Duan Yu saw that he didn't want to say anything, so he didn't force it. Instead, he took Jia Rong's wrist and whispered: "Opening the river from Hongze Lake to the sea is not a trivial project. I recall that Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty built the canal and killed millions of migrant workers, which made the world angry and people resentful. Now we are going to open a canal in Huaidong. Discharging floodwaters and diverting water into irrigation canals will cause a lot of trouble."
"Our water diversion and irrigation canal is not comparable to other people's Grand Canal." Jia Rong rolled his eyes and summoned an official from the river yamen. "Bring the design drawing and show it to this superior officer."
Duan Yu couldn't understand what was on the picture, and said sarcastically: "We still have no idea."
Brother Rong explained: "Even if we dig a water canal from the flat land, the total project volume will not be comparable to the Grand Canal 11. According to the data of each county, the total length of the waterway selected now is 300 miles and passes through six counties. Let's open it first Dig a small waterway three to four feet wide, build embankments on both sides, and reserve a drainage channel fifty feet wide. It is difficult to dig a three hundred mile river channel fifty feet wide, but it is difficult to build two three-hundred-mile river channels two to three feet wide. A hundred miles of river embankment is easy.”
Duan Yu was confused when he heard this, and even after going around and around, Jia Rong said that he fainted.
In fact, I don’t blame him. Building a waterway from Hongze Lake to the ocean would be considered a moderate project in later generations. After all, three hundred miles is equivalent to one hundred and fifty kilometers. When it comes to construction, naturally the river channel cannot be completely straight due to problems with the distribution of each section, and some extra lengths are required.
Brother Rong smiled and said: "Brother Yu, don't worry. The River Governor's Mansion specializes in water conservancy. They are experts. The only troublesome thing now is where to find so many saplings to plant the river embankments on both sides."
"What's so difficult about this? Jiangnan is rich in saplings, and the saplings in Shenjing are all sent from Jiangnan. Are you afraid that you won't be able to plant them on both sides of the river bank?"
After hearing Duan Yu's words, Jia Rong smiled and said, "Why don't you contact me about the seedlings and trouble Brother Yu to take charge of it?"
When Duan Yu saw this weird smile, he shook his head and asked, "Is there any fraud in it?"
"No, that's impossible. For Brother Yu, it's a trivial matter."
"Then we'll take it."
"Okay, very good. Brother Yu is very happy. We will wait for the good news from Brother Yu next year." Brother Rong clapped his hands and said with a smile: "With Brother Yu's words, we can go to the Huaihe River to patrol with peace of mind. "
"" Duan Yu always felt that something was wrong, but couldn't explain it.
After Brother Rong left, he stopped the officials of Hedao Yamen to ask.
Just listen to the man saying: "According to Uncle Rong's calculations, both sides of the river embankment are only suitable for planting pine, willow, fir and other deep-rooted trees. Even if there is one tree per foot, there are at least 40,000 to 50,000 trees on one bank for 300 miles. One hundred thousand saplings are needed on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. It is not difficult to find seedlings, but it will be difficult to find one hundred thousand saplings at the same time next spring."
Duan Yu was dumbfounded. It turned out that there was really a trap. But when he went to find Brother Rong again, Jia Rong was nowhere to be seen.
"We're exhausted, little Que'er, hurry up and hammer your legs."
It turned out that Jia Rong returned to his house early when he saw that the Hongze Lake water diversion plan was finished.
Little Que'er pouted and murmured: "Don't you dislike Que'er's service?"
This little girl movie.
Brother Rong reached out and pinched this girl's little face, feeling the tender flesh. He smiled and said, "I don't dislike you. It's obvious that I feel sorry for you. You run here and there every day. Look, you've been tanned in the past two days. It won't look good if you get darker. I won't leave an ugly girl by my side." .”
When Xiao Queer heard this, he immediately grinned. Put your face up and let the uncle pinch you. He smiled and said, "Quer will definitely protect her face and always look her best to stay by my uncle's side."
What a little girl. After rubbing this fleshy little face, I was just wondering, why is it that this girl has flesh on her face but not elsewhere?
Brother Rong found a bamboo mat and lay down on it. These days without air conditioning were really not that pleasant.
After lying on the originally cold bamboo bed for a while, the areas where the skin came into contact began to heat up and become hot. I don’t know where Xiao Que’er found the trick, brought a basin of cold well water, wetted the handkerchief and put it on Uncle Rong’s back.
A pair of small hands kneaded through the cold handkerchief.
this feeling
Ouch.
The little bird was minding its own business and said: "The weather in the south of the Yangtze River is hot, and it's not as hot outside as in the house. When I was in the Lin family, there was a place to escape the heat. When I go on business outside, there are no conditions to escape the heat. The uncle still has many thoughts. He should drink more water on weekdays and drink more water. "Enjoy the coolness"
Jia Rong didn't think the little girl was talkative in the past, but she seemed to be a different person recently. I feel like a worried old lady who keeps talking.
Uncle Rong said: "How can you be so particular about it?"
Xiao Qie'er's thoughts were interrupted by a sudden sound. She hummed softly and threw the handkerchief into the cold spring water. He twisted his fingers, gently picked up the handkerchief, and put it on Uncle Rong's back again. I took another deep breath of cold air, feeling extremely refreshed.
The little maid said: "Uncle, can you please stop interrupting."
"Um"
"It disrupted Que'er's thoughts." The little girl hummed softly. "Grandma asked Que'er to come to Jiangnan because she was afraid that the uncle wouldn't be able to take care of her. If the uncle gets injured and sick in Jiangnan, how will Que'er go back and explain to grandma."
""
Then I heard Little Que'er murmuring, "If the uncle gets a heatstroke, Que'er will feel sad too."
Xiao Nizi didn’t know who she had learned from, but this kind of words sounded strangely familiar. Uncle Rong didn't care about her and let her talk about it by herself while he lay down and enjoyed it.
When a person is immersed in something, he always feels that life flies by quickly.
Even if Uncle Youyin Xiaorong is not in Shenjing, Ningguo Mansion will hardly be bustling for a day. On this day, the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Princess Zhongshun and the fourth princess came to Ningguo Mansion.
He entered the mansion secretly without alerting many people, and did not even inform the female family members who were listening to the opera in Tianxiang Tower.
"Today is my sister's birthday, so she has to come over anyway." The fourth princess carefully took Ke Qing's hand, looked at the round belly, and said with a smile, "Maybe you can hear some noise now?"
The female officer Jiayi laughed and replied from the side: "He has the same temperament as Uncle Rong, but he is lively."
The fourth princess was doubtful and listened curiously for a while. He raised his head and chuckled: "What a powerful little guy. Maybe he wants to kick me after hearing what we say."
"Don't scare the child in your sister's belly." The princess smiled and asked someone to hold something up.
"Thinking about your day, I have never been able to think of what to give as a gift. It happens that you are pregnant with a child now, and I remember that not long after I entered the palace, my mother-in-law sent this gift. Perhaps it was with the blessing of this gift that I married into the palace for the second time. The five daughters and two sons born in the past ten years can be considered prosperous."
When Qin Keqing saw the thing in the hands of the palace eunuch, he stood up and wanted to salute, but the empress hurriedly stopped her.
The princess scolded: "You are exempt from those rules when you are pregnant with a child. I have been with your uncle for so long, and I haven't learned any shame from him. I have given you all the things from my mother's family, so I treat you as a child." Treat her like her own daughter, what kind of things do mothers and daughters need between them?"
"Ke'er, please remember your empress's teachings."
The princess shook her head lightly, "You are good at everything, but you are too honest. You always think about the rules. I don't know how wronged you will be when you are around that little bastard."
Qin Keqing lowered his head and said nothing.
Seeing this, the princess also changed her words and asked: "Has that boy sent you a letter in the past two days?"
"Here comes one." Qin Keqing's face showed shame. I don’t know how the uncle wrote the letter. He also wrote the private words in the room such as "A gentle kiss has touched my heart; a deep love makes me miss you to this day". I am not afraid of being exposed. Peeped.
After hearing this, the princess nodded with satisfaction. "He still has some conscience. Did he tell you about the situation in Jiangnan in the letter?"
"No."
"This bastard," the princess scolded lightly, and said comfortingly: "Ke'er, don't worry about him, everything is going well for this bastard in Jiangnan. It's just that there are many official matters, and he can't escape for a while. But it won't take too long, and you can be reunited. "
"Yeah." Qin Keqing nodded lightly.
The princess took Ke Qing to explain a few words, and after chatting for a while, she ordered the female officer Jia Yi to take care of her at Ningguo Mansion. As the Mid-Autumn Festival was approaching, there were many things going on in the royal palace, and it was not suitable for the princess and the fourth princess to stay for a long time. They sat for a while and left a pile of gifts before going back.
Tianxiang Tower is still lively.
Because Wang Xifeng went to Jiangnan, the stewardship of the Rongguo Mansion fell into the hands of Li Wan. This young widowed woman now has a lot of charm on her face, and she has completely changed her appearance. Today, she leads a group of girls from Ningrong and Ningrong to congratulate Keqing on his birthday at Tianxiang Tower.
Downstairs, Jia Baoyu looked around as if looking for someone.
Li Wan said: "You are such a serious brother, how sneaky you are. No wonder Sister Lin doesn't want to see you either. My sister is not here today. Can't you go upstairs to have a drink?"
Baoyu said with a smile, "My dear sister-in-law, please forgive me. My sister-in-law and several sisters drank to their heart's content, so I, a dirty person, will not go up and confuse this fairyland."
Li Wan asked, "What nonsense are you talking about? It's Brother Rong's wife's birthday today, and the sisters are here to make fun. Can't you come up?"
Baoyu shook his head and said, "I'd better wait downstairs."
""
Li Wan ignored him and went back to the room to joke with his sisters.
Jia Baoyu stayed downstairs in Tianxiang. Sister Lin was not waiting, but she saw Qin Keqing bringing several people over. When he looked at Keqing's round and big belly, he felt that there was another dead fish eye in the world. No matter how beautiful Brother Rong's wife is, she is still a dead pearl whose luster has been tainted by men's turmoil.
He greeted me softly, but his previous enthusiasm was completely gone.
"Uncle Bao, why don't you go upstairs to listen to the play with your aunt?"
Baoyu shook his head again and said, "I'll just stay downstairs."
When Qin Keqing saw it, he had no choice but to let Baoyu stay downstairs, while she was supported upstairs by the female officer Jiayi and the maid Xiangling. Jia Baoyu glanced at the backs of Keqing and the others, and sighed.
"I am a filthy person, but I have been contaminated by other men's filthiness. I am really dirty from head to toe. No wonder I hide away."
Baoyu waited downstairs for a long time, but did not see Lin Daiyu coming, so he had no choice but to leave. Thinking about it, Sister Lin has been in Beijing for more than half a month. Except for visiting the old lady in Rongguo Mansion a few days before arriving, she has not been here since. On the contrary, Tanchun said that he had seen Daiyu in Ningguo Mansion.
He knew very well that Daiyu had a very good relationship with Rong Ge's daughter-in-law, but she was actually in Beijing, and Rong Ge's daughter-in-law's birthday would probably come.
well
You must be angry with me again.
Baoyu walked out of Ningguo Mansion like a defeated rooster, his head hanging down and spiritless. But he didn't know that just after he left Ningguo Mansion, Sister Lin led Zijuan into Ningguo Mansion with gifts.
"Aunt Lin is here!"
Lin Daiyu felt a little weird when she heard Keqing call her aunt. He hummed softly and said, "I came from Yangzhou in a hurry, so I didn't bring anything with me. Today I chose two books from the room that I often read. The lunch box is a gift."
Everyone took a closer look and saw that they were actually two collections of poems. One for, two for.
Qin Keqing thanked him and accepted it, but his little aunt who was several years old was snickering on the side.
It was hot in Shenjing in mid-August, but Jia Baoyu, who had left Ningguo Mansion, followed the carriage and walked in despair. The two guards followed carefully, fearing that the man would suddenly run away.
After walking for a while, many beads of sweat appeared on Baoyu's forehead. At just the right time, a carriage came to a stop and the sound of laughter sounded.
"Isn't this Uncle Guo? Why do you look like this?"
Baoyu looked up and couldn't believe his eyes at all. I saw that the man in the carriage was dressed in brocade clothes, with sword-shaped eyebrows and star-shaped eyes, and a sharp-cut face. He was an imposing man.
"You're not" Baoyu murmured for a long time, unable to believe what he saw with his own eyes.
Zhang Hongchen smiled heartily and said, "Do you think we are dead?"
yes.
Baoyu heard what Brother Rong said with his own ears. The thief in Qingxu Temple died and was tortured to death by inhuman means by the guards of Prince Zhongshun. Why is it now appearing in front of him intact? Could it be that Brother Rong was coaxing him?
Taking a look at the thief's clothes, he saw that this was the uniform of a royal guard.
Baoyu asked: "Are you working as an errand in the Jinyi Department now?"
An imperceptible cold light flashed in the corner of Zhang Hongchen's eyes, and he smiled kindly and said: "We have to thank your Jia family, otherwise our family would not be able to be an official."
When Baoyu saw the mortal thief looking at him up and down, he felt an unspeakable feeling well up in his heart. It's crispy, numb, and as smooth and warm as a long stream. He asked with concern, "How have you been lately?"
"Excellent!" Zhang Hongchen laughed and said, "I haven't seen you for several months, but I have lost a lot of weight."
Jia Baoyu's slightly plump face slowly showed a little red ridges. Somehow, the person I had thought about day and night appeared here, and could no longer move, and I still felt like I wanted to get close to him.
Baoyu hummed softly, lowering his head like a shy girl.
Seeing this expression, Zhang Hongchen smiled playfully. He joked and said: "Although today is not the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, it is rare for the sky to be clear and clear, and it can be regarded as a good day to appreciate the moon. Is your uncle interested in having a drink with us and looking at the moon?"
full moon?
Baoyu's mind suddenly recalled that shameful night, and the moonlight that night was also extremely beautiful. There is nostalgia and yearning in my heart. When I was hesitating, I heard the worldly thief say again: "It is difficult to combine the four good times in the world with beautiful scenery and enjoyable things. Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival and we meet old friends again, why don't we share it together."
