Lord: Start with a book of Water Margin

Chapter 107 Heavy Rain

That night, Zhao Zhen rested in Bai Zhi's room. He hadn't seen her for a few days, and because of Jin Cuilian, Bai Zhi seemed particularly enthusiastic that day. She even took the initiative to take out the bottom of the press box, imitated the movements inside, and acted like a Pin Xiaoren.

The next day, Zhao Zhen woke up and Bai Zhi helped him put on his clothes. Listening to the whistling wind outside the house, Zhao Zhen opened the door and stood under the eaves. Looking at the pomegranate trees in the yard swaying in the wind, the whole sky was so gloomy that it made people breathless. Zhao Zhen said: "It seems like it rained well today."

Bai Zhi also came out, looked at the sky and said, "It's very dark today, I'm afraid it's going to rain."

As he was talking, thunder sounded one after another in the sky, and lightning flashed in the sky. The wind also got stronger and stronger, blowing hard, and the branches in the courtyard were blown by the wind. In an instant, heavy rain fell.

Zhao Zhen said: "It's raining heavily."

At this time, Jin Cuilian also came out of the house next door, walked up to Zhao Zhen and said, "Master, sister, I'm afraid I won't be able to go out today."

Bai Zhi turned to Zhao Zhen and said, "Official, why don't you do an elephant show at home?"

Zhao Zhenyou looked at the sky and said, "I can't go out today, so I'll just play with the two ladies."

After breakfast, the three of them all sat down in Bai Zhi's room. Bai Zhi took out a set of chess pieces and set up the elephant play. Bai Zhi said, "Do you want a lottery ticket?"

Zhao Zhen said: "Each take ten golden melon seeds to count, and the time limit is noon. The winner will make a request, and the loser will comply."

Angelica dahurica and Jin Cuilian responded. Bai Zhi first explained the rules: "My game of chess is an elephant game. The chess has eleven vertical and horizontal paths, and the chess is thirty-two. Try to use the chess game to have nineteen horizontal and vertical paths, and the chess is ninety-eight. The old and new methods are the same as the vertical and horizontal chess. The nine horizontal roads are different. In the ancient eleventh road, the soldiers were on the third road in the middle. Today, on the second road in the middle, on the first road, the cannons were next to the two soldiers, and the soldiers were on the second, fourth, sixth, eighth, and tenth roads. The artillery and horsemen are facing each other, the artillery is unmounted, the horses are walking aside, and the front men are not out of the curtain, so the three of them cannot provoke each other."

Zhao Zhen and Jin Cuilian have also played chess before. Although the chess system is slightly different, it is not difficult for them. Bai Zhi and Jin Cuilian played first, Bai Zhi won, and Jin Cuilian lost a golden melon seed. After that, Bai Zhi and Zhao Zhen played chess, and Bai Zhi still won a golden melon seed.

In each round, the losers will continue, and the winners will not move. In this way, at noon, the three people count the golden melon seeds in their hands. Zhao Zhen has fifteen golden melon seeds, Bai Zhi has seven, and Jin Cuilian has Eight, but Zhao Zhen won.

The three of them went out to eat, and the wind calmed down a bit. The rain had subsided a little. Zhao Zhen was eating in the main hall, and Zhao Yuanli was waiting on him. Zhao Zhen said: "The rain is too heavy. Is there any water in the village?"

Zhao Yuanli said: "Master, this rain is the heaviest this year, and it seems like it won't stop today. If I had known there would be this rain, I would have just planted the persimmon trees directly in Dongxi Village. With this rain, the persimmon trees also It can take root.”

Zhao Zhen smiled and said: "Pay more attention and look at the houses in the village. If there are any leaking houses that cannot be lived in, move them to the empty houses quickly. After the rain, they will be repaired together. The fields in the village, after the rain, let Ding Chou Arrange it and do drainage.”

Zhao Yuanli said: "Master, we have made arrangements. The bathing pool in the front yard has overflowed today. We are afraid that the four-tailed carp will escape with the rain, so we have people take turns to scoop out the water. We have also arranged for a few villagers to go to Baishigang Manor to take care of it." Fish pond.”

Zhao Zhen said: "Arrange some ginger soup to be cooked in the kitchen so that the villagers who are caught in the rain can drive away the cold and don't get sick."

Zhao Yuanli said: "Don't worry, Master, we have enough coir raincoats and ginger soup."

It rained for two days in a row, and on the third day, the weather cleared up. Only then did Zhao Zhen leave the backyard. In the past two days, Zhao Zhenjing had been playing games with Bai Zhi and Jin Cuilian. Zhao Zhen rubbed his lower back and felt a little happy. This bonus was enough, and the three of them rested together for the past two days. For Zhao Zhen, the feeling was indescribably wonderful. There is poetry to prove it:

In the shadow of the light, in the shark gauze tent. A jade arm is waving hurriedly, and a golden lotus is held high;

A warbler chirped, and a swallow murmured.

It's like Jun Rui meeting Ying Niang, or Song Yu stealing the goddess.

Zhao Zhen sighed in front of Bai Zhi: "My uncle is still thoughtful. This [Yishen Pill] is really good. Miss Bai, go ask your uncle for some more. There are not many classes left now." Bai Zhi scolded: "Master, no matter how I say this, you should go and ask for it yourself." Jin Cuilian listened on the side, covered her mouth, and couldn't help laughing.

On this day, Zhao Zhen had breakfast and inspected Xixi Village with Dingchou. He also sent people to visit Kushutun and Dongxi Village. Five houses in Xixi Village were damaged and have been relocated. As the weather cleared, , Zhao Zhen asked Tao Zongwang to lead the construction team to repair the damaged house first.

In the low-lying farmland, orange trees were set up to drain water. The trees everywhere were fine. Fortunately, the wind calmed down after the rain fell, and only many branches were damaged.

Everything is fine in Baishi Gang. After all, the entire Baishi Gang is considered a high place, and the stream water has risen a lot. Even the moat on the south side of White Rock Manor was full.

After seeing Xixi Village and Baishi Manor, Zhao Zhen returned to Xixi Village, and several villagers who went to Dongxi Village and Kushu Village also returned.

Wang Wuyi, who was covered in mud, spoke first: "Master, I went to Kushu Village and met with Tang Senlizheng. I told the owner about Kushu Village and asked if the heavy rain would cause any harm. Manager Tang Sen asked me to take the lead. By the way, the houses in Kushu Village are all newly built, and the fields are also on high ground, with no damage. The streams on the mountain are much richer, and the vegetation is much more lush."

Zhao Zhen asked Zhao Yuanli to take out a jug of good wine and reward Wang Wu. He asked Wang Wu to go back and change his clothes and drink wine to ward off the cold.

Zhao Si walked on the waterway and felt much drier. Seeing Wang Wu finish speaking, Zhao Si said: "Master of the village, I also brought the message to Tang Lizheng. According to Tang Lizheng, more than ten houses in Dongxi Village were destroyed. , the paddy field has been infested by wolves, fighting and trampling on it, destroying a lot of it. Many rice fields are in a lodging state. Now that they have been soaked in water for two days, the harvest may not be optimistic. A reduction in production is inevitable. Let the farm owner early prepare for."

Zhao Zhen couldn't help but frowned after hearing this. He also asked Zhao Yuanli to get a pot of good wine and reward Zhao Si. After Zhao Si retreated, Zhao Zhen said to Zhao Yuanli: "Yuanli, let brother Tao Zongwang allocate manpower to repair the dozens of destroyed houses in Dongxi Village first, and then let Zhao Si The single villager in the village went to Dongxi Village to help the families without young men to drain the fields, and by the way, he also solved the problem of the single villager in the village."

Zhao Yuanli agreed with a smile and went to arrange for Zhuang Ding to go to Dongxi Village for a blind date.

At noon, Zhao Zhen was having dinner with Guang Hui in the hall when he saw Ruan Xiaoqi rushing in. When he saw Zhao Zhen, he did not bow and said, "Master, something happened."

Zhao Zhen was taken aback and said, "Brother Xiaoqi, what happened?"

Ruan Xiaoqi said: "Master, it has rained heavily for two days. At the northern foot of Liangshan Mountain and the sunny slope of Xiaoliang Peak at the northern end of Qinglong Mountain, the green pines and green cylindrical trees are covered with mud and rocks, revealing a cave. Next to it is a Bixi base and a double dragon head." [Emperor's Son's Monument], now Brother Han Bolong has sent a team of people to guard it. I will take the fast boat to report to the owner of the village. I would like to ask the owner of the village to make an idea about what happens next."

Zhao Zhen let out a long breath and said: "Brother Xiaoqi, come and have lunch together. This matter can be easily dealt with. I will go to Liangshan after dinner."

Seeing that Zhao Zhen was not in a hurry, Ruan Xiaoqi calmed down and went to the table to have lunch with Zhao Zhen and Guang Hui.

(End of this chapter)