Zhen Qian remembered that after entering February, there seemed to be a few rains in Yangzhou, and the rain didn't seem to be heavy, but after all, it rained, even if the lack of water should not be serious!

"Pilates, you're a local, do you know what's going on?"

Zhen Qian decided to figure out this matter, this is not a trivial matter, there is no way to water the ground without water, and it is not his own family that is affected. If this is true, then there will be more and more disputes due to water shortage, and human life will not be far away.

Pilates scratched his curly hair and thought for himself, "Master, there is indeed not much water in the canal next to the mulberry field, and I don't know what it was like before, so I can't compare it at all." However, last year's rain was less, and there was no snow in winter, and the water in the slender West Lake that the owner said was more than thirty percent less than in previous years, and the silt at the bottom of the lake was exposed in some places, and I can't say anything else! ”

Zhen Qian doesn't have to guess, last year's drought on the side of the Yellow River has begun to affect Yangzhou, he doesn't know the situation of the Huai River water system, but he can roughly think of some, the upstream should be water, so although there were a few light rains in Yangzhou, it was a drop in the bucket at all.

"It looks like this year is another disaster year!"

"Zhen Lang is right, disaster years often do not occur only once, when the situation is good, it will last for one or two years, and sometimes it will be disaster years for several years in a row, this is God's warning and punishment to the people!"

Fujiwara Shuxiong can understand Zhen Qian's words, last year the two went south to Yangzhou together, and saw a lot of homeless people on the way, and the weather was still cold and cold, which forced the homeless people to flee to the warmer south.

"Warning and punishment for fart!" Zhen Qian said angrily for no reason: "Why are the unlucky people all the people, does even the heavens think that the people are easy to bully?" ”

Fujiwara Shuxiong was taken aback by Zhen Qian's rebellious words, looked at the roof, fortunately the sky did not rain thunder and lightning to kill the two, and felt that he whispered to Zhen Qian: "Okay, okay!" Don't talk nonsense, beware of the walls with ears, this is retribution! ”

Zhen Qian was amused in his heart, but he couldn't laugh anymore immediately, because he heard someone report that Shi Luqiao, the governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, had already arrived at the door.

Lu Qiao was wearing a light coat, and he didn't wear an official uniform, which made Zhen Qian's heart feel relieved, and he hurriedly led him to the flower hall, sat down and served hot black tea. As soon as Lu Qiao sat down, he took out an official document from his sleeve and put it on the table, and when he saw Fujiwara Shuxiong, who was sitting on the side with red ears, he said: "Since there is an envoy from the Tang Dynasty here, I think Zhen Qian should know my intention!" ”

Put the Tang envoy in front of the words, Zhen Qian can hear Lu Qiao's meaning as long as he is not stupid, and glanced at Lu Qiao, who met for the first time, and it was really a good skin, less than fifty years old, with an official authority on his face, which made people feel an inexplicable pressure, but he was not good at listening to Lu Qiao's words, and he didn't know where he offended this long history.

Zhen Qian couldn't answer, and glanced at Fujiwara Shuxiong, Fujiwara Shuxiong burped, and the excitement on his face was overflowing, "But Zhen Lang's appointment as a deputy envoy to Tang Ying?" ”

Lu Qiao pushed the official document in front of Zhen Qian and said: "The official uniform and fuse are in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, you will come to the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion tomorrow to get it?" ”

There was no complicated procedure for receiving the decree that later generations saw on television, and there was not even a single eunuch reading it, only an edict of appointment, which was stamped with the bright red seals of the three provinces and the officials.

"Thank you Lu Changshi!"

Zhen Qian's gaze crossed Lu Qiao and stayed on Gu Qian's face, which was much kinder compared to Lu Qiao's serious face.

Seeing Zhen Qian looking at himself, he smiled slightly: "Now I should call Director Zhen, although the head of the Ministry of Rites is only from the official position of the sixth grade, he is a noble official, I don't know how many people in the court will be red, if it is not for the envoy to the country, I am afraid that it will attract a lot of impeachment, and Director Zhen should be careful in the future!" ”

Zhen Qian read the edict again, and still said his question: "The Ministry of Officials has just given Zhen the post of Pingzhou Macheng County Order, and now Zhen is allowed to envoy to the Wa Kingdom, why didn't he mention the matter of Pingzhou Macheng County Order, Zhen has just joined the office, and he doesn't understand anything, I don't know if Lu Changshi knows the reason?" ”

Seeing Zhen Qian's humble words, Lu Qiao's anger in his heart disappeared a little and said: "The deputy envoy sent to Tang is a temporary dispatcher, so I will give you the position of the head of the Department of Rites and Rites, and you will step down when you come back. ”

In other words, the result of Zhen Qian's mission to the Japanese Kingdom this time affected whether he was assigned to Macheng as an official, in fact, everyone knows what Macheng is all about, and being an official in Macheng is almost the same as being an official in the army.

These twists and turns of officialdom, if Lu Qiao didn't say it, Zhen Qian didn't know how many people he would have to ask to understand.

What shows the prestige of the country and insults the national body, it's not that you can say it if you want to say it, if Zhen Qian doesn't understand this thing, his two lives will be in vain.

Just when Zhen Qian didn't know how to answer, he said with a concern on the side: "When I came with Lu Changshi, I heard that Director Zhen had a conflict with the villagers over the matter of taking water from the canal, I don't know how Director Zhen handled this matter?" ”

"So it's for this?"

Zhen Qian glanced at the situation gratefully, last time Lu Qiao avoided him, he could still understand, a scholar who operates a cheap business will be despised, and his title is an invitation to pet, as long as it is not a person who tends to be inflammatory, he will not be friendly with him. Today, Lu Qiao has elongated an old face again, Zhen Qian is already very suspicious that he and Lu Qiao are incompatible, as for showing his face?

Thinking of the matter of the canal, Zhen Qian's brain teaser turned sharply, this kind of thing is Chen Sesame rotten grain, it is unclear, it is difficult to say who is right and who is wrong, Lu Qiao will only care about the outcome of the matter, and will not ask how it happened, the best result is to play fifty boards each.

"Lu Changshi happened to come, today because of the watering of the mulberry field at home, there was a dispute with some villagers, the reason for which Zhen Mou also just asked clearly, I didn't expect to learn a big thing from the middle, tell the two of you, just help Zhen to counsel", Zhen Qian understated his guards and the villagers of Majiazhuang because of the water use of the canal, just said that the villagers were unwilling to give themselves water, and the fight was not mentioned, nor did he say who was right and who was wrong, but just narrated the whole thing.

In the end, Zhen Qian's words changed, and he didn't give Lu Qiao a chance to think and ask at all, and led the topic to the water source: "The disputes caused by the villagers for watering the land for water sources are sparse and ordinary, but Zhen found that the source of the dispute in this incident is the decrease in the upstream water this year, I asked a few people, and found that the water level around Yangzhou has dropped a lot, and in previous years, it was the time when the water was abundant, didn't Lu Changshi think this matter was a little suspicious?" ”