Chapter 276: A Chance Encounter
"That's not right! That's not right! Li Chunfeng walked towards the river in a whisper, came to the riverbank to observe the water level, Gu Qing looked at him and went to test the water temperature, scooped up a handful of water and tasted it.
Raising his head again, Li Chunfeng looked at the sky, "Last night, the poor road looked at the stars and the stars were not right, the spring rain was delayed, the river water has receded a lot, and there is a lot of silt under the water, the spring rain will not come in this half a month, and Guanzhong is afraid of a big drought." ”
"What did you say?" Gu Qing looked at Li Chunfeng.
"Gu Qing, you also noticed that the spring rain was delayed." Li Chunfeng worriedly explained, "After everything withers in winter, it will recover in spring, and the rain in spring is particularly important, and in two months it will be planted with mangs, and it seems that the river water has not changed much, but the silt under the river has gushed up, and if it doesn't rain, the water level of the river will drop in less than half a month." ”
"Don't fool people." Gu Qing looked at Li Chunfeng, "Will there really be a drought?" ”
"I'm not sure it's going to take some more time." Li Chunfeng left in a hurry.
Gu Qing looked at the river suspiciously, and also picked up a handful and tasted it, and saw a farmer with a hoe on his back stepped forward and asked, "Big brother, what's going on this season?" ”
When the farmer saw that it was Gu Qing, he hurriedly saluted, "Master Hou, isn't this season very good?" ”
"Don't be inhibited." Gu Qing waved his hand and said, "Big brother, how long have you been farming?" ”
"The old man grew up in the field since he was a child, and he has been farming since he was sensible. The farmer replied.
Gu Qing looked at the fields in his village that had just been turned over, "Big brother, you have been farming for so long, you should know the solar terms, why is this spring rain delayed." ”
The farmer put down the hoe on his back, "Old man, am I strange? There are times when the spring rain comes late, but there seems to be no sign of it coming this year. ”
Listening to his words, Gu Qing hurriedly said, "Big brother, you jump into the river to see how the silt in the water is doing." ”
Although he didn't know what Gu Qing was going to do, the farmer still jumped into the river and shouted tentatively under the water, "Master Hou has a lot of silt in the water. ”
Is there really a big drought in Guanzhong? Gu Qing returned home worried, and when she saw Gu Qing coming back, Wu Mei was looking at the roof of her house, "Little Phoenix hasn't come back for a long time." ”
Gu Qing sat in the courtyard of his home, "Girl, go collect more food these days." ”
"Grain?" Wu Mei was puzzled, "There has never been a shortage of food in the husband's family and village. ”
With a long sigh, Gu Qing whispered, "Save more food, maybe the drought is coming, find some people to dig a few more wells." ”
"Drought?" Wu Mei asked suspiciously, "Will there really be a drought for the husband?" ”
"I don't know." Gu Qing speculated in his heart that there was no large-scale drought during the Zhenguan period in the history of the Tang Dynasty, and he hesitated Li Chunfeng could not be as accurate as the meteorological instrument, and the drought might not come, so he still said, "Just in case." ”
Wu Mei nodded and asked the subordinates in the family to arrange it.
On the second day, Gu Qing came to the river again and watched the water line go down a lot, turned over and got on the horse and went all the way upstream, the so-called eight rivers around Chang'an, this river is the Weishui River, from Tongguan, Shaanxi, all the way upstream, the flow of the river is very slow, and then go up Gu Qing saw a riverbed that was almost dry.
Roll over and dismount to observe the black mud on the riverbed, which looks as if it has just receded.
Several officials also rushed here, and they were also curious when they saw Gu Qing, "Gu Houye?" ”
"Why are you here?" Gu Qing looked at these officials, a little familiar.
"We're from the household." The official who came said, "Last night, Daoist Li Chunfeng told His Majesty about the celestial phenomena, and today let's take a look at the situation of the river, and I don't know what the reason is." ”
It seems that Li Chunfeng is not sure whether there will be a drought.
Several household officials were worried and hurriedly went back to report.
Gu Qing was looking at the riverbed in a daze.
"Dare to ask, can this little brother give some dry food."
Hearing the voice, Gu Qing looked back and saw that it was a middle-aged guy who looked at him about thirty years old, looking like he was in tattered clothes, and said in annoyance: "I didn't bring dry food." ”
"I haven't eaten in a few days." The other party said again, "Dare to ask if these little brothers can give some entanglement." “
"Nope!" Gu Qing didn't plan to deal with him.
He said, "This little brother is worried about the affairs of the river, the spring rain is delayed, and the river is almost cut off, presumably the little brother is thinking about this." ”
"You can see that, too?" Gu Qing looked at him.
"Actually, it's not that hard." He came to Gu Qing's side and said, "Last year, the snow came heavily, but it went quickly, the weather was warm and slow and windy, but the rainy season came a little later, it will rain in less than three days, and it will rain for several days, and the rainy season will come early." ”
Even Li Chunfeng was worried about the drought, and the queen of the family said that it would definitely rain within three days, and asked in confusion, "What's your name!" ”
"If you tell this little brother the name of the little brother below, can the little brother give me the next meal." He replied with a smile, "I heard that His Majesty was going to open the imperial examination today, so I came early, and I had run out of food and transportation along the way, and I drank water to satisfy my hunger for two days, and I just wanted to eat a bite of food." ”
"Good!" Gu Qing nodded and said, "What if I give you a big meal?" ”
He smiled and nodded, "Under the Shangguan Yi." ”
"Shangguan Yi?!" Gu Qing was surprised, "You are Shangguan Yi?" ”
The other party looked at Gu Qing strangely, "You know each other." ”
Gu Qing smiled awkwardly, "I know you, you don't know me." ”
Shangguan Yi also smiled very embarrassedly.
Leading his horse all the way, Gu Qing asked Shangguan Yi, "Has your granddaughter been born?" ”
"I haven't married a wife yet, where is my granddaughter?" Shangguan Yi smiled bitterly, "I will borrow the auspicious words of this little brother to hold a granddaughter as soon as possible." ”
Gu Qing also nodded, the character of Shangguan Yi did not have a few strong strokes in Tang history, but his granddaughter Shangguan Wan'er was indeed famous, and she came all the way to the village and took him to her doorstep.
Shangguan Yi looked at the plaque at the door of Gu Qing's house and couldn't speak for a long time, Pushan County? County waiting? Running to the village excitedly, I saw a huge academy, a sparsely populated village, and a very conspicuous factory in the distance.
"Who is this guy?" Li Zhi looked at Shangguan Yi.
"His name is Shangguanyi, a potential stock I picked up halfway." Gu Qing looked at Li Zhi, "His Royal Highness King Jin hasn't been to the academy for a long time. ”
"Humph!" Li Zhi turned his head and walked over, "I have already learned the things in the academy, and you don't teach me those real skills in physics, you have taught them to Di Renjie." ”