Lady of Fortune, Jiao Niang

Ye Pingrong originally wanted to stay for two days before returning to Beijing, but the door was sealed by the heavy rain. He couldn't get out, so he stayed in Qi's house.

One day and two days were enough. After the 7th and 8th, Ye Pingrong couldn't stand it, and came to Ye Jiao to talk to her sister.

Ye Jiao sat on the couch holding Xu Bao, looked at the rainwater outside, and whispered: "No more, I am afraid that the medicinal materials I planted in the garden on the mountain will be washed away."

Ye Pingrong was holding a cloth tiger and teasing Xu Bao. He sighed, "Don't talk about medicinal materials. After such a long rain, the dike may not be able to withstand it."

When the water rushes into the dam, it is a disaster.

The most ruthless thing in the world is water and fire, and you can’t escape if you touch it.

Although Ye Jiao didn't know how severe the natural disaster was, she could also see that her family was nervous these days. The little ginseng was also very considerate and wouldn't ask too much. She didn't always change the way to eat like before, just because of her twins. , Occasionally feel something is missing in the mouth.

It’s not that I’m hungry, it’s that my mouth is dry and I always want something sweet.

Seeing her licking her mouth, Ye Pingrong asked, "Hungry?"

Xiao Su said on the side: "What do you want to eat? There is chicken soup stewed in the small kitchen, so let the cook make a bowl of noodles?"

Ye Jiao shook her head and said, "I'm not hungry, I just want to eat snacks, Fengshengzhai," the voice paused, "Anyway, I'm not in a hurry, I just think about it."

Xu Bao raised his hand and handed it to Ye Jiao: "Mother, eat cakes!"

Ye Jiao didn't be polite with him, smiled and ate, and kissed Xu Bao by the way.

Ye Pingrong looked at Ye Jiao and couldn't help but said, "Looking at this rain, it's about to stop. I will go to Fengshengzhai to buy you a trip later."

Ye Jiao nodded with a smile.

And this rain stopped for ten days.

In the ten days, it was not rainstorm every day, the rain was big or small, but after all, it was a rare heavy rain.

The Qi family is fine. They have a high terrain and can't accumulate water, and there is no impact on the town and the shops in the city. There are moats around the periphery, and there are trenches, drainage channels, and underdrains. At most, some medicinal materials are soaked in water. No use, the store is fine.

Zhuangzi is located in the upper reaches of the Yuan River that runs through the villages and towns. Although there are some flooded, as long as the granary is okay, everything is okay.

However, in the lower reaches of Yuanhe River, the embankment was washed away, and several villages and towns were flooded.

Even though there are many ways to inform in advance by water newspapers and sheep newspapers, the villagers only had time to escape to save their lives by themselves, but they could not take away the food and livestock from the family.

The flood was merciless, and everything was gone after a meal.

But when the people in the town were thankful that the heavy rain stopped and averted greater disasters, Qi Yun called Guan Shi over.

As soon as Guan Shi entered the study, he said to Qi Yun: "Second Young Master, I have checked the shop, and the damage is not significant. The medicine garden was hoarding medicinal materials early, and now it is time to let them out."

When Qi Yun heard this, he didn't say anything, because he knew what Song Guanshi said was true.

The disaster brought about a shortage. The imperial court has been performing benevolent governance for many years, exorbitant taxes and low taxes, and caught up with the war just fought. Then the emperor died and the new emperor became the throne. Even if Qi Yun had no connection with being an official, he knew that At this time, the court is afraid that there is not much money, and there are not many that can be allocated to the local government.

Now if the stored medicinal materials can be released, even if they are ten times more expensive, they can still be sold.

It's just that Qi Yun didn't plan to do this.

He looked at Guanshi Song, beckoned Guanshi Song to sit down, and then said, "The place that was hit this time has many connections with the tenants of Zhuangshang. Many people on Zhuangzi came from there. Far away, there will always be some kinship."

Guan Shi was taken aback.

Then I heard Qi Yun say: "My eldest brother and I counted together, thinking about writing things to appease, even if it is for the tenants, I always have to help them."

As soon as he said this, Guan Shi’s head immediately thought about the gains and losses, and quickly replied: “The second young master is kind, and this kind of life-saving thing is naturally done. But our county magistrate is not a broad-minded person. , The newly-arrived county prime minister is not too generous, even if we do our best, I am afraid it will be used as proof of their credit, which will not do us much."

Qi Yun's expression was calm, and he had obviously thought of this.

He even went a step further than Guan Shi thought, and was certain that the magistrate would not report his credit, and would only take it to himself.

But Qi Yun’s original intention of doing this was not to show merit, but for the Qi family: "Song Guan Shi, you have to remember that you can control yourself by calming people's hearts. I only need to stabilize them. As for the merits, that will be considered later. Thing."

Qi Yun didn't dare to say that he was a bodhisattva with compassion. On the contrary, he only cared about those few people. The others had nothing to do with him. He didn't even blink his eyes, but Qi Yun always considered it, and this time The sufferings are more or less related to his family, and he naturally can't ignore it.

Now the Qi family does things, whether it is a steward or a shopkeeper, or often find people from tenants.

As for the tenants, they don't have a lot of family background, but there are still a lot of talents in it. The most important thing is to be in harmony with the Qi family. This is the most rare.

Even if he used the expense to exchange the loyalty of his subordinates, Qi Yun felt that the deal was worthwhile.

Guan Shi arched his hands again: "The boss..."

But before he finished speaking, Qi Yun raised his hand and kept his words: "Business is never just about money, but also favors. Manager Song, prepare as I said. You won't suffer a loss. ."

Guan Shi bowed his head, no longer asked, and answered: "Yes." Then he quickly went out to prepare.

From beginning to end, Qi Yun did not say that Guanshi Song was wrong, even though Guanshi Song seemed a little unkind, but Guanshi Song’s thoughts were what most people thought.

It's nothing to do with yourself, ordinary people will choose the latter when others are living well and oneself.

It's just that Qi Yun chose to let others live well this time, but it was not a complete Sacred Heart attack. It was Qi Yun that saw it more clearly.

Money can be earned again, if the foundation is gone, it is really over.

The Qi family has taken root here, especially the tenant tenants in Zhuangzi, who mostly come from the village. If they don't do anything, even those who have nothing to do with the village will hurt them.

It's chilling people's hearts, I'm afraid they will not go so smoothly in the future.

It's hard to gather people, but it's easy to get loose.

So, early the next morning, Qi Yun and Qi Zhao sent people to Zhuangzi shop.

The granary in the village opened six out of ten and was escorted by tenants to the village for distribution. Half of the spirits stocked in the wine shop were also taken out, which could be burned or warmed up.

On the other hand, Li Langzhong took a dozen of them, brought medicinal materials, and prepared pills and realgar to burn them to prevent the plague.

In fact, there are not many that need to spend money, at least Ye Jiao’s money box is not too small, but he put a lot of things that he had previously stored out. They are all real grain medicinal materials, especially medicinal materials. It looked mighty when transported from the town.

As for the money for these grains and medicinal materials, Qi Yun had settled accounts with the housekeepers and would not lose them.

After working for a few days, it finally stabilized temporarily.

When doing this, Qi Yun didn't talk to Ye Jiao much, for fear that she would be worried.

However, Little Ginseng could always hear the wind, so he chopped off nearly half of the medicinal flowers in his yard for him to use.

These medicinal flowers are not as immediate as Shiyacao, nor are they rare. They usually grow a lot on Dong's side. Most of them can be beneficial to the body when burned, and it is finally a help.

But Qi Yun didn't vacillate. Ye Jiao didn't mention this when she talked to Ye Pingrong. When Ye Pingrong took Qi Ming to leave, she just said, "Big brother, the rain has just passed. Why not wait a few days."

Ye Pingrong smiled and said, "It's okay. I went to see the road from here to the town in the morning. It's ok, and Saburo's academy has reopened. He should have gone to study early."

This was not only for Qi Ming's consideration, but also Chu Chengyun's entrustment, and Ye Pingrong naturally did not dare to slack off.

Ye Jiao didn't leave them too much, just went to the inner room to get a tassel out and handed it to Qi Ming.

Qi Saburo looked at it and felt that this ear was a bit crooked, and the color scheme was also red and green, which was extraordinarily...different.

But before Qi Ming spoke, Ye Jiao smiled and said, "Recently, I can't go out because of heavy rain. I just wanted to find something to do. This is the spike I beat myself and I will give it to you."

Qi Ming immediately stretched out his hand to take it, looked at the red and green tassel, and looked at Ye Jiao again. After holding back for a long time, he said, "It's very beautiful, and his sister-in-law's craftsmanship is really good."

This made Ye Pingrong glanced at him, thinking that the reader would also speak nonsense.

Qi Ming said silently in his heart. Last time he said his sister-in-law was ugly and copied countless large characters. This time he didn't tell the truth...No, that's the truth!It's so pretty, it's so pretty. The Suizi made by my sister-in-law is of course pretty.

Ye Jiao also noticed the extremely sincere look on Qi Ming's face, and thought to herself, next time I would give my third brother a few shots.

After leaving the yard, the two went to see Qi Yun again.

Qi Erlang didn't mention anything about what he was busy with these days, but asked Ye Pingrong to send his brother to the city in peace, and said nothing else.

But he didn't know that after Ye Pingrong sent Qi Ming to the academy, he found a paper bag in his pocket.

He bought this in the town when he came to see the road in the morning. He originally wanted to give it to Ye Jiao himself. The dim sum in it had been shattered when the horse bumped, and Ye Pingrong remembered that he had promised Ye Jiao. Bring her a snack.

This is actually a trivial matter. He didn't bring it back and Ye Jiao wouldn't complain. Besides, after so many days, I'm afraid Ye Jiao would have forgotten it.

But for Ye Pingrong, as long as the younger sister said it, it was comparable to the imperial edict and must be done.

I can't let the little sister down.

So Ye Pingrong turned his horse's head and went to Fengshengzhai in the town again, planning to buy Ye Jiao another pack of dim sum to send back. Even if it was delayed, he would be punished by Chu Chengyun when he returned, and he felt it worth it.

But when he was buying dim sum, Ye Pingrong saw that the street was no different from usual, but the calmness was the most unusual.

Ordinary natural disasters are inevitable. Even if the imperial court builds dams and widens the river channel early, it is just doing its own business. Whether it can avoid disasters forever is still a matter of fate.

Ye Pingrong could have guessed the flooding of the downstream villages, but generally speaking, in order to survive, those victims would inevitably flow into the town or even the city to make a living.

Even when he was guarding the border at the beginning, he often encountered victims who ran into the city. The scene was extremely chaotic, and the shops in the town were afraid to open the door.

But looking at the calm and calm now, it doesn't seem like a disaster has happened.

Ye Pingrong couldn't help but ask Feng Shengzhai's man: "Have no one come to town recently?"

When Ye Pingrong came to buy dim sum in the morning, this guy greeted him. Now he said while Ye Pingrong was making dim sum: "I want to visit the guest officer because he wants to ask about the flood. The guest officer is probably a foreigner and doesn’t know about it. After coming, in addition to the money and food provided by the court, the Qi family over there also used a lot of money and food and went to the doctor. The victims did not run into the town. If the guest officer walks forward, he will definitely be able to see It’s on the roadside to transport the goods to the Qi family."

Ye Pingrong was taken aback, and hurriedly asked, "But the Qi family in the east?"

The guy smiled and said, "Isn't it the Qi family? There are a lot of wealthy people in the city, but the Qi family has this kind of compassion." Then the guy handed the wrapped snack to Ye Pingrong, "Come on, guest officer, take it. ."

Ye Pingrong took it, the paper-wrapped snacks were still hot, but Ye Pingrong felt that the place he liked was hotter.

After standing there thinking for a while, Ye Pingrong did not return to Qi's house. Instead, he went to the Qi's medicine store and asked the young man to send the snacks to Qi's house. Then he quickly returned to the capital.

The first thing was to pass the sign into the palace, and told Chu Chengyun about the matter without fail.

But Chu Chengyun had no idea about it.

After holding up the pen, Chu Chengyun frowned slightly, stretched out his hand to find a memorial from the stack of memorials next to it, opened it, and inside it was a memorial inviting credit.

He was talking about the county's ability to do things well and the magistrate's guidance, but he didn't mention the Qi family's efforts in this matter.

Not only didn't mention it, but even the things that the Qi family gave out were clasped on his head with a crown, for the benefit of their people.

Naturally, Chu Chengyun would not doubt Ye Pingrong’s intentions. Even though Ye Pingrong was close to the Qi family, Ye Pingrong was a pure minister next to Chu Chengyun. He was always frank. Moreover, you can know the inside story of this kind of disaster relief as long as you inquire about it. Ye Pingrong never Will tell this lie.

However, if Ye Pingrong hadn't said such a sentence, I'm afraid Chu Chengyun would never go to someone to look up the details.

Is this just greedy and pretending to be a leader, or is he deceiving because of the unstable foundation of the new emperor's succession...

Chu Chengyun narrowed his eyes and said nothing.

But soon, he said to Ye Pingrong: "Okay, Pingrong get up first." Then, Chu Chengyun said to Ye Pingrong, "Since ancient times, rewards and punishments have been distinguished. Qi Erlang is not greedy for money, nor is it. It's really rare to ask for a reward."

Ye Pingrong glanced at Chu Chengyun, and thought to himself, the rewards and punishments are distinct, but he only talked about the rewards of his brother-in-law, but didn't say who to punish. What's the matter?

At this moment, Chu Chengyun smiled and asked the palace clerk to take a pen and paper, and write a few words, and then he called the people from the Ministry of Households and the Ministry of Officials. As for what he said, Ye Pingrong didn't know.

As for the dismissal of a small county, Cheng and Xiaozhixian, it is not even news in Beijing.

But the emperor ordered someone to escort a plaque out of Beijing, but it quietly spread among the officials.