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Chapter 23 No One Knows Water Control Better Than Me

"Why does sister Xie ask such a secular question?"

There is a woman with a clear and serious tone.

Xie Lingjiang was not surprised either, she seemed to be used to the girl's tone, she took off her shoes and stepped into the court, opened the curtain and entered, suddenly smelling the fragrance filled the room.

Looking under the eaves of the water court.

There was a book-turning girl, fifteen or sixteen years old, with a look of Fan Kuang's generation, and she was very clean. She built a biluo hibiscus crown, wore a red dress, embroidered the seams with white beads, and wore five-color Lianwen shoes.

This woman, Rong Zhimei, has a faint flower mark in the shape of a winter plum on her forehead, which is quite strange.

When lying on the couch and studying, wearing a crown and Taoist clothes is also a popular "female in men's clothing" among the upper-class noble women of Dazhou. It's just that compared to the heroic appearance of the noble daughter of the Xie family, this girl with plum makeup is more quiet and desireless. Wei Jin character.

Xie Lingjiang knelt beside her, with his sword across his knees, "In the next few days, living under the same roof may cause a lot of trouble, so please don't blame the sister of the Su family."

Su Baoer folded the book with bare hands, and became interested: "Sister Xie, do you have any research on Xie's metaphysics?"

Xie Lingjiang shook his head, looked straight ahead, saw plum petals falling into the pool, "All these years, I have only learned Confucianism from my father."

Su Gu'er looked a little disappointed, she shook her head and was no longer interested, resting her hands lazily on her head, flipping through the book with her fingers.

calm down.

Everyone has their own concerns.

Xie Lingjiang was a little worried about that Yingniang, afraid that the Liu family would retaliate, but Ouyang Rong told her not to look for her for the time being, and put Yingniang back, saying that the less they looked for her, the safer she would be...

Under the eaves, one is lying and the other is sitting, and the two women have very different temperaments.

Outside the courtyard, a bun-faced little maid came in humming a song with a plate of fruit. Seeing the backs of the two young ladies, she stopped and looked at it for a while.My young lady and Mrs. Xie are both first-class beauties, and I don't know which gentleman will have such good luck in the future.

……

Taking advantage of the afternoon nap, Ouyang Rong closed his eyes and flew into the cloud merit tower.

Just after he was promoted in the main street, his ears were filled with the crisp and crisp sound of "cracking" wooden fish, which sounded like "like listening to fairy music and the ears suddenly brighten".

There is a feeling of long drought and sweet rain.

Finally made a lot of money.

So as soon as he entered the ancient pagoda, Ouyang Rong immediately looked at the illusory font above the little wooden fish, and then felt quite relieved:

[merit: 420 one]

Unexpectedly, handling a case directly increased 270 points of merit.

I don't know whether it is Liu Zilin who is full of evil and the people who have been bullied are happy, or the money paid to the injured people is very warm.

And it seems that the "aftermath" of this incident is not over yet. In addition to the series of merits that have just been judged, the sound of a wooden fish can be heard in Ouyang Rong's ears from time to time.

In fact, apart from the joy of being one step closer to the "goal of [-] merits", Ouyang Rong feels that the greatest effect of this merit value is to let him know clearly that what he is doing now is moving forward on a relatively correct path Yes - the criteria for judging this merit tower may not be absolutely correct, but according to Ouyang Rong's observations over the past few days, it is still biased toward good intentions...

Enough is enough, this kind of positive feedback is sometimes more important than the merit value itself.

Let's move forward.

Ouyang Rong thought.

The lunch break is over.

Before noon, Ouyang Rong ran to the county office. When Diao Xiancheng arrived, he raised his head from the case and asked directly:

"How many disaster victims are there in our county now?"

"About two or three thousand mouths."

"Yomo?" Ouyang Rong frowned.

"Hey, the lower officials didn't send anyone to count them. It was calculated based on the relief food they received every day. In addition, some displaced people were directly handed out porridge."

"Is it paid by the head?"

"Access by household, two catties per household, or the corresponding porridge."

"How can two catties be enough?" Ouyang Rong frowned. As an adult, he had to eat six or two meters every day in the temple, not to mention that the victims had no protein, meat and vegetable supplies, only rice porridge. "One household plus the elderly and children , how can there be an average of five or six people, and only eat two catties of rice?"

"Hey Mingfu, two catties is more than enough. In special cases, it can fill half of the stomach. We don't have any leftover food in the Longcheng Yicang."

"How much grain is there in the free warehouse in Longcheng County?"

Diao Xiancheng thought for a while, "About ten thousand shi."

"Whether it's left or right, isn't there an exact number?" Ouyang Rong took a deep breath, "Forget it. Let me do it."

Diao Xiancheng said with a sneer:

"The county magistrate doesn't have to be so troublesome and serious. The imperial court has regulations that the food distributed to the poor every year should not exceed [-] shi. It is enough to give relief to the poor for three months in a disaster year. We have to follow the rules. Now the relief food above We haven’t come down yet, our yamen only needs to send out [-] shi. I went to do some calculations a few days ago, and [-] shi is just enough in the warehouse, and if I save it, it should be enough to feed two or three thousand disaster victims for three months.”

Ouyang Rong looked at him and nodded: "Master Diao is very accurate on this, and he is not ambiguous at all."

Of course Diao Xiancheng heard the ridicule, bowed his head and drank tea to pretend to be confused.

Ouyang Rong stared down at the information booklet on the table and said nothing. The hall was quiet for a while, and the young county magistrate calmly said:
"This official has studied the topographic map of Halong City County and the records of floods recorded in the county annals over the years.

"Our Longcheng County is located between the Yangtze River and Yunmeng Guze, and the Butterfly Creek is the main waterway through which the water from Yunmengze flows into the Yangtze River.

"The middle reaches of the Yangtze River have been flooded since ancient times, especially in the current flood season in May and June. The water in the main stream is extremely urgent, and it is difficult to release the water in Yunmengze. The water of Butterfly Creek overflowed the river channel, which easily flooded our Longcheng County for several days, because the Yangtze River next to it is difficult to discharge flood.

"In previous years, the flooding of Yunmeng Lake usually occurred during the rainy season starting in June, but this year is particularly abnormal!

"It's not yet the most rainy season in the rainy season, but the strange flood in Yunmeng Lake has already washed away the Digong Gate, which is the most important flood control!"

Ouyang Rong stood up from the table, his eyes were serious and he said:

"It's likely that this year's flood will be more than just this one. When the rainy season's biggest precipitation comes, there will be an even more severe one!"

The teacup in Diao Xiancheng's hand stopped, and he looked at Ouyang Rong in a daze, "These are all the county magistrates' maps and county records?"

"Isn't that obvious?"

Diao Xiancheng was a little shocked, "This... the officials are stupid and don't quite understand, but I feel that what Mingfu said seems to make sense. I didn't expect Mingfu to be proficient in water conservancy at such a young age. There are very few water conservancy ministers."

This time it was Ouyang Rong's turn to be stunned, and asked with a frown, "Then how did you prevent floods before? Longcheng County has experienced so many floods, don't you know the reason?"

Diao Xiancheng was a little speechless:
"Didn't the flood come as soon as it was said? No one can take care of it except the Lord Dragon. However, in previous years, before the Digong Gate was built, Dragon City was flooded once a year and once every three years. After the Digong Gate was built , that is, it was only flooded in four years.

"So every four years during the rainy season, we will be extra vigilant, but we didn't expect that the flood in Yunmeng Lake came so early this year, so everyone was not prepared enough, which led to the current situation.

"According to the law of 'one big flood every four years', there has already been one big flood, and the next one should be four years later...Is it not accurate?"

Ouyang Rong: "..."

Dude, I'll tell you about science and you'll tell me 'jingles'?
But he soon understood, calm down, almost no one can surpass his own era, unless he does not belong to this era.

Ouyang Rong waved his hand:
"Don't argue about this, listen to me, from today on, I will take over all the disaster relief and water control, and take full responsibility.

"If we don't want the whole city to be submerged in the next big flood, we must repair the flood control works first, and to repair the flood control works, we must first provide disaster relief and appease tens of thousands of refugees inside and outside the county."

He was categorical, "The two are not in conflict. The official will organize the common people to provide relief with work, but the ten thousand shi of food in the righteous warehouse is not enough. This is the food and clothing line for the elderly, weak, sick and disabled victims. Move. I need more food, so I immediately sent someone to Jiangzhou to urge the court to send out the relief food as soon as possible, and there will be no delay!"

Diao Xiancheng silently glanced at the energetic young county magistrate in front of him, thought for a while and said: "The book has been submitted quickly, and the officials predict that the imperial court's disaster relief food should use the food from the nearby Jiangzhou Jimin warehouse. "

"Jimin Cang?"

"It is the granary that the imperial court usually stores to prevent natural disasters. There are all over the world. The nearest one is the Jimin warehouse in Jiangzhou. According to regulations, there are hundreds of thousands of grains stored in it."

"That should be enough."

Ouyang Rong heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the words, it seems that the Great Zhou Dynasty is still reliable, with some complete systems, which he underestimated before.

At this moment, Diao Xiancheng suddenly glanced outside the door, turned his head and whispered:
"However, in the Ming Dynasty, if you are really worried about the people and are anxious to control the flood, there are other ways... Maybe, if you cured the flood without using the imperial court's relief food, you can still be commended and promoted by the imperial court."

Ouyang Rong was curious, "What method?"

Diao Xiancheng smiled, "The Liu family."

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　Good brothers, happy new year~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)