Uncle Hong Lou Rong

Chapter 201 Whose sister is lying on the bed
Jia Rong had a good plan, and waited until the end of the month for the cement from Ping'an Prefecture to arrive, and handed over the construction of gates and dams in Xuyi to Duan Yu.He went to Jinling in the name of urging the construction of cement kilns, but actually went there to spend some time with Baochai.

Seeing Duan Yu's resentful eyes, Brother Rong laughed dryly: "In the past two days, I have to ask Brother Yu to go to the Thirteen Lords of Lema Lake. When Brother Yu comes back, it's time for my younger brother to go to Jinling."

Duan Yuhe heheed twice.Just in time, he heard commotion outside, and asked, "Who is making the noise?"

Brother Rong also looked out, only to see Duan Lang leading Mr. Chen into the courtyard.Behind Mr. Chen was a middle-aged man, similar in appearance to Mr. Chen.I heard Mr. Chen grinning and said: "I have seen Mr. Imperial Envoy."

Jia Rong stood up to greet her and asked with a smile. "Why did the old man come here today? The weather has been cold for the past two days, so it's better to keep warm."

"This old man is here to thank you sir." The chief of the Chen clan didn't dare to ask the old to bully the young, so he lowered his posture.

Duan Yu next to him was puzzled and asked, "How did the old man say this?"

The wrinkles at the corners of the old patriarch Chen's eyes were crowded together, and his gray beard trembled slightly.He smiled and said, "My lord doesn't know everything. If my Chen family bought the dam and ship lock and put it up for auction today, I'm afraid I might not be able to win it for 4 taels. Thanks to Uncle Rong's kindness, our Chen family took advantage of it."

Duan Yu couldn't help being startled when he heard that, he must have suffered a loss.

Jia Rong shook her head secretly. The Chen family thought they had taken advantage of it, but the 3 taels actually exceeded his psychological expectations by a lot.Today's Xuyi is not a major river transportation hub after all, and the shipping function of the Huaihe River has also been greatly reduced.If the price is higher, Jia Rong will feel uneasy. Mutual benefit and a win-win situation are the best.

Besides, no matter how much money is sold, it does not belong to Jia Rong.The bastard was afraid that the newcomer would use all his money to grab the naming rights, so that he would lose all the money to buy cement in the future.

That's the real mess.

Uncle Rong didn't care and said: "The old man's words are serious. Xuyi's water control is for the comfort of the people, and it is for the Xuyi farmers to solve the problem of waterlogging and drought. No matter how much, as long as these problems can be solved, in the future The people of Xuyi will also thank Mr. Chen for his kind deeds."

Old Chen laughed so hard that Jia Rong was worried that the old man would suddenly laugh too much.

He also heard Chen Laodao: "The Chen family knows that the Lord lacks two considerate maids around him, so he specially found two cardamom girls from the clan to use as maidservants by the Imperial Envoy."

Ok?
Jia Rong tilted her head and looked at Duan Yu, what's going on?There are also people who send women here, which is really a good guy.

Duan Yu didn't realize how weird it was, and shrugged his shoulders with an envious look on his face.

Uncle Rong said awkwardly: "Thank you, Mr. Chen, for your kindness. Although my maid is sometimes stupid, she is not easy to provoke. She also likes to be jealous. It will not be good to catch your sister Chen's little face."

Old Chen didn't take it seriously, laughed, and said: "If there is such a maid in the world, it should have been sent to the farm to breed the tenants..."

The old man spoke in a normal way, but suddenly saw the little girl behind Jia Rong with murderous intent on her face, her brows and eyes were tightly knit and her eyes were fixed on him.The old man couldn't speak anymore, and coughed twice.

"What's wrong with the old man?" Jia Rong asked with concern.

Old Chen couldn't help shaking his head, feeling like a little white rabbit being targeted by wolves in the forest.The middle-aged man behind Chen Laoben still wanted to say a few words, but he waved his hand when he saw the patriarch.Mr. Chen was not afraid of a little girl's eyes, but thought that this girl must be favored by Jia Rong's side.

Can a favored maid easily offend?Can't.So Mr. Chen knew that this step was wrong, or that he shouldn't say that in public.

Uncle Rong said: "Mr., go to the side room and rest for a while. I will let the imperial physician come here."

Old Chen shook his head again and again, and said with a wry smile: "No need, I remember something else, so I won't bother you today."

Seeing the members of the Chen family leave quickly, Jia Rong couldn't help laughing secretly, the old man really said something bad, but he wanted to provoke Xiao Que'er.Don't look at this girl as a servant girl in Ningguo Mansion, but she also has the identity of the Holy Mother of God.In other words, Xiao Que'er can be regarded as the bandit leader.

Old Chen took a deep breath when he left the house, and the middle-aged man behind him asked puzzledly: "The two girls from the clan have already been brought, why not leave them here?"

Old Chen shook his head and said: "No, don't make such an idea again. The death of the two little girls from the clan is nothing, but Ruoran's servant girl remembers the Chen family's enmity, but it will be nothing."

"It's just a maid, what are you afraid of?"

"Confused. Is the maid who can follow the house to serve with other maids comparable to other maids?" Chen Lao sighed, and then said: "I will teach some good things to send to that woman later. Do things more beautifully. Don't let her stay in the house." The imperial envoy is blowing pillow wind in his ear."

"Oh!"

Looking at the clouds and mist in the sky, Mr. Chen sighed: "This lord is young, but he is really extraordinary. It's a pity that my Chen family can't catch up with this east wind. It's really... oh..."

There are many people who looked at Mr. Chen and sighed, such as those who did not bid for the naming right.They didn't look down on these things at first, but when they thought of engraving their own family name or their own shop name on the lock of the Huaihe Dam in the future, they couldn't help it.

Thinking of the boat merchants going to and from the Huaihe River, seeing that famous name, he went to his own shop to inquire about it anyway.What a great advertisement, it was set up in the imperial government office, who wouldn't be tempted?

"The imperial envoy's move is absolutely brilliant, and in just a few days, the money for flood control in the Huai River section of Xuyi has been paid."

"It's a pity. The business in the next few days should grow bigger and bigger."

"Sigh... I regret it at the beginning. If I hadn't listened to their words and donated money early, I might have won another dam. There are still a few dams on the Huaihe River in our county that have not sold their naming rights."

"Naming right?" Everyone shook their heads in unison after hearing this.

The news spread to several neighboring counties.

A county magistrate scolded: "This Jia Rong is seeking personal gain in public. How can the dam built by the Hedao Yamen become a tool for personal gain? We have to write a letter to King Zhongshun."

And Zhixian cried bitterly. "Five dams and ship locks, one dam to block the lake... actually sold a so-called naming right for 12 taels of silver, 12 taels. I knew it earlier, I knew it earlier... We should have listened to him and went honestly." .”

"Whose jokes are you looking at? Whose jokes are you looking at, Jia Rong's, or Duan Lang's? It's our own jokes. Why did he come up with such a crazy idea and earn more than [-] taels for nothing? silver for water."

Someone smiled wryly and said, "I heard that the celestial ashes researched by the Ningguo Mansion will be provided to Xuyi County in a limited amount in the future. In several of our counties, we can't even buy this thing. The court? Yes, the Ningguo Mansion gave Fang Zi Go up, but the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Internal Affairs have yet to find an acting kiln owner. When the Ministry of Industry can produce royal tribute ashes, at least one or two years later.”

In terms of grievances, the prefect of Sizhou was the magistrate of Sizhou. He knelt down and cried loudly after hearing the news. "My lord mistaken me, my lord mistaken me. My Sizhou and Xuyi are separated by the north and north shores of Hongze Lake. Now Xuyi County is flooded, but Sizhou is at a loss. Mistake, big mistake. My Sizhou is also suffering from flood disasters. What should I do? What should I do?"

In the Yamen of the state government, someone said helplessly: "Water control is a very important matter, and it also involves the officials of the water conservancy camp. I am afraid that the clans in Sizhou will feel resentful. Fortunately, King Zhongshun is still in Suqian in Huai'an Mansion, and my lord can only go there. Go. Otherwise, there will be no disasters in Xuyi in the future, but there will be floods in Sizhou, which is located in the upper reaches of the Huaihe River in Xuyi..."

Anxious.The people who had been waiting to watch the fun were in a hurry.They all know that it is difficult to raise money, so they don't want to go into this muddy water, and would rather bet that they will not encounter floods during their term of office.But now that Xuyi County has really raised money, they can no longer watch the excitement.

If you read on, you can only see your own jokes.

Scared, they are scared.

Jia Rong stared at Xiao Que'er amusedly, and said, "You have nothing to be angry about."

Little Que'er said aggrievedly: "Que'er is not jealous, and he won't scratch other people's faces. Hmph... Grandpa is afraid that I will go back and complain to grandma. That white maggot missing two eyeballs actually encouraged Grandpa Send the sparrows out to mate... to mate... Bah, they're just bred."

Brother Rong laughed loudly, "Where did you learn to swear, if you have eyes but no eyes, you have no eyes, why are you missing two eyeballs?"

Xiao Que'er snorted, "Grandma Feng heard that."

That's right, only Wang Xifeng has nothing to do and calls others maggots, buffalo fucks and so on.

Jia Rong said: "Don't learn good things, just learn these useless words. Don't say that in the future, what a good girl is always holding maggots in her mouth."

After hearing this, Xiao Que'er felt sick for a while.Hey, goose bumps all over his body.Said: "It's that old thing with maggots in its mouth, that's the sparrow."

Jia Rong reprimanded: "They are so young, they still talk about them behind their backs like this."

Que'er pouted and said: "Of course the uncle defended him, they sent their own little cardamom girl up here. If Que'er wasn't here, I don't know what happened. Maybe someone's sister is lying on the bed , just waiting for the favor of the uncle."

"Is your uncle like that?"

"Not like, it is."

Jia Rong and Xiao Que'er quarreled for a while, but at night, they heard a message from Qianya that someone was looking for them.

"It's late at night, who is in a hurry to look for it?" Jia Rong asked puzzledly, looking at Xiao Que'er quietly.It was found that this girl was looking at him suspiciously.Could it be that someone else sent their daughter here?

What kind of customs and habits are they? This atmosphere is not good.Do you really think we are lustful people?

Brother Rong shook his head secretly, but the person who heard the report said: "It's the masters from the neighboring counties, and they said that they need to discuss with him about the water control of the Huaihe River."

When Jia Rong heard this, her face was slightly cold.He said lightly: "Just say that I have rested and let them come back tomorrow."

Damn, I really think I'm following the onion.From July to the end of August, I didn't come to greet him for nearly two months, and now I am anxious to find him, what did I do before.

"Master, really don't see them?" Xiao Que'er asked.She stayed by Jia Rong's side these days, and learned something about water control.Said: "If the upper reaches are not governed, and only the downstream is governed, can the boundary of Huaiyang be stable?"

Brother Rong said indifferently: "There are many hills to the west of Xuyi, and further in, there is the Qinling Mountains. There are usually floods in that place when there is heavy rain all night, and more often it is drought. There is no rush to control the water in the upper reaches, not to mention the hills and mountains. It is not a simple matter to open a flood discharge and diversion channel."

Jia Rong remembered that there were many artificially dug new rivers in the middle and upper reaches of the Huaihe River in later generations.It not only solves the flood in the middle and upper reaches of the Huaihe River in the rainy season, but also solves the problem of water shortage in the dry season.But there is no better than the Huaidong area, where the aqueduct can be opened if the aqueduct is opened.Even in the previous life, those new rivers were only built in the 70s and [-]s when heavy industry appeared.

In such a low-productivity society, it is impossible to build several large water diversion canals upstream, and the amount of engineering involved is too large.If it is true that countless migrant workers are exhausted like Emperor Sui Yang opened the canal, it will eventually lead to public resentment.Who can afford it?
Xiao Que'er said: "I heard from people in the county government that Sizhou is also a place where floods often occur."

"Sizhou." Brother Rong shrugged helplessly, "Originally, there was a plan to temporarily relieve the danger of Wuhekou. Even if a large diversion canal was built from Wuhekou to divert the water of Huaihe River into Hongze Lake, who knows Sizhou The state magistrate doesn’t know what to do, alas... I haven’t heard his name today, so I must have gone to Lema Lake to find King Zhongshun.”

In fact, in Jia Rong's heart, the original plan was to solve the danger of Hongze Lake first, and then the danger of Wuhekou.In this way, at least the Huaihe River Basin is less prone to floods.If the upper section of the Huaihe River is diverted, Xuyi County, which is located downstream, does not need to rush to divert the flow.

If you refuse to cooperate, does this uncle still beg you to cooperate?
After thinking about it for a while, he still drew his thoughts on the picture, and begged Duan Yu to take him to the Lema Lake Palace on a fast horse.

"It must be that the lower officials refused to cooperate." In the Royal Palace on the bank of Lema Lake, the magistrate of Sizhou sat on his knees, with tears on his face, making one feel as if he had been greatly wronged.Crying: "The lord never said anything about water control, but just let the lower officials go. The lower officials are busy with business in Sizhou, where..."

King Zhongshun's face darkened as he listened to the words.He interrupted and asked: "I'm so busy with official duties, how is your business better than this king?"

Master Zhizhou was taken aback for a moment, and said: "The lower officials are not as good as the princes."

"You still know." King Zhongshun stepped down and looked down at Zhizhou coldly. "The king heard that he came to look for something, but he wanted to stop what he was doing. You are... so powerful. I don't know if the Hedao Yamen is in need, can you send local officials to help? Don't you want to see what your Sizhou looks like? The old Sizhou City is still under the Hongze Lake."

The magistrate of Sizhou knelt on the ground and did not dare to quibble.His face was pressed against the floor tiles, and his body kept shaking.

Just listen to Zhongshun Wangdao: "Show him the damming map drawn by Rong guards. He has already given you a plan. But you treat him like this, is it because you don't have your name among the dismissed officials in Jiangnan Province? Don't want to As the magistrate of this state, this king can now dismiss you."

"The lower officials know their mistakes, and the lower officials know their mistakes."

At this moment, he has no complaints.I quickly looked at the map in my hand, only to see that a river diverted from the upper reaches of the Huaihe River, and the water of the Jiehui River, Chonghe River, and Tuohe River flowed eastward all the way, part of the water flowed into Hongze Lake, and part of it merged again in Xuyi County. Enter the Huaihe River.

"A good plan, a good plan, Sizhou can be saved." His eyes widened, and he couldn't stop tsk-tsk in amazement. "Such a thought is beyond words. My lord, who came up with this strategy?"

"Who else can come up with such a method, except Jia Rong, who you don't want to deal with?"

King Zhongshun snorted coldly.In fact, when he first saw this picture, he was also greatly shocked.Sure enough, as the emperor said, the people from the sky are extraordinary.Secretly thinking: How many books does this kid have hidden?Probably even the emperor brother didn't expect him to have such abilities. In the future, the royal family will treat the Jia family... oh...

Zhizhou heard that it was Jia Rong's thought, and he was speechless.

King Zhongshun said again: "According to what Rong Rong's guards said, this project is more important than the Hongze Lake General Canal. The money and manpower required are not small. I heard that your term of office will expire next year, and this king will report to you today. Sizhou will experience another phase."

"Ah?" Although Sizhou is Zhili Prefecture, but Zhizhou is only a fifth rank.Seeing that he is about to be promoted, but... his heart turns cold.

But King Zhongshun continued: "There are still four years to go. If you can repair this canal in four years, it will be a great achievement. If you provoke the anger of the sky and the people, your head will be indispensable on the gate of Sizhou."

Zhizhou panicked, and calculated that even if Jia Rong was worshiped as a Bodhisattva in the future, he had to learn the essence from him.

King Zhongshun saw the magistrate of Sizhou trembling and left, and then he said to the Governor of Hedao: "Do you believe that there is really a sky of Lihen in the world?"

The River Governor shook his head slightly.

"Don't believe me?" King Zhongshun asked.

"No, I don't know." The Governor of Hedao smiled wryly, and slowly exhaled: "I have been in office for many years. Although I have visited various sections of the Huaihe River several times, I have never thought of this method. The guards of Rong have never been there. But since he looked at the map, he explained the water situation of the Huaihe River clearly, and he could find such a good way."

The Governor of Hedao paused, and said, "If it wasn't for the gods from the sky, how could they have such knowledge."

(End of this chapter)