It is difficult for men and women of wealthy families to cross

When the four counties ushered in the first rain, the people in the city wanted to see if the things made at the beginning of the year were effective. They still remembered that the green board road was dug in a mess at that time, and now they want to see the drainage Tao has something magical.The first rain in the four counties this year was very heavy. People in the four counties were worried about the drainage and at the same time worried whether the four counties would still suffer from floods this year like last year.The disaster situation in the four counties is not bad, but it can't support the rapid increase of various living needs. People living in the city look good, but the real source of income is sometimes not as good as farming in the village.In the year of disaster, they can go up the mountain to get some food in the countryside, so they can only look for it in the wild, or even wait to starve to death.

It was raining heavily, but the merchants along the street found something that surprised them. Except for some water on the uneven ground in the streets and alleys, other rainwater flowed into the reserved stone slab cracks. The merchants even took a look into the stone slabs, worrying whether the water inside would overflow.Some people seemed to have discovered something novel, running around against the rain, and scrambling to tell the truth. When the rain was not too light, there were not many people gathered in the four counties, and many people went to see it. At the end of the drainage, although the rainwater in the city is gone, it flows into the river outside. If the river floods, they are still unlucky.

Wu Daicheng also considered this problem when he was building the cistern. He specially repaired the dam and even built a moat around the county town of the four counties. When the pool reaches a certain height, it will naturally flow to the moat outside, and then enter the river closest to the four counties through the moat.With a moat, unless there is heavy rain for several days, the moat may not be able to survive and need to be drained outward.The people are curious, and even the soldiers guarding the city will look down from time to time to see how deep the rainwater in the moat is. If it reaches the warning line, they will open the gate to release the water. Looking at it now, it may not be necessary Pull the gate.

The idea of ​​the moat was thought of by Wu Daicheng after the fourth prince left. This idea is due to the few fairy tales he has read. He vaguely remembers a castle, and the surrounding area is full of water. For city protection, people in the city can only lower the suspension bridge. For safety, the owner of the castle seems to have kept crocodiles in the moat.The specific storyline has long been forgotten, but what Wu Daicheng remembers most clearly is probably the crocodile with its mouth open in the moat.When the moat was built, Wu Daicheng also wanted to get some crocodiles, but there were no such things in this dynasty, but some fish were raised in the moat. These fish were released by people in the city. I don’t know if they have the mentality of releasing them, or what Yes, I just don’t know if the fish in the moat will flow into the outer river due to the opening of the gates due to the heavy rain.

The first heavy rainfall proved that the drainage function was very successful. After the weather cleared, Lin Jishan took him to visit various villages to see if there was any water accumulation there, and whether there was any problem expected. Lin Jishan went around and it was true. I found some problems, although they are some small problems.After returning home, Lin Jishan told Wu Daicheng in detail what he saw when he went out, and what he thought were problematic.Wu Daicheng never felt that the things he proposed were perfect. He felt that the things he made had many flaws. It’s just that in ancient times, the development of science and technology was still quite backward, and many things can be done easily in modern times. , in ancient times it took some time, even so, there are still many things that cannot be produced.After hearing Lin Jishan's question, Wu Daicheng took the question to the yamen set up by the Ministry of Industry in four counties. There were only two civil servants working in the yamen, and the rest were technicians. After Wu Daichan said the purpose of coming, the technicians quickly surrounded come over.The technicians who work in the Ministry of Industry say that they don't have too much thought, which is a lie, but in their eyes, technology is the first, followed by power and money.These people's attitudes towards Mr. Lin are very unusual, mainly because what Mr. Lin puts forward every time surprises them and makes them very motivated.

"Give us some time to study the question raised by Mr. Lin." The oldest adult among them said, "The water valve that Mr. Lin mentioned before, we will follow what you said. Get one out, and after trying it, the effect is really good, but there is some water seepage." While talking, he asked Wu Daicheng to go to the place they had designated to put the manufactured things.

Wu Daicheng went over to take a look. This water valve was much worse than the faucet, and it was somewhat similar to the handle water valves of later generations. It is mainly made of wood, and it would be bad if the family county is soaked.”

"We will continue to improve this." He didn't think that this thing would enter the house. Did Master Lin mean to bring water into the house?If this is the case, the common people will save a lot of things. Now the rural areas can say that every household in the county has to spend money to buy drinking water, and the price of a bucket of water can sometimes rise to dozens of yuan.The money is second to none. The key is that storing water is a troublesome thing. I am preparing several large tanks at home. If there is an urgent need, the water may not be enough. "Master Lin, I just want to ask one more question."

"Oh, just say what you have to say." Wu Daicheng picked up an object casually, which seemed familiar to him, but he couldn't remember what it was for a while.

"If the water is diverted to households, how much will the people have to pay for water use?" Needless to say, the initial investment for diverting water to households will be huge, but the subsequent costs will probably only be dealt with by the reservoir. They just know that they need to be filtered, but they don't know how to filter. They are still very concerned about the cost.

"It should be calculated on a per-month basis, not counting children." The specific pricing is naturally not up to him alone, and the financial department needs to do the calculations, "According to me, a dozen cash is enough .”

"This, this, this..." It's too cheap!Everyone present exclaimed, can such a collection of money recover the money invested in the early stage?

Wu Daicheng glanced at several people, "What's wrong?"

Very wrong!The person who had been talking to Wu Daicheng before twitched his lips. He hoped to set the price lower, but he didn't want to set it so low! "Will this be too little?"

"Is it less? Quite a lot." Wu Daicheng didn't think it was too much. After tap water was connected to every village in his previous life, every household except children paid [-] yuan a month for adults, and the water was used casually. "Do you think you can't get back the money you invested in the early stage? Or do you think the cost of water treatment will be a lot later?" Wu Daicheng pulled out a chair and sat down. "You are technicians, and my understanding of finance is not very accurate, but generally speaking I will settle some accounts, and I will tell you to listen." Seeing several people nodding, Wu Daicheng said again, "Our initial investment is basically paid by the state, so I don't need to say more about where the state's money comes from. Everyone knows that it is taxation, which can be regarded as taking from the people and giving to the people. After that, the water used in the whole city comes from one place. You can see that each person and each household does not receive much. But why don’t you think about it, how many people are there in the city, how much water treatment can be used, I’ll say more than ten yuan, and the cost of labor has to be counted.” Wu Daicheng paused, then said, “I don’t read much, It may be a bit inappropriate to say it. Everyone knows that I just became a father. People who have children probably have a very subtle mentality, that is, to do everything they can to give the best things to their children. "

Everyone was at a loss when they heard what Wu Daicheng said. Why did Mr. Lin change the topic to the child?

Wu Daicheng didn't care about everyone's reactions, and continued on his own, "I don't know how you felt when you first became an official. My husband often said that he was a parent official."

Everyone realized that Mr. Lin used his status as a new father to show them an attitude, and raised his value to County Magistrate Lin!How did everyone know that Wu Daicheng didn't mean that? In fact, Wu Daicheng wanted to say serve the people, but suddenly realized that this society is a feudal society, and it would be considered a joke if he said something about serving the people. Those who are interested will hear about it, and maybe they will be charged with some other crime.

After everyone scrambled to send them off, Wu Daicheng left the yamen of the Ministry of Industry, holding the newspapers from inside in his hand. It wasn't that he couldn't buy newspapers, but the Beijing News sent special personnel to deliver newspapers to the four counties every day, not just to the four counties. Counties and counties around the capital can also see the shadow of the Beijing News.Today's Beijing News is already inseparable from every household. The Beijing News took advantage of the opportunity to launch a lot of activities. These activities were used by Wu Daicheng based on the memories of his previous life, such as sending newspaper boxes every six months and delivering newspapers every year. How much is it for free? If the big family calculates it, it will be booked for a whole year. For the small family, it will be booked for half a year, just for someone to deliver newspapers, so you don’t have to buy it yourself. There are also several families who book it in partnership , looking at each other, in short, the wind has been blowing for a long time.

In the imperial palace of the capital, the emperor took the paperwork sent by the civil servants of the four counties in the Ministry of Industry to read. Looking at the argument of "parents and officials" on the booklet, I couldn't help but sigh. If the officials in this dynasty can hold such thoughts, the country will still worry about whether it is rich, unstable or not strong.Put the booklet in front of the case, if in the future it is really possible to bring water into the house, who dares to set the water price too high, he will use this booklet to slap them in the face, really think he is an ignorant in the palace?

Lin Jishan, the county magistrate of the four counties, was named and praised by the emperor. Although Lin Jishan was not in the court, he knew it clearly. It's not that he was taken down, but transferred to the capital, and there were people all the way to pick up Mr. Wen in person, but the content of the imperial decree kept Lin Wenliang silent for several days.In addition to the promotion of Lin Wenliang, the imperial decree also asked him to establish his own family. To put it bluntly, he left the Lin family and had nothing to do with the Lin family in the future. The family members who came to Beijing had nothing but his wife.Lin Wenliang has been an official for many years, so how can he not know what the emperor means? After he leaves, the Lin family will be investigated.

Lin Wenliang disdained his mother for what she did back then, and was also angry at what her mother had messed up at home in the past two years. What's more, her mother felt that only the Lin family was in her heart, but it was his own mother. She knew what was going on, but she couldn't say it out. , How can I feel better.Lin Wenshi stood outside the study. It was not long before his father resigned, and he was invited back by the emperor's cronies, saying that he asked his father to teach the prince, but Lin Wenshi knew that the royal family just wanted to use people to control their son and daughter-in-law. .Lin Wenshi was worried. On the day the imperial decree arrived, he was by Lin Wenliang's side. He could hear the content clearly. Since he won't hide it from his father, his father said at the beginning that Mrs. Lin was doing it, and sooner or later one day.Lin Wenshi understands what this day is, but she doesn't want this day to come too soon.After explaining the content of the imperial decree to his father, he realized that someone from his father's place also came to deliver the decree. After listening to him, his father only said, "This is up to the son-in-law."As far as Lin Wenshi is concerned, to say something disrespectful, he doesn't care about the life and death of Mrs. Lin. How much does a person who can force his own sister to death care about the flesh that falls from his body?If he cared, would there be so many monsters?But no matter how many faults Mrs. Lin has, she is also his mother to her husband.Lin Wenshi was worried about what her husband would do, and he was afraid that her husband would follow suit.He is not worried about his son and daughter-in-law, as long as the two do not reconcile, his son's life will definitely not be in danger. If there is a day, will the emperor force them to reconcile by imperial decree?The door of the study room was closed tightly, and Lin Wenshi's heart was also raised. He wrote a letter to his son a few days ago. In the letter, he even wrote the worst plan. If Lin Wenliang took care of the old lady, he would have thought Drag Lin Wenliang to hell.

After Lin Jishan received the letter from his father, his mouth was full of bubbles, and his whole body was also gloomy. Wu Daicheng had also read the contents of the letter. Perhaps Wu Daicheng had always looked at the Lin family from the perspective of a bystander, and the imperial decree of the emperor might be right. In addition, it is obvious that he does not want Zhifu Lin to be involved in the affairs of Cha Lin's family.However, Wu Daicheng felt that the Lin family took the matter too seriously, "If the father can persuade the old lady to donate the Lin family's property, and the old lady does not do other things, this life can definitely be saved." After dealing with the Lin family, the family property It will definitely not be given to the prefect Lin, since it belongs to the royal family if it is confiscated.Regardless of whether it is the north or the south, the wealth held by the Lin family on both sides is not comparable to that of the royal family, but they can also be called rich.