The small broom instantly penetrates into the bottom of the flowerpot and then blends into the soil at the bottom.
Li Qiao stared at the dark powder on the surface of the flower pot for a moment, then took the flower pot to the chicken yard.
Tao Zhu was taking a nap with Li Changfeng and Li Yunfan. He had to get rid of the flowerpot before Tao Zhu woke up.
Just saying that the cactus pricked his hand, he chopped up the cactus and fed it to the chickens. Tao Zhu would never suspect anything.
After getting rid of the flowerpot, he returned to the study.
He had to seize the time to cultivate his superpowers. If he wanted to control the Yellow River, he would definitely not be able to do without his superpowers.
Li Qiao thought that his supernatural power should be used to control the Yellow River, but when Li Dao brought Gao Zhiyuan's pamphlet half a month later, he realized that he was wrong.
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Chapter 211 New content of Gao Zhiyuan’s booklet Gao Zhiyuan went to the border town
Li Ershan and Fan Yuanyuan's wedding was scheduled for the beginning of autumn, and now there were only ten days left before the wedding. Therefore, when Li Dao returned home in the evening, Li Qiao was decorating the new house with Tao Zhu in the east second courtyard.
When the two courtyards on the east side were rebuilt, Li Qiao transformed the courtyards of Li Dashan, Li Ershan, Li Xiaoshan and Li Xia into a row of small courtyards.
Everyone in Li Dashan likes this style of independent courtyard. If they stay in their own courtyard, everyone will be neighbors.
After leaving their own courtyard, everyone was a lively family again.
Now that Li Ershan is getting married, Li Ershan's small yard has become the busiest place in the Li family's big house. The family members have come together to decorate the new house and prepare all the items needed for the wedding.
Knowing that it was Li Dao who had returned, Li Qiao put aside the paper-cutting work in his hands and went to his study in the east courtyard.
The weather has dropped a little compared to half a month ago.
If we look at previous years, it would still be hot at this time, and people would try their best to escape the heat. However, this year, the summer heat has begun to slip away quietly before autumn begins.
"It's been a hard journey. Let's drink some water first."
Li Qiao pushed the door open and entered the study, gesturing to Li Dao who was waiting at the door to follow him.
"Thank you, Master, for your consideration. I'll drink after I finish my report." Li Dao said, reaching into his arms and taking out a palm-sized booklet wrapped in brown paper.
"The younger ones have been listening to the corner these days and haven't heard any useful information. Gao Zhiyuan has been talking about it all day long. Three days ago, he said he was going to Kangbao County, a border town."
"Yesterday he came to the capital, hired two people from Royal Logistics as bodyguards, and then left for the border town yesterday afternoon."
"His explanation to Zhao Yinhan was that he had a bad premonition and needed to go to the border town to confirm it. He didn't say what the specific bad premonition was, so the younger brother brought his pamphlet back."
"Master, take a look."
He held the booklet in both hands and handed it to Li Qiao respectfully.
Li Qiao was surprised as he took it: "He went to the border town?"
"Yes. We set off yesterday afternoon and should have left Shengjing and entered Jibei Province today."
Li Dao said.
To the north of Shengjing is also the territory of Jibei Province. Because the Hu people have invaded the border in the past two years, the official road leading to the border town has long been paved with plaster.
According to the normal speed of the bullock cart, Gao Zhiyuan would be able to reach the border town in about four or five days.
Li Qiao was surprised and opened the small kraft paper bag. The outer layer of kraft paper was wrapped by Li Dao. It was hot, and Li Dao was afraid of being stained by sweat in his arms, so Li Dao wrapped it in Gao Zhiyuan's kraft paper. One layer of kraft paper.
Li Qiao put two layers of kraft paper on the desk and opened the booklet.
There was no new content added to the first few pages of the booklet, and he quickly turned to the page where Sheng Hong was so poor that he needed to auction off his private collection.
Turning back further, you will see Gao Zhiyuan's newly added handwriting.
First, there was a period of incompetence and rage. The trip to Fenghuai County not only failed to wash away the humiliation of being beaten for poor skills, but added another source of laughter. So Gao Zhiyuan not only scolded the wealthy businessman and Taoist priest, but also Li Qiao and Tao Zhu.
Gao Zhiyuan cursed a whole page, and Li Qiao hurriedly scanned it and turned to the next page.
The purpose is what will happen in the 15th year of Shengping next year. Gao Zhiyuan listed it out:
The sixth prince died at the hands of barbarians.
Hexi Prefecture was also affected by the severe locust plague. The crops at home were devoured by locusts. At that time, he was still the son-in-law of a landlord, so his food and drink were not affected. But I heard that this locust plague has affected three provinces.
There are long or short nail marks under these lines, as well as marks from pen holders. Obviously, Gao Zhiyuan regards these two things that will happen next year as the top priority, and plans in every possible way to get the most out of these two things. Profit from something.
Moreover, next to the words "three provinces", there are still the names of the two provinces of Yuanhe Province and Xishan Province.
Gao Zhiyuan probably recalled that Xishan Province was among the three provinces.
But Gao Zhiyuan did not write which province the third province was.
Li Qiao read the contents of this page and turned to the next page.
He scanned it roughly, and when he saw the last few lines, his pupils shrank and his hand holding the booklet almost tightened.
I saw this page saying:
In the 20th year of Shengping, at that time, he was implicated by the damn landlord, had been stripped of his honor, and had no choice but to return to Sanliu Village. There was a severe drought that year and no crops were harvested. Tao Zhu, a bitch, was giving porridge. Not only people from Pingcheng came, but also many outsiders.
At that time, the world was in chaos and there were many refugees. While I was waiting in line to receive porridge, I heard many true and false rumors.
Some outsiders said that the severe drought in Hexi Prefecture was not serious. The most serious thing was the severe drought in Shengjing a few years ago. Many rivers and even wells were without water.
I don’t know if this is true or not. It is Shengjing at least. There are several big rivers in Shengjing. How could it be so drought that there is no water for cooking? It must be a severe drought in Jibei Province, right?
Under the three words Jibei Province, there are also the names of several prefectures.
Apparently, Gao Zhiyuan is studying where in Jibei Province it is most likely that wells and rivers will dry up.
Li Qiao secretly took a breath and hurriedly retracted the strength of his hand to avoid leaving marks on the booklet.
He stared at the words that the rivers and wells were running out of water for more than ten seconds, and then he continued to scroll down with a heavy heart.
This page is still talking about drought, accompanied by curses on Tao Zhu:
The world is in chaos. My mother is sick and she is gone. Bitch Tao Zhu gives porridge every year, but she won’t let me take it. You are a bitch who deserves to go to the eighteenth level of hell!
The Seventh Prince actually sent guards over again. If it weren't for these guards, this bitch's food would have been robbed by the refugees!
However, with this bitch here, Pingcheng's reputation has become much greater than before. Refugees love to run here, and there are constant reports of true and false news coming and going.
I heard that in the year Sheng Jian ascended the throne, Taihu Lake in the south dried up. If I hadn't been thinking about the famous Taihu Three Whites, I wouldn't be able to think of it now, and I wonder if I could taste the Taihu Three Whites that would make my tongue tickle in my next life.
After Taihu Lake dried up, I heard there were locust plagues and plagues.
Li Qiao read this page with an expressionless face, suppressed his murderous intention towards Gao Zhiyuan, and turned to the next page.
This page does not talk about the drought, but about the policies of Tianhan and Shenghong.
Then the temperature dropped year after year, and Pingcheng was extremely cold. Every winter, people froze to death, and many livestock also froze to death.
I heard from the refugees that the Yangtze River froze for a month, and Dongguang Province in the south received half a foot of snow.
But fortunately this severe cold only lasted for more than ten years, otherwise Dasheng would have been in danger.
At that time, the Holy Spirit announced to the world that taxes would be reduced or exempted, and local officials were allowed to open warehouses to stockpile grain. He also encouraged the people to help each other, and promised that when the situation improves in the future, rewards will be given based on contributions during the disaster years.
The Holy One also made it clear that if local officials could stabilize the local situation, they would not only be rewarded with gold and silver, but they would also be quickly promoted based on their merits.
It is a pity that I have not been able to become an official in this life. Otherwise, even if I am not a Taoist priest, I can still be a high-ranking official.
Being a high-ranking official, Li Qiao stared at the last sentence on this page and just wanted to sneer.
He continued to scroll down expressionlessly.
This is the last page.
It is full of traces of alteration, with large and small ink smudges left on it.
To put it simply, Gao Zhiyuan has set his sights back to the fifteenth year of Shengping next year. Gao Zhiyuan is studying how to seize the opportunity of the Sixth Prince and the great locust plague.
Gao Zhiyuan wanted to remind the sixth prince not to go to the border town next year, but he felt that if the sixth prince really did not go to the border town, then the sixth prince would not be in danger.
If he won't be in danger, it certainly won't show off his abilities as an expert.
By then, the Sixth Prince would definitely not believe him.
So the Sixth Prince still had to go to the front line.
There is also a locust plague.
Gao Zhiyuan was also worried about this matter. If he had warned the Holy Father before the locust plague occurred, then just reminding him would be useless. He would have to come up with specific measures to reduce crop losses.
He listed a lot of measures to prevent the locust plague, and even scolded Li Qiao in the middle, because according to the current situation of Hexi Prefecture, even if a locust plague occurs, it can be dealt with.
Raising so many chickens and ducks, they are good at eating locusts.
In this way, the credit for exterminating locusts in Hexi Prefecture will fall on Li Qiao.
Li Qiao quickly finished reading the page. He turned forward again and read Gao Zhiyuan's new content several times. Then he closed the booklet.
Gao Zhiyuan chose to go to the border town, and it seemed that he was focusing his work next year on the Sixth Prince.
I wonder if Gao Zhiyuan will have a hand in the locust plague.
He lowered his eyes, picked up the two pieces of brown paper on the desk and rewrapped the booklet, then handed it to Li Dao: "Put it back where it belongs."
"You don't need to go to the border town. Just wait until Gao Zhiyuan comes back and find his two bodyguards to find out."
"You have been working hard these days, please stay in the city and have a good rest."
After he said that, he took out five more silver notes, which were regarded as rewards for Li Dao and the others.
These nursing homes really helped him a lot and must be rewarded.
Li Dao didn't refuse. He took the banknote and said he would continue to keep an eye on Chen Yinhan and the official way of the border town of Shengjing. If Gao Zhiyuan comes back, he will know it immediately.
He didn't know the contents of the pamphlet, but looking at Gao Zhiyuan's sneaky behavior, he must have no good intentions.
Gao Zhiyuan wanted to frame his master, but he couldn't let Gao Zhiyuan succeed.
After Li Dao went down, Li Qiao sat in the study for a while. When the weight in his heart was almost gone, he raised his hands and rubbed his face, and then went out to find Tao Zhu.
Walking halfway, I happened to meet Tao Zhu.
Tao Zhu was holding two pieces of rice paper in his hand. When he saw him, he shook the paper in his hand and said, "Ershan has finished its work today, so you don't need to go there. This is the banquet list for that day. Take a look. .”
