"Sister Xie, why do you ask such a common question?"
There was a woman with a solemn tone.
Xie Lingjiang was not surprised, as if he was used to the girl's tone, she took off her shoes and went to the court, opened the curtain and entered, and suddenly smelled the fragrance filling the room.
Looking under the eaves of the water garden.
There is a book-turning girl, fifteen or sixteen years old, with a fanciful appearance, very pure and clean, with a green hibiscus crown, a red dress, with white beads on the seams, and five-color slippers.
This woman has a beautiful face and a faint flower mark in the shape of a winter plum on her forehead, which is quite strange.
When she was lying on the bed studying, she was wearing a crowned Taoist uniform, which was also a popular dress among the upper-class aristocratic women of the Great Zhou Dynasty. However, compared to the heroic appearance of the Xie family's noble daughter, this girl with plum makeup was more quiet and desireless. The character of the Wei and Jin Dynasties.
Xie Lingjiang knelt down next to her, with his sword across his knees, "In the next few days, there may be a lot of trouble when living under the same roof. Don't blame me, sister of the Su family."
Su Guo'er folded her hands and clasped the book, becoming somewhat interested: "Sister Xie, has she done any research on Xie's metaphysics?"
Xie Lingjiang shook his head and looked straight ahead. A plum petal fell into the pool. "In these years, I have only studied Confucianism with my father."
Su Guo'er's face seemed a little disappointed. She shook her head and was no longer interested. She rested her head on the back of her hand and flipped through the book with her fingers.
calm down.
Under the eaves, one is lying and the other is sitting, the two women have very different temperaments.
Outside the courtyard, a little maid with a bun face came in carrying a fruit plate and humming a song. She saw the backs of the two young ladies. She stopped and looked at them for a while. She just thought the scene was very beautiful and didn't want to disturb them. My young lady and Madam Xie are both first-class beauties. I don’t know which husband will have such good luck in the future.
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Ouyang Rong took a nap in the afternoon, closed his eyes and flew into the merit tower in the clouds.
Just after finishing the ceremony on the street, his ears were filled with an endless stream of crisp and clear wooden fish sounds. It sounded like "listening to fairy music, and the ears are suddenly bright".
There is a feeling of good rain after a long drought.
Finally made a lot of money.
So as soon as he entered the ancient pagoda, Ouyang Rong immediately looked at the illusory fonts above the small wooden fish, and then he felt quite pleased:
[Merit: four hundred and twenty-one]
Unexpectedly, handling a case would directly increase his merit by 271 points.
I don’t know whether it’s because Liu Zilin is full of evil and the people who have been bullied are very happy, or because the money he compensates the injured people is so heartwarming.
And the "aftermath" of this incident doesn't seem to be over yet. In addition to a series of merit points that have just been paid after the verdict, Ouyang Rong can hear the sound of a wooden fish in his ears every now and then.
In fact, in addition to the joy of taking one step closer to the "goal of ten thousand merit points", Ouyang Rong felt that the greatest effect of this merit value was to let him know clearly that what he was doing was just and on the right path. Moving forward.
In fact, it is enough. This kind of positive feedback is sometimes more important than the merit value itself.
Just keep moving forward.
Ouyang Rong thought.
Lunch break is over.
Before it was time in the afternoon, Ouyang Rong ran to the county government office. When Diao County Magistrate arrived, he raised his head from the case and asked directly:
"How many disaster victims are there in our county now?"
"About two to three thousand people."
"About?" Ouyang Rong frowned.
"Well, I didn't send anyone to count specifically. I calculated it based on the relief grains I received every day."
"Is it based on head count?"
"It is collected on a household basis, and each household receives three kilograms of rice."
"How is three kilograms enough?" Ouyang Rong frowned. As an adult, he had to eat more than a kilogram every day in the temple. What's more, the victims did not have protein, meat and vegetable supplies, only rice. "One household plus the elderly and children, Why do we have to eat an average of three kilograms of rice for five or six people?"
"Oh Mingtang, three kilograms is enough. In special circumstances, it can fill half of the stomach. We don't have any leftover food in the Longcheng charity warehouse."
"How much food is left in the charity warehouse in Longcheng County?"
Diao Xiancheng thought for a while, "About ten thousand dan."
"Is it left or right? Don't you have an exact number?" Ouyang Rong took a deep breath and said, "Forget it, I'll do it."
Diao County Prime Minister said with a smile:
"The county magistrate does not need to be so troublesome and serious. The imperial court has regulations that the food distributed to the poor every year cannot exceed 10,000 dan. In disaster years, it is enough to provide relief to the poor for three months. We have to follow the rules. Now the disaster relief food from above We haven't come down yet. Our yamen only needs to pay 10,000 dan. Xianguan went to do the math a few days ago and found that 10,000 dan is just enough. If you save some money, it should be enough to feed two to three thousand households for three months."
Ouyang Rong looked at him and nodded: "Master Diao is very accurate in calculating this, and there is no ambiguity at all."
Of course, Diao Xiancheng heard the ridicule and pretended to be confused while drinking tea.
Ouyang Rong stared at the information brochure on the table without saying anything. The lobby was quiet for a while, and the young county magistrate calmly said:
“I have studied the topographic map of Ha Long Thanh County and the flood records recorded in the county annals over the years.
“Our Longcheng County is located between the Yangtze River and Yunmeng Guze, and Butterfly Creek is the main waterway through which water from Yunmeng Ze discharges into the Yangtze River.
"The middle reaches of the Yangtze River have been flooded since ancient times. Especially in the flood season of May and June, the water in the main stream is very strong, and it is difficult for the water in Yunmengze to be released. This is also the reason why Yunmengze's levee burst due to rising water this time. The reason why the water in Butterfly Creek overflowed the river and easily flooded our Longcheng County for several days was because it was difficult for the Yangtze River next to it to discharge floods.
“In previous years, the rising water in Yunmengze usually occurred during the plum rain season starting in June, but this year is particularly abnormal!
"It has not yet reached the peak of rain in the rainy season, but the weird flood in Yunmengze has already collapsed the Dee Gong Gate, which is the most important flood control!"
Ouyang Rong stood up from the table and said seriously:
"It is 80% that there will be more than just this flood this year. Once the rainy season rains come, there will be an even worse one!"
Diao Xian Cheng stopped with the teacup in his hand and looked at Ouyang Rong blankly, "Did the county magistrate find these out by looking through the map and county annals?"
"Isn't it obvious?"
Diao Xiancheng was a little shocked, "This... the lower official is stupid and doesn't understand very well, but I feel that what Mingtang said does make sense. I didn't expect that Mingtang was still proficient in water conservancy at such a young age. We have such great water conservancy projects in the Zhou Dynasty There are very few capable ministers."
This time it was Ouyang Rong's turn to be stunned, frowning and asking: "Then how did you prevent floods before? Longcheng County has experienced so many floods, don't you still know the reason?"
Diao County Cheng was speechless:
"Isn't this flood just coming? Who can control it except Lord Long. However, in previous years, before the Dickong Gate was built, Longcheng would be flooded a little every year and a flood every three years. After the Dickong Gate was built, , that is, there is only one flood every four years.
"So every four years during the rainy season, we will be extra vigilant, but we didn't expect that the rising water in Yunmengze came so early this year, so everyone was not prepared enough, which resulted in what is happening now.
"According to the rule of 'one flood every four years', there has been one flood now, and the next one should be in four years... Isn't it allowed?"
Ouyang Rong: "..."
Good guy, I’m going to teach you science, and you’re going to tell me a ‘jingle’?
However, he soon understood and calmed down. No one can transcend his own era unless he does not belong to this era in the first place.
Ouyang Rong waved his hand:
"Don't argue about this anymore. Listen to me. From today on, I will take over all disaster relief and flood control matters and take full responsibility.
"If we don't want the whole city to be submerged in the next flood, we must repair the flood defenses first. And to repair the flood defenses, we must first provide disaster relief and appease the tens of thousands of refugees inside and outside the county."
He said resolutely, "There is no conflict between the two. I will organize the common people to work for relief, but the 10,000 shi of food in the charity warehouse are not enough at the moment. This is the food and clothing line for the elderly, weak, sick and disabled victims. It cannot be Move. I need more food, so you immediately send someone to Jiangzhou to urge me. The court’s disaster relief food must be distributed as soon as possible, and we can’t delay it for a moment!”
Diao Xian Cheng silently glanced at the energetic young magistrate in front of him, thought for a while and said: "The documents have been handed over quickly. The official expected that the imperial court's disaster relief grains would be transferred from the nearby Jimin warehouse in Jiangzhou. "
"Jimincang?"
"It is the granary that the imperial court usually reserves to prevent natural disasters. It is located in every corner of the world. The one closest to us is the Jimin Granary in Jiangzhou. According to regulations, hundreds of thousands of stones of grain are stored in it."
"That should be enough."
Ouyang Rong was relieved when he heard this. It seemed that the Zhou Dynasty was quite reliable and had some complete systems. He had underestimated it before.
At this moment, Diao Xiancheng suddenly looked outside the door, turned his head and whispered:
"But Mingtang, if you are really worried about the people and anxious to control the flood, there are actually other ways... It is impossible to say that you can cure the flood without using the court's disaster relief food, and you can still be commended and promoted by the court."
Ouyang Rong was a little curious: "What method?"
Diao Xiancheng smiled, "Liu family."
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