Reborn in the last years of Kangxi

Chapter 1183 Lantern ([-])

As Changsheng stopped thinking about borrowing lanterns to earn some money, Niuniu, Tianhui, and the fourth sister began to linger in Huang Xiaoyi's yard all day long, playing with lanterns.

However, the lanterns made were not as big as the ones for Changsheng. They were mostly small lanterns the size of a palm.

Gao Taijun honored the Shoutao Lantern, Li’s honored Wufu Lantern, Zhao Jia’s marigold, Cao Yong’s Ruyi Gourd Lantern, Chu Yu’s Pomegranate Lantern, and Xiao Tianbao’s gift. The ones who arrived were goldfish lanterns, and the ones Lianqiu and Xiqiu received were crabapple lanterns and camellia lanterns...

Not only did everyone have a share, and no one was pulled, but an extra pearl orchid lantern was made and sent to the magistrate's yamen to be delivered to Zhu Shuang'er.

The girls were in good spirits, and even the inside of the official mansion had a festive atmosphere.

Cao Yong looked at the Ruyi gourd lantern made by Niu Niu and Tianhui himself, and after two days of being rare, he took it to the official residence and placed it on the desk.

It's okay if you don't look at it, but you can't help feeling a little worried when you look at it.

Although the Mid-Autumn Festival is lively, it is also the time when accidents are most likely to happen.

Although he only stayed in Qingyuan for two years, Cao Yong still liked this comfortable city.

Water and fire are ruthless, and autumn is the time when the sky is dry and things are dry.

Thinking of this, Cao Yong wrote a handwritten letter and sent it to the magistrate's yamen, asking Zhu Zhilian to strengthen the fire prevention; then he wrote another handwritten letter and sent it to the Chengshou Wei's yamen to Xie Tianlai, ordering him to arrange more people in the city. During the Lantern Festival, inspections were made to prevent minor troubles.

If it's petty theft or something, it's just a loss of money; if it's a kidnapper or pervert, it's a big disaster for the whole family.

It is a good thing to hold a lantern festival and have fun with the people, but it is a sin if it harms the people.

A small lantern show attracted the Governor's attention. Both Zhu Zhilian and Xie Tianlai were very careful and arranged more carefully to finish the lantern show safely.

All the officials and servants in the magistrate's yamen and the city guard's yamen's office have canceled their holidays, and they are patrolling the streets in shifts.

As the Lantern Festival approaches, the number of people who come to visit relatives and friends in Qingyuan is increasing day by day.

This is also due to the clear government affairs in Zhili in the past two years, the people's light taxation, and the people's livelihood.

Not only well-informed businessmen came from other places to do some business through the lantern festival; some farmers from the countryside picked up handmade specialties and went to the city to catch the lantern festival; As a result, I don't know how many incidents happen every day.

In front of the magistrate's yamen in Qingyuan, there was an endless stream of people beating drums and complaining every day.

In the magistrate's yamen, Zhu Zhilian finally felt remorse, and said to his staff Liu Chuan with a bitter face, "This time, I'm afraid I did something bad with good intentions."

Now that the matter has come to this point, it cannot be said that the Lantern Festival will be canceled and disappeared from the people. After all, the magistrate's yamen represents the face of the court.

Liu Chuan was also worried in his heart, but he said calmly on his face: "Now that the matter has come to an end, it is necessary for adults to make up their minds. As long as there are no major mistakes, this lantern festival is still an act of benefiting the people."

Infected by Liu Chuan's composure, Zhu Zhilian's uneasy heart also fell to the ground, nodded and said: "Not bad, not bad, there is no time to complain, and then think about whether there is anything left behind..."

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In the midst of the hustle and bustle, it finally came to August [-]th, and the lantern festival in Qingyuan City kicked off.

Cao Yong originally wanted to take the time to go around and find the feeling of having fun with the people, but he was stumbled by Tang Zhiyu.

It is for the distribution of Yanglian Bank.

According to the rules previously set by Cao Yong and Tang Zhiyu, the Yanglian Bank is divided into two parts, one part is distributed according to the grade, and the other part is distributed according to the merits of the officials in that year.

Fortunately, the former is fixed; the right to evaluate the latter is in the governor's office.

Different positions have different evaluation criteria. Speaking carefully, it is a cumbersome project.

Even if Cao Yong can't see everyone's review history, he must arrange appropriate manpower to check them one by one.

Cao Yong couldn't get away, but Changsheng finally got his wish after being soft and hard.

But before going out, Mrs. Li repeatedly told her, and asked Chu Yu to send a few more people to follow.

Even so, Mrs. Li was also worried all night, wishing to send someone out for a quarter of an hour to ask if he had returned.

Finally, Changsheng was quite sensible, knowing that someone in the family was thinking about it, so he returned to the Governor's Mansion at 08:30 p.m.

This trip was not in vain, and I came back with more than a dozen bags of things.

Inside, there are folk crude maltose sold at the Lantern Festival, snacks that girls like such as Shanli dried red and dried apples, as well as various clay sculptures and wood carving gadgets.

"The two elder sisters, nieces, and nephews are not cheap to go out to play, so it's good to have a look at these things to satisfy their hunger." Changsheng asked Xiaolou to divide these things into several parts, and gave them away everywhere, and everyone was happy.

Although they can't go shopping casually, they can also watch some lanterns at the gate of the magistrate's yamen on the day of the banquet, and Niu Niu and Tianhui are looking forward to it.

In a blink of an eye, it's the Mid-Autumn Festival.

The dinner was served in Li's courtyard, because the boys all ended up in the capital, the rest of them sat around a round table, which was quite lively.

A few days in advance, Chu Yu wrote a letter to transfer a moon cake master from the capital, bringing a lot of moon cake ingredients, and baked a lot of moon cakes after arriving at the Governor's Mansion.

The largest one, more than two feet in diameter, is filled with five kernels and has a pattern of Fushoulu on the outside. It will appear after dinner.

Because "men don't worship the moon and women don't worship the stove", Cao Yong and Changsheng ate a few mouthfuls of moon cakes with them, and then left early.

Cao Yong went to the official residence and continued to read the official documents; Changsheng greeted Li Shi, took two servants, took two boxes of moon cakes, melons and fruits, and went to the academy to send moon cakes to several classmates who were added to other places.

It was a fine day.

The bright moon is in the sky, the autumn wind is refreshing, and the melons and fruits are fragrant.

Mrs. Gao was old and sleepy early, so she went back first with the help of two servant girls, and the rest of the female family members sat in the courtyard, worshiping and offering sacrifices to the moon with Mrs. Li and Chuyu, enjoying themselves happily.

The mansion is a bit deserted, except for the two clerks who are on shift, everyone else is also on vacation. Cao Yong has been busy for more than an hour in one breath, before he finished reviewing the official documents at hand.

He stretched his waist, raised his head, and looked at the clock on the desk. It was already the beginning of Hai (nine o'clock in the evening).

He handed over the official documents that he had read to the two scribes for safekeeping.

Coming out of the mansion, he heard hurried and chaotic footsteps in the distance, breaking the peaceful and peaceful atmosphere.

Cao Yong's footsteps stopped, his expression concentrated, and he looked at the person who came,

It wasn't someone else, but Jiang Jian, who was pale, messy, with crumpled clothes and a hat on his head.

"Non-phosphorus?" Cao Yong was very surprised.

"My lord...something happened..." Seeing him standing in front of the house, Jiang Jian hurried forward and said, "The Baoshan Bridge has collapsed..."

When Cao Yong heard the words, his heart sank.

Baoshan Bridge is just east of the magistrate's yamen, and it is the busiest and busiest area in Qingyuan City.

At this moment, Jiang Jian took a breath and said: "Although there is no water under the bridge, there are too many people. In addition, after the bridge collapsed, the people panicked and crowded, and the casualties...the casualties are immeasurable..." At the end , he was already taken aback.

Cao Yong had taken a deep breath, the people on the bridge collapsed were just injured by falls, and the stampede after the crowding was the most terrible thing.

He stabilized his mind and said: "Has the prefect's yamen passed by?"

"Yes, Mr. Song was also asked by Liu Chuan to stay and help. The students were worried that the situation would be difficult, so they came back to report to the adults." Jiang Jian said.

He was dragged by Song Hou out of the Governor's Mansion after dinner, and went to the street to watch the lanterns.

Because today is the first day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, there are the most people enjoying the lanterns.

The two huddled among the crowd for a while, guessed two lantern riddles, then lost interest and wanted to go back to the Governor's Mansion.

When Baoshan Bridge collapsed, they had just crossed the bridge, only a few dozen feet away from Baoshan Bridge.

There are too many people watching the lanterns.

After all, Song Hou was an old man over sixty years old, Jiang Jian was afraid of crowding him, so the two walked close to the shops on both sides of the street to avoid overcrowding.

It was this choice that allowed the two of them to escape.

Cao Yong's heart was heavy. As early as when the magistrate's Yamen began to prepare for the Lantern Festival, he felt ominous, but at that time he was worried about the ruthlessness of water and fire.

After all, the houses in the city are densely packed. If a fire really started, it would be easy to burn down a street.

He hastily summoned people to spread the word to Liang Chuanfu, and then ordered three hundred governors' bids, and followed him out of the governor's mansion to the market.

The bridge has collapsed, and the rest is to maintain law and order in the city and avoid riots.

When we arrived at the market, the road here was blocked, and the officers and soldiers of the city guard, together with the guards of the magistrate's yamen, joined forces to disperse the passers-by.

From a distance, Xie Tianlai's accented shouting could be heard.

The ground was in a mess. People who had nothing to do with themselves stood behind the officers and soldiers to watch the excitement, and some who were separated from their family and friends cried and refused to leave, but were stopped by the officers and soldiers with scabbards.

Seeing Cao Yong arrived, Xie Tianlai hurriedly stepped forward to see him.

The street where the accident occurred, the east-west intersection, has been completely blocked.

Now, the prefect Zhu Zhilian is leading people to count the number of casualties at the accident site.

Before that, he had ordered a few servants to knock on the doors of several medical clinics.

Cao Yong nodded, left Liang Chuanfu outside, and ordered him to take three hundred supervisors to cooperate with the city guard and the magistrate's Yamen to appease the chaotic people and clean up the law and order nearby.

He, Jiang Jian, and a few more people went directly to the blockade.

Moans were heard from a distance, and after walking more than ten feet, the ground was covered with people.On one side are the dead bodies confirmed; on the other side are the wounded.

On both sides of the road, there are fallen wooden cases and broken remains of lanterns.

The scene in front of me could not be called a hell on earth, but it was also shocking.

Cao Yong didn't wear an official uniform, and the officers and soldiers who came and went to carry the wounded and dead bodies didn't recognize him.Although there were curious ones, no one stepped forward to ask them.

Seeing this situation, Cao Yong's chest felt tight.

If he could be more careful and think of the accidents caused by too many people, he might be able to avoid this evil result.

At this time, I heard Jiang Jian say: "My lord, where are Master Zhu and the others..."

Sure enough, there were a few people standing not far away, they were Zhu Zhilian, Song Hou, Liu Chuan...

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Tears, a monthly ticket, a monthly ticket that is like the author's lifeblood...

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