Tongzhuang Shili Rice Flower Fragrance

Not long after Mingrou and Ye Qiuniang went back, the Fushuiyao siblings were still on the bank to check with the tenants, asking questions one by one.

As a son of an official family, Fu Shuiliu has always been pampered and treated well. Although the county magistrate Fu wanted to cultivate him in a good way, he had no choice but to be spoiled by his wife, so he developed some bad habits of a son from a rich family. Tired.

"It's only been an hour and you've already rested three times. When will you be able to finish it like this!"

"Sister, please do me a favor, look at my feet are wrinkled." Fu Shui Liu took off his shoes pitifully.

"Who told you to step on places with water." Fu Shuiyao said angrily.

After finishing speaking, he carried the notebook and went to work by himself, leaving Fu Shui Liu leaning on the edge of the stone to rest.

It’s just that I was walking over and working for a while, an old woman in ragged clothes came out of nowhere and hugged her leg and cried loudly, “Miss Guan, please do me a favor, the old woman’s house is now There is no more rice in the pot, so give me some."

Fu Shuiyao has been with her father for so many years, she has never seen any kind of person, and the most troublesome ones are some unreasonable shrews, and now the yamen is not manned enough, she only brought Fu Shuiliu with her when she came out, the woman knelt in the muddy Hugging her thighs on the ground and crying loudly, she couldn't move.

I learned one after another from the woman's mouth that her home was destroyed by the flood, and the food on the riverside was also swept away by the flood. Now the whole family has nowhere to go to sleep in the cave. I don't know where I learned that the woman in front of me is The daughter of the county magistrate, she just won't let her go.

The situation of the other party is not good, and there are a small group of people around. Fu Shuiyao glanced at a group of people not far away, and those people were secretly looking towards this side from time to time. It will be magnified, don't be rude, and you have to be careful with what you say, so as not to arouse public anger, but no matter what you say, you still can't persuade the woman away, which makes her a headache for a while.

At this moment, a young girl squeezed out from behind the crowd and called out "Sister Fu".

Fu Shui Yao was overjoyed immediately.

Because of the encounter with refugees on the way, when Xu Qionghua came out this time, Xu Zhengde assigned four or five guards to her. Now when these people arrived, the dozen or so people around them were instantly squeezed away.

Looking at these burly people, I thought that the people who were watching the scene would rush away, but when Fu Shuiyao turned her head, the group of people who were standing not far away disappeared, only the The woman still knelt on the ground and begged bitterly.

"Auntie, if you keep holding Miss's leg like this, she won't be able to write down your situation and tell the county magistrate. You must know that Miss has no official position and can't make a decision. If you can't eat at home , I went to the Confucian Temple and the vicinity of Taiwan, where the Ming family and the Xu family are distributing porridge, the temple is also taking in the victims, and the rescue point of the Yamen is open day and night, so you will not be homeless."

The old lady was only instigated to come here, and now seeing several people across the way, she knew she couldn't get anything good, so she let go of Fu Shuiyao's legs and walked away unwillingly.

Fu Shuiyao let out a long breath and said: "I told her for a long time that she wouldn't listen, and she let you go as soon as you came. Sure enough, if you don't bring some people to follow, there is no deterrent effect."

Xu Qionghua said: "I didn't expect that sister Fu would have today."

Fu Shuiyao looked at her clay figurine-like clothes, helplessly brushed the broken hair on her forehead and said: "The tiger fell to Pingyang and was bullied by dogs."

Xu Qionghua looked at the newly added smear of mud on her forehead, and chuckled: "At such an age, I still make myself look like a little cat."

"It's not big or small." Fu Shuiyao stretched out his hand to give her a hand.

Seeing her dirty palms, Xu Qionghua's face turned pale with fright, she turned around and wanted to run away, but Fu Shuiyao wrapped her arms around her waist, and her whole body was immediately dirty.

Seeing the beautiful clothes made like this when he just went out, Xu Qionghua was so angry that he wanted to bite her, but when he opened his mouth, he was startled by a white arm lying in front of his eyes.

"Bite it." Fu Shuiyao raised her sleeves and stretched out her arms.

"Who cares to bite you?" Xu Qionghua didn't have time to react, his lips brushed against the other's firm and white arm, and a numb feeling flowed through his lips, his heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and he took several steps back in a panic.

"What are you doing?" Xu Qionghua said in embarrassment.

Fu Shuiyao originally wanted to make a joke with her, but she didn't expect the other party's reaction to be so strong. She wanted to take advantage of the victory and chase her a few words like before, but she saw an uncomfortable pink on the other party's face, and she couldn't help being stunned for a moment. The color of his eyes became darker at some point, and the teasing words rolled from his mouth and then swallowed back into his stomach.

He took a breath and pretended to be relaxed, "I'm too lazy to argue with a child like you, this place is so dirty, go back quickly."

Xu Qionghua snorted, "Dirty my clothes and drove me away. Let me tell you, it's easy to ask the Buddha and it's hard to send the Buddha away. If you tell me to go, I'll leave. That would be shameless. Besides, if I really leave, Maybe some people who don't have good eyesight will continue to come to you to show mercy, I'm a good person to the end, let me help you a little bit."

After finishing speaking, he ordered the few people around him to help record separately, leaving two not near and not far to accompany him.

Seeing her actions, Fu Shuiyao raised the corner of her mouth slightly.

...

County government.

The three princesses have not yet returned to the capital, and there are still some details in the case of Yu Mingyuan and Liu Chengye that need to be worked out. More importantly, there is no news from the capital.

In the past few days, she, the county magistrate and others have been busy with these cases, digging out all the things involved behind Liu Chengye these years, and the results of the Liu family's ransacking were quickly presented. A small county lieutenant, the house property adds up to 2 taels of silver.

The third princess's face was so dark that ink dripped out.

"My lord Fu, the current situation in the world is unstable. The imperial court needs to send troops everywhere to quell the chaos. Natural disasters and man-made disasters occur frequently. Everyone is waiting for money from the imperial court. Pingle's flood control dam must be built, and the dock must be rebuilt, but this part The money has been allocated once, and it will be difficult for the second time. I will report to the emperor the people's fat and people's cream that the Liu family has looted. They don't need to be handed over, and they will be directly used for the construction of the dam. He took nearly 1 taels of silver but failed to get things done, so he must spit out the money."

"Mingzhou sent a message that Yu Mingyuan has a total of 5 taels after he ransacked his home, but there are other places in Mingzhou that need to be filled. According to what he explained, he collected 2 taels at the beginning, so he can only get it back. 2 taels, so the total is 5 taels, how to fill the remaining holes is still unknown, what good way can Mr. Fu do?"

The magistrate of Fu County also had a gloomy expression on his face: "Now the yamen has no money left, and this time the disaster relief is almost out of pocket. If it weren't for Tongzhuang's support, I'm afraid I can't suppress the mob below."

When the third princess heard this, she also felt quite a headache.

At this moment, someone outside reported that someone from Tongzhuang had asked to see him. The magistrate of Fu County and the third princess looked at each other, and they both saw a hint of surprise in each other's eyes.

"Maybe it's just to press Du Xian's case?" Fu County Magistrate said cautiously.

"Not necessarily, since everyone is here, let's invite them in."

It was Ming and Ye Qiuniang who came, they were a little surprised to see the princess here, and hurriedly knelt down to salute.

The third princess asked them to stand up and watch the seats, and said: "Does this palace listen to what Qiuniang wants to say to the county magistrate Fu?"

Ye Qiuniang hurriedly said: "Is there anything in this world that I can't tell the princess, this time I came to ask the magistrate of Fu County whether he has a plan for the reconstruction of the dam and the wharf, if no one has taken over, the Ming family I would like to try it here.”

The magistrate of Fu County turned his head and forgot to take a look at the princess. Seeing that her face remained unchanged, he could only respond truthfully: "Not yet, and there is not enough money for reconstruction, so it has not been finalized for a long time."

"But I don't know how many can come out from the yamen?"

The magistrate of Fu County was about to say the roughly divided number just now, but he heard the princess cough lightly, and swallowed the words back.

Ye Qiuniang suddenly understood, and said frankly: "To tell you the truth, the princess and Mrs. Fu, although Qiuniang is a businessman, she also knows that if she wants to continue doing business in Pingle'an in the future, everyone must be safe so that the small family can be safe and prevent floods." The dam must continue to be built, but now that the flood has just passed, we can roughly understand the financial resources of the yamen."

After he finished speaking, he paused and said: "Previously, the imperial court specially allocated 10 taels of silver, but in the end it was only 2 taels used for the construction of the project. We have consulted several well-known craftsmen and material dealers, and the construction project is full of money. For 7 taels of silver, Tongzhuang can pay 2 taels, and I don’t know if the imperial court can pay the rest.”

The county magistrate of Fu subconsciously turned his head to look at the princess again, and sure enough, there was a vague smile on the princess's lips.

"Then what does Qiuniang want to get from the court? You know, building dams can't make money and you have to pay for it. It's not something a businessman would do."

"Qiuniang naturally has another plan. The part of the land on both sides of the Wanyang River that is now flooded will not be subject to land tax for five years, and there will be five years of management rights to the wharf. I wonder if Qiuniang is talking about it?"

Only then did the magistrate of Fu and the third princess show clear expressions on their faces.

"Sure enough, it's about business and business. Qiuniang's move is much smarter than others. Of course, during the exchange of interests and cleaning up, I also appreciate it-but why do you think we will agree with you? this condition."

Ye Qiuniang said: "I don't dare to speculate on what you and Mr. Fu mean, but I just think that if the dam is not done well, those fields can't be planted, and they can only be abandoned there. There are no commercial ships passing by on the pier, and the goods in the county are not circulated. I think It is also difficult to develop, why not let Qiuniang try."

The princess said: "You said you didn't dare to speculate, but I think you are very brave."

Ye Qiuniang smiled, but didn't talk too much.

The princess pondered for a while: "Let me think about this matter."

Only then did Ye Qiuniang nod her head, looked at Mingrou who was wandering in vain, and said to Fu County Magistrate: "My lord Fu, things have been troublesome recently, and the grandfather's case needs to trouble you a lot."

As soon as Ye Qiuniang came to the door, Fu County Magistrate could almost foresee that the construction of the embankment was almost half completed, and his attitude towards the two of them was even better, so he nodded quickly and said: "It's natural, it must be. .”

This attitude is completely different from the attitude Ye Qiuniang had when she first came to ask him to retry the case of the grandfather.

Of course Ye Qiuniang knew that the current situation was different from that at that time, and she would not think too much about it, so she left with Ming Rou.

When they were outside, Ming Rou said: "Master Fu obviously wants to agree, but he has to reply later, it's really not good at all."

Ye Qiuniang smiled: "It's okay, they will agree anyway."

"Jiujiu, is it worth it for us to continue this matter? You know, before that, the magistrates in Mingzhou and the county magistrates in the county, all the people in the yamen, big and small, lost their positions because of this. My son and his father almost stumbled, and we just relied on our own strength—" Speaking of this, Mingrou felt that it was really wrong for her to hit her ambition again at this juncture, so she quickly puffed her chest out and changed her brisk tone Said, "But since Jiujiu has let the word out, I shouldn't say such a thing, Jiujiu, you can do it boldly, it will definitely work."

Why didn't Ye Qiuniang know her worry, and when she turned around, she put her hand on her shoulder, with piercing eyes, and said, "Rou'er, do you know that from the time when I found out that the Ming family is looking for a happy little lady, to the time when I escaped?" From Du Xian's clutches, to the grandpa's eyes, to every step of the present, I have never been fully sure of everything, maybe it is luck, but it is definitely not hesitation. All I can rely on now is the protection left by my grandfather, this time I want to fight for it myself, even though my grandfather is not here, I still want him to know that I have the ability to protect you for the rest of my life."

After hearing her finished speaking, Ming Rou's eyes were already filled with tears, she stepped forward and hugged her waist, buried her little head in her arms, sniffed, and could only utter the word Jiu Jiu.