Tang Dynasty good man

Chapter One, Two and Three

The rain was really weird, it was obviously a thunderstorm, wind and thunder with lightning, the heavy rain poured down, but it didn't stop, and it was still the same until the next day, endlessly.It's cool, but the little flower pond in the back yard is about to die. Several jasmine plants planted at the beginning of the year have been beaten to the ground, and they can't survive.

"Husband! Come back!" Ying saw me jumping into the rain desperately, and shouted to the servant girl, "Follow me with an umbrella! Are you going to die?"

Before the maid came out with an umbrella, I rushed back holding the dying Jasmine, "It's a pity, they are all blooming, quickly find a pot!"

Ying snatched the flowers and swung them to the roof of the corridor with her backhand, "I'm dead, what else can I save? I'm drenched and change clothes quickly, or I'll be in trouble if I catch a cold." She came up and grabbed my clothes and left.

"Maybe I can still live, why throw it away?" The rescued one was rescued after being drowned, and went to the house again, showing no respect for the fruits of other people's labor. "I still expect to collect some flower bones to make tea."

"What do you do if you don't throw it away? Who is going to dig the soil for you in such a heavy rain?" Ying stripped me naked three or five times, covered me with a big blanket, and climbed on the box to find clean clothes. Weak, if something goes wrong in the rain, how will the concubine and the second daughter live? Let the family think about it before going crazy next time!"

"What's the big deal? Can you die in the rain? Make a fuss." He nonchalantly wiped his body with a blanket, "Where's the second daughter? She was just here, where did she go?"

"Don't worry, I can't shower her! I'm with the fourth child." Ying threw out a pile of clothes, straightened me, and put them on me one by one, "The concubine asked them to go to the warehouse to share some food. Seeing that the rain will last for another day, it is inevitable that there will be disaster-stricken families in the village. As soon as the rain stops, the house will have to be repaired. Our family pays [-]% of the food for the craftsmen who repair the house. If the disaster is severe, it is not guaranteed to return If you have to borrow the rations for the year, you have to prepare first."

It rained so fast yesterday that my sister-in-law was blocked before she could go home, so she ran to my house to stay temporarily and slept with the second daughter in the original main room.Ying hasn't been alone with me for a long time, and the two of them got into a mess last night for half the night.Waking up early is as light as a swallow and full of energy.

That's right, I think most of the houses in Zhuangzi are adobe houses, so it's not surprising that they collapsed under such heavy rain.Shareholders can also be regarded as regular employees of the Wang family. Although there are no benefits, labor insurance, and medical subsidies in this era, they can't stand by and watch the suffering of the employees' families. It just doesn't make sense. "What about those who have real estate? Who cares if the house collapses?"

"It has nothing to do with our family, go to the government." Ying pulled down her belt vigorously.Tie it tightly, "Just stay under the eaves, and if you jump around in the rain, I will take care of the second daughter, ha ha."

"Hey, madam is joking again." I moved the armchair and put it in front of the door.He said with emotion: "It's the first time I saw such a big thunderstorm, and it lasted all night, so I have to appreciate it."

"It's not unusual for three nights. I still remember my childhood. It's been about seven years, and it rained for more than four days. The Weihe River flooded, and I don't know how many people were flooded." Ying held the door frame with her hand, Looking outside worriedly, "Although we don't get flooded here, it won't be easy if it rains for a long time. God bless, I just hope that the rain will pass quickly and everyone will live in peace and tranquility."

yes.With such a heavy rain, if it rains for a few more days, will the watermelon in Lanling Garden be soaked?Thinking of this, I can't help but feel worried, and I really want to go over and say hello.

God pretended not to hear Ying's prayer, and the rain was still heavy.The large area near Wangjiazhuangzi is already lower than Chang'an, and it is most likely to accumulate water.On the third day of work.There have been many landslides on Zhuangzi.There is no way to rescue them in the heavy rain, and the affected farmers can only be resettled in the large hall of the Wang Family Ancestral Hall.

"Continuing like this is not an option." Ying looked at the still raging rainstorm outside bitterly, with a worried expression on her face, "Three houses have already collapsed. After hearing the report from the servants, there are still a few houses that can't survive. The Feng River is flooded and troubled." The irrigation canal originally led from the Fenghe River will be swollen now, and if the rain doesn’t stop, the water will enter the village.”

"I'll go and have a look!" The safety of thousands of people, big and small, in Wang's village will all depend on me, the patriarch, if I don't care about it, I'll be ashamed to be a man. "You and the second daughter stay at home and don't run around, don't worry me!" Afraid that Ying would stop me, I had a serious face, and my tone of voice was much more severe.

"En!" Ying nodded, "Husband, just go, there is me and the second daughter at home to say hello, nothing can happen." Turning around, she told the second daughter to get a raincoat and put it on for me, "There are farmers who don't want to come out when their house collapses. Tell a few servants to follow, don't be soft when encountering this situation, pull it out forcefully, and hit if you don't obey!"

"Understood, Ma'am don't worry." Ying is a reasonable wife, she seems to care about small things, but she is absolutely sure about big things, she doesn't have the disgusting look of a child pretending to be a child, she is a great housekeeper.After getting dressed, he patted his sons and daughters on the head, rushed to the vestibule to urge the servants to assemble, and selected a dozen strong followers.

I didn't let Steward Qian go because I was afraid that I would be too old to get caught in the rain. Who knew that the old man was the first to wear a coir raincoat and a bamboo hat, with a short knife in his waist and a long stick standing beside me. His usual pampered demeanor was gone. He sternly said: "Take care of the guy for me, and obey the orders of the young master. If you are greedy for life and afraid of death, don't blame the old man for being merciless!" As he said, he patted the handle of the knife, as if he was a butcher.

The dirt road outside had been soaked in rainwater, and it took me a long time to step on it and I couldn't pull it out, and it was so strenuous to walk.The canal in the middle of Zhuangzi is already showing signs of overflowing, and the low-lying area is full of ocean. Many farmers have started to pile up sand and soil in front of their houses to block the backwater. The collapsed earth walls of the farmhouses can be seen everywhere. .

"Whose house is this?" I pointed to the collapsed house, only half of the main wall and a few logs stood upright, and the yard was full of rubble and mud. "Has anyone been rescued?"

"Liu Gou's house, everything has been resettled. The mother-in-law and the two children smashed their heads. It's not a big deal." The housekeeper pointed to a nearby area, "The house here was built early, and it has been there for decades. I can't take it anymore."

I went door-to-door, and it wasn't just Wang Shun's family. According to my standards, I'm afraid that the [-] families in a row are dangerous.The calves were covered with water outside, and men, women, and children in the yard were all carrying pots, pans, and pans to wash water outside.Usually this method may be useful, but now even the water channel outside the door is full, so how can I get there.

"Go, just this area, tell the door to door, and move them all out, while the water is still not high. Move as many valuable things as you can." Looking anxiously in my heart, if the water rises a little bit, there will be no help, Only landslides left.

"Little Marquis, we can't accommodate our family because there are too many people." The housekeeper wiped his face and sneezed, "At most ten people can enter the hall of the ancestral hall, and there are several families inside."

"Is the house okay? Many yards are empty. Let's make do." There are many empty yards around the palace, so it's no problem to accommodate a hundred or so people.

"No!" The housekeeper refused my request for the first time, and said firmly: "I blame the old man for being rude. I know that the young master is kind, but our family has never set such a precedent. Once this opening is made, there will be minor disasters and disasters in the future." If they are all crowded into the house, they will not be able to hold them."

"Well, no wonder, what Uncle Qian said is reasonable. Go tell them to pack up their things now. I'll go to the paper workshop and talk about it. It's big, and there's room for it." Thinking of the large operating room in the paper workshop where the paper is dried in the shade, It's almost half a field, and there is no problem sleeping in the [-] people. "You two follow me to the workshop, and the rest will help persuade people." You can't take too many people away, and now when you are dying, there are many ways to persuade people.More people are more effective.

The paper-making workshop was originally located on a high-lying wasteland with little production. The surrounding craftsmen's dormitory was also built with a lot of money by Lanling.Except for a few big heads, the humble people have no impression of me as a side-by-side shareholder. They come out in a hurry and don't wear a waist card.He was blocked at the door and was not allowed to enter.

"I am Wang Xiu Wang Zihao! The major shareholder of the workshop!" I wanted to go in and talk to the big shopkeeper.Unexpectedly, after explaining to the gatekeeper for a long time, there was no effect, so I hurriedly reported to the house and started swearing.It seems that he is a member of Lanling's subordinates.

The guard asked me to wait politely, and went in to report. I took advantage of the gap and ordered a servant to go to the mansion to pick up shopkeeper Hu. There are more than one person who can talk, so that the female shopkeeper will not show off her might.

"Stop production? No way!" There were five of the female shopkeepers and six of them, with no intention of giving in at all, "The princess doesn't speak, there is no room for negotiation!"

What the hell, took the wages I paid, ran to challenge me, turned around and told the servants: "Go, let the housekeeper and Mr. Hu talk to each other, and all the strong men in the village will be pulled over to me. We don't want the workshop. We don't want to demolish it." !" It just so happened that the two servants used them. "It's crazy, this acre of three-thirds of the land is up to the Lord Ben Hou! I won't demolish it too much, just half of it, and the other half will be kept by your princess!"

The servants led the order loudly, and cooperated well.

"Ah!" The female shopkeeper didn't expect me to play this trick, her face twitched, and she said anxiously: "You are unreasonable!"

"I told you the truth, but you didn't listen. Human life is at stake. Either stop production quickly, or I'll dismantle half of mine later. You choose. There is not much time." I broke my knuckles vigorously, trying to create a gangster atmosphere , failed, and kept silent, "The people who will come in a while are all disaster-stricken people, let alone workshops, you, the big girl's house, probably can't be safe."

The female shopkeeper's face turned blue when she heard my words, but she still bit her tongue and asked someone to report to the official to deliver a letter to Lanling.

"It's useless to be called an official. It's just asking for trouble for yourself. Hurry up and clean it up. You need a dry workshop. You should lock the other places tightly. You should look after it." Waiting for Lanling's reply, delay any longer It's life-threatening, "I won't let you be implicated, the Wang family has lost the loss of production suspension, while we can still talk, you hurry up and get ready, don't do it later and it will be ugly. Don't go!"

While talking, accountant Hu hurried over, seeing that I was determined to occupy the factory, so he could only speak for me and persuade the female shopkeeper.Seeing that nothing could be done, the female shopkeeper reluctantly agreed to the request and ran to make arrangements.

"I just met Steward Qian. I will stop the matter of finding a strong man first, and try to solve it in private. Don't blame the young master." Accountant Hu reported in a low voice while there was no one around.

"What are you blaming? It was to scare her. Otherwise, why would you tell Uncle Qian?" After speaking, the two thieves in the accountant and Hu laughed, "That's good too, so you don't have to jump a few times to kill her. I'll leave this side to the gentleman, and I'll hurry back to Zhuangzi, and it's still very messy over there." I'm not worried about Lan Ling's opinion, in comparison, Lan Ling is much more reasonable than this female shopkeeper.

Sure enough, the Wu Quan incident had already happened.Several farmers were crying miserably, their wives and children hugged each other, and several sturdy men scolded fiercely.There is more and more water in the yards of each house, and the ducks are swimming happily.

"Move the things in the house as soon as they can be moved," I turned back and told the housekeeper, "Call more people. The big animals are brought to the house to be raised first, and the chickens and ducks are bought at a high price. People force me to take them to the paper workshop to listen to them." Mr. Hu arranges!" Seeing that several houses are crumbling, no one can enter again, "Go, you guys took a big piece of wood and knocked down the house, so that these people will not care about the house!" Shouted with all his strength: " Today, all the people who knocked down the house, the Wang family paid for you to rebuild it after the rain stopped, and now they are all resettled in the paper workshop, and those who are disobedient..." I searched around for a long time.Ask someone to bring a dead chicken over and point it out: "That's what a disobedient one looks like!"

People in this meeting are heavy on their promises, and I understand what I yelled, and the farmers no longer insist on it. They took some valuable things with their children and went to the papermaking workshop. "Call out all the people who are in danger, and persuade them according to what I just said. Intimidation is enough, and the use of force should be avoided as much as possible. When fighting, greet the thick flesh, and use a little bit of control." Two people were found to be limping when they walked One crutch, the strike was too heavy.

The butler explained: "The old man explained it. There was no beating. The cripple was born just now, and it has nothing to do with us." Pointing to the guide, he shook his head and sighed: "There are still five or six households that have to be resettled. Just now, another family collapsed. The old man was not rescued."

"Hurry up, it won't justify another life." The things I didn't want to see finally happened, and they were all hardworking and honest people who had worked for the Wang family for many years, and they were still alive.It's gone now.I have to be responsible, why didn’t I think of it earlier, I have to wait for the rain to come out for a few days. Stop counting the losses of farmers suffered from disasters, and those that can be compensated will be paid by the family, and no one will be allowed to fight the famine. There are also those who have taken refuge in workshops and ancestral halls. The food and bedding are all prepared. The sick are treated quickly, not stingy .”

"En. The old man understands." A chair was added for me to sit down under the big sign. "Young master, you sit here, and the old man will take care of the rest." Qian Butler changed his usual style, and in the heavy rain, the front and back of the village were in command, checking the safety of the house from house to house, and taking care of everything that could not be taken care of. All the livestock are taken home to raise.It was not until after noon that I managed to put it back together. Everyone who came with me rolled into mud, and no one was hungry.

"Mutton soup to drive away the cold, Husband, take a few sips." When I came back, I found that Ying had asked the kitchen to cook a large pot of mutton for the people who went out to rescue the disaster. She peeled a few cloves of garlic and handed it to me. "Just eat garlic, and sweat if it's too hot."

"It's still too late today, and two lives are gone." Ying is usually most afraid of the smell of mutton, and the kitchen doesn't usually do this, it seems that she has made up her mind. "You are not used to smelling this, go out and avoid it."

"My husband has tried his best. It is inevitable that something will happen in such a heavy rain. I am afraid it is much better than other Zhuangzi." Ying took a cake and helped me break it into the soup. , waiting right in front of you."

Just after eating a few mouthfuls indiscriminately, the servant girl reported that the eldest lady of the Yun family brought her two younger brothers to the door.

"I'm afraid her Yun family can't stand it anymore." Ying checked the mirror, "Her house is lower than ours, and there is no workshop to evacuate. I will see what she has to say."

"Let's go together, you put away the idea of ​​seizing the real estate first." Now it's a difficult time, and I'm afraid that Ying will stand on the wind and take the profit, "I'll go up and answer later, so don't say anything."

"Who are you as a concubine, ha ha." Ying poked me on the waist a few times with a smile, "I understand, I won't interrupt today."

As always, kowtow first when meeting, and thank me for putting out the fire.

"Get up," I first dragged the two children over, the three siblings were drenched, the rain could not be covered by raincoats and bamboo hats, and said straight to the point: "If you have anything to say, just say it, the Wang family will never refuse to help , I just mentioned you Zhuangzi just now, so I kept worrying about it."

Miss Yun's family hurriedly saluted Ying, "Thank you Madam for your reminder. The little girl is young and innocent, and she has repeatedly rejected Madam's kindness. You are a big man, so don't take it to heart." Then she knelt down between Ying and me, "Don't do it today. The Yun family, I only ask the little lord and his wife to help the tenants of the Yun family's village, the little girl is incompetent, she really has no way out." As she spoke, she climbed to the ground and burst into tears.

Ying stepped forward and couldn't pull her up, so she hurriedly greeted the second daughter who came to see the excitement, and the two held up girl Yun, "Sit down quickly and talk. This day is a disaster! My husband just came back from Zhuangzi," with a sad face , Complaining: "Sister, I don't know, my Zhuangzi has been flooded, the house has collapsed, and people have died. I am in a panic and have no idea." He raised his hand and wiped the corners of his eyes, and tears rolled out.

Ying herself forgot, just peeled the garlic for me, and dared to rub my eyes, can't I stand it?Ask the second daughter to twist the wet handkerchief and wipe it off quickly, so as not to burn her eyes.

"My little girl understands the difficulties of the Wang family, so she shouldn't be brazen enough to embarrass the two of you, but only the young master and his wife are capable of helping the tenants of the village," he said, taking out a small box from his bosom and opening it, "Here is You accept the title deed of the Yun family. From now on, Zhuangzi of the Yun family will change his surname to Wang, and the tenant farmers in the Zhuangzi will also belong to your family, so please help them!"