Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Difficulty of Knowing the County
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Of course, they don't ask about something as important. At this time, Luo Xin was thinking about which military book in his memory of his previous life to copy first?
Just thinking about it, they heard the sound of footsteps, and the four brothers turned their heads to look, and saw two figures on the bluestone road being led by the Zhang family to walk in the direction of Zhang Shu's study. Luo Xin's eyes froze, but the figures of those two people were his teacher Lin Chang and uncle Luo Zhi. The two figures quickly disappeared from Luo Xin's field of vision.
"They're ...... Why is it so rushed? Luo Xin couldn't help asking.
Zhou Yu's eyes also looked at Zhang Xun, Zhang Xun thought for a moment and then smiled: "I forgot, this is a matter of fighting for water." ”
When Luo Xin heard this, he also raised his forehead and said, "I forgot, tomorrow is the day of the fight for water." ”
"The day of the fight for water?"
Zhou Yu's face couldn't help but show nervousness. This can't help but make him not nervous, there is an old and difficult problem in Yanglin County, which has made his father worry a few more strands of gray hair.
Yanglin County and Yangqu County are two adjacent counties, separated by a small river. On both sides of the river are fertile fields, and the beginning of spring planting is also the beginning of the competition for water.
If the villages within a county compete for water, the magistrate, as the honor of a county, can naturally suppress it, but it is difficult to say that it belongs to two counties. Which county magistrate doesn't want a bad harvest under his rule, and everyone is a magistrate, why let you?
Therefore, there have been many armed fights between the two counties over water, and even fatal cases occurred when the circumstances were serious, and the magistrates of the two counties were dismissed because of the many murders.
Since Li Zhixian of Zhouzhi County and Yangqu County took office, although he tried his best, he still could not stop the fighting between the two counties. This is also because the two counties have no way to regress, who dares to give water to neighboring counties? is bound to be questioned by the big families in the county, and the dismissal of officials is inevitable.
But......
If the fight continues like this, sooner or later the problem of becoming the magistrate of the county will occur, and if a few more people are killed because of the fight for water, the two of them will not be able to do it for long.
If things were better in a rainy year, but this year it happened to be less rainy than in previous years, and these days have made Zhou Zhixian feel sad about how much gray hair.
Therefore, now as soon as Zhou Yu heard the fight for water, his head swelled with a "buzz", and the expression on his face became nervous. What if there was a fight under my father's rule? Seeing Zhou Yu's nervous appearance, Zhang Xun smiled and said:
"Big brother don't be nervous, we share the same river in Shanglin Village and Xialin Village, but one river can't meet the crop needs of the two villages, and there are disputes over water from time to time.
In the past, there were many fights between the two villages, and many people were injured in the two villages. Some are even permanently disabled. Later, after the discussion of the two village heads, the water of the military struggle was turned into the water of the cultural struggle. ”
"Martial arts? Wendou? Zhou Yu asked curiously.
"Hmm!" Zhang Xun nodded and said: "There are also two talents in Xialin Village, so the two villages will fight each other, and the winning side will use water first." And the two villages took turns to solve the problem, last year it was our Shanglin Village that came up with the problem, and my father, Lin Shi and Uncle Luo paired with Xialin Village, and our village won, so last year it was our Shanglin Village that used water first. This year, it is the turn of Xialin Village to solve the problem......"
Speaking of this, Zhang Xun's voice paused, and Luo Xin's expression became solemn and said:
"Second brother, I saw the teacher and my uncle in a hurry just now, I'm afraid that the question from Xialin Village this time is very difficult, right?"
Zhang Xun also nodded and said, "I'm afraid I haven't figured out a way to deal with it yet, right?" ”
Zhou Yu breathed a sigh of relief at this time, as long as it wasn't a fight. In this way, it will not affect my father's future.
"Wen Dou...... Wendou ......"
Zhou Yu's eyes couldn't help but light up, if his father and the magistrate of Yangqu County reached an agreement on Wendou, wouldn't this solve the problem of fighting?
Even if Wendou fails, it is a problem that the literati in this county are inferior to others, and the father's responsibilities will be much less. Presumably, Li Zhixian of Yanglin County is also happy to do this, right?
"Tomorrow is the day of the fight for water?" Zhou Yu asked.
"Hmm!" Luo Xin, Luo Qing and Zhang Xun nodded together.
"Then let's go and see it tomorrow, and if this method works, I recommend it to my father."
"Recommended for stepfather?"
"yes!" Zhou Yu's face showed bitterness and said, "You don't know......"
Zhou Yu told the matter of the battle between the two counties, and Zhang Xun, Luo Xin and Luo Qing all felt the seriousness of the matter. Luo Xin said:
"Big brother, after fighting for water tomorrow, you should hurry back to the county seat and report to your father-in-law at this time. Before the two counties fight over water, it is best to settle the matter of the fight. ”
"Hmm!"
It wasn't until the evening that Lin Chang and Luo Zhi left Zhang's house. At this time, the four brothers were in Zhang Xun's study. Zhou Yu and Zhang Xun were playing chess, while Luo Xin was teaching Luo Qing to learn calligraphy while watching the two of them play chess.
Stop!
Once Luo Qing got rid of the idea of disgusting words, it was really not slow to learn, and after an hour, he had already learned eight words. I was holding Luo Xin's brush and following Luo Xin's words.
Seeing that the eldest brother was studying seriously, Luo Xin showed a happy smile on his face, and after a few more glances at the chessboard, he knew that Zhang Xun would lose in a short time. didn't bother Luo Qing, Zhou Yu and Zhang Xun walked to the window and looked at the sky outside the window.
Integrity twilight.
But there was not a single cloud in the sky!
"This year's rain seems to be really insufficient!" Luo Xin lowered his head and pondered: "You should go to the county seat to buy some grain in case of food shortage!" ”
When I was really thinking about it, I heard footsteps outside the window, and when I looked up, I saw Zhang Shu walking towards here, with worry on his face.
Luo Xin hurriedly moved to the door, and said to Zhang Shu from a distance: "Father-in-law! ”
"Xin'er! You don't have to be polite. Zhang Shu called, but there was no worry in his expression.
Hearing the conversation between Luo Xin and Zhang Shu, the three people in the study also came to the door.
"Father!"
"Father-in-law!"
"Come into the house and say!"
Luo Xin and the others followed Zhang Shu into the house, and then sat down in a priority, and the four brothers looked at Zhang Shu with blank eyes. Zhang Shu looked a little serious and said:
"This time, it was the turn of Xialin Village to solve the problem. But in the past, we were able to inquire about the approximate range of questions, just like last year they were able to inquire about the range of questions in our Shanglin Village. It's the right thing, it's a poem, there's always a range, let the other party prepare.
However, this time is different. It should be that we feel that the rain is insufficient this year, and Xialin Village has not revealed the scope of the problem, which makes us have a bad feeling. Today's rain is definitely insufficient, if we lose in Shanglin Village, we must first use water in Xialin Village, and our crops in Shanglin Village will not be able to harvest 50%, or even lower. ”
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