The First Young Master of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 2225 A Heavy Rain

Anyway, there is nothing important now. Because of some messy things in Chang'an City these days, my husband is already bad enough. As his wife, Jin Yang can obviously feel that since my husband came back from the academy, , The mood has been very low, and I don't talk much on weekdays, and I always feel like I have something very heavy in my heart.

The matter is related to the royal family of Li and Tang, and Jinyang is also from the royal family. It belongs to the Li family. One is her natal family and the other is her husband’s family. The words of consolation can only be hidden in my heart and cannot be spoken out. What I can do every day is to arrange everything in life for my husband.

When Xuan Shijing came out of the room, the outside was not as usual. The early morning sun made people upset. In the sky, thick clouds blocked the light of the sun, as if the next second , the clouds will fall down, like pressing on people's heads.

Standing in the yard, there is a breeze blowing, but it still makes people feel heavy and stuffy. When the wind is not blowing, it makes people feel hot and unbearable, and a little out of breath.

The first rain this summer was so fierce that it seemed to be a big deal, but I don't know how long it will last.

But for the farmers on the Zhuangzi, this is a good thing. There was a bit of drought this spring, and there was no heavy rain. There is no canal on the farm, so we can only go to the river to fetch water for irrigation. Naturally, the growth of the farm is not as good as here.

This heavy rain can alleviate the drought around Chang'an.

Xuan Shijing was standing in the yard thinking about this, when pea-sized raindrops fell from the sky, hitting people's heads, faces, and bodies, feeling cool.

Xuan Shijing returned to the eaves, just stood there, watching the rain, not long after, it was pouring rain outside, the ground was aroused by fog, the whole yard was foggy, and the ground was covered with fog. There was continuous splashing of water, and within a quarter of an hour, a thick layer of water had accumulated in the yard, and the water flow in the gutters around the yard was very turbulent.

The water in the entire yard will be drained through the small ditch. If the momentum in front of him continues like this, the small ditch will have to bear the burden that its life cannot bear.

Xuan Shijing looked up at the sky, the dark clouds showed no signs of dissipating, the sky in the entire Zhuangzi was pitch black, and the clouds showed no signs of thinning. From this point of view, this heavy rain did not last for a while. It will stop in a moment.

Xuan Shijing entered the house, took a beard stool, and sat on the porch outside the house, watching the heavy rain in the yard.

After the rain started, there was no wind, so the rain outside was not carried by the wind to the porch.

Not long after, a servant from the house walked in from outside the yard holding a big umbrella and carrying a food box.

"Oh, master, why are you still sitting here? It's raining so heavily outside, and the humidity is heavy." The servant said: "Madam ordered the little one to come and bring food to the master."

The servant walked to the corridor, put the food box on the ground, and then put away the big umbrella he was holding.

"Send it to the house." Xuan Shijing said.

"Yes." The servant answered, and walked into the room carrying the food box, then took out all the things in the food box, and placed them on the table.

"My lord, the food has been arranged, you can come in and have some food."

"Okay." Xuan Shijing replied.

He should go to eat something first, he is also hungry now, and, after eating, ask the servants to take away the food directly, so as to avoid the heavy rain outside, he has to come and run again, strange troublesome.

"You wait here now, after I finish eating in a while, you take it away directly." Xuan Shijing said: "It's raining so much outside, don't make another trip."

"Young Master Xie for your compassion." The servant grinned.

Xuan Shijing sat down and chatted with the servant while eating.

"Where is madam now?" Xuan Shijing asked.

"Oh, in the front hall, I was chatting with the housekeeper. It's raining so hard, Madam is a little worried about the farmer on the farm."

"The farmer on Zhuangzi? What's the matter? Is there any problem?" Xuan Shijing asked.

Let’s say it’s more than ten or 20 years back, such a heavy rain is really not a good thing for the people in Zhuangzi, because at that time, the people in Zhuangzi lived in thatched houses, and it rained so heavily. In the rain, the house is easy to collapse and kill people, so whenever it rains in summer, the master's side has endless worries.

"There is nothing wrong with the farmers in our village. Now our village is full of solid brick houses. I'm afraid there will be problems after drinking so much water," said the servant.

"Water canal? What's wrong with the canal? Wasn't the canal built to make it easier for the people in the village to irrigate the farmers? And there is a big lake in our village to store water." Xuan Shijing said.

"Master, the canal on our village was originally built with money from our family. It has nothing to do with the imperial court. After so many years, the canal has been in use and has not been repaired. Moreover, a lot of sand has accumulated under the canal. It hasn’t been cleared much.”

"Why not unblock it?" Xuan Shijing asked.

"This"

"Just say it." Xuan Shijing had almost finished eating, put down his chopsticks and looked at him and asked.

"The little one has the guts to say it directly." The boy said: "Actually, to put it bluntly, it's still a matter of money. Although the canal is good for the people in the village, we built it ourselves after all, and it has nothing to do with the imperial court. It doesn't matter, so the imperial court will not care about it, and the Dongshan County government will not allocate money and grain to mobilize corvees for repairs, so they have been using it all the time, and have not repaired it. Since last year, when it rains heavily, the aqueduct on Zhuangzi feels a little I can't do what I want."

Xuan Shijing frowned and nodded.

"So that's the case, how did our family discuss the matter of the canal at this time last year?" Xuan Shijing asked.

At this time last year, Xuan Shijing was not in Chang'an City. At that time, he was still investigating the case of the bank. Regarding these cumbersome matters in the bank, it was basically handled by the family members, and it was Jinyang who took the money. My idea, Xuan Shijing really doesn't know anything about these things.

(End of this chapter)