Infrastructure masters in the red building

With the full cooperation of the Wuyuan County Government, the report on the "auspicious landslide" was reported quickly, first to Yongning Prefecture, and then to the capital.

The crown prince of Jingli Jianguo almost laughed stupidly when he read this report: How can anyone report landslides as auspicious?

Take another look at the place where "Xiangrui" appeared - Taoyuan Village.

Isn't this the fief granted to him by the emperor to compensate that poor sixth brother?

Reported from the prefecture and county, the crown prince had every right to suppress this memorial, but for some unknown reason, he did not do so, but directly posted it so that all civil and military officials in the court could see it.

"What kind of bullshit is this! Landslide, that's a landslide—"

"A calamity fell from the heavens, and the common people suffered from it for no reason, but some people insisted that it was auspicious. I really don't know that the person who wrote this article is not ashamed, nor ashamed."

"Who is Yuan Hua, the county magistrate of Wuyuan County?"

Soon Yuan Hua was Jinshi in which year, who was the teacher, and how many classmates were in it, all of them were pulled out immediately.Those who stayed in the capital rushed to separate themselves from Yuan Hua to show that they had a "strong character", at least they would not report the disasters of the people as auspicious like Yuan Hua did.

Regarding the landslide in Taoyuanzhai, the crown prince collected all the turbulent sentiments in the letter from all the officials and sent it to the Li Palace in the suburbs of Beijing. Unexpectedly, at this time, the memorial from the "Pingnan Jiedu Envoy" had just been delivered to the crown prince's desk.

The crown prince read the memorial from the beginning to the end, and hastily held down the officials who were about to send it to Li Palace and advised: "You can't send it!"

The memorial to Pingnan Jiedushi was sent by the Rongguo Mansion on its behalf. The reason is that the "Jiedushi" Jia Fang himself is in the Rongguo Mansion now, but he has sent his staff to find out the truth about the "landslide" in Taoyuan Village, and report it to him. Hurry up and report to the court.

This memorial from the Pingnan Jiedu envoy, however, is straightforward and straightforward, without any extravagance. It states the landslide in Taoyuan Village, stating that it has been confirmed to Taoyuan Village and Wuyuan County respectively, and there is indeed no loss of personnel. Cracked houses, lost livestock, etc. One, two, three.And stated that these facts have been confirmed by the governor of Yong'an Prefecture.

In addition, in the report of the Pingnan Jiedu envoy, it also focused on stating that after the landslide, there was an extra road between Taoyuan Village and Wuyuan County. This road will be built by Taoyuan Village and will be completed within two months. The distance to Wuyuan County has been shortened to half of the original distance.

As for the cause of the landslide, it is also clearly written in the report-geological reasons, water erosion.And list one, two and three landslides that have occurred in the history of this place.

The entire memorial did not link the landslide with "auspiciousness", but after reading it, people came up with such an idea out of thin air: the mountain collapsed, and the residents of the two places not only did not suffer any injuries, but there was an extra road. If it's not "Xiangrui", what is it?

The prince read this memorial and really wanted to suppress it.But he is the prince of Jianguo, and Pingnan Jiedu envoy is a great official in the frontier. The prince has no authority to suppress his memorial, so he can only distribute it to various ministries and let all officials circulate it.

After reading it, all the officials calmed down a little, and all praised Pingnan Jiedushi's memorial written in a clear and concise manner. Although the Jiedushi himself is young, it can be seen from this memorial that he has extraordinary talents.

Hearing these praises, the prince put on a long, stinky face.He thought: in Lao Liu's mansion there is a powerful grasping knife, who can write for Lao Liu's generation. How can this be so extraordinary?

He did not know that part of Jia Fang’s memorial was written by Zheng Boyi after he arrived in Yongning Prefecture in the south, and he brought the manuscript to Yongning Zhizhou, and the other part was added by Jia Fang after the manuscript was sent to Beijing (mainly due to geological reasons. The part of it), and submit it after copying it together.

Zheng Boyi can only be regarded as half a knife catcher.Jia Fang had reminded him in advance that regarding the landslide, the manuscript should be concise and pragmatic, and only state the facts without adding subjective judgments.Therefore, the articles written by Zheng Boyi are completely different from the colorful ones he used to write. It is extremely awkward to write, delete, delete, and modify.However, compared with Yuan Hua's Zou Yi in Wuyuan County, Zheng Boyi's article is so precise and simple that people can read it and draw conclusions naturally——

Although this is not auspicious, it is better than auspiciousness!

Within a few days, Yuan Hua, the county magistrate of Wuyuan County, sent up a tearful apology.Yuan Hua stated in the memorial: After finding that the people in the two places were safe, and there was another passage out of thin air, he was ecstatic and hot-headed, so he called the matter "auspicious" without authorization, so that he laughed generously, and now he has woken up. He wrote a letter to plead guilty, and asked himself to work with Taoyuan Village to mobilize local people to build a road connecting the two places.

When Jia Fang read the memorial in Rongguo Mansion, he knew that his staff had arrived in Wuyuan County.

The truth is the same. Yuan Hua, the county lord of Wuyuan County, was looking at the requisition order with the bright red seal of "Pingnan Jiedu Envoy", and stammered: "My lord... my lord wants to requisition the county... Ya?"

Although they were just aides, Zheng Boyi and Nan Yongqian were more imposing than ordinary local officials.

Nan Yongqian stood in the hall with his chest and belly protruding, the saber on his waist and the scar on his face complemented each other, so Master Yuan and Master Li didn't dare to look at him again.

But Zheng Boyi was as steady as a bottle full of water, calm and calm, and said indifferently: "If your lord has other places suitable for Mr. Jia to handle official business, it doesn't have to be the county office."

This is a typical way to give a slap in the face first, and then give a sweet date to taste.Yuan Hua was overwhelmed with gratitude, and invited Jia Fang's two aides to take their seats: "You two, please sit down for a while, and wait for me to think carefully... It is definitely an honor for you to build a mansion in Wuyuan, and I will definitely give it to Mr. Jia." Find a suitable place."

Zheng Boyi still didn't respond, and nodded indifferently.

Frightened, Yuan Hua went down to discuss with his master: "Am I really going to hand over the county government? Why does the Jiedu envoy want to requisition the county government of an ordinary small county?"

Master Li was even more frightened than Yuan Hua: "You, you mean Master Jia Jia Jia is going to stay in this county?"

Yuan Hua nodded: "Master Jia's fief is in Taoyuan Village next door. That's why you want to set up the residence in this county, right?"

Master Li's face turned pale immediately, thinking that if Lord Jiedushi is really the young man whom he treated as a steward last time, and he is always stationed in Wuyuan County, then he might as well bang his head against the wall.

At this time Gui Xia from the secretary came over, and when he heard the two people's discussion, he curled his lips immediately and said: "Then it's better to let Mr. Jia requisition the Confucian Temple. The place is big and spacious, and it can be used as an official office after a little modification."

County Magistrate Yuan and Master Li immediately realized: This is indeed a good idea.

In Wuyuan County, there is a Confucian Temple dedicated to Wenqu Xingjun. It is said that it was used as a place for the county's children's examinations in the previous dynasty.

But the theme building of this building is still there, and it can be changed into a Jiedushi mansion with a little renovation.This not only prevents the county government from being requisitioned, but also can be used to flatter Mr. Jia from time to time, saying something like that the other party is the descendant of Wenqu Xingjun.

County magistrate Yuan immediately nodded in approval: "Xiaogui, since you took office as the secretary of this county, it's rare for you to have such a flash of inspiration!"

He speaks with some accent, "Xiao Gui" speaks the same as "Little Ghost".

Gui Xiaxue didn't take it seriously at all, and said with a smile: "The county lord has praised you." Then he went to work on his own.He came to the county government office of Wuyuan County and did many things, but only such a proposal was praised by the county magistrate, and he felt a little ironic in his heart.

However, Gui Xiaxue was also a little curious. Ever since he heard that the new envoy of Pingnan Jiedu was also called Jia Fang, he had been thinking secretly, is this Jia Fang the same Jia Fang?

Jia Fang naturally went to Taoyuan Village first.

He made an appointment with his aides, at that time, the aides would go to Taoyuanzhai to meet him, and then they all went to Wuyuan County together, preparing to settle in the new government office.

Before that, Jia Fang can also check the situation inside Taoyuan Village.

The work of each working group has been steadily progressing according to the plan. The aftermath of the landslide that day has been completed in sevens and eighties. The families with housing problems have also repaired the hidden dangers, and gradually moved out of the simple mobile homes and returned to their original homes.

In the lower reaches of the Qingfang River, a "Qingfang Lake" miraculously appeared, with a wide surface. More than ten days after the landslide, the lake water has not flowed to other places, and it seems to have stabilized.

But Qingfang Lake has an advantage. No matter how the water from the upper reaches of Qingfang River flows, the water level of Qingfang Lake will never rise and stay there, as if there is an underground lagoon at the other end of the lake to help Qingfang Lake stabilize the water. If the amount of incoming water is too large, it will automatically pour out from the ground.

Qingfang Bridge withstood the test of the earthquake, and there were no gaps on the cement concrete piers.

The villagers in Taoyuanzhai are still not sure whether the current level of the bridge can meet the needs of the flood season, but even if the bridge needs to be raised, it will not be too difficult with the help of reinforced concrete.

Road construction is also underway.

This road is very important. Originally, the two towns in the lower reaches of the Qingfang River took the Qingfang Bridge, and some people also went to Wuyuan County.

But now that the landslide has collapsed, all the old roads have been blocked. The people who originally took the Taoyuan Village can only turn around and return home, or wait and see in Taoyuan Village:

"When will this road be open?"

"No matter how short the road is, it still has more than 20 miles, right? We have to make a way out of these gravels... I think ten days and a half months are definitely not enough. We will come back in half a year."

"I don't think it will take that long. You see, how fast are those guys clearing the gravel?"

The road construction site is indeed a bustling scene.Seven or eight villagers each used shovels and shovels to shovel out the white broken stones after the "Taihang and Wangwu" was dumped, and loaded them on wheelbarrows one by one.

These wheelbarrows are then handled by a separate transport team.Seeing that a wheelbarrow was full, they pushed it onto a small cart and transported it to a large flatbed truck parked on wooden rails. When the cart was full, it was sent along the wooden rails to the pile of rocks by the river. field.There, the cement kiln is working day and night, continuously burning out cement.

Villagers from other places had never seen the wooden track, so they stepped on it and touched it. Immediately, a team member wearing the armband of the inspection team came over to disperse them: "It is everyone's responsibility to protect the track!"

"Fellow townspeople, I'm not telling you that it's dangerous to stay near this wooden track. Look at that transport truck, each load of stones is at least a thousand catties. It's not fun if you bump into it. Please stay away." Stay away. We don't want to have an accident!" The inspection team warned loudly.

The rest of the villagers were a little dazed: "One thousand catties?"

"A thousand catties can be pulled by a donkey?"

Inspection team member: "Do you want to try it too?"

The other party didn't want to be a donkey, so he just let it go and changed the subject and asked, "When will this road be able to pass?"

The inspector said proudly: "For the convenience of everyone, a small road for people to walk will be opened first, and it will be completed in [-] days according to the plan. After that, the main road for cars will be repaired. It will be slower, and it is estimated to take three days." About a month."

"You still have plans!" A villager asked curiously.

"Of course, the working group will come to count the completion of the plan every day. If the progress is behind, we have to rearrange the staff and adjust the work procedures to see what went wrong and slow down the progress..."

The villagers immediately asked again: "Is this counted as hard labor? Will you be exempted from hard labor this year after the road is built?"

The inspectors puffed up their chests and said, "Why is this hard labor? Everyone who goes to work is paid, and the day is paid. After finishing the work, you can go to the food street to order sour pot in the evening, and have a good meal."

After asking about the amount of wages, the fellow villagers were silent, and no one wanted to ask any more.

Only the inspection team member was still talking about it: "Our Taoyuan village has no hard labor. As long as you work, you will be paid for all the projects. The Public Affairs Department will announce how much money you get, and no one will pay for it." I'm greedy for you. How about it, fellow, are you done with the work in the field? If you're not busy, you can come to our Taoyuan Village to help with the construction."

"With wages every day, you can go to the simple mobile home to rest for the night, and you can go to the Sancun cafeteria for meals. The amount is large, and the road is repaired quickly, right? You don't have to wait here to go to Wuyuan County."

As the saying goes, money touches people's hearts, and some people really did the calculations in their hearts according to what the inspector said, and they thought it was a very cost-effective business, so someone went to the "Public Affairs Department" to sign up that day.

Taoyuan Village and Wuyuan County have made an appointment together. According to the pre-planned route, they will dig from both ends to the middle. First, dig out a path suitable for pedestrians as soon as possible, and then consider other things.

Originally, it was assumed that Taoyuan Village and Wuyuan County had about the same number of people, and the two sides should "meet" about halfway along the journey. Who knew that Taoyuan Village dug and dug, but they never met each other's people. The surveyors check whether there is any problem with the lines on both sides.

Unexpectedly, when the light and fast surveyor came back, he sighed and said, "Everyone, don't count on Wuyuan County, it's just started."

It turned out that at the other end of Wuyuan County, civilian husbands were also recruited to clean up the rubble after the landslide and repair the road.However, Wu Yuan enlisted civilian husbands to serve in labor. Although this season was not as busy as the summer harvest, every family complained, saying that they did not serve at this time in previous years.

In addition, Wuyuan County sent a few team leaders to watch the peasants work, and would yell and beat them if they were not satisfied.Some civilian husbands sneaked home quietly, and the team leaders were very efficient, and they were arrested in a blink of an eye.

Now the civilian husband is passive and sabotages work. He only works slowly every day, and sits down to enjoy the rice balls brought by his family before noon.

Gui Xia learned to look around at the road construction site, and gave a three-character evaluation: "Not very good!"

The county official Yuan Hua was very dissatisfied with this evaluation, and retorted to his subordinates: "I think it's very good!"

Gui Xiaxue said: "The students have spent a long time traversing the stone road, and went to Taoyuan Village to see it. The things there are very organized and the progress is very fast. There are many things worth learning..."

He was about to elaborate, but was interrupted by the county official: "Oh, this is forced labor... Labor labor is not always done slowly, until the boss urges you to see which company is so eager to rush to work when doing labor labor ?”

Gui Xiaxue was not in a hurry after being scolded by his immediate boss. He said slowly, "My lord, don't forget that on this road, we started on both sides at the same time and repaired in the middle together. If it is the place where the two ends meet It's not in the middle, but others have cultivated [-]%, we only cultivated [-]%, I don't know what the Lord Jiedushi will think of our county and you."

As soon as Gui Xiaxue finished speaking, Yuan Hua panicked, and hurriedly called the team leader, telling them to find a way anyway, so that the peasants can speed up their progress, and they must not fall behind Taoyuan Village, at least not too much, so that His face as a county official is too ugly.

But at this time, who can give instructions to the peasants.Facing the extremely anxious squad leaders and yamen servants, the civilian husbands said slowly: "If you think it's too slow, if you think it's too slow, you can do it yourself!"

With such a waste of time, the folks in Wuyuan County repaired [-]% of the road without haste, and then heard the voices of people on the other side.

"Come on!"

"I've heard the sound, the road will be cleared soon! Once the road is cleared, it will not only be convenient for you, me, and him, but Mr. Jia also promised that there will be dining coupons for the cafeteria, and I will give you chicken legs tonight!"

"Brothers, shout the trumpet, raise the shovel, and push the cart!"

"it is good--"

It didn't take long for the road to be repaired. People from Taoyuan Village knocked a huge stone, and someone immediately transported the gravel away with a wheelbarrow. In a blink of an eye, they met the peasants of Wuyuan County.

The people in Taoyuan Village cheered in unison immediately, and some people rushed up to embrace and celebrate with the folk husbands of Wuyuan County.

People in Wuyuan County expressed that they were frightened. After a while, someone asked cautiously:

"Are you...are you also civilian husbands in corvée?"