"The Ming Mansion forgot, last time I went back to Yunshui Pavilion for dinner, you said that there are still many homeless disabled people in Longcheng, and the Beitian Nursing Home has to be expanded, and the county government should give more support.

"A few days ago, the Ming Mansion raised funds for the Folding Wing Canal and the Di Gong Gate, and the county government Cao's treasury money was a lot more abundant, so he took out a hundred yuan and renovated the Beitian Nursing Home with Donglin Temple, expanded it a circle, and added a lot of houses."

In the face of the young county magistrate who forgets many things of the nobles, Yan Liulang's eyes are a little sad these days.

It's really a sentence above, and a broken leg below...... In other words, Mingfu shouldn't have mentioned it casually that day.

Yan Liulang couldn't help but ask:

"The last time it was repaired was in the first year of Jiushi. With the help of the county government, it was just completed yesterday, and Master Shandao would like to ask you to inspect the Xincheng Relief Home another day and give some valuable suggestions, Ming Fu does not know if there is time. ”

"Of course there is time."

Ouyang Rong closed the document again, handed it to the little junior sister who was sorting out the case on the side, and said with a smile:

"No wonder I haven't seen you these days, well, Liulang is very effective this time, and he finished this thing quietly.

"Of course the official has to go on a trip, Rokuro will arrange the schedule."

"Okay." Yan Liulang was in good spirits.

Ouyang Rong smiled and saw the reaction of his subordinates.

Last time in Yunshui Pavilion, he helped a few beggars in the alley outside the back door of the back kitchen, and there was a disabled person inside.

At that time, Ouyang Rong remembered the dumb girl with severed fingers and the old man of the Crane Qiu in the Pure Land Palace, so he was moved and ordered Yan Liulang to let the county government fund the Beitian Nursing Home.

Later, I didn't mention it, because I wanted to wait for the Folding Wing Canal and Di Gong Gate to be repaired, and then use excess energy to deal with these good things about people's livelihood before leaving.

But he didn't expect Liulang to take his words to heart and finish his work without disturbing Ouyang Rong.

Regardless of whether Liulang, the county officials and the master of Donglin Temple are currying favor with him, the county order, but this subjective initiative is still worthy of praise, and it also means that these officials of the county government can actually do things, provided that there is a Shangguan with clear rewards and punishments and no mixed merits and demerits.

Therefore, although before the ribbon-cutting ceremony, Ouyang Rong didn't want to move around and startle the snake.

But this time, he had to take the time to take a trip to show that after all, the most important thing to lead the team is that the hearts of the people below are not scattered.

In addition, Ouyang Rong is actually a little selfish.

The Beitian Sanatorium in Donglin Temple was the place where he set foot for the first time after leaving the Pure Land Palace.

I don't know that the master, the dumb girl with severed fingers and the old man of the crane are all there.

If you have the opportunity this time, you can visit them......

The young county magistrate said in his heart.

On the other side, Yan Liulang walked briskly, stepped out of the threshold, and prepared to go to the scribe's place to arrange the itinerary of the Ming Mansion.

"Wait."

In the dark lobby on a rainy day, Ouyang Rong read the second document by the eaves of the dripping rain curtain in the skylight, and suddenly shouted to catch the head in blue.

He glanced at the documents sent from Jiangzhou, and asked without raising his head:

"Lord Shen and Lord Wang, will they be able to arrive in Dragon City around noon on the fifteenth?"

"That's right."

Yan Liulang nodded:

At noon on the 15th, the Ming Mansion went to Shili Pavilion outside the city to personally pick up the officials of Jiangzhou, and after entering the city to receive the wind and wash the dust, they went directly to Penglangdu by boat, rushed to the Yuenu Gorge, and participated in the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Di Gong Gate in the afternoon.

"Pick up people at noon, do you want to cut the ribbon in the afternoon......" Ouyang Rong thought for a while, looked up and said: "Then Liulang will inform them and arrange that the inspection itinerary of this official to the Beitian Nursing Home will be placed on the morning of the 15th."

"It just so happens that the Shili Pavilion on the outskirts of the city is not far from Dagu Mountain, a matter of a few steps."

Yan Liulang outside the door didn't think much about it, nodded, and arched his hand:

"Okay, Mingfu, I'll go and inform the scribe, by the way, there is also Donglin Temple, and it will have to be arranged when the time comes."

Wait for the blue-clad catcher to leave.

Ouyang Rong turned his head.

He smiled at a red-robed female master next to the table who had not been tidying up the table for a long time and seemed to be getting more and more messy:

"Little junior sister, just by the way, let's go to the Donglin Temple early in the morning of the fifteenth, and after asking for a visa for the little sister of the Su family, let's go to the Beitian Nursing Home to see, you haven't been there yet......

"Well, if we go early in the morning, we can still catch up with a meal in the morning of Donglin Temple, I haven't eaten pickled radishes for a long time, but I miss it."

Xie Lingjiang, who was bowing his head, glanced at the senior brother's happy expression.

She bit her lower lip and praised:

"Senior brother really knows how to manage time, and the itinerary is not delayed at all, and it is all used."

Ouyang Rong didn't notice the demeanor of the woman behind him,

"Where, where."

He looked up with his back hand, looked at the rain curtain outside the lobby, seemed to be in a good mood, and smiled modestly.

Seeing this, Xie Lingjiang didn't tie his chest too tightly when he went out today, and he suddenly fluctuated for a while.

She couldn't help it, and asked with a sour mouth:

"So accompany my sister to Donglin Temple to ask for a signature, just by the way, it's mainly official business, right, senior brother?"

As soon as this sentence was spoken, Xie Lingjiang regretted it a little.

That is, I feel that I feel that talking like this is a bit too childish, which is not in line with the upbringing of the five noble girls and the Xie family.

On the rational side, I feel that the senior brother is the order of a county, and it is normal to focus on official business, so she should be glad to support it, what the hell is this gambling tone.

But just now, I couldn't control my mouth, and the words were like beans poured out from a bamboo tube.

I want to see the reaction of a man who cares right away.

I don't blame Xie Lingjiang.

If the relationship between men and women can always remain absolutely rational, then what else does God have to give the world a sensual and emotional brain.

Seeing that the senior brother seemed to be stunned and turned back, Xie Lingjiang hurriedly added:

"It's funny, don't take it seriously, senior brother's schedule is very good, but it also saves trouble, junior sister can do it."

Ouyang Rong looked at Xie Lingjiang's slightly cold face.

There was a little suspicion in his eyes:

"Little junior sister, this time Donglin Temple asked for a signature, did you arrange something else that didn't tell me?"

Xie Ling Jiang Fang's heart suddenly bumped like a deer, but his face was well hidden, and he snorted lightly:

"Nothing. Senior brother was very busy with official business on the 15th, where would I bother with idle things. ”

Ouyang Rong looked at her for a while, until the latter, who lowered his head and lowered his eyes, raised his head and glared back with some annoyance, and then he said slowly:

"I see."

Xie Ling Jiang's heart was clenched, and his eyes that glared at him weakened, like a proud white swan buried in his head.

"Where is the junior sister asking for a sign for the little sister of the Su family, it is clear that she wants to bring her along."

Ouyang Rong smiled lightly, his expression was like a wisdom pearl in his hand:

"Now the schedule is arranged, but when it comes to the morning of the 15th, or the next night, the junior sister will 'temporarily' tell me that the little sister of the Su family has time to go out, take her with her, and go to the temple fair of Donglin Temple with me to ask for a marriage sign......

"Senior sister, is it right?"

"......" Xie Lingjiang.

"Hmm. The junior sister didn't speak, she was guessed, right? Okay, that's really the case......" Ouyang Rong sighed.

Looking at the senior brother, I guessed that I could change the routine with a helpless expression.

Xie Lingjiang suddenly wanted to beat someone.

Without him, his hands are itchy, and his senior brother owes Bian'er.

Ouyang Rong didn't realize that there was a warning note with the word "danger" faintly hanging on the door of his head.

He shook his head and exclaimed:

"Senior sister, this is not like your style, is it your aunt's idea......"

"Senior brother knows the little sister of the Su family?"

"I don't know." Ouyang Rong shook his head.

Didn't know, but saw.

Xie Lingjiang didn't ask much, but said unhappily:

"If Senior Brother knows each other, he will know how bizarre this idea is."

Then without waiting for Ouyang Rong to ask again, she puffed out her mouth slightly and said:

"The little sister of the Su family won't come, just the two of us...... I'm just asking for a sign for the little sister of the Su family, maybe...... I will also ask for one myself as fun.

"As for the senior brother, if you want to ask for a signature, you can ask for it, and if you don't want to ask for it, you can pull it down, that's it...... The table is tidied up, senior brother is busy with business, I'll ...... I'll go out and take some breath. ”

Ouyang Rong was stunned, and looked at the figure of the little junior sister with a straight back like a swan.

"Senior sister, what kind of gunpowder did you take?"

Ouyang Rong walked around the table in the lobby, thought for a while, and was about to go out to coax the little junior sister, when Liu Ashan's figure appeared at the door.

"Master, Miss Xie, this is ......"

Liu Ashan, who was at the door, put down his umbrella, looked back at the figure who had just passed by on the corridor behind him, and asked curiously.

"It's okay, she may not be feeling well these days."

Ouyang Rong shook his sleeves, turned his head and saw the wooden man who entered the door with a rare and somewhat happy face, and asked curiously:

"What's the happy event?"

"Master, the first phase of the Folding Wing Canal has been completed today!"

Ouyang Rong's face was happy.

……

Songlindu is located on the outskirts of the city, not far from Dagu Mountain.

It is the end point of the water conservancy project of the folding wing canal.

The water of Butterfly Creek pours down from the upper reaches of the county, and after passing through the meandering section of the county that includes the sword shop on the west bank, it turns straight here.

After passing through the pine forest crossing, the rear is a natural straight river, and the river water rushes into the Yangtze River.

Therefore, in the planning of the Yasha table in Longcheng County.

The Folding Wing Canal starts from the Yedu Wharf in Shaojia Village in the south and reaches Songlindu in the north.

It is as if a relatively straight horizontal line has been drawn on the earth, connecting the two points.

If the original Butterfly Creek is like a "several" shape, then the Butterfly Creek after the completion of the folding wing canal is similar to the "convex" glyph, and the extra bottom horizontal below is the folding wing canal.

Now, this improved version of the "convex" character Butterfly Creek has finally been preliminarily completed!

Early the next morning, the rain stopped and the soil was wet.

Ouyang Rong took his little junior sister and Liu Ashan and his party to feel the Songlindu, which was originally a wild ferry with few people, but now it is lively because of the construction of the Folding Wing Canal.

"Mingfu, be careful of the mud."

"It's okay, the official will come by himself."

Ouyang Rong twisted the corners of his robe, rolled up his trouser legs, crossed a muddy field, and led everyone to a high slope next to the pine forest crossing.

In recent days, although Ouyang Rong has been busy with his little junior sister and Diao County Cheng at Di Gongzha.

However, the progress of the Folding Wing Canal did not fall, on the contrary, with the blessing of the thousands of taels of silver donated by the Liu family who were forced to bleed, the intensity was even greater.

At present, there are some surprises before the completion of the Di Gong Gate, roughly chiseling through the first phase of the river, outlining its general outline and width.

Obstacles such as rocks, ridges, grass and trees between Songlindu and Yedu in Shaojia Village were cleaned up.

Compared with the delicate and orderly Di Gong Gate, the folding wing canal dug purely by manpower is truly magnificent.

Looking from a high place, it gives people a kind of momentum and association that can be moved by mountains and seas.

This is a miracle that can be created by the hands of laborers, Ouyang Rong suddenly understood some of the ancient projects praised in the history books of his previous life, and what lives on this land is a nation that has passed on the story of Yugong moving mountains from generation to generation.

"It's kind of beautiful."

The young county commander turned his back to everyone, stood at the front of the hillside, looked at the endless river in front of him, and couldn't help muttering.

Beside Liu Ashan, Chief Cao, the county official in charge of digging the canal, respectfully asked:

"Lord Mingfu, the first phase of the Folding Wing Canal has been dug up, should we continue the second phase now, the last phase may consume several times more time than the first phase......"

"Pause, don't dig anymore."

Ouyang Rong suddenly turned around and ordered seriously:

"You go back and estimate the time of the second phase, report it in a few days, and then you can take everyone to rest for a few days."

"Yes, sir."

Ouyang Rong caught a glimpse of a thick wall of water retention at the end of the newly dug river next to the pine forest crossing in front of him.

The Folding Wing Canal is not open to water, because it may have to be followed by a second phase of excavation, and it is better not to have water if it is not necessary.

The thick walls at the ends of the two ends of the new canal blocking the water of the old river channel were also suggested by Ouyang Rong at the beginning.

Ouyang Rong stretched out his hand and pointed to the thick wall in the distance and said:

"Is this wall strong, will it collapse halfway through the repair?"

Chief Gong Cao patted his chest with confidence:

"Don't worry, Lord Mingfu, we are here every day, and we will take care of it. You see, the treatment of this thick wall is also quite exquisite, and I have to explain it to you...... In normal times, it's sturdy and hardly a problem......"

Seeing Shangguan's curious and listening expression, he continued to explain:

"However, if the Lord of the Ming Mansion needs to open the Folding Wing Canal in a hurry, we can also cleverly knock it down in a short period of time, so that the water of the old river channel can be poured in, and whether it is opened or not, it can be as the Lord of the Ming Mansion wishes."

"That's very good."

Subsequently, Ouyang Rong asked a few more questions with great interest, and after a while, Chief Gongcao temporarily retired.

There are only cronies such as Liu Ahan and the little sister around him.

Ouyang Rong pondered for a moment, then turned his head and ordered:

"Ah Shan, the official ordered that from now on, until the second phase of the next Zheyi Canal is built, no workers and ordinary people will be allowed to stay on this new river channel from Songlindu to Shaojia Village Yedu. Along the way, you send men to be on guard. ”

"Roger, Mingfu."

Ouyang Rong nodded, looking into the distance, his eyes contemplative.

It is now at the end of the rainy season, and the upstream and downstream of Longcheng County are covered with continuous rain.

The Shuize tablet shows that the water level in Yunmengze is rising every day.

Ouyang Rong was quite worried.

Not only was he worried about the past few days, but before the Di Gong Gate was completed, Yun Mengze suddenly had cramps.

He was still preparing for the ribbon-cutting ceremony in a few days.

There may still be variables on the other side of the Di Gong Gate.

Although he had seen through Liu's poisonous plan to blow up the gate, he had roughly arranged the corresponding plan for the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

But in case the Liu family dog jumps over the wall in a hurry, an unexpected accident occurs, and the Di Gong Gate collapses, then the situation is not good.

Therefore, Ouyang Rong did not let the manpower of the county government worker Cao immediately start the second phase, and ordered Liu Ashan to send people to guard along the new river road.

When the Di Gong Gate had an accident, the Folding Wing Canal was the last water conservancy construction in Longcheng County, although it was not a complete Folding Wing Canal, but it was better than nothing.

Other than that, he's been a little restless lately, for some reason.

It's better to be cautious...... Ouyang Rong sighed lightly.

(End of chapter)