"Quick, go check the cowshed and stables to see if there are any leaks. I remember the sheds in the sheep house had cracks last time. Have they been mended?"
The stewards of the Li Family Zhuangzi ran and shouted.
At noon, the clouds came. They thought it was going to snow, but it turned into rain.
Without any warning, bean-sized raindrops began to fall with a pitter-patter sound.
The farmers were not afraid of the rain themselves, but they were worried about the livestock and poultry.
"Why is it raining so heavily in Chang 'an this month?"
Li Yi stood on a high platform by the river and looked at the Zhang Family Village, the workers' residential area, and the stall on the other side of Baqiao in the rain and fog.
According to the Gregorian calendar, it was now the 22nd of October, and the current lunar calendar was the 17th of September.
Zhuangzi's heating boiler had been tested and was ready to provide heat at any time.
A large amount of coal was prepared and sent to the greenhouse to be heated.
Looking through the binoculars, there was no reaction from the Zhang Family Village. It seemed that the situation was good.
No one was outside the workers' residential area. They were all hiding.
At the stall, the stewards sent cloth, bamboo hats, and straw raincoats. The Qianniu Guards braved the heavy rain to help cover the items.
"Dongzhu, the wind is blowing." Everyone else was wearing raincoats, but Taohong was holding an umbrella. The wind was blowing and the rain was heavy. Her umbrella was useless.
"You go back." Li Yi glanced at her.
"I have to change into this beautiful raincoat. I thought the wind wouldn't blow." Taohong muttered and went back to the courtyard alone.
"Add ginger water and send it to the stall owner." Li Yi said. Ge Yan ran behind him to make the arrangements.
"This rain is not good. The ground is too wet. If it snows and freezes, it will directly freeze a layer."
Li Yi hated winter rain. Whether he was in the South or the North, he felt uncomfortable when it rained in winter.
Except for the southernmost area, where winter was not cold at all.
If it was Hangzhou, it would be cool when it rained in winter.
"I'm afraid that if it continues, some place will suffer a disaster." Cui Liu whispered.
"Don't talk nonsense. If there really is a disaster, I'll send you to block the breach." Li Yi said to Cui Liu.
"What can I do on my own? I threw him in and he ran away." Cui Liu stuck her tongue out behind Li Yi.
"Lantian County is the most vulnerable to disasters. Send someone to check on the situation. If it really doesn't work, stop all other work and focus on repairing houses and clearing ditches in the village."
Li Yi gave another order.
The cub ran away and found someone to ride a horse to Lantian County.
Drunken Immortal Tavern was located in the county town of Lantian County. Usually, the people they interacted with the most were people from the county town.
There were still villages in Lantian County. Their location was the most dangerous.
Of course, if there was a disaster, the government would organize a rescue team. If the house could not be saved, then there was no need for it.
When the government couldn't do anything, they could only flee. The people ran to other places. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to eat.
The most terrible thing was that the things in Changping Warehouse were embezzled by the officials. When they needed to release food, there was no food to release. Even if they killed the officials, there was no food.
The rest was money. A large pile of copper coins, gold, jewelry, and silk was taken from the officials' houses.
"I'm still waiting for a few days until the frost comes. Then, I'll buy a large number of cucumbers, eggplants, cowpeas, and lentils from other people's farms."
Li Yi was annoyed by the rain. He was ready to make side dishes.
Like last year, he specifically picked the small, frosted dishes and added shrimp oil.
It was the same as his Jinzhou side dishes. They had a special taste and were different from the shrimp sauce.
If the purchase price was slightly higher, the people who grew the vegetables would not leave them to make salted vegetables.
Unfortunately, there were no kidney beans or Japanese ginger. Japanese ginger was called Jerusalem artichoke.
However, there was a better screw vegetable, which was the pagoda vegetable. He chose the small ones and put them together to make salted vegetables.
Li Yi considered waiting for the rain to stop. He would advertise in the newspaper and ask people to send the side dishes that had been washed by the rain in advance.
Otherwise, the side dishes would be ruined after being stained by the rain. It was different from the frosted side dishes.
At this time, Zhuangzi had already made ginger sugar water for the villagers to drink. He also used a flatbed cart to push a large wooden bucket to the bridgehead of Ba Bridge.
The people who set up the stall began to be modest with the Qianniu Guards. They wanted to let the other party drink first.
The Qianniu Guards did not have bamboo hats and straw raincoats. They helped in the rain.
If it was in the past, the Qianniu Guards would probably be sick from the cold if they were drenched by the rain.
Now that it was fine, the Qianniu Guards had been training like the other 14 guards.
They were next to the Ba River. At night, when it was cold, they would swim. At this moment, the heavy rain was like another swim.
"What a good soldier. Your Majesty is indeed the best Majesty."
"Yes, compared to before …"
"Don't talk nonsense. The Retired Emperor is still alive."
"Anyway, he's better than before."
"Drink quickly. After drinking, the Qianniu Guards can drink. If we don't drink, they won't drink either."
"Everyone, take care of the thatches, bamboo hats, and straw raincoats. When the weather clears, place them neatly so that the Li Family Zhuangzi can take them back."
"Everyone, go and transport coal. If it gets cold again, light a stove here to warm it up. It's not easy to have a place to sell things."
As the person who set up the stall spoke, he picked up the bowl and the ginger sugar water. This sugar was brown sugar. He didn't put much.
Some of the Qianniu Guards returned to their tents, while others were still standing guard. When they heard the people's praise, they were also happy.
They definitely had the Winged Knights. Their status had dropped, and His Majesty did not pay much attention to them.
Now, they had made His Majesty proud. The people said that His Majesty was good.
The rain continued to fall. It did not look like it would clear up.
The mining in Lantian County stopped. The people who were forced to mine were confined to small houses and were not allowed to come out.
The others followed Li Yi's instructions and ran to the village below.
Those who had water in front of the courtyard quickly cleaned up the ditch and quickly drained it.
Those whose houses were leaking rain, put up a ladder and temporarily changed a mat for them. Then, they used a bamboo board to block the rain.
This could only be cleaned up properly when the weather cleared up. Now, it could not be cleaned up even with mud.
There were those who were relatively wealthy. Those whose houses were covered in tiles and also had water leaks. They brought out hot soup for the workers.
Only then did the workers go over to help change the tiles.
At night, the rain did not stop.
When Li Yi ate, he felt very depressed. He did not eat much and went to the inpatient department to take a look.
When he came back, he met Wang Xing who ran over.
"Brother Yi, something happened at Wei River. Just now, people rushed over from Wei Nan County. They are resting in the shed I set up in front of the Imperial Plantation.
They said that the water level in Wei Nan is rising quickly. It's in the county. Some people's mud houses look like they can't hold on. "
Wang Xing told Li Yi the situation.
He continued: "I made a lot of money, but I didn't do anything good for the people. I only dug up someone's grave to save a child. Money is useless. I want to sell something in Wei Nan."
Li Yi looked at Wang Xing. When Wang Xing was uneasy, he asked: "Brother Wang, are you sincere?"
"I'm paying. What's there to be sincere about? Even if my heart is fake, the money is real." Wang Xing nodded.
"Look at this rain, it doesn't look like it's going to stop. I'll write a memorial. Send it in for me." Li Yi did not say that Wang Xing was not sincere.
He admitted that Wang Xing was right. Why do you care what I think? I'm really paying.
"Okay, I'll think of a way to send it in from the forbidden garden." Wang Xing agreed.
Li Yi came to the desk and unfolded the paper. He did not need to grind ink. He poured some ink into the inkstone and dipped the brush in it. Then, he put down the brush and changed to another piece of paper.
There was a special paper for writing. He was an official.
If it was another place, the place would send him some paper regularly. There were also some that did not.
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