Chapter 23 No one knows better about water control than me
Chapter 23 No one knows how to control water better than me
"Sister Xie, why do you ask such a secular question?"
There was a woman with a solemn tone.
Xie Lingjiang was not surprised. He seemed to be used to the girl's tone. She took off her shoes and went to the court. She opened the curtain and entered, and suddenly the room was filled with fragrance.
Looking under the eaves of the water garden.
There is a book-turning girl, fifteen or sixteen years old, with a handsome appearance, very clean and tidy, with a green hibiscus crown, a red dress with white beads on the seams, and five-color shoes with inscriptions on them.
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 the popular 'men's clothing' dress among upper-class aristocratic women in the 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 style of 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, does she have any research on Xie's metaphysics?"
Ouyang Rong: "..."
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.
[Merits: four hundred and twenty-one]
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:
"Is it based on head count?"
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. Almost no one can transcend their own era, unless they do not belong to this era in the first place.
Outside the courtyard, a chubby-faced little maid came in with a fruit plate and hummed a song. She saw the backs of the two young ladies. She stopped and looked at it for a while. She just thought the scene was very beautiful and didn't want to disturb it. My lady and I Madam Xie is a first-class beauty, and I don’t know which husband will have such good luck in the future.
"How much food is left in the charity warehouse in Longcheng County?"
Diao Xian Cheng thought for a while and said, "About ten thousand dan."
Under the eaves, one is lying and the other is sitting, the two women have very different temperaments.
"It is 80% that there will be more than this flood this year. Once the biggest rainfall in the rainy season comes, there will be an even worse one!"
"Well, I didn't send anyone to count them specifically. They calculated it based on the relief grains they received every day. Some of the displaced people were directly given porridge."
Unexpectedly, handling a case actually directly increased the merit points by 271 points.
Diao County Prime Minister said with a smile:
"The county magistrate does not need to be so troublesome and serious. The court has regulations that the food distributed to the poor every year cannot exceed 10,000 dan. In disaster years, relief to the poor only needs to be given 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. I went to the official to do calculations a few days ago, and the 10,000 dan in the warehouse is just enough. If I save some money, it should be enough to feed two to three thousand households for three months."
calm down.
"About?" Ouyang Rong frowned.
…
Ouyang Rong stood up from the table and said seriously:
Just after finishing the ceremony on the street, his ears were filled with an endless stream of crisp and clear wooden fish sounds, which sounded like "like listening to fairy music, and my ears are suddenly bright".
Of course, Diao Xiancheng heard the ridicule and pretended to be confused while drinking tea.
Lunch break is over.
That's enough. This kind of positive feedback is sometimes more important than the merit value itself.
Diao Xian Cheng stopped with the tea cup in his hand and looked at Ouyang Rong blankly, "Did the county magistrate find out these by looking through the map and county annals?"
Diao Xiancheng was a little shocked, "This... the lower official is stupid and can'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."
Ouyang Rong thought.
Ouyang Rong looked at him and nodded: "Master Diao is very accurate in calculating this, and there is no ambiguity at all."
"Jimincang?"
Ouyang Rong took a nap in the afternoon, closed his eyes and flew into the merit tower in the clouds.
"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 banks burst due to high water levels 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.
Finally made a lot of money.
"It is the granary that the imperial court usually reserves to prevent natural disasters. It is located in every province in 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."
“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.
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 that it made him clearly understand that what he was doing was moving along a relatively correct path.
——The criteria for judging this merit tower are not absolutely correct, but according to Ouyang Rong's observations over the past few days, it is still biased towards good intentions...
"Isn't it obvious?"
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.
"Is it left or right? Don't you have an exact number?" Ouyang Rong took a deep breath, "Forget it. I'll do it."
In the early afternoon, Ouyang Rong ran to the county government office. When Diao County Magistrate arrived, he raised his head from the case and asked directly:
There is a feeling of good rain after a long drought.
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!”
"It has not yet reached the peak of rain in the rainy season, but the strange flood in Yunmengze has already collapsed the Dee Gong Gate, which is the most important flood control system!"
Ouyang Rong breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this. It seemed that the Zhou Dynasty was quite reliable and had some complete systems. He had underestimated it before.
"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, resulting in what is happening now.
"Oh Mingtang, three kilograms is enough. In special cases, it can fill half of the stomach. We don't have any leftover food in the Longcheng charity warehouse."
"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?"
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 is so heartwarming.
Just keep moving forward.
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.
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 at great speed. The official predicts that the imperial court's disaster relief grains will be transferred from the nearby Jimin warehouse in Jiangzhou.
"
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?"
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.
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."
"Received by household, each household received three kilograms, or corresponding porridge."
"How many disaster victims are there in our county now?"
“In previous years, the rising water in Yunmengze usually occurred during the plum rain season starting in June, but this year is particularly abnormal!
"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?"
"That should be enough."
"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 homeless people inside and outside the county."
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.
"About two to three thousand people."
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."