Ji Zhen is like this, so Ji Songxian can't help but worry.

She looked at Ji Zhen and asked, "How were these projects done in previous years?" Isn't there no one to work every year? ”

Ji Zhen smiled when she heard her ask: "You, you really don't hear anything outside the window, this moat has not been dredged for many years, in previous years, the city wall reinforcement and drainage ditches were picked up in those disaster years, or floods, or droughts, there are many displaced people, these people do everything to eat enough, and there are countless people rushing to do work when they give some money, only in the past few years, the world has been peaceful and the rain has been smooth, who else is willing to do these coolies?" ”

Ji Songxian frowned when he heard this, and he was stumped for a while.

She thought about it for a long time and didn't think of a good way, so she couldn't help but look at the memories in her mind that had become peaceful, those memories were very vague, and she couldn't see most of the knowledge, so she only remembered a little to lure it.

However, the Ministry of Industry has already given a lot of wages and no one has done it, which is really ......

"Eighth brother, what kind of work do you have to do with this dredging?" Ji Songxian and his entourage wanted to ask.

Ji Zhen had nothing to do, so he patiently taught her: "Speaking of this work, it is also tiring, you have to make people jump into the river to clear the mud at the bottom of the river to the bank, and then transport the mud that has been cleared up, which is easier said than done, the silt does not know how many years old, and it is at the bottom of the river, it is very laborious to shovel up, and the mud at the bottom of the river does not know how thick, if you don't pay attention, you will fall into the mud and can't pull it out, no wonder no one wants to do this kind of work." ”

The more Ji Songxian listened, the tighter his brows wrinkled, and he said in his heart that such a job must be helped by favorable tools, and only when people are more idle can someone be willing to do it, but ...... In her memory, more than a thousand years later, there are indeed many instruments that can do these jobs, not to mention that she only has some vague memories, and Cheng Ping'an is afraid that she doesn't know how those machines were made.

It's really difficult.

"No wonder you want to complain." Ji Songxian shook his head and said: "The construction period given by His Majesty is too short, and these jobs are too hard, and there is no good way, not to mention the adults, I am afraid that it will be difficult for anyone to do." ”

"Why not." Ji Zhen nodded in acknowledgement.

"It would be nice if there were some sharp tools that could help with the work." Ji Songxian was distressed for a while and thought that it was not his own business after all, so he smiled and gossiped with Ji Jin, and said some thoughts in his heart: "If there are good tools so that people can clear the mud without jumping into the river, I don't know how much trouble it will save, I am afraid that some people will be willing to do it for the sake of more wages, and then post notices or something in a few villages on the outskirts of Jinling, and tell the people in the village who are willing to work in addition to getting wages, they can also transport the cleared sludge to their own fields to make fertilizer, If you want to come to the ten miles and eight towns, the people are willing to do more, and they also save a lot of transportation, but they also save a lot of things. ”

She reminded Ji Jin with an unintentional remark, and Ji Jin patted her head: "What my sister said is very true, why didn't I think of it." ”

He stood up happily and was about to go out, but Ji Songxian hurriedly grabbed him: "Wait, I have something to ask the eighth brother." ”

As soon as he heard this, Ji Zhen had to stop and sit down patiently again.

Ji Songxian smiled at him: "I met a lady earlier, and I also helped her a little, that lady is in a very poor situation, I often pay attention to it, she once told me that she hid some things in a house, if she died and asked me to take them out, some of them were given to me by her, and some of them were left by her to her son, I recently learned that this lady had passed away, so I went to that house to pick up the things she gave me, only these things ......"

As Ji Songxian spoke, he took out the house deeds, title deeds, and salt quotations and other things he brought to Ji Jin.

Ji Zhen took it and was surprised: "This ...... That's a bit too heavy, isn't it? ”

Ji Songxian's face was a little ashamed: "I also know that some of them are not very reasonable, but she was victimized, if I don't take advantage of those people who hurt her, besides, it is what she wants, and now she is gone......."

Speaking of which, Ji Songxian was a little speechless.

Ji Zhen looked at her: "What do you think, sister, even if it is sincerely given by others, you can take it." ”

Ji Songxian nodded: "I took a look, these properties are not easy to take care of, so I want to ask the eighth brother to help sell them, and these salt introductions are also sold, after all, I will be more comfortable in exchange for silver." ”

"Really sell?" Ji Zhen was a little unsure: "If my sister keeps it and rents it out every year, there are many young and old, and if she sells it, it will be a one-time transaction, and she will not be able to buy it in the future." ”

"Sell." Ji Songxian nodded firmly: "Please ask the eighth brother to help." ”

"Okay." Even if Ji Songxian made up his mind, Ji Zhen did not shirk: "I have a window in front of the window and still want to buy some real estate, but now where are there good fields around Jinling, he is not satisfied with looking for it, I see that my sister's acres of land are good, it is better to sell them to him." ”

"The eighth brother is in charge." Ji Songxian got up and gave Ji Jin a solemn salute, and handed over those things like the title deed to Ji Jin.

When she came out of Ji Jin, she still remembered what the adults said, so she didn't go back to the house, and went to Ji Yi's study, she said earlier that she would help Ji Yi put the books in the study together, but she couldn't get it in the past few days, and now she took her own things back, and handed over the things left by the Song family to Cheng Huaijin, and she was very satisfied, so she went to Ji Yi's study to put the books while she was happy.

This method of placing books is still obtained by Ji Songxian from those memory fragments, it seems that those libraries have done this after a thousand years, as for what kind of existence the library is, Ji Songxian has not fully figured it out.

When Ji Yi was not there in the past, Ji Songxian first checked all kinds of books to know what to do, and then took a paper note and wrote it down, according to the scriptures, history, children, and collections, which were divided into four categories, and many small categories.

It's just that she thought it was simple, and she felt that it was just a matter of placing the books, and it felt very troublesome to really do it, and Ji Songxian was a little impatient after writing the charter for a while, because she thought about this matter and asked her to do it herself, and she couldn't get it for a while, and thought that Ji Yi's study would have such books, if it took a long time, Ji Yi would be looking for which books would be difficult to find but would be delayed, so it would be better to discuss this matter with Ji Yi, and everyone would work together to do this well.

Therefore, she carefully wrote a charter and took it to find Ji Yi, but she happened to find it in Wu's room.

At that time, Ji Yizheng was talking to Wu's family, and also talked about the difficulty of finding manpower in Jinling City today, that is, large families want to find a family to do rough work, and it takes a lot of effort for the mother-in-law to do rough work, and it is also difficult for many yamen in Jinling City to find manpower.

Wu Shi thought of the hard days in the countryside when she was a child, and sighed: "What the baby said is extreme, I think how many people can't eat enough when we are young, that is, these efforts are not to mention giving money, as long as we can manage the food, I don't know how many people are scrambling to do it." ”

Coincidentally, when she said this, Ji Songxian came in with the curtains, first greeted Wu and Ji Yi, and said with a smile: "Daddy is still worried about the affairs of the adults, according to me, Dad should ask the adults to consult the sons of the Cheng family, Cheng Gongzi has always been a little smart, and he is also very thoughtful, so he can come up with a good way with the adults." ”

Ji Songxian also thought about it for a long time on the way here before saying such things to Ji Yi.

She hates Cheng Ping'an, and she doesn't want to call Cheng Ping'an better, but this is a personal vendetta, and the Ministry of Industry repairs the city wall and digs the moat to strengthen the city defense, and repairs the drainage canal is also afraid that the low-lying places in Jinling City will be flooded if the drainage is not timely in the rainy season, if the water really floods Jinling, then I don't know how many people will die, Ji Songxian still remembers that she had heard the elders say that more than 30 years ago, there was a heavy rain in Jinling, and the rain has been raining for three days and three nights.

When the flood receded, many corpses were scattered, and because it was summer, the epidemic could not be avoided when such dead bodies were placed there, that year, thousands of people died in the entire Jinling due to the flood and the epidemic.

Thinking about these things, Ji Songxian's scalp was numb, she couldn't ignore the life and death of the people in the city because of her personal affairs.

Although Cheng Ping'an is confused about the relationship between men and women, but he is a person after a thousand years, he always has more ideas than today's people, and he can't say that you can come up with a good idea if you ask adults, if there is really a good way to do a good job in the city before the rainy season comes, it is really a living people.

Ji Yi and Wu Shi looked at her in surprise when they heard Ji Songxian's words.

Wu Shi said loudly: "Sister Xian, you ...... Are you crazy enough to ask Zhu Shangshu to ask that thing? ”

Ji Songxian smiled: "Mother, I also look down on the surname Cheng, but no matter what, we have to admit that he does have many ideas that others can't think of, and I can't abolish national affairs because of my little selfishness." ”

Just this sentence made Ji Yi slap the table and shout: "Okay, Sister Xian'er is right, in the end, it is my Ji Yi's daughter, who is broad-minded and has a clear distinction between public and private, and I really have to admire it as a father." ”

Seeing Ji Yi like this, Ji Songxian smiled and winked at Ji Yi: "Does the father admire his daughter's words, or does he admire the father's teaching?" ”

Wu Shi heard this and patted Ji Songxian's back with a smile: "Come on, let's go, don't praise each other anymore, you two are not ashamed, and their faces are thicker than the city walls." ”

Ji Yi also stroked his beard and laughed.

Ji Songxian took this opportunity to hand Ji Yi the charter she wrote, and stood aside to tell Ji Yi her thoughts.

Ji Yi looked very seriously, and after reading it, he thought for a while and said: "My son is not in a hurry, my father will call your brother and sister-in-law and ask them to help tidy up the study, and when it is sorted out according to my son's method, I will take a good look at it for my father. ”

Ji Yi is also a resolute character, and while talking to Ji Songxian, he asked someone to call his sons who were still at home.

Now the eldest Ji Gang is an official in the court, and his wife and children live in the mansion to serve the second elder, the second Ji Jiang only let go of the foreign office, he himself went to the field, leaving his wife Wang and son Zongwen at home, only said that everything is settled in the place and then take his wife and children over, the third Ji Yi is only released this year, the old four seasons are in a county near Jinling to do the county order, the other four sons are at home, and the fifth and sixth are in the Hanlin Academy, and the seventh and eighth are studying at home to prepare for the Jinshi examination.

After a while, the six sons of the Ji family in the mansion all rushed over, and after the ceremony, they stood aside and listened to Ji Yi's instructions, and after listening to Ji Yi's words, Ji Gang's eyes lit up, and he said with a smile: "Xiao Jiu, I'll just listen to this method, let's make some effort to sort it out, if you really think it's convenient, when you get to the Yamen, I want to sort out those files according to this." ”

What, someone asked the daughter-in-law of the eighth son of the Ji family about her background, and the daughter-in-law married by the eighth son of the Ji family is not wealthy, but her fathers are all scholars, and her family style is upright, and these daughters-in-law are also literate and hyphenated.