Chapter 241 The Yellow River Embankment encounters troublemakers
"Fei'er, I'm not afraid of suffering, I really don't understand. It's a big deal to manage the river! If you don't do it well, it will not only waste people's money, but also cause greater disasters to the people!"
"How can you know if you don't try? I believe you are at least better than those mediocre officials!" Yang A said "encourage" when he saw Geng Xiaofan relaxed.
Geng Xiaofan had nothing to say.
"Are you just worried about your little lady? I went to tell the queen mother that I would take her into the palace first, arrange a group of imperial physicians to guard her every day, and ensure that she gave birth to a big fat boy for you, okay?" Yang A was about to put some pressure on Geng Xiaofan.
"Don't scare me! Let Fei'er enter the palace, that's not sending sheep into the tiger's mouth!" Geng Xiaofan jumped up.
"Then you just follow me honestly! Anyway, the Queen Mother asked me to take care of you. You have to follow me wherever I go! This time, you will either be granted a marquis or beheaded!" Yang Ah gestured on Geng Xiaofan's neck with a knife.
"Master Princess, you can't be so cruel!" Geng Xiaofan knew that he might have to wade into muddy waters again this time.
"Husband, just go! Don't worry about me. I'll go home now, stay honestly, never run around, give birth to a son for you safely!" Liu Feier missed home.
"Well! I'll send someone to take you back soon. You'll stay at home, wait for the Marquis' wife, and give birth to the little Marquis's wife!"
Yang A immediately took action.
Three days later, Geng Xiaofan accompanied Yang's "inspector" to Shandong to provide disaster relief.
The eldest princess was indeed a major role in visiting the "front line" of the disaster. Moreover, the summer grain had been collected when the flood occurred, and the treasury of the four affected counties was still full.
With Yang'a in charge, Geng Xiaofan directed the yamen at all levels to open warehouses in an orderly manner and set up porridge sheds to help the victims. At the same time, he strictly ordered all clinics to attend free consultations and dispose of medicine to control the spread of the epidemic.
Although the order in the disaster area gradually improved, Geng Xiaofan's even more troublesome thing was to cure the river. With a smaller break, he had organized the victims to "work-for-relief" to repair the blockade. He still couldn't make up his mind at several large gaps.
Standing on the embankment, Geng Xiaofan looked at the surging Yellow River at a loss. The sky was getting colder and the river breeze was a bit harsh. Geng Xiaofan couldn't help but tremble.
Yang A got off the carriage behind him and gently put a thick cloak on him. Only then did she truly realize Geng Xiaofan's difficulties.
"Yanga, I counted it. There are at least 30 breaches in this section of the Yellow River. I can't decide which ones should be blocked and which ones should be drained. But if I just run this lap, it's not a month or two, I'm afraid it won't work." Geng Xiaofan sighed. If there was a satellite remote sensing map, it would be much easier.
"It seems you are right. This errand is not only hard work, but also a headache!" Yang A sighed.
Just after coming out of the warm carriage, although she was wearing thick clothes, the cold wind still made her tremble a little.
"There is no turning back when you open the bow! Do we still have a way out now? I'll think of a way to investigate. You can issue a recruitment order to see if you can find some people who understand river craftsmen."
"Okay! Not only do you need to investigate, but you have to block the gap that needs to be blocked quickly. For example, that one." Yang A pointed to the breach not far away.
Geng Xiaofan wrapped his cloak for Yang A, "It's too cold outside, you can go back to the car first."
"Let's go over and take a look!" Yang A seemed to be very helpful to Geng Xiaofan's "consideration". He took his hand and walked forward along the river bank.
This is a bend of the Yellow River. The flood peaks rush the embankment out of a gap several meters wide. Although the water level has dropped, it still flows out continuously, and the ocean is already everywhere outside the embankment.
There are more than a dozen sheds scattered on the high ground on the embankment, and dozens of county yamen soldiers are commanding whether it is a disaster victim or a migrant worker filling stones and building the embankment.
Geng Xiaofan walked forward.
Although the gap is not large, the water flows very quickly. The stones are thrown into the water and are quickly washed away.
"Stop! How can you do this?" Geng Xiaofan called "construction" and a soldier with a small leader ran over.
"What are you doing?" The little leader did not dare to be careless when he saw Geng Xiaofan and the others were dressed in gorgeous clothes.
"We are the imperial envoy of the court, let you the head of the court come and answer!" Geng Xiaofan spoke with a cold face.
The little leader was a little confused. What a great official the imperial envoy was, how could he run to this construction site?
"The county magistrate Wang is here, and I'm trying the suspect there. Please, please follow me." The little leader did not dare to make decisions without authorization and led the two to a shed.
"Mr. County lieutenant, you are full and exhausted, and you are in trouble!"
As soon as he walked to the door of the shed, Geng Xiaofan saw a young man dressed in a thin dress, kneeling on the ground and defending the county magistrate inside. Although he couldn't see the young man clearly, his voice was quite loud.
"Sir, why are you here?" The county magistrate saw someone coming in, and looked up and found that it was Princess Yang. He was shocked and quickly came out.
Yang A had a dark face and didn't say anything, and went straight into the shed. Geng Xiaofan walked to the young man, "Who are you? How dare you talk nonsense here and talk nonsense?"
"I didn't say nonsense, there is no need to block this hole!" The young man raised his head, twisted his neck and shouted.
"I heard from your accent, I don't look like a local. The yellow water of emotions has flooded your house!" Yang A was so angry that she was beaten by the young man and stepped forward to kick him.
"Princess, please stop! I'll do it, I'll do it!" Geng Xiaofan quickly grabbed Yang A. This girl was still too irritable, how could she ignore her image so much?
"It's so annoying! What are the people's houses and farmlands like? He is still making unreasonable noises here and making sarcastic remarks! Geng Jue, kick him twice for me first!" Yang A was still angry.
"So what about the princess? Do you dare to ask the princess know about river craftsmanship? Can you control water?" The young man seemed not afraid at all, and still twisted his neck and confronted him.
Yang A was really angry and broke free from Geng Xiaofan, stepped forward and kicked the young man with a kick! Geng Xiaofan was startled and quickly grabbed him, "Princess calms down. It's not worth it to lose his temper for such a villain! I'll ask, I'll ask."
"Little man! If you don't know, pretend to understand, command randomly, and waste money, you are the villain!" Although the young man was kicked to the ground, he was still dissatisfied. He wiped his nose that was bleeding from Yang's kick and shouted loudly.
"You, you!" Yang A was furious and was about to step forward. Geng Xiaofan had no choice but to hold her tightly in his arms.
"I'm disrespectful to the elders, slandering the court, Geng Jue-secretly, and pulled him out and chopped him!" Yang A was so angry that she shook all over.
"Okay, okay! Princess calm down first!" Geng Xiaofan finally comforted Yang A, pulled him aside from the side, and turned around and squatted down beside the young man.
"The boy has a pretty temper! What's his name? Where is he from?"
"My name is Wang Er, from Shu County!"
"Where are people from Shu County, what are you doing when you run to Dong County?" Geng Xiaofan frowned.
"Why can't the people of Shu County come to Dong County?" Wang Er said.
Geng Xiaofan was speechless.
Chapter completed!