"PS: My spine hurts when it rains, so let's count the tickets and comfort me."

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That night, after Liu Wei and the Marquis of Luyang returned to their respective homes, Zhao Yu, Cao An, Jingnu, Zhang Ji, Ma Cheng and several others lived in the village of Zheng Township.

After bidding farewell to Liu Xianling and the Marquis of Luyang, Zheng Xiang, the head of Zheng Township, led them back to the village and arranged for them to rest in an empty room in their house.

Two guest rooms, one for Zhao Yu and Jingnu, and one for Cao An, Zhang Ji, and Ma Cheng next door, are enough.

After leading Zhao Yu and the others to the empty room, Township Chief Zheng, who was on crutches, stopped at the door, turned to Zhao Yu and said: "The old house is simple, no better than the second son's house, and I hope the second son will not mind." ”

Zhao Yu bowed his hand and thanked: "Township Zheng is serious. …… On the contrary, the kid took the liberty to disturb your township, and asked Township Chief Zheng not to be surprised. ”

Hearing this, this Township Chief Zheng seemed to have thought of something, and after a little hesitation, he said to Zhao Yu: "If the second son doesn't mind, can you talk to the old man in private." ”

As soon as he heard this, Zhao Yu guessed a few points, turned to a few people behind him and said, "Jingnu, you go into the house to clean up, Cao An, Zhang Ji, Ma Cheng, the three of you go and rest first." ”

"Yes." Several people obeyed the order and left.

Seeing this, Township Chief Zheng also dismissed the two Zheng Township youths who followed him, and immediately led Zhao Yu to a secluded corner.

It's not far, it's just in the corner of the yard.

At this time, Township Chief Zheng turned to Zhao Yu and said: "This afternoon, after Ling Zun and the second son left the house, Duke Liu said something to Lao Yu, hoping that Lao Yu would agree to let Gongzi manage my Zheng Township's work site, and I hope that Lao Yu will give full support......"

"Sure enough."

Zhao Yu had already guessed that although he had already learned from Liu Wei that this Township Chief Zheng had agreed to this matter, but since he didn't know what this Township Chief Zheng really thought, he was not in a hurry to speak at the moment, but quietly waited for the following.

Seeing this, Township Chief Zheng was a little surprised, and he was secretly surprised that Zhao Yu was so calm.

After thinking about it, he continued: "...... Originally, the old man was reluctant, maybe the second son didn't know, Wang Zhi, who was driven away by the second son, after he came to my Zheng Township yesterday, he talked to the old man about it, and wanted to manage the work on behalf of the old man, although he kept saying that this trip was ordered by the Marquis of Ruyang, and said that he wanted to help me solve the problem of refugees in Luyang County, but the old man saw that he was arrogant and rude, and thought that this person was not enough to shoulder the heavy responsibility, so he politely refused. Therefore, Wang Zhi had a little unhappiness with the old decay. …… And what happened today also proves that the old man is still very accurate. ”

"It turned out to be because of this."

Zhao Yu suddenly realized that after he came to Zheng Township this morning, he heard Zheng Luo talk about Wang Zhi and the unhappiness of this Zheng Township Chief, but he didn't expect that Wang Zhi wanted to 'seize power'.

At this time, Zheng Xiangchang's words changed and he talked about Zhao Yu: "As for the matter of the second son taking charge of the construction site here, with all due respect, the old man is still a little worried in his heart, although Liu Gong praised the second son in front of the old man, saying that the second son has more wisdom than ordinary people, after all, it ......"

As he spoke, he raised his hand and pointed at Zhao Yu up and down, which meant that Zhao Yu was too young, no, it should be said that he was young.

Think about it, who would believe that a 10-year-old child can manage a workplace with hundreds or even nearly 1,000 people?

"Boy understands."

Zhao Yu nodded, and then arched his hand and said: "No matter how much the kid says here, I'm afraid Township Chief Zheng won't believe it completely, it's better for Township Chief Zheng to look at me for a few days, if a few days later, Township Chief Zheng still thinks that the kid is not enough to take on this responsibility, don't bother Township Chief Zheng can ask Liu Gong, and the kid will leave on his own." After that, he looked at Township Chief Zheng and said: "But before that, Township Chief Zheng and the people of your township must help me, although I Zhao Yu is young, I really want to help my Luyang County, help those refugees who pour into the county, and don't want Luyang County to be dragged into the water because of those refugees." ”

Hearing this, Township Chief Zheng took a deep look at Zhao Yu a few times, and then smiled and said: "The second son is the son of the townsman, and Liu Gong will also praise the wisdom of the second son, which is also the reason why the old man promised Liu Gong today. …… The old man refused that Wang Zhi, not because he coveted the jurisdiction of this site, but because he was afraid that he would not be entrusted, and that Wang Zhi was probably just to invite merit in front of the Marquis of Ruyang, but this 'Jinggong Canal' was very important to my Zheng Township. ”

Zhao Yu nodded, and followed Township Chief Zheng's words and said, "I believe it." I have seen with my own eyes that the hardest working place here is the young and strong people of your hometown. ”

Township Chief Zheng smiled slightly, nodded and said: "Since the second son understands, the old man will not say more, the old man didn't want to delay the second son's rest, but after thinking about it, the old man still feels that he should talk to the second son." …… Okay, the old man won't disturb the second son's rest, please go back to the house to rest. By the way, at night, the villagers in the township have their own villagers patrolling the night, which may disturb the second son, and please forgive the second son. ”

"Where, where."

Zhao Yu arched his hand, and immediately out of respect for the elder, he saw this Zheng Township Chief leave before returning to the house.

At this time in the house, Jing Nu had already made the bed, sat quietly on the edge of the bed, and when she saw Zhao Yu walking into the house, she hurriedly got up and stepped forward, like a wife waiting for her husband to return.

"Young Master, have you finished talking to that Township Chief Zheng?"

"Hmm." Zhao Yu nodded and said, "He just came to show me an attitude." ”

"Oh." Jing Nu didn't seem to understand, but she didn't ask any further, just asked while dressing Zhao Yu widely, "How many days is the young master going to stay in this Zheng Township?" ”

"I should be here for a few days, what's wrong?"

"It's okay, I just think that this house is afraid that it will be uninhabited for some days, I just smelled it, the bedding is a little musty, if the young master is going to stay for a few days, I will clean it tomorrow and take out the bedding to dry...... God willing, tomorrow will be a sunny day. ”

Glancing at the quiet girl who was praying to heaven seriously, Zhao Yu shook her head, took off her clothes and climbed onto the bed.

Township Chief Zheng came to him to express his position, which he didn't expect, he originally thought that Township Chief Zheng would feel that he had lost face, so he had any prejudice against him.

However, this can also prove that the weight of this Jinggong Canal in the minds of Zhengxiang people is really not small.

Perhaps, as the Marquis of Luyang said to Zhao Yu that day, this is a canal that can make earth-shaking changes in Luyang County, and can completely get rid of the impact of drought in the remaining half of the county.

"There must be no mistakes! …… Not? It does smell a little musty.'"

Zhao Yu, who was secretly cheering himself up, frowned slightly.

The next morning, the villagers of Zheng Township got up early one after another, and the women of the township had already prepared breakfast for the villagers.

Thinking about it, the Jinggong Canal under construction is closely related to Zheng Township, Zheng Township people hope that this river canal will be completed as soon as possible, and they will naturally not be lazy, so the county government will deliver some grain to Zheng Township in advance, and of course they will not interfere with what time the Zheng Township people eat.

Pushing open the door and walking out of the house, Zhao Yu saw that Zhang Ji, Ma Cheng, and Cao An were already standing in the courtyard, looking at the men and women who were busy in the township from the fence of the courtyard.

Beside him, there was a man standing in his mid-thirties, who looked very strong.

Zhao Yu took a closer look and found that he was not impressed.

"Early."

He stepped forward to greet the four.

"Second son?"

"Young master."

When Zhang Ji, Ma Cheng, and Cao An heard it, they greeted Zhao Yu and saluted.

Zhao Yu waved his hand to signal that they didn't need to be polite, and immediately looked at the man curiously.

At this time, the man had also stepped forward, saluted Zhao Yu with a fist, and said, "Zheng Yong, a small citizen of Zheng Township, has seen the second son." ”

From the side, Cao An explained to Zhao Yu in a low voice before Zhang Ji: "Young master, Zheng Yong is the eldest son of Township Chief Zheng, and he is ordered by his father to cooperate with the young master to manage this site from today on." ”

Zheng Yong obviously also heard Cao An's introduction, hugged his fists and said to Zhao Yu: "Last night, the second son was in charge of the work, and my father told me last night, originally, my father should have assisted the second son, but the father was old, and Xiaomin was afraid that he would be tired, so he dared to replace his father to assist the second son, and asked the second son not to mind." …… But the second son can rest assured, the people in the township know me, and what I say is also effective. ”

Zhao Yu smiled: "Then trouble Brother Zheng." ”

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be." Zheng Yong waved his hand again and again, and then said: "The village has prepared a meal, if the second son does not dislike it, I will take you to eat." ”

"There is labor."

Because of the limited conditions, Zhao Yu and Jingnu simply washed up, and under the leadership of Zheng Yong, they walked towards the village with Zhang Ji, Ma Cheng, and Cao An.

After not going far, the group came to a clearing in the middle of the village—it was originally an open space, but now a grass hut has been built, and there are four long tables and some benches in the grass shed, and many Zheng villagers sit around the long table and finish their breakfast, and then hurriedly carry hoes and other farm tools towards the ditch pit outside the village.

Maybe because of the conflict with Wang Zhi yesterday, many Zheng Xiang people remembered Zhao Yu because of this, and when they saw Zheng Yong walking towards this side with Zhao Yu and Jingnu, they turned their heads to look at it, with a little confusion in their eyes.

Probably puzzled by why Zhao Yu, the second son of the Township Mansion, still stayed in their Zheng Township.

At this time, Zheng Yong said hello to the villagers in the grass shed, and then the villagers who were eating in the grass shed vacated a long case for Zhao Yu and the others.

Immediately, the meal was served.

Breakfast is very simple, nothing more than porridge, cakes, and pickles and pickled melon strips made by Zheng Xiang himself.

"The township is simple, only these, please forgive the second son." At this time, Zheng Yong said with some embarrassment.

Of course, Zhao Yu didn't care about this, so he ate a bowl of porridge and half a cake with pickles and salted melon strips.

From the side, Jingnu, Zhang Ji, Cao An, and Ma Cheng also ate according to their own meals.

Zheng Yong seemed to have eaten, and quietly looked at Zhao Yu and the others, and after Zhao Yu and the others were full, he said with emotion: "Just look at the second son and a few people to eat, you can know the character of a few people...... In comparison, the steward of the king who came to my Zheng Township yesterday is really ......"

He shook his head.

Zhao Yu didn't ask in detail, but he could guess that according to Wang Zhi's character yesterday, he must have asked Zheng Xiang to treat him with a lot of fish and meat.

After everyone finished eating, Zhao Yu first arranged for everyone to let Jingnu and Ma Cheng stay in the village temporarily, after all, Jingnu had to tidy up the house where they lived temporarily, and Ma Cheng wanted to feed the horses in the carriage.

As for him, he took Zheng Yong, Zhang Ji, and Cao An to the area of Qukeng.

After a while, Zhao Yu and a few people came to the area of the ditch pit, at this time the sky was already bright, and there were already many refugees working in the area of the ditch and pit digging and carrying soil, and Zheng Luo and other guards of the township mansion had also begun to perform their duties as supervisors.

But just like what Zhao Yu saw yesterday, these refugees who are still hungry at the moment are really not efficient.

Seeing this, Zhao Yu first summoned all the supervisors in this area to the front......