The late Ming Dynasty in the living room

Chapter 101: Basic Examination and Flood Prevention Preparations

Originally, a total of six people were arrested in the last arrest operation, and they were all detained here. Now, five of them have been "convicted" and sent to the brick kiln.

The only one left was the bandit Liu Bagou from Qifengkou.

Therefore, it seemed very quiet here, and Liu Bagou's voice was very clear when he spoke through the bars.

He said: "...Gold comes from beautiful water, and jade comes from Kungang. The sword is called a giant palace, and the beads are called luminous. Fruits are precious and plum is the most precious, and vegetables are heavy with mustard and ginger..." (Thousand-Character Essay)
The sophomore in high school listened carefully and wrote on the ground with a branch.

There were too many strokes in the word "que", which slowed down my sophomore year in high school, so I quickly shouted: "Slow down! Slow down! You can read it faster than Yan Xiucai, how could I make it in time?"

Liu Bagou stretched his neck to watch him write, and chuckled, "Brother, sophomore in high school, your handwriting is really good."

The sophomore in high school was writing and said proudly: "Of course, the young master taught me personally."

After a while, he finished writing these words, and he was asked to read them again in his second year of high school.

Liu Bagou shook his head and said: "That's enough. You can memorize and write the Three-Character Classic, and you can write more than half of the Thousand-Character Classic. You will definitely be fine in this exam."

I have an idea of ​​what is going on with other classmates, especially my younger brother, who is a sophomore in high school.

So after hearing this, he also threw the branch aside.

The sophomore in high school did not look back at Liu Bagou. Instead, he sat on the ground and asked, "When are you leaving?"

"Leave at midnight tomorrow night."

"Then I'll see you off."

"Don't come. There is a dark eye outside the city. If he sees it, he will become suspicious."

The sophomore was silent for a while and sighed: "Why do you have to go back to that bandit den? You are a capable scholar and can survive anywhere. If you go back to be a hook this time, you may not be dead. .”

"Haha," Liu Bagou said with a smile: "Life is not worth a lot of money. If you lose it, you will lose it. If I can really lure them in and let Mr. Fang kill them all, I will be happy."

After hearing this, the sophomore in high school knew that he was running to die, and there was nothing he could do to persuade him to come back.

So the sophomore class didn't say a word, stood up and left.

Liu Bagou said from behind: "Don't pity me. Everyone has his own life. You were originally a dead person in your second year of high school. Mr. Fang went against the will of heaven and helped you change your life. You have to live well and don't waste it." If you stay with Young Master Fang, you will become a big shot in your second year of high school. Tsk tsk. Then outsiders will have to call you Mr. Gao...I'll fuck your mother! Mr. Gao, why are you leaving so quickly? Live well and don't waste it!"

Liu Bagou was cursing behind him, but the sophomore in high school left without looking back.

It wasn't until the sounds behind him could no longer be heard at all and there was no one around him that the sophomore in high school responded in a muffled voice: "I understand."

There was a queue at the front of the cultural class for senior cadres again, and Yan Xiucai stood at the door staring at them just like last time.

The second test was much more difficult than the first. It required the complete dictation of the "Three Character Classic", which accounted for 75 points. (The entire late Ming Dynasty version of the Three-Character Classic has 1122 words)
The other 25 points are for the "thousand-character essay", where the examiner reads slowly at the top and the candidate writes at the bottom.

The sophomore in high school didn't queue at the end this time. He squeezed into the middle of the queue, peeking at Yan Xiucai from time to time, deliberately acting like a thief.

He just wanted Yan Xiucai to catch him "cheating" and then search him here and there... Huh?Why is there nothing?
Then in his second year of high school, he could question Yan Xiucai righteously and sternly, embarrassing him in public!

So when he stepped forward, he deliberately lifted his heels, hinting that there was something hidden under the soles of his shoes.

However, Yan Xiucai just glanced at him and urged: "Why are you blocking the door? Don't delay others from entering the examination room, hurry in!"

Sophomore in high school:……

The second year of high school suddenly felt boring, and at the same time, he was really impressed by Yan Xiucai's eyes.

Just as he walked into the examination room and spread out the paper, he heard the familiar words: "Stop, do you want to take it out yourself or do you want me to search it?"

Well, it was his good brother who was caught in his senior year of high school.

How do you say something?I could have endured the darkness if I had never seen the light.In order to achieve excellent results in his senior year of high school and to keep his position as (temporary) director of the security department, he took desperate risks.

And he also used high-tech cheating.

Unfortunately, this is of no use.

Yan Xiucai grabbed his arm, turned his sleeve over, and saw a layer of semi-dry mud on top.

The senior high school student was not panicked and was about to explain.

Yan Xiucai interrupted: "I know I can't see anything now, but you can leave the examination room by yourself, or... I'll check on you again when the mud dries."

I became mute instantly in my senior year of high school.

Yan Xiucai sneered: "Use cuttlefish juice to write on the clothes, smear it with mud, and when the mud dries, dig it out and the words will be revealed... This is an old trick from the Tang Dynasty, no matter how stupid it is. No scholar can use this trick, so the person teaching you must be a child, or an old boy who has never been able to pass the exam!"

The Xincheng camp in Laishui County is busy with classes and exams, while all states and counties downstream of the Juma River have received official documents.

The person who issued the official document had an extremely high official position - that is Mr. Yang, the current governor of Baoding.

After they took it apart, they found that there was a bigger person behind them - Sun Chuanting, the governor of the three sides.

The content of the official document and the two governor's seals at the back made them confused.

For example, Dingxing County is the closest to Laishui County.

Magistrate Shi was over sixty years old. He read the official document three times with his presbyopic eyes before he finally came to his senses.

The content of the official document is: The Juma River will be full at noon tomorrow and the water will be violent. Dingxing County must prepare for flood prevention before then.

Flood prevention... is really a long-lost word for Dingxing County. When was the last time the county magistrate commanded flood prevention?

It seems to be the autumn of the fourth year of Chongzhen.

Since then, there have been droughts every year, and the water level of the Juma River has become lower and lower. Let alone floods, there is a possibility that the flow will stop flowing if there is another two years of drought.

It was precisely because of this that Magistrate Shi was so surprised when he saw this official document.

At least he could still think of the Xincheng Camp in Laishui County. The last time Sun Chuanting went to Laishui County, he had been waiting there for three days.

But the "uninformed" Master and Dianshi still looked incredulous: "How is this possible?"

At this time, another horse came from outside and brought a letter. This was an autographed letter from the current Ming Dynasty Emperor's Wife, Empress Yi'an Zhang...

The letter said the same thing.

Now, whether they believe it or not, flood prevention must be done first.

And do it quickly!If something happens tomorrow, these three big men will have to crush them to death.

County Magistrate Shi scolded them, "No need to make a fuss!" and then began to arrange the work: "The chief clerk immediately led the officers to conduct a detailed inspection along the river. Whenever there were blocked ditches and rivers, villagers were recruited on the spot to clear them."

"Dian Shi went to the inspection department and asked the inspection department to send people to the villages along the river to prevent villagers from entering the river."

"Master, go find the water information map and see how many squire fields there are in the flood discharge area. Make sure they return them cleanly...Look for them if you can't find them! Go to the signing room and ask, go to the contracting room (document management and registration) If you ask), no one will take the water information map and wipe their butt!"

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"Do it immediately, don't put it off until tomorrow!" Magistrate Shi finally said anxiously, "Go to the warehouse to get pine oil (lighting), and send out all the people in the Yamen!"

(End of this chapter)