Entering June, it rained heavily for several days.

At first, the officials and people in the city were very nervous, and even the Xingwang Mansion also sent additional personnel on the river embankment, and the reinforcement and elevation did not stop for a moment, and then the rain showers passed, and it was a sunny day for ten consecutive days, and then the Anlu area forgot about disaster prevention.

On this day, Tang Yin, Lu Song, Jiang Lun and others went to the river embankment to inspect it, and Zhu Hao accompanied him.

When I arrived at the embankment, I found that the people sent by Xingwangfu to build the embankment were basically grinding foreign workers, and most of them hid in the shade under the embankment, sitting or lying, looking very leisurely.

Even if a few people stayed on the embankment, it didn't look like a serious job, they stopped from time to time to gossip, and the six or seven miles of river embankment adjacent to Wang Tian under the name of Xingwangfu was just temporarily piled up with a layer of sacks full of sand, which had no effect at all.

"Ouch, isn't this Mr. Lu? And Lu Dianzhan and Aunt Jiang, who ......are you here? ”

A craftsman foreman greeted him, and it was Li Shun.

After Li Shun saw Zhu Hao, his face was also full of smiles, and he no longer had the strange appearance of picking his nose and eyes when Zhu Hao first entered the palace.

Jiang Lun was furious: "Let you come to repair the river embankment, not let you come here for a leisurely vacation...... So many people just sitting here? The palace has raised you for nothing......"

Li Shun looked back, there were hundreds of craftsmen, and there were about ten people doing the work, and he, the foreman of the craftsman, was suspected of dereliction of duty, so he hurriedly explained: "Haven't you been working for more than an hour, I can't stand it on a hot day, so I'm going to take a break and work again...... Besides, the embankment on our side is more than a zhang higher than the opposite bank, and even if there is a big flood, it will be poured into the opposite side, so it is impossible to rise to our side, right? ”

Tang Yin looked up at the sparse crowd building the river embankment on the other side, frowned and asked, "There are also our people over there?" ”

"No, it's the people on the other side of the river who came to build the river embankment." Li Shun replied.

Tang Yin shook his head and smiled bitterly.

Lu Song thought thoughtfully: "It means...... On the other side, we found that the embankment was shorter than ours, and we were still raising and reinforcing it, so we asked someone to raise the embankment, fearing that if there was a big flood, the flood would all flood them?

"Shouldn't you work harder? If the embankment on the other side is higher than ours in a few days, isn't it all in vain? ”

Li Shun looked disdainful: "Just relying on those thirty or fifty people, it will be difficult to catch up with the progress of our side for half a month...... Besides, the foundation of the river embankment on our side is very solid, and there will be basically no dam failure...... Is it better to be prepared for upstream levee failures? ”

Lu Song waved his hand: "Why do you care so much?" Do your work well, if you are still so lazy, I will go back and tell Yuan Changshi, and let him punish you well! ”

"Get up, get up, get to work,"

Li Shun hurriedly beckoned his craftsmen, and the riverbank slowly became lively.

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Tang Yin saw that the craftsmen of the palace were lazy and lazy work, and he felt a little emotional, until the fire was imminent, this group of people would not have a sense of urgency.

Walking around the river embankment, during which Lu Song sent someone down to measure the water level, and then Tang Yin breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Zhu Hao and said, "Look, the waterline is in a normal position...... It won't be long before July, is this year's flood season almost over? ”

Zhu Hao spread his hands: "How do I know?" ”

Tang Yin said: "Didn't you say that there will be a big flood this year? ”

Jiang Lun and Lu Song on the side were laughing, feeling that Tang Yin was worrying.

Lu Song said with a smile: "In the past, the water level of the Han River would only slowly drop during the perennial flood season...... This year's rainy season has passed, and the scorching sun will be exposed to the next half a month, and it will be autumn for more than half a month, and it is expected that nothing will happen again. ”

Zhu Hao thought that it was recorded in history that the flood came suddenly, so that the land of Anlu was not prepared at all, which means that when the flood came, it did not rain in Anlu for several days, and there would be a monstrous heavy rainstorm that would fall somewhere in the upper reaches of the Han River......

"I've calculated that the recent floods may come unexpectedly, and the rising water is not due to the continuous heavy rain in the local area, but from the upstream."

After Zhu Hao finished speaking, he looked up to the north, and the Han River was like a jade belt, stretching all the way to the horizon, which was spectacular.

Lu Song and Tang Yin glanced at each other, the two of them were well versed in Zhu Hao's ability, and they would basically consider what he said carefully, and would not deny it immediately.

Jiang Lun laughed when he heard this: "This wind and rain are smooth, why do you say that there is going to be a big flood?" I said, Young Master Zhu, don't you think that the prophecy has not been fulfilled, and you feel that you can't get over your face, so you said that, right? Don't worry, we're friends, who will laugh at you? Do you say yes, Mr. Tang and Lao Lu? ”

Tang Yin glared at Jiang Lun, as if to say, you don't know how to laugh, what does the bright smile on his face mean?

Just for fun?

Zhu Hao ignored Jiang Lun, after all, in the palace, Jiang Lun's sense of existence is not high, and it will be in vain to rely on this goods for anything.

"Mr. Tang, at present, it seems that there are not many people repairing the embankment everywhere, and no one is monitoring the water level of the Han River day and night, so I suggest that the Xingwang Mansion send people to guard the embankment day and night, monitor the water level in at least ten places a day, and truthfully sort out and report the ......"

Zhu Hao said to Tang Yin with a cautious face.

Tang Yin hesitated a little and asked, "Is this necessary?" ”

Lu Song said: "If it is really as Young Master Zhu said, if it is a big flood from the upstream, the local area may indeed suffer, but ......"

"What are you doing? Isn't it just to find a few people to guard the embankment, not to go back day and night, to monitor the changes in the water level? There was nothing wrong with it at all...... Just let these craftsmen stay on the embankment! ”

Jiang Lun made arrangements without thinking.

He doesn't understand.

In his opinion, since Zhu Hao made a suggestion, Tang Yin and Lu Song hesitated, no matter what, he had to support Zhu Hao, anyway, just find a few people to guard the river embankment day and night, and there was no loss to him in a word.

Zhu Hao said: "These are all people who work in the palace, they don't have a strong sense of responsibility, and their power is limited, if there is an emergency, it is very difficult for them to notify the city to prepare...... It is better to send the people of the palace honor and guard department to stay on the embankment, and let them make a military order, if the water level rises and is not discovered in time, or there is no fast horse to report, they will be dealt with by military law! ”

"Huh?"

Jiang Lun was surprised by Zhu Hao's suggestion and looked sideways at Tang Yin.

Tang Yin glanced at Lu Song before hesitating: "That's ...... Will there be some big fight? ”

Zhu Hao said categorically: "Compared to the stability of the people on one side, this battle is nothing...... If something really happens, my river map may come in handy, so I'll hand it over to you, Mr. Tang...... In addition, Mr. Tang should not go home for the next two days, and must stay in the palace......"

"This ...... What do you mean? Tang Yin smiled bitterly.

You kid is obviously chasing ducks to the shelves, I took you to the river embankment, and actually put yourself in? Not only did he give orders to me, but he also stuffed me with drawings, so that I could stay in the palace at any time and wait? Aren't you playing with me?

Jiang Lun smiled and patted Tang Yin's shoulder, and then walked towards the river embankment: "Mr. Tang, I see that Young Master Zhu has a good intention, so I will work hard for you...... I'll go to the river to pee first, and bring the dragon king back! Let your dragon king have nothing to do and like to come out and harm the world......"

Tang Yin said with a smile: "Don't annoy the Dragon King, people jumped out of the river and swallowed you in one bite!" ”

"Phew!"

A few people were giggling and playing on the embankment, which was not serious at all.

Zhu Hao watched from the sidelines, thinking that Tang Yin could be regarded as mingling with several "backbones" in the palace, if there was a real dragon in the Xingwang Mansion, you Tang Yin would have a place in the circle of honors and nobles in Beijing.

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Anyway, Tang Yin finally adopted Zhu Hao's opinion.

It was not too difficult to send a few people to monitor the water level on the embankment, and even when Tang Yin made a suggestion in front of King Xing and others, Yuan Zonggao, Zhang Zuo and others did not say anything.

Except for a little toss, there's nothing wrong with that.

When he came out of the study, Yuan Zonggao said as if admonishing: "Bohu, in front of King Xing before, the old man didn't mention it, and he can't overdo things, even if there was a little problem with the river embankment last year, but the local flood season has passed, so there is no need to work so hard." ”

Tang Yin thought to himself, do you think there is no need to work hard to mobilize the people, why didn't you mention it before, and now you want to talk to me alone?

"There are some people in the royal palace who only focus on profits, and they can ignore them for the sake of interests...... You are a literati, you should understand the truth that those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to ink are black. ”

After Yuan Zonggao finished speaking, he glanced at the direction where Zhang Zuo left on the other side, and clearly reminded Tang Yin, don't get too close to Zhang Zuo, that Zhang Zuo is greedy for money, and it is impossible to preach morality like me.

"Thank you Yuan Changshi for reminding me."

Tang Yin felt a little awkward in his heart.

For the sake of a flood that doesn't seem to be easy to happen, Zhu Haofei let himself speak, which attracted Yuan Zonggao's "cynicism", and his heart was as uncomfortable as eating a fly.

Tang Yin decided to go to Lu Song and Jiang Lun for a drink, and when he encountered something unpleasant, only drinking could relieve his sorrows.

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Zhu Family Manor.

Hall.

Since Zhu Niang's warehouse and warehouse at the ferry port were in hand, the Zhu family's collapsed house business has been in full swing.

With the connections and channels of Xu Han, the new brother-in-law of Anlu Zhizhou, the Zhu family's business has been impressive for a while, and it has been profitable for more than a month.

One day at the end of June, when Steward Liu came to report to the old lady and told her that he had made a profit of about 80 taels in a month, a relieved smile finally appeared on Zhu Jiashi's face.

"It's still a business that buys low and sells high to make money." Zhu Jiashi sighed.

Steward Liu said with a smile: "Now the licensed goods are receiving more and more, but the business on the third lady's side is getting worse and worse, I heard that she transported all the goods to the city for storage, and no one at the ferry side rented the warehouse to her anymore, but there are also rumors that she did this to prevent heavy flooding, and she was afraid that the house at the ferry would be flooded." ”

Zhu Jia's old face wrinkled: "Our warehouse at the ferry, the terrain is low, right?" ”

"Yes."

Steward Liu said truthfully, "There are precautions at the entrance of the border, and people are always arranged to test the hydrological situation, and it was a little dangerous when it rained heavily a few days ago, but now it seems that it has ......passed."

Zhu Jiashi nodded: "According to the usual situation, the rainy season has almost passed...... By the way, what's the news on the second side? ”

After briefly asking about the collapsed house business, Zhu Jiashi focused on the second son who went to Beijing to find his eldest son.

Steward Liu said: "The people who went with the second master brought back the news, saying that the second master had successfully arrived in Beijing, and the whereabouts of the eldest master had not been found for the time being...... No useful information was spent. ”

"Hmm."

Zhu Jia's expression was grim.

The eldest son has no news, it is definitely not good news, there is no life and death, and the situation is different from when he was a proton before......

This eldest son is as if he never existed.

"Steward Liu, Xia Xun hasn't completely passed, you keep an eye on the stall at the ferry, don't have problems. The old body wants to worship the Buddha, you go back and take care of the business, I can't lose your ......"

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