Chapter 332 Preventing trouble before it happens (seeking a monthly ticket)
Entering June, it rained heavily for several days.
At first, the officials and people in the city were very nervous. Even Prince Xing's Mansion sent more people to the river embankment, and the work of strengthening and raising the river bank did not stop for a moment. Then the rain shower passed, and it was sunny for ten days in a row, and then Anlu
The local government has forgotten about disaster prevention.
On this day, Tang Yin, Lu Song, Jiang Lun and others went to the river embankment to inspect, and Zhu Hao accompanied them.
When we arrived at the embankment, we were surprised to find that most of the people sent by Prince Xing's government to build the embankment were doing foreign work. Most of them were hiding in the shade under the embankment, sitting or lying down, looking very leisurely.
Even if there are a few people staying on the embankment, they don't look like they are doing serious work. They stop from time to time and chat together. The six or seven miles of the river embankment next to Wang Tian under the name of Prince Xing's Mansion is just a temporary layer of sacks filled with sand.
, with no results at all.
"Oh, isn't this Mr. Lu? There are also Lu Dianzhan, Aunt Jiang, who are you...?"
A craftsman foreman came over, and it was Li Shun.
After Li Shun saw Zhu Hao, his face was also full of smiles. He no longer had the strange look of squinting his nose and eyes when Zhu Hao first entered the palace.
Jiang Lun was furious: "I asked you to build the river embankment, not for you to come here for leisure and vacation... So many people are just sitting here? The palace has raised you for nothing..."
Li Shun looked back and saw that among the hundreds of craftsmen, there were less than ten people working. He, the foreman of the craftsmen, was suspected of neglecting his duties. He quickly explained: "We have been working continuously for more than an hour. It's hot on a hot day."
If you can't stop, prepare to rest for a while... Besides, the embankment on our side is more than ten feet higher than the other side. Even if there is a flood, it will flow to the other side. It can't reach our side, right?"
Tang Yin raised his head and glanced at the sparse crowd building the embankment on the other side, frowned and asked, "Are they our people over there?"
"No, they are the common people brought by the gentry on the other side to build the embankment." Li Shun replied.
Tang Yin shook his head and smiled bitterly.
Lu Song thought thoughtfully: "It means... the other side found that the river embankment was shorter than ours, and our side was still strengthening it, so we asked someone to heighten the embankment. We were afraid that there would be a real flood and the flood would reach their side.
Already?
"In this case, shouldn't you work harder? If the river embankment on the other side is built higher than us in a few days, won't all the previous efforts be in vain?"
Li Shun looked disdainful: "With just those thirty or fifty people, it would be difficult to catch up with our progress in half a month... Besides, the foundation of our river embankment is very solid, and there is basically no chance of a dam breach."
… Shouldn’t we be more prepared now for the dike breach upstream?”
Lu Song waved his hand: "Why are you so worried? Do your job well. If you are still so lazy, I will go back and tell Yuan Changshi and let him punish you!"
"Get up, get up, get to work,"
Li Shun quickly called out to his craftsmen, and the river embankment gradually became lively.
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When Tang Yin saw the craftsmen of the palace working lazily, he felt a little emotional. Unless the fire was imminent, these people would not have a sense of urgency.
After walking around the river embankment, Tang Yin asked Lu Song to send someone down to measure the water level. Then Tang Yin breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Zhu Hao: "Look, the water line is at the normal position... It won't be long before it's July. This year
Is the flood season almost over?”
Zhu Hao spread his hands: "How do I know?"
Tang Yin said: "Didn't you say there would be a flood this year?"
Jiang Lun and Lu Song on the side were both laughing, feeling that Tang Yin's worries were unfounded.
Lu Song said with a smile: "In the past, the water level of the Han River would only slowly drop during the flood season... This year's rainy season has passed, and the sun will be blazing. Autumn will begin in more than half a month. I don't expect anything to happen again."
Zhu Hao thought of the historical records that the flood came so suddenly that Anlu was completely unprepared. This meant that when the flood came, it would not rain continuously in Anlu. Instead, a heavy rainstorm would fall on a certain place in the upper reaches of the Han River.
It is very likely that floods will arrive overnight, overflowing the river embankments, and even causing embankments to break in some river sections...
"I have calculated that the recent floods may come unexpectedly. The rising water is not caused by the continuous heavy rain locally, but comes from upstream."
After Zhu Hao finished speaking, he looked up to the north. The Han River was like a jade belt, stretching to the horizon. It was truly spectacular.
Lu Song and Tang Yin looked at each other. They were well aware of Zhu Hao's abilities and would carefully consider what he said and would not immediately deny it.
Jiang Lun laughed when he heard this: "Why do you say that there will be a flood when the weather is going well? Master Zhu, you don't think that the prophecy has not come true and you feel that you can't live up to it, so you say that? Don't worry,
We are friends, who would laugh at you? Don’t you think so, Mr. Tang, Lao Lu?"
Tang Yin glared at Jiang Lun, as if to say, you don't know how to laugh, what does that bright smile on your face mean?
Just for fun?
Zhu Hao ignored Jiang Lun. After all, Jiang Lun's presence in the palace was not high, so relying on him for anything would be in vain.
"Mr. Tang, it seems that there are not many people building river embankments everywhere, and no one is monitoring the water level of the Han River day and night. So I suggest that Prince Xing's Mansion send people to guard the embankments day and night, and monitor the water levels in at least ten places a day, and
Organize and report truthfully..."
Zhu Hao said to Tang Yin with a cautious look.
Tang Yin hesitated and asked, "Is this necessary?"
Lu Song said: "If it is as Master Zhu said, and there is a flood upstream, the local area may indeed suffer, but..."
"What are you doing? Isn't it just to find a few people to guard the embankment and not go back day and night to monitor the changes in the water level? There is nothing wrong with it... Just let the craftsmen in front of you stay on the river embankment!"
Jiang Lun made the arrangements without thinking.
He doesn't understand.
In his opinion, since Zhu Hao made the suggestion and Tang Yin and Lu Song were hesitant, he would support Zhu Hao no matter what. Anyway, he just needed to find a few people to guard the river embankment day and night. He had nothing to lose with just one sentence.
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Zhu Hao said: "These are people who work in the palace. They have little sense of responsibility and limited power. If an emergency occurs, it will be difficult for them to notify the city to make preparations... It is better to send people from the Palace Guards Department to stay on the embankment.
OK, let them issue a military order. If the rising water level is not discovered in time, or if the report is not reported quickly, military law will be dealt with!"
"ah?"
Jiang Lun was surprised by Zhu Hao's suggestion and looked sideways at Tang Yin.
Tang Yin glanced at Lu Song first and then hesitated: "Would this... be a bit aggressive?"
Zhu Hao said categorically: "Compared to the stability of the people, this small battle is nothing... If an accident happens, my river map may come in handy, so I will leave it to you, Mr. Tang... In addition, Mr. Tang's
Don’t go home for two days, you must stay in the palace..."
"What kind of explanation is this?" Tang Yin smiled bitterly.
You kid is obviously trying to catch a duck. I took you to the river embankment, and you actually got yourself in? Not only did you give me orders, but you also gave me drawings and asked me to stay at the palace at any time and wait for orders? Aren't you kidding me?
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Jiang Lun smiled and patted Tang Yin's shoulder, then walked towards the river embankment: "Mr. Tang, I see that Master Zhu has good intentions, so I'll thank you for your hard work... I'll go to the river to urinate first and suck the Dragon King back! Let's do that!
You Dragon King likes to come out and cause trouble to the world..."
Tang Yin said with a smile: "Don't offend the Dragon King, he will jump out of the river and swallow you up!"
"Pooh!"
A few people were laughing and joking on the embankment, which was not serious at all.
Zhu Hao watched from the side, thinking that Tang Yin was getting along with several "backbones" in the palace. If a real dragon emerges from Prince Xing's palace, you, Tang Yin, would have a place in the circle of honors in the capital.
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In any case, Tang Yin finally adopted Zhu Hao's opinion.
It was just a matter of sending a few people to the river embankment to monitor the water level. It was not difficult. Even when Tang Yin made suggestions in front of King Xing and others, Yuan Zonggao, Zhang Zuo and others said nothing.
There's nothing wrong with it other than a little fiddling.
When he came out of the study, Yuan Zonggao said as if he was admonishing: "Bohu, I didn't mention it in front of King Xing before. You can't overdo things. Even if there was some problem with the river embankment last year, the local flood season has passed.
There is no need to work so hard.”
Tang Yin thought to himself, you don't think it's necessary to mobilize the troops, why didn't you mention it before, and now you want to talk to me alone?
"Some people in the palace only care about interests, and they can ignore it for the sake of interests... You are a scholar, and you should understand the truth that those who are close to red are red and those who are close to ink are black."
After Yuan Zonggao finished speaking, he glanced meaningfully at the other side in the direction where Zhang Zuo left, clearly reminding Tang Yin, don't get too close to Zhang Zuo. That Zhang Zuo is greedy for money and cannot be as moral as me.
"Thank you Yuan Changshi for the reminder."
Tang Yin felt a little awkward.
For a flood that seemed unlikely to happen, Zhu Haofei allowed himself to speak out, which made Yuan Zonggao "sarcastic" and felt as if he had eaten a fly.
Tang Yin decided to go have a drink with Lu Song and Jiang Lun. When something unpleasant happened, only drinking could relieve his worries.
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Zhu Family Manor.
Main hall.
Since acquiring Zhu Niang's warehouse and warehouse in Fukou, the Zhu family's house demolition business has been in full swing.
With the connections and channels of his brother-in-law Xu Han, the new Anlu magistrate, the Zhu family's business was doing well for a while, and after more than a month, they made a lot of profits.
One day at the end of June, Butler Liu came to report the accounts to the old lady and told her that he had made a profit of about 80 taels in a month. A relieved smile finally appeared on Zhu Jia's face.
"It's still the business of buying low and selling high that makes money." Zhu Jiashi sighed.
Butler Liu smiled and said: "Nowadays, we are receiving more and more licensed goods, but the business at the Third Madam's side is getting bleak. I heard that she transports all the goods to the city for storage, and no one at the ferry will rent the warehouse to her anymore, but there are also rumors
, saying that she did it to prevent a flood and that the house at the ferry would be flooded."
Zhu Jia's old face wrinkled: "Our warehouse at the ferry is on a low ground, right?"
"yes."
Butler Liu told the truth, "However, the crossing has been prepared for a long time and has people checking the hydrological conditions at all times. There was a bit of danger when it rained heavily a few days ago, but it seems to have passed now..."
Zhu Jiashi nodded: "According to the usual situation, the rainy season is almost over... By the way, what's the news from Lao Er?"
After briefly asking about the business of losing a house, Zhu Jia turned his attention to his second son who went to the capital to find his eldest son.
Liu Guanjia said: "The people who went with the second master sent back news saying that the second master has arrived in the capital smoothly. There is no inquiry about the whereabouts of the eldest master for the time being. Some said that the eldest master was sent to Jiangnan as an official, and some said that he went to Fujian and Guangdong and Guangxi.
Yes, some people say that he may have been secretly detained by factory guards... He couldn't get any useful information even after spending money."
"Um."
Zhu Jia's expression was stern.
There is no news about the eldest son, which is definitely not good news. He has not seen his body alive or dead, which is different from the situation when he was a hostage...
It was as if this eldest son had never existed.
"Steward Liu, the summer flood has not completely passed yet. Keep an eye on the stall at the ferry to prevent any problems. I have to pay homage to Buddha. You go back and take care of your business. I won't let you lose..."
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