"The flood discharge canals, which are used to divert floods, may not be of much use if they are dry at ordinary times. For example, the ones around our village, large and small, are not very eye-catching. When the flood season comes, they can drain the rising river water and rainwater.Led away, so as not to flood the crops and houses."

Seeing that the two were silent, Wang Lizheng patiently explained.

He is also very knowledgeable. His grandfather who followed Lu Lizhi back then had broadened his horizons. He even studied and read with Lu Lizhi's father.

"But the flood discharge channel arranged by the imperial court this time is by no means so big. There are many floods in the south of the Yangtze River, especially when there is a lot of rain in summer. The waterlogging is continuous, often causing countless deaths and injuries, which seriously affects the development there."

"You also know that the most affluent area in Daning is the Jiangnan area, so in order to maintain the development of Jiangnan, the higher-ups planned the route of the flood discharge canal to our side, which is a relatively backward and poor place."

Wang Li was taking a light breath, "In other words, several prefectural cities near us will become flood discharge areas."

The flood discharge area, that is, the place where the flood is carried, has frequent torrential rains in the south of the Yangtze River, and the huge amount of rainwater cannot be drained, so it can only be released by diverting it to other places, even in modern times.

In the previous life, most of the flood discharge areas were wasteland and plains, and a lot of crops and farmland were flooded, but there was no way to do it. In the face of terrible natural disasters, many people would choose to give up the small and take the big.

"The news I got is that the area under our Baishi town is likely to become one of the flood discharge areas."

This sentence, Wang Lizheng said very lightly, but it hit the hearts of the two of them hard!

Jiang Baiye stood up abruptly, "Impossible!"

"There are still many villages and people under Baishi Town. If the flood is released to us..."

Before he finished speaking, he thought of a possibility, and his black eyes narrowed, "Qin Chunquan?"

He has this ability?

At the same time, in the good medicine workshop, Qin Chunquan was furious at a group of master craftsmen in the workshop!

"Useless stuff! Can't you see how it's done? I haven't let you learn it yet. What can you do, a bunch of trash!"

Everyone was so frightened that they didn't dare to show their breath. They always thought that Qin Erdong's family was a good friend, but they didn't expect that the fire would be so infiltrating!

However, at this moment, Qin Chunquan quickly collected his expression, calmed down, and even bent over to apologize to them.

"I'm sorry everyone, it's true that the medicine from Jichun Medicine Workshop has become the first choice of everyone in the market. I was so anxious that I lost control for a while..."

Everyone quickly waved, "Second boss, you are welcome, you should be anxious, we, we will try our best to make the medicine well!"

That’s what said, but heart is at a loss. The craftsmanship is all here. It’s not impossible for them to make the medicinal materials to the extreme, but they have to pay a huge price—money, effort, and extremely slow speed.Not to mention, the benefits are pitifully low!

But Director Dong would only urge them to do more and more every day. Under such a heavy task, it was basically impossible to make the medicinal materials too well.

Qin Chunquan pointed out, "Jichun can do it! We should think about why they can do it. The amount of medicinal materials is getting bigger and bigger, but the quality is not affected at all."

If Jichun only made small batches in order to preserve the quality, Qin Chunquan would not be so anxious to get angry, but there are countless ways to kill them.

Which fool would lose profits for the quality of medicine?It's not like they haven't come across such a stupid medical center before, they were easily fought by them, and in the end they all went bankrupt and closed down.

But the problem is, the time between Ji Chunda's birth and his occupation of the Xuanhe Mansion is so short that Qin Chunquan, a very experienced old businessman, was secretly surprised!

"Well, maybe they have some special way of preparing it, I'll try to figure it out..."

An old master frowned, picked up the medicinal materials that Qin Chunquan sent someone to buy, and after a closer look, it was indeed much better than what they made, and since the price was not expensive, a fool would know how to choose.

When they left, Dong Chengying snorted, "Let them figure it out for themselves, but they have to figure it out until the Year of the Monkey, when there will be no place for our Shanyaofang to stand at all!"

The second steward suggested in a low voice: "How about we change the site?"

Dong Chengying glanced at him, "I think you still don't understand our Shanyitang!"

There is absolutely no reason for the good medical hall to back down, but one must be the same. It is already a great shame to be sealed up as a medical clinic.

Qin Chunquan specially came here from the capital, and it was precisely because of this that he wanted to stand up and send a signal to all his colleagues that their position as a good medical doctor must not be shaken!

However, Qin Chunquan felt a little headache at this moment, "I finally know why Doctor Hu did such extreme things..."

Dong Chengying was about to get excited, but was suppressed by Qin Chunquan with a wave of his hand, motioning him not to say any more, this person is not easy to move for the time being.

Fortunately, their Shanyitang also has a strategy that has been secretly implemented——

Can't compare to others?Then grab it, by any means!

"How did the news about the flood discharge area go?"

"It has been passed to them right in front of them. It seems that they are in a panic."

Qin Chunquan finally showed his first smile in the past few days, "Let that kid know that we did this, and then let him beg!"

The life of the whole village, his workshop, and Daheng Mountain, if you change the method of processing, it will not be difficult to choose, right?

However, he didn't know that Jiang Baiye had already guessed his plot, and on the way back, he said to Lu Lizhi, "Of course the imperial court didn't treat our place as a flood discharge area in the previous life. I can't think of anyone else except Qin Chunquan for such a change."

Lu Lizhi also comforted him, the magistrate Yan hadn't mentioned this to him, which meant that he probably didn't even know the news.

Even the magistrate didn't know about it, but Wang Lizheng did. What does this mean?

Maybe this is fake news!

Someone deliberately came to defraud them.

If Jiang Baiye hadn't been reborn, if Lu Lizhi hadn't been valued by Yan Zhifu and others, ordinary people would really believe it!

For example, Wang Lizheng.

They have already prepared for the worst, and are planning to move the whole village with their families, but if the imperial court does not give an explanation and compensation, maybe they will become refugees living outside without even a root, so he is worried about that..

"However, this may come true, but that decision cannot be changed overnight." Jiang Baiye sneered, "You really think of us as fools!"

The imperial court has been planning this flood canal for a long time, and preliminary plans have been made for various projects, including the route of the flood canal, a good doctor's hall, maybe they really have this network and strength, and with a little change, they can flood their Baishi Town.

But others are not fools, and they will change easily for them.

The Shanyitang may not be willing to use such a large force to deal with an unknown person, otherwise it would be too petty, and Jiang Baiye would look down on him!

Lu Lizhi completely stretched his brows, but it didn't seem so pleasant to think that someone would treat them as fools.

I also thought that Wang Lizheng had been fooled foolishly... Where did get the news, can't believe this kind of person!

"But Li Zhi, I have something to do, I don't want to be so passive anymore, can you help me with this matter?" Jiang Baiye stopped and stood in front of him, his eyes burning, "It may take you a while.”

Lu Lizhi stared, as if he could guess what he was going to do, and believed that he could do it.

But before the two of them had finished talking, someone discovered them and immediately yelled in surprise.

"Oh! Isn't this our Chief Lu?"

"No, no, it should be called Lu Sanyuan. It's a small Sanyuan now, and it will be a big one in the future. There's no need to change the name then!"

After a while, many villagers came to congratulate him, Lu Lizhi felt a little uncomfortable, because he had never been treated so warmly before, no, his father's meeting, their family was fine, and they were quite respected in the village.

Not to mention his grandfather at that time, Lu Lizhi suddenly felt that he could also do it, like his grandfather and father...

"Hey, Li Zhi, what's wrong with your neck? There are so many marks, are you bitten by mosquitoes?" An old man wondered.

Lu Lizhi, who was secretly aiming at the goal, "..."

The instigator was very calm, "Isn't it, I have been bitten by mosquitoes so big here."

As he spoke, he wished that others could not see him, and pointed to the part of his Adam's apple.

Lu Lizhi, "!" He left without shame.

"Li Zhi, wait for me!"

"Hey, these two brothers have such a good relationship, and they may be able to form a family in the future."

"Don't talk about it, didn't you see that Feng's intestines are green with regret, I'm afraid he's going to be a demon again!"

"Hmph, I, Wang Erfeng, are the first to disagree."

"My pot doesn't agree either!" A small voice came from below, "Brother Li Zhi belongs to Brother Bai Ye."

"Go, go, go!" His mother Guozi covered his mouth in embarrassment, thinking, could it be that this stinky kid overheard the whispers she was talking to others?

Unexpectedly, as soon as these words came out, many people in the crowd fell silent for a while, with strange expressions.

Even a child can see it, so naturally they can see something strange occasionally.

However, don't know if it's because of the influence of the workshop, Jiang Baiye's recent performance, or Lu Lizhi's success in the exam... All kinds of factors combined, they actually accepted it well?

Pretty happy to see it happen?

"Hehe, you're still just being so happy here, I'm afraid you don't know that it takes more than 20 taels to replace the corvee with your head. It seems that your family has this money?"

"What!?" Everyone looked in horror at Feng who told the news.

"Oh, didn't Jiang Er even tell you? I thought he was going to settle it for you. I heard that he made more than a thousand taels in his workshop. It's enough to split it up. After all, he made easy money., you also helped him a lot.”

What Feng said later, the others couldn't listen at all, some hurried back in a hurry, some ran to Wang Lizheng, wanting to get an explanation.

Twenty taels...they couldn't even make up ten taels, but if it was only ten taels, they wouldn't be so desperate!

And the gate of Lu's house was crowded with people, most of them were from other villages, and they all looked like matchmakers.

Just as Lu Lizhi was about to step forward, Jiang Baiye grabbed him and turned behind the fence.

"Why hasn't Lu Xiucai come back? I've been waiting for a day!"

"You won't be stopped by someone in Fucheng County to talk about your marriage?"

"Oh, that's not good! I even patted my chest and promised to tell the lady of Qi Lizheng's family about this marriage."

"The daughter of Qi Lizheng's family? Hehe, I belong to Wang Xiucai's family, and I'm a scholar, so we can talk about it later."

"What are you guys? I am a scholar who was admitted at the same time as Lu Xiucai. I am also a linsheng. The younger sister of linsheng looks like Xiaojiabiyu. She is gentle and interpretive..."

A group of matchmakers were involved in life and death, not knowing who they were looking for, but Jiang Baiye dragged him to the wall.

Instead of going through the main entrance, he turned over the wall!

Lu Lizhi was even more afraid of this than him, if Jiang Baiye hadn't pulled him, he would have jumped over the wall by himself.

"Let's go, go to my house." Jiang Baiye was very excited to snatch the man away from these matchmakers, and wanted to abduct him back.

Thinking of the marks on his neck, Lu Lizhi insisted on going back to his own room, but he had to be careful, for fear that he would be heard by those people if he made any noise, and would be annoyed endlessly.

Jiang Baiye had no choice but to go back over the wall, and saw his parents sitting in the main room, still very surprised, "Why don't you go out and send those matchmakers away?"

He glared at him, "What if Li Zhi still needs it?"

"In case he still wants to go back on his word, people are always led astray by you!"

Jiang Baiye took a sip of water with a smile on his face, "I was also led astray by him."

"You're embarrassed to laugh, everyone has become the case. If you go further and further away in the future, what should you do if you can't keep up?" In the end, no matter how much Jiang Baiye makes money, he is not as good as a scholar in their hearts.

Human nature.

Jiang Baiye dragged a bench and sat in front of them, "So I want to do something next, I hope the two adults can allow it!"

Seeing his playful smile, the two of them couldn't help but realize in their hearts that it was a big deal!

By the second day, rumors about the 20-odd taels that were used to serve as servants in silver had already spread, and the whole Qingshui Village was in panic. The matchmakers who originally wanted to squat in front of the Lu family's gate heard the news, and rushed back with a big change in expression.

Lu Lizhi wrote something quickly in front of the case with a calm expression, which was his reply to Yan Zhifu and Tai Xuedao.

It turned out that he had the answer.

After returning to the village, he discovered that there might be other uses inside.

For these people, for Qingshui Village, for Jichun Medicine Workshop, and for his Baiye, let him ask for mercy.

Lu Lizhi's words were sharp, bold and penetrating, and he analyzed how to implement the corvee and taxes in the future, so as not to harm the people's interests, but also to help the construction of the flood canal.

In the meantime, he unrestrainedly extended the "Famine Relief Loan" system, to the effect that if he suddenly imposed severe taxes on the people because of some need, they might not be able to bear it.

However, if Kai Guocang lends money to the people, it will be beneficial for both of them to pay them back in installments and add appropriate interest.

"The people who borrow money from the common people, instead of granting it to the judges, use the national uniform as the interest...First lend money, and return the officials when the grain is ripe[4]."

After finishing writing, Lu Lizhi read it through twice and found some mistakes. After correcting it, he copied it again to make sure it was safe before stacking it up and preparing to go to Fucheng immediately.

On the other side, Jiang Baiye had just arrived at the workshop and made a routine inspection.

Steward Ge followed by his side and reported, "These days, the rich and the rich are diligent. They go into the mountains before dawn, and they don't say a word when they are injured. They work hard and don't delay anything."

Knowing that they were not seriously injured, Jiang Baiye said that he should also make them tighten up, lest they relax and pretend to be their own kind, and dare to do anything.

"It's just... the big guy is not very energetic now because of the corvee, and he often makes mistakes."

Jiang Baiye expressed his understanding, "Keep an eye on it carefully, the medicinal materials must not make mistakes, let people catch the handle!"

Guanshi Ge responded, and said again: "Master Ding asked for leave two days ago to go back, because his son seems to be admitted to the scholar."

This is a great happy event, Jiang Baiye's eyebrows are relaxed, Ding Lihui has passed the exam, at least Ding Yue's family is safe, corvee can be exempted, and taxes can be cut by more than half.

At this time, Fang Li, who was still in front of the concierge outside, experienced Xuan Zi's incident, and seemed to be much more mature and stable, and came to report to him calmly and without losing speed.

"Master, there are two stewards who say they are the stewards of Shanyaofang, and they want to find you for something!"

"After I finish my work, let people come in." Jiang Baiye was not surprised, if it was what they guessed yesterday, Qin Chunquan, who thought they knew nothing, would definitely take advantage of it.

Not to go out to meet them in person, but also to make a clear gesture, deliberately making people ugly.

The second and third stewards of Shanyaofang waited outside for a long time, but no one came out. In the end, it was a porter who notified them, and his face was indeed a little ugly.

They thought to themselves, no wonder Dong Chengying and the second owner's family didn't come over to appreciate the kid's panic. It's because they had expected his reaction, so they don't come here to lose face and get angry!

"Please sit down, both of you." Jiang Baiye was smiling, not at all as restless as they thought.

Although the two of them had doubts, they didn't talk nonsense, and directly explained their intentions, "...if you hand in the method of concocting, as our second boss said, we will help you find someone to cancel this order. At that time, you will save not onlyIt’s Daheng Mountain, Jichun Medicine Workshop, and the countless people, villages, and everyone in Baishi Town have worked so hard to plant crops and harvests over the years.”

"Master Jiang, you probably don't want to lose your home in the end, do you?" The two smiled resolutely.

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[4] Selected from "Yang Yidan and Lu Yong||Analysis of the Famine Relief and Loan System in the Ming Dynasty (1)" from the History Monthly

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