After Li Yi finished speaking, he ate and drank happily, but the officials were depressed.
They found that the problem raised by Li Yi was not easy to solve. What was the specific situation of the place? How could they judge?
It was winter now, and the local officials were repairing the embankment when the water level was low. They sent people to the site to check. By the time they concluded that the embankment could be repaired, it would be too late.
It would be fine if the river did not flood next year. If the river did flood and the embankment was not repaired, who would be responsible for it?
Li Longji frowned and thought while eating.
Empress Wang was not in a hurry. She only had one belief, and that was to find her uncle if she encountered a problem. Her uncle would solve it.
Li Chengqi glanced around and asked directly, "Brother Yi, is there no solution to this problem?"
He had never experienced it before. In the past, the local government would raise money and ask the people to help. Those who did not work could pay the money.
The imperial court wanted to allocate money, but they had no money. The local officials did work for the people and wanted to leave their names in history.
Zhang Jiuling went home to repair the roads and wrote a letter to the imperial court. The imperial court agreed and he began to work.
While the people were idle, he used his power to find people to repair the roads. The local people who had more money would pay extra for not working.
Dageng Ridge was repaired in this way, and the ancient road at Plum Pass was still there.
At present, the local officials saw that the imperial court was rich and applied for money. The imperial court sent people to the local officials to check and they would agree.
The custom of local road repair was to leave a name. Which official did not want to leave a name after leaving office?
What about the future? Who knew if the people would change?
The others were like Li Chengqi. They had never been cheated by local officials and were inexperienced. They looked at Li Yi together.
"Who repaired the bridge, embankment, and road? First, tell me the reason and the reason. It will be written in the report.
Also, tell me the annual maintenance fee. If there is a problem, for example, a few years later when he leaves office, investigate him.
When a new official takes over and wants to demolish the bridge, there will be problems after many years. Investigate.
Tell them clearly which bridge and which road it is. Engrave the official's name on it after it is repaired. "
Li Yi gave the solution according to the situation of the Tang dynasty. The investigation was a deterrent, and engraving was very effective.
Local bridge repair and so on should be written in the county and state records.
The quality of the engraved bridge was not good. If the money was greedy, the bridge would be ruined.
"Everyone!" Li Longji raised his cup happily. The problem was solved.
The crowd of officials followed suit and shouted. No one praised Li Yi for being afraid and directly ignored him.
Li Yi didn't pay any attention to him and continued to drink his wine.
Elsewhere, Ma Jien had found his wife and was eating with the other farmers of the Li Family Zhuangzi.
They ate chicken skewers outside, while the Li Family Zhuangzi had mutton skewers, shrimp balls, and crab balls.
The two children were not there. They had been dragged away by the villagers' children to eat, and there were older children to look after them.
"Motherf * cker, I got it. Let me show it to you." Ma Jien took out five contracts from his bosom.
From today onwards, his family belonged to the Li Family Zhuangzi.
Ma Shi touched the contract, "Jien, we have a home now. Zhuangzi has been given a house, but the house is empty. We still have to make our own furniture."
"The furniture is easy. I will make a set of simple furniture and make do with it. I will take some time to make a good one."
Ma Jien patted his chest and promised. This was his daily work.
He could find bad wood and make a set. It would be fast.
In the future, he would see if he could get good wood and make it carefully. It would be beautiful and practical.
He was like a child who had eaten candy and said to his wife, "Do you know how I passed the exam?"
"Jien, tell me!" Ma Shi cooperated. She felt that her husband was sometimes silly and cute.
"A group of people surrounded me and asked me about carpenters, bricklayers, stonemasons, tinsmiths, and blacksmiths.
I am not good at tinsmithing and blacksmithing, but I know what they asked.
Ordinary people can't do it, but there was a man called Zheng Lian, who was said to be in charge of women's work. He asked a little difficult.
In my opinion, he only has that ability. I didn't ask him back because I was afraid that he couldn't answer, so I left him some face. Don't you think so? "
Ma Jien said excitedly. He realized that he was very good!
"Yes, I left him some face." Ma Shi knew what Sister Zheng Lian's husband did. He was chosen by Yao Chong to fight against the Li Family Zhuangzi with his ability.
She wanted to laugh, but she held back. "Husband Ma, there are steam engines in Zhuangzi. They also make glass, mirrors, kerosene lamps, bicycles, and other things.
You have never done it before. You work in Zhuangzi as an apprentice first. Even if you know how to do it, you have to look at other people's skills.
Zhuangzi is never frivolous. That's why they win the hearts of the people. We are now farmers. We have to think for Zhuangzi. "
"I know, I know. I will be allowed to go to the workshop tomorrow. If other people don't do well enough, I won't say it directly when I remind them."
Ma Jien nodded. His wife was right. He was very capable, but he couldn't look down on others.
"Husband Ma, eat the skewers. I just fed the donkey's balls when I came. He is asleep and someone is looking after him."
Ma Shi poured a bowl of warm yellow rice wine for her husband and placed the skewers of meat on the table.
The two of them drank a bowl of yellow rice wine. They didn't dare to eat too much. They found their two sons and brought them home. They slept on the straw mats.
When the sun was high in the sky, Ma Shi woke up. She dreamed that the donkey's balls were crying because they couldn't drink milk.
She sat up and looked very flustered. She didn't worry about the children because someone was feeding them.
She was afraid that people would say that she slept in on the first day of entering Zhuangzi.
As soon as she moved, Ma Jien opened his eyes. He was also flustered.
The two of them woke the children up. They quickly washed up and went downstairs to find someone.
They found a farmer and asked. The farmer told them that they didn't have to work today. They could stroll around and eat in the cafeteria.
"I know we are tired from the journey. Let's go see the donkey first." Ma Shi understood.
When they arrived at the hospital, the donkey's balls were listening to the music box. Someone was changing his diaper and someone was preparing to feed him milk.
The music box was playing jasmine music. The baby listened quietly and blinked his eyes from time to time.
Ma Shi quickly picked him up and fed him milk. She said to the nurse apologetically, "He slept like a log last night and just woke up."
"You are tired from the journey. You need to rest for two days. In the middle of the night, the donkey's body temperature went up. We took his sputum and fed him water.
We gave him an injection in the early morning. He is now 38.5 degrees Celsius and has risen a little. We will adjust him after he drinks the milk.
It is faster to cool him down physically in a basin. Don't worry! "
The nurse explained the baby's condition and how to deal with it. After that, she drank the milk in the bottle.
Ma Jien looked at his son and stared at the music box. "This music came from the small box?"
"It's a music box made by an apprentice. It can only play one kind of music. The master can switch between two or three kinds of music. They are too busy to make it."
The nurse introduced the music box. Now, it was made by an apprentice.
Ma Jien's expression changed again and again. He found that he didn't understand the reason for the music box.
Why didn't the person who tested him yesterday ask such a question? If he was tested, he …
He turned his head to look at his wife with a guilty conscience. He breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, his wife was breastfeeding the child seriously.
Who could tell him how a box that could play music by himself was made? Zhuangzi's craftsmanship skills …
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