The yellow book alone has been sorted out for four or five days, and the number of people in each family, that is, how many mice there are in each family, is clear.

In a few days, Xie Zhi slept later than the dog, got up earlier than the chicken, stayed up for a few days, and the dark circles under his eyes were there, but he didn't find half a point about the shadows of the assassins that day.

This really can't be blamed, Xie Zhi is incompetent, and can only blame those assassins for being too chicken thieves.

They are all people who can fly the eaves and walk the wall, how can a mere county town in the clouds trap them.

Tang Yin has to take people out to collect during the day, and he has to tidy up at night, and the hard work he has paid is much more than Xie Zhi, the originally handsome and handsome cream boy has become a rough man in seconds, his hair is messy, his beard is unkempt, and when he sees Xie Zhi, his hoarse voice blurts out.

"Zhixian, no trace has been found in the county, what should I do next?"

Xie Zhi beckoned Tang Yin to sit down and said: "You have worked hard these days, the only way at present is to open the city gate, just in time for the Chinese New Year, many people in the city are still working in the pottery workshop, so it is not a matter to keep the city gate closed after all, open the city gate." ”

If people can't find it, they can't just open the gates, right?

Besides, maybe the Assassins left that day, and with the gates closed, the Assassins behind them would have laughed off their big teeth.

Tang Yin hesitated for a moment, and said with some worry: "If you open the city gate like this, then there is no hope of finding the assassin, how should Your Majesty explain there?" ”

Tang Yin was completely thinking about Xie Zhi, but Xie Zhi didn't care, waved his hand and said: "It's okay, in the excerpt, a certain person has already explained the situation, Your Majesty is not a person who does not distinguish between right and wrong, and the normal operation in the clouds cannot be stayed." ”

There is no need for Xie Zhi to hinder his development in the cloud for this matter.

Besides, this matter is not Xie Zhixiao, a county order can not be sent out, if Zhu Houzhao's identity is as simple as an ordinary master, it can be said that he has acted in the county has deviated.

But the current result is that even though he knows Zhu Houzhao's identity, he still wants to carry out this assassination, which is obviously aimed at the royal family.

No matter who it is, it is very difficult to find out these powers of thanks.

When Xie was at a loss here, Emperor Hongzhi sent Jinyiwei and Dongchang to secretly investigate several suspects but still found nothing.

The assassination of Zhu Houzhao is also easy to think of.

Emperor Hongzhi has only one son, and if Zhu Houzhao has three long and two short, then he must choose one from the children of the clan to succeed the unification.

And the ones who can be selected are the children of the brothers of Emperor Hongzhi.

This time, it was these people that Emperor Hongzhi sent to investigate.

In addition, in addition, Emperor Hongzhi also specially investigated Zhu Jianjun, the son of the Empress Dowager Zhou.

It stands to reason that Zhu Jianjun is the uncle of Emperor Hongzhi, as long as Emperor Hongzhi still has brothers, it is impossible to choose children from his uncle to succeed to the unification.

However, in the Ming Dynasty, there was no precedent for an uncle to inherit the throne of his nephew.

If it is combined with the Empress Dowager Zhou's usual style, this possibility is even greater.

Emperor Hongzhi grew up under the knees of the Empress Dowager Zhou, but compared to his grandson, his son can be close, right?

If the son can succeed to the unification, won't he be able to protect the Zhou family for a longer time?

After thinking of this, Emperor Hongzhi had to know more about Zhu Jianjun.

Compared with the Zhou family, his son is more important.

"Your Majesty, the few vassal kings investigated by the minister have not changed since today."

"The same is true of what the slave and maid checked."

When Emperor Hongzhi learned of the results of the two, he breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time was a little sad.

No one wants to see a wall of brothers.

But if it weren't for these vassal kings, it would be even more difficult to find someone to assassinate his son.

Emperor Hongzhi got up, and after walking back and forth in the room a few times, he said: "There is no news in the clouds, so you should always pay attention to it, and the prince has also strengthened his protection these days, and sent more reliable people over." ”

If you can't find the person behind it, the only way is to strengthen the protection of Zhu Houzhao.

......

In the blink of an eye, it is time for the annual spring ploughing.

But there is not even a drop of rain, and every day is either the sun is shining or the yellow wind is all over the sky.

If there is no rain, the seeds will not even germinate, let alone the harvest.

The people take food as the sky, and no matter how good the commercial development is, if such a large area of land is barren, Xie Zhi's efforts in such a short time will disappear in an instant.

Moreover, after this natural disaster, there are inevitably people who are afraid that the world will not be chaotic and will say that what Xie Zhi has done recently is against the will of heaven, and it is a punishment from heaven that has caused no rain in the land of clouds for several months.

Originally, some people began to be afraid in the clean and upright clouds created by Xie Zhi.

Xie Zhi took He Liang to stand on the ridge, full of solemnity.

An old farmer stood beside Xie Zhi and said hoarsely: "Master Zhixian, how should this be good, the old man's three sons, two have married women and have babies, the eldest has gone to the school, and the younger one has gone to this year, the three sons are working in the ceramic workshop, the villain is still tough, thinking about planting the land, making some rations, and what they earn will be able to save... But there is a problem, there is no ration, I am afraid that the three melons and two dates I earned will be taken out, and it will not be enough to buy food..."

This old farmer still thinks that he has no grain and uses the silver earned in the ceramic workshop to buy grain?

If the harvest in the clouds is out this year, the ceramic workshop may not be able to open.

Every family has such a problem, and Xie Zhi has no way to advise this old farmer, and asks: "Was there such a situation in previous years?" ”

There is experience to learn from, and of course it is necessary to learn from it.

The old farmer thought about it for a while and said, "Spring rain is as expensive as oil, and there is such a situation every year, that is, this year is more serious, which is better when it was last year, and the rain is timely, and the harvest is good." ”

In this way, last year's harvest was a matter of luck.

Xie Zhi pulled out a wry smile and asked again: "In previous years, how should the county deal with this situation?" ”

The old farmer replied: "The county will bring the people of the county to pray for rain, if the heart is sincere, it will rain on the same day, if it is not sincere, it will not be effective for seven or eight days." ”

I've heard of praying for rain or something.

Xie Zhi also knows science, like these prayers for rain are completely luck, if you are lucky, just in time for the rain, that is begging, if the luck is not good, then the heart is not sincere enough?

Xie Zhi shook his head noncommittally, but the old farmer urged: "Master Zhixian, there will be another month to plant, and there is no sign of rain in the sky, it is time to ask for rain." ”

On top of this question, Xie Zhi didn't make a promise, and replied: "Well, the county knows, don't worry, the county will find a way." ”

Asking for rain, Xie Zhi won't believe it anyway.

When he returned to the county office, he began to draw windmills.

He also graduated with a doctorate in engineering, and he still knows these principles, and it is easy for him to get a windmill out.

However, the windmill is easy, and the key is to dig a well.

These things alone are not enough, the ditch has to be made.

The ditch is easy to dig, but after digging, you still need some cement as the bottom, in this drought, if it is only an earthen ditch, it is not enough to flood the field, and it has to be almost absorbed by this earthen ditch.

Windmills are easy, and wells are not a problem as long as there is enough manpower.

The most important thing is cement, and everyone knows the general formula, but the key is to be able to get these distributions together to form cement, which is not so easy.

After some general ideas, Xie Zhi recruited Wang Shouren.

Although it is important to train Yun Zhongwei, the current drought is also a top priority.

Finding Wang Shouren, Xie Zhi didn't say so many twists and turns, and said directly: "Brother Shouren, the drought in the clouds has to be solved as soon as possible, if there is no food, all these old books we have laid in the clouds will not be enough to feed the existing people in the clouds." ”

This is the case, no need to thank Xie Zhi to say, Wang Shouren knows it.

Then, Xie Zhi said: "During this time, each workshop stopped first, and went all out to enter the well, to ensure that each village has one bit, in addition, find a few carpenters, get the windmill out, first lead the well water, use the windmill to irrigate a large area, and step up to find a way to reduce the water consumption of the canal during this period." ”

There are no inland rivers in the clouds, and the only way to do this is to do so.

Wang Shouren didn't have any effective way, so he could only listen to Xie Zhi.

This is the only solution at the moment, and it is better than praying for rain.