Ye Pingrong originally wanted to stay for two days and return to Beijing, but the heavy rain closed the door, so he could not get out, so he stayed at the Qi family.

It was all right for two days a day, and on the 7th and 8th, Ye Pingrong could not stay and came to Ye Jiao to talk to her sister.

Ye Jiao sat on the couch with Xu Bao in her arms, looked out at Rain Water, who was connected into a line, and whispered, "if you don't stop, I'm afraid the medicinal herbs I planted in the garden on the mountain will be washed away."

Ye Pingrong was teasing Xu Bao with a cloth tiger, smelling the words and sighing: "not to mention the medicinal herbs, the dyke may not be able to stand the rain for so long."

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

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

Although Ye Jiao did not know how serious the natural disaster was, she could also see the recent tension in her family. Little ginseng was also very considerate and would not ask more questions, nor did she always change her way to eat as before, just because of her double body, she occasionally felt that there was something missing in her mouth.

It's not hungry, it's dry in the mouth, and always want something sweet.

When Ye Pingrong saw her licking her mouth, she asked, "are you hungry?"

Xiao Su said to one side, "what does the second daughter-in-law want to eat?" There is chicken soup in the kitchenette. Do you want the cook to make a bowl of noodles? "

Ye Jiao shook her head and said, "either hungry or want a snack, Fengshengzhai," her voice paused. "anyway, I'm not in a hurry. I'll just think about it."

Xubao raised his hand and handed it to Ye Jiao: "Mother eats cake!"

Ye Jiao was not polite with him, smiled and leaned over to eat, and kissed Xubao by the way.

Ye Pingrong looked at Ye Jiao and couldn't help saying, "seeing that the rain is about to stop, I'll just go to Fengshengzhai and buy it for you."

Ye Jiao smiled and nodded.

And the rain didn't stop for ten days.

During the ten days, there was not a torrential rain every day. Rain Water was big and small, but it was a rare heavy rain after all.

The Qi family is all right, they are too high to accumulate water, and there is no impact on the shops in the town and in the city. There is a moat around the periphery, and there are trenches, open drains and culverts. At most, some medicinal materials cannot be soaked in water. The storefront is fine.

Zhuangzi is located in the upper reaches of the original river that runs through the villages and towns. although some of them are flooded, as long as there is nothing wrong with the granary, everything will be all right.

However, in the lower reaches of the original river, the dyke was washed away and several villages and towns were flooded.

Although there are many ways to tell them in advance, the villagers only have time to go to high places to avoid saving their lives, but they cannot take away their grain and livestock.

The flood was merciless, and after a meal was washed away, there was nothing left.

While the people in the town were glad that the heavy rain had stopped to avoid a bigger disaster, Qi Yun called Song in charge.

As soon as the manager of the Song Dynasty entered the study, he said to Qi Yun, "second young master, I have checked the shop and the damage is not great. The medicine garden has been hoarding herbs early, and now is the right time to let them out."

Qi Yun did not say anything when he heard the words, because he knew what the manager of Song said was true.

The disaster brought about a shortage. For many years, the imperial court carried out the policy of benevolence with exorbitant taxes and small taxes, and it was just after the war, and then the emperor died and the new emperor ascended the throne, even if Qi Yun had nothing to do with being an official. also know that at this time, the imperial court is afraid that there is not much money, and there are not many places that can be allocated.

Nowadays, if the stored medicinal materials can be released, even if the price is ten times higher, it can still be sold.

It's just that Qi Yun does not intend to do so.

He looked at the manager of the Song Dynasty, beckoned him to sit down, and then said, "the place of this disaster has a lot to do with the tenants on the village. Many people on Zhuangzi come from there. After all, they are not far away, and there will always be some relatives."

Song was in charge of the matter in a daze.

Then I heard Qi Yun say, "my eldest brother and I thought about writing something to appease them. Even for the tenants, we always had to give them a hand."

As soon as these words came out, Song immediately took into account the gains and losses in his head and quickly replied, "the second young master is kind-hearted, and this kind of life-saving thing is naturally done." It's just that our magistrate is not a broad-minded person, and the new county magistrate is not magnanimous. Even if we make a contribution, I'm afraid it will be taken as proof of their claim for credit, which won't do us any good. "

Qi Yun looked calm and obviously thought of this.

He even went further than Song thought, convinced that the magistrate would not report his meritorious service, but would only take it on himself.

But Qi Yun's original intention of doing this was not to show merit, but for the Qi family: "Manager Song, you have to remember that only by fixing the hearts of the people can you determine yourself. I just need to stabilize them. As for meritorious service, that is something that should be considered in the future."

Qi Yun dared not say that he was a compassionate Bodhisattva. On the contrary, he only cared about those people, and none of them had anything to do with him. He could not even blink his eyes, but Qi Yun was always a considerate one, and the disaster had something to do with his family, so he naturally could not turn a blind eye to it.

Nowadays, the Qi family works, whether it is in charge or shopkeeper, or to find people from the tenants.

And those tenants, it seems that there is no family background, but there are still many capable, the most important thing is to be of one heart with the Qi family, which is the most rare.

Even with this expense in exchange for the loyalty of his men, Qi Yun felt that the deal was a bargain.

The manager of the Song Dynasty arched his hand again: "the owner.". "

But before he finished, Qi Yun raised his hand and stopped at his words: "Business is never just money, but also human feelings. Song is in charge. Prepare as I say, and you won't suffer any losses."

Song steward bowed his head, did not ask any more questions, and answered: "Yes." And then quickly went out to get ready.

From the beginning to the end, Qi Yun did not say that Song steward was wrong, even though it seemed that Song was a little impersonal, but the idea of Song steward was what most people thought.

It's none of your own business. in other people's lives and their own, ordinary people will choose the latter.

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

Money can be made again, but the foundation is really over if the foundation is gone.

The Qi family has taken root here, especially the tenants on Zhuangzi, most of whom come out of the village. If they do nothing, even those who have nothing to do with those villages will hurt their kind.

If I chill the heart of others, I am afraid that I will not go so smoothly in the future.

It's hard to gather people, but it's easy to break up.

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

The granary in Zhuangzi, six out of ten, was escorted by the tenants to the village for distribution, and half of the liquor hoarded in the liquor store was taken out, which could be burned and warmed up.

Li Lang, on the other hand, took more than a dozen herbs with him, and prepared pills and realgar to burn to prevent the plague.

In fact, there are not many people who need to spend money. At least Ye Jiao's box for putting money is not too much less, but she has put out a lot of things that have been hoarded before. They are all real grain and medicinal materials, especially medicinal materials. It looked vast as it was transported away from the town.?.

As for the money of these grain and medicinal materials, Qi Yun got even with the various stewards, and would not lose money to them.

After working for several days, finally stabilized for the time being.

While doing this, Qi Yun did not tell Ye Jiaoduo that she was worried.

However, the little ginseng could always hear the wind, so he lost nearly half of the medicinal herbs in his yard and gave it to him.

These medicinal flowers are not as immediate as stone sprouts, nor are they rare. They are usually planted in Dong's side, and most of them can be beneficial to the body by burning them, which is finally a help.

But Qi Yun was not ostentatious, and Ye Jiao naturally didn't mention this when she talked to Ye Pingrong. When Ye Pingrong said goodbye with Qi Minglai, she just said, "Brother, this Rain Water has just passed. I'm afraid the road outside is muddy and difficult to walk. It's better to wait a few more days."

Ye Pingrong smiled and said, "it doesn't matter. I went to have a look at the main road from here to the town in the morning. I can get through, and Saburo's college has been reopened. He should have gone to study early."

This is not only for Qi Ming to consider, but also Chu Chengyun's mandate, Ye Pingrong naturally dare not slack off.

Ye Jiao did not keep more of them, but went to the inner room to get an ear and handed it to Qi Ming.

Qi Sanlang looked and felt that the ear was a little crooked, and the color matching was red and green, especially. out of the ordinary.

But before Qi Ming opened his mouth, Ye Jiao said with a smile, "recently the heavy rain can't get out, so I want to find something to do." This is the ear I beat with my own hands. I'll give it to you. "

Qi Ming immediately reached out and took it, looked at the red and green ear, looked at Ye Jiao, held back for a long time, said: "very beautiful, sister-in-law is really good craftsmanship."

This made Ye Pingrong glance at him and felt that the reader would also lie.

Qi Ming said silently in his heart that last time he said his sister-in-law was ugly and copied countless big words, but this time he didn't tell the truth. No, it's the truth! Good-looking, very good-looking, sister-in-law personally beat the ears, of course good-looking, who said not good-looking who is blind!

Ye Jiao also saw the particularly sincere look on Qi Ming's face and thought that it would be better to play a few for the third brother next time.

When they got out of the yard, the two went to see Qi Yun again.

Qi Erlang said nothing about what he was busy these days, only asked Ye Pingrong to send his brother to the city safely, and said nothing else.

But did not know, after Ye Pingrong sent Qi Ming to the academy, he found that there was a paper bag in his bag.

He bought it in the town when he came to see the road in the morning. He had intended to give it to Ye Jiao himself, but now the snack in it had been broken when the horse was bumpy. Ye Pingrong remembered that she had promised Ye Jiao to bring her a snack.

This is actually a small matter, I think he did not bring back Ye Jiao will not complain, and after so many days, I am afraid Ye Jiao herself has forgotten.

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

I can't let my little sister down.

So Ye Pingrong turned his horse's head and went to Fengshengzhai in the town, ready to buy Ye Jiao another packet of snacks to send back. Even if he was delayed, he would be blamed and punished, and he thought it was worth it.

However, when she was buying refreshments, Ye Pingrong saw that the street was no different from usual, but this kind of calm was the biggest difference.

Ordinary natural disasters are inevitable. Even if the imperial court built dams early and widened the river, it was only a matter of personnel, and it was up to heaven to decide whether or not it could be avoided forever.

Ye Pingrong could also guess how the village was flooded downstream, and generally speaking, in order to survive, those victims inevitably had to pour into the town or even the city to find a way to make a living.

Even when he was on guard at the border, he often met the victims who ran into the city. It could be said that the scene was so chaotic that the shops in the town were afraid to open the door.

But now looking at the calm, it does not seem that there is any disaster.

Ye Pingrong could not help asking the fellow of Fengshengzhai, "has no one come to the town recently?"

When Ye Pingrong came to buy refreshments in the morning, it was this man who greeted him. Now, while Ye Pingrong packed a snack, the man said, "I think the guest official wanted to ask about this flood. The guest official was probably an outsider, and he didn't know about it. After this flood, in addition to the money and food given by the imperial court, the Qi family over there also made great efforts to produce grain and came out of the store. That's why the victims didn't run into the town. If the guest official walked any further, he would certainly see the frame carrying goods to the Qi family by the side of the road. "

Ye Pingrong was stupefied and hurriedly asked, "but the Qi family in the east?"

The man smiled and said, "isn't that the Qi family?" There are many rich people in the city, but the Qi family has such a compassionate heart. " Then the man handed the wrapped snacks to Ye Pingrong, "come, sir, take it."

Ye Pingrong took it over, and the snack in the paper bag was still hot, but Ye Pingrong felt that the place in her heart was even hotter.

After standing there and thinking for a while, Ye Pingrong did not go back to Qi's home, but went to Qi's drugstore and asked the little man to take the refreshments to Qi's home, and then he quickly returned to the capital.

The first thing was to pass the sign into the palace and told Chu Chengyun about it without a leak.

And Chu Chengyun unexpectedly knew nothing about this.

After putting down the pen, Chu Chengyun frowned slightly and reached out from the pile of notebooks next to him to find a playbook, which was opened with a piece of credit.

What he said was that the county magistrate was competent in his work and the county magistrate had good guidance, but he did not mention the strength of the Qi family in this matter.

Not only did not mention it, but also put all the things sent out by the Qi family on their own heads, for the benefit of their people.

Chu Chengyun naturally will not doubt Ye Pingrong's intentions. Although Ye Pingrong is close to the Qi family, Ye Pingrong is a pure minister around Chu Chengyun, always frank, and as long as he asks about this kind of disaster relief, he can know the inside story. Ye Pingrong will never tell this lie.

However, if there is no Ye Pingrong said such a sentence, I am afraid Chu Chengyun will never find someone to check the details.

In the end, this is just a false claim for meritorious service, or it depends on whether he is deceived by the unstable foundation of the new emperor's succession.

Chu Chengyun narrowed his eyes and did not speak.

But soon, he said to Ye Pingrong, "all right, Pingrong, get up first." Then, Chu Chengyun said to Ye Pingrong, "since ancient times, there has been a clear distinction between rewards and punishments." It is really rare that Qi Erlang is not greedy for money and does not ask for a reward. "

Ye Pingrong looked at Chu Chengyun and thought, this is a clear distinction between rewards and punishments, but he only talks about his brother-in-law's award, but does not say who to punish. How is this going on?

At this time, Chu Chengyun smiled and asked the palace to bring a pen and paper, wrote a few words, and then called the people of the Ministry of Household and officials to come. As for what he said, Ye Pingrong did not know.

As for the dismissal of a small county magistrate and a small magistrate, it is not even news in the capital.

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