don't forget the thin ice that was like a cover of the past. No matter what I do, you must be as careful as facing the abyss, trembling, and step by step."

"Good words!" Li Ru looked at Gao Yuan and clapped his hands and praised: "No wonder His Highness King Han has achieved his current achievements. This mentality alone is not something that ordinary people can have. His Highness King Han, I think we can start now, right?"

"You can start anytime!" Gao Yuan laughed, "Just on the banks of the Yishui River, right next to the surging river, let us both have a good talk about this time!"

(Thanks to my brothers and sisters for their blessings. Everything was going well in my mother's condition. After the operation, she had a chemotherapy treatment. My mother was very strong. Although she had vomited for two days after the chemotherapy and couldn't eat, her mother still tried hard to eat. She said she would rather vomit than eat so that she could have the strength and nutrition to recover. Among their group of patients, my mother recovered the fastest, and she was also the oldest. She has been discharged from the hospital and is waiting for the second course of treatment. During this period, I was really busy, but I still did not stop updating. Some chapters were written before my mother's hospital bed, which can be regarded as a reward for my support for my brothers and sisters. May everyone in the world be healthy and happy!) (To be continued...)
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