Chapter Fifty-Eight: The Long-legged Hutuo River

Zhang Jing rested in Baoding for a night, and went southwest the next day.

He crossed countless rivers. There is no need for a boat at all.

Because of the land of Hebei, almost all rivers are in a situation of broken or semi-cut flow. Even if there is some flowing water, you can still ride through it.

Bridges are not needed at all.

After crossing the Yangcun River, Zhang Jing did not go to greet the magistrate, but went to see the Hutuo River according to the map.

But Zhu Qizhen found that Hutuo River was missing.

Yes, he couldn't find the Hutuo River.

Instead, they found a land with a strange rise.

In the year of the great drought, everyone's seedlings either withered and died, or they were also sick and sick, and they looked weak, but these seedlings grew up and wanted to be vigorous.

What's even more strange is that this vigorous grass seedling coincides with the course of the Hutuo River on the map.

Zhang Jing immediately had a conjecture in his heart, and secretly said in his heart: "This is the course of the Hutuo River?" ”

Sometimes, the facts are beyond people's imagination, and the reality is less logical than logical. Many times the facts are presented in front of people in an extremely absurd state.

"What are you doing?" But it was an old man with a few men who saw Zhang Jing and his party from a distance. Shouted.

Zhang Jing only had three or five entourages around him, and he didn't wear official robes.

The people naturally can't recognize it, but looking at the horses they have, how polite they are, after all, whoever has a horse in this era is like having a good car in the future.

I know that I am not an ordinary person.

Of course, it's nothing in the north.

After all, Emperor Taizong fostered official horses in the people, there are hundreds of thousands of horses, Zhili, Shandong, Henan, are all horse breeding land. There are even words that Hebei suffers from horses.

So at this time, my Ming horses are not uncommon. But there were several horses at once, but there were not many.

The old man came over and said with detachment: "This minister, what are you doing?" ”

Zhang Jing hurriedly turned over and dismounted, and said: "This is the old man, I am a person from Jiangxi, the orthodox four-year imperial examination is unfavorable, I wanted to stay in Beijing for three years, and then take the next subject, but I don't want the capital to be expensive, I can't stay, so I simply went south with my family to return to the countryside, and also visited the historic sites along the way." Passing by here, I want to beg for water to drink. ”

When the old man heard this, he hurriedly said, "It turned out to be a man." Please, please, please. ”

The old man seemed to put down something, became polite, Zhang Jing dismounted with his entourage, followed the old man, came to a small village, but saw that the foundation of this small village was one zhang higher, and he had to climb the stairs if he wanted to go in.

There are big trees planted in front and back of the village, the big ones are hugging each other, and the small ones are just coming out, and when they come to the shade of the trees, Zhang Jing suddenly feels a lot more refreshed.

The old man also asked people to bring a jar of water.

Zhang Jing and his entourage separated.

Zhang Jing said that if he begged for a bowl of water to drink, it could not be said to be false. After all, it's a long journey, and in such weather, I'm drenched in sweat.

After drinking water, Zhang Jing did not directly insert the topic, but asked: "What is your surname?" ”

The old man smiled lightly, and cracked a mouthful of yellow teeth, as if these teeth did not have a spirit of unity, repelled each other, revealing a series of teeth, and the wrinkles on his face were even more together. The layers were like mille-feuille cakes, and he said: "The little old man's surname is Yang." ”

"I just saw those guys from the old man?" Zhang Jing said.

The old man said: "They are all the sons and nephews of the old man. ”

Zhang Xuan patted his thigh and said, "It seems that the old man's family is so prosperous." ”

Mr. Yang said with some joy: "Since Emperor Renzong, there has been no war, the days are quite peaceful, and the children have grown up, but it is not when I was a child, when the war was in chaos, my generation, the one who survived, is me." ”

As soon as Zhang Jing heard it, he knew that Yang Laozhang was probably born during the Jianwen period, although Emperor Taizong clearly denied that there were four years of Jianwen, but said that it was the thirty-first year of Hongwu to the thirty-fifth year of Hongwu.

But ordinary people don't care about this.

This area is the original battlefield, and it is not a war and chaos.

Zhang Jing couldn't talk about this, so he changed the topic and said: "I think Lingzi and nephew seem to take this guy with him, is it difficult to do a business without capital." ”

Old Uncle Yang was furious and said: "It's unreasonable to show talent, I kindly leave you to rest, you go to slander my family, my old Yang family is a family." How to do such a thing. ”

Zhang Jing laughed and said, "Laugh, laugh." It's just that you all have guys with you, who are you guarding against? ”

Zhang Jing is trustworthy to his own eyes, although it has been peaceful for more than ten years today, but the style of founding the country is still strong, and the scholars of the Ming Dynasty are not ignorant of anything, and they specialize in eight shares.

At least Zhang Jing still knows a lot about weapons, and he believes that the long strip-like thing wrapped by Yang's grandson and nephew is definitely not a wooden stick.

Old Uncle Yang sighed and said, "There is no way to prevent people from fighting for land." ”

Zhang Jing was taken aback when he heard it and said: "Fight for land, is there no royal law in the imperial court?" Doesn't the old man have a title deed? ”

Mr. Yang said: "The imperial court naturally has a royal law, but this matter is reported to the county order, and the county order has no way to solve it, and since the official family has no way, we can only solve it privately." ”

Zhang Jing said: "But I don't know what it is? Can you tell me about it? ”

Mr. Yang said: "What is there to say. It's no secret that this thing starts with the Hutuo River. ”

As soon as Zhang Jing heard Yang Laozhang talk about the Hutuo River, his heart suddenly cheered up with twelve points.

Uncle Yang also drank a bowl of water and said:

"Our old dragon king in the Hutuo River is a restless one, and in almost a few years, he will have to change places to walk the water."

"The place where he walked through the water before was very fertile, and it lasted three years to plant it in one season. So this river channel is rare. ”

Zhang Jingzhong affirmed, pointed outside and said, "This is the Hutuo River?" ”

"Exactly." Mr. Yang said: "It's also my Yang family, Ding Xingwang, who grabbed this paragraph." Otherwise, it's someone else's. ”

Zhang Jing listened, only to feel that his scalp was numb. I didn't know what to say for a while.

Look at the rivers in the lower reaches of the Hutuo River like this, there is no difference at all, and there is no big difference at all, and when the autumn flood comes.

Where does the water of the Hutuo River flow from?

But Yang Lao didn't care, and said endlessly: "Even if this matter goes to the county order, the county order has no way, what land deed, what land deed, it is not easy to use, and only when collecting taxes, use that thing, after all, the land deed and title deed, there must always be a mark, that is to say that there is your monument there, and there is your tree over there." Smack, it's gone, how to count, how to count? ”

"No one can figure out this messy account."

"You said it was yours, I also said it was mine, I can only come according to the folk method, if it doesn't make sense, hit me, don't look at me, when I was young, I was also a good hand, and there was no opponent in the four miles and eight towns."

Zhang Jing's mind had long been left on the Hutuo River, he didn't come here to take over as a magistrate, and he was not interested in this kind of confused and unsolvable case, and said: "Uncle Yang, in this case, what should I do when the autumn flood comes?" It was difficult to let the water flood the crops. ”

Uncle Yang smiled and said, "You don't understand, I am very familiar with the old dragon king of the Hutuo River." With such a big drought, I am sure that with the temperament of the old dragon king, he will never leave here. ”

"Surely it will go another way."

"But I don't know where I'm rich?"

Mr. Yang didn't seem to be worried about natural disasters at all, but he was worried that the fertile water of the Hutuo River would leave his Yangjiazhuang.

But when Zhang Jing heard it, it was like a thunderbolt from the blue.

He had just issued a military order in Yu Qian, but now he had to face such a situation, as long as the Hutuo River did not follow the old path, it would break the embankment.

But if you want the Hutuo River to follow the old path, I'm afraid I don't know how many people like Yang Laozhang will be desperate.

What does food represent in a disaster year?

It's life.

As long as Zhang Jing dares to say that he wants to eradicate all their seedlings and expand the river, it is estimated that Mr. Yang will dare to let him die in this Yangjiazhuang now.

Zhang Jing didn't know how he said goodbye from Yangjiazhuang, and the whole person was confused. It took him a while to stabilize his mind and said secretly: "No, I have to watch it again." ”