Tang Dynasty good doctor

Chapter 646

Wang Pingan didn't answer right away, he closed his eyes, tapped on the table with his fingers, with an inscrutable expression on his face.

The governors had no choice but to wait. They looked at Wang Ping'an's movements and thought in their hearts: "This posture is very familiar. Doesn't the emperor like this? Why is Wang Ping'an like this?"

Wang Pingan didn't speak, and they didn't dare to ask, they were full of speculation.The governors of the other three prefectures are better. They are old. As long as they don’t make mistakes, they will be retired as governors. Their official careers are basically at the end. If they make no mistakes, they are meritorious.

But the governor of Lanzhou was not like this, he could hardly bear it anymore, Wang Ping was so heavy, he couldn't put it on, sweat was protruding from his forehead, and he sat on the pier and kept twisting.He is young and strong, and has a strong desire to make progress. Of course, Wang Pingan said something about promotion. Of course he was anxious. If you want to improve, you have to be anxious!

After a long time, Wang Ping'an finally opened his eyes and said, "Some time ago, there was a letter from Chang'an..."

The governors shouted in unison, thinking to themselves: "Who wrote the letter, which prime minister, or the joint letter of the prime minister, what are you implying?"

Wang Pingan took a deep breath, and said again: "I won't go into details about this. You adults also know that I used to work in the Eastern Palace, and I had the most contact with the crown prince..." He took another big breath.

The governors' hearts were like being caught by a cat, their appetites were hung up, and they were all anxious. Even the governor of Huizhou was breathing hard, and his face gradually turned red. He stared at Wang Pingan, waiting for him to explain.

Who knows, Wang Pingan said: "I don't want to talk about this specifically."

The governors were very discouraged, and they didn't say anything specific, so what did you say after so long?You didn't say anything, you just whetted our appetite!However, although Wang Pingan didn't disclose anything, the governors could all guess a little bit. It may be that the prime ministers in the court were entrusted by the prince to write a letter to Wang Pingan.Wang Ping'an is the crown prince's confidant, and he must be taken care of so that he can make some achievements in Qingzhou, but how to take care of the law, the crown prince is far away in Chang'an, beyond the reach of the whip, it is estimated that the responsibility of taking care of him will fall on them.

Wang Pingan said: "Forget it, there are some things that everyone knows well, and it's not good to say it, right? What do you adults think?"

Can the governors say it's not right? They nodded together and said: "Yes, that's the case. Everyone knows it well."

The two little girls who were serving at the side looked at each other again, thinking: "You guys know what's going on, and you're right!"

Wang Pingan said: "My lords, do you know the laws of the State of Lu? This is an allusion, which is relatively rare. If you don't know it, it's nothing. I can explain it."

The governors thought to themselves: "If we don't even know this, then what kind of governors are we? Go home and have a baby!" But they were afraid that there was something strange in this allusion, so they shook their heads together and said, "I really didn't hear it." Having said that, please explain a thing or two to the prince.”

Wang Ping'an said good, and said what is the law of the State of Lu.After talking about the allusion, he said again: "It's not that I don't have money, it's not that I can't solve the current problems in Gyeongju, but I have a problem that I can't change, that is, if I want to benefit myself, I have to share it with my relatives and friends." Some will do!"

The governors thought to themselves: "Could it be that they want to pick us for meritorious service? We are not his relatives and friends!" They nodded together and quickly said yes. Very soon, the prince's problem is well known in the world, of course they have heard of it.

Wang Ping'an said again: "We are neighbors as officials, and we are the closest friends. I invented a waterwheel, and I want to spread it to benefit the people all over the world. It's just that I owe a lot of credit to the court. I will feel embarrassed if I don’t give you such a compliment. It’s better to be happy alone than to be happy with everyone, so I invite all the adults to come here and want to share some of the benefits with you, are you willing?"

The governors looked at me and I looked at you, thinking in their hearts: "It's the kind of waterwheel that can irrigate [-] mu of land? I'm afraid it's not a credit, it's too exaggerated, report it to the court, it's not that we want to divide you I will take the credit for you, but I will take the blame for you!"

The governor of Huizhou is a treacherous and cunning man. He will not pretend to be deaf and dumb when it comes to his own interests. He has to quickly push the scapegoat to others.He said: "My lord, is that the kind of waterwheel that can irrigate [-] mu of land? To tell you the truth, although there are many fields in Huizhou, I don't need to worry about irrigation. It seems that this kind of waterwheel is not needed. This kind of great contribution, I don’t want this old man, let’s share it with the three adults!” As he spoke, he pointed to the other three governors.

The other three governors are not stupid, so they hurriedly expressed that this kind of waterwheel is not needed in their state, and please let the prince enjoy it alone, all the fun is too boring, not fun, we will not play with you!
Wang Pingan snorted and said, "Can it irrigate [-] mu? Will there be such a waterwheel in the world? The waterwheel I mentioned can only irrigate [-] mu. Although it can be improved, it will never It will not be raised to [-] mu."

The four governors are very strange, no, you clearly wrote in the letter that you can irrigate [-] mu!If it didn't say [-] mu, we wouldn't be able to come here in person, and we would have to come if Pai Fie Jia or Chang Shi didn't come.Although [-] mu is not a lot, it doesn't bother us to cross the border!

The governor of Lanzhou said: "Three hundred mu? No, it's obviously [-] mu. I brought the letter. It's clearly written in black and white. I can't read it wrong!"

While talking, he took out the letter, opened it, and saw that it was indeed [-] mu. He neither read it nor remembered it wrong.The other governors also nodded, that's right, the letter said [-] mu, how could they have misunderstood such an important statistic, if it wasn't for the staggering statistic, would they have come here desperately!
Wang Pingan took the letter and looked at it, oh, and said embarrassingly: "Oh, why did you write it as [-] mu? Copy wrong!"

The governors only felt a huge pain in their teeth, and the bite was painful.Well, Wang Ping'an, you are a former examiner, and you can make typos in official documents. Who are you, do you think we are three-year-olds?
Wang Pingan casually threw the letter on the table and said, "Sorry, sorry, it's all my fault, so I won't go into details about this."

I won’t go into specifics, so I beg you to explain it in detail so that we can understand it too!The four governors felt helpless, but they couldn't throw the table and lose their temper. Although Wang Ping'an was angry, he was a Duke, and his rank was much higher than them all!

Wang Pingan said: "This is a beautiful misunderstanding, a memorable misunderstanding! My lords, it is precisely because of this misunderstanding that you can gather in Gyeongju and discuss with me a great plan to benefit the people of the world. , to commemorate this typo, let's replace wine with tea and have a toast!"

The governors really had no choice but to do anything, facing such a beautiful and memorable misunderstanding...they had no choice but to toast.

After drinking the tea, Wang Ping'an said: "I am enough to carry people in a flowery sedan chair. Although I don't expect you to be enough, but in order to let you adults be able to rise to the top, even if you may not be enough, I can only be enough to you." Well, who made me such an interesting person!"

The governors thought to themselves: "There are a lot of meanings, and I don't understand what you mean, what do you mean!"

Wang Pingan stood up and said, "My lords, please move, I will take you to see the model of the waterwheel." He came out of the gazebo and came to the pond, and the governors followed him.

At this time, the model by the pond had been installed long ago, the sink and small canals were also done, and the small waterfall generated water flow as power, everything was very complete.

The governors are all well-informed people. Even if they talk about it now, once they return to their own yamen, they will change their minds in all likelihood and say nothing will work. To convince them and pay for it, they have to see something.

Looking at this exquisite waterwheel model, the governors all exclaimed. None of them had seen such a waterwheel with the same wheels. Can't be mistaken at all.

The four governors squatted on the ground together and stared at the waterwheel intently. Wang Pingan smiled and said nothing, waiting for their opinions.He knew in his heart that the better things were, the more anxious these governors would be.

If they want something, they will put forward conditions.But I bought a meal by myself and told them clearly, sir, I have a lot of money, and I don’t ask you at all. On the contrary, I want to give you face. Don't be ashamed of your face, what are you doing?

The identities of Wang Ping'an and the governors were reversed. Originally, he was asking the governors for help, but now the governors saw the benefits and begged him to share some!

After a long time, the governor of Lanzhou was the first to raise his head and said: "This kind of waterwheel seems to be able to irrigate [-] mu of land. If it is built bigger, it can irrigate more. This kind of waterwheel is especially suitable for our Lanzhou. It’s tailor-made for us!”

Wang Pingan smiled and said, "Really? That's great. The Lanzhou governor brought this kind of waterwheel into Lanzhou, and it will definitely benefit one party. You will definitely have a lot of money in the Lanzhou annals!"

This waterwheel was originally called Lanzhou Waterwheel, and it is a specialty of Lanzhou. Later generations, Lanzhou has the reputation of the city of waterwheels, isn’t it because of this waterwheel, but this waterwheel is now called Ping’an Waterwheel!

The other three governors also raised their heads, and the governor of Huizhou asked: "My lord, this kind of waterwheel is used for irrigation, and Huize will be remembered by the common people and left a name for future generations. Earlier, you asked us to rush to Qingzhou, to be honest, old man I am very dissatisfied in my heart, but now it seems that you really want to take care of me, thank you, old man!" He said, and gave Wang Pingan a deep bow.

Wang Pingan hurriedly said: "Your Excellency, you are welcome. We are colleagues, so there is no reason not to take care of each other! You can look at the model, if you want to learn more, why not go outside the city and see the real thing!"

The four governors were overjoyed and said in unison: "Okay, that's what we are waiting for."

The five of them took their followers and set off immediately to the outside of the city.After leaving the city, the governors were all amazed at the people working in full swing. They saw countless torches lit by the river, and countless people were busy, and many of them were chanting loudly, full of energy!
The governor of Lanzhou said: "It's already dark, and you want to fight at night with lights! Prince, although I have just taken office, when I was in the army, even if I gave orders to the soldiers to build city defenses, the soldiers never worked so hard. When the people are young and strong, if they don't pay attention, they will be lazy. I don't know how the prince supervised these people and made them work so hard?"

Wang Pingan glanced at him, turned his head, pointed at the busy people, and said, "I haven't urged the people. On the contrary, I often tell them not to be too tired. When it's time to rest, they should take a good rest. But they If you don't listen, if you insist on working without black and white, I really can't help it!"

The governors looked at each other, followed behind Wang Ping'an, and walked along the river. When the people they encountered saw Wang Ping'an, they all shouted loudly.
The governors were even more surprised, the common people love Wang Pingan very much, it is really a life without regrets to be an official to such a degree.

The governor of Huizhou had the most experience, but this was the first time he saw such a thing. He asked, "My lord, did you pay Ding Zhuang's salary? Yes, if you pay the wages, the expenditure is really not small!"

He thinks that the people love Wang Pingan so much, it must be because of the benefits, Wang Pingan must pay them a lot of wages!
Wang Pingan said with a smile: "They work for themselves, why should I pay them? I have never paid them a penny!" He said it harshly, but he said in his heart, I can't afford the food alone, or I will find you What are you doing here?
The governors stopped talking and thought to themselves: "Work for yourself! These five words are enough for the common people to work hard. It is really a wise saying!"

Not long after, they came to the Xiaoliang River. At this time, three waterwheels had been erected by the riverside, all of which were built in the past few days. In the dark night, the waterwheels kept turning, making the sound of rushing water.

The governors rushed to the waterwheel, got off their horses together, surrounded it, and watched the waterwheel lift water.After watching for a long time, they all understood that the great achievement is in front of them!

The governor of Lanzhou jumped up, ran to Wang Ping'an, grabbed his sleeve, and said loudly: "My lord, we are all sensible people, so let's open the skylight and tell the truth. If you choose us to make meritorious service, what do you want? Just say it. Everything is negotiable!"

Wang Pingan said with a smile: "Of course it's easy to discuss. Who of us is with whom, but the merits are different. I have to make meritorious service first, and I have to make great achievements, right?"

All the governors gathered around, nodded together and said: "Yes, it should be so!"

Wang Pingan said: "It takes money to build a waterwheel. I have the money to build it, but then again, if I pay for it, the credit will be mine alone, and it has become the method of the State of Lu." , that’s not good. So, it’s better for you to pay for it. I can hire people to build it because of your money. It’s because of your support that this kind of good water truck appears. Do you like it?"

The governor of Lanzhou nodded first, and said: "Success, I have no objection to this!"

The governor of Huizhou asked, "Then how much should we support the prince?"

Wang Ping'an smiled and said, "Not much, just a meal!"

The governors all blinked their eyes and thought: "It's not much for a meal...ah, it's [-] guan! Cha Qinger, [-] guan of green leaves should be here for the occasion!"

(End of this chapter)