Chapter 209 I promise you all, I will live well.
"Brother Zhao!!!"
Hu Peiran was heartbroken and ran in that direction.
Xie Jiang, being tall and imposing, immediately pulled him back: "Lord Hu! Calm down! Calm down!"
"That's my Brother Zhao! I've been with him since Peach Blossom County, all the way to where we are today! How can you expect me to stay calm! Xie Jiang, let me go! Let me go!"
Hu Peiran was only sixteen years old, thin and still looked like a teenager. Usually, Xie Jiang could restrain him with one hand, but at this moment he was like a leopard, throwing Xie Jiang aside in a few moves and rushing forward with red eyes.
"Hu Peiran!" He Jiu rushed over and hugged his waist tightly. "You have to trust Brother Zhao! He's so smart, he must have thought of everything. He can do it! We shouldn't run over there, or we'll become a burden to him!"
"Let me go!! He Jiu, let me go! I need to find Brother Zhao! I promised my parents I would protect Brother Zhao! I promised!"
"You think you're the only one who promised me and I didn't? But if something happens to him, going there now will only mean losing a few more lives! If we're all gone, who will do Brother Zhao's project? Who will do it? Hu Peiran! Brother Zhao's goal is to ensure that no one in the entire Liang province suffers from hunger and cold! If—"
He Jiu's voice trembled with tears: "If Brother Zhao is gone, we must live even better and help him achieve this goal! That's our goal too, sob sob..."
Hu Peiran and He Jiu were crying together, their cries drowned out by the continuous explosions. Bystanders could only see them looking up at the sky with their mouths open and their expressions broken, but they didn't know what they were shouting. But the atmosphere was so intense that it brought tears to everyone's eyes.
Xie Jiang turned his head away. The rain was pouring down harder, and rainwater got into his eyes. He blinked frantically, then suddenly his eyes sharpened. He wiped the rain off his face and dashed forward, shouting, "Zhao Yunjing!!"
He Jiu and Hu Peiran, who were crying their hearts out, couldn't hear anything. They only saw a blur before their eyes, and without caring who was running towards them, they rushed out at the same time.
They only realized it was Xie Jiang after they tackled him to the ground.
Hu Peiran burst into tears: "Xie Jiang! Haven't you always been disrespectful to Brother Zhao? What kind of brotherly affection are you putting on now! Come back here!"
Xie Jiang slapped him across the face: "Screw your acting! Stop howling! Zhao Yunjing isn't dead! He's back!"
Zhao Yun Jing didn't die, he's back?
Hu Peiran froze, forgetting to let go of Xie Jiang, and turned his head to look in the direction from which the explosion came.
In the pouring rain, a gray figure approached from afar, with rising yellow smoke in the background. He trudged through the rain, and strangely enough, despite the explosions all around him, Hu Peiran seemed to hear his footsteps deafeningly loud.
Xie Jiang had already run over, He Jiu had also run over, and even Prefect Liang and the others had all gone to greet him. Hu Peiran was stunned, and only when he suddenly heard someone call "Xiao Ran" did he come back to his senses.
Zhao Yunjing knew he was frightened, so he patted him gently and comforted him, "Xiao Ran, I'm fine."
Hu Peiran rushed over and hugged her tightly, bursting into tears.
Xie Jiang couldn't hold back this time, and tears streamed down his face. He turned his head and saw Song Chengyu also wailing. The two looked at each other and shouted at the same time, "Shut up! She's perfectly fine! Shut up!!"
Zhao Yunjing couldn't help but pat Hu Peiran with one hand and laugh out loud.
Suddenly, her arms felt empty. It turned out that Xie Jiang and Song Chengyu had dragged Hu Peiran away!
"you--"
"You surnamed Zhao! I haven't even made any achievements yet, and you're not allowed to get hurt, do you hear me?!" Xie Jiang roared, "From now on, leave these kinds of battle-hardened tasks to me! I'm the most famous playboy and parasite in the capital! If I die here, it'll be a sacrifice for the country! The court will give my Xie family credit! I'll trade my life for fifty years of glory for the Marquis of Changning's mansion, I've made a profit!"
"But you are different! You have the people in your heart! You have the Liang dynasty in your heart! If you die, no one can make those blueprints you drew up for the emperor a reality! Zhao Yunjing, you are very important! Do you hear me?!"
Song Chengyu roared, "Zhao Yunjing, I used to look down on you. You clearly come from the very bottom of society, and your face clearly screams 'I want to climb up,' yet you insist on putting on an air of aloofness, making us seem so vulgar and corrupt! But now, I accept it. You are aloof! You are aloof! So, from now on, you can only continue to stand in your tent and command with that aloofness. Let us handle the corrupt and vulgar matters! Do you hear me?"
“Zhao Yunjing, you are the pride of Huilan Academy! You are the pride of Taohua County! You must live well, so that your light can shine on your hometown. Otherwise, once you die, Taohua County will still be the same Taohua County, and it will never produce a top scholar or a Jinshi again!” He Jiu sobbed.
Zhao Yunjing looked at this and that, then nodded solemnly: "I promise you all, I will live well."
Xie Jiang and Song Chengyu let out a roar and pounced on Zhao Yunjing, embracing him tightly. Before he could push him away, He Jiu, Hu Peiran, and the other noble sons who accompanied him all rushed up to him.
The dozen or so people embraced tightly, forming their own barrier, as if even rainwater couldn't get in.
This isn't just a dozen or so people; this is clearly the hope of the Great Liang!
Recalling his long-forgotten original aspirations, Prefect Liang blushed. He turned his face away and saw his colleagues, who also looked thoughtful. He thought that from today onwards, Nanjiang City would be different.
At least he will change.
The explosions roared for the entire time it takes to brew a cup of tea before stopping.
The mountain exploded.
The waters of the Donglan River were visibly flowing into the Chunlan and Qiulan Rivers, but that wasn't enough. The rain was still pouring down, and to completely alleviate the flooding in Nanjiang City, the artificial canal still had to be blasted open.
Zhao Yunjing had a detailed plan regarding the length, size, and depth of the canal. Therefore, after the diversion was successful, Zhao Yunjing immediately set about blasting the artificial canal. Having experienced the danger just now, Hu Peiran and He Jiu stayed close to him, on high alert, fearing that he would do the same thing again.
But if Zhao Yun Jing isn't going, who would be a better choice? Xie Jiang? Song Cheng Yu? Or He Jiu?
Prefect Liang volunteered: "Lord Zhao, as the local official of Nanjiang City, it is my duty to solve the problems of the people of Nanjiang. Please let me go!"
With Prefect Liang taking the lead, other local officials in Nanjiang City also spoke up, expressing their willingness to follow Prefect Liang to blow up the canal.
When an official begins to take responsibility, it means that the lives of the local people are starting to improve. Therefore, Zhao Yunjing did not stop them. He explained some precautions to them before handing them a dozen wiring diagrams.
Prefect Liang looked down at the wiring diagram, and a sense of shame welled up in his heart. No wonder the Emperor valued him so much; it turned out that he was not only exceptionally talented but also had outstanding abilities.
This young man is a man of great talent for governing the world!
Prefect Liang clasped his hands in a fist salute and said loudly, "Lord Zhao, please rest assured, I will certainly live up to your expectations and successfully dredge the canal!"
"We await Prefect Liang's triumphant return!"
"I will certainly live up to your expectations!! Follow me!"
With a wave of his hand, Prefect Liang ran into the rain first. Soon, his figure disappeared into the rain, as if such a person had never existed in the world.
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