Startled Meng

"My lord, did you stay up all night just to draw up this engineering drawing?" Luo Sheng looked at the blueprint on the desktop in surprise.

Yan Cijing pointed to the map:

"There are culverts on all sides of Jiangling City, especially in the lower-lying east of the city. When there is too much rain, they can be drained through the culverts. However, once the flood floods in from outside the city, the culverts are not sealed in time. It is easy for the flood to flow backwards. The water surface inside and outside the city is the same. To resolve the difficulties, how about changing the culvert into a moon dam that can be blocked and dredged on the existing basis, so that it can not only release floods, but also block floods, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?"

"Furthermore, due to floods encroaching on the city, the rivers in the city have accumulated silt. If it is not cleaned up in time, the ability to store water will be greatly weakened."

Luo Sheng looked at the engineering drawing and turned pale with shock: "Yan, Lord Yan..."

Yan Cijing was puzzled: "Master Luo thinks it's not feasible? I saw the culvert when I entered the city yesterday—"

"No, no, Lord Yan, please wait!" Luo Sheng ran out in a hurry, holding a roll of paper and couldn't see the way clearly, and almost fell in front of Yan Cijing, "My lord, look at this!"

Yan Cijing slowly opened the scroll when he heard the words, and when he took a closer look, he couldn't hide his surprise.

Luo Sheng sighed: "Master Yan, don't blame me for being surprised. Your thoughts coincide with those of a master who worked here many years ago."

Yan Cijing looked at it seriously: "The concept described in the picture is more rigorous and complete. Not only is there a vision for the construction of the moon dam, but also the measures for dredging the city are clearly listed."

"Yes, it's a pity that it couldn't be implemented, so the lord was transferred back to Beijing."

Yan Cijing followed the blueprints: "What about the later officials? The blueprints are complete, and Jiangling's taxes are sufficient. Why haven't they been repaired after so many years?"

Luo Sheng said sadly: "I have also persuaded several adults to start construction, but they all said that the waterlogging can still be controlled. Once the construction starts, it will be too troublesome to recruit government soldiers, workers, and allocate silver, so it has been delayed..."

Yan Cijing pointed at the blueprint in surprise again: "So the two gates of Jiangling City were built under the auspices of that lord?"

Luo Sheng nodded.

Yan Cijing said: "When I entered the city, I discovered that no matter how violent the flood is, it will be intercepted by the first city, and its power will be greatly reduced."

Luo Sheng sighed: "Yes, that lord is a really good official, unfortunately..." He added, "If lord Yan is willing, I can help you find skilled craftsmen in the city to discuss this matter together."

Yan Cijing carefully rolled up the blueprint: "Right now, the flood control is the most important thing to appease the people."

Luo Sheng nodded: "What Lord Yan said is true. Fortunately, the rain has stopped, and the city is still calm for a while. I only hope that the Minister of Disaster Relief will come soon."

Yan Cijing got up and ordered: "I will take someone to the south of the city to see the disaster situation. You stay in the mansion to take charge and wait for me to come back."

linguist

Xiaoqing came in with hot water early in the morning, and saw Yu Fangzhi lying on his back on the bed, with a white jade in his hand.

The white jade is so clear and translucent, it is a rare fine product, and Xiaoqing knew it was a precious treasure at the first glance, and said: "Young master, because you tampered with the warehouse, the master lost his temper in the front hall yesterday!"

Yu Fangzhi didn't care much: "He sends his, I take mine, the two have nothing to do with each other."

"Look at what you said?" Xiao Qing spoke casually, and also knew that the words were too loud and rainy, and they had been scolding every day for these years, but I didn't see him really know what to do with the words.

Yu Fangzhi pointed the white jade at the window: "It doesn't contain any impurities, so it's good, but there's something missing, Xiaoqing, can you help me look?"

Xiaoqing is not very interested: "I won't help you read, I have to wait for you to wash up."

Yu Fangzhi scolded "no fun", held the white jade tightly in his palm, and said: "I will go to the government office later, and I will reward you with Yufeng who stays at home and feeds the fish, so you don't have to follow."

Xiaoqing blushed, nodded, and yelled again: "Master, the master just ordered you to go to the pharmacy to check the inventory and see how much is missing."

"understood."

Yu Fangzhi finished his breakfast in his room, walked to the stables, passed the garden, pointed to a piece of bare land next to the rockery and asked, "Why? Isn't it for planting crabapple?"

Xiaoqing explained: "If you can't grow it, you can't grow it."

Yu Fang knew his displeasure: "The early spring in Yecheng is so cold, the flowers are blooming, and Jiangling is full of water vapor and warm, the water and soil are much better than Yecheng, why can't they grow?"

Xiaoqing was not too clear about it, so he said nonsense, "It's because the water and soil are so good, the crabapple is not used to it, and it's not sure if the water and soil are not used to it."

Yu Fangzhi: "The crabapple seeds I brought back from Yecheng can't be planted, so use new seeds."

Xiaoqing muttered: "Why do you have to have Haitang?"

Yu Fangzhi smiled: "I want a crabapple, and it has to be a red crabapple."

Yu Fangzhi felt that the crabapple was like a tumor in his heart. He heard that the crabapple could not grow, and he couldn't enjoy himself anywhere. He didn't know what was wrong. Premonitions are thrown away.

The manager of the pharmacy, seeing the young master rushing over, thought he already knew what was going on in the pharmacy, so he pulled him and said:

"Shaodong's family also knows, right? The old medical clinic at the end of the street admitted a patient. After looking at it for a long time, they said that there was nothing wrong with it. Send it to us to show Miss Tang. Miss Tang is worrying inside!"

Yu Fangzhi gave the reins to the servant, and followed the shopkeeper to the back of the house.

"Ms. Tang's teacher came out of Medicine Valley, even she is worried, what kind of intractable disease is it?"

Just as he was speaking, the door of the ear room at the back of the house was wide open, and the medicine boy was coming out of the room with black water in his hand. Yu Fangzhi avoided it sideways, and entered the ear room. A stench made him tightly cover his nose.

I saw Tang Shuang covering her breath with a veil and administering needles to the patient.

As soon as Yu Fangzhi walked in, she shouted back: "Don't come in!"

It was already summer, and the patient was still huddled in the quilt. He was trembling slightly, but there was no blood on his body, and no blood was seen, but his face was flushed. It didn't look serious.

This human language can only be recognized, it is the refugee who was begging for porridge in the dwelling place yesterday.

The shopkeeper asked: "Miss Tang? The symptoms seem to be ordinary fever and chills..."

Tang Shuang's face was full of exhaustion: "Yes, he was cold, and at the same time he was hot all over. You saw it when he was delivered, and he kept crying for pain. I asked where the pain was. He would talk about his head for a while, and his joints for a while, as if he was in pain all over his body. Come and see,"

Tang Shuang opened the patient's mouth, and the shopkeeper leaned over to take a look: "The fur is as white as powder, and the tongue is red and crimson. I can't see what it is right now..."

Yu Fangzhi asked, "What disease causes black water to vomit?" He thought of the water basin brought out by the medicine boy.

Tang Shuang never let go of her brows, she rolled up the patient's sleeves.

When the shopkeeper saw it, he took a deep breath and took three steps back on the spot.

Among the people present, even if Yu Fang was not proficient in pharmacology, he knew that the black spots that spread like spider webs on the patient's arms were not trivial.

The shopkeeper trembled: "But... it's an epidemic!?"

Tang Shuang nodded heavily.

At the same time, the clerk outside the door brought in two more patients, both of whom had the same symptoms. Yu Fangzhi remembered that these two people were also refugees who begged for porridge yesterday, and they were not residents of the city at first!

The shopkeeper Liushen Wuzhu: "Quick, send someone to report to the mansion!"

"Wait," Yu Fangzhi stopped the waiter and asked, "Where do these patients come from?"

The buddy was dripping with sweat: "Yes, it's Ax Village in the south of the city!"

Yu Fangzhi heard it, and felt as if he had been slapped on the head. Shocked, he dragged the shopkeeper out: "Go to the magistrate and report the situation!"

Seeing the words, Fangzhi got on his horse, and the shopkeeper shouted, "Young master! Where are you going?"

Yu Fangzhi turned his horse's head: "Master Zhifu has gone to the south of the city!"

The author says:

Good night!