Yanyu Jiangnan, the beauty of classical grace.

Daiyu sat alone in front of the window, staring at the pond in the courtyard.

A budding lotus flower is waiting to be released, and the water surface is rippling with blue waves, soaring between the sky and water.

The crimson dragonfly was attracted by her noble character, and kept circling around her, occasionally touching her lotus tip, adding a little liveliness and playfulness to the silent pond.

It was a rainy afternoon.

"Girl."

Zijuan walked over and called softly.

Although her voice was clear and beautiful, it still formed waves in the quiet air, hitting the sky above the pond, startling the beautiful passers-by who stayed here.

Daiyu suddenly lost her interest, turned around, and glanced at Zijuan dissatisfied.

Zijuan didn't know what crime he had committed, and he didn't care, but just took out a beautiful letter from his bosom.

Before she could speak, she saw that Daiyu's eyes as clear as jasper springs instantly bloomed with bright brilliance, and her gaze stayed motionless on the envelope in her hand.

Zijuan smiled: "This is what Second Master Lian asked Miss Li Ling to send in." ”

Daiyu nodded, hurriedly took it, and quickly glanced at the familiar font on the envelope: Sister Lin Taiqi.

I was happy, and then I flipped it around.

Sure enough, there are also two rows of vertical small letters on the upper right side of the back:

"Did you cry today?

If so, you will be punished for not opening it until tomorrow. ”

The intimate language and familiar tone all made Daiyu's heart tremble, and she raised her head and glanced at Zijuan.

Zijuan smiled: "Don't worry, girl, you haven't cried today, you can open it and take a look." ”

The tone is playful.

Daiyu blushed suddenly.

Zijuan, the thief, had really peeked at the above words.

If Zijuan knew her thoughts, she would probably cry.

The two lines of your words are written on the outside, so that it is difficult for others not to see them

"Why don't you leave?"

Daiyu finally spoke, and as soon as she spoke, she was a pick-up.

Seeing that she was shy, Zijuan smiled, turned around and went to clean up the things in the house.

Only then was Daiyu able to calm down, turn to the outside, take a deep breath, and begin to open the envelope.

It's just that she seems to be too delicate, or maybe too cautious, and the envelope is not strong, and she has torn it for a long time.

Then he put the torn open envelope next to it, and was afraid that it would be blown away by the wind, so he gently pressed the corner with a book, and then put his eyes back into the envelope.

Through the open envelope, you can see that inside is a light blue letterhead.

Daiyu was finally willing to reach out and take it out, unfold it, and began to browse the text on it word by word.

This is the letter Jia Bao wrote to Daiyu before leaving Beijing, Yangzhou is thousands of miles away from the capital, so he arrived today.

There are no special things in the letter, but they are all small things that happened in Rongguo's mansion, and occasionally there are condolences and concerns for her and her father.

Then he mentions that he has recently had an errand and needs to leave home, and that he may not be able to write for her again for the next few months, so that she should not worry.

As for what it was, Jia Baoyu didn't say it in the letter, because she knew that Daiyu had never cared much about those things. wrote, but it made her worry.

"If the two love for a long time, how can they be there, morning and twilight, what does the second master mean by this?"

Zijuan's sudden voice startled back Daiyu.

Then Daiyu found out that at some point, Zijuan had already stood beside her, stretching her neck to look at the letter seriously.

"Ah, Zijuan, you're too much!"

Daiyu stood up suddenly, and with her free hand, she slapped Zijuan twice like a storm.

"Hehe, girl, I was wrong.

I didn't see you stunned here in a daze, but I couldn't help but glance at you with curiosity......"

Zijuan hurriedly begged for mercy.

"Really just a look?"

"I really just took a look."

Daiyu still stared at herself, a dishonest maid, for a long time, and finally let her go.

I sat down again, pressed the opening of the envelope under the book, closed the letterhead, and put it into the envelope.

I wanted to hand it over to Zijuan to help her put it away as usual, but in view of Zijuan's very bad performance today, she decided to act on her own.

Stand up, walk over to your desk, open one of the drawers underneath, take out a box, and uncover it.

Almost all of them were the same envelopes, and there were already seven or eight copies of them.

Glancing at Zijuan vigilantly, Daiyu put the envelope in her hand and pressed it, closed the box, and put it back into the drawer.

Zijuan looked at her young lady's thief-like expression, and couldn't help laughing.

The girl was amused by the second master a lot, and she couldn't help but get some of the second master's funny and eccentric personality.

Girl, I'm taking care of everything about you, you really want to peek, girl, you can't prevent it like this, can't you?

But these are just jokes, in fact, Daiyu is not wary of her, otherwise, she would not dare to really look at the content of Daiyu's letter.

Because she knew that Daiyu wouldn't really be upset about it.

"Beat and scolded" her for this, but it was all because of the girl's shyness.

In fact, she didn't even need to read the letter, just looking at the look on Daiyu's face, she could guess the general content of the letter.

It's not once or twice that she bumps into Jia Baoyu and Daiyu talking and fighting, and she has long been clear about the tone of speech between the two.

Even several times, if she hadn't spoken out to "help", a simple girl, I was afraid that the second master would be taken advantage of by the second master......

"Father should wake up now, let's go see him."

Daiyu walked over and said.

Zijuan tidied up her makeup and hairpins.

Then Zijuan found that Daiyu's whole person seemed to be much more relaxed than a few days ago.

She didn't think it was strange, every time she received Jia Baoyu's letter, Daiyu's mood would relax a lot......

……

Shandong, in Shangling County.

Jia Baoyu was almost day and night, busy dealing with disaster relief matters.

With the banner of the imperial court disaster relief erected in the Shang Tomb, almost all the displaced people in the entire north of the Yellow River are gathering here.

In the past month, the total number has almost exceeded 30,000.

30,000 displaced people, that's a huge number.

It's like a time bomb, no one knows when it will explode all of a sudden.

Because, in addition to the people who were really affected by the disaster, lost their family property, and were homeless, how many ruffians and ruffians mixed in with it are unknowable numbers.

Not to mention, if there are mobs and thieves with ill intentions and incitement to the people's hearts, these are things that must be guarded against.

Fortunately, although Xie Whale Xie is not very reliable, the soldiers under his hands are all heroic and majestic.

An army of 1,000 men stationed inside and outside the county seat was indeed a powerful deterrent.

Because there are more and more people, the manpower in Shangling County alone is no longer enough, and Jia Baoyu has transferred several batches of manpower to the nearby county town to turn the situation around.

Displaced people, people who have lost their support and have nowhere to stay, are called homeless.

Since it is a person who has lost his support, simply using food for relief is obviously a bottomless pit, and Jia Baoyu has united with various prefectures and counties to begin to resettle some of the victims nearby.

In addition, he also traveled day and night, ordering scouts to inspect Shandong, distributing a certain amount of food to the victims in those places where the flood had gone and the risk was not expected to be great, and sending them back to their hometowns for resettlement.

However, the number of displaced people resettled by these means is really small.

One of the victims who had finally escaped death was so worried that they didn't dare to go back. Second, staying in the relief shed, although the environment is poor, but two meals a day, the days of not working hard, also make many people fall in love with the ......

Human nature is like this, and it has nothing to do with being mean.

For these people, Jia Baoyu thought of an excellent method.

Ye Hao traveled hundreds of miles and brought good news to Jia Baoyu.

Du Anjiao, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, personally led a large number of skilled craftsmen and officers and soldiers of the Ministry of Industry, who were already stationed in Shandong, at the gap in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, and began to plan for water control.

Controlling water is not as good as treating disasters, one is to treat the root cause, and the other is to treat the symptoms, so the manpower and material support given by the imperial court is not the same at all.

"I have inquired clearly, the Great Sikong and the adults in the ministry have already calculated the results and decided to divert the Yellow River again, and the water control funds approved by the imperial court for this are 2.8 million taels!"

Ye Hao said breathlessly.

As soon as he returned to Shangling, he came to find Jia Baoyu and did not get time to rest.

Jia Baoyu suddenly looked happy: "Can you mention our thoughts to Master Du?" ”

"Having said that, Lord Du said that if the victims are used to build dams and dig new canals, although a lot of manpower and material resources can be saved, there are also many problems, and the matter is very serious, and we need to ask the cabinet for instructions before we can reply.

However, Master Du has already read the copy of the song you wrote, and Lord Du also praised Ziheng for the high feasibility of your plan, saying that he would send this song to the capital in an expedited manner of 600 miles, and ask His Majesty and the court to decide.

In addition, there is another thing, Lord Ling Zunjia also went to Shandong. ”

Jia Zheng is also here?

However, when I think about it, Jia Zheng is a member of the Ministry of Industry, and he is also a middle- and high-level official in the Ministry of Industry, so it is reasonable for him to accompany him in the face of such a major event as controlling the flooding of the Yellow River.

However, in this way, I am afraid that there will be more problems in the construction of the garden at home

Putting aside these trivial matters for the time being, Jia Baoyu believes that as long as he can get in touch with the Ministry of Works, he can select those who are strong and strong from the large number of displaced people to build river embankment fortifications.

First of all, there is a drastic decline in the number of displaced people.

Secondly, the effect of free relief and paid relief is completely different, as long as those who have the strength know that if they want to receive relief from the imperial court, they need to help the imperial court open canals and build embankments, and those who are mixed in it to cheat and eat and drink will be forced away more than half of them immediately.

The rest are the real victims.

For the real disaster victims, it is also a good thing to not only survive but also earn a certain amount of money.

In addition, if the young and strong people are eliminated from the homeless, the chances of the homeless people picking up trouble will be greatly reduced.

The old, weak, women and children will not be able to make trouble.

Finally, the imperial court was able to reduce its expenses by a large amount to recruit migrant workers.

With such a beneficial plan from all sides, the imperial court had no reason to refuse.