Chapter 20: Seedlings Emerge from the Mountain
The shopkeeper Ding took people into the city, rushed to Xicheng in person, and carefully explored whether the excavated soil quality met the firing requirements, and asked how long it took for the entire dredging project to be cleaned up every day, and the main road section to be cleaned up.
And at present, Tongren Mansion is repairing the city wall, expanding the granary, and the Changfeng Daoist of the Seven Xuanguan is going to build a Taoist temple in Tongren City, these three locations are near the main road section of the dredging, and it is very convenient to fire and provide bricks and tiles on the spot, which can save a lot of carriage and horse fares, and the savings are also earned.
Therefore, the shopkeeper Ding decisively agreed to set up a kiln in three places in the city to burn bricks. One of the most laborious steps after dredging is how to deal with the silt, which is a city, not a lake or a river, which can be built into islands or used to raise levees.
Nowadays, with Yu Kee brick and tile shop, the fresh silt dug up can be used to burn bricks with a little treatment. For a while, the mud piled up on the side of the road and dried up, and some small landlords in nearby villages and towns transported it back to be used as fertilizer, which basically solved a big problem for Ye Xiaotian.
At the same time, Ye Xiaotian seized the opportunity to complain to Governor Zhang, who was overwhelmed and finally agreed that the dredging project would be completed in two years, and the two hundred taels of silver would be regarded as one year's work silver, and he would be allocated two hundred taels in the coming year.
In this way, coupled with the silver that Ye Xiaotian "raised" from the merchants in the third street and six lanes, it was enough to ensure that the entire project was carried out smoothly. When the matter was on track, Ye Xiaotian didn't have to go to the scene every day to take care of it, and the specific matters were handed over to the Zhaomo Guanyang Shenming.
This Yang god looks like a "god head", with thick eyebrows and big eyes, stunned, but in fact, there are a lot of ghost ideas, who wants to open, who wants to marry, how to make the miasma in front of the door, I want him to speed up the construction. There must be some benefits, so that he should have a taste for the foreman.
Once the dredging project opens up the situation and the road is good, the people at the bottom can just carry out it step by step according to the established policy, and Ye Xiaotian does not need to worry about it. During this time, people began to come to the torture hall one after another to fight lawsuits, and Ye Xiaotian's successful trial before still had a certain impact.
It's just that there are disputes between the local people, and they are still used to finding the Tusi Tusha to adjudicate, and they are unwilling to go to the yamen, and most of the cases that Ye Xiaotian is currently dealing with are economic disputes between businessmen, but it is precisely this kind of case that is full of oil. Regardless of whether the plaintiff or the defendant arrived, they always had to go up and down when they arrived at the yamen, and the torture hall finally came to life.
The changes in the torture hall and Ye Xiaotian's actions are all seen in the eyes of the officials of Tongren Mansion, and Ye Xiaotian's image in their minds is gradually changing. At the beginning, the officials of Tongren Mansion were a little repulsed by Ye Xiaotian, an outsider, especially those who knew about the turmoil in Huxian officialdom, and they were even more alienated from him.
But these days, they are gradually discovering. Ye Xiaotian does things in a very measured manner, and he will never be strong in things that he should not be in charge of, such as the murder case between the Zhang family and the Dai family. Although this case was hastily resolved, Ye Xiaotian's appearance in the middle of it, they all saw it in their eyes. What they dislike the most is their colleagues who don't know the importance and are reckless, Ye Xiaotian is obviously not such a black sheep.
Dredging this thing. It is impossible to spread out the silver taels allocated by the government at all, and the common way is to choose the most important one. The mansions of the officials were repaired as new left and right, and the other areas were ignored and the appearance was bright, so that they were already considered capable officials.
But Ye Xiaotian turned the impossible into a possibility, he was actually whimsical, cut a lot of expenses from the impossible, and softly took out a sum of silver from the pocket of the extremely stingy prefect, and really started the dredging of the whole city vigorously.
If you can do something that others think is impossible to accomplish with the least amount of money, this person is amazing. A person who knows how to advance and retreat, is measured and very capable, and few people will be disgusted with him. At least, Ye Xiaotian has already made such an image in the eyes of the officials of Tongren Mansion through his efforts:
I'm very capable, I'm hardworking, I'm pure, I'm a harmless little friend, everyone come and soak me! So, Dai Tongzhi, who specializes in the good family, smelled the smell and rushed over......
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Doni and Yaya returned to the mountain, Yaya went straight to the temple to meet the elders, and Doni rushed home like a little swallow, she hadn't seen her father and mother for a long time, she really missed it very much.
The big yellow dog at the door still knew his little master, and when he saw Doni coming back, the big yellow barked twice, and flew up and circled around Doni, and his tail was still wagging around, and it seemed that he was also very happy.
Rhubarb's cry called a little guy out of the room, first with a little fat leg like a white fat lotus root, and then a little guy with a teapot lid on his head, wearing open crotch pants, and a silver lock around his neck, and the silver lock was full of saliva.
He struggled to climb over the high threshold, looking at Doni curiously with a pair of big lacquer-like eyes, Doni rushed over happily, hugged him, and smiled: "Mijiu, isn't it Xiao Mijiu?" Oops, our little Mijiu has grown so big, let my sister kiss ......"
Xiao Mijiu seemed to be frightened by her excited appearance, twisted her body twice and couldn't break free, so she turned her head and shouted at the house and called her father. When Ge Duo and his mother-in-law heard the sound, they were naturally overjoyed when they saw their daughter coming back, and the family reunited after a long absence, and after a long period of intimacy, Doni's mother found something different.
Doni's mother said with surprise and joy: "Sister Sun, aren't you already pregnant, what's the ...... Have you already given birth? β
Doni then woke up to the fact that when an elder went to Huxian to visit His Holiness before, she had pretended to be pregnant, and she squeaked. Ge Duo said excitedly: "Hahaha, I have already become a grandfather, Sister Sun, tell SΓΉ Daddy, do you give birth to a male baby or a female baby." β
Doni secretly complained, and then thought that if her father's tribe moved to the Tixi area, it would be close to Tongren, and this matter would not be hidden sooner or later, after all, it was her own father, and she didn't have to hide it too much, so she stammered and told the truth.
Ge Duo frowned when he heard this, he was a father, so he didn't say anything, but Doni's mother pulled her daughter into the room, and the mother and daughter whispered. Doni's mother interrogated carefully. taught her daughter some of the tricks of fertile-prone boudoir passed down from her ancestors one by one, and Doni blushed from time to time when she heard it.
Doni's mother taught her daughter the tricks of the boudoir that were not humane to outsiders, and told her: "If an elder asks, you will say that you accidentally moved the fetal gas and caused a miscarriage, you know?" Otherwise, the elders will definitely choose a suitable girl from other people's homes to give to His Holiness and compete with you for favor. β
Doni nodded again and again, she didn't want to have more little sisters to share her man.
When the Yago returned to the temple, the eldest of the elders immediately summoned all the elders. Because he followed Venerable Ye the longest time in winter, he was specially called to attend the meeting and came to convey His Holiness's edict together.
The Ye Ya unfolded the map that Ye Xiaotian handed him and pointed it out to the elders: "His Holiness orders that the tribe of the Ge Duo Lao be relocated to live in the mountains here. In addition, each of the eight elders will nominate a family member of their own family to live in the palace of His Holiness in Tongren City, listen to the oracle nearby, and protect the safety of the gods. β
Ge Cai Lao frowned: "Why did His Holiness make such an arrangement. Could it be that there is anyone in Tongren who intends to be unfavorable to His Holiness? β
Ye Yan said: "His Holiness has entered the world and has now been promoted from Huxian County Cheng to the official of Tongren Mansion. This Tongren is under the rule of the local officials, which is different from Huxian. His Holiness was sealed by the imperial court, and he was not to be feared in Tongren Mansion. People who don't have strength can't speak in Tongren.
Also, some time ago. The Governor of Tongren, Zhang, once asked His Holiness to mediate disputes between the four major tribes of Mercury Mountain, and His Holiness was involved in it and had grudges with several major families. Especially the Liangyue Valley Guoji family and the Tixi Yu family, it is difficult to say that they will not be unfavorable to the Venerable, and the Venerable is also taking precautions......"
Gedeva said nervously: "Tongren's situation is so serious, if His Holiness makes a mistake, how can he get it, I can't wait here, so it is better to ask His Holiness to resign and return to the mountain." β
Yayan smiled bitterly: "I also persuaded him in this way, but His Holiness was unmoved. His Holiness said that he would not return to the mountain until the time of the trial. β
When an elder heard this, he frowned and said, "Over the years, we have been trying to prevent the sect members from coming into contact with the world, and it is appropriate to transfer a tribe out?" β
The elders fell silent for some reason, for some reason why they could not be openly proclaimed, though they all knew in their hearts what was going on. Elder Dong, who was originally just an observer, thought for a while, and suddenly said, "Elders, the disciple thinks that it is nothing to send a tribe over. β
Ge Cailao and the other elders all looked at him, and Elder Dong plucked up his courage and said, "Elders, I don't want the worldly to affect the piety of the sect members. But today, the mountains and dangerous streams are no longer enough to be a barrier.
There are often some tribal children who go out of the mountains to sell mountain treasures and furs in exchange for salt and cloth, and they have seen and heard something outside the mountain, and they will have something to say when they come back. The last time the eight thousand disciples built a mansion for His Holiness, they stayed in Huxian County for a while, and after they came back, they often talked about the prosperity outside the mountain, and people's hearts were already shaken.
Someone asked the disciple, if we devoutly worship the Gu God and become believers in the Gu God, shouldn't the God give us a better life? Why should we be willing to be poor and hide here for generations? The disciple was speechless. All the elders have traveled the world and know that there are many sects of Buddhism and Taoism in the world.
These sects have many followers, and they have not been annihilated by entering the world. If we sincerely believe in the existence of the Gu God, why worry that our followers will be seduced by others? It is because the disciples feel that we should go out! β
This is another debate about whether the Gu Sect should enter the WTO or be born, this kind of controversy has been debated within the Gu Sect hundreds of years ago, but it has always been the birth theory that prevails. But this time, Elder Winter asked the question again, but the elders remained silent for a long time.
After a long time, an octogenarian elder with white beard and white hair said slowly: "It seems that sending a tribe from the tribes of more than 100 banners in Jiutong and Eighteen Villages to come into contact with the world seems to be ...... It's not impossible. If the impact of birth on our religion is more beneficial than disadvantageous, we don't have to be so taboo in the future, and if birth is not conducive to the survival of our religion, we will continue to restrain the followers and have less contact with the world. β
Winter is Gedewa's personal disciple, and after listening to the elder's words, Gedewa smiled and said to Winter approvingly: "Your eyes have always been bad, but you can see longer than us old fellows." β
Ge Cai said sensitively: "Elder Gedewa also agreed to go out of the mountain? β
Gedwa said, "Now that His Holiness has decreed, we must not ignore it. Besides, what's wrong with just sending a tribe to advance and retreat into my hands, what do the elders think? β
The elders exchanged their heads and nodded in agreement, and when Ge Cai Lao saw this, he said: "Okay, then according to the Venerable Order, let the Ge Duo Lao move west to Tixi, but the old man thinks that he still has to send an elder to sit in the Ge Duo Lao Department, and we can also know in time if there is any trouble." β
Gedwa nodded yes and praised: "It's still the old guy who is serious, in that case, it's better to let the seducer go to the Gerdo department to sit down, we old guys, the bones are rotten, but we can't afford to toss this toss." β
The seducer he mentioned was the new elder who had been promoted with the Yayan, who was under sixty years old, and was considered a very young one among the elders, and all the elders nodded yes. So, the matter was settled.
The tribe to which the Geduo Lao belonged had always been stationed on the shores of the sacred lake, unlike some tribes that had mineral resources such as gold and silver, and were slightly wealthier. They went up to the mountains to hunt, went into the water to catch fish, and lived a very simple mountain life, hunting bows, iron forks, and a fishing net, which were all their living materials.
Of course, the wealthy tribes are still far inferior to those outside the mountains, just like in some places, the temple is painted with hundreds of catties of gold, and thousands of gem-inlaid statues, while those believers are destitute.
As for the houses they lived, they were all made of local materials, made of large wood, and the place to be moved was also in the mountains, and it was very easy to build a new house, and what they really needed to take with them was just a few burdens, so that the relocation of the family was completed in just one day.
The reason for migrating is to serve His Holiness, and this reason is enough for them, not to mention that the current mountain tribes are no longer as closed as before, and people often pass on the prosperity they see in the world back to the tribes, and the word of mouth continues to beautify it, which is even more desirable. So, except for some old people who are nostalgic for the place where they have lived all their lives, most of the people in the tribe leave happily.
Under the secret operation of several forces, today's Tongren Mansion is like a gradually heating oil pot, the oil temperature is gradually rising, and it will soon boil. At this time, Ye Xiaotian scooped up a scoop of cold water again, and poured it into the oil pot without thinking about it.
: On the last day of the month, I sincerely ask for a monthly pass!.
(To be continued......)