Ye Pingrong originally wanted to stay for two days before returning to Beijing, but the heavy rain sealed the door, so he couldn't get out, so he stayed at Qi's house.
One day or two days is enough. On the seventh and eighth day, Ye Pingrong couldn't wait, so he came to Ye Jiao to talk to the girl.
Ye Jiao sat on the couch with Xu Bao in her arms and looked at the continuous rain outside, and said softly, "If it doesn't stop, I'm afraid the medicinal herbs I planted in the garden on the mountain will be washed away."
Ye Pingrong was teasing Xu Bao with a cloth tiger on the side. Hearing the words, he sighed: "Not to mention medicinal materials, the dam may not be able to withstand the rain for so long."
When the water hits the dam, it is a disaster.
The most ruthless thing in this world is fire and water, and you can't escape if you get caught.
Although Ye Jiao didn't know how serious the natural disaster was, she could see that the family members were nervous recently, and the little ginseng was also very considerate and didn't ask more questions, and she didn't always eat in a different way like before, just because of her double body. , Occasionally feel that something is missing in your mouth.
It's not that I'm hungry, it's that my mouth is dry, and I always want something sweet.
Seeing her licking her mouth, Ye Pingrong asked, "Hungry?"
Xiao Su said from the side, "What do you want to eat, Second Young Lady? Chicken soup is being stewed in the small kitchen, can you ask the cook to make a bowl of noodles?"
Ye Jiao shook her head and said, "I'm not hungry, or I just want to eat dim sum, a hearty meal," her voice paused, "I'm not in a hurry anyway, I'll just think about it."
Xu Bao raised his hand and handed it to Ye Jiao: "Mother eat cake!"
Ye Jiao was not polite to him either, she smiled and went over to eat, and kissed Xu Bao by the way.
Ye Pingrong looked at Ye Jiao and couldn't help but say, "Looking at the rain, it's about to stop. I'll go to Fengfengzhai and buy it for you."
Ye Jiao smiled and nodded.
And the rain stopped for ten days.
During the ten days, it was not a heavy rain every day. The rain was big and small, but it was a rare heavy rain after all.
The Qi family is fine. Their terrain is high and they cannot accumulate water, and the shops in the town and the city are not affected. There is a moat around the periphery, and there are moats, open canals, and culverts. At most, some medicinal materials are soaked in water. No use, the store is fine.
Zhuangzi is located in the upper reaches of the original river that runs through the village and town. Although there are some flooded, as long as there is nothing wrong with the granary, everything will be fine.
However, in the lower reaches of the Yuanhe River, the dam was washed away, and several villages and towns were flooded.
Even though there are many ways to inform in advance by the water newspaper and the sheep newspaper, the villagers only had time to run to a high place to avoid and save their lives, but they could not take away the food and livestock at home.
The flood was merciless, and after a wash, nothing was left.
But when the people in the town were glad that the heavy rain stopped and prevented a bigger disaster, Qi Yun called Manager Song over.
As soon as Guanshi Song entered the study, he said to Qi Yun, "Second Young Master, I have checked the shop, and the damage is not too big. The medicinal herbs were hoarded in Yaoyuanzi early, and now is the time to release them."
When Qi Yun heard the words, he didn't say anything, because he knew what Steward Song said was true.
The disaster brought about shortages. The imperial court has performed benevolent governance for many years, with low taxes and levies, and just after the war, followed by the death of the previous emperor, and the new emperor ascended the throne, even if Qi Yun has no connection with the official, I know it. At this moment, the court is afraid that there is not much money, and there are not many that can be allocated to the place.
Now, if the stored medicinal materials can be released, even if the price is ten times higher, they can still be sold.
It's just that Qi Yun didn't intend to do that.
He looked at Steward Song, beckoned Steward Song to sit down, and then said: "The place that suffered this disaster has many connections with the tenants of Zhuangzi, and many people in Zhuangzi came from there, and they are inseparable after all. Far away, there will always be some kinship.”
Manager Song was taken aback.
Then I heard Qi Yun say: "I discussed it with my eldest brother, thinking about writing something to appease, even if it's for the tenants, I have to help them."
As soon as these words came out, Song Guanshi immediately thought about the gains and losses, and quickly replied: "Second Young Master has a good heart, this kind of life-saving thing is naturally done. It's just that our magistrate is not a broad-minded person. , the newly arrived county magistrate is not very generous, even if we do our best, I am afraid that it will be used as a certificate for them to ask for credit, and it will not be of any benefit to us."
Qi Yun looked calm, obviously thinking of this.
He even went a step further than Steward Song thought, and was certain that the magistrate would not report his credit, but would only take it to himself.
But Qi Yun's original intention of doing this was not to show merit, but for Qi's family: "Song Manager, you have to remember that you can only set yourself up by calming people's hearts. I only need to stabilize them. As for credit, that will be considered in the future. things."
Qi Yun did not dare to say that he was a compassionate Bodhisattva. On the contrary, he only cared about those few people, and the people next to him had nothing to do with him. He would not even blink his eyes, but Qi Yun was always considerate, and this time The suffering was more or less related to his family, so he naturally couldn't ignore it.
Nowadays, the Qi family does things, whether it is a manager or a shopkeeper, or they often find people from the tenants.
As for those tenants, they don't seem to have any family background, but there are still many capable people. The most important thing is to have one heart with the Qi family, which is the most rare.
Even if he used this expense to exchange the loyalty of his subordinates, Qi Yun felt that the deal was worth it.
Steward Song bowed his hands again: "The owner..."
But before he could finish speaking, Qi Yun raised his hand and stopped his words: "Business is never just about money, but also about people's favor, steward Song, prepare as I said, you won't be at a loss. ."
Steward Song lowered his head, no longer asked any more questions, and replied, "Yes." Then he hurried out to prepare.
From the beginning to the end, Qi Yun never said that Steward Song was wrong, even though it seemed that Steward Song was a little impersonal, but Steward Song's thoughts were what most people thought.
It doesn't matter to oneself, when other people live well and oneself live well, ordinary people will choose the latter.
It's just that Qi Yun chose to let others have a better life this time, but it's not a complete heart attack, but Qi Yun sees it more clearly.
Money can be made again, but if the foundation is gone, it is really over.
The Qi family took root here, especially the tenants on Zhuangzi, most of whom came from the village. If they do nothing, even those who have nothing to do with those villages will be hurt.
It chills people's hearts, I'm afraid it won't go so smoothly in the future.
It is difficult to gather people, but it is easy to disperse.
So, early the next morning, Qi Yun and Qi Zhao sent people to Zhuangzi shop.
The granary in the village is divided into six out of ten, and is escorted by the tenants to the village for distribution. Half of the spirits hoarded in the wine shop are also taken out, which can be burned or warmed up.
Li Langzhong brought more than a dozen Langzhong with medicinal materials, and prepared pills and realgar to burn to prevent the plague.
In fact, not many of them need to spend money, at least Ye Jiao's money box is not too small, but she has put out a lot of things she had hoarded before, which are real food and medicinal materials, especially medicinal materials. It looked mighty when it was transported away from town.
As for the money for these grains and medicinal materials, Qi Yun will settle the accounts with the various management sheets, and will not lose them.
After a few days of busy work, I finally stabilized for the time being.
When doing this, Qi Yun didn't tell Ye Jiao more, for fear that she would be worried.
However, the little ginseng could always hear the wind, so he plucked nearly half of the medicinal herbs in his yard for him.
These medicinal flowers are not as immediate as the stone sprouts, nor are they rare. Usually, a lot of them are planted on Dong's side. Most of them can be beneficial to the body when they are burned, which is finally a help.
But Qi Yun was not ostentatious, and Ye Jiao didn't talk about this when she was talking to Ye Pingrong. When Ye Pingrong brought Qi Ming to say goodbye, she just said: "Brother, the rain has just passed, and I am afraid that the road is muddy and difficult to walk outside. Why don't you wait a few days."
Ye Pingrong smiled: "It's okay, I went to see the main road from here to the town in the morning. It can pass through, and Saburo's academy has also reopened, so he should have gone to study early."
This is not only for Qi Ming's consideration, but also Chu Chengyun's entrustment, Ye Pingrong naturally does not dare to slack off.
Ye Jiao didn't leave them alone, but went to the inner room to get a tassel and handed it to Qi Ming.
Qi Saburo looked at it, and felt that the fringe was a little crooked, and the color matching was also red and green, which was extra... different.
But before Qi Ming could speak, Ye Jiao smiled and said, "It's been raining so hard that I can't go out, so I just wanted to find something to do. These are the tassels that I made with my own hands. I'll give them to you."
Qi Ming immediately stretched out his hand to take it, looked at the red and green tassels, looked at Ye Jiao again, and said after a long time, "It's beautiful, sister-in-law's craftsmanship is really good."
This made Ye Pingrong glance at him, thinking that this reader would also be talking nonsense.
Qi Ming said silently in his heart, last time he said that sister-in-law's words were ugly, and he copied countless large characters, this time he won't tell the truth... No, this is the truth! It's beautiful, it's very beautiful, the tassels made by my sister-in-law are of course beautiful, and whoever says it doesn't look good is blind!
Ye Jiao also saw the sincere look on Qi Ming's face, and thought to herself, it would be better to call the third brother a few times next time.
After leaving the courtyard, the two went to see Qi Yun again.
Qi Erlang didn't say a word about what he was busy with these days, and only asked Ye Pingrong to send his younger brother to the city safely, and said nothing else.
But he didn't know that after Ye Pingrong sent Qi Ming to the academy, he realized that there was a paper bag in his pouch.
This was bought in the town when he was visiting the road in the morning. He originally wanted to give it to Ye Jiao himself, but the snacks inside had already been shattered when the horses were bumping, and Ye Pingrong remembered that he promised Ye Jiao to ask for it. Bring her a snack.
This is actually a trivial matter. I think he won't complain if he didn't bring Ye Jiao back. Besides, after so many days, I'm afraid Ye Jiao has forgotten it.
But for Ye Pingrong, as long as the little sister said it, it is comparable to the imperial decree and must be done.
Never let the little sister down.
So Ye Pingrong turned his horse's head and went to Fengfengzhai in the town again. He was going to buy Ye Jiao another package of snacks to send back. Even if it was delayed, he would be punished by Chu Chengyun when he went back, and he felt it was worth it.
But when he was shopping for snacks, Ye Pingrong saw that the street was no different from usual, but this calm was the biggest difference.
Ordinary natural disasters are unavoidable. Even though the imperial court built dams and widened the rivers early, it was just a matter of human resources.
Ye Pingrong could also guess that the downstream villages were flooded, but generally speaking, in order to survive, those victims would inevitably flood into the town or even the city to make a living.
Even when he was guarding at the border gate, he often encountered disaster victims who ran into the city. The scene could be said to be extremely chaotic, and the shops in the town were afraid to open their doors.
But now, looking at the calm, it doesn't seem like some kind of disaster has happened.
Ye Pingrong couldn't help but ask the staff at Fengshengzhai, "Has no one been to the town recently?"
When Ye Pingrong came to buy snacks in the morning, it was this guy who greeted him, and now the guy said while Ye Pingrong packaged the dim sum: "I think the guest officer wants to ask about the flood this time. The guest officer is probably a foreigner and doesn't know that this flood After coming here, in addition to the money and food provided by the imperial court, the Qi family over there also made great efforts to provide food and then to the Langzhong. Those disaster victims did not run into the town. If the guest officials walked further, they would definitely be able to see them. It's the frame that transports the Qi family to the roadside."
Ye Pingrong was stunned for a moment, and quickly asked, "But the Qi family in the east?"
The guy smiled and said, "Isn't that the Qi family? There are a lot of rich families in the city, but the Qi family has such a compassionate heart." Then the guy handed the wrapped dim sum to Ye Pingrong, "Come on, guest officer, take it. ."
Ye Pingrong took it, the paper-wrapped dessert was still hot, but Ye Pingrong felt that the place in his heart was hotter.
Standing there and thinking for a while, Ye Pingrong didn't go back to Qi's house, but went to Qi's pharmacy, and asked the little guy to send the snacks to Qi's house, and then he quickly returned to the capital.
The first thing is to hand over the sign to the palace, and tell Chu Chengyun about it without missing a beat.
And Chu Chengyun didn't know anything about it.
Putting down the pen, Chu Chengyun frowned slightly, reached out and found a memorial from the pile of memorials next to him, opened it, and found a memorial for merit.
It was said that the county magistrate was able to handle affairs effectively, and the magistrate gave good guidance, but he did not mention the strength of the Qi family in this matter.
Not only did he not mention it, but he also put all the things sent out by the Qi family on his head, in order to benefit their clansmen.
Chu Chengyun naturally would not doubt Ye Pingrong's intentions. Even though Ye Pingrong was related to the Qi family, Ye Pingrong was a pure minister by Chu Chengyun's side. will tell this lie.
However, if Ye Pingrong didn't say such a sentence, I'm afraid that Chu Chengyun would never go to someone to check the details.
Is this just greed and false claims, or is he deceived by the unstable foundation of the new emperor's succession...
Chu Chengyun narrowed his eyes and did not speak.
But soon, he said to Ye Pingrong: "Okay, Pingrong get up first." Then, Chu Chengyun said to Ye Pingrong, "Since ancient times, rewards and punishments have been clearly distinguished. Qi Erlang is not greedy for money, and he is not It is really rare to ask for a reward.”
Ye Pingrong glanced at Chu Chengyun and thought to himself, this is a clear reward and punishment, but only talking about his brother-in-law's reward, but not who punished, what is going on
At this moment, Chu Chengyun had already smiled and asked the palace servant to bring a pen and paper, and wrote a few words, and then called the people from the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Personnel. As for what they said, Ye Pingrong didn't know.
As for the dismissal of a small county magistrate and a small magistrate, it is not even news in the capital.
But the emperor ordered someone to make a plaque to escort him out of Beijing, but it quietly spread among the officials.