Ye Xiaotian slept late today, and his arms were full of warmth and fragrance. As Fatty Zhang said, he really slept comfortably. At five o'clock, it suddenly rained violently, and by dawn it was already pouring heavily, and the rain poured down like it didn't want money, covering the sky and the ground.
Generally speaking, if the rain is too rapid, it will weaken in half an hour at most, but this time the heavy rain has been falling for more than an hour, and the rain still has not weakened by half. Ye Xiaotian woke up to the sound of heavy rain, and when he opened his eyes, it seemed that the sky had only just dawned.
Ye Xiaotian stretched out his hand to touch the side, but there was no sign of Duo Ni anymore. Ye Xiaotian got up in his clothes and went to the outer room, just in time to see Duo Ni walking in from the corridor carrying a food basket, and when she saw Ye Xiaotian, she pursed her lips and smiled, "I've woken up, I see you are sleeping soundly, I can't bear to call you, I'll go get you breakfast."
Ye Xiaotian said: "What time is it, why are you up?"
Duo Ni said: "It's already time. Do you think it's still early? It's just that it's raining today, so you can't see the dawn."
Ye Xiaotian was taken aback, and said: "It's time already, too bad, I've just arrived, so I'm going to be late to go to office."
Duo Ni comforted: "Don't worry, it rained a lot today. Our manor is built against a mountain. The front is low and the back is high. The water in the courtyard is still deep. You can imagine that the city is flat. Brother Xiaotian won’t be the only one.”
Ye Xiaotian went to the corridor and looked out, it was raining heavily, the rainwater flowing down from the eaves no longer seemed to be stringed into strings of beads, but poured down like small waterfalls, the water in the yard was really deep, and there was no time to drain it. Ye Xiaotian heaved a sigh of relief when he lost his ankle in the clear and shallow place.
Ye Xiaotian went back to the living room and sat down, Duo Ni had already put the breakfast on the table for him, Ye Xiaotian picked up the chopsticks and said to Duo Ni: "Come on, there is no need to call Yaoyao over today, just you and me to eat, we I happen to have something to say to you."
The two of them sat down and had breakfast, Ye Xiaotian told Douni again what he said to Ye Lao yesterday. Duo Ni's brows were filled with joy when she heard that, her pretty cheeks flushed like peach blossoms: "Brother Xiao Tian, is it true? You want my father's tribe to move to Tixi?"
Ye Xiaotian said: "Yes, tell them to migrate out from the deep mountains. I'm afraid they won't be used to living on the flat land for a while. Besides, if there are so many tribesmen, if they change their living habits all at once, their livelihood will not be guaranteed, so we still call them Live in the mountains, but it's always nice to be closer."
Duo Ni picked up the rice, her eyes had turned into crescent moons, and she said happily, "I'm thinking that now that I'm in Tongren, it's far away from the village, so it's inconvenient to visit my parents. It would be great if they could move to Tixi." Is it near?"
Ye Xiaotian smiled and said: "Well, if you move to Tixi, it's not far from here, but I didn't let their tribe move to make it easier for you to see your parents. The main purpose is to Or to have enough people nearby to protect me."
Duo Ni suddenly became nervous, and asked: "Why, is there someone who wants to be unfavorable to Brother Xiaotian?"
Ye Xiaotian waved his hand and said: "Not yet, but... just take precautions before they happen. When I mediated the Shuiyin Mountain Rebellion, I had trouble with several major local tribes. Most of the local tribal leaders and Tongren Mansion officials There are intertwined relationships.
This time, the Zhang family and the Dai family are involved in a death lawsuit. I am afraid that both parties will not be very satisfied with my decision. If something really happens, it will be difficult to protect our whole family with only a dozen guards around me. It would be safe to call some people to settle nearby. "
As soon as Ye Xiaotian's life was involved, Duo Ni nodded solemnly. Ye Xiaotian is not only her man, but also the servant of the Gu God she devoutly believes in. No matter for her personally or for the Gu Sect, the Venerable will not allow the slightest mistake.
Ye Xiaotian coughed, and said again: "After all, Tixi is still a certain distance away. So, I also consider sending more people to Tongren City."
Duo Ni nodded again and again, and said, "That's good, that's good! There must be more people around you to be safe."
Ye Xiaotian said: "But it's impossible to arrange too many people in Tongren City. Besides, I'm not in any danger right now, just in case, if there are always some unknown people dangling around, it will cause trouble. People are suspicious. The elders in our church all have secular relatives, right?"
Duo Ni said: "Of course, they all have brothers and sisters. Even if they have been elders for many years, they still have many relatives in the tribe. Sometimes, they will adopt a son from a relative's family to inherit his lineage." What about incense?"
A slight smile appeared in Ye Xiaotian's eyes, and he said: "Very good! Then, let the eight elders choose a family from their relatives, move to the foot of Dongshan, and live in front of and behind my mansion. I will help them in the local Find some livelihood to do, so that if they live here for a long time, no one will find it strange. They are relatives of the elders, so there should be no problem with their loyalty."
Duo Ni said disapprovingly: "Brother Xiao Tian is too worried, as long as it is to protect His Holiness, none of the people in the more than one hundred banners in the eighteen caves of Jiuzhaigou is willing to sacrifice their lives for His Holiness, they are all loyal people. .”
Ye Xiaotian said with a smile: "But the Eighth Elders have worked so hard, this honor should be given to their families first, so others won't make irresponsible remarks, otherwise it will be like the last time I built a house, I only need a few hundred people, but they come all at once 8,000 people were killed, which made me unable to settle down."
Doni thought for a while, then smiled and said, "What brother Xiaotian said is true, it's because of your thorough thinking."
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Because of the heavy rain, with a reason, Ye Xiaotian felt at ease and didn't go out in a hurry. After breakfast, he stayed for a while, and when the heavy rain stopped, he left the mansion and went to the government office accompanied by the guards.
On this road, they turned eastward and westward, and chose places with relatively high terrain, but they still stopped and walked very slowly. Many roads are already filled with ocean, some people’s courtyards are covered with sandbags, and some people are scooping water out of clay pots in the courtyard, and some naughty children are sitting in large wooden pots, leisurely treating the street as a city. creek.
From time to time, there will be a long-standing earthen wall soaked by rainwater, and it will fall down with a bang. Seeing this, Hua Yunfei couldn't help frowning and said: "After this heavy rain, I am afraid that many poor people's houses will collapse. , homeless."
Ye Xiaotian looked at the stagnant water that had reached the horse's belly, and nodded slightly.
The magistrate's yamen was originally the chieftain's mansion, the foundation is relatively high, and the chieftain's mansion is also located in a higher position in the city, so when Ye Xiaotian walked up the street in front of the mansion's yamen, the water was not deep, and the horses moved much more briskly .
Ye Xiaotian rushed to the torture hall, took off his water boots, and poured out the water accumulated in the two boots. Mao Wenzhi walked over with his big bare feet and handed over the official boots on his shoulders. Ye Xiaotian put on his socks and was about to put on the boots, so he See Zhang Bin, the governor of the Criminal Office, hurried in.
As soon as Zhang Bin saw Ye Xiaotian, he was overjoyed and said: "Master Tui Guan has arrived, and the prefect has issued an order to summon the chief officials of the three classes, six rooms, and various divisions to meet."
Ye Xiaotian put on a boot and asked, "Did the magistrate ever say what happened?"
Zhang Bin shook his head and said, "I haven't heard of this."
Ye Xiaotian put on his boots and walked to the main hall of the magistrate alone. When I arrived at the main hall, I saw that Dai Tongzhi, Li Jingren and others had arrived. Most of these people lived in the center of the city or near the government office, which was more convenient than Ye Xiaotian who lived at the foot of Dongshan Mountain.
What surprised Ye Xiaotian was that Yu Junting, the female supervisor, was also there. This female chieftain who was said to never go to the Yamen to attend to government affairs seemed to be much more diligent recently. Ye Xiaotian sat down next to Li Jing, and asked in a low voice: "Is there anything urgent to summon you, the magistrate?"
Li Jing said lazily: "I heard that it was the relatives of the prefect who complained to the prefect. After heavy rain, there will be a sea of water, and it will be inconvenient to go in and out. Presumably the lord summoned him for this matter."
Ye Xiaotian nodded after listening, dredging the river is only related to household science and engineering, and in any case, it will not have anything to do with him, the judge of the criminal court. If he comes today, it is enough to bring a pair of ears. After a while, a man who looked like a staff member came out from behind the screen, stood by the case, coughed and said, "Master Zhifu has arrived."
All the officials stood up one after another, and they saw Fatty Zhang coming out slowly. Before reaching the steps, he stretched out his hand to support the gongan, moved his fat body up the steps, and turned to stand behind the gongan. Everyone bowed and said: "I have seen the Lord Fu Zun!"
Fatty Zhang nodded, supported the case with both hands and looked at the crowd, heaved a long sigh, and chanted: "Why is it raining heavily, the Dragon King of the East China Sea burst into tears, the old dragon went back to the palace after crying, it's just that I, Zhang Duo, suffered!"
"Say..." Li Jing, who was standing next to Ye Xiaotian, tightly closed his mouth, and the laughter that blurted out was suffocated by him, and he suffocated it into a muffled grunt.
It was the first time for Ye Xiaotian to participate in an event hosted by Mr. Zhang, and he didn't know the prefect Zhang's style of arranging yamen, so he was stunned when he heard it: "What's the situation? Could it be that Prefect Zhang is going to start storytelling next?"
Seeing that Zhang Zhifu had finished reciting this good poem, which is not inferior to "the millennium iron tree does not bloom", he slowly sat down and said with a long sigh: "The underground river in this city was excavated during the reign of Emperor Shenzong of Song Dynasty, and it has been more than five hundred years since then. , I haven’t dredged for a long time, and now it’s flooded when it rains heavily, I think it’s time to dredge, what do you adults think?”
Ye Xiaotian thought: "The underground canal built during the Song Dynasty has been used for more than 500 years, and it is still in use now. It is already very remarkable. This kind of river should have been cleared of blood stasis long ago, even if it accumulates an inch a year, five hundred Over the years, this river should be blocked."
All the officials remained silent. Although the official system here is the same as that in the Central Plains, these officials are all tribal leaders, large and small, and they are all financially responsible for their own profits and losses. Want to repair the river? Good thing, but who is responsible for the money? So no one wants to be that early bird.
Fatty Zhang coughed, and said again: "The cost of dredging the river is of course paid by the government. Nong Xiaomiao!"
Nong Xiaomiao, an official of the Huke Division, immediately took a step forward and stood with his head bowed. Fatty Zhang said, "Just do the math, how much silver and labor are needed to dredge the rivers in the city."
The man murmured and calculated for a long time, then cupped his hands and said: "Go back to the magistrate, and calculate the payment of two hundred taels of tax and silver, which can be used as the cost of dredging the stasis. In addition, the repair of the river cannot be started in the whole city at the same time, otherwise all kinds of roads It’s difficult, and it will inevitably cause various inconveniences. If we clear the stasis section by section, three hundred laborers are enough for each section of the river, so there is no need to go to war and damage the people’s strength.”
Fatty Zhang heard that the amount of two hundred taels was still within the range he could accept, so he generously said: "In that case, the Secretary of Engineering..."
Without waiting for Zhang Zhifu to read his name, the engineering department official came out and said: "Master Zhifu, the city wall of the west city has collapsed in many places, and our staff are doing their best to repair it. In addition, the granary in the north of the city is also under construction. The water conservancy project in Banpo Town is also in progress, and there is really no manpower left to take charge of the dredging.”
When Fatty Zhang heard it, this granary was built for their Zhang family, so there was no delay. Sixty percent of the land in Banpo Town belongs to Zhang's family. Of course, the water conservancy project there cannot be affected, and the officials of the engineering department must not be transferred again.
Fatty Zhang hesitated to look at the crowd, and everyone immediately lowered their heads to avoid it, and Zhang Duo couldn't help showing an angry look. Yu Junting sat at the top, glanced at his handsome eyes, and saw Ye Xiaotian, who was only tucked into his ears, was distracted, couldn't help smiling, and said: "Master Zhifu, it's better to leave this matter to Officer Ye Tui." go a head!"