Chapter 229: Breaking the Levee
When Mu Qing knew that Qing Ziran had a fiancΓ©e, he understood that Qing Ziran was indeed not a lover of Wanguan.
What's more, Qing Ziran has no affection for Wanguan at all.
Mu Qing went to Wan's house the next day and told Master Wan about the matter.
Master Wan only sighed again and again when he heard this, and when he sent Mu Qing away, he ordered to take a good look at Wanguan, and at the same time began to inspect these selected students.
Mu Qing didn't know this, Bai Lichen saw that she was in a bad mood, so he took her to Zhuangzi in the suburbs.
This village is very large, and it is an imperial village, and the cultivation is naturally magnificent, and the main purpose of their coming here this time is to soak in the hot springs.
In the past two days, it has cooled down, Mu Qing soaked in the hot spring, and Xia Sheng gave her a needle to relieve the pain, but it didn't hurt before, but there was some slight pain, but it was bearable.
Seeing that Mu Qing was better, Bai Lichen also breathed a sigh of relief, and took Mu Qing around the Zhuangzi.
"These crops are really good." Mu Qing gave an evaluation after taking a look.
Although she had never planted the land, she had seen the crops of the afterlife......
Crops that are short and don't grow well really don't look good!
Bai Lichen laughed when he heard this: "You still know how to farm?" These crops are already considered good. β
Bai Lichen used to come here to soak in the hot springs, and he understood it, not to mention, the royal people also need to understand this.
The ancestors said that it is not easy to grow crops in order to understand the difficulty of the people's survival, and to have the world in mind and think about the people.
Therefore, there is a piece of land in the palace of Baili Kingdom, which is specially used by the emperor to take them to the field to plant crops every year.
"That's pretty good......" Mu Qing was a little speechless.
It's a pity that she is not Grandpa Yuan, otherwise she must have let these ancient people know the power of hybrid rice!
The subordinate next to him laughed when he heard Mu Qing's words: "Niangniang doesn't know, this is indeed good." β
Mu Qing nodded, turned his head and asked Bai Lichen: "How poor do you say your fief is?" β
Bai Lichen stopped talking, how poor, it was so poor that it clanged!
Mu Qing sighed, the land on this imperial village is naturally good, and the temperature in the capital is also very good.
Under such conditions, the crops are like this, not to mention Zhongzhou, where the climate is not good.
Her road to getting rich seems to be difficult, and it is really ...... when she goes to Zhongzhou in the future
Mu Qing shook his head, not thinking about this, the more he thought about it, the more sad he became.
After shopping for a while, Mu Qing felt that her back pain was aggravated, and the two of them took a soft sedan chair back and asked Xia Sheng to give her a needle.
As soon as I finished the needle, it was raining outside, and the torrential rain looked like a waterfall at a glance.
Mu Qing closed the window after a glance, and sighed worriedly:
"I don't know if those crops will be washed away, such a heavy rain, if it rains for a while, it will be fine, if it keeps raining, it won't work."
Bai Lichen couldn't cry or laugh, hugged her next to him, and reached out to rub her back:
"Don't worry, you won't be left without food."
"Of course I won't be without food, but those ordinary people are bad."
Mu Qing thought about it and sighed again, this food really can't be without.
In this era, the most important thing seems to be to have enough to eat, but the crops are not strong.
It would be nice if the yield of these crops per mu was higher.
This idea can only be thought about, she doesn't have this ability after all, so let's think about how to transfer money.
Bai Lichen also frowned when he heard the sound of rain outside: "Don't think about it so much, it should be fine." β
If only it were really fine, but God was not happy, and the rain did not stop until the next morning.
Mu Qingzhen wants to slap herself twice, why is her mouth always good and not bad?
She thinks about getting rich every day, and she doesn't see her make two more dollars.
Bai Lichen was asking the steward, and as soon as Mu Qing walked out of the room, he heard the steward say:
"Lord Wang, I'm afraid this year's crop will be ...... It rained overnight and was washed away most of the ......"
Mu Qing sighed, and Bai Lichen waved his hand to let the steward step back when he saw her come out.
"Is something wrong?"
Mu Qing didn't believe that Bai Lichen had been up so early to listen to the steward and complain that the crops had been washed away.
Bai Lichen knew that he couldn't hide it from Mu Qing, and he didn't plan to hide it from her:
"It was an accident in Chen Village, not far from Zhuangzi, there is a river in Chen Village, which is connected to the Min River, and last night the Min River burst its embankment, and the flood washed down and killed and injured many people."
Mu Qing is not stupid, she knows that Bai Lichen has not finished speaking, the bursting of the Minjiang River is not a trivial matter, and there must be more than one dead or injured Chen Village he mentioned, there must be other places.
"No, why did the levee burst suddenly?" Mu Qing reacted suddenly, and his eyes narrowed,
"I remember that I was only sent to labor last year, and I built the Shahe Dam from Yongzhou to the capital."
This time the embankment broke at Shaheba, and the Minjiang River went down from Cizhou to Yongzhou to the outskirts of Beijing and then continued down.
The gate from Yongzhou to the capital is at the junction of the two places, called Shaheba.
Mu Qing usually doesn't care about these things at all, and the reason why she knows these things is because she passed through Shaheba when she first went to Yongzhou.
Seeing a lot of officers and soldiers and laborers, Bai Lichen told her that those people were going to repair the sluice gate of the Shahe Dam.
It was repaired, how could it break the embankment just because of the rain this night?
Bai Lichen smiled coldly: "This is going to ask those officials." β
Mu Qing's heart sank, it was the corruption of officials, so he did a tofu scum project? How wronged those who died.
"Are there a lot of dead and wounded?" Mu Qing frowned, and had an idea in his heart.
Bai Lichen nodded helplessly: "There are still three villages from Shaheba to the middle of Chen Village, and many people have been washed away in their sleep, in fact, the casualties in Chen Village are quite good." β
"Shall we go and help?" Mu Qing looked at Bai Lichen carefully.
If you help, you have to contribute money and efforts, and Mu Qing has no money at this time.
Although she took back her cheap dowry, she did not intend to sell them, but gave them all to the steward below to wait for the cashier.
The amount of silver recovered is considerable, but there are many places to spend money, especially Bailichen......
"That's what I mean, I'm afraid that your body will ......" Bai Lichen's eyes looked at Mu Qing's back, worried.
Qing Ziran said that Mu Qing's body needs to be well maintained, and he can't be tired or do heavy work.
As soon as Mu Qing heard that there was a play, he immediately answered: "I'm just watching from the side, and I will command my subordinates without doing anything!" β
There are a lot of people in the imperial village, and if the two of them want to go, these people will naturally go too.
Bai Lichen was satisfied when he heard Mu Qing's words, and went out with people.
The first place they had to go to was naturally Chen Village, which was the closest to them.
When they passed, there were already officers and soldiers who were busy, those people were crying, and almost all of the dead were their relatives, how could they not be sad.
Mu Qing promised Bai Lichen not to do anything, so he could only command his subordinates to help clean up some of them, and help build a house by the way.
She went to investigate and found that most of the people in their village had died because of the disaster.
"Those corrupt officials!"
Mu Qingqing didn't know how to scold this sentence, and calling them animals insulted the word animal.
Bai Lichen could only touch her head and be silent, he didn't know how to tell Mu Qing, in fact, this was a very normal thing.
It's not that he's indifferent, but if the water is clear, there are no fish, and human greed can't be stopped, but if it's too much, it should be cleaned out!
Mu Qing saw Bai Lichen's face change several times, and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?" What's the matter? β
Bai Lichen shook his head and said in a low voice: "It's okay, I just thought of something." β
"Those corrupt officials?"
Mu Qing laughed as he spoke, his voice indifferent, "It's too much, I must teach them a lesson, what do you think?" β
Bai Lichen nodded and agreed: "It's really too much, so I have an idea." β
Mu Qing's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly urged: "What way?" Come and hear it! β
Bai Lichen didn't sell it this time, and muttered in her ear.
Mu Qing's eyes lit up when he heard the end, but he was a little worried: "Won't it be too dangerous?" What if it doesn't work out? β
"Don't worry, I'm here." Bai Lichen comforted Mu Qing.
Mu Qing thought about it for a long time, but he still didn't make up his mind: "I'll write back to talk about this, how about I do it or not?" β
Bai Lichen nodded: "You are thoughtful, this matter does have to be voluntary." β
Since the decision has been made, of course, it is time to act quickly, Mu Qing wrote a letter and handed it to Danqing after a while, and Danqing sent it back to Beijing.
Danqing came back that night and came back with a reply.
Mu Qing glanced at ten lines, and soon finished reading it, and the smile on his face became treacherous when he put down the letter: "It's done." β
Bai Lichen didn't speak, but took the letter and read it.
Next, just wait in peace, but the rest has nothing to do with the two of them.
Because several villages were flooded, Mu Qing and Bai Lichen were very busy, and they went to help them build houses for several days.
After all, winter is coming soon this year, and it will be difficult to have no house at that time, and there will not even be a place to shelter from the wind and rain.
"They're heartbroken right now, I'm afraid they won't think about it so much, but we can't help them all the time, we have to find something for them to do."
Mu Qing was a little worried, helping people to the end, sending the Buddha to the west, not to mention anything else, he had to get through this year first.
Bai Lichen took Mu Qing's hand and walked forward, and when he heard her words, he only asked, "Have you ever thought about buying land in the capital or Yongzhou?" β
If you want to say that Mu Qing in the past was between doing business and buying land to grow crops, he must have chosen the former.
But recently her mind has changed, in this era, food is the most important thing, it can save people's lives.
Didn't those grain merchants often stock up on grain, waiting for disaster to come and make a fortune?
"Buy!" Mu Qing nodded very happily, and then deflated,
"But whether it is the land in the capital or the land in Yongzhou, it is relatively expensive, not to mention, it is difficult to buy."
No matter what time it is, as the capital, it is the most popular existence! The low price of housing is always the highest.
Bai Lichen rubbed the top of his head and lowered his voice:
"As long as you want to buy, there is naturally a way, we can't always cultivate the land we buy, these villagers don't say anything else, but they are good at growing crops."