Ma'am, is there someone out there?

After returning from breakfast, Shen Qing asked Xuan Shen to throw away the broom and shovel the snow with a shovel. Xuan Shen's movements were fast and his strength was great. After watching for a while, Shen Qing felt that he could handle it, so he went back to the house first.Calculating the time, Du Zhong, the prefect of Qingzhou, is about to arrive at the mansion.

Sure enough, not long after, Du Zhong hurried over, and when passing the yard, he stopped to take a look at Xuan Shen and Xiao Bao.There are not many female relatives in the backyard of the General's Mansion, and children are naturally rare. Eucommia often comes to the General's Mansion, and it is rare to see children in the mansion.

"Greetings to Madam." Du Zhong saluted with fists clasped. Du Zhong was born as a civil servant, but when facing Shen Qing, he always saluted with a warrior posture. Perhaps it was because he thought that the general's residence should be saluted with the martial arts rules.Fortunately, the Duzhong people are five big and three thick, and there is no literati temperament. They are tall and strong, with a beard on their faces, and they look like a rough hero.

Shen Qing returned the courtesy and said with a smile: "Prefect Du does not need to be too polite, please take your seat quickly."

As soon as Eucommia sat down, the servants came in to serve tea immediately. The refreshments were prepared, the stove was burning vigorously, and the room was heated by the ground, which was really different from the cold outside.

"The general's mansion is wonderful!" Du Zhong repeatedly praised, Qingzhou has never been so cold, this time it suddenly snowed heavily in October, even the magistrate's yamen has been burning stoves every day, a group of people are shivering with cold.

"Geothermal heat is a good thing. It can be promoted in Qingzhou Prefecture in the future." Shen Qing smiled, he already knew what Eucommia meant, and he had mentioned it before, but Qingzhou is generally not particularly cold, so it didn't work out in the end.

Du Zhong cheerfully stroked his goatee, and said: "This is good, ahaha. Madam doesn't know, my magistrate's yamen has not been repaired for a long time, and it feels like there is air leaking everywhere in winter. Xiu came, who knew that it snowed first, and a group of big men in my mansion who are as strong as bears have been huddling in the corner these days and stomping their feet."

Shen Qing had no choice but to say, "Okay, okay, let people go to the magistrate's yamen tomorrow."

"Then thank you madam."

When the goal was achieved, Du Zhong thanked him without hesitation.

In fact, Eucommia is also suffering. Since he took office in Qingzhou, the past few years have not been good. The top has to collect taxes, but the bottom cannot collect food.

Three years ago, when he first arrived here, Du Zhong still didn't understand why his predecessor said that he had to discuss everything with the General's Mansion, and he had to listen to the General's Mansion's opinions on major matters.Moreover, General Lu Chenlu is not in Qingzhou, and there are only a group of women in the backyard in the mansion. Although the wife is a man, she is already married as a wife, so it seems inappropriate to discuss important matters.

At that time, the former prefect showed a subtle smile to Du Zhong and said: "I have been working here for five years. I dealt with the general in the first three years, and often communicated with the general's wife in the next two years. Never delay, the general can do many things that cannot be done in your position and me. Although the wife is young, she is talented, very wise, and often has unexpected surprises. After you take office, you can be slow Take it easy."

In the blink of an eye, three years have passed, and Du Zhong has also realized the profound meaning of the former prefect.Although he had never met a general, in the Chen Dynasty, who knew that the general was powerful and guarded the borders, and his wife, Du Zhong, in the past few years of contact, not only admired his intelligence and wisdom, but also admired his wife's benevolence and righteousness.

May I ask if there is any lady with such knowledge and benevolence that can make the common people in Qingzhou have surplus food and not sell their children.What about eating fast and reciting the Buddha's name is to cultivate the Buddha's mouth, and what the wife does is to achieve the virtue in the heart.

"The most troublesome thing right now is that there are too many refugees in Qingzhou Prefecture. In addition to the snow damage, many houses collapsed, and the number of refugees increased. The security risks in Qingzhou have increased, and order is difficult to maintain. The resettlement of these refugees is enough to worry about. .And I am worried that there is not enough food, and the free porridge shop in the west of the city cannot be maintained.”

Du Zhong asked Shen Qing: "What should I do?"

"I want to use the method of working for relief." Shen Qing didn't say much.

The elders of Eucommia were suffocated and weeping: "That's what I said, but I can't find so many jobs for people to do!" At this time of year, how can there be so many jobs?

Shen Qing calmly said: "Prefect Du, please don't worry, this matter is under my Shen Qing's calculations. First of all, there are still more than a few hundred acres of sweet melon fields in Qingzhou that have not been harvested. These harvests have food for the winter, and the refugees have In exchange for work and food, there is order and the whereabouts of the refugees are arranged. Three, sudden snowfall. Although these things are buried in the soil, they have suffered from low temperature and cold damage and are not easy to store. They must be collected as soon as possible to minimize The loss, these hundreds of acres of land just happened to find people to work on."

Du Zhong was surprised: "A few hundred acres? Isn't the Qingzhou organization reclaiming and planting only a hundred acres?"

"The General's Mansion also planted more than 100 mu of land." Speaking of this, Shen Qing couldn't help but want to complain, the ancient landlords had so much land!

"Really? If so, then there is food for the winter."

Shen Qing said nothing, sweet potatoes taste good, but he would feel heartburn if he ate too much, and he would never use it as a staple food unless it was a disaster year.But right now, Shen Qing has been worrying about the calamity year...

Shen Qing suppressed the doubts in his heart and continued: "Secondly, Prefect Du still remembers the cotton we promoted to other prefectures and counties last year?"

"Yes, my wife asked me not only to promote it locally in Qingzhou, but also to promote it in other places suitable for planting across the country. At present, it is being promoted in many state capitals, including the Taihu Plain in the lower reaches of the Yangtze River that my wife strongly requested. A few months ago, cotton After the collection, according to the feedback of other colleagues, the response is very good. The output is large, the quality is good, it is cheaper and higher than silk, and it is more comfortable than linen. By next year, I am afraid that there will be more places to plant it.”

When Du Zhong said this, he was amazed by his wife's methods, and he didn't know where she got these strange things.Moreover, Madam also designed a weaving machine, which is several times easier to use than the previous ones. After being promoted, it will really benefit the country and the people.

"With the heavy snow and the sudden drop in temperature, the border soldiers must be more difficult than usual. I hope that this batch of cloth can be made into winter clothes as soon as possible and sent to the border. Therefore, I need to recruit a large number of women who can work as women. Within ten days, Complete these tens of thousands of winter clothes and quilts." Shen Qing said with a stern expression.

This is the second thing he worries about after the snow damage. Lu Chen is guarding the border. Beichuan belongs to the north and is close to the desert area. This winter, border crossings will be more difficult than in previous years.Thinking of this, he couldn't help looking at the snow field outside the window. This vast white world has chilled the hearts of many people.

Du Zhong patted the table and agreed: "Madam, don't worry, I will definitely take care of this matter. After ten days, I will prepare the winter clothes and quilts needed and send them to the frontier to relieve the general's urgent needs. The soldiers are out to protect their homes and the country. The people of Qingzhou Prefecture will also work together to accomplish this."

Shen Qing took a sip of tea and said: "I, Shen Qing, are naturally relieved when Du Zhifu is handling matters. The two matters before are the top priority, but the third matter cannot be completed in a short while."

"What's the matter?" Du Zhong asked suspiciously.

Shen Qing withdrew his eyes from Baixue, and looked directly at Du Zhong: "There may be severe drought and flood disasters next year, and Qingzhou's topography and climate make it possible for floods to be very high. I hope to rebuild the water conservancy. Just like the current Qinghe dam Looking at it, it is completely impossible to prevent the coming flood disaster, once the Qinghe River breaks its embankment, Qingqing Prefecture will be in danger."

"Really?" Du Zhong was shocked by the seriousness in Shen Qing's eyes, "I don't know what Madam said, but do you have any real information?"

Shen Qing shook his head, "No one else knows about this matter, and I don't have any evidence, if Du Zhifu believes in me, someone Shen, please proceed to do it. As for the topography of Qingzhou, once waterlogging occurs, it will be a disaster for the city to be flooded. "

Moreover, it is very likely that the drought and flood in the whole country are parallel, Shen Qing is considering how to spread this news to the outside world.I don't know if it will be regarded as heresy, but in fact he does not have any evidence to prove that there will be a severe drought next year.In Shen Qing's last life, a sudden heavy snowfall brought about the end of the world, followed by floods in the south and drought in the north in the second year, when most people didn't even die because of zombies.For some reason, this time he had the same premonition.Shen Qing hoped that her premonition was just worrying too much.

After all, there is no end to this era.

Du Zhong pondered for a while, but he still couldn't make up his mind about this matter: "It's a very important matter, I need to think about it again." Building water conservancy has been a difficult task since ancient times. , There are too many aspects involved in water conservancy.

"However, the construction of water conservancy is a matter of benefiting the country and the people. However, if the construction is to be completed in a hurry, it may arouse public anger. If there is no disaster by then, the people will be full of anger." Moreover, the problem of the Qinghe dam has its own origin. It's been a long time, but there has been no danger for so many years, and it has been gradually ignored.

Shen Qing also knew how difficult it was to finish this matter quickly: "I understand. This matter is indeed not urgent for now, the magistrate can think about it more."

In the blink of an eye, it was noon, Du Zhong declined Shen Qing's invitation to stay, and Shen Qing had no choice but to send him out.

Walking into the courtyard, Du Zhong once again set his sights on Xuan Shen and Xiao Bao.

Xuan Shen had already finished shoveling the snow in the courtyard, and was sitting on the bench in the corridor eating a steamed bun with Xiao Bao. This time, Du Zhong happened to see his face clearly.

Du Zhong was a little surprised that the servants sweeping the floor in the General's Mansion had such looks, he couldn't help but smiled and said to Shen Qing: "Are all the servants in the General's Mansion selected according to this appearance?" If so, the standard of the General's Mansion.is also high enough

Shen Qing coughed dryly, and said: "That was the one I met at the market a few days ago and was taken in at the mansion, it's different." In the future, if Xuan Shen wakes up and wants to leave, Shen Qing will naturally let him go.

"So that's how it is." Du Zhong suddenly and involuntarily glanced over there.

Shen Qing saw that his eyes were always looking there, so he interrupted: "Let's go, I'll send Prefect Du out of the mansion, isn't Prefect Du going to Yuyao Zhai to attend Yuanwai Zhang's banquet at noon? It's almost noon, Don't make Yuanwai Zhang anxious."

"That's right, that's right," Du Zhong patted his forehead, "Look at my memory! Then I bid farewell to Madam. Please do not send me off again, Madam."

Shen Qing sent Du Zhong away, quickly turned back to the original path, saw that Xuan Shen and Xiao Bao were still sitting on the bench.

"The chairs outside are cold, don't sit on them in the future."

Shen Qing appeared suddenly, Xuan Shen was stunned for a few seconds before he could react, he jumped down from the chair two or three times, and stood up straight.It seems that the butler taught him again.

"You don't have to listen to everything the butler says."

Xuan Shen nodded: "Yes."

Shen Qing ordered again, the one big and the one small were like two children, "Those girls have already nestled in the room to warm up, if you are cold, go over and warm up with them too. Look at Xiaobao, his face is red from the cold gone."

Xuan Shen lowered his head to look at Xiaobao's face, and touched it silently.

Shen Qing probably also knew Xuan Shen's temperament, so he could only order: "It's already noon, you go to the kitchen quickly, the food will cool quickly in the cold weather."

Xuan Shen nodded again, picked up Xiaobao and left.

"Hey, wait."

Shen Qing stopped him again, Xuan Shen turned his head to look at him in doubt, half of his face was blackened.Shen Qing took out a handkerchief from his sleeve and put it in Xuan Shen's palm: "Wipe your face quickly."

Xiaobao booed: "Daddy has a cat face."

Xuan Shen roughly grabbed the handkerchief and wiped it on his face a few times, but he didn't wipe it clean, instead, his eyes became darker and darker, his whole face was darkened, Shen Qing laughed, stopped the other party, and took the handkerchief back from Xuan Shen's hand.

"I'll help you, if you rub it again, it will turn into a black charcoal head."

Shen Qing's movements were very light, and the soft handkerchief felt itchy when rubbed on his face, Xuan Shen blinked, and looked at the smiling face of the other party through the thin slits of Shen Qing's fingers.

It seems that they are about the same height, Xuan Shen thought nonchalantly.

"Okay." Shen Qing let go of his hand, and stuffed the handkerchief back into Xuan Shen's palm, "Take it, don't make your face stained all over in the future."

Xuanshen walked back with Xiaobao in his arms, tightly holding the handkerchief that Shen Qing gave him. The handkerchief was moon white and without any patterns. Xuanshen smelled it subconsciously, and it seemed to smell like Shen Qing.

He stopped suddenly, turned his head away, Shen Qing was not in the same place, his figure had already walked to the side of the long corridor far away, and was covered by tree shadows.

"Daddy, what are you doing?"

"It's nothing." Xuan Shen patted Xiao Bao's back, "Let's go."