Zhou You, the county magistrate Cheng and the others hurried away after having lunch in the restaurant. Only Song Jinggong and the people he brought were still eating and drinking in the restaurant. It seemed that they were going to light up the lights tonight and chant, and there was that amount of alcohol. Poor, I have already drunk and slept a lot, but didn't leave. I just waited to get up at night so I could continue to fight.
Zhang Xiaobao didn’t expect Zhou You and Cheng County magistrate to bring much income to the restaurant. Usually one is in the state, and it takes a few days to come here. It’s impossible to come here for a drink. The same is true for Cheng County magistrate. , Once I went there, almost a day was gone, just for a meal, it was really not worth it.
The purpose of looking for the two of them is to wait for the construction of Xiao Luoshui to be completed. After connecting with this side, let some people who are jealous of their interests and think of big ideas know that these two places belong to the county magistrate and the state. One of the members in the army is covered, when the time comes, weigh the weight, don't go forward if you are not qualified, and if you are qualified, you will have to deal with it separately.
Both Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan had already waited for Zhou Zheng to come over to ask about things, but they left after eating there. They seemed to forget that there was an expert here, which made them a lot easier.
The Dragon Boat Festival passed lively. This year, apart from Zhang Wang’s and his family’s Zhuangzi, the Gejia Zhuangzi also learned to send some rice dumplings. This year, the Ge family did not have to pay the court. There is a lot of money left over for home handing, which is a little bit ahead of schedule.
What's more, the restaurant has also opened, and the three are operating together. They can no longer continue to be stingy. When the rice dumplings are sent, the Ge family's dealers really have their chests, and they have something to say when they meet the Zhang and Wang family's dealers.
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He came over to cheer, and then hurriedly returned to the yamen, the county magistrate Cheng took a rest for a while to see how late it was. He called the county chief Zhang Mingsheng and prepared some side dishes and a small jar of wine. In the darkness, began to discuss things.
"Xuyang, how many days have passed without rain, let alone a reduction in food production, and people and livestock are running out of water. If you don't think of a solution, people will be thirst to death." Cheng County ordered the county. Cheng poured a bowl of wine and said with a sigh, the melancholy lingering on his face.
The county prince held the bowl in both hands, waited for the county magistrate to finish pouring, and gently placed it in front of him, and then said with sorrow: "Six days ago, there was a little rain on the east side of the county. It’s not too wet. Now the ground is cracked in many places in the county, and there is not much water coming from the well."
The county magistrate Cheng also knew about this situation. He stretched out his chopsticks to order food, stopped again, drank a large sip of wine, and exhaled the alcohol, "If there is less water in the well, can I dig down again? Can I dig it out? Water coming?"
"It can be, but the well is not like it was when it was excavated. Now I want to go straight down. Except for some large wells, no other wells will work. If you want to dig it, you have to go all out. My lord, if it can be like that Xiangrui well. The same, with a bang, the water came out, that's it, and now the well still feeds many people."
The county magistrate accompanied him and drank a sip of wine, followed the words of the county magistrate, and as he said it, his originally embarrassed expression suddenly showed some hope. Then Xiangrui and the county magistrate knew how to come out, and Zhangjiazhuang used After this exchange with people in the state, water came out of the well after a bang, and it hasn’t been seen until now.
The county magistrate Cheng's eyes lit up when he heard this, yes, what can't Zhangjiazhuang do? Why didn't you expect to ask them? Since one well can produce water, so many wells should also be able to produce water.
"Okay, that's great. Xuyang, you have done meritorious service. If the matter can be resolved, the people of Sanshui County will thank you. Quickly, call Chen Dong and let him rush to Zhangjiazhuangzi, please. To ask for people is related to the life and death of so many people. It really doesn't work because the official used to kneel there to get the water out."
Order Cheng Xian made up his mind. He didn't know how the people in Zhangjiazhuang made the water out of the well. Perhaps it was because of some magical power that it might affect life span, but he had no other way. At that time, I would like to ask, if it really reduces the longevity, I can only think of other ways, after all, it is not a well.
If it is reduced by a few days, then a longevity ritual will be repaired in the county, and tell the people in the county who is desperate to get water for them at this time, and this will have to send papers to the top, first get it out, and then Issue paperwork.
Chen Dong happened to be on the night tonight, and he came when he heard the greeting. He waited for the county magistrate to finish speaking and promised: "My lord, you can rest assured, the younger one must rush over as quickly as possible, and let the eagerness here know. I believe Zhangjiazhuang will not stand idly by."
"Go ahead, if someone can't wake up in bed, just wait until dawn, when the restaurant over there opens, you can just go there and wait, maybe you can eat some food and drink some wine." Cheng County Ling asked not to delay things and let Chen Dong go.
"Come on, Xuyang, have a drink together. I really don't want to eat anymore. There is still food here. Some people may not even have water to drink." The county magistrate Cheng, who was relieved temporarily, came again. The spirit greets the county prime minister to eat food and drink.
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Chen Dong also knew that the matter was serious. He brought two horses out of the yamen without stopping at all, changing all the way, and arrived at Zhangjiazhuangzi in an hour and a half. He saw that the restaurant was still brightly lit, Chen Dong Licking his mouth, he really wanted to go in and drink a bowl of wine. At the same time, he also knew that people would not charge him, and he could not ask for them.
But business matters, enduring the thirst in the mouth, came to the outside of Zhang’s yard, knocked on the door twice, and the night watchman opened the small door to see that it turned out that the office servant had arrived. The magistrate had just left at noon. When I went back, I got lost. The people in the yamen came over to ask if they couldn't wait for someone
This matter was beyond his control. He ran to the back to wake up the housekeeper. Mr. Zhang had just fallen asleep, and everyone else could go to bed earlier. He couldn’t. He was in charge of a lot of things, so he got up reluctantly and walked to the living room. , Chen Dong has been waiting here.
When the tea was in the water, I poured two bowls in a row. Only then did I say the purpose of this. Waiting for Zhang Guanjia to reply, at least I should ask the talents.
Steward Zhang estimated the time and said to Chen Dong: "Wait here for a while, and I will ask, whether it is possible or not, I will come back and tell you."
After speaking, the housekeeper Zhang left the living room and walked towards the yard of the little boy. He knew that the little boy and the little lady were just getting up to study at this time, otherwise he would have to let the Ya Ya come back tomorrow morning.
When Steward Zhang arrived, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were having a meal. The child grew fast and became hungry, so he could eat something if he took the time.
After waiting for Steward Zhang to retell the matter, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan glanced at each other and reached a unity. They said to Steward Zhang:
"Go and tell the government officer, let him draw the icons of the wells that need water, and send them here. You don’t need to worry about the others. Also, tell him that by then, not every well will have so much water coming out. , Let’s talk about it again, this kind of thing will save your life, only this time."
Steward Zhang took the order and left, leaving Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan looking at each other again, and sighed at the same time. A lot of gunpowder will be needed now, and we have to talk about life-damaging things, otherwise someone above will let the other Two big places and Zhoubian bombed one after another, it was simply unbearable.
"Xiaobao, how about artificially increasing the rain? Recently, there are always clouds floating above, but it doesn't rain. I'm trying to make some earthen shells, do you think it will work?" Wang Juan suggested.
"Okay, you will blow me up at that time. I have a bucket of water in my hand, and I will pour it wherever I say. Even if you can make earthen cannonballs and the launching tools are simple, I can't make dry ice." Zhang Xiaobao said. Then he reached out and touched Wang Juan's forehead to see if she had a fever.
"Don't touch it, I just say it casually, people always have to have a little hope, and work hard with hope. I believe you will make dry ice or even liquid nitrogen in your lifetime." Wang Juan knocked out Zhang Xiaobao's hand.
"Dry ice? Believe it or not it made me anxious, I will become a corpse tomorrow, eat it, it should be cold in a while, this is fungus soup, expensive."
Zhang Xiaobao knew that Wang Juan just talked casually, to ease the atmosphere, and everyone knows that artificial precipitation is not necessary at this time.
After waiting for a bowl of soup to drink and eat something, Wang Juan said: "How to arrange it? You can't let others discover this secret. You can only fry it when others are not paying attention. That's night, people. I have to arrange a few too. The second cow counts as one, and his elder brother is the next big cow. Who else can be absolutely reliable?"
"Huzi is fine. Others don't know. Just the three of them. They need to spend a lot of money to buy materials. You can't get reimbursement from the county magistrate. This is the case. Read the book." Zhang Xiaobao There is no good candidate, only those three people can work hard.
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Steward Zhang told Chen Dong what the young man said. Chen Dong was happy when he heard it. He got up and wanted to rush back to tell the magistrate the good news. But Steward Zhang stopped him and said that he was going back to the magistrate. I was asleep, so it's better to wait until Mao and then rush back, just in time for the magistrate to get up.
Naturally, there was no need to arrange to live in the yard during this period. I found a night watcher and asked him to take Chen Dong to the restaurant, eat something, take a good rest, and the horse also had to eat and rest.
When Chen Dong arrived at the restaurant, he arranged two dishes, one meat and one vegetarian, and four surrounding dishes. A small pot of wine and a bowl of rice were warmed up. Because it was a joint transaction of three companies, additional accounting was required. Counted as a special hospitality expense.
Chen Dong didn't want to enjoy it either. He lay down and went to sleep after eating in a hurry. The next day he woke up without being greeted by others. He didn't even eat breakfast, and rode on his horse and hurried back.
When he arrived at the Yamen, regardless of whether the magistrate got up, he ran inside and shouted as he ran: "My lord, it's done, it's done."