On the second day, Ti Wang woke up Li Yu early. Li Yu got up energetically, got dressed, and went to the kitchen with Ti Wang. Li Yu walked over and picked up the bucket next to the water tank and asked, "Master, please fill these eighteen water tanks." Then he glanced at the water tank with his peripheral vision, eighteen water tanks, several water tanks. There is a lot of water in it. After all, Li Yu and Ti Wang couldn't use so much water even if they added daily washing water. Li Yu was secretly happy, hey, in this case, he wouldn't have to fetch so much water.
Tiwang nodded, and then walked to the water tank. With a little effort, he picked up a water tank with one hand and walked out of the house effortlessly. Li Yu looked at his master in shock and asked, "Master, what are you doing?"
Ti Wang didn't answer, he just picked up a water jar and walked out of the room. Li Yu followed and walked out, seeing Master Tiwang landing lightly, carrying the water tank to the fence around the courtyard, then holding the water tank with both hands, leaning towards it, and pouring the water in the tank little by little onto the fruits planted on the ground. and flowers. This small green plant, neither big nor small, just uses up the remaining water in the water tank. After watering, Tiwang looked at the small orchard on the ground, smiled slightly, and then walked back with the water tank again and put it in the kitchen. Li Yu secretly felt lucky: It was just watering the flowers, but there was still so much water in the tank.
Then, Tiwang took out a water jar again and placed it four to five feet away from the inner courtyard door. Then he turned back and picked up another water jar. He placed it not far from the previous water jar, and then turned back and took out another water jar. water tank, and so on. Li Yu didn't know what the master was going to do, so he could only watch intently. During this period, Li Yu asked questions and did not answer any questions. He just focused on getting all the water tanks out. After Tiwang took out all the thirteen water tanks that still contained water, they arranged them in a circular array, with Tiwang standing in the center of the thirteen water tanks. Suddenly, Ti Wang suddenly stomped his foot. Li Yu, who was five or six feet away, could feel a slight tremor. The water in the water tank around Ti Wang was all drained from the water tank because of the tremor caused by Ti Wang. Surging out, Ti Wang stretched out his hands and used his skills to condense all the surrounding water and place it in the air above his head. After a while, a big water ball appeared above Ti Wang's head! "Go!" Tiwang shouted and threw the water balloon into the sky. The water balloon shot straight into the sky. A moment later, drizzle began to fall in the area. In the drizzle, Ti Wang carried the water jars back one by one, put them in the kitchen and set them up, and said to Li Yu: "At noon, when I come back, you must fill these water jars and don't be lazy. "
Li Yu opened his mouth wide at this time, and said with some complaints in his surprise: "Master, you are afraid that I will be lazy, so there is no need to pour out the remaining water."
Ti Wang said: "Even without you, I would have used all this water."
Li Yu said a little depressed: "How many days can master and apprentice use this much water? Now, come on, we have already watered the trees."
Ti Wang said: "This water is used to water the trees."
Li Yu was puzzled: "Why? Did you plant this forest, Master?"
Ti Wang said: "The woods and bamboos here are naturally grown. I water them to repay the favor. When I first came here, I cut down the trees and bamboos here to build a house. For Since I used their branches back then, I want to give them back a piece of clear rain."
Li Yu suddenly understood at this moment that a drop of kindness should be repaid by a spring. He still understood. In my heart, I was in awe of the master in front of me. After respectfully watching his master leave, Li Yu picked up the bucket and went to the mountain spring to fetch water.
Xinyang County Government Office, after a night's rest, Magistrate Jiang walked out of the room radiantly. Today we must work out a way to find this group of bandits quickly, Jiang Zhixian thought, and walked towards the office room. When I walked to the office, I saw a commoner boy standing at the door of the room, holding a book in his hand and reading seriously. County Magistrate Jiang walked over and asked, "Hello, I am the magistrate of Xinyang County. Who are you?"
The young man raised his head, put away the book, bowed to Magistrate Jiang, and said in a neither humble nor condescending manner: "Sir, the student's name is Zhu, and he has come to our Xinyang County to take up the position of master."
Jiang Zhixian saw that although Zhu Shuo was young, his appearance was dignified and his words were sonorous and powerful. He must be a talented person. He smiled and said, "Then come with me." Then he opened the door of the office room. Bring Zhu Shuo in. Jiang Zhixian sat on a chair, pointed to the chair next to him, motioned for Zhu Shuo to sit down, and asked, "Have Master Yang told you about your salary and remuneration for being my master?"
After saying thank you, Zhu sat down and replied: "I have already said it. I have no objection to this. Besides, this time I came to our Xinyang County to be a master, it is not just for a few pieces of silver."
Jiang Zhixian said with great interest: "Oh? Then what is Mr. Zhu doing?"
Zhu said with a stern expression on his face, he changed his elegant demeanor and said fiercely: "Of course it's for the common people! Student, may I ask, sir, what is the main priority in our Xinyang County at the moment?"
Hearing this, County Magistrate Jiang thought for a while, thinking that the bandits escaping from the Yamen two days ago had spread in the city, so he said, "Of course it is a matter of suppressing bandits!"
Zhu Shuo shook his head and said, "If you put the suppression of bandits as the top priority, you would be making a big mistake."
Jiang Zhixian asked without changing his expression: "What does Mr. Zhu have to say?"
Zhu said: "The top priority in Xinyang County right now is people's livelihood. May I ask, sir, have you ever visited our surroundings in Xinyang County?"
Magistrate Jiang has always had this idea in his mind, but since he took office, he has been dealing with many bad debts left by the previous magistrate and has no time to go out for inspections. He said bluntly: "No."
Zhu said: "I am not a local, because now is the time to pick summer tea, and my aunt's cousin is still young, so he asked my mother to let me come to help my aunt pick summer tea. I have been here for some time, but However, the profits of tea farmers are not satisfactory."
Jiang Zhixian said: "Can you tell me what you see and think?"
Zhu Shuo stood up and said: "First, many lands are contracted by some large families, and the rent is expensive and farmers cannot afford it. If the rent payment is slightly delayed, the land will be forcibly taken away, leaving a lot of land idle and abandoned. Second, there is a drought in the summer. It has rarely rained recently, so farmers have to travel far away to fetch water. Thirdly, and most importantly, Xinyang’s tea is famous far and wide, but the price of tea is controlled by one person. Without this person, tea cannot be sold. Years of hard work have been wasted. How can this not force the people to become bandits and bandits are rampant? Another point is that because of the students' personal grievances, when they heard that the county magistrate had taken office, they made their nephews serve as the head catchers. Now Xinyang You will be in charge of the county administration, while Wu will be in charge of your nephew, so you will inevitably be suspected of deceiving the superiors and concealing the inferiors."
Faced with Zhu Shuo's question, Jiang Zhixian burst out laughing and said, "Okay! What I want is someone like you who prays for the people! This master must be you." Jiang Zhixian stood up and patted Zhu Shuo's shoulder. .
Zhu said he was a little surprised by Magistrate Jiang's sudden move. At this moment, Jiang Hong ran over in a panic and said, "Uncle!" When Jiang Hong saw someone in Magistrate Jiang's room, he quickly changed his words, "Master Magistrate! Come and see, after the government officials reviewed and sorted out the household registration, Some discoveries!”
Jiang Zhixian looked at Jiang Hong and said, "I understand. You go there first, and I'll be there soon." Jiang Hong nodded and hurriedly left the room. Jiang Zhixian said to Zhu: "Master Zhu! No! Master Zhu, that person just now is my nephew, Jiang Hong. This boy is bold and capable. Moreover, he has no bad intentions. It just so happens that you come with me to see Look what they found. If you think this person is unavailable, I will fire him immediately!"
Zhu said he bowed to Magistrate Jiang and said, "Your Majesty, your words will make the students feel relieved, so I would like to ask Your Majesty to lead the way."
Jiang Zhixian nodded and walked to the household registration room with Zhu Shuo. He saw a team of handymen still looking through and sorting out the household registration in Xinyang County. Jiang Hong, Hua Feng and Yuanhao were talking to a handyman. Jiang Zhixian and Zhu Shuo got together. When everyone saw Jiang Zhixian coming, they all greeted Jiang Zhixian. Jiang Zhixian nodded, then walked to Jiang Hong and others and asked, "What did you find?"
The yamen servant said: "Back to the county magistrate, we started checking the household registration list of our Xinyang County yesterday and found that there are two people." He handed over an opened household registration list, pointed to the name "Li Chunlin" and said: "This person's appearance, features and age are very similar to the short bandit we captured. Moreover, his family disappeared a year ago."
Jiang Zhixian said: "Where is the other one?"
The yamen servant flipped through the roster and pointed to another name, "Zhang Xiaohai." Said: "This person is quite similar to one of the two bandits who came to our county government the day before yesterday. Moreover, this person is very vicious."
"What's wrong with this person?" Jiang Zhixian said.
"This Zhang Xiaohai often got into fights with people and injured them. The person reported it to the police, and the county magistrate at that time beat him thirty times. He refused to accept it and came to the county government many times to cause trouble, even bringing his My father, who has limited mobility, sat at the door and refused to leave. The man knew martial arts, and every time we had to pay back a few people to drive him away."
"What happened next?" Jiang Zhixian asked.
"Later, the magistrate was killed for no apparent reason on his way home. Not long after he took office, the magistrate came. At that time, we all suspected that Zhang Xiaohai did it, but there was no evidence and no one else could be found. When I took office as the county magistrate, I put this matter to rest."
Jiang Zhixian said angrily: "Huh, the imperial official died in an unknown manner, but he was ignored when he took office as the county magistrate."
Zhu Shuo on the side said contemptuously: "I'm afraid it's too late for others to be happy."
Jiang Hong was a little unhappy when he saw Zhu speaking in such a tone, and asked, "Who are you?"
