The wind blew on the river, and Baochai put down her reserve and fell into her arms. He said worriedly: "The rain is hitting Huangmeitou, and there will be no sun for forty-five days. It is the plum rainy weather. Brother Rong must always be careful when he patrols the river with the prince."
Plum rain is commonly known as "Meiyu" because the rainy season occurs when the plums in the south of the Yangtze River are at their maturity. It is also called "mold rain" because the temperature rise in early summer and the humidity of rainwater make the utensils in Jiangnan people's homes very susceptible to mold.
The plum rains fall in the morning and in the evening. The early plum rains in Jiangnan are generally in April and May of the lunar calendar, while the late plum rains in Jiangnan are in May and June.
It was now June, and their party came from the north, but there was no rainy season heading north. The only explanation for this situation is that the plum rain season has moved later this year, and late plum rain has occurred in the Jiangnan region.
The biggest feature of this rainy season is thunderstorms and showers, and the rainfall is concentrated, which is most likely to cause floods.
It's like it was drizzling for a month, but suddenly there was strong convection, causing all the rain for a month to fall in one place in one day.
The result is simply the difference between sprinkling water and pouring water.
Brother Rong said: "Auntie, do you care about me?"
What is it if it’s not caring? Aren't you still showing off? Baochai didn't want to pay attention to this guy who was teasing her, and held on to her clothes tightly to prevent the claws from probing in. "I don't want you to be scornful of me by letting you talk."
"Habitual actions are not intentional." Brother Rong defended.
Baochai didn't believe him and taught him: "I often hear that King Zhongshun is diligent, prudent and upright, and practices everything he does. It will be dangerous for you to be a guard next to him. You must have a clear view of the situation with your left and right eyes. If you are in danger, you must act within your ability. Zhongshun The king also trusts you and favors you. When something is suspicious or dangerous, I have to give you a few words of advice not to take risks."
How can this thing be persuaded? Jia Rong clearly understands King Zhongshun's temperament. Even if he is seriously ill, he will not forget to take care of things. If there is a flood in Jiangnan, the temperament of this thousand-year-old man will have to be on the line.
Brother Rong was thinking about these things, but he didn't want to tell them, so as not to worry everyone.
"I am most afraid of death. I dare not say anything else, but my ability to escape and save my life is extraordinary."
"Talk nonsense again." Baochai glared at him, but Brother Rong took advantage of him. He rolled his eyes and said: "I'm not teaching you to be greedy for life and afraid of death. If you run away halfway, I will look down on you. I want you to assess the situation and calculate whether the time is right."
Brother Rong was happy in his heart. The pair of friends reunited after a long separation were really warm and amiable. He smiled and said, "It's not a bad thing to be greedy for life and afraid of death. This is called cherishing life. I'm going to die, so you can't faint from crying."
Xue Baochai was stunned, a blush appeared on his face, and he said angrily: "Be gentle, I won't cry. The harm you do will last for thousands of years, life is harder than a stone."
How could this girl not feel too sad? After all, she was a person with a big heart, bigger than Sister Feng, Qin Keqing, and Ping'er. Definitely a model of ambition.
Brother Rong knew very well that even though he was now intimate with her, he also felt that this girl had feelings for him.
But...he understood better that Baochai was someone he couldn't control with his own hands. This girl hides everything, not just her emotions.
If something really happened, the one who would be most saddened would definitely be Keqing, and then Sister Feng. As for Baochai, she may feel sad in her heart, but she will never let this sadness take up too much.
Brother Rong said: "If you don't say these unlucky words, I just need to stay away. There may not be disasters during the rainy season in the south of the Yangtze River."
Baochai hummed, pressed down Brother Rong's mischievous hand, and said, "If you want to give birth to a third-grade baby someday, I will take care of everything."
What do you mean?
This girl is kidding. The third and fourth grades, if you look at the numbers, seem to be one step behind. In fact, there is a gap that is difficult to cross, a gap that countless people will never be able to cross.
Don’t you see, there are so many fourth-rank officials in the court, the city gate captain who guards the nine gates of Shenjing is fourth-rank, all the second-class bodyguards are fourth-rank, and the Shaoqing, Zuoling, Dusi, and provincial patrol officers of each department are all fourth-rank.
There are only a handful of people who can advance from the fourth grade to the third grade, and this requires more than just merit. For example, Duan Yu of Prince Zhongshun's palace, as a first-class bodyguard, he is only in the third rank, which is half a rank lower than the first-class bodyguard in the palace.
Baochai said: "Brother Rong, please don't look at me like this. If you allow yourself to be frivolous, I have gone astray. If I really want to obey you, I have to show my sincerity. Otherwise, how can I be willing to do this?" The nameless outhouse of a second-class guard."
What this girl said was very straightforward. Anyway, if you only rely on the virtues of your ancestors, you won't be able to make a name for yourself. There was no way she would be willing.
What words does this sound like!
Friendship is treated as a business by her, so it really deserves a fight!
A muffled sound came from the ship's armor.
Baochai quickly covered her back, blushing and trying to hide.
Brother Rong refused to let her go. He abandoned his old sweethearts in the north and went to the south to show off his power empty-handed.
Snapped……
"Don't hit me." Baochai felt pain, became more numb, and felt relieved. He buried his head in Brother Rong's arms and said quickly: "Don't hit me, I recognize you."
"admit?"
"Admit it!" Baochai didn't dare to raise her head, grabbing Brother Rong's clothes with both hands. This bad guy only showed the slightest hint of his intentions today, yet he was so bold that he was looking for an advantage. Now he threatens her, Baochai really wants to cry.
She said aggrievedly: "I'm just afraid that you will be obsessed with green leaves and flowers, and imitate the masters of the Jia family who only know how to have fun, but don't do anything serious. What girl doesn't long for a bright career, so she thinks about it?" I want to motivate you to make progress. I didn’t expect you to treat me like this because you are so unruly.”
"If it hurts, I'll rub it for you!" Brother Rong consoled shamelessly, "When I was in heaven, many people praised my holy hands. There are eighteen ways to make you forget the pain just now."
Xue Baochai's face became even more embarrassed, and when she was about to refuse, she felt her body being hugged tightly, and a big mouth blocked everything she wanted to say.
She is not completely devoted to Brother Rong. Although she often dreams about him at night, she actually doesn't have much contact with him in life. His several boundary-breaking behaviors left a deep impression on Baochai, as if they were engraved in his mind.
Most women who experience such a thing will be in two states. Either he felt anxious for a period of time; or he was like Baochai, who inexplicably fell in love with the other person.
Can Baochai hate Jia Rong?
Obviously she couldn't hate him. She was the one who made the initial ridiculous request, so she had no right to hate him.
Ouch a few times.
Smelling the masculine scent coming from him, Baochai felt weak all over and her breathing was wheezing. Her delicate body trembled slightly, her eyes full of emotion. What happened last night, she only remembered that she felt like her mouth was numbed by peppercorns. We talked to each other sincerely today, and our experiences after that were even more different.
As the saying goes, when you first fall in love, no matter how sane you are, you will get lost and only remember the goodness of the other person. Baochai was so shy that she didn't dare to compete for attention, but there was expectation in her thoughts. Until now, she was leaning shyly in his arms, motionless.
The moon is in the river, the sky is bright, and the lantern illuminates the shadows of the two people.
Baochai is really charming when she doesn't have to persuade others, and she is most beautiful when she is quiet. Brother Rong felt like he was holding a soft doll in his arms, as if Baochai didn't have a bone in his body.
"Oh"
Xue Baochai called out lightly and quickly pushed Brother Rong away. It turned out that it was Jia Rong's fiery and mischievous hands that suddenly destroyed this peaceful and beautiful atmosphere. After all, she is a boudoir. Although she is different from ordinary boudoir girls, she will not let Brother Rong be as unbridled as she likes.
Even if she recognized Jia Rong's love in her heart, this was her final bottom line. When Brother Rong's hand touched her, her whole body went numb. After finally getting rid of the clutches, how could he let it slip in? Of course he would not agree to it.
"Don't continue to cause mischief. I am not Sister Feng. I will obey you in everything." Baochai said seriously.
Brother Rong smiled. It was a pity that these old friends were forced to separate after just saying hello. Brother Rong thought shamelessly that it was definitely not him who had evil thoughts. He just wanted to carefully study why Baochai was softer than Sister Feng and Keqing.
Since she refused, Brother Rong felt regretful in his heart. Just put your arms around your waist and talk to each other about trivial things.
Brother Rong, who had followed the rules, made Baochai very curious. It took him a while to feel that something was wrong, then he blushed and smiled to himself. Said: "It's late, let's go back to the cabin."
"Forehead?"
Back to the cabin?
Uncle Rong was overjoyed and said: "It's late at night and the moon is cold, it's time to go back."
Xue Baochai scolded and knew that Brother Rong had misunderstood. He said: "I won't take up too much of your time. Although I'm not afraid of Sister Feng becoming suspicious, after all, she has no status. But no matter what happens next, I can't waste time tonight, lest she hate me in her heart."
It turns out that I was sent to Wang Xifeng. Brother Rong chuckled and said, "It's still early."
Xue Baochai broke away decisively and said: "You should be quieter tonight."
…………
The Thirteenth Master looked at this magnificent embankment with very complicated emotions. He looked at Brother Rong and said, "After pretending to be mute for so many days, you have nothing to say?"
Brother Rong looked around and saw that the two governors of Canal Transport and Hedao were not far away. He said seriously: "I am the bodyguard of the Thirteenth Master. It is my job to protect the Thirteenth Master."
The Thirteenth Master said: "That's right, whether it's dredging the river or strengthening the dam. For a bastard like you, it's a sure-fire business. Are you trying to avoid suspicion in front of me?"
Jia Rong was unhappy with what he said.
Cement will indeed be used in river dredging. In Hongze Lake, the best way to reinforce the embankment is to add earth and stone. Cement may not be useful. However, blindly reinforcing the Hongze Lake embankment is not the answer after all.
There is a crisis now. If the water in the upper reaches of the Yellow River is strong, the river water will flow back into Hongze Lake. As a result, the lake water has risen, threatening a large area east of the Hongze Lake embankment at any time.
Brother Rong smiled and said: "Young man is not a businessman, so how can you always calculate profits and losses? It's just that many officials from the Water Conservancy Camp, the River Governor's Office, and the Governor's Water Transport Department have not calculated things well. How dare you talk nonsense."
The two governors glanced at Jia Rong beside the Thirteenth Master. Seeing that even a guard dared to talk to the prince like this, they thought he was a close relative of the prince's family. They are naturally shrewd people who hold important positions. When he saw Jia Rong again, his face looked more polite.
Brother Rong didn't pay attention to these two people, he felt quite helpless.
In fact, the old river worker of the Water Conservancy Yingtian Mansion has already made it clear. To solve the current trouble, the best way for the time being is to open an additional seaport downstream and strengthen the Hongze Lake embankment.
Lao Hegong said: "As long as the mouth of the sea is big enough and deep enough, the silt in the Yellow River will definitely be brought into the sea along the mouth of the sea."
Brother Rong shook his head secretly, it was hard to say. How deep is an estuary? What's considered big? Like Baochai's figure?
Silt is slowly deposited, and even if the estuary is deepened and widened, it can only solve the temporary problem.
According to the old river worker, it is not only necessary to open diversion channels on the Huanghuai River, but also to divert part of the river water into nearby rivers. At the same time, several rivers have to be opened to the sea. The only disadvantage is that the amount of work is a bit large.
The water potential in the Huanghuai River is low, and the silt in the canal must be dredged, otherwise half of the water transportation will be wasted. It involves the interests of several yamen. Under such circumstances, Jia Rong will not express her own opinions.
Brother Rong looked at the sky. In the past few days, fortunately, nothing that Baochai was worried about happened. In other words, the plum rains in the south of the Yangtze River are concentrated in the Huaidong area and do not reach the upper reaches of Hongze Lake to cause trouble.
otherwise……
I don’t know what happened to the girls in Jinling.
Jia Rong stayed with the Thirteenth Master in Huai'an Mansion for only a few days before he came to inspect the Huanghuai River. To be honest, I still miss them strangely.
Once people are free, they tend to think wrongly.
Brother Rong is the most leisurely among the group.
Perhaps because of his good personal relationship with Duan Yu, Duan Yu, the superior officer, did not assign him any tasks. Anyway, Brother Rong's ease was definitely not because he was incompetent, which made Duan Yu feel unreliable; nor was it because he asked people from Xue's store in Huai'an Prefecture to take Duan Yu to the fireworks place.
As long as Brother Rong follows the Thirteenth Master as his tail, he doesn't need to reason about anything unless the Thirteenth Master asks questions.
Then he looked at the two governors next to him, whispering there.
Even though they were whispering, the expressions on both of their faces were not good-looking.
When there is a problem with the river, the first and most tired person is the river governor. When the problem is serious, don't talk about taking off your hat, and you may even end up in a small dark room. In this position, what you do is a thankless job.
The construction of rivers, canals and dredging will also have a lot of impact on water transportation. The key point is that the Governor of Water Transport must be asked to collect money and materials from the local area to open the river and dredge it, so that the Governor of Water Transport does not want to open the river and build canals.
Brother Rong looked at it for a while, but didn't see the meaning, so he stopped asking. Stay in a daze by yourself.
After returning to Huai'an Mansion, the errand boy from Xue's shop delivered a letter.
Brother Rong read the letter and felt relieved after knowing the current situation of Sister Feng and Baochai. After all, the Wang and Xue families have lived in Jinling for a long time, and they feel comfortable going back. Just as he was about to send people away, the sky darkened visibly.
It looks like it’s dark!
There was a rumble, and a burst of thunder exploded in the air.
