Tranquility

Governor Fu bowed in front of Tangning's bed.

Tangning lay on the bed, stretched out her hand to support her and said, "Governor Fu is too polite, sit down quickly."

While Xi Rui had cleverly handed over a wooden chair, Governor Fu saluted again before sitting down.

"My clothes are disheveled. I can only see Governor Fu like this. I hope the governor won't blame me for being rude!" Tangning said a little embarrassed.

"Where, where, it's the official who disturbed Mr. Tang's recuperation. He took the liberty to visit, disrespectful and disrespectful. It's just that the official has nothing to do. It has been raining for days and the river is flooding. The official has measured and estimated that there should be no flood, but Yongzhou The terrain is low, and the waterlogging in the city is serious. His Excellency attaches great importance to waterlogging, and the lower officials are restricted to solve it within ten days. The lower officials are really in a state of desperation, so they come to bother the adults to recuperate. Master Tang Sanyuan has read a lot of books, and I beg you to help the lower officials. Show me the way."

Tang Ning frowned. He has been in Dazhao for decades and found that cities rarely get flooded. On the one hand, because the pipelines in ancient cities have been developed quite maturely, craftsmen basically knew how to design sewers; Quickly penetrate into the soil and turn into groundwater.

He had just arrived in Yongzhou, and his eyes were darkened. How could he come up with a plan? Maybe he didn’t know as much as the governor Fu. The governor asked him what he meant. Could it be that the waterlogging could not be solved within ten days and he wanted to drag him into the water?

"This official has just arrived here, so I don't know the specific situation. I wonder if Governor Fu has the pipeline map of Yongzhou?"

"This...the maps of the city defense and pipelines are all in the palace. We can't see them without Mr. Shizi's approval."

"Does Governor Fu know what caused the waterlogging?"

"Isn't it the reason for the continuous rain?"

"This is the main reason. Is there no other reason? After all, Yongzhou is located in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is normal for it to be rainy in summer. When building the city and maintaining it at ordinary times, craftsmen will consider drainage issues. Will there be waterlogging in Yongzhou before?"

"In recent years, the weather in Yongzhou has been favorable. In the past, the accumulated water would subside naturally within two days. This year's knee-high water has never flowed back into the house."

"I haven't conducted an on-site inspection, so I dare not say for sure. Has Governor Fu investigated it, and is it the cause of the blockage?"

"The lower officials can only check the main roads. The other trails are intricate and complicated. If there is no map, the lower officials don't care about it."

"Since Mr. Shizi attaches great importance to waterlogging, why didn't he give you the picture? What did Prince Zhong say?" Tangning asked in surprise.

"Hey," Governor Fu said with a smile, "Your Excellency, I don't know. Prince Zhong is not in good health and has been doing nothing for many years. In these years, Yongzhou has relied on the careful management of the prince to have such a prosperous scene. The lower officials have also asked the prince to beg The picture, but Master Shizi also had other considerations, so he didn't give the picture to the lower officials."

"Oh," Tangning said meaningfully. This other consideration is very interesting, "If this is the case, this matter will be difficult."

Governor Fu stood up and saluted, "I hope that my lord will give you a good prescription."

Tangning complained secretly, Governor Fu didn't say anything, and asked him to find a solution. Isn't this embarrassing him? What can he do, but it's the first time he meets a subordinate officer, he must not lose his aura, let alone appear incompetent.

So Tangning could only frown displeasedly and said, "Governor Fu asked me to come up with a good prescription every time he asked a question, hum! Even a good doctor has to pay attention to prescribing the right medicine."

"Don't dare, dare not!" Governor Fu lowered his head and continued to bow.

"I'm injured, I can't inspect it in person, and Governor Fu doesn't have a pipeline map. It's really difficult for me to come up with a solution to the root cause. But I have two methods to treat the symptoms, which may be able to survive the current situation. close."

Governor Fu's eyes lit up, and he said, "Please enlighten me, my lord!"

"First, widen the river."

Governor Fu looked disappointed, and blurted out: "This matter is too difficult."

Tangning ignored him and continued, "Second, dig a reservoir in a low place outside the city, and then dig ditches inside the city to bring the water to the reservoir."

Governor Fu thought about it for a while, then clapped his hands and said, "This is feasible, but the project is not a small one, and I'm afraid I need your lord's approval." As he spoke, he looked at Tangning. Tangning was the one who came up with this idea, and Tangning should take credit for it. It's fine without the chief officer. Now that Tangning is here, he can't get past Tangning to get in touch with the official.

Seeing that Governor Fu's behavior didn't seem to be deliberately embarrassing him, and he knows how to respect himself as a superior, let's just assume that he is really worried about the waterlogging problem, so Tangning waved and said, "I'm in poor health, you go on my behalf Just one trip, but I am the adjutant of Lord Zhizhou, shouldn't this matter be reported to Lord Zhizhou?"

"Your Excellency doesn't know, this matter has been taken over by His Excellency, Master Zhizhou will not take care of it."

Tang Ning listened, she didn't have anything to say on the surface, she just asked Xi Rui to see the guests off, but she muttered in her heart, it seems that there are quite a lot of twists and turns in Yongzhou's officialdom, everything is decided by the elder son, and the elder son said to take over, but the chief official actually asked Don't ask, this Zhizhou is an official appointed by the imperial court.Hearing how much the governor Fu defends the son, it seems that the son of the loyal king has a high prestige in Yongzhou, and he has to be careful when meeting the son in the future.

A few days later, under Shu Hongyu's meticulous treatment, the wounds on Tangning's back had scabbed over.Tangning couldn't lie down anymore, she wanted to get up and walk around, Governor Fu would come to report the progress every day.

The prince finally agreed to this plan, but he wanted to send someone to watch over it. It was up to the supervisor to decide where to dig and where not to dig.

Tangning couldn't lie down anymore. He was locked up in the Yamen Office. Although Shu Hongyu often went out and told him about the situation in Yongzhou, Shu Hongyu couldn't contact his colleagues and officials on his behalf. Of course, others didn't know about his situation, but he There is no way to know the depth of others.

What's more, the new official has three fires when he takes office. If he continues to lie down, his fire will not be able to burn. This flood is a challenge and an opportunity for him to gain a foothold in Yongzhou. If he loses the opportunity to gain a foothold, it will be difficult in the future.

This day Tang Ning got up early, yesterday he had delivered posts to both the Wang Mansion and the Zhizhou Mansion, and changed into the blue official uniform that was just made. There was a bit of arrogance in the air.

Dressed in white, Shu Hongyu stood tall and tall, standing far outside the door. His deep black eyes were the sharp eyes unique to martial arts practitioners. When he saw Tang Ning approaching, they suddenly spread away, like blooming in the dark night. fireworks.

Shu Hongyu was not a servant. If it wasn't for Shu Hongyu's concern that he would go out for the first time, Tangning would not have let him follow. The two separated at the gate of King Zhong. Wang hadn't seen any visitors for a long time.

Although Tangning looked white and tender, with a thin skin, if he blushed and felt embarrassed when talking to his colleagues, he must be pretending.

What is thick black school, thick face and black heart.Tangning couldn't be black-hearted, but she must have developed a thick face.

So he left the palace without changing his face, met Shu Hongyu who was guarding the door, and took him all the way to the house that Zhizhou bought himself in Yongzhou.

Zhizhou's surname is Zhang, his first name is Hao, and his name is Shanshi. He is over fifty years old. He has a kind face and is very polite to Tangning. Tangning was injured, and Yongzhou was in flood season, Tangning could still get a welcome banquet.

After declining Zhizhou's meal, Shu Hongyu took Tangning out to try Yongzhou's special dishes.After coming to Yongzhou for seven or eight days, Shu Hongyu already has the strength of his feet, and he has already touched Yongzhou. Now he is much more familiar with Yongzhou than Tangning.

After eating, they walked around the street a few times. Although the city was flooded and both of them had to roll up their pants to leave, the people around them did not show any signs of depression. Although their expressions were a little sad, they were still relatively stable.

It seems that this lord Shizi really manages well, but Governor Fu did not exaggerate.

"Hongyu, you said two days ago that you saw someone serving porridge?"

"Well, I heard that the crown prince personally presided over it. I've seen it. The rice is not old rice. Although it doesn't stand upright, it's still okay to control the fullness."

"Take me to have a look."

"it is good."

The place where the porridge was served was at the Town God's Temple in the west of the city. Tangning was already out of breath when she got there.

The Town God's Temple was built on an earthen slope, and many tents were set up around it. It is estimated that their homes were flooded and had nowhere to go.It was just after noon, but the team still lined up down the hillside.

A group of soldiers was patrolling. Although the people in line looked sad, they were in order and there was no looting. There were even children laughing and playing around.

This was probably the most peaceful porridge giving scene Tangning had ever seen.

"Third brother, look over there. There is a specially built medical shed. If a doctor is willing to make a free consultation, go and sit there by yourself. The patient will come to him and prescribe a prescription. You can go there to get medicine for free. I used to After staying here for a long time, they are all common medicinal materials, and the prescriptions prescribed by the doctor are as simple as possible."

Tangning smiled, "Even so, it's already very rare."

Shu Hongyu frowned and said: "It's a pity that there are not enough medicinal materials. If there are seriously ill people, even the doctor will ignore them."

Tangning sighed, "There's nothing we can do about it. His Excellency's ability to make such a decision shows that he is a man of great determination."

While the two were talking, a group of soldiers came from afar, and when they saw them, they yelled: "Hey, where did you come from? I don't know, except for refugees, other people can't come up here. Get down quickly, and make trouble here." !"

Hearing the words in such a strong tone, Tangning raised her head and followed the voice. In a blink of an eye, she saw a man riding a horse approaching in the blink of an eye. With a pull of the reins, the horse's hooves were raised high following the neighing of the horse.

Shu Hongyu pulled Tangning back a few steps, and just looked up, the man on horseback had sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and his face was slender, which made his handsome eyebrows look a bit mean. His eyes pierced into Tangning's eyes like awls, piercing Tangning had no choice but to turn her head to avoid it, revealing a section of her snow-white neck.

Shu Hongyu's eyes narrowed, and he saw aggression, ambition, and hopeless desire to conquer everything in the opponent's eyes.

This person is extremely dangerous.