The banquet with Luo Xianwei did not last long, and the conversation between the two was not deep, and they only talked about some indifferent topics.
After three rounds of drinking, the two of them became dazzled and became brothers, as if they were old friends who had been dating for more than ten years, and their attitude was extremely enthusiastic.
In front of the gate of Dashunzhai, Zhao Cheng said goodbye to Luo Xianwei: "Brother Luo, go slow!"
"Slow down, dear brother!"
Seeing Luo Xianwei riding away, Zhang Dashun asked: "What did you do? How did you get caught in jail?"
Zhao Cheng didn't expect the matter to spread so quickly, so he could only say vaguely: "It's no big deal."
Zhang Dashun snorted: "You said it was nothing serious. Did you make an appointment with Lao Zheng to give a lecture today?"
Zhao Cheng suddenly remembered that after he and Zheng Yucheng separated last time, Zheng Yucheng made an appointment with him to give a lecture at his home today, but for various reasons, he actually forgot about it.
"Old Zheng has found me here!"
"But I heard from your neighbors that you were arrested. It was not convenient for Lao Zheng to come forward, so he specially asked the county magistrate to come and see you in prison."
"I heard that your neighbor Liu County Cheng also sent people to the prison to inquire about the situation."
"what is going on?"
Zhao Cheng felt warm in his heart: "I know nothing inside, thanks to everyone running around for me outside."
Zhang Dashun said to Zhao Cheng: "Go to Lao Zheng's house and say thank you, so that everyone will not still worry about you."
Zhao Cheng nodded: "This is natural."
Zheng Yucheng's home is also in Beicheng, Copper Coin Lane. At this time, the door of the inner square has been closed, and outsiders are not allowed to enter. Zhao Cheng handed a few pieces of broken silver to Fang Zheng and said, "Brother, please run over for me and pass on a message. Just say that Zhao Cheng has come out and thanks Mr. Zheng for his help. It’s late at night and I can’t disturb you. We’ll meet at Dashunzhai tomorrow.”
After Fangzheng got the money, he naturally agreed and went to deliver the message happily.
Zhao Cheng did not leave, but stood in front of the door of Lifang and waited for a while.
After a short while, I heard the sound of walking, the footsteps were getting closer and closer, and the door of the inner house opened a crack wide enough for one person.
Zhao Cheng used the light of the torch to see that it was Zheng Yucheng standing at the door, and quickly bowed deeply: "Thank you, Mr. Zheng, for running for me."
Zheng Yucheng accepted his courtesy calmly, looked Zhao Cheng up and down, and saw that he didn't have many injuries except that he looked a little tired, so he felt relieved and said: "It's good to come back. Go back early to rest and study in peace. If tomorrow If you have nothing to do, just come to my house."
Zhao Cheng quickly agreed and watched Zheng Yucheng go back. The door of the inner square was closed again.
Next, he returned to his home in Fenghuangli. He wanted to say thank you to the Cheng family in Liuxian County, but he was afraid that the late night would disturb people's rest. When he was hesitating, he saw a light in the yard next door and a man walked out. Arriving at the door of Zhao Cheng's house, Zhao Cheng quickly opened the door and saw the little maid who delivered pears that day standing at the door holding a lantern.
"My master told me to let my servants stay in the gatehouse. If the young master comes back tonight, there is no need to come to the house to talk to him. He can go and rest peacefully. We will talk about anything tomorrow."
After saying these words, the little maid went back with a lantern.
Zhao Cheng couldn't help but sigh, Liu County Prime Minister is worthy of being the County Prime Minister, he has considered so carefully.
A night of silence.
The next day, Zhao Cheng came to thank him again. Liu County Prime Minister had already been waiting in the courtyard. He smiled at Zhao Cheng and said, "Brother Zhao, there is no need to be polite. Just come back."
"Yesterday, my disciple Yu Tong sent a craftsman to your house to send a letter to you, but it turned out that you were not there. I heard that you were invited by the government, so I sent Yu Tong to ask about it. It didn't mean anything."
Zhao Cheng thanked him again and went out with Liu County Cheng.
Liuxian Cheng went to Shangxun, Zhao Cheng went to Tongqianli, and they happened to be on the same road.
On the way, Zhao Cheng learned that Liu County Cheng was not a local. He had just been in Qinghe County for three years, and the most troublesome thing was the flooding in Qingshui River.
The Qingshui River flows out of its channel several times almost every flood season, impacting the embankment and causing considerable losses. Every year, the subsidies for the victims of Qinghe County are a large sum of money.
Zhao Cheng does have a solution to this problem, but unfortunately it cannot be realized without materials.
To fundamentally correct the diversion of river water out of the channel, the most important thing is to reduce the amount of water in the flood season. Build a reservoir upstream of the Qingshui River and use the capacity of the reservoir to reduce the burden on the river, which can reduce many flood hazards.
But the problem is that if a reservoir is built, it cannot hold so much water without cement and reinforced concrete.
Fortunately, Liu Xian Cheng did not delve into this issue. For Liu Xian Cheng, there is currently no good way to solve the flood. The only way is to keep building dams.
But in this case, the manpower, material and financial resources consumed would be more than ten times or even dozens of times more than the losses caused by the river water flowing out of the channel, so we had to give up.
After bidding farewell to Liu Xian Cheng, Zhao Cheng bought some snacks, two bags of tea, a bag of sugar and two cleaned pheasants, and came to Copper Coin again.
During the day, the door of Lifang is open and you can come and go at will, but non-residents of Lifang need to register in and out.
Fang Zheng just accepted Zhao Cheng's money yesterday, and he still remembers Zhao Cheng: "Are you here to see Mr. Zheng?"
Zhao Chengdao: "That's right."
Fang Zheng waved his hand: "Go ahead, I've already recorded your registration."
Eliminating the trouble of writing, Zhao Cheng stepped into Copper Coin for the first time. This was a relatively quiet neighborhood in the north of the city. There were many mulberry trees in the neighborhood. At this time, the leaves had fallen off, leaving only the bare branches stretching toward the sky.
Zheng Yucheng's home is in the fifth house, with a dark wooden door.
Zhao Cheng knocked on the door, and the person who answered the door was a jumping little girl, only six or seven years old, who should be Zheng Yucheng's daughter.
"Mr. Zheng, is this your daughter? So cute." Zhao Cheng handed the candy in his hand to the little girl: "I'll treat you to some candy."
The little girl happily ran to the side to open the sugar packet and ate it happily.
Zheng Yucheng smiled and said: "Don't let her eat too much candy, her teeth will be broken."
Zheng Yucheng's wife was not very old, only in her twenties. After meeting Zhao Cheng, she took the pheasant brought by Zhao Cheng to the kitchen to cook.
"Thanks to you today, I can have pheasant for lunch." Zheng Yucheng joked.
Zhao Cheng said: "It's only thanks to Mr. Zheng that I can sit here and wait for chicken."
Zheng Yucheng waved his hand and avoided the topic.
"Boy, I promised last time that I would give you a separate exam syllabus. Today you are here and you happen to have some free time, so I will give you a brief introduction."
Zhao Cheng has been busy with chores these days and has not read any serious books. Zheng Yucheng can explain it systematically from beginning to end, which is much better than him memorizing it by rote.
"Sir, please speak." Zhao Cheng picked up the notebook he had prepared long ago and took notes while listening.
Zheng Yucheng is worthy of being a scholar of Yanzhou Confucian classics, and he explained the "Five Classics of Justice" in a profound and simple way.
