Mr. Li is a very foreign visitor to Sizhou. He was in a different place, he was not familiar with the place, and there was only a team of more than 20 personal soldiers around him, and he was really helpless about the "two eccentrics" for a while.

It would be nice if he was a serious Qincha, Lord Li sighed. However, I unexpectedly met Yu Niangzi, a local, and saw that Yujia Village was so united, and my heart was full of hope.

After having dinner at the mansion, Li You asked her, "Do you have any old river workers in Yujia Village who are familiar with water conditions?" I need to find someone who understands and can tell the truth. ”

Yu Wan'er thought for a while and replied: "There are people in the village who have been sent by the government to repair the embankment, but there are no old river workers who can speak the way. ”

She also noticed the disappointment on Li You's face, so she came up with an empathetic idea, "But here in Sizhou, there are many floods, and there are many people who understand water conditions. If Langjun is in need, the uncle of the slave family is the patriarch, and he can ask the clan to inquire to see if there are such people among the relatives and friends of each family. ”

Li You patted the case and said: "Send a message, whoever can invite it, this official will be thanked!" But you have to be really familiar with the local old river workers! ”

Lord Li met Yu Niangzi, just as the so-called long drought meets sweet rain, and he meets a concubine in another country. This night is naturally a night of spring breeze in Yuguan, the dragon and the phoenix dance are still in full swing, and the two of you are greedy and I love until the third watch is more than halfway before falling asleep.

The next morning, Li You continued to inspect the embankment, and Yu Wan'er accompanied him to the side.

When the group left the mansion, Master Li suddenly felt that among so many women in him, it was more worry-free to go out with Mrs. Yu. No need to find a small car, no need to clear the field, no need to pull the fence... She can naturally follow her.

Outside the gate of the mansion, someone stood on the opposite side of the alleyway, looking towards the mansion with a probe. Even if Li Youdang recognized it, this person was the young man Ma Qianjun who took a fancy to Yu Wan'er's beauty yesterday and colluded with the state government officials to force marriage in Yujia Village.

Dare to send it to the door, and the thief's heart will not die? Anyway, he had already had a quarrel with Zhizhou, and he didn't care about this kind of jumping clown Li You, sneered a few times, and instructed his own soldiers: "Take it and beat it half to death and send it to the state office." ”

Yu Niangzi was moved at first, but Li You was very affectionate and angry for her. Then he came to his senses, secretly scolded himself for not remembering his surname, and quietly asked, "What the hell do you have in mind?" That Ma Qianjun is barely a relative of Wang Zhizhou, you won't fail to take this into account? ”

"Calling others to see, this is a horse bone in Qianjin City!" Li You said frankly. I don't know if among the twenty or thirty thousand people inside and outside Sizhou City, there is any resentment against Wang Zhizhou, and the enemy of the enemy is an ally. He is unfamiliar with this place, and he doesn't know where to look for it, but he can show his existence through small means to attract others to come to him.

"It's better to be careful, then Wang Zhizhou and Ma Zhuang together can be regarded as the head snake, and the slave family feels that it is necessary to guard against it."

Li Youkeng has countless people, and he has also developed a good habit of guarding against others, and he naturally knows how to be cautious on other people's turf. "The official is not afraid, the official is on the mission of Linsi Prefecture, on behalf of the governor Yamen, with full authority to dispose of the river affairs at the southern end of Hongze Lake, and if there is an accident, it is his big crime, and he will never dare to commit it. But after beating this horse army, he could no longer live in the city, lest he be conspiracy. So how about the official move to Yujia Village? With the cover of your people, it should be all right. ”

Yu Wan'er was overjoyed and said: "Then dare to be kind, the slave family will go back to report the news first." ”

There are only thirty or forty households in Yujia Village, with less than 200 people, making it a very poor village. There are not many fields in the first place, and they are flooded every year because they are close to the water's edge, so you can imagine it. So there are a lot of people like Yu Waner who were forced to go out to the rivers and lakes to perform arts.

Yu Wan'er's uncle said that he was a patriarch, but he was no different from other families, the same poverty. A few days ago, when the "developed" niece Yu Wan'er returned to the village, she brought back some silver and two to help, and it was better to say that the son was better.

I heard my niece say that her backer, a nobleman who is older than the lord of Zhizhou, is going to come to the village to station, which is sad for the patriarch, the village is full of broken thatched mud houses, where are the nobles placed? In the end, more than a dozen people were gathered, and the slightly decent ancestral hall was cleaned up and handed over to Lord Li to live temporarily.

Li You did not treat the villagers badly, and took out a hundred taels of silver on the spot and gave it to the village to buy people's hearts.

Two days later, on the last day of August, when Li You was inspecting the embankment, a villager from Yujia Village came panting and reported, "According to Master Li's instructions, I have found an old river worker in his seventies from another village." He also worked in the state government back then, and he had some ties to our Yujia Village, and now he is invited to the village to wait for the adults. We have made an agreement with him, and we will not hide anything from him. ”

Li You hurriedly got off the embankment and rushed back to the village. The old river worker's surname is Dai, and the goosebumps are trembling and trembling, and he is already in his last years.

When Li You saw it, he thought that this Yujia Village was too powerful, so that people who looked like they would die at any time could also be invited over... He nodded cordially and said, "Uncle Dai doesn't need to be polite, the official is about to ask for a place, and I hope to give him advice!" ”

Immediately, Master Li recounted the report of the four river workers in the state government when he first arrived in Sizhou a few days ago, and asked with doubts: "This official always feels that there are all the truths in it, but no one teaches me, what does the old man have to say?" ”

Old man Dai pondered for a moment, "They missed three points. First, it only said that the embankment was raised the year before last, but did not mention that the sediment accumulation had raised the water level by several feet in the past ten years. Second, they only say that the Yellow River is strong and cannot be drained smoothly, but they do not mention the danger of the Yellow River backing up into the floodwater. Third, the local Huai River intersects, they only talk about the Huai River, but they do not mention the Bian River, which has recently flowed again. ”

Hearing the words of this old local expert, Li You had a more straightforward understanding of the current danger in his heart, and it sounded like this year was another year of extremely dangerous floods, which was really worrying.

It's just that the essence of the state Yahe workers has not been poked out, that is, why do they downplay the dangerous surname in their mouths? "My husband knows, they promised the official that it was foolproof, why do you think this is?"

Old man Dai was also puzzled, "Who dares to say that it is foolproof in advance?" ”

Li You knocked on the side again and asked, "Has the other side of the bank been flooded?" ”

"Your Excellency is talking about the ancestral tomb? Nature is also inevitable, but not big. For example, five years ago, when floods flooded, water flooded into the ancestral shrine. Because the terrain is high... Ah, the little old man understands the doubts of adults! ”

Hearing this, Li You also seemed to grasp something in his heart, and asked tightly: "What does the old man understand?" ”

Old man Dai stood up suddenly, his thin body was short in front of Li You's eyes, and he knelt on the ground and bowed: "Please Lord Li first promise that the little old man will think of the common people of Sizhou!" ”

Li You jumped to his feet anxiously, he asked Yujia Village to invite acquaintances to come over to inquire, just to listen to a happy word, but he didn't expect to meet someone who put forward conditions again.

If you don't say anything, what do you want him to promise? How can a promise be easily exported? Li You was greatly displeased, brushed his sleeves and said loudly: "This official has been ordered by the imperial court to come here to inspect, and the local people should say everything!" Is there a reason to blackmail the official? If you refuse to tell the truth, the official will ask Gao Ming to go, and don't think that the official will thank you for your contributions! ”

Old man Dai couldn't stand on the ground, and for some reason the old man cried in tears: "Others think that the terrain on the east and west banks is the same, but in the past, the terrain of the ancestral tomb on the west bank is actually higher than that of Sizhou on the east bank, but not many people know about this matter." The state yahe workers concealed something, and they were worried that you would not be able to bear it when the ancestral tomb on the west bank was in distress, so they ordered the east bank of the Sizhou City embankment to discharge the flood! ”

Lord Li, who has a responsibility on his shoulders and is closely connected with the flood situation, was shocked when he heard the news! The first thought that flashed to me was that there was still such a way?

Then another thought flashed to me - it is not impossible to do this for the sake of protecting the ancestral tomb... In the end, I thought that if this was the case, wouldn't Sizhou, a thousand-year-old city, be sunk in my own hands? Although in another time and space, Sizhou City did suffer such a fate, but in his own hands it was a little..."Sizhou City's terrain is already low, if the embankment is broken again, Hongze's water potential will be poured with all its strength without hindrance, and the whole city will become a fish and turtle." Since then, the water potential will be difficult to subside, and there will be no more Huaibian ancient city of Sizhou in the world! I implore you to think of tens of thousands of people! Old man Dai couldn't kneel down and exchanged with tears.

Master Li persuaded: "Don't worry, the water situation may not be like this this year, so why worry about the sky." ”

After sending off the old man Dai, Li You sat alone in the ancestral hall of the Yu family, his brows almost twisted together.

Now it can be clear that the old river workers in the state government really reported that it was not true. Whether it is trying to downplay the danger of the current water situation, or deliberately not mentioning the fact that the ancestral tomb is higher than the terrain of Sizhou, the purpose is to avoid inducing himself to have the idea of breaking the Sizhou embankment to protect the ancestral tomb.

After all, for officials, the Dragon Vein Ancestral Tomb is a must-protect object that must not be submerged, and no one can afford to take responsibility. Not to mention Sizhou City, even the Forbidden City can be sacrificed.

This year, the ancestral tomb may encounter danger, maybe not, no matter how probable, it is probably always right to prepare for the worst on this issue that absolutely cannot be wrong, not to mention the analysis of water information from all aspects, when the flood situation peaks in September, the situation will be very dangerous.

So when he encounters danger, does he, Cheng Zhilang, the general judge of Yangzhou Prefecture, the acting Jiangdu County Affairs, the garrison department of Yangzhou Prefecture, and the assistant Hongze River Affairs under the edict, have the determination to dig up the ancestral tomb of the embankment of Sizhou City?

After nearly two years as an official, Master Li finally realized that responsibility is heavier than Mount Tai. If it is just a few families, he Li You is not a soft-hearted person, and it is very clear which is more important and which is lighter. But at the cost of destroying a city with a wall circumference of nine miles, Lord Li was very shocked, compared to what Chen Zhixian planned to blow up a hill to take stones in order to repair the embankment.

Power is a good thing, but sometimes it's not a good thing... Li You stretched out his hand and patted his brain, which was almost immersed in the consequences of the disaster, thinking that it was useless, just make up your mind when you need to make a decision, the key is what can be done in advance at present?

Suddenly, Li You remembered another question, did Wang Zhizhou know about these situations? This is very important, he knows and he doesn't know, that's a completely different thing, knowing is deliberately concealing, not knowing is negligence.

If it's negligence, it's fine, but if Wang Zhizhou deliberately conceals it, it's another problem that can make people think about it with a lot of effort

(To be continued)