Chapter 164 Can prevent floods, but cannot prevent people's hearts
The last flood peak has passed, and the torrential rain that lasted for more than ten days has stopped. The dark clouds have moved away, and the sun has emerged again. On the river embankment, thousands of people are cheering, and countless people are kneeling in the muddy water with tears running down their faces. Magistrate Yang’s eyes are also filled with tears.
Slightly moist.
In these ten days, he felt that he had been taught a lesson about "the way of being an official." This lesson was more than what he had gained from being an official in half his life.
He took out his official seal, but for some unknown reason, he did not report his safety to his immediate superior, Qin Zhizhou, but instead spawned a swan goose and flew towards the capital.
In Qu Mansion, the sky clears after the rain.
Lin Su put down the powder in his hand and looked at the long-lost sun.
On the roof of Yixian Courtyard, Qu Xiu put down the Dream of Red Mansions in her hand, walked out of the pavilion, and looked into the distance. The fog in the distance gradually dissipated, revealing the huge mountain of books behind Gongyuan...
A golden goose flew from a distance and flew to the top of the building where they were.
Lin Su came out of the small room. The golden goose fell on his hand and turned into a line of words: "The rainy season has passed, Haining's 40-mile river embankment is intact, and no one on the river beach has died! Great news, I only report to you."
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On the roof of Yixian Courtyard, everyone jumped up at the same time, and the cheers shook the whole hospital...
Lin Su laughed loudly: "Today is really a double happiness. The first happiness is that Haining is safe. Guess what the other happiness is?"
Qu Xiu was shocked: "Uncle, could it be...could it be that the dye has been dyed?"
"Exactly!" Lin Su said: "Sister Chen, you can set up a new printing and dyeing factory with your sister-in-law!"
Sister Chen came out of the room. After nearly ten days of hard work, she was stained with various paints, but her face was extremely moving: "Second Young Mistress, the young master has worked hard for ten days and finally made a special dye. I have just verified that it is ten days."
The eight colors are all eye-catching, and what’s even more unimaginable is that they will never fade. Even if they are washed dozens of times, they will still look like new, and not a single bit of color will remain in the laundry water.”
How can this be?
Qu Xiu and Qu Juan were both dumbstruck, and the color did not fade even after being washed dozens of times?
This is absolutely impossible!
Dingjia Dyeing House is known as the best dyeing house. The cloth they dye will lose color after just one wash. After washing it ten times, the color will become very light. After washing it dozens of times, not only will there be no color, at least you will never be able to tell what the original color is.
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It only took him ten days to solve the dyeing problem? And he also created a new era of printing and dyeing?
Neither she nor the entire music family wants to imitate, and the conscience of heaven and earth really has never thought of surpassing!
Luyi and Anye also looked at each other, this is it?
Sister Chen said he worked hard for ten days. What the hell did he work hard? During these ten days, he played in green clothes for four nights and dark nights for five nights. He took the time to write ten chapters of Red Mansion and lay down on the roof of the building every day to drink before dawn.
Tea, taking a nap every day, do you call this hard work?
Sister Chen and the Qu sisters went to organize people to build a workshop—no, it was called a factory!
With excitement and disbelief.
Liu'er got the fifteenth chapter "A Dream of Red Mansions" from Lin Su and hurried home. The Red Mansion was given to Lu Youwei who was already looking forward to seeing it. She also told Lu Youwei what she had seen today. She had just entered the Qu Mansion at that time.
I saw swan geese passing messages in the distance, and I saw the cheers of these people on the top of the building.
This seemed really strange to her.
The man on the top of the building has extraordinary literary talent. Others write golden poems to pay tribute to their ancestors, but he writes poems handed down from generation to generation as if it is a joke.
Others rejoice when they make a few dollars, but he is said to make thousands and tens of thousands every day and has almost no feeling for money.
What's going on today?
Soon, she found out the whole story. Over in Haining, the 40-mile embankment was intact...
She casually told Lu Youwei about this matter.
Lu Youwei's eyes suddenly moved away from the book, so surprised...
"Miss, is this matter... big?" Liu'er didn't understand.
Lu Youwei took a deep breath: "Did he say what this river embankment has to do with him?"
"I didn't say it, but it should be related to him. I think his family's property may be all over the river embankment. If the river embankment is fine, then the property will be fine..."
Lu Youwei said: "But I know that the Haining river embankment is lacking every year without exception. How dare he build his property in such a desperate place? I want to go find grandpa..."
For the first time, she put down the copy of "A Dream of Red Mansions" without reading it. She waited outside her grandfather's study for a full hour before finally waiting for her grandfather to go on duty...
"Grandpa, please quickly check the situation of Haining floods."
Lu Tiancong was slightly startled: "Could it be that... the Lin family suffered a big disaster?"
"No!" Lu Youwei gasped: "He just received the news that Haining's Shilijiang Beach was intact during the flood! Last year, he signed his credentials with one hundred thousand taels of silver and wanted to give Haining ten
He wanted to give the people a stable home, and everyone in the court laughed at him as a prodigal. But now, the river embankment is intact, and no one died. He wanted to give the people a home, and he really gave it to him! Grandpa, don’t you think this is
Do you have any secrets?"
Lu Tiancong shook violently.
During these times, he received so many memorials that he couldn't even remember where they were. Anyway, roughly speaking, there was no pure land on both sides of the Yangtze River. But when he heard his granddaughter say this, he quickly recalled in his mind.
Quzhou was the most severely affected place, but Haining under the rule of Quzhou...
No news!
Haining used to be the hardest hit area!
Qin Fangweng, the magistrate of Quzhou, would write to the court every time. How many refugees had died in Haining and how many people were displaced. The court should provide disaster relief. But this year, he did not see the name Haining!
Could it be said that there was really no disaster in Haining this year?
How can it be?
The river is surging, and Haining is located on a low ground. Who has the power to change the course of the river?
Contact Qin Fangweng immediately...
Lu Tiancong had just made this preparation, but soon changed his mind and contacted Haining Prefect Yang directly.
As soon as the official seal was displayed, Magistrate Yang appeared in front of him and bowed slightly: "I have met the Prime Minister, and the Prime Minister personally summoned me. I really didn't expect that..."
Lu Tian looked past Magistrate Yang and immediately saw the river embankment behind him. A straight line of river embankment stretched into the distance, as if it were endless. He was shocked. Such a river embankment actually appeared. When did it happen?
Repaired? Who approved the funds? Why didn't he know? If he hadn't seen a bend on the other side of the Yangtze River and the famous Wangjiang Tower, he almost suspected that this was not Haining.
"Prefect Yang, behind you is..."
Magistrate Yang turned around and smiled when he turned around again: "Excuse me, Prime Minister, the place where the official is standing is the former refugee river bank. This river embankment was built between October and November last year because it was useless.
funds from the treasury, so the lower officials did not report to the higher authorities.”
Lu Tiancong frowned: "No money from the treasury was used? Who invested in it?"
"The river beach refugees built it themselves. Of course, it is mainly due to the third son of Lin Sulin. He built three factories here and provided almost all the materials for free. The river beach refugees contributed their efforts and he provided the materials. In the end, this was achieved.
A magnificent project.”
"The Romance of Fairy Wood"
Lu Tiancong was even more surprised: "This river embankment is so expensive, can I imagine that he alone can bear it? Also, how can a project like this be completed in just one year? What kind of wonderful method is it?"
Magistrate Yang laughed. The prime minister thought the embankment was made of stone, right? No! How could there be so many stones in Haining Baili Plain? This is a new type of material made by the Third Young Master, called cement! It is really great for building flood control embankments.
It's an artifact, it's cheap, it's as strong as iron, and the bigger advantage is that it's easy to build. The prime minister may not believe it, but it only took a month...
Lu Tiancong was shocked.
Built in one month?
Low price?
Floods are rampant in the world, and every rainy season is a day of suffering for people all over the world. If this kind of architectural magic material can be widely implemented, it will be simply...
His heart was up and down, and he wanted to find Lin Su as soon as possible.
However, after serving as an official for many years, he is still very calm: "Prefect Yang, you have done a great job! The court's disaster relief will be sent to all states immediately. You should quickly report the loss of your prefecture to Qin Zhizhou and appease the victims..."
Magistrate Yang said: "Prime Minister, there are disasters all over the thirteen states in the south. You don't need to provide disaster relief here. I have reached a consensus with the Lin family. Starting tomorrow, the whole government will provide disaster relief."
"Lin family disaster relief?" Lu Tiancong's face darkened slightly: "Prefect Yang, you have been an official for many years, how could you commit such taboos?"
In the face of disasters, it is only right for the court to provide disaster relief. If a charitable household wants to provide disaster relief, the government will regard you as a good person. If the scope is too large, it will be a taboo.
What do you want to do?
To win people's hearts?
Magistrate Yang was shocked. He seemed to be a little carried away by the good news. He had just met the old lady of the Lin family. The old lady was really good at being alone when she was poor, and benefiting the world when she was rich. When she heard that there were a lot of people in Haining
The victims immediately said that the Lin family could bear the relief of one hundred thousand taels of silver. Sanlang would make money anyway. Didn't he always say that I am a prodigal? I can't just use the reputation of being a prodigal and not do prodigal things...
The girls laughed happily on the spot.
Magistrate Yang was also stimulated.
But now after hearing what the Prime Minister said, I also felt the seriousness of the problem.
It's easier for other families, but the Lin family is very sensitive. You need to know that Lin Su's first poem that became famous all over the world was suspected of being anti-poetry. The house was filled with flowers and three thousand guests were drunk, and the sword frosted forty states...
Damn it! This poem is not an anti-poem, even Magistrate Yang doesn’t accept it!
If he uses his family's efforts to relieve the disaster in the whole house, will the people in the house not appreciate the goodness of the Lin family?
Magistrate Yang realized his mistake, thanked the Prime Minister for reminding him, and left.
Lu Tiancong put away his official seal, his chest rising and falling gently...
"Grandpa, you must quickly report to His Majesty and order all states and governments to immediately purchase this sacred material and rush to repair embankments in various places. Maybe next year, there will be no such terrible disasters."
Lu Tian never moved, his eyes wandering.
Lu Youwei was anxious: "Grandpa, no matter what kind of person he is, it does not detract from the fact that he is a peerless genius. The common people need him and need materials like him, cement! Coal! It is related to the lives of hundreds of millions of people!
grandfather……"
Lu Tiancong nodded slowly: "It concerns the lives of hundreds of millions of people! Grandpa understands its weight...Okay, I'll go see Your Majesty!"
Lu Tiancong entered the palace, met His Majesty, and told Hai Ning's situation. He sensitively noticed that His Majesty's face did not seem to be cheerful, but became more gloomy, and Lu Tiancong's heart quietly sank.
His Majesty summoned several other ministers to discuss matters.
Several ministers expressed their opinions.
Zhang Wenyuan said that it is an iron rule to use stone to waterproof. How can "cement" be waterproof? Unless he cast a demon spell in the muddy water! You need to know that his friendship with the demon clan is known to the world.
As soon as the theory of witchcraft came out, everyone was shocked.
Yes! Zhao Xun added: The whole world knows that Lin has evil intentions. Matters related to the national economy and people's livelihood, how can he be allowed to calmly arrange it? If one day he raises a flag to rebel and activates the monster organs designed on various rivers, the rivers will be short of
What to do about the embankment?
The capital of Song Dynasty reported that it had just received a memorial from Qin Zhizhou. He said that during this flood, the demonic air over Haining was soaring into the sky. I don't know whether it is good or bad...
Lu Tian Cong looked up to the sky and sighed.
When he heard the news about the powerful flood control tool and saw its magic with his own eyes, he had an impulse, an impulse to change this era. Perhaps this impulse itself also contained his own utilitarianism to pursue official reputation and popular support, but after all, it was also a
He had the normal thinking of an official, but he soon understood that things were not that simple.
When His Majesty's face turned gloomy, he knew what the outcome of this meeting of ministers would be.
Witchcraft is an excuse.
That's why they want to suppress the Lin family.
This is also the reason why His Majesty the King is afraid of Lin Su.
Even if the people of the world sacrifice hundreds of millions, what does it have to do with them?
But helping the Lin family become famous and winning the hearts of the people all over the world may really shake their rule.
This is the way superiors think.
Lu Youwei doesn't understand these things, how can Lu Tiancong not understand them?
Therefore, Haining's miracle not only did not spread to the world, but even among the official seals of various places, Haining's deeds were a taboo. The people in the outer government did not know that the most effective flood control weapon had already appeared, but it was under the control of the superiors.
Mouth filled with dust.
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Lin Su had already thought about the cement matter. He even personally contacted Li You, the person in charge of the cement factory, and asked about the cement production in detail. He realized that there would be a large number of orders coming soon.
A flood and a big exam. Haining stood out in this big exam. The government will naturally pay attention to it. Once they pay attention, who wouldn't be moved? The spring of cement is coming.
However, to his surprise, three days had passed and no one talked to him about the cement issue. There were also rumors in Haining that cement was a witchcraft and that it looked solid but an illusion. Once you really buy it,
As long as someone from the Lin family snaps their fingers, this solid cement will immediately turn into sand...
Lin Su was really angry when he heard these rumors.
Still underestimated the shamelessness of court officials!
Lin Jialiang was even more furious. These people were so shameless. In order to suppress the Lin family, they even ignored the lives of hundreds of millions of people. Third brother, I really hope that I can become an official soon...
Only if he becomes an official and takes charge of the government can he turn the third brother's vision into reality.
Lin Su smiled: "There are only seven days left for the imperial examination. Many things will happen in these seven days, but one thing will not change. You will be the first civil servant of the Lin family. Under your rule,
It will be a paradise for the people!"
Lin Jialiang held his hand tightly: "Third brother, we will all be the same! Third brother is a talented man with a vast talent and a caring heart for the country and the people. If he cannot be an official, heaven will not tolerate him!"
A voice came from outside: "Sir, someone is visiting!"
The Lin brothers looked at each other, who could they be? This chapter has been completed!