Red makeup against the world

Chapter 470 Small Abacus

In the past few days, it has been raining cats and dogs, and the surface of the Luoshui River has become higher.

People kept coming in and out of the Ministry of Industry, from ministers to small officials, everyone frowned.The rain in the capital was nothing but the rain in the upper reaches of the Yellow River that was worrying.

The news kept coming back from all over the world that if the rain continued for two more days, the Yellow River would be flooded.

Hao Mingyu sent out his servant, who was proficient in river engineering, and took people to survey both sides of the Yellow River, hoping to find out the possible diversion direction of the Yellow River once the flood season came.If they can be successfully found, the people there can be evacuated in advance to avoid innocent deaths and injuries.

He rested his hands on the desk and rubbed the space between his brows.According to the news sent back, the diversion of the Yellow River is extremely difficult to predict, and it has not been surveyed so far.

For the current plan, we can only ask the Ministry of Households to allocate grain in advance to the riverside area of ​​Hebei Road to prepare in advance so that when the flood season comes, grain can be released for disaster relief.

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Liu Qiran came out of the Imperial College with a bitter face, Gao Yi hurriedly went up to hold an umbrella for him, and said, "Master, it's raining so hard, why don't you get on the carriage."

"Women only take the carriage." Liu Qiran glared at him angrily, took the coir raincoat and oil hat from his hand, got on the horse, and headed towards Zuibailou.

Watching him ride his horse away, Gao Yi hurriedly got on the horse and shouted: "Master, slow down, the road is slippery in this rainy day, and it's not fun to fall down." Liu Qiran had just recovered from his injury, so he had to be vigilant some.

In the private room on the third floor, Shi Jingze was sitting in a high-backed chair, with his long legs raised high above the window lattice, holding a celadon thin-waist wine jug in his right hand, watching the heavy rain outside the window, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Hearing the sound of the door being pushed open, he lazily said, "What did you call me out for in such a heavy rain? I'm still in such a hurry."

Liu Qiran smiled obsequiously, "Oh, my lord, brother, I want to see you, do I still need to ask why? It's so sad."

"Come on!" Shi Jingze put down his legs, turned his head and squinted at him, and said, "Say something quickly, and fart quickly!"

"Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry." Liu Qiran pressed him and said, "We haven't seen each other for a long time, let's talk about it after a good meal."

Gao Yi saw the opportunity and asked Xiao Er to come in. Liu Qiran ordered a table full of good wine and food.

Seeing this, Shi Jingze was not polite to him.His appearance is to beg him, I don't know what is the problem.Anyway, I can't shirk it, let's enjoy it first.

No more evasion at the moment, and I started to feast on the table.

After finishing the meal and rinsing his mouth, Liu Qiran asked in a doggy manner: "How is it? Is the son satisfied with this meal? Do you want to find a girl who sings a ditty to serve you?"

Shi Jingze waved his hand lazily: "No need. After all, what difficulties have you encountered again? Second Miss of the Tu family, haven't you already taken care of it?"

With a bitter face, Liu Qiran said: "There is no problem with her, but Dr. Tu's test is sad. I just returned to the Imperial College after recovering from my injuries, and told me to prepare for the ten-day exam next month. He clearly knew about my situation. Level, I haven't touched the books in two or three months, how can I pass the test?"

"So what if you fail the exam?"

"The rules of the Guozijian, if you are the last one in two consecutive ten-day examinations, you will be expelled from prison." Liu Qiran complained: "My year has only passed four months. What should I do?"

Shi Jingze sneered: "It deserves it! I don't know how to do it, now I know how powerful it is?"

Liu Qiran shyly said: "Oh, my good brother and son. I also know that I deserve it. Don't I ask you to find a way to come here?"

Shi Jingze thought for a while, and said, "You are such a elm-headed person. Didn't you get fired only after being the last one for two consecutive months? You try to bribe a supervising student so that his ten-day exam is worse than yours this time, no Is that enough?"

Hearing this, Liu Qiran jumped high all of a sudden, and excitedly said: "I knew I was right to find you! When it comes to these crooked ways, I can't compare to you one out of ten."

"What crooked way? Don't use this method if you have the guts." Shi Jingze rolled his eyes at him.

"Haha, I'm overly happy!" Liu Qiran apologized again and again: "Master, don't you know me? I can't speak since I was a child. Don't be angry."

Seeing Liu Qiran dancing happily, Shi Jingze was also happy for him.

Can overcome all difficulties, manage to marry the woman he loves, and change himself for her.No matter how stupid Liu Qiran is, he deserves his envy.

Unlike him, he couldn't even say his love, he could only bury it in his heart silently, for fear of being noticed by her.Empress Dowager Xiao bestowed a marriage on her, and rewarded her with a fifth grade of pleasantness. She will be able to live a good life when she marries to Duke Zhong's mansion.

And since he has become her righteous brother, he is also her natal brother.If Wu Zhengxiang dares to treat her badly in the future, he must not let him off lightly!

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There are many dignitaries in Mingyifang, and all the people who come and go are honorable officials, and there are very few common people.

The heavy rain washed away the bluestone-paved road, and there was not a single pedestrian on the street in the workshop.

At the side door of Duke Zhongguo's mansion, Wu Rui shook the rainwater off his coir raincoat, took off the oil hat and handed it to the accompanying young man, and walked along the Chaoshou corridor to Wu Zhengxiang's study in the front yard.

"Come in and sit." Wu Zhengxiang saw him, ordered the servant to serve hot tea, and asked, "How's the investigation going?"

Wu Rui also didn't come out, he drank the hot tea in one gulp, and said carefully: "My lord, I went down to Jinyang and checked it out. That Fan Qianqian is the daughter of a poor scholar. That generation is cousin to the third house of the Wu family. There are seven or eight people in the family, and her father only wanted to marry her to a local wealthy businessman, and her mother secretly sent her to Beijing."

Sure enough.Wu Zhengxiang smiled lightly.

This kinship relationship can't be farther away.Mrs. Chen suddenly took such a person to live in the mansion for a while, saying that the knees are lonely, who would believe such nonsense?
Her life was miserable, but Wu Zhengxiang had no sympathy for her.

Since she is willing to be driven by Chen Shi, she must make up her mind to be disgusted by herself.

"You've worked hard this trip. Take a break for the next two days, and I'll call you if you need something." After finishing speaking, Wu Zhengxiang threw a money bag to him, and said, "I know you're not short of money, just show some kindness."

Wu Rui was originally Bai Ye's Bai Yi, who used to hold Bai Ye's money in his hand.Now that Bai Ye had been wiped out, after he settled down in the Wu family, he picked up the remaining businesses that had been disconnected and picked up the safe ones, and brought them back under his hands.

These businesses are big or small. A cargo ship, an inn, several workshops, Zhuangzi, etc., add up to thousands of taels of silver every month.

He never reported this matter to Wu Zhengxiang.

Although he is grateful to Wu Zhengxiang for saving his life and working hard for him at this moment, human nature is always greedy.

Especially after he experienced turmoil and had his life, he thought about living a better life, thinking about leaving a way out for himself, so he started to make his own little calculations.

(End of this chapter)