Long Wind Crossing - Chapter 128

    In the courtyard, Gu Jiusi was having fun, and everyone in the courtyard became extraordinarily presumptuous under the influence of the wine, only Qin Nan always maintained an incomparable calm, sitting on the sidelines and watching , eyes full of disgust.

    The whole yard was full of people’s shouts, bets big and small, Gu Jiusi and Wang Siyuan were on both sides of the gaming table, each holding a dice, Gu Jiusi sat on the chair, leaning against Shen Ming , Both of them looked drunk and hazy, Gu Jiusi held a sieve cup in his hand, looked at Wang Siyuan opposite, and burped: “Master Wang, Gu is welcome this time, Gu will definitely open six. Six Great Shun…”

    “Son! Master!”

    Before he finished speaking, Mu Nan squeezed in and said anxiously, “Madam is here.”

    “What did you say?” Blindfolded, Gu Jiusi put his hand to his ear and said loudly, “Speak louder, it’s too loud, I can’t hear it.”

    “The young lady is here!”

    Mu Nan continued to shout eagerly, Gu Jiusi hadn’t heard clearly, so he continued: “louder, can’t hear, can’t hear!”

    Mu Nan took a deep breath and said loudly: “Master, young!

    This time, not only Gu Jiusi, but everyone present heard it.

    The audience was quiet, and everyone saw Gu Jiusi bowing his head and froze his movements. After a while, he who had been drunk all the time seemed to have been splashed by a basin of cold water, and instantly sobered up , stood up suddenly, and said agilely: “Where is the back door? Quick, I want to go through the back door!”

    “Master Gu, don’t panic,” Wang Houchun looked at Gu Jiusi’s appearance and quickly came up to comfort him, “Don’t worry, I’ll let the door keep my wife outside, and I’ll prepare a car for you…”

    “Your Excellency is bad!”

    A servant shouted from outside: “Mrs. Gu is calling in!”

    When they heard this, everyone’s expressions changed. Gu Jiusi immediately said: “Don’t pull me, you can’t stop her, you haven’t seen her carrying a knife!”

    After finishing speaking, Gu Jiusi pulled Wang Houchun’s hand away and said loudly, “Quick, where is the back door? Prepare the car for me! Prepare the car!”

    Gu Jiusi didn’t wait for the servant to answer, and based on the experience of general house design, he ran towards the back door, and the servant hurriedly followed behind. At this time, Liu Yuru also arrived with the guard.

    In everyone’s mind, the person who would call the door to arrest her husband like this must be a shrew with five big and three rough, but when Liu Yuru appeared, everyone was shocked. This is a typical girl from a water town in the south of the Yangtze River, with a thin body, fair skin, gentle temperament like a spring breeze blowing willows, and a beautiful face like a hibiscus emerging from water.

    She was born beautiful, and when she entered the room, everyone turned their eyes away unconsciously. After she came in, she greeted everyone with a blessing and saluted: “I have seen you all, may I ask my husband Where is Gu Jiusi?”

    No one dared to speak. Liu Yuru’s eyes swept away, and when she saw Mu Nan who was hiding in the crowd, trembling and hadn’t had time to run, she said with a gentle smile, “Where’s your lord?”

    Mu Nan closed his eyes and raised his hand in the direction of Gu Jiusi’s escape with an imposing manner. Liu Yuru raised her chin and said with the guard, “Go chase.”

    The guards rushed towards the backyard immediately, Liu Yuru turned her head, glanced at it, and saw that the most important person in the group was Wang Siyuan standing on the side, she walked forward with a smile , said respectfully, “I’m disturbing you, my lords.”

    Everyone’s faces were not very good-looking, Wang Siyuan held back for a while, and finally said: “Mrs. Gu, there is a word, as an elder, I still want to persuade…”

    “Your concubine understands what your lord wants to say.” Before Wang Siyuan could speak, Liu Yuru made a sound. She raised her hand, brushed her hair behind her ear, and said softly, “Women should be virtuous and virtuous, and shouldn’t be so jealous. It’s just that concubine has such a temperament. When His Majesty wanted to marry Lang Jun, he also said so.”

    When these words came out, no one dared to persuade them any more. Even if the emperor can’t grant marriage, who can persuade this woman? For a while, everyone present felt a little pity for Gu Jiusi, and suddenly understood that Gu Jiusi kept a distance from those women and said that he was not good at women. what.

    Liu Yuru was talking to the people in the courtyard, when the guards held Gu Jiusi to the left and right and brought him over from the backyard.

    Gu Jiusi drank high, and his footsteps were still a little staggered. He came to Liu Yuru, and Liu Yuru looked at him quietly.

    Liu Yuru didn’t say anything, Gu Jiusi felt a kind of silent fear surging up, he had no manners for a moment, rushed forward, hugged Liu Yuru’s thigh, and cried aggrieved: “Yuru, I didn’t do it voluntarily, they forced me!”

    Everyone present: “…”

    Wang Houchun’s face was a little ugly, and he forced a smile: “Master Gu is drunk, this is a normal banquet, everyone is just having fun, Madam can see it.”

    “I can’t read it.”

    Liu Yuru resolutely opened her mouth, Gu Jiusi continued to pretend and sobbed: “I said I won’t drink it anymore, everyone must make me drink it. If I drink it, I have to gamble for money, I have quit gambling for a long time, you know , I was really forced to gamble today. They said that if you don’t drink or gamble, you’re not a friend. If you don’t give them face, I was really forced…”

    “Yes, yes,” Shen Ming reacted and said quickly, “Sister-in-law, they are all forced. Those girls have nothing to do with us at all. Although there are many girls here, we all Haven’t seen it at a glance.”

    Liu Yuru listened to these words, raised her head, looked at Wang Siyuan and said, “I have heard from the concubine, according to the Great Summer Law, officials are not allowed to act like prostitutes, and they are not allowed to gamble. This officialdom in Xingyang has more rules than the heavenly family. Is the law bigger?”

    Wang Siyuan heard Liu Yuru say this, his face suddenly turned cold, Gu Jiusi looked at Wang Siyuan quietly, and tried his best to apologize to him: “Sir Wang, I’m sorry, this lady in my family can’t see me coming out. Doing this, I’m harassing everyone, and I’ll apologize to everyone, make amends.”

    Gu Jiusi said, got up quickly, and bowed to everyone: “Let’s go now, we’ll meet again another day.”

    After Gu Jiusi finished speaking, he dragged Liu Yuru to leave, but Liu Yuru did not speak, and walked out with Gu Jiusi with a straight face, Shen Ming wiped his face, lowered his head and apologized to the big guy, Everyone’s faces were not very good-looking. Wang Houchun saw that Liu Yuru and Gu Jiusi had gone far, and directly said to Shen Ming, “Lord Gu is too dignified to be like this. Women should take good care of them.”

    Shen Ming reluctantly smiled and said, “If I could manage it, I would have managed it long ago, I can only let you adults take more care.”

    Shen Ming apologized to everyone and returned to the carriage, where he saw Liu Yuru and Gu Jiusi sitting on the side, Gu Jiusi fanned Liu Yuru with a small fan and coaxed: “Our family Yuru Ru is really smart, today is really a good coincidence, and after such a tantrum, no one dares to invite me to dinner in the future, it’s good.”

    “Stay away from me,” Liu Yuru said lightly, covering her nose, “It smells of alcohol.”

    Gu Jiusi immediately stepped back, fanned himself with a fan, and put on a pleasing smile. Shen Ming sat opposite them, raised his chin and said, “Don’t care about Luo Zishang?”

    “What does he do?” Gu Jiusi turned his fan, “People have their own big things to do, just leave a few people to watch.”

    Shen Ming nodded and sighed: “I’m doing well today, I’ve offended Xingyang as an official all the time. I don’t know what to do next.”

    “Where is the offense?”

    Gu Jiusi waved his fan: “Just let them see how many weaknesses I have. They send money, and I take it and report it to the court, that’s fine. Sending a woman, I really wash it. I don’t know. When Yuru makes such a fuss, they probably won’t dare to send me a woman, and they understand that I’m a rake, and I’m afraid that from tomorrow, they will try to please Yuru.”

    “Then shall I take the money?” Liu Yuru asked carefully, Gu Jiusi looked up at her, “Yes, why didn’t you take it? Not only do you have to take it, you must also remember who gave it and how much, and sort it out. Come down, as much as you collect, you will send as much as you want, and let the censor and the emperor know clearly. Lay out the net, and then go fishing together.”

    “Luo Zishang’s side…” Shen Ming was still a little worried, Gu Jiusi tapped the palm of his hand with a fan, “Look first. Send someone to watch him, don’t make any mistakes.”

    “It is estimated that there is nothing wrong with the Yellow River.” Liu Yuru shook his head, “He invested so much money to repair the Yellow River, just to benefit Yangzhou’s water conservancy in the later stage. And he invested money in our caravan, I won’t have trouble with my own money. I’m afraid he’ll make trouble with Jiusi.”

    Liu Yuru frowned: “Now that everyone is out, you should be careful.”

    Gu Jiusi responded and thought about it, he said to Shen Ming, “Go find someone to check on that Qin Nan.”

    Shen Ming nodded: “Understood.”

    The three discussed the business and arrived at the door. Shen Mingcai laughed and said with Liu Yuru, “Sister-in-law, are you not angry today?”

    Liu Yuru was a little puzzled, looked up at Shen Ming, Shen Ming pouted at Gu Jiusi: “Ninth brother is drinking and gambling today…”

    “You get off!”

    Before he finished speaking, Gu Jiusi copied the box next to him and smashed it. Shen Ming took the box with a smile, and finally said, “I’ve helped a lot of little girls, and I’m very happy.”

    Gu Jiusi rushed over to start, but the carriage just stopped, Shen Ming jumped out of the carriage just before Gu Jiusi caught him, Gu Jiusi fluttered, turned his head, looked at Liu Yuru, and said embarrassingly : “Yuru, don’t listen to his nonsense.”

    “I didn’t listen to his nonsense,” Liu Yuru said, Gu Jiusi immediately calmed down, smiled and was about to say the next sentence, when Liu Yuru shook his fan and said, “I’m watching.”

    Gu Jiusi’s face stiffened, but Liu Yuru’s face was still as usual, with a gentle smile: “Langjun’s official entertainment, what am I not understanding? Don’t worry too much.”

    That’s what I said, and I should think so, but I don’t know why, Gu Jiusi always felt that there was a bit of a fluffy feeling spreading in his heart.

    Gu Jiu thought to talk to Liu Yuru at night, but he was drunk and sleepy, so he insisted to say a few words, Liu Yuru ignored him, and he couldn’t hold it anymore, so he hugged him and fell asleep.

      get up.”

    Liu Yuru’s expression did not change, she smiled and said, “I’m sorry, husband.”

    Gu Jiusi hurriedly brought water to her and handed her a handkerchief. He moved awkwardly. After helping her wash, he came to help her get dressed. Liu Yuru watched him angrily twist the belt around and fasten it. The belt was tied crookedly. She couldn’t help laughing. She held down his hand and said, “Forget it, no need, I’m not angry anymore.”

    Hearing Liu Yuru’s laughter, Gu Jiusi breathed a sigh of relief, he wrapped her arms around her waist, and said with relief: “You’re laughing, I’m scared to death.”

    “What are you afraid of?” Liu Yuru was a little strange, “It’s not your fault, I’m also angry with those officials.”

    Speaking, Liu Yuru raised her hand to straighten Gu Jiusi’s collar, and said helplessly: “This world is too partial to your men, there are so many delicious and fun things out there, there are people you don’t like. Forcing you to enjoy it, I have nowhere to enjoy it…”

    “What did you say?” Gu Jiusi grasped the point and said in shock, “What do you want to enjoy?”

    Liu Yuru choked and hurriedly said: “It’s nothing, I’m just jealous of you. Look at your day,” Liu Yuru sighed, “If you drink, have money, bet and have a girl to accompany you, the world is full of flowers. Infinitely wonderful, I…”

    Before he finished speaking, Mu Nan walked in from outside the door and said with a smile, “Young master woke up, I followed Luo Zishang’s guards to report the morning news last night, do you want to listen?”

    “Let’s talk.” Liu Yuru spoke first, Gu Jiusi responded, and Mu Nan immediately said, “Lord Zishang and all the officials drank it at the wine table last night, and they get along very well with Yongzhou officials. He was drunk when he returned, and it was sent back by Qin Shishi.”

    “Huh?” Gu Jiusi raised his eyes, “Do you know what they said?”

    “The doorman said that at the door I heard Qin Nan asking Luo Zishang to visit the tomb the day after tomorrow.”

    Gu Jiusi frowned, Qin Nan asked Luo Zishang to sweep the grave, it should be about Luo Yishui. Gu Jiusi always had a knot in Luo Zishang’s identity, he waved his hand and said, “Keep an eye on him.”

    Mu Nan responded, Gu Jiusi ordered some other things, and let Mu Nan go down.

    After such an interruption, the two of them stopped talking about other things. They had dinner together. Gu Jiusi led Luo Zishang and Shen Ming to the county government office, and Liu Yuru went to the street to look for it. The location of the warehouse.

    Xingyang is the diversion section of the Yellow River, and will be the largest transfer station in the Liu Yuru waterway planning. Liu Yuru first has to find a warehouse to store the goods that need to be diverted, and then go to buy another Batch of boats to switch from the Yellow River to the Xiaoqu.

    Liu Yuru spent a day in the city, looking for a suitable place to be a warehouse. This place can’t be too far from the pier, the transportation must be convenient, and the land price must not be too expensive. While inquiring about prices in various places, she inquired about the manpower of each store.

    While she was busy, news came from home that many officials and wives came to the house.

    Liu Yuru hurried back to the mansion, cleaned up, and went to the front hall.

    There were more than a dozen ladies sitting in the front hall, all of whom were about the same age as Liu Yuru. These people were led by Mrs. Chen, Fu Baoyuan’s wife, and chatted with Liu Yuru. They are very good at talking, and they are like Fu Baoyuan, and they are bragging.

    Liu Yuru socialized carefully. When everyone got to know each other and the atmosphere became warm, Chen invited Liu Yuru to go shopping in the garden. The two of them entered the yard arm in arm like good sisters, and the others sat far away. Liu Yuru saw that Mrs. Chen clearly had something to say, so she said directly, “Mrs. Fu has something to say in private. ?”

    “Mrs. Gu is really an immortal. The minds of us mortals are all seen through by Mrs. Gu. This time, I really have something to say to Mrs. Gu. I heard This time, Master Gu is in charge of repairing the Yellow River. This is a big deal. My husband has been in the position of county magistrate for more than 20 years. The Yellow River has been repaired three times. , go back not only to be promoted, but also to make a fortune, luck is very good, this is accumulation of virtue.”

    Liu Yuru listened with a surprised expression, full of yearning: “Is there such a blessing in repairing the Yellow River?”

    “One year of the Yellow River, one hundred thousand snowflakes and silver.”

    Chen shi said with a smile: “In the past, repairs were all petty troubles. This time I heard that the imperial court allocated ten million taels, but is it true?”

    Liu Yuru looked surprised when she heard this: “There are so many?”

    “It seems that Mrs. Gu doesn’t know yet?” Chen Shi pretended not to know that Liu Yuru was acting, and continued, “I heard from my husband that it was 10 million taels. I have to do a big project. There must be some people who do things. The lady who came with me today is a lady who used to manage the Yellow River. When they heard that Mrs. Gu was coming, they wanted to come over. Show your face more or less, and let Madam Gu say a few words of kindness in front of Master Gu.”

    Liu Yuru had a bottom line when she heard it. She glanced at the Yingyingyanyan women in the room, smiled and said, “As long as I don’t send women to my husband, everything is easy to say.”

    Chen shi was stunned for a while, then laughed out: “Understood, we have heard about what happened yesterday, and we all appreciate Mrs. Gu’s good work.”

    Liu Yuru seemed embarrassed, smiled, but did not speak, Chen approached Liu Yuru and whispered: “Does Madam like white or objects?”

    When Liu Yuru heard this, she knew that Chen was asking her how to give this gift.

    White should be silver, and objects should be silver folded into objects. She thought about it for a while, then said, “It’s white,” she pretended to be calm, “You bring it to the mansion at night, this person, I will accompany you to see you again in a while.”

    Chen shi happily answered, and led Liu Yuru to see everyone. After Liu Yuru meticulously memorized everyone, she sent the ladies away after dinner.

    While Liu Yuru was dealing with these ladies in the mansion, Gu Jiusiling, Luo Zishang and Shen Ming were in the county office, talking to Wang Siyuan, Fu Baoyuan and others about the repair plan this time.

    “The whole process of repairing the Yellow River this time is nearly a year, from July this year to July next year, if the speed is faster, it is best to finish in April next year. The treasury is prepared to spend a thousand silver Ten thousand taels, this is all the money, there is nothing more than a penny, so everyone must be careful with money.” Gu Jiusi spread out the drawings and introduced them to everyone.

    “Ten million?” Fu Baoyuan laughed beside him, “It’s enough to repair those dams.”

    “It’s not building dams,” Gu Jiusi glanced at Fu Baoyuan, “The whole plan is divided into three stages, the first stage is July and August, all dams must be guarded to meet the summer and autumn floods At this stage, everyone mainly reinforces the previous dams, observes the flow direction at any time, promptly informs the downstream people to evacuate, and provides disaster relief after the disaster.”

    “What are the next two stages?” Wang Siyuan frowned, Gu Jiusi pointed to a few dashed river channels on the picture, and said in a calm voice: “Modify the channel. The reason for the frequent disasters in the Yellow River is mainly The river is still not straight enough. This time we re-planned the river. On the one hand, we straightened the curve with too much curvature. On the other hand, we increased the diversion channel to change the flow of the entire Yellow River. This project will be completed in autumn and winter. , we have four big bends that need to be trimmed, after trimming, the Yellow River flows from Xingyang, the river flows from Liangshan, Pingyang, Changqing, Jinan, Jiyang, Gaoqing, Boxing, and then goes straight into the Bohai Sea.

    “Master Gu,” Fu Baoyuan frowned, “The most difficult thing to deal with perennial disasters in the Yellow River is not in the lower reaches, but in Xingyang, where the Yellow River divides, the bends are sharp and the water potential is high, you can The downstream has been leveled, and the biggest problem has not been solved.”

    “So we not only diverted the route,” Luo Zishang said next to him and pointed his hand at Xingyang, “The most important thing for us is to repair the canal.”

    “Fix the canal?” Wang Siyuan didn’t understand, Gu Jiusi nodded, “Here in Xingyang, the previous dynasty tried to build a canal to divert the Yellow River, but the canal has never been completed, this time we will The Bian Canal has been completely repaired, and it goes all the way from the Yellow River to the Huai River.”

    Hearing this, Fu Baoyuan and Wang Siyuan glanced at each other, Wang Siyuan put down the teacup, and his tone became a little stiff: “What about the third stage?”

    “The third stage is to set up a sluice gate and add a breakwater to it.” Gu Jiusi calmly said, “After such repairs, the water level of the Yellow River will be gentle and navigable in the future. It can be used for flood control and drainage, daily use to ensure navigation, and irrigation of farmland channels. Master Fu,” Gu Jiusi looked up at Fu Baoyuan and said with a smile, “If the Yellow River is completed, Xingyang will be a hub in the future, and Master Fu’s official road will have a future. Infinite.”

    Fu Baoyuan smiled dryly and did not dare to answer, Gu Jiusi looked at Wang Siyuan: “What does Mr. Wang think?”

    “Very good,” Wang Siyuan nodded, “Master Gu has great ambitions, making the old man feel that young people really dare to think about it. The Yellow River flood has been a disease for thousands of years, and Master Gu plans to do it by himself. To solve it within the year is really terrifying.”

    Although Wang Siyuan praised, but everyone present heard the sarcasm in his words, Gu Jiusi smiled: “Master Wang, Jiusi is young, there are many things that you don’t think about, do you think If there is anything inappropriate, please remind me appropriately.”

    “Nothing is inappropriate,” Wang Siyuan listened to Gu Jiusi’s resignation and said with a smile, “It’s just money, maybe not enough.”

    “Money is a simple matter,” Shen Ming said carelessly when it was time to open his mouth, “Your Majesty said that the 10 million yuan was given by the imperial court, and if it is not enough, it will be supplemented from Yongzhou taxes. A river, 10 million, should be enough.”

    “Really?” Wang Siyuan took a sip of tea and said indifferently, “Then let’s fix it, this official thinks that Master Gu has foresight, and it’s good that Master Gu is solely responsible for this matter. It’s noon. .”

    Wang Siyuan stood up, put his hands behind his back, and went out and said, “I have other matters, so I won’t accompany you. Water control, Mr. Fu,” Wang Siyuan glanced at Fu Baoyuan , “Help Master Gu well, and don’t be neglectful.”

    Fu Baoyuan lowered his head and answered again and again.

    Gu Jiusi watched Fu Baoyuan take Wang Siyuan out, he took a sip of tea, he knew there was something in Wang Siyuan’s words, but Luo Zishang was here, he couldn’t say much.

    Fu Baoyuan came back after sending Wang Siyuan off, smiled and said to Gu Jiusi, “Master Gu, why don’t we talk about it after we have eaten?”

    Gu Jiusi responded, but Luo Zishang stood up and said to Gu Jiusi and Fu Baoyuan: “Two adults, Luo Mou still has some personal affairs, and the two adults negotiated the follow-up matters, and the result came out. Just tell Luo, and Luo will leave first.”

    Gu Jiusi was thinking about how to discuss the next thing with Fu Baoyuan, Luo Zishang offered to leave, he naturally would not stop him, after Luo Zishang handed over and left first, Gu Jiusi turned to look at Fu Baoyuan: “Mr. Fu,” he said with a smile, “could you give Gu a little bit of money, how much is enough?”