Chapter Ninety-Nine: Water Storm (Part II)
"Xiao Er, the water delivery is here, hurry up! If you get late, be careful, I'll deduct your wages! The shopkeeper said to Xiao Er.
As soon as Xiao Er heard about the deduction of wages, he immediately rushed out with a wooden barrel.
Mo Xuanyin watched the other party take out a spoon outside, took over who was in the barrel or jar of each villager, and then collected their share of the money.
"Come on, come on, don't crowd, everyone will have it!" The man named Brother Zhou said to the surrounding villagers.
After a while, the villagers were satisfied and took their water back to their houses.
After a while, Brother Zhou returned to his inn with the last two buckets of water, and the water delivery man also counted his own money and put it in his money bag.
At this time, the shopkeeper came over with a smile on his face, "Brother Zhou, it's hard to deliver water all the way, let's eat and rest inside, give me the horse too, and make sure to feed me!" ”
Seeing that the shopkeeper was so hospitable, he also got off the horse and entered the inn on Monday.
However, when he went in, he looked at Mo Xuanyin and the others, and Monday's expression changed slightly, but he didn't say anything, because he hadn't seen them before.
After entering, the shopkeeper personally greeted Monday, as if it could do some good.
"Shopkeeper, I told you before, my horse is a little old, and the donkey can't pull so much water, you can look at it."
The shopkeeper agreed, "What is this, in a few days there will be a group of merchants passing by, and there happen to be relatively young horses, and I will give them to you when the time comes." ”
Zhou Yi laughed and promised to give him more water in the future, and the shopkeeper agreed on the spot.
"Little Er, take out my good wine."
Mo Xuanyin observed the middle-aged man, although his face looked a little mature, his body was very strong.
At this time, I saw Mo Xuanyin raise his hand, greeted the shopkeeper and said, "Shopkeeper, bring me an altar for a long time." ”
"Okay, wait a minute, official!"
After holding it for a long time and coming to the front of Monday, Mo Xuanyin said straight to the point: "Brother, I want to know, where did your water come from?" ”
Monday didn't speak, just drank and ate his meal, completely ignoring them.
"What do you mean by that, do you know who he is? He is the prince of Yunnan and the son of Nanyue! ”
At this time, the people who were still in the inn looked at them with strange eyes, but Monday's face immediately changed.
"Hmph, it's you annoying guys again, you're all like those profiteers, you want to come over and collect money when you see that we're better!" Monday said after taking a sip of stuffy wine.
"Huh? What do you mean by that? Mo Xuanyin asked suspiciously.
Monday ignored them, drank a few sips of wine, finished the meal, and left the inn.
"Mr. Zhou, wait, if you know the water source, tell us, we are building a river now, if there is no water source, several villages will starve to death." Mo Xuanyin said.
However, the other party still did not answer them, and led the carriage out from the back of the inn and left.
"Shizi, what should we do?" The soldier on the side asked.
"Chase, now only he knows where there is a water source, which is related to the lives of several villages!" Mo Xuanyin said anxiously.
On the way, Monday was humming a song, and after a while there was a burst of horses' hooves behind him.
"Mr. Zhou, please wait a minute." Mo Xuanyin stopped the other party.
"What do you mean by that? I'm not going to give you money. Monday said, covering his purse.
Mo Xuanyin talked about his own river repair, and after hearing it on Monday, he felt that they were a little different from those profiteers.
"I'm sorry, the water is not in my hands, but a rich landlord has occupied the water source, and I only secretly take water for those villagers every day, so I can't promise you." Monday reluctantly explained.
Hearing that someone was occupying the water source, Mo Xuanyin was a little puzzled, but he didn't expect that someone else would do this kind of thing at the feet of the Son of Heaven.
Mo Xuanyin couldn't stand it, and then asked Monday to take him to find the other party.
More than ten miles away from the village, there was indeed a mansion, and it looked very magnificent, and there was an old man sweeping the ground in front of the door, and he saw Mo Xuanyin and a few people coming over, and wanted to go in and close the door, but they were stopped too late.
"Uncle, I'm sorry, we have something we want to ask you." The soldier said.
"Don't ask me, I don't know anything." The old man shook his head and tried to get into the house by the soldiers, but they stopped him.
"Uncle, we have no ill intentions, we are just here to find a water source, if you know, please tell us." Mo Xuanyin stepped forward and said.
Hearing the movement outside, an obese middle-aged man walked out, looking at his bloated figure and the jade ring on his hand, it could be seen that the other party must be the owner of this house.
Looking at the other party with a few soldiers, the other party asked very calmly, "I don't know what advice the officials have?" ”
Mo Xuanyin only said what he meant, but the other party reacted very violently when he heard it, and said that this place was his own place.
Seeing that the other party was unwilling to cooperate, the soldier revealed Mo Xuanyin's identity, only to see that the other party seemed to be stunned, and then laughed.
"You say yes, how did a man come to this place? If you want to take my water source, then don't blame me for being rude! ”
The fat man slapped his palms a few times, and saw several strong men walking out of it, each holding a big knife, glaring at them fiercely.
"I don't care who you are, even if the king of heaven comes here, you have to die, give it to me!"
The strong men swarmed up, Mo Xuanyin sneered, asked everyone to step back, and walked up by himself.
After a few strokes of the machete, he easily dodged it, but within a few strokes, all the strong men fell.
Looking at Mo Xuanyin's dashing figure, the fat man suddenly became anxious, "Come on, shoot him to death for me!" ”
I saw that a few archers suddenly appeared on the wall of the room, Mo Xuanyin saw that something was wrong, and immediately came to the fat man with an arrow, grabbed the fat man with his backhand, controlled the other party at once, and turned around and pointed the fat man at the person in front of him.
"Come on, do it! If it's a big deal, we'll die together! ”
The people on the roof drew their bows to themselves, and the fat man was immediately frightened, "What are you doing, stop quickly!" ”
Mo Xuanyin glanced at the people beside him, and they immediately went in and controlled everyone.
After some preaching, the other party finally gave up, but Mo Xuanyin did not rush to kill everything, and promised that the people in the future would pay him money regularly, so that he would no longer be embarrassed this time.
"Thank you so much this time." Monday clenched his fists and saluted.
"It's nothing, I just did what a courtier should do." Mo Xuanyin said.
Subsequently, Mo Xuanyin gave Zhou a piece of money according to the market price, and every Monday, in addition to delivering water to the village just now, he also had to send water to himself.
After seeing that the water source problem was solved, Mo Xuanyin went back to his tent and discussed the future with everyone.
The people in the other two places also had news, and although they both found a water source, they gave up because it was too far away.
After deciding on the route, Mo Xuanyin announced the diversion of the river, and under the water on Monday, everyone continued to dig the river with thrift, although it was a little different from the original route, but it was also hopeful.
"Great, I finally have a goal, hurry up and dig it!"
"yes, let's do it! We can't live up to the efforts of His Royal Highness! ”
Although the water delivered on Monday was a drop in the bucket for them, they didn't complain, they still dug hard, seeing that they were so motivated, Mo Xuanyin also dug up with them.
A few days later, the progress of the river was unusually smooth, and Mo Xuanyin was also preparing for the next round of things, when he received a quick letter.
"Shizi Mo Xuanyin, from now on, he will collect troops and return to Beijing to discuss major matters, Qin this!"
Looking at the other party's tone, it should be the emperor's intention, but now that the river has finally made progress, he is now saying that he wants to go back?
"Can you wait a few more days? Now that the river is progressing, I'll go back in a few days when I've got things arranged. ”
At this time, the person who reported was also a little helpless: "His Royal Highness, we are also helpless, but a few days ago, the prince of Yan Kingdom was coming to Nanyue Kingdom, and His Royal Highness the Prince of the World, as an important person, also had to attend, right?" ”
Mo Xuanyin was taken aback, why did Mo Xun, the prince of Yan Kingdom, suddenly come to Nanyue Kingdom?
However, now he has no choice but to inform everyone to go back first, and if the villagers want to continue digging, tell them the route and let them dig by themselves, and this time will be solved by delivering water on Monday.
At night, everyone who heard that they were going back was also confused, "Your Royal Highness, what's going on?" ”
"The prince of Yan Kingdom came to Nanyue Kingdom, we have to go back immediately, the matter of the river, let the villagers solve it themselves, I ordered the water to be delivered on Monday, it is estimated that in a year and a half, the river should also be repaired." Mo Xuanyin reluctantly packed up his things.
After saying goodbye to the villagers, Mo Xuanyin took the people on the way back.
Thinking about the matter of the envoy of the Yan Kingdom, he felt a little puzzled, the two countries were originally vassals, did they make any big moves?
Mo Xuanyin thought about it, and couldn't help but speed up his pace.
When Mo Xuanyin went back, he saw that everyone in the capital went out to greet the envoy of Yan State, because the other party was not only the identity of the envoy, but also the son of Yan State, Mo Xun.
As the richest country in the world, King Yan, as a royal family, is naturally also financially strong, and the prince Mo Xun can't help but be strong in martial arts, and he is also very chic, so most of the people are greeted by women along the way.
Whether it is unmarried, married, young, or even old, they all shout that they want to see this prince of Yan Kingdom.
"It's true, it's rare to come to Nanyue, let me go down and have a look." Mo Xun muttered quietly.
"Your Royal Highness, it's coming soon, let's be patient a little longer." The accompanying minister said helplessly.
The sedan chair stopped at the door of the main hall, and the emperor stepped forward to greet him: "The prince of Yan Kingdom, the journey is tiring, it is inevitable that you will be tired, please take a break, I have arranged a dinner party for the prince to pick up the wind and wash the dust, and please enjoy the light." ”