Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Drought Continues to Worsen (Fourth Update)
Zhou Wei and Cheng Xianling and others left in a hurry after lunch in the restaurant, only Song Jinggong and the people he brought were still eating and drinking in the restaurant, it seemed that they were going to pick up the lights and sing at night tonight, and those who had a poor amount of wine had already drunk and slept more, but they did not leave, just waiting to get up at night, and they could continue to fight.
Zhang Xiaobao doesn't expect Zhou Qi and Cheng County Ling to bring much income to the restaurant, usually one is in the state, it will take a few days to come once, it is impossible to come here to drink, Cheng County Ling is the same, once you go back, almost a day is gone, just to eat a meal, it is really not worth it.
The purpose of looking for the two of them is to wait for the construction of Xiao Luoshui to be completed, and after connecting with this side, let some people who see the interests and think of big ideas know that these two places are under the cover of the county order and a member of the army in the state.
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were already waiting for Zhou Qi to come over and ask about things, but they left after eating, and seemed to forget that there were still masters here, which made the two of them a lot easier.
The Dragon Boat Festival passed lively, this year, in addition to Zhang Wang's two Zhuangzi to the Zhuang households sent zongzi, the Ge family Zhuangzi actually learned to send some, this year the Ge family does not have to pay grain to the imperial court, but the farmers have to pay to the main family, there will be a lot of surplus, it is a little bit in advance.
What's more, the restaurant has also opened, and the three of them are operating together, so they can't continue to be stingy, and the zongzi are sent down, and the farmers of the Ge family really stand up, and the farmers of the Zhang and Wang families have something to say.
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Cheng Xianling, who came over to hold the scene and hurriedly returned to the yamen, rested for a while, saw that it was getting late, and called the county magistrate Zhang Mingsheng again, prepared a few side dishes, and a small jar of wine, and began to discuss things by taking advantage of the night.
"Xuyang, how many days, the rain has not fallen, not to mention the reduction of grain production, how people and livestock are about to run out of water, if you don't think about a way, people will be thirsty to death." Cheng County Ling poured a bowl of wine for the county Cheng, sighed and said, the sadness on his face lingered.
The county man held the bowl with both hands, waited for the county order to be poured, gently put it in front of him, and said sadly: "Six days ago, it rained a little in the east of the county, and it stopped in less than an hour, and the ground was not very wet. ”
Cheng County Ling also knew about this situation, stretched out his chopsticks to order food, stopped again, took a big sip of wine directly, and exhaled the wine, "There is less water in the well, what about digging down?" Is it possible to dig up water? ”
"Yes, yes, but the well is not like when it was excavated, now I want to go down directly, except for some large wells, other wells are not successful, if you want to dig it, you have to cut it all down, my lord, if it can be like the auspicious well, boom, the water will come out, then it will be good, now the well still provides a lot of people with water."
The county Cheng accompanied him to take a sip of wine, followed the words of the county order, and said that his face that was still embarrassed suddenly showed some hope, that Xiangrui and the county order knew how it came out, and Zhangjia Zhuangzi used this to exchange with the people in the state, and as a result, the well came out of the water after a bang, and it has not been seen until now.
Cheng County's eyes lit up when he heard this, right, what can't Zhangjia Zhuangzi do? Why didn't I think to beg them, since one well can produce water, so many wells should also be able to produce water.
"Okay, it's really good, Xuyang, you can be regarded as a meritorious service, if the matter can be solved, the people of Sanshui County will thank you, quickly, call Chen Dong here, let him rush to Zhangjia Zhuangzi immediately, and ask for people, it is related to the life and death of so many people, it is really not good, even if the official knelt there in the past, he also had to get the water out."
Cheng Xianling has made up his mind, he doesn't know how the people of Zhangjia Zhuangzi got water out of the well, maybe it was borrowed from some magical power, and it might affect the life expectancy, but he had no other way, and then he asked, if it really would lose too much longevity, he could only think of other ways, after all, it was not a well.
If it is reduced by a few days, then it will be repaired in the county to cultivate an immortal ceremony, and tell the people in the county who is desperately trying to get water for them at this time, and this will also send a document to the top, get it out first, and then send a document.
Chen Dong happened to be on duty tonight, and when he heard the greeting, he came, waiting for the county order to finish speaking, and promised: "My lord, don't worry, the small one must rush over as quickly as possible, and let the eagerness here know there, I believe that Zhangjia Zhuangzi will not stand idly by." ”
"Go quickly, if people can't wake up when they sleep, just wait, wait until dawn, just wait until dawn, just when the restaurant over there opens, you can wait there, maybe you can eat some food and drink some wine." Cheng County Ling gave two more instructions not to delay the matter, and let Chen Dong leave.
"Come, Xuyang, let's drink some together, I really don't want to eat anymore, there is still food here, and the people may not even be able to drink water." Cheng County, who temporarily put his heart at ease, came to his senses again, beckoning the county to eat and drink.
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Chen Dong also knew that the matter was important, he brought two horses out of the yamen, and he didn't stop at all, changing all the way, and it took him an hour and a half to rush to Zhangjia Zhuangzi, and when he saw that the restaurant was still brightly lit, Chen Dong licked his mouth, and really wanted to go in and drink a bowl of wine, and at the same time he also knew that people would not accept his money, and he couldn't ask for others.
But it's still important to get down to business, endure the thirst in his mouth, come to the outside of the courtyard of Zhang's house, knock on the door twice, the night watchman opened the small door to see, it turned out to be the official arrived, the county magistrate just left at noon, could it be that he got lost when he went back, and the people in the yamen couldn't wait for anyone to come and ask?
This matter is not something he can manage, run to the back to wake up the housekeeper, Steward Zhang has just fallen asleep, others can go to bed earlier, he can't, he is in charge of a lot of things, reluctantly got up, walked to the living room, the official Chen Dong was already waiting here.
When the tea came up, he poured down two bowls in a row, and then he said the purpose of this, waiting for Steward Zhang's reply, at least he had to ask the master.
Steward Zhang estimated the time and said to Chen Dong: "You wait here for a while, I'll ask, whether it can be done or not, I'll come back and tell you." ”
After speaking, Steward Zhang left the living room and walked towards the courtyard of the little boy, he knew that the little boy and the little lady were up to study at this time, otherwise he could only let the servant come back tomorrow morning.
When Steward Zhang arrived, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were eating, the child grew fast and was hungry quickly, so he ate something when he had time.
After waiting for Steward Zhang to repeat the matter, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan glanced at each other, reached a unity, and said to Steward Zhang:
"You go and tell the official to draw a picture of the well that needs to come out of the water, and send it here, and the rest will not be left alone, and tell him that there may not be so much water coming out of every well by then, and besides, this kind of thing will break the life of the yang, only this once."
Steward Zhang took the order and left, leaving Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan to look at each other again, and sighed at the same time, this time there is going to be a lot of fire, I have to say something that is life-damaging, otherwise someone above will let the other two big places and bomb them one by one, and they won't be able to stand it at all.
"Xiaobao, or artificial rain, there are always clouds floating on it recently, but it doesn't rain, I try to make some earthen cannonballs, do you think it's okay?" Wang Juan proposed.
"Okay, when the time comes, you up, I'll have a bucket of water in one hand, and I'll pour it wherever I say, even if you can make an earthen cannonball, and the firing tool is simple, I can't make dry ice." Zhang Xiaobao reached out to touch Wang Juan's forehead as he spoke, wanting to see if she had a fever.
"Don't touch it, I'm just saying it casually, people always have to have a little hope, work hard with hope, I believe you will make dry ice in your lifetime, even liquid nitrogen." Wang Juan knocked off Zhang Xiaobao's hand.
"Dry ice? Believe it or not, I'm in a hurry, I'll become a dry corpse tomorrow, eat it quickly, it should be cold in a while, this is fungus soup, it's expensive. ”
Zhang Xiaobao knew that Wang Juan was just talking casually, to ease the atmosphere, and everyone knew that there was no need to think about artificial rain at this time.
After waiting for a bowl of soup to drink and eat something, Wang Juan said, "How to arrange it?" You can't let others discover this secret, you can only blow it up when others are not paying attention, that is night, and people have to arrange a few, two cows are counted as one, and his brother is one big cow, who else can be absolutely reliable? ”
"Huzi is okay, others don't know, just the three of them, they have to spend a lot of money to buy materials, and they can't find Cheng County Order for reimbursement, this matter is so decided, read books." Zhang Xiaobao didn't have too good candidates for a while, so he could only work hard for those three people.
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Steward Zhang told Chen Dong what the little boy said, Chen Dong was happy when he heard it, got up and wanted to rush back to tell the good news to the county magistrate, but was stopped by Steward Zhang, saying that he had slept over there when he went back to the county magistrate, so it was better to wait until the time to rush back, just when the county magistrate got up.
During this time, there was naturally no need to arrange to live in the courtyard, so I found a night watchman and asked him to take Chen Dong to the restaurant, eat something, have a good rest, and the horse should also eat and rest.
When Chen Dong arrived at the restaurant, he arranged two dishes, one meat and one vegetarian, as well as four dishes, a small pot of wine and a bowl of rice.
Chen Dong didn't have the heart to enjoy it, he lay down and fell asleep after eating in a hurry, and the next day he woke up without being greeted by others, and he didn't even eat breakfast, so he rode directly on the horse and rushed back.
When he arrived at the Yamen, he didn't care whether the county magistrate got up or not, so he ran inside, shouting as he ran, "My lord, it's done, it's done." ”