Tang's dining table

In June, the biggest event in Chang'an City was a dispute between the official papermaking workshop and Pinganli over the water source.

The sewage pond of the Guanzuo Papermaking Workshop was flooded due to continuous rains, and a pipe hole appeared under the dam. The dam burst in the middle of the night, flooding twenty-eight acres of farmland in Pinganli.

Before dawn, the angry Ping Anli Chang led hundreds of villagers to the papermaking workshop.

By the time Yun Chu got the news, three people were dead and twenty-one injured.

In fact, the papermaking workshop is not a good workshop. Not only does it consume a lot of water, but it also produces a large amount of lime-containing sewage. This sewage cannot be directly used in farmland, so it has to be stored in a low-lying land without farmland. Waiting to be slowly absorbed by the Loess Plateau.

Yunchu had warned all paper-making workshops to carefully monitor these sewage pools, but as a result, problems still occurred.

Yun Chu was mentally prepared for problems in the sewage pool.

Today, the number of Chang'an people who directly rely on papermaking has reached 30,000, and the number of people indirectly dependent on papermaking workshops has reached at least 60,000. The paper produced was sold throughout the Tang Dynasty, and the furthest paper was taken to distant Rome by Hu merchants.

Especially after the emergence of papermaking technology using young bamboo, Chang'an City took advantage of its surrounding hills to plant large tracts of bamboo forests, which in turn allowed Chang'an's papermaking industry to flourish with sufficient raw materials.

But the loss of eight acres of land is nothing compared to the huge economic benefits brought by the paper industry.

Even before Yunchu arrived at the scene, the Wannian County government had already formed an opinion favoring the papermaking workshop.

As for environmentalism, which only Yunchu knew about, no one knew about it as long as Yunchu didn't mention it. However, in the Tang Dynasty, an era where everything was based on a full stomach, even if Yunchu raised it, no one would know about it. Will care.

Where does the huge amount of domestic sewage that appears every day in Chang'an City flow from the culverts to?

The answer is naturally the Weishui River. After the sewage flows in the Weishui River for a while, it will merge into the Yellow River and finally be sent to the sea.

Even so, the water flow of the Wei River is still clear, and the water flow of the Yellow River is still turbid. Whether it is clear or turbid, it has nothing to do with human pollution.

The trouble now is that three people are dead.

If no one was killed, the county magistrate Yunchu wouldn't even have to visit the scene of the fight in person.

Nowadays, in the countryside of Datang, all kinds of fights are very popular. Fights for water, land, mountains, and sometimes even for a gossip can form large-scale fight scenes that are no less than military battles.

In this scene, the main force turned out to be soldiers from the Tang Dynasty. These bastards used what they learned in the army directly in the battle.

It can be described as extremely bold.

Therefore, Yunchu's visit to the countryside was not to mediate the armed fighting at all, but to punish those soldiers who participated in the armed fighting.

As long as these bastards are dealt with, armed fights in the countryside will become gangsters fighting each other, and nothing serious will happen.

When Yun Chu arrived at the area where the incident occurred, the fight had long since subsided, and the county lieutenant Zhang Jia was holding a whip and was teaching the main person responsible for the fight.

The soldiers who participated in the fight stood aside with uncertain expressions. Their armor that had been removed was placed neatly on the ground. Yun Chu also saw sticks, hoes, rakes and wooden forks. Fortunately, they were not used. Standard weapon.

It was because the Fu soldiers from the papermaking workshop faced off from the Fu soldiers from Ping Anli that the number of casualties was reduced to the current situation.

If the soldiers from both sides directly targeted the people, it is very likely that the number of casualties would increase tenfold.

When Yunchu came, the soldiers knelt on the ground. This was not the etiquette for common people to meet the county magistrate, but the etiquette for subordinates to meet the general.

Yun Chu stopped in the middle of this group of people, glanced at the soldiers present, and without asking the reason, directly said to Zhang Jia: "What errands do you have in hand that can make these bastards embarrassed and ashamed?"

Zhang Jia said with a grim smile: "Reporting to the county magistrate, there are always unformed baby corpses blocking the sewers in Pingkangfang. No one is willing to take over even if my subordinates offer high prices, leaving these bastards to do their job."

Yun Chu looked at the earth-colored soldiers in front of him and nodded. This matter was considered a done deal.

The soldiers thought that something had happened and that they would be over with just a slap of the military stick, but they didn't expect that they would go to the land of fireworks to do such dirty things. Moreover, the most taboo thing among the soldiers was things related to women. They Thinking that these actions would bring them bad luck in the military, they all begged the county magistrate to spare them once.

Unfortunately, Yun Chu remained unmoved. He knew that for today's Chang'an soldiers, embarrassing them was far more of a deterrent than hitting them with a military stick.

"I give you preferential treatment and face to cultivate your sense of honor. It is so that when the enemy invades Chang'an one day, you can take up arms to defend your home and country. It is not for you to beat your own people based on your physical strength. .

That's it this time. Next time, I will send you to work as Wen Po's assistant to wait for the woman to give birth. "

The leader, an elderly soldier, moved a few steps forward on his knees, came to Yun Chu and clasped his fists, saying: "Junhou, I know that I am wrong. Please take note of the fact that I once accompanied you in the north and south." For my sake, I don’t dare ask for absolution, I just want Xiao Xiao to pay for the redemption and find someone else to take his place.”

Yun Chu smiled, looked at the familiar veteran in front of him and said, "Old Ding, you are also an old man in the army. When did you ever hear about the use of money to redeem people under my command?

If you had made other mistakes, the one who should protect you would naturally make it easier for you. This time is different. You are beating your own people, and you are killing them. Now, you are benevolent outside the law. Don't you know Anyway.

Let me tell you, not only are you going to dig sewers in Pingkangfang, you are also the leader of this group of people...If you don't dig well, I will only settle the score with you. "

Lao Ding did not dare to blame Yun Chu, but cast his hateful eyes on Zhang Jia. He felt that when this matter was over, he should discuss it with Zhang Jia.

After dealing with the soldiers, Yun Chu came to the three corpses covered with linen cloth, lifted the cloth and looked at the faces of the three people, and then said to Zhang Jia: "Take three two-year-old cows from the papermaking workshop, and pay them as compensation." These three families.”

Zhang Jia whispered: "Two people died in Ping'an and one died in the papermaking workshop. Will the papermaking workshop pay all the compensation?"

Yun Chu snorted coldly and said: "Who made them richer? Who made them mismanage it? Not only did they have to buy three cows, but they also had to buy the destroyed twenty-eight acres of land at three times the market price. Plant bamboo on it.”

Zhang Jia asked again: "How to deal with the injured?"

Yun Chu immediately set his sights on the two people, the librarian and the manager of the papermaking workshop.

"The money for the soup and medicine for the twenty-one injured people will fall on the two of them. Not only must they pay for the medicine, but they must also compensate the injured for the wages they incurred during the time when they were recovering from their injuries and unable to work.

The wages are calculated as one hundred yuan a day.

In the future, if there is another fight like this in Wannian County, we will deal with it according to this example. "

Twenty-one people, that's two dollars a day. Whether they are the steward of the papermaking workshop or the head of Ping'an Village, both of them can afford this amount of money. However, it is certain that the family business will shrink significantly.

Yun Chu settled the whole matter in just a few words.

Over the years, Wannian County and Chang'an County have rarely seen scenes of officials protecting each other that the common people think. In addition, when dealing with matters related to the common people, these two counties mostly follow township regulations and folk conventions, and try their best to The law is rarely used. Therefore, the results of handling things are basically in line with the wishes of the people.

This resulted in the people's recognition by the government being relatively high. The three families who had died carried the deceased back in mourning to prepare for the funeral. The injured were also being treated by doctors invited by the steward and the village chief.

This was an ordinary day for Yun Chu.

When I returned to the county government office, I discussed with Chief Secretary Liu what would be the most cost-effective next step for Chief Secretary Liu to serve as chief official there.

However, just after dawn the next day, when the city gate was opened, a soldier rushed into Chang'an City on horseback, causing Yun Chu to have a terrible thing.

A man named Huang Peng died in a fight yesterday. Yun Chu had already compensated his family with a cow, thinking that the matter was over.

As a result, not long after Yunchu left yesterday, Huang Peng's son, who had accompanied the noble people out of Guanzhong in the early years, came back.

Hearing that his father died in a fight, after paying homage to his father, he went into the papermaking workshop that night and killed thirteen sleeping workers in the workshop...

The people in Guanzhong are violent, and this kind of thing happened frequently in the past. Yun Chu spent a lot of effort to suppress this barbaric habit.

Now, this kind of thing happened again in Wannian County.

Before Yunchu could order the arrest of this evil thief, another bad news came from Ping'an. After learning about the incident, Huang Jue, the head of Ping'an, hanged himself alive in a small forest with a rope.

Then, after the steward of the papermaking workshop witnessed the deaths of thirteen of his subordinates and heard the news that the leader of Ping'an had committed suicide, he decisively stabbed himself to death.

Eighteen people have died in a small dam breach case. This is already a vicious case. If Yun Chu were an ordinary county magistrate, he would have been dismissed from his post and questioned.

Yun Chu carefully recalled whether he had missed anything when he handled the matter yesterday.

After replaying the whole thing in his mind, he was very sure that his handling was correct.

In a collective fight without personal grudges, the focus is on appeasing the deceased, and whether the matter is right or wrong is not important.

When setting the amount of compensation for the deceased yesterday, he deliberately observed the three family members of the deceased.

A two-year-old farm cow in Chang'an is worth about fifteen guan, which is almost five years' wages for an adult man in the Tang Dynasty.

It was perfectly appropriate to use it to compensate for someone who died in a fight. The family members of the deceased were also very satisfied with the result, and no one raised any questions in court.

The patriarch of the Huang family, Huang Jue, the head of the village, didn't think anything was wrong.

In this case, why did Huang Peng's son immediately turn his back upon his return and be willing to take the risk of entering the papermaking workshop late at night and commit such a heinous murder?

Thinking of this, Yun Chu patted his head and felt that he was too rash yesterday and did not pay enough attention to this matter. He always thought that the reason for the fight was the twenty-eight acres of land, but now it seems that is not the case...

There were too many dead, and it had exceeded the jurisdiction of Wannian County. It was urgent for Dali Temple to take over.

Yun Chu could imagine that at this moment, Di Renjie had already led people to intervene.

However, while Yunchu was waiting for the results of Di Renjie's investigation, a guy in green clothes walked into the Wannian County Government Office calmly.

Yun Chu went out to greet him. As soon as the two met, he saw the other party leaping over, grabbed Yun Chu's arm and said, "Yu Chu, I want to be my brother."

Yun Chu looked at this guy in a green robe and a green hat with confusion. His long beard and face were red and purple from the ultraviolet rays of the plateau. He looked like a Tang Dynasty version of Guan Gong. After a long time, he said: "Helan, you have already taken the Are the sheep in the same tribe?"

The Helan Minzhi at this time was completely different from the Helan Minzhi in Yunchu's memory. If we say that the Helan Minzhi before was just a crooked flower in the greenhouse of Datang.

So, the current Helan Minzhi is a towering tree that has been baptized by violent storms in the wild.

Not to mention that this guy still smells like shark. This smell has a fishy smell, a smell of urine, and the unique salt smell of the sea. (I just smelled it today and heard that sharks never urinate)

This is the standard taste of Mengren.