Chapter 8 Feng Shui Rotates
The floods of this year were so serious that Emperor Longqing had to send Chengguo Gong to represent himself and go to Mount Tai to worship and pray:
'The flood was abnormal, affecting Li Shu, and it was good for me. I hereby proclaim that God will bless you and bless the people forever. I would like to advise. β
By the way, I helped Chengguo Gong brush up on the achievement of adding one to the number of sacrifices on behalf of the emperor and adding one to the concubine.
Well, the Taishan girl in the fine Ge skirt is good, the uniform is tempting, the worm two!
However, Cheng Guogong's serious errand doesn't seem to be doing well. Should the flood be flooded or flooded? In particular, the lower reaches of Taihu Lake have become flooded areas.
Susong has two prefectures, nine counties and one prefecture, and eight prefectures and one prefecture have been flooded, and the only county that has not been flooded is Kunshan County, which has been flooded every year in previous years.
Zhao Erye made meritorious contributions to the three-hundred-mile embankment built by the whole county, and he didn't give the flood any chance! The great Second Master Zhao, he inherited the glorious tradition of the old Zhao family! Zhao Gongming, Zhao Zilong, and Zhao Kuangyin are possessed by their souls at this moment, he is not fighting alone, he is not alone! He's not human...... There are 300,000 people in Kunshan County behind him! With the full support of Jiangnan Group! With Zhao Gongzi as a strong backing!
Zhao Shouzheng, a respected old parent, is also going all out to fight the flood this year. He braved the wind and rain to lead the people of the county, using sandbags to raise and strengthen the embankment, and keep the flood water firmly out of Kunshan County.
Even Kunnan, which was flooded as soon as it broke out in previous years, was spared. The water levels of Dianshan and Chenghu lakes are rising, but they are never higher than the impregnable embankments. He and his embankment lived up to the expectations of the people of the county, and the ferocious flood could not help the rubble concrete embankment at all! The water receded, the game was over, and Kunshan County had won! For the first time, they completely defeated the flood, the great people of Kunshan, the great Second Master Zhao! Happy birthday to a person!
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But the sky seems to be leaking, the torrential rain continues, and the water from the upstream is fierce, and the soaring lake must have a place to go. Now the east shore is unattainable, and the lake can only flood to the west.
In mid-June, Dianshan Lake and Chenghu Lake began to pour upstream, flooding tens of thousands of acres of Ligang polders in Wujiang County.
To make matters worse, the entire Wujiang County is actually silted up from Taihu Lake, and there are many natural lakes in the territory. The lake is connected by a canal, thanks to the discharge of flood water from Dianshan Lake and Chenghu Lake. Once the water of these two lakes could not go eastward, dozens of lakes of all sizes in Wujiang County rose at the same time, and by the end of the month, the entire county had become Zeguo.
Relying on their own upstream, and the protection of the Taihu Lake Stone Pond, the people of Wujiang, who always laugh at the water flooding Kunshan, finally tasted the taste of the water flooding the Wujiang River.
It's really called a feng shui turn, come to my house this year. Who the hell would have thought that water could flow from downstream to upstream, prematurely!
Of course, the people of Wujiang were unwilling to sit still, and several big clans organized people to take a boat through Dianshan Lake at night, covering dozens of stonemasons and touching the embankment of Kunshan County.
They knew that Kunshan County had also built stone ponds, but they were not too worried, because Wujiang County had built stone ponds for decades, and they knew the weakness of this seemingly solid stone embankment - the stacked stone ponds could certainly withstand the test of stormy waves, but the glutinous rice mortar used to bind the stones needed a long solidification period. In a rainy place like Jiangnan, it even takes two or three years to achieve an indestructible effect.
Therefore, when building the embankment, it is necessary to make holes in the stone and firmly embed them with iron ingots and shovels.
The embankment of Dianshan Lake was only repaired at the beginning of this year, and it has only been half a year now. There is more rain this year than in previous years, and the solidification effect of the mortar is definitely not good. Just knock out those iron ingots and shovels, and pry them through the cracks of the stones with a crowbar, and the stones will fall off!
The plan was very good, but the stonemasons touched the embankment and looked at the water, and they couldn't help but be dumbfounded. What kind of stone is there in this broken embankment, iron ingots, iron curiums? It's just a pile of broken stones of different sizes built together with mortar!
No wonder it was repaired so quickly.
"Call the flowers, you can really make do with ......," many Wujiang County stonemasons sneered. They had more or less heard of cement, but they had never seen its power firsthand. And Wujiang County looks at Kunshan, always standing tall, and thinks what good things can be called Huazi?
What's more, as soon as you hear the name cement, it will be weak, okay? Is it water and mud that is strong?
If Zhao Gongzi heard their discussions, he would have to vomit blood. The great invention that he wanted to use to change the shape of the world was actually ridiculed by a group of country stonemasons.
"It's easier to do without a shovel!" The chief of security who led the team shouted in a low voice: "Dig! β
The stonemasons picked up chisels and hammers and clanked to tear the embankment open.
After a while, I realized that something was wrong, why was this cement as hard as stone? A chisel can only burst a piece the size of a fingernail? When can this Nima be chiseled?
They were worried about it, and after a short while, they suddenly saw a bright fire all around. Countless angry people of Kunnan surrounded them from all sides, armed with swords, guns, swords, halberds, and flat hoes. Even on the lake, dozens of boats approached.
How the people of Kunnan cherish this hard-won lake embankment. Many of them would rather quit their jobs than come back to patrol the embankment, lest the embankment be lost and the homes they had just rebuilt would be ruined. In the end, it was Zhao Zhixian who gave an order, and the county's factories were suspended, allowing the workers to go home to fight the flood, which solved the dilemma of the big guys.
During this time, there were people patrolling the embankment day and night, and people from Wujiang County were discovered before they got close to the embankment. It's just that there are too many people coming, and the people who patrol the embankment don't dare to make a noise, but only dare to secretly run back and call people.
After this shout, the people of several neighboring villages poured out of their nests, and after a while, people gathered on and off the embankment. The young people of ten miles and eight towns are still rushing here like a tide.
There are more than 200 people in Wujiang County, which sounds like a lot, but in the vast sea of Kunshan people, it is not enough to see it immediately.
"Kill them!"
"Kill these red guys!"
The people of Kunshan rushed up, took down all the thieves who were huddled together, punched and kicked them, and killed several on the spot.
Fortunately, Xiong Dianshi, who is in charge of flood control in Kunnan, arrived in time with Zheng Qian's inspection department, otherwise more than 200 people would have to explain here.
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At dawn, Zhao Shouzheng also rushed to hear the news. The people who were still angry hula came up and complained about the heinous crimes in Wujiang County!
Zhao Erye was also very angry when he heard this, and when he heard that several people had been killed, he dissipated his anger and said, "Good death!" Let them know that we are awesome! β
After being an official for a long time, people will change, and even the kind-hearted Second Master Zhao began to shout and kill.
If it weren't for Wu Chengen, he would have to throw those Wujiang people who picked the head into the lake to feed Wang Ba.
Wu Chengen is old-fashioned, knowing that this kind of thing is killed on the spot, forget it, and retaliate afterwards, Liang Zike will be completely married. On the one hand, he persuaded the angry Zhao Erye, and on the other hand, he asked the book office to quickly note Wujiang County and lodge a solemn protest. and immediately wrote to the Suzhou Mansion, first complaining to the prefect.
This is the experience of many years of mixed yamen.
Don't think that if you take advantage of it, you can wait for others to come to the door to apologize, it would be very stupid and naΓ―ve.
You must know that 'the wicked sue first' is the common law in this world. Generally speaking, the other party will not take the initiative to apologize, but will first accuse him with strong words to muddy the waters. Create the impression that there is no good thing on both sides of the boss, and each of them will make a big fifty board. In this way, the other party has achieved the purpose of blaming, but his own side can suffocate to death.
Even the prefect who was assigned according to the trouble, he couldn't say that he would hit the board on the stomach of the bitter master.
Although with the current status of Jiangnan Group, Cai Zhifu and Yizhi County should not be so stupid. But as a staff member, you have to be cautious, and you can't be careless.
Facts have proved that Lao Wu is really too worried. Now in the ten mansions in the south of the Yangtze River, those who dare to provoke their sons and fathers are extinct.
Before and after, Wujiang Zhixian Yi Kejiu arrived on his luxury official ship.
Yi Kejiu was going to go up to the embankment to ask Zhao Erye for his guilt, but the angry people of Kunnan smashed his boat into a mess with stones.
Yi Zhixian had no choice but to retreat to the center of the lake and shouted to ask Zhao Erye to get on the boat.
Zhao Shouzheng called out to the people and boarded the official ship of Yizhi County in a small boat.
The cabin was still so luxurious, but Yi Zhixian lost his previous domineering, and as soon as he met, he bowed to the end and said: "Zhuangyuan Gong, spare your life, my little brother knows that he is wrong." β
Although he is younger than Zhao Shouzheng, he is one subject earlier and the first, and he is said to be a senior, but at this time, he considers himself a little brother, which obviously means to be soft.
"Brother Fengpo, why did you say this, could it be that those people outside were instructed by you?" Zhao Shouzheng asked angrily: "It's too evil, it's too despicable!" β
"How could it be a little brother? If it weren't for this flood, I would have stepped down, how could I have caused such a commotion? "Yi Kejiu still has an attitude of 'being an official is not the master of the people, and enjoying happiness is the right thing'. With a wry smile: "I have a clean breeze on my sleeves, and I don't have an acre of land here, can I hurt my relationship with my brother for the sake of a group of people?" β
"Well......" Second Master Zhao was so confused after all, he was discouraged after a few words, sat down at the round table and said, "Then what should I do about this?" β
"Of course, the champion can do whatever he wants." Yi Ke hurriedly poured him a glass of Sanbai wine and said: "Those country clans are too disagreeable, they should have cleaned up a long time ago." Whenever I say hello to the county, I can hold them down. β
Saying that, he picked up the wine glass, stuffed it into Zhao Erye's hand, and forcibly clinked his glasses and said: "But these bastards, dare to make such a big disaster behind my back, and they want to come over again this morning to rob people, it's really lawless!" β
"Hey......" Second Master Zhao had no opinion on the three white wines, took a sip of Meizizi, and said with a straight face: "Brother Fengpo, I didn't say you, you don't deserve to be a good county." Look at my brother, what squires and big clans, all of them are as well-behaved as little sheep. I say to the east, who dares to go west? I said chasing dogs, who would dare to chase chickens? β
In the eyes of Second Master Zhao, what imperial power does not go to the countryside does not exist. The squires in his county all speak nicely and are very well-behaved, and he likes them very much in Kunshan County.
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