Take the farm down to earth

Chapter 23 There may not be a solution, but I will copy it

After the ditch was built, there were no problems for many years, but the trouble is that in recent years, the canal channel has been silted up, and the upstream channel has been raised by the silt. When it washes down and the water in the surrounding ditches, there will be a lot of sediment.

Also because the water bed has become higher, the water flow is much faster than in previous years during the wet season.

In addition, the ditch is not completely straight, so when the water flows away, the sediment will be deposited on the side where the flow speed is low.

At the beginning, the ditch was 2.83 zhang wide or [-] meters, and a lot of sandy land was slowly formed on several bends.

The beneficiary is naturally Yu Honggao's father-in-law.

But this is actually not cheap, because there are dirt roads on both sides of the ditch, which cannot be used for farming.

This matter is actually very easy to solve. Digging the muddy land formed by the impact of sediment not only eliminates the dispute, but also restores the flow of irrigation water.

But the problem is that once the busy farming period is over this year, the two families will find someone to repair it. Experienced craftsmen will use the width of all the roads on the neighbor's side.

It was soon discovered that the road near the river bend was much narrower than other places.

After thinking about it for a while, the craftsman understood that this was because part of the neighbor's land was washed away by the impact of the water.

This is the same as water dripping through stone. In 8 years, the soil will be washed away little by little, and farmers will not care at all.

Now the neighbors quit.

Isn't this taking advantage of me!
And even if it is restored to its original appearance, it will happen again in a few years.

As time goes on, it is really possible for Yu Honggao's father-in-law's family to push the boundary river to the neighbors.

In this way, it is not just a matter of digging out the sediment and restoring the ditches.

Shi Zhongkui shook his head, this matter is really difficult, after all, it is okay to repair it once or twice.

But the more times, Yu Honggao's father-in-law's family is not happy, and even think about the idea of ​​not taking advantage of the bastard.

Neighbors were even more unhappy.

If you want to do it once and for all, it is best to change the curve to a straight line, but the two families have quarreled many times, and both parties are angry, so it is so easy to sit down and have a good talk.

"I haven't asked yet, what is the identity of my brother's grandfather's family?"

"this,,."

As soon as Yu Tongfu heard it, he understood that Shi Zhongkui had already guessed that the identities of the two families were not simple.

But this is actually something that anyone with a discerning eye can see.

With a sigh, Yu Tongfu said, "My mother was born in the Duke's Mansion, and my grandfather Xijue is a first-class general of the gods."

Well, Shi Zhongkui was finally convinced that he guessed Yu Honggao's background was right.

But thinking that Rongguo Mansion will be short-lived in the future, not to mention, when the house was ransacked, he was so poor that apart from several boxes of pawn tickets, the entire Rongguo Mansion had turned into an empty shell.

Then I think of the two nephews of Mrs. Jia's mother Shi, two brothers, Baoling Hou Shi Nai and Zhongjing Hou Shi Ding, who from time to time ask Jia Mu to make troubles for borrowing money.

Even if Lin Daiyu hadn't entered the Rongguo Mansion and brought with him the money saved by Lin Ruhai and his ancestors, they might have been living without money.

Not to mention building a Grand View Garden.

Based on such a calculation, the government of Shanguo may have already suffered a huge deficit.

Thinking of this, Shi Zhongkui was shocked.

Perhaps the potential purpose of repairing the Duke's Mansion is to implicitly express to his daughter and son-in-law that the Duke's Mansion is unable to hold on and needs relief.

Yu Honggao may not have seen through it, but Shi Zhongkui is more inclined to see through it at this time, as a cheap teacher, and he is unwilling to use his own money to subsidize the duke's mansion, which is like a bottomless pit.

In the end, under the premise that I have no good solution, I can only find myself, a new disciple who has performed well recently, to think of a solution together.

When the lawsuit is settled, unless the old father-in-law and his wife and brother lose face and come to fight the autumn wind, otherwise the matter will pass away quietly.

Of course, although Shi Zhongkui didn't know who Shan Guogong was, none of the people who became the country's Duke were not credited by their predecessors.

That is to say, even if Shanguo Mansion is in decline like Rongguo Mansion, its influence is still there.

If the situation of Shanguo Mansion is better than that of Rongguo Mansion, it will be even more troublesome.

Because Yu Honggao was so entangled and embarrassed, he probably wanted something from his father-in-law, and as a son-in-law, he couldn't let his father-in-law lose face.

But he didn't dare to have the slightest bias.

Once this matter is dealt with unfairly, the neighbors will make troubles in Shilin and the court, and losing an official is a trivial matter, and they may have to be charged.

But if the family of Shan Guogong's family suffers, and the old father-in-law is angry, maybe he won't help him operate.

Shi Zhongkui scratched his head in pain.

Firstly, the ditches should be repaired, secondly, Yu Honggao's father-in-law should not lose face, and thirdly, Yu Honggao wanted to be famous and prestige.

After drinking several bowls of tea, Shi Zhongkui was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly thought of the sentence "The family letter from thousands of miles away is only a wall, so why not let him be three feet away".

Smiling, he cupped his hands at Hong Gao, "Congratulations teacher, congratulations teacher."

Yu Honggao was taken aback for a moment, while Yu Tongfu wondered if Shi Zhongkui was hysterical.

Simply put, it's insane.

In the whip dynasty, there was a minister of the Ministry of Rites. Relatives and neighbors in his hometown built a house, and the neighbor wanted to occupy the three-foot foundation of Zhang's family.

Of course, the people in Shangshu's hometown are unwilling, and this neighbor dares to do this, so to put it bluntly, he is not afraid of a Shangshu from the Ministry of Rites.

The master Shangshu who received the letter from the family wrote a poem "A letter from a thousand miles away is only a wall, so it doesn't matter if you let him be three feet; the Great Wall is still there today, and I don't see Qin Shihuang back then" to go home.

If the neighbors are ordinary people, they might pretend not to understand.

But he is really an ordinary person, and he dare not take advantage of the Shangshu family.

Since the neighbors are not afraid, at least there have been high-ranking officials in the family, and since there have been officials, they must be squires who rely on reading to pass on the family.

This kind of person cares most about saving face, and is also the best at playing around the wind.

After realizing the power of this poem, instead of taking advantage of Zhang's family, he stepped back three feet and built a wall.

Seeing this, the Zhang family is also a sensible person, knowing that the safest way at this time is to follow the three feet back and build the wall.

The locals called this alley "Six Foot Alley", which was a good story for a while.

But if you encounter a rascal, don't talk about it, the Master Shangshu can only consider himself unlucky.

Otherwise, such a trivial matter might be brought out to attack him.

Although Shan Guogong's matter is a conflict in the field, it is essentially unwilling to suffer losses, and there is a deeper reason, perhaps because of lack of money.

And knowing that Yu Honggao, the county magistrate of Daxing, is the son-in-law of Shan Guogong, that neighbor dared to sue him in the yamen.

He is definitely not afraid of Shan Guogong and Yu Honggao, and even thinking about it in depth, this may be a game against Hong Gao and Shan Guogong.

I am not afraid of your collusion, but I am afraid of you acting impartially.

"Teacher, are you worried that someone is targeting you?"

Yu Tongfu couldn't even close his mouth when he was shocked by these words, while Yu Honggao's pupils contracted a few times, and he looked at Shi Zhongkui with deep meaning.

After pondering for a long time, he sighed and said, "Since Boqian has thought of it, if there is any way, just say it."

Just as Shi Zhongkui was about to utter the poem, he suddenly discovered that this poem could never be written by Yu Honggao to his father-in-law.

In the eyes of modern people, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites must be the least powerful among the six.

But in fact, things are quite the opposite.

(End of this chapter)