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Once Zhang Xiaobao made up his mind, the Zhang family's money was spent like flowing water. The people in the province finally knew how wealthy the Great Governor was. He spent a shocking amount of money. He bought marine products and local specialties from the mountains from their own province, bought them from other provinces, and had the other provinces form their own caravans to send the goods over.
The road was not easy to travel on. The roads in their own province were repaired first and the roads in other provinces were repaired by others. Otherwise, they would not be able to buy anything. Merchants were indeed different. Even though they had encountered a flood, there were still many capable merchants who were willing to spend money to buy local specialties. Then, they would pay to repair the roads and send people to deliver the goods.
The Zhang family spent thousands of strings of coins every day. They spent a month, but nothing happened to the Zhang family. The new fleet transported 30,000 strings of coins. Together with the original fleet, they could still spend another month and a half.
Countless people were shocked. Countless merchants who came over were jealous. They began to send people to the capital to find out who this new Provincial Governor Zhang was.
The people, on the other hand, were happy. They could fish in the sea and sell their goods. They were paid for their work, and they could use the money to buy the goods unloaded from the ships. The main reason was that the people were not worried that the Great Governor would be greedy and increase their taxes. With the Great Governor's wealth, he would not care about the small amount of taxes they paid.
More than 20,000 people were tied into a rope. They had fought side by side in the flood, and now, they were building together. No one was lazy. Each of them exerted all their strength, hoping to see a new Lu Zhou.
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan began to get busy again. Every day, data was sent to them from various places. Wang Juan was in charge of the manpower while Zhang Xiaobao was in charge of the accounts. Then, the two of them combined the new plans and details and sent them to Zhang Zhong. Then, Zhang Zhong would issue orders one after another.
No one questioned Zhang Zhong's orders, and every plan was firmly carried out. Everyone was united in building their new home. Such a situation was rare elsewhere, but miraculously, it happened in Lu Zhou.
The people in the surrounding provinces who were also affected by the disaster were envious and jealous. They did not have many talents. The disasters in other provinces were not as light as Lu Zhou's. Moreover, they had made preparations in advance. There was a loss of population. In some provinces, even the county magistrate and the others had drowned.
Most of Lu Zhou's people were still around. There were also those from the inner court who learned from the Zhang Family and the Wang Family. Although there were too many of them, it was not a problem for each of them to command hundreds of people to complete a project.
Under such circumstances, Lu Zhou's construction progress changed day by day. Every three days, Zhang Zhong would write a report on the construction progress in the province according to his son's instructions and submit it to the military station. It kept the military station very busy.
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Between the Clouds and the Water, San Shui County.
In the pavilion in the water, two people were sitting opposite each other, drinking tea. There were a few letters on the table. The old man was reading a letter in his hand. Liu Zhirou slowly drank her tea. After the old man finished reading the letter, she said to the old man, "Brother Zhang, you've been reading the letter for a long time.
"Old Minister, what do you think? Do you see it? This is the ability of the Zhang family. So many provinces were affected together, but Lu Zhou was the one who suffered the most. All the water flowed to him. What's the result? "
"In the end, only a hundred or so of them died. He had just arrived at that place and didn't even have the time to do anything when he encountered such a huge disaster. If it were someone else, Lu Zhou would have to go to nine out of ten households. It seems like it was the right decision to send him there. Otherwise, that place would be in danger."
The old man said with emotion. He knew when Zhang Zhong had arrived. He had just arrived. In just a few days, the government affairs had not been sorted out yet, and a great disaster had fallen on his head. However, it was such an unbelievable young provincial governor who had withstood the sudden great disaster and reduced the losses to a minimum.
Liu Zhirou had the same idea. She patted the letter and said, "Amazing! The Emperor is very happy. He said that Zhang Zhong can be in charge of a province, so he has no worries. However, Lv Yanzuo was angry. He didn't know that Zhang Zhong wanted to go there himself. He thought it was him who sent him there.
He didn't expect that not only did Zhang Zhong not suffer any losses there, but he also shocked the whole court. Many people asked the Emperor to transfer Zhang Zhong back, saying that it was a pity to leave him there and that Zhang Zhong should be given a higher official position.
Fortunately, the Emperor knew the Zhang family's thoughts. He didn't listen to them. Instead, he said that only Zhang Zhong could build that place, and he would talk about it later. So, he suppressed the matter of transferring him back. Haha, what do you think? Do you miss those two kids? "
Hearing Liu Zhirou's words, the old man was also happy. He didn't expect that the expert behind the Zhang family was so powerful. He nodded and said, "Yes, the two kids wrote me a letter a few days ago, asking me to take care of myself and wait for Lu Zhou to finish the construction. They said that they would take my family there to play. Unfortunately, it's too far away, so I can't see them. I even dreamed of them at night."
The old man thought of Xiao Bao and Cuckoo. As he spoke, tears flowed down his face.
In fact, Liu Zhirou also thought about it. She didn't think about the two kids, but the things of the Zhang family. Now that they were there, no one was watching them. She didn't know how many good things they could make. It was a pity that she couldn't leave the past. Otherwise, if she really wanted to follow them, she would be able to get something good.
"Old Minister, why don't you go and have a look now? Take your family there and meet Zhang Jiuling along the way. Zhang Jiuling is raising pigeons to play with. Send people to learn from the two little guys. Hehe."
Liu Zhirou began to persuade the old man. The old man thought for a while, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, then I'll go and have a look. I can help."
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