There is no need to stop at the prefectures and counties passing by south of the Tianjiang River, including Daizhou, Lingzhou, Tongzhou and Zhoubai passing by on the way north from the Ningjiang River.

When local officials and dignitaries invite banquets, he can also shirk the blame one by one, and some cases can even be solved with just a letter.

But when he arrives in Dingzhou, he must slow down. Bei'an and Pingcang are too small, and the field of vision is wider. The entire Dingzhou is the foundation for his future victory in the tripod.

In the process of participating in the Spring Palace Examination, people from all over the world gathered together, and most of them only knew each other at the state level.

For example, Zhou Bai was from Dingzhou Jieyuan, but he did not know that he was from Pingcang County, Bei'an County.

In the process of fighting for the dragon, it is recognized that the Qianlong princes who can be recorded in official history are at least the lords of one state.

Other tyrants who separatized one, two counties or even half of the state, even if they can show their fierce power for a while, but in the end they are just clearing the way for the "real dragon".

Even this true dragon is not the last true dragon, but a dragon that can dominate a state and build a royal empire.

The so-called prosperity and prosperity are also sudden and sudden.

Zhou Bai will not leave easily when he returns to Dingzhou this time. He needs more reputation to let the people of Dingzhou know his name and recognize him.

Once the flag is raised in the future, people will often choose to support people with greater and better reputations. In the most difficult imperial examination, it is not difficult for him to become the first Jinshi Tianren in the second class. It is not difficult for him to become famous.

The key is that Zhou Ba must let the gentry and people of Dingzhou know that the gods are also leaders who can bend down and come together with them, and even lead them to gain benefits and success.

So after entering Dingzhou County at the southernmost tip of Dingzhou, Zhou Bai asked his followers on the boat to report back to Pingcang first, while he abandoned the waterway and took the land route.

However, the Dingzhou government, which had been watching the progress of his return home for a long time, would not be unaware of this.

Every time he visited a county, he would be invited to a banquet by the magistrate and magistrate, and would gather local powerful people to have a glimpse of the splendor of heaven and man. Zhou Bai would not refuse anyone who came.

He also took the initiative to visit local celebrities, exchange ideas and concepts, and frequently came up with golden quotes, which became instantly popular.

On the way, Zhou Bai did not forget to help some widowed and lonely people. The money sponsored by the nobles of Shenjing City actually made him do good deeds.

The water vapor balance in the Tianyuan Realm was out of balance, and the Sea Dragon Kings on the other side of the boundless ocean finally broke through the limit after trying to figure it out for a while.

For a time, all the water vapor in the entire area converged into the boundless ocean, and the entire coastline was pushed forward for more than a thousand miles. Even though the people along the coast had moved inland in advance, there were still countless casualties.

Fortunately, the preparations made by Heaven in advance worked. As soon as the boundless ocean water vapor collapsed, all the water gods and dragon gods moved.

According to their respective zones, they divert the water vapor from inland rivers such as the Boundless Ocean and Tianjiang River and distribute it equally to other dry areas.

The pitang ditches are all filled, and the wasteland has turned into a lake. The populated areas are fine at first and try to avoid rainfall. However, it is difficult to escape the disaster of waterlogging later, and the summer harvest is reduced by nearly 80%.

Due to Zhou Bai's performance as the leader in the ancestral land of the dragon clan, the amount of water vapor evacuation allocated to Dingzhou was not very high. With the best efforts of the Ningjiang Dragon King, he could barely manage to have ten sunny days in a month.

This is much better than other states and counties where it rains continuously for months.

But even so, the rainy season in Dingzhou is still longer than before, and grain production is also reduced.

It has been 326 years since Daxu, and the shortcomings of various late dynasties have already appeared. Dingzhou finally managed to survive the heavy snow disaster last year, only to have another heavy rain that lasted for a long time.

The already difficult life has been made even worse. After years of peace, families with savings may have been able to survive even if they emptied their funds, but many at the bottom of the Guizhou economy cannot survive.

Therefore, in addition to doing good deeds and helping others, Zhou Bai also collected donations at various banquets and helped along the way.

By the time he reached Dingzhou City, his good deeds had been known to the whole city.

Show? Hypocrite? To attract people’s hearts?

Some people may not understand it, but Zhou Bai practices it personally, and the people he helps are real and blameless.

On that day, Governor Lei Haomiao personally came out of the city to greet him. With him came not only civil and military officials, but also the people of the city.

They all came to watch the Jinshi Celestial beings. The second highest ranked person, who was only one step away from ascending to heaven, can be said to be a living immortal.

During the Great Xu Dynasty, there were only a few Jinshi in Dingzhou. The last time the second-class Jinshi was thirty years ago, they were only ranked forty-fifth.

Of course, in addition to watching the fun, they also came to welcome Zhou Bai.

As expected, he was a child of his own from Dingzhou. Even though he had become a heavenly being, he still did not forget his elders in his hometown and began to provide relief to the victims as soon as he came back.

Facing the huge crowd and extremely enthusiastic cheers, Zhou Bai could only salute repeatedly.

However, the governor came to greet him and was protected by his own soldiers, preventing the excited people from rushing in front of Zhou Bai.

Thirty years have passed, and the people of Dingzhou have almost forgotten the appearance of the last Heavenly Man Jinshi. They have the same Jinshi every year, but they are separated from Heaven.

"Master Zhou Baigong is indeed extraordinary. I think he is the reincarnation of a literary star and can inspire literary fortune in Dingzhou for me."

"He is a kind man. It would be great if he could be our official in Dingzhou, so that we can also enjoy happiness."

"Young Master Zhou is a member of the heavenly court and is destined to be among the immortals. How can he be an ordinary official?"

"Governor Lei is not bad. He is a good official. Look at how much you respect talents and welcome him personally."

"Zijian, congratulations!" Lei Haomiao saw Zhou Bai arriving and stepped forward with a smile, showing a frank welcome gesture.

It's strange that the governor of a state can't do this to such an extent even when faced with heavenly beings.

Then Zhou Bai saw the people around him praising Lei Haomiao, and knew that this was someone trying to win people's hearts.

"The governor is so angry with his subordinates. There is no reason for a third-grade official to welcome a seventh-grade official. Please don't put me on the fire."

Hearing Zhou Bai's words, Lei Haomiao held Zhou Bai's hand and said loudly: "What's wrong with me? Putting aside my identity as a heavenly being, Zijian pointed out how big of a mistake Zijian made for me this time. I'm so ashamed!"

"But I hope you can understand that the rain disaster came too suddenly. The state government's manpower and material resources can only prioritize ensuring the main population areas and grain-producing areas, so that fewer people will starve to death."

These few sentences were quickly spread among the surrounding people, and Zhou Bai keenly discovered that many people could repeat them loudly without fail.

He still didn't understand that Governor Lei did not welcome him for nothing, but wanted to use him to do good deeds and increase the authority of the Governor and the state government.

"You have done a good enough job, and being lowered is just the icing on the cake." He agreed while carefully recalling the memory of Lei Haomiao.

Sun Yucheng from Dingdong, Lu Ding from Dingxi, and even the Zhao family father and son from Pingcang County seem to have more profound memories than Lei Haomiao.

In those troubled times, various heroes and hidden dragons from Dingzhou competed to appear, and everyone caused quite a stir.

Regarding the governor Lei Haomiao, Zhou Bai could only summarize two major events.

The first was to take out the ration bag and order the cavalry to raid the enemy's rear and achieve a great victory; the second was to set up a Hongmen Banquet to trap and kill the heads of several big families in Dingzhou County, and then forcefully ransack their homes to eliminate the opposition.

What else is there?

A flash of inspiration flashed in Zhou Bai's mind. Dingzhou City had not fallen until he was reborn, and the core of Dingzhou County had never lost its vitality.

Sun Yucheng and Lu Ding raised an army to form an army and made a huge fuss. They both wanted to be crowned governors of the state, while Lei Haomiao remained firmly on the throne.

At that time, he remembered that there was a rumor that in a short time, the passage between the Thirty-Three Heavens and the mortal world would be weakened, and the Heavenly Court could directly send troops to support it.

"With the governor's order, the state government will release relief food and distribute it to various counties!"

“The governor has an order not to drive out the refugees, but to increase the amount of work-for-relief work!”

"The Governor has issued an order to conduct year-end examinations, with the core basis of disaster relief for county and county officials!"

Just as Zhou Bai strode into the city gate following Lei Haomiao, the officials behind him read loudly, and a large newspaper about the new residence was posted on the notice board.

"It's not too late to make up for it, right? Zijian." Lei Haomiao also turned around in time and smiled.

"This is good governance."

In his previous life, he seemed to have done nothing. He only knew how to hide in the city and then follow Lei Haomiao's current approach. This governor is not a simple man!

Zhou Bai was quite emotional and said: Those who are good at fighting have no great achievements.

That night, under the organization of Lei Haomiao, Zhou Bai attended his welcome banquet and fundraising party.

Zhou Bai's private behavior was officially transformed into official behavior.

I don't know whether he sensed something was wrong with Zhou Bai's behavior or something else, but Lei Haomiao actually tentatively wanted to confer an official position on Zhou Bai.

Dingzhou Border Patrol Envoy was of the same seventh rank as Zhou Bai's Hanlin Editor. It was also a clean official position, but it held real power.

In addition to having the same power as the imperial censor to report rumors, he can also organize inspection troops to patrol the border areas for smuggling and thieves.

How could Zhou Bai accept this? If he did, it showed that he really seemed to have some ideas and refused decisively and sternly.

This decisive performance made Lei Haomiao feel relieved. The next day, he personally escorted Zhou Bai out of the city and sent a small group of silver dragon troops to escort him.

The tall and majestic Jijing carried Zhou Bai galloping in front, followed by the silver dragon army riding dragon horses, galloping all the way north.

In the next Ruinan County and Longfeng County, as Zhou Bai expected, there was no room for him to do good deeds alone and become famous.

So I had two simple meals and continued on the road without any further complications.

Lei Haomiao is just filling in the administrative loopholes out of the instinct of a superior, not really seeing the dragon and the carp hiding the dragon.

When Zhou Bai officially stepped into the territory of Bei'an County, he clearly felt that the aura of the second realm following him disappeared.

Governor's Mansion, study room, brightly lit by candlelight.

"Sir Governor, that heavenly being has entered Bei'an. According to the worship service, he should only be in one realm." A close advisor reported to Lei Haomiao.

Lei Haomiao leaned in front of the eucalyptus and continued to deal with the accumulated disaster affairs. He said without raising his head: "Well, heavenly beings should practice Taoism peacefully. Even if they support the family, they should not go too far."

"Then we still need to send people to keep an eye on him? Aren't you afraid that such an outstanding person might be a hidden dragon?" The counselor burned the information in his hand and continued to ask.

The word "Qianlong" may have touched Lei Haomiao's keen nerves. He put down the official document and said sternly: "Humph, from ancient times to the present, you can see that those who become dragons have cultivated their bodies. Today, His Majesty is rich all over the world. What kind of spiritual stone and elixir are there?

, why don’t you go seek immortality and ask?”

"You and I can't imagine the tyranny of Dragon Qi. If he is really a hidden dragon, he will be able to eliminate a big problem."

"All our efforts are devoted to finding the real Qianlong. As for Zhou Bai, even if he has some ideas, it will be difficult to achieve success in Bei'an for a while."
To be continued...