The old men in Huayuan County spoke accurately. After three days of heavy rain, it became smaller in the morning of the fourth day, and sunlight was even exposed in some places.
Zhang Zhong didn't go anywhere for a few days, so he stayed at the foot of Yaowang Mountain. When the water was too high, no matter what he did, he would put it down and rush to defend on the dam.
When I was sleepy, I lay down in the house for a while, and when I was hungry, I could just grab something and eat. I stared at it for three days. Miraculously nothing happened to the river and the diversion channel on Yaowang Mountain.
The rain stopped, but the water level did not drop immediately. It takes another half a day to let the water gathered together upstream flow down more.
The working people followed with a sigh of relief and looked at the muddy lake over there. It was not too big. The canal had to be kept. Later, it would become a river that poured into the lake. Then, from another place, an opening would be opened. After the water in the lake reaches a certain level, it flows from the mouth to the downstream of the nearby river, or it becomes a separate river.
Zhang Zhong only went to bed at Yin Shi this morning. He slept well when he woke up. He ate a meal that he didn't know what it was, and once again came to the embankment.
The people greeted one after another, with deep respect in their eyes. The happiest people should count the people who came here from the outside to do odd jobs. Since Zhang Zhong said that they can stay in Huayuan County Later, the news spread quickly among them.
"Master, you can change your clothes. It's okay here. When the rain stops and the river drops, you have to go back to the Yamen. I don't know how many things have been suppressed over there."
Holding a new set of official uniforms, the Ya Ya followed Zhang Zhong and asked him to change it.
Zhang Zhong has been wearing the broken clothes for the past three days without washing. At this time, it looks dirty and torn, without the slightest appearance of official clothes, but Zhang Zhong feels that he is a real official at this time.
"Don't worry, wait until the rain stops, otherwise it will get wet again. From now on, this lake will belong to our family. It can house many people who can't find anything to do and make money. It's no worse than those under Yaowang Mountain. "
Zhang Zhong set his eyes on the muddy lake, imagined the future, and said happily.
The Yamen were equally happy. The more money and the greater the power of the master’s house, the better their lives will be for those in the inner courtyard, and they will have the confidence to go out. After thinking about it, he said, “Master, I have a younger brother. Ten one, it is better to let him raise some fish and shrimps here, he hasn't found a wife yet."
"No." Zhang Zhong refused the request without even thinking about it. The yavier was a little helpless, but he couldn't say anything. If the master refused to do it, then he couldn't do it. But Zhang Zhong's next words made him happy again. .
"If the people in the inner courtyard came to raise fish and shrimps, wouldn’t it be wrong? Let him be a steward here and take care of others. When the time comes, the master’s family will help to marry the girl in, and then they will go out to live. ."
"Ah? Master, really? Thank you, Master. You don’t need to live in separately. If you become a steward, you can marry right away. It’s not a girl from any family, but from our inner courtyard. The better girls outside are not ordinary at home, just average at home. People in the inner courtyard also look down on it, only the people in the inner courtyard look at it.
The Ya Ya finally helped the family solve a major issue. The younger brother could marry a wife. The younger brother had already gotten along with that girl, but the girl had to say that he waited for the younger brother to be successful and stayed in the inner courtyard all day long. If you have any prospects, if you do what you should do, it will naturally not be counted. It will be different if you come out to take care of things.
Zhang Zhong did not object to the mutual love among the people in the inner courtyard. As long as he obeyed the rules and observed the etiquette, he could start a family if he had a good eye. Later, if he had a child, he would also be an inner courtyard.
"When we get married, the host's family will give a gift and a dowry for the woman. Behind the yamen, see if we can buy land and build a new house there, so we can't treat the people in the inner courtyard."
"Thank you, master, my brother will not be separated from the master's house by then. In the past two years, the two of them have saved some money, and the life will be better. Master, who is the servant, don't want to find out? What if he is there? What can I do if I mess up behind my back?"
The Ya Ya imagined the situation when his younger brother married his wife. The more he thought about it, the happier he was. In the future, he would still be a member of the owner’s family. Then he would not need to spend any money to eat and dress, but he would still be the owner’s family. To help raise them, go to school for the first year, and the college for the older ones.
Thinking of these good things, the Ya Yai suddenly remembered the attendant who came that day, but the master didn't bother lightly and was a little worried.
Zhang Zhong didn't care about "whatever he cares about, he hasn't had the guts to impeach me. As for doing bad things behind his back, let him do it. There are many people who want to do bad things to the Zhang family."
"What the master said is that we are not afraid of the Zhang family, the master, the little son and the little lady are here." As the yavier said, he saw the two of the little sons coming from there, and took the initiative to step back. Set aside a place.
When the rain was getting lighter, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan joined forces to hold a big umbrella, pull their trouser legs, and wear sandals made of reeds on their feet, and they came over while wading through the water.
The two people just received a letter from the old man. The letter mentioned the Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry and also mentioned the Shilang Lu. The main point was that Zhang Zhong went out after the county magistrate. The old man wrote out the pros and cons. That means letting Zhang Zhong be an official in a poorer place in the future, as long as he has a little achievement, that is a great achievement.
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan also had to admire the old man, not to mention the old man’s thoughts, but to push the matter to the hateful Lu Shilang and give him a chance of revenge, making him feel that Zhang Zhong wants to enter the court. He contacted some people to find a way to get Zhang Zhong to a remote and poor place.
As a result, he feels comfortable, and the Zhang family has saved some things. Someone helps to do things without any benefit. There are not many such things.
After Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan sighed for the old fox, they came to discuss with Zhang's father and asked if Zhang's father agreed. Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan agreed. Zhang Xiaobao had originally arranged that way. Didn’t it happen that entering the court and being an official was not in each place? Experience between departments is fine.
After the old man’s explanation, he knew that he needed to be a local governor or a prefect, otherwise, he would usually not be able to rise to a higher position, and he could only be a deputy in a certain department, ready to survive by luck. It's too difficult.
Wang Juan didn’t oppose Zhang Xiaobao’s proposal at the beginning because he thought of Yang Guozhong. This person relied on nepotism to get up. There are no imperial concubines in the Zhang family, but the Zhang family can form such a form through other channels. Now I read the letter sent by the old man. , The decision is better to follow the normal way.
Only then did the two find them. They don't open their umbrellas when it rains heavily, they get wet when the wind blows, and it happens in light rain.
Zhang Zhong looked back and saw his son and daughter-in-law coming over, smiled happily, and said to the two people: "Did you spend the past three days staying under the mountain? Want to find me to go home with you?"
"Father, the mountain is lively and not annoying, but you really have to go home. You can't always let others handle the affairs in the yamen. Father, Grandpa Bi sent a letter. You can read it."
When Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan stepped forward, Zhang Xiaobao took the letter out of his arms and handed it to his father as he spoke.
Zhang Zhong thought it was Bi Gou who wrote a letter to the two children in the school test again, but he didn't care, he took out the letter casually, and when he saw it, he realized that the letter was written specifically for him.
"Xiaobao, is it a bit early to talk about this matter at this time?" Zhang Zhong is actually unwilling to be an official outside. Furthermore, it is difficult to find opportunities, unless it is a major event that requires a deputy in a certain department, and the deputy can do things very well in order to be valued.
Zhang Xiaobao learned so much psychology, how could he not know what his father thinks, and persuaded him next to him: "Father, it's not early, you really want to work for three to five years? After the harvest this autumn, all the infrastructure construction will be done. Well, after the various businesses have also started, Huayuan County is only higher than Sanshui County.
Dad, you are still young, not even thirty years old. You are only in your twenties. You can also work as an official in Beijing now. You can do more work at home so that you can do chores in various departments first, and then use You can mention a little bit of money or some small achievements, but if you want to be a servant, it will take at least ten years.
You are young in ten years, thirty-four or five years old, but if you want to be in the position of Shangshu, it may not only take ten years to sit, you can also sit, think of ways to let you go up, but The child is too tired. It is not a simple political achievement, but also political struggles with other senior officials.
Dad, don't you want to do something big? Only officials are not enough. The Zhang family still has a lot of money to support, and the children have to make money. Although there are cuckoos to help, cuckoos will also have their own things to do. "
Zhang Xiaobao told the truth. Zhang Zhong looked at his son. Only then did he realize that his son is still a child and is already so tired. He will have his own affairs when he grows up. He can't help himself all day long. Busy, I have to learn more about this kind of thing in the future, not always reading.
No matter if you go to the local area, the poorer the place, the more conflicts there will be. It can be regarded as a kind of study and exercise. It is really a direct entry to the DPRK, with a family to help, or an official who handles chores, and colleagues will let themselves. Not getting much exercise.
It's better to go outside and look at the poorer places, relying on the son's ability, nothing else, just copy some things from Sanshui County and Huayuan County, and you can get it right.
Thinking of this, Zhang Zhong didn’t know whether to be happy or helpless. What was helpless was that he had too little experience in officialdom, and he had to be guarded by others. What’s happy is that it’s arrogant to think of a person in office as himself. It is said that the champion is the champion, and when it comes to Huayuan as the county magistrate, here comes it.
Now even officials after the county magistrate can make arrangements to enter Beijing and other places, and can choose at their own discretion. It should be content to become an official.