Zhu Di looked at Guo An again, "Guo Qing, now that half a month has passed, when will the road from Wanping County to Tongzhou be paved?" ”

Guo An replied: "Your Highness, it can be completed in half a month at most." ”

"Very good!"

Zhu Di nodded with satisfaction, "Don't delay spring ploughing." ”

"Please rest assured, Your Highness, if it can't be completed before the spring ploughing, Weichen will directly stop paving the road and let those young people go back to plough the fields!"

Guo An replied.

"Hmm!"

Zhu Di bowed slightly, then remembered something, and asked again: "We heard that many scribes in the house have been sick in the past few days?" ”

Guo An said: "Your Highness, not only in the mansion, but also in the Beiping Mansion, there are also many people who are also sick. ”

Zhu Di frowned slightly, "Why is this?" Isn't there another pandemic? ”

Guo An said: "Back to His Royal Highness, Weichen asked the doctor in the house, and also asked several doctors in the city, it is not a big epidemic.

It seems that it is because of the warm weather in winter and spring, but the ditches in the city are impassable, and the houses are moist and impassable, so that he can get sick. ”

"At this time of year, the ditches in the city do stink unbearably."

Hearing this, Zhu Di didn't know what to think of, and his brows furrowed again, "This kind of trivial matter, the Beiping Mansion has not been cured for so many years, it is really a corpse vegetarian meal!" ”

"Zhu Changshi!"

"Your Highness!"

"Send someone to the prefect of Beiping Mansion to say that he was not punished for the case of hiding acres of land in Beiping Mansion this time, it was his luck.

But the ditch of Beiping Mansion is so filthy and evil, making people sick, it is the responsibility of his Beiping Mansion government, if even this matter is not handled well, causing a big epidemic, we will definitely play Your Majesty and severely punish it. ”

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Zhu Fu replied with a bitter face.

Sure enough, all these offending lives will be his!

But it would not be a good thing if the whole city was sick because of some ditches.

After exiting the Cunxin Palace, Zhu Fu went to the Beiping Mansion in person.

Knowing that Zhu Fu was coming, Yu Rentian, the prefect of Beiping, was taken aback, and hurriedly went out to greet him with Zhao Jie and Dang Fu.

"Early in the morning, I heard the magpies in the trees chirping, and today there was a distinguished guest. I don't know what happened to His Royal Highness King Yan, who actually bothered Zhu Changshi to come to the door in person? ”

"Governor Yu has been tortured."

Zhu Fu respectfully bowed to Yu Rentian, and directly explained his intentions.

"In the past few days, there have been scribes in Yanwang's Mansion who have been inexplicably ill, and I heard that hundreds of people in Beiping Mansion have also been inexplicably ill.

His Royal Highness ordered an investigation, not wanting to make a lot of people sick because the ditches in Beiping Mansion were impassable and filthy everywhere.

His Royal Highness was furious and ordered the officials to come and urge the Yu Governor's Mansion to solve the problem quickly. ”

"Your Highness is angry?"

Yu Rentian was taken aback and a little aggrieved, "This official and my colleagues have worked hard for half a month, and they have confiscated many gentry's property and acres.

Now that I haven't gotten anything, I haven't said anything, and now that the official hasn't taken a breath, His Highness is furious again......"

Zhu Fu's face remained unchanged, and he continued to say lightly: "Governor Yu said cautiously, strictly speaking, the matter at Zhangjiawan Wharf also had the fault of Governor Yu's lax supervision.

It's just that His Royal Highness has been making up for the merits of Prefect Yu for a while, so he is not to blame...... Now, the matter of the ditch in the city not only affects the people, but also affects the safety of His Royal Highness's palace.

Nowadays, it is only a few minor diseases, and if we do not deal with them quickly, it will lead to a major epidemic...... Governor Yu, it's not just about working hard for half a month to make up for it! ”

Yu Rentian's face changed suddenly, and he hurriedly said: "Oh, I understand Zhu Changshi's meaning, and this is also the responsibility of my officials in Beiping Mansion."

Please also rest assured that His Royal Highness King Yan will handle this matter immediately and lead people to dredge the ditch! ”

A smile appeared on Zhu Fu's face, "It is really a blessing for the people of Beiping Mansion to have such a benevolent and hard-working parent official as Governor Yu." ”

"Zhu Changshi praised it falsely, praised it falsely......"

When Zhu Fu left, inside the yamen of Beiping Mansion, Yu Rentian, Zhao Jie and other chief officials suddenly had sad faces.

"It's about spring ploughing, and this King Yan is urging us to dredge the ditch in Beiping Mansion, how can this be done?"

"Is this going to be the beginning of hard labor?"

"If the silver taels and grain from the homes of the gentry who were confiscated this time belong to the yamen of my Beiping Mansion, then why should I be so worried? Directly like the Yan Wang's Mansion, you can directly hire the people to ......"

While they were talking, a scribe ran in through the door.

"Fuzun, it's not good."

"What?"

Yu Rentian asked.

The scribe replied with a panicked face: "Today, dozens of people in the city are sick.

Now, there are more than a dozen rumors circulating throughout the city, some talking about the plague, others saying that there is a plague......

Anyway, the whole city is panicked! ”

Yu Rentian, Zhao Jie and others couldn't help but be full of surprise.

"How so?

"The villain doesn't know."

There was also a hint of panic in the scribe's eyes.

At this time, all major epidemics are a tragic scene of ten rooms and nine emptiness. Anyone who hears this word does not panic.

Yu Rentian's expression froze, and he quickly made a decision.

"Quickly send officials to tea shops and taverns, and strictly prohibit the people from discussing the epidemic."

"In addition, a team of scribes and officials was sent to post a notice that hundreds of people in the city were sick because the ditches were blocked, and the filthy breath was inhaled into the body."

"Also, I ordered Wanping and Daxing counties to start requisitioning laborers to dredge and clean all the ditches in the city."

"Recruit doctors in the city again and concentrate on those sick people for treatment!"

"Yes, Fuzun."

Zhao Jie and Dang Fu answered, and walked down quickly.

Not long after the two of them went out, another scribe hurried in.

"Fuzun, the political envoy and the envoy have sent officials to inquire about the outbreak of the epidemic in the city!"

"Alas!"

Yu Rentian couldn't help but feel a headache, "Please let them in, I'll explain to them personally!" ”

"Yes!"

……

Soon, with the decree of the Beiping Prefecture, the two county offices of Wanping County and Daxing County also began to operate.

This time, no one dared to come nonsense.

Even, there are people in the city who join in, either cleaning the ditches, or carrying buckets, going to Haizi, not far away, or the tributaries of the Jinshui River in the south of the city, to fetch water and wash the ditches.

Outside the city, on the side of a cement road that was one foot wide and a little long, Guo An's eyelids twitched slightly, and his face was full of surprise.

"The pandemic?"

"Back to Guo Changshi, the officials of the Yamen of Beiping Mansion said that the ditch was impassable, and the evil spirit caused hundreds of people to fall ill.

However, many people are spreading the word that there is a great epidemic. ”

A scribe of the Yanwang Mansion said with some panic.

"Foolish rumors!"

Guo An smiled disdainfully, and when he saw the scribe's expression, he directly explained loudly: "You are not allowed to spread rumors with rumors!" ”

"If there is a pandemic, then the Beiping Mansion dare not inform His Royal Highness King Yan?

Now His Royal Highness King Yan and the official don't know, that is an ordinary disease! ”

Sure enough, hearing this, the scribes beside Guo An, as well as the young men passing by, all looked relieved.

Yes, if there is really a pandemic, can His Royal Highness King Yan stay in Beiping Mansion safely?

And this Guo Changshi can still watch them pave cement roads with such a calm demeanor?

"However, the ditch in the city is dredged every year, and it is blocked every winter and spring, how did the Beiping Mansion dredge it?"

As he spoke, Guo An looked at the cement road being paved in front of him, his eyes flickering.

…… It's just that free is never cherished!

Guo An shook his head, and said to the scribes on the left and right: "Those officials of the Yamen of Beiping Mansion are really careless, if the cement is laid in the ditches on the left and right sides of the city, all the sewage can be discharged along the smooth cement pipes, how can this still happen?" ”

"It seems to be true!"

Looking at the smooth cement road under his feet, the scribes on the left and right couldn't help but be stunned.

In the same way, this was also heard by some young people around him.

The corners of Guo An's mouth curled slightly, and he instructed a guard beside him: "You quickly go to the farm to check around, are the old soldiers on the farm, and those chickens, pigs, cattle and sheep sick?" ”

"Yes, Guo Changshi!"

The guard's expression was solemn, and he hurriedly led the order to run away into the distance.

Fortunately, Guo An's worries are unnecessary, and the farm is extremely safe.

Even, during this period of time, there were far fewer sick pigs and chickens on the farm than in the cold winter.

And the sentence that Guo An complained about on the side of the cement road outside the city also quickly spread in Beiping Mansion.

All the people and officials of the city were discussing.

"Repair ditches with cement?"

In the Beiping Mansion, Yu Rentian, Zhao Jie and other chief officials couldn't help but light up when they heard the report of the officials below.

"Fuzun, it seems that this is really the case. The bottom of the ditches on the left and right sides of the city is mostly bare earth, and at most two stones are placed in some critical places.

Over the course of a year, the bottom of those ditches will be full of potholes, and even the left and right sides will collapse, and the sewage in the ditches will accumulate at the bottom of the ditch all year round, and the stench is incomparable.

If all the ditches could be covered with cement, wouldn't there be no more of these troubles? ”

"However, that cement is the stuff of the Yan Wang's Mansion......"

Saying that, Tongzhi Zhao Jie couldn't help but be a little worried.

Yu Rentian's face turned fierce, "Since this matter has been discussed in the city, we must lay cement on the ditch."

If not, if something happens, the political envoy and the inspection envoy will be blamed, then my Beiping Mansion will inevitably be blamed! ”

Zhao Jie said: "But Fuzun, there is no cement for sale in Beiping Mansion, and we don't know what the price of cement is on Yanwang's Mansion?"

In case, the cement is extremely expensive......"

Yu Rentian said: "Beiping Mansion is the feudal country of His Royal Highness King Yan, this is the construction of Beiping Mansion, how can His Royal Highness King Yan still collect money?"

This time, the Yan Wangfu got so many benefits.

His Royal Highness King Yan still has to pull out a dime, and the official sits in King Yan's mansion and does not leave.

If it still doesn't work, the official will go to the political envoy and the prosecutor's envoy.

Anyway, there are a lot of Shangguan above our Beiping Mansion ......"

"Mansion ...... Wise! ”

Zhao Jie and Dang Fu stared at each other directly, they had never seen such a side to the mansion that was known to be a humble gentleman.

Fuzun is really tired for Beiping Mansion!

After watching Yu Rentian walk out of the gate of the mansion, Zhao Jie and Dang Fu withdrew their gaze and glanced at each other, their eyes full of sympathy.

……

Inside the Yanwang Mansion.

Looking at Yu Rentian, who was still a little arrogant in His Royal Highness, Zhu Di's eyes widened directly.

"You, a thief, have come to this king's mansion to fight the autumn breeze?"

"Your Highness, the lower officials are also forced to be helpless!"

Yu Rentian looked sad, "The lower official sounds like the prefect of Beiping Mansion, but you also know how clean the treasury of Beiping Mansion is."

And, most importantly, the management of the ditches in the city is a major matter related to the safety of millions of people in Peiping Prefecture, and cement is the best to use.

Xia Guan searched the entire Beiping Mansion, and could only find His Royal Highness King Yan here......"

……

(End of chapter)