Chapter 132: The Urgent Matter of the Present Li Yan's Family

Seeing that Tang Jingyao didn't speak, Zhang Zhimu knew that he still needed a little time to get into the state, so he changed the topic and said, "Mr. Tang, there is one more thing I want to hear your opinion on." We have now taken over the management of the Kaiyuan New River, but we have also found that the river there has been very silted up, and we must start dredging work as soon as possible. Otherwise, the more blocked it is, the more difficult it will be to dredge. Our ideas are: first, to build a kind of sand dredging boat to dig out the sediment under the channel; The second is to prepare to build a dam controlled by a gate at the entrance of the Kaiyuan New River, hoping to increase the flow of the Kaiyuan New River when the water flow is large, and use the high flow rate of water to wash the river. In the future, if we want to solve the problem of flooding in the Yellow River in the long run, we still need to build a barrage dam on the Yellow River. When the water is large, it stores water, and when the water is small, it releases water to keep the Yellow River at a certain flow, so that the sediment deposits of the Yellow River will not be so bad. It's a long-term solution. ”

Tang Jingyao, who had been an official in charge of the river before, listened to Zhang Zhimu's words and said excitedly: "Mr. Zhang, if we can build a barrage dam on the Yellow River to raise the water level of Sanmenxia, and our boats will be controlled by locks when they cross the dam, then the Yellow River will be unimpeded." That's a great thing. As for what you said about the dredging of the Kaiyuan New River, I want to go and see it later. But if you say that you can make a boat to dig sand at the bottom of the river, I think it should be built now. I think this is a great option. It's not used there, I think our Xiaolinghe may also use it in the future. ”

Tang Jingyao's words made Zhang Zhimu very happy to hear it, this is a very cautious person, he has not been inspected on the spot, he easily does not say what is right or wrong, such an attitude is the attitude of doing things.

It wasn't until Tang Jingyao's matter was finished that Shi Tao spoke, "Mr. Zhang, I have two things I want to report to you." One is that after we actually measured the actual distance from Yaogang to Yuncheng and Yaogang to Lingshui Wharf, we measured it with a sextant. We came to the conclusion that the measurement accuracy of the sextant was fully sufficient for the needs of navigation. However, we also found that this measurement has a lot to do with the accuracy of the clock. I've also heard that you've arranged for someone to start working on a nautical clock. It would be nice to have a special marine clock. Also, the Zero Meridian Memorial Tower and the markers that we built have already been built. I think there should be a ceremony to be built, and at the same time to spread the word about the earth and navigation. ”

Looking at Shi Tao's emaciated face, Zhang Zhimu knew that they had worked hard for the sextant, and said, "The sextant has succeeded, I want to congratulate you." This was the beginning of a new era of sailing in the future. Zhang Zhimu walked out of the door as he spoke, and when he got to the door, he said to Yang Yulin: "Invite the editor-in-chief of "Yaogang Weekly" Fan over. ”

After coming back, he said, "Shi Tao, I'll ask Editor-in-Chief Fan to come over immediately." Can you write a popular science article about the earth is round and navigation, and publish it in the "Yaogang Weekly", your meridian memorial tower, I will ask Editor-in-Chief Fan to give you a good publicity. Then set a time for an inauguration ceremony to make the movement a little bigger. ”

Shi Tao said: "There is no problem, I will write the article." The inauguration ceremony of the memorial tower and markers will be arranged by the company. ”

After the editor-in-chief Fan Jinfu came, Zhang Zhimu told him the meaning of asking them to publicize the inauguration ceremony of the Prime Meridian Memorial Tower and the marker, and the editor-in-chief Fan said: "That's no problem, our newspaper hopes that the more things the better." ”

Zhang Zhimu said to Fan Jinfu: "We are also going to publish a magazine called Science. The content of the book is mainly to introduce scientific and technological knowledge. The content is Lu Bingyi, and they set up a department to be responsible for printing, and you will print it together. ”

"Okay, we don't have a problem printing." Fan Jinfu said, "There is another matter, we want to make the "Yaogang Weekly" a daily newspaper, do you think it will work? ”

"That's a good thing!" Zhang Zhimu said, "But there is no need for you to change the "Kiln Gang Weekly". This weekly newspaper should be retained, and there is no need for your daily newspaper to be as large as a weekly newspaper, because the daily newspaper can be short and concise, so that the speed of information dissemination can be the mainstay. Keep the most up-to-date information as much as possible. Our telegrams from all over Shanxi have been opened, and the latest news can be transmitted back quickly. But your team of journalists is also going to expand a lot. In the future, we will also have to build a radio station, and we will also need a lot of information. You're doing a good job! ”

"But we use too much paper," Fan said, "and if our newspaper is published, we will start charging for it." At the very least, charge a cost. ”

"I'll do it. We can divide the price into several parts. One is a full-year subscription, and we're going to give a discounted price. The retail ones have to have another price. Also be careful to give a little discount to those who help you sell newspapers. Zhang Zhimu said: "When you start collecting money, you can also contract advertising business." This is also your income. ”

Fan Jinfu said: "Okay, let's go back and study this matter." ”

Zhang Zhimu knew that the current paper was still too expensive, and there was no way to make the circulation of the newspaper too large. He said to Lu Bingyi: "Mr. Lu, we will ask Li Yunhe to come over and study it together, we should set up a mechanized paper mill." Only by mass-producing paper can our paper costs come down. Besides, there is no shortage of wood in Shanxi, and paper made from wood is the best. However, the production process can pollute the water body. We have to find a way to treat the sewage at the same time. ”

"This pollution is really a problem," Mr. Lu said, "and if you look at our Xiaoling River, there is not much time, and the water cannot be seen." Is it good that hundreds of thousands of our sewage and industrial production sewage are discharged there? ”

"That's the top priority, I think we need to build an underground sewage pipeline along the Xiaoling River all the way to the Fen River, so that the sewage does not enter the Xiaoling River, otherwise the Xiaoling River will soon become a stinky river." "I also need to build a sewage treatment plant so that the heavily polluted water can be sedimented and treated before it is discharged." Otherwise, the Fen River will become a stinky river in a few years. ”

"Also, we have to dispose of our garbage. Otherwise, our garbage mountain will also become a source of pollution. Lu Bingyi also seems to have noticed the seriousness of the pollution problem, "I will choose the location of the sewage treatment plant, the sewage pipe, and I will design it when I go back." Strive to start construction this year. ”

While a few people were talking, Yang Yulin pushed the door in and said, "I'm sorry to disturb you, Uncle Chen's call, can you answer it?" ”

Zhang Zhimu nodded, he knew that there must be something important, otherwise Yang Yulin would let himself call back after finishing the matter, reached out and picked up the phone, "Hey! Uncle Chen is in a hurry? ”

"A good thing," Chen Yufeng's excited voice came from the phone, "Meng Si'er, this kid is okay, he has brought Li Yan's family back." ”

"That's great!" Zhang Zhimu was very happy, "It seems that Li Zicheng is okay and has not attacked Li Yan's family. ”

I'm done here, and we're going to give Li Yan and them a good celebration tonight.

Lu Bingyi said: "Mr. Zhang, our affairs are all over, and if there is nothing else, we will go back first." Put the most urgent things into practice. What you said about papermaking, wait for you to arrange time and we will study it with Li Yunhe. ”

"Alright! I was also about to go to the command center, Meng Si'er and they took Li Yan's family out, and I also went over to celebrate with him. ”

Zhang Zhimu arrived at the command center and saw that in addition to Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He here, there were also Li Zhi, Meng Si'er and Li Yan.

Seeing Zhang Zhimu arrive, most of them got up, and Zhang Zhimu said, "Congratulations!" Li Gongzi. Now that your family is back, you don't have to worry. ”

Li Yan arched his hand and said, "Thank you Mr. Zhang for your concern." If it weren't for Meng Si'er and them sacrificing their lives to save each other, we don't know if we would have been able to see each other. I just don't know if I thank Meng Si'er and their brothers.

Zhang Zhimu knew that Meng Si'er and they had been in Xi'an, Shaanxi for a few months before they came back, and things must have been very difficult.

"Meng Si'er, what happened to you this time?"

Meng Si'er said: "Mr. Zhang, although our brothers came back a little late this time, I didn't disgrace you. We brought back more than a dozen members of Li Gongzi's family. And not a single person was lost. ”

It turned out that after Li Jing and the others rescued Li Yan and the Red Lady from Tongguan, Ouyang He was very worried about Li Yan's family in Xi'an. But Li Yan said, "It is estimated that my family is fine, and Li Zicheng and I still have a personal relationship." Our two families also have a lot of family contacts. The red lady and I are not dead, and he will not do anything to my family. ”

After returning to Yaogang, Chen Yufeng and Ouyang He called Li Zhi to discuss whether there was any way to go to Xi'an to pick up Li Yan's family.

Li Zhi thought about it and called Meng Si'er and asked him to take someone to Xi'an first. Meng Si'er didn't hesitate to say, I'll take our action team over, as long as Li Yan's family is fine, we will definitely bring people back.

Later, he discussed with Li Yan and the Red Lady about picking up their families. Li Yan drew Meng Si'er a map of the location of their house, as well as a floor plan of their house. Li Yan and the red lady each wrote a letter to their families as a token. Then Meng Si'er came to Tongguan with more than 20 people from their action team, and after a period of understanding. I learned that Li Zicheng in Xi'an very much welcomed merchants to Xi'an to do business, because they knew that without business and trade, Shaanxi would be trapped to death.

With the help of Liu Yun and the Yaogang Branch, Meng Si'er disguised their squad as a caravan and rented a boat out of the Yellow River and into Weishui to come to Xi'an. They came to Xi'an and did not act rashly. First of all, in the name of watching the market, I walked around Xi'an City.

Because Li Zicheng deliberately blocked the news of their defeat in Shanxi, Xi'an did not see any difference. Since Li Zicheng occupied Xi'an, he adopted a policy of encouraging industry and commerce, and it has become a bit lively. Meng Si'er and the others wandered around and came to the vicinity of Li Yan's house. However, they found that there were many people watching Li Yan's house on the left and right. Meng Si'er didn't dare to stay here for a long time, and left after looking at the surrounding environment.

Back at the inn, Li Yan arranged for others to continue to contact about business. At night, he took a person to jump out of the back window of the inn, avoided the patrol along the path he had seen during the day, and quietly came to the back of Li Yan's house. However, Meng Si'er and the others found that there were still people behind them at night. They went around for a long time before they found a blind spot that no one could see everywhere, they came to the outside of the wall and threw the hooked flying claws to the wall, and after grabbing the head of the wall, the two people quietly climbed to the wall, looked inside, and jumped into the courtyard according to the picture drawn by Li Yan, and came to the housekeeper's room brought by Li Yan from Henan, and gently opened the door with a sharp blade. Quietly opened the door and entered the room, and heard the sound of someone sleeping and snoring in the room. Meng Si'er and the others entered the bedroom and shone a flashlight on the face of the person on the bed, covering his mouth with their hands. After the man woke up, Meng Si'er whispered, "Don't move!" ”

The man who was covered nodded. Meng Si'er said: "Are you Steward Li brought by Li Yan from Henan?" ”

The man nodded. Meng Si'er said, "We were sent by Li Yan to pick you up. If I let go of my hand, don't make a sound, okay? ”

Steward Li nodded, Meng Si'er let go of his hand, and also removed the light of the flashlight from his face.

"You, are you really sent by Gongzi Li?" Steward Li trembled and asked, "Are Gongzi Li and his wife still alive?" ”

"Yes. This is a handwritten letter written by Li Gongzi and the Red Lady. Look. Meng Si'er said and took out two letters from his arms.

Steward Li got up tremblingly, put on his clothes, and lit the oil lamp. At this time, Meng Si'er saw that this Steward Li was in his fifties, and his beard and hair were already gray, but he looked like a very shrewd person.

When Steward Li sat down and began to read Li Yan and the Red Lady's letter under the lamp, his eyes calmed down a lot. After reading the letter, Steward Li said: "Two heroes, this is the letter of my son Li. But there's people watching all around outside, how did you get in? ”

"You don't have to worry about that. Prepare to leave as soon as possible, and then listen to our notice. Meng Si'er said.

"No! Li Gongzi's family is here. But their daughter wasn't here. Steward Li said.

"What's going on?" Steward Li's words made Meng Si'er feel a pang in his heart.

"It's a long story." Steward Li told him what happened in Xi'an.

When Li Yan and the Red Lady followed Li Zicheng to swear to the East, everything was still fine. Li Yan and his wife were full of ambition and were ready to make contributions in the course of this crusade. The family is also looking forward to their early triumph. The entire Dashun Dynasty did not expect that the Eastern Crusade would fail, and they all felt that this was a must-win journey.

But a few months ago, slowly news came that the front line was not going well. But I didn't expect the Dashun army to be defeated. Later, a friend of Li Yan quietly sent a letter back saying that Li Yan and his wife were arrested by Li Zicheng and locked up in Tongguan, but they were robbed and robbed by the Yaogang people in Shanxi.

Li Yan's family didn't believe it. But before long, the family felt that something was wrong. The house was guarded on all sides. Later, someone came to Li Yan's house to check the population. This was unthinkable before. With Li Yan's status in the Dashun Dynasty, no one dared to be so rude, because Li Yan's family and Li Zicheng's family usually had close contacts. Ordinary people don't dare to come to find trouble. Someone dares to do this, which means that something is really wrong. They sent people to the palace to inquire about the news, but they did not enter the palace. This proves that the accident of Li Yan and his wife is not groundless. They felt that something was wrong, so they discussed it, no matter what happened, they would also keep Li Yan and the Red Lady's woman, so they would find a way to let a servant from Yan'an Mansion take Li Yan's daughter back to Yan'an. agreed with this person that it was not Li Yan and his wife and Steward Li who went to find them, no matter who went to him, they were not allowed to tell the whereabouts of Li Yan's daughter.

Therefore, if you want to find Li Yan's daughter, you must go to Steward Li. But if it is found out that Steward Li is missing, then it will be very difficult for other people to go out.

Meng Si'er thought at that time that if he didn't care about others, he would take Steward Li away, and when he arrived at Yan'an Mansion, he found Li Yan's daughter and brought it back to Tongguan. But thinking about it again, if Li Yan's other family members are implicated because of this, wouldn't this harm Li Yan's family? Therefore, they did not come up with a perfect solution at that time, and they were afraid of long nights and dreams. I agreed on a place to contact Steward Li, and asked Steward Li to take the time to go out and discuss with them.

Meng Si'er and the others went back to the inn to wait for Steward Li, and when they left, they told Steward Li not to show the news first, and not to let everyone know that they had come.

After Meng Si'er and the others returned to the inn, they were also a little worried. However, I thought about it again, no matter what, I had to find Li Yan's daughter first.

After waiting for two days, Steward Li got out and came to Meng Si'er's residence.

Steward Li said: "I have thought of a way, I have to pretend to be sick, and I am so sick that I will die." In that case, I can ask to be sent back to my hometown in Henan. This is the only way I can leave Xi'an. Then I went to Yan'an Mansion to find Li Gongzi's daughter. ”

Meng Si'er had no other way, so she had to agree to this suggestion, and determined the contact person and contact information of Steward Li after pretending to be sick.

After Steward Li went back, he invited a doctor who had a good relationship with the Li family and told him that he wanted to pretend to be sick and return to his hometown. This doctor had a good relationship with the Li family before, and asked Steward Li to use some medicine according to what he said, and then began to pretend to be sick.

After a while, the Li family went to apply to send Steward Li, who was dying, back to his hometown, and made some silver, and the official family also sent someone with a doctor to check on Steward Li's condition. The doctor who brought it said that the patient was very sick. If you transport it back like this, I'm afraid you won't be able to reach Henan and die on the road.

But Li's family said: "When the patient understood, he said that he didn't want to die outside and kept asking to go home." Please try to get him home! ”

These officials accepted the money, and they agreed to the Li family's request. According to the agreement, the Li family sent someone to send Steward Li to the Weishui Wharf, and went down the river by boat, but the people who followed him in Weinan did not follow, so they went ashore in Weinan. I found an inn and took the medicine according to the doctor's prescription for a few days. Steward Li's body has basically recovered.

Meng Si'er took a few people to personally follow Steward Li to Yan'an Mansion. But they came to Yan'an Mansion and ran into trouble. For according to the address given by the servant, this man could not be found at all. Steward Li's body was not completely recovered, and he vomited a mouthful of blood in a hurry and fell ill.

Meng Si'er was frightened, if there was no housekeeper Li, it would be even more impossible to find Li Yan's daughter.

Meng Si'er invited the best doctor in Yan'an Mansion to see the old housekeeper, and the doctor said that he must cultivate slowly and not get angry. Although Meng Si'er was anxious, she still patiently persuaded Steward Li not to worry, and told him that you are not for yourself now, but for Li Yan's daughter. Steward Li understands that if he doesn't raise it well, it will be difficult for others to find Li Yan's daughter. He tried to relax himself as much as possible and cooperated with the doctor's treatment. Slowly, Steward Li's health really got better.

During his illness, Steward Li was thinking that the servant was very reliable and couldn't give him a fake address, there must be a reason for this. He went out to inquire and found out that the family who were now living in the servant's house were new, not the old occupants.

Steward Li went alone and asked what was going on? As soon as Steward Li finished asking, the people in this family asked if you are Steward Li of the Li Mansion?

As soon as Steward Li heard that there was a door, he hurriedly said, "I am!" ”

"Oh, look at it. Last time we thought..."Saying that, the man looked around and saw that there were no outsiders, and said, "When we saw that there were so many people here, we thought that we were here to arrest the young lady, so we didn't change the truth." Look at what this is all about. My brother's family moved elsewhere with the young lady. I'm here to cover for them. He said that only Steward Li of the Li Mansion could tell him and the young lady's residence when he came. ”

Steward Li said, "Those people are the people sent by Gongzi Li to protect Miss. Take me to Miss. ”

But when they came to the servant's house, they did not see the young lady. For the servant had placed the young lady in a place known only to him. found another place, and Meng Si'er and they met Li Yan's daughter. Meng Si'er took out some silver and thanked the servants and brothers. Tell them that Li Yan has arrived in Shanxi Yaogang, and if they still want to work for Li's house, they will go to Shanxi Yaogang to find Li Yan.

When they returned to Xi'an, they did not enter the city again, but sent people to take Li Yan's daughter and Steward Li directly to Tongguan by boat to wait for them. Meng Si'er took people back to Xi'an and contacted the people in the Li Mansion. The people of the Li Mansion determined that only eleven Li Yan's family members would follow Meng Si'er back to Shanxi together, and as for the other family members, they would give them money to make them willing to go to Shanxi themselves.

Meng Si'er and they observed for two days, determined the time to open the city gate, bought a few carriages, and ambushed them in the back alley of Li Yan's Mansion in advance. When it was time to open the city gate, they drove to the people who were monitoring the Li Mansion, and beat them one by one with **** and got them into the car. The one who finished the backyard made the front yard again. Then someone was sent to drive the car full of corpses to a secluded place. Meng Si'er quickly came to the Li Mansion with people, and after coming in, he arranged for the people who walked together to take a few cars and go straight to the city gate. When he left the Li Mansion, Meng Si'er left people behind, gathered all the family members of the Li Mansion, and explained the matter to them clearly. Everyone gave them a lot of silver, telling them that if they were willing to go to Shanxi, they could go to Yaogang when they went to Tongguan. Because there's really no way to take everyone away. When it is estimated that the carriage has already left Xi'an City, these families will leave the Li Mansion separately. The people who stayed behind also quickly left the Li Mansion and chased them to the Weishui Wharf. There were already rented boats waiting in Weishui, and they went all the way to Weinan and then to Tongguan, and when they arrived at Tongguan, they did not send a telegram to their families, and went back to Yaogang by boat.

Everyone was moved by Meng Si'er's wonderful story.

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Five-line scores, oscillating circuits, caesarean sections. Guo Shoujing made alloy cannons, and Guan Hanqing created "Journey to the West". --Progress of "Memories of the Southern Song Dynasty".