Shopkeeper Ding took people into the city, and went to the west city in person, carefully inspected the site to see if the soil quality of the excavated earth met the firing requirements, and asked how long the entire dredging project would take if the earth could be cleaned every day. As well as the main road sections to be cleared, after careful calculation, it was found that it was indeed profitable.
Moreover, Tongren Mansion is currently repairing the city wall and expanding the granary. Taoist Changfeng of Qixuan Temple is going to build a Taoist temple in Tongren City. These three places are near the main road section of dredging, so it is very convenient to burn and provide bricks and tiles on the spot. , can save a lot of traveling expenses, and what is saved is also earned.
Therefore, shopkeeper Ding decisively agreed to set up kilns to burn bricks in three places in the city. After dredging, one of the most labor-intensive steps is how to deal with the silt. This is a city, not a lake or river beach, which can be piled up on the spot to form islands or be used to raise dams.
Now there is Yu Kee Brick & Tile Co., Ltd., and the fresh silt dug out can be used to burn bricks with a little treatment by the brick and tile co. The mud piled up on the side of the road was not needed for a while, and some small landowners in nearby villages and towns transported it back to be used as fertilizer, which basically solved a big problem for Ye Xiaotian.
At the same time, Ye Xiaotian seized the opportunity to complain to Zhang Zhifu. Zhang Zhifu couldn't bear the trouble, and finally changed his mind and agreed. The dredging project will be completed in two years. One hundred taels.
In this way, together with the money Ye Xiaotian "raised" from the merchants in the three streets and six alleys, it was enough to ensure the smooth progress of the whole project. When the matter is on track, Ye Xiaotian doesn't have to go to the scene to take care of it every day, and the specific matters are handed over to Zhaomo Guanyang God.
This Yang God looks like a "god leader", with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a stunned head, but in fact he has a lot of ghost ideas, who wants to open a house, who wants to get married, how to make a mess in front of the door, I want him to speed up the construction, Some kind of favor must be given, so that he can enjoy being the foreman.
Once the dredging project is opened up and the road is cleared, the people under the ground can just follow the established guidelines and proceed step by step, and Ye Xiaotian doesn't need to worry about it. During this period of time, people began to come to the criminal court to file lawsuits one after another. Ye Xiaotian's successful trial before still had a certain impact.
It’s just that when there are disputes among the natives, they are still used to finding the chieftains and the chieftains for adjudication, and they are unwilling to go to the yamen. Most of the cases that Ye Xiaotian is currently handling are economic disputes between merchants, but it is precisely this kind of case that is full of oil and water, no matter whether the plaintiff or The defendant, when he arrived at the yamen, he always had to go up and down to manage it, and the criminal hall finally came back to life.
The changes in the criminal hall and Ye Xiaotian's actions are seen in the eyes of all the officials in Tongren Mansion, and Ye Xiaotian's image in their minds is also gradually changing. At the beginning, the officials of Tongren Mansion generally rejected Ye Xiaotian as an outsider, especially those who knew about the turmoil in the officialdom in Hu County were even more alienated from him.
But over the past few days, they have gradually discovered that Ye Xiaotian is very methodical in doing things, and he will never force himself to do things that he should not be in charge of, such as the murder case between Zhang and Dai, although this case was dismissed hastily , but they all saw Ye Xiaotian's performance in the meantime. What they hate the most are colleagues who don't care about the seriousness and reckless consequences. Ye Xiaotian is obviously not such a black sheep.
With the small amount of money allocated by the government, it is impossible for the dredging to be carried out smoothly. The prevailing method is to choose the most important ones, and repair the left and right sides of the officials' mansions as if they were new, and ignore them in other areas. Bright, so he can be regarded as a capable official.
But Ye Xiaotian turned the impossible into the possible, he was so whimsical, he cut a lot of expenses from the impossible, and softly took out a sum of money from the pocket of the stingy magistrate, and it really started vigorously. Desilting the whole city.
A person who can accomplish something that others think is impossible with the least amount of money is a great person. A person who knows how to advance and retreat, has a sense of proportion and is very capable, few people will feel disgusted with him. At least, through his efforts, Ye Xiaotian has created such an image in the eyes of the Tongren Mansion officials:
I am very capable, I work hard, I have a pure nature, and I am a harmless little friend, everyone come and pick me up! Therefore, Dai Tongzhi, who specializes in making good families, came here after smelling the smell...
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Doni and Yelao returned to the mountain, and Yelao went straight to the temple to meet the elders, while Doni ran back home like a little swallow. She hadn’t seen her parents for a long time, and she really missed them. very.
The big yellow dog at the door still recognized its little master. Seeing Donny came back, the big yellow dog barked twice, swooped up and circled around Donny, and wagged its tail. It seemed that it also Very happy.
The cry of rhubarb called a little guy out of the house, first he had a fat leg like a lotus root, and then he was wearing a teapot lid on his head, wearing crotch pants, with a silver lock hanging around his neck, a silver lock The little guy with the drool all over his face appeared.
He struggled to climb over the high threshold, and looked at Doni curiously with his big eyes like lacquer spots. Doni rushed over happily, hugged him, and said with a giggle, "Mijiu, is it?" Isn't it Xiaomijiu? Oh, our family's Xiaomijiu has grown so big, let my sister kiss... "
Xiao Mijiu seemed to be frightened by her excited appearance, twisted her body twice and couldn't break free, so she turned her head and called her parents into the room. Gotold and his mother-in-law heard the sound, and when they saw their daughter came back, they were naturally overjoyed. The family reunited after a long absence, and after a long period of intimacy, Dooni's mother discovered something strange.
Douni's mother was surprised and delighted and said: "Sister Sun, didn't you have been pregnant a long time ago, what's the matter... Could it be that you have already given birth?"
Only then did Duo Ni realize that when an elder went to Hu County to visit the Venerable, she had pretended to be pregnant, and immediately hesitated. Gedole said excitedly: "Hahaha, I've already become a grandfather. Sister Sun, tell Dad quickly whether you are giving birth to a boy or a girl."
Duo Ni groaned secretly, then thought that if her father's tribe moved to the Tixi area, which would be closer to Tongren, it would be impossible to hide this matter sooner or later. After all, they were her own parents, so there was no need to hide it too much, so she stammered. The truth has been told.
Gedole frowned when he heard this. He was the father, so he didn't want to say much, but Doni's mother pulled her daughter into the room, and the mother and daughter whispered. After careful questioning, Douni's mother passed on to her daughter some secrets of getting pregnant easily passed down from her grandparents, which made Doini blush from time to time.
Doni's mother taught her daughter all the secrets of the boudoir that are not known to outsiders, and told her: "If an elder asks, you will say that you accidentally moved your fetus and caused a miscarriage. Do you understand? Otherwise, the elders will definitely choose a daughter who is fit to give birth to the Venerable from other people's family, and compete with you for favor."
Donny nodded repeatedly, she didn't want to have more little sisters to share her man.
When Ye Lao returned to the temple, Ge Cai Lao, who was the oldest, immediately summoned all the elders. Because he followed Venerable Ye the longest in winter, he was specially called to attend, and Ye Lao came to convey the orders of the Venerable Ye.
Yelao unfolded the map that Ye Xiaotian gave him, and pointed it out to the elders: "Your Majesty ordered that the Gedolae tribe be moved to live in the mountains here. In addition, each of the eight elders will nominate a family member of their own family. , go to Tongren City to live around the Venerable’s mansion, listen to the oracle nearby, and protect the safety of the gods and servants.”
Ge Cai frowned: "Why did the Venerable make such an arrangement? Could it be that in Tongren, is there anyone who intends to harm the Venerable?"
Yelao said: "The venerable has experienced experience in the world, and has now been promoted from the county magistrate of Huxian County to the Tuiguan of Tongren Prefecture. This Tongren is under the rule of a native official, which is different from Huxian County. The official status of the venerable is granted by the imperial court. Tongren Mansion is not enough to rely on. People without strength can't speak in Tongren.
In addition, some time ago, the prefect Zhang of Tongren asked the Venerable to mediate the disputes between the four tribes of Shuiyin Mountain, and the Venerable was involved in it, and had grievances with several big families, especially the Guoji family of Liangyuegu. With Tixi at home, it is hard to say that they will not be harmful to His Holiness, and His Holiness is also planning for a rainy day... "
Ge Dewa said nervously: "The situation in Tongren is so serious, what if the Venerable makes a mistake, what will happen to me, I'm waiting here, so why don't you ask the Venerable to resign and return to the mountain."
Yelao smiled wryly and said, "I also tried to persuade you like this, but His Holiness was unmoved. His Holiness said that he would not return to the mountain until the time for training has come."
An elder heard this, frowned and said, "Over the years, we have been trying to prevent the congregation from contacting the secular world. Is it appropriate to transfer a tribe out?"
All the elders immediately fell silent, there are some reasons that cannot be publicly announced, although they all knew what was going on in their hearts. Elder Dong, who was just listening in, thought for a while, and suddenly said: "Elders, this disciple thinks it's okay to send a tribe there."
Ge Cailao and other elders all looked at him. Elder Dong mustered up his courage and said: "Elders, I teach to be independent from the world, and I don't want everything in the world to affect the devotion of the congregation. But today, Gao Shan Dangerous ravines are no longer enough barriers.
There are often some tribal children who go out to sell mountain treasures and furs in exchange for salt and cloth. They have seen and heard everything outside the mountain, and they will talk about it when they come back. The last time the eight thousand disciples built a mansion for the Venerable, they stayed in Hu County for a while, and when they came back, they often talked about the prosperity outside the mountain, and their hearts were already shaken.
Someone asked the disciples, we devoutly worship the Gu God, and as a follower of the Gu God, shouldn’t the God give us a better life? Why should we be willing to be poor and hide here for generations? The disciple was speechless. All the elders have traveled all over the world, and they all know that there are many sects such as Buddhism and Taoism in the world.
There are many believers in these sects, and they have not been annihilated because they entered the secular world. If we devoutly believe in the existence of Gu God, why should we worry that our believers will be seduced by others? Therefore, my disciples feel that we should go out! "
This is another debate about whether the Gu religion should enter the world or be out of the world. This kind of debate has been debated within the Gu religion hundreds of years ago, but the theory of the world has always prevailed. But this time Elder Dong raised this question again, but the elders remained silent for a long time.
After a long time, an eighty-year-old elder with white beard and white hair slowly said: "It seems that it is not impossible to send a tribe from the tribes of more than a hundred banners in Jiudong and Eighteen Villages to contact the world. The influence of the teaching has more advantages than disadvantages, so we don’t have to avoid it like this in the future, if being born is not conducive to the survival of our teaching, we will continue to restrain the congregation and keep less contact with the world.”
Dong Dong is Godewa's direct disciple, after hearing what the elder said, Godewa chuckled and said to Dong Dong approvingly: "Your eyesight has always been bad, but you see farther than us old guys. "
Ge Cai said sensitively: "Elder Ge Dewa also agrees to come out of the mountain?"
Ge Dewa said: "Nowadays there is an order from His Holiness, we must not ignore it. Besides, we just sent out a tribe, and it is up to me to advance or retreat. What's wrong with that? What do you elders think?"
The elders whispered to each other and nodded in agreement. Seeing this, Mr. Gecai said, "Okay, then, according to the order of the lord, let the Gedoldao move westward to the territory of Tixi. However, the old man thinks that it is still necessary to We have to send an elder to sit in the Gedola tribe, and if there is any disturbance, we can also find out in time."
Gedwa nodded in agreement, and praised: "It's better for Ge Cai to be mature and prudent. If this is the case, it's better to let the seducer go to the Gedole's department. We old guys have rotten bones, so we can't bear this. Toss."
The seducer he mentioned was the newly promoted elder who was promoted together with Ye Lao. He was not yet sixty years old, and he was considered a very young one among the elders. All the elders nodded in agreement. So, things settled down.
The tribe where the Gedoles belonged to has always been stationed by the lake of God, unlike some tribes that have gold and silver and other mineral resources in their territory, and are a little richer. They went to the mountains to hunt, went to the water to catch fish, and lived a very simple life in the mountains. Hunting bows and iron forks and a fishing net were all their living materials.
Of course, the wealthy tribes are relatively speaking, and they are still far inferior to those outside the mountains. Just like in some places, hundreds of catties of gold are used to paint god statues in the temple, and thousands of precious stones are embedded in god statues, while those believers are destitute.
As for the houses they live in, they are all made of local materials and made of big wood. The place to move is also in the mountains. It is very easy to build a new house. The things they really need to take with them are just a few burdens. The preparations for the family relocation were completed in just one day.
Migration is to serve the venerable, this reason is enough for them, not to mention that the current mountain tribes are not as closed as before, often people will pass back the prosperity seen in the world to the tribe, and word of mouth continues to beautify, It is even more exciting. Therefore, except for some old people who are full of nostalgia for the place where they have lived all their lives, most of the people in the tribe left happily.
Under the secret operation of several forces, today's Tongren Mansion is like an oil pan that is gradually heating up. The temperature of the oil is gradually rising, and it will soon boil. At this time, Ye Xiaotian scooped up another ladle of cold water and poured it into the oil pan without thinking.