Man Bao and Bai Shan Bao both turned their heads and glared at him, wanting to beat him up, but since their husband was present, they were both smart enough not to do anything.
Mr. Zhuang came back to his senses and looked at the three carefree children. He couldn't help but let out a sigh.
Man Bao asked with concern, "Sir, what's wrong with you?"
Mr. Zhuang looked at her for a long time, and then said after a long silence: "The Minjiang River has burst its banks."
"Where is the Minjiang River?"
After a brief thought, Mr. Zhuang spread out a large piece of paper, called the three disciples in front of him, and drew a picture with a pen, "The Minjiang River is above Yizhou..."
Although the children are still young, Mr. Zhuang will occasionally talk about geography to them. Since he is talking about geography, he must start from the local area.
For example, Qili Village is above Baimaguan Town, and above it is Luojiang County. Luojiang County is under the jurisdiction of Basi County, Mianzhou, Jiannan Road, and the administrative seat of Jiannan Road is Yizhou.
Therefore, apart from the distant capital where the old emperor is, the top of Qili Village is Yizhou.
As for how far Yizhou is from Qili Village, in Mr. Zhuang's words, it takes a day on horseback. We will start before dawn. Maybe we can enter the city when the city gate is closed.
As for walking, it would take about three or four days. The distance is calculated according to adults. If Man Bao walked with his own little arms and legs, he would probably have to walk for seven or eight days.
It is said that it was a very bustling place with countless people and countless delicious food.
Of course, Mr. Zhuang and Mr. Bai are said to have said this, because they are the only two people in the whole village who have been to Yizhou, and the farthest place Lao Zhoutou has reached is Luojiang County, so he cannot tell Man Bao anything about Yizhou.
story.
The Minjiang River is the largest river in Yizhou and even the entire Jiannan Road. Mr. Zhuang drew a water flow diagram on the paper and sighed: "The water flow in the Minjiang River is rapid, especially in the Yulei Mountain area. Due to the large slope, the water flow is very fast.
It was so fast that during the pre-Qin period, the Minjiang River often flooded, and all life below Yizhou was devastated, so Shu was also known as the land of Ze."
Not only Manbao and Bai Shanbao, but also Bai Erlang became serious and listened with great interest.
Mr. Zhuang pondered for a moment, and considering that they were still young, he could only tell them as a story, "It wasn't until the Qin Dynasty that Li Bing, the governor of Shu County, built the Jianwei Weir on the Minjiang River, and the situation improved."
Then Mr. Zhuang told them about Jianwei Weir. He had been rushing to become an official before, and he was from Shu. Not only had he read relevant books, but he also made a point of visiting Jianwei Weir during his study tour.
Even now, he still admires the people who built this project more than 900 years ago.
Man Bao and Bai Shanbao went to see the construction of water conservancy projects, but that was the simplest one, opening a ditch. The most complicated one was the dam built last year, but compared with Jianwei Weir, it was not worth it.
Mention.
Back then, Li Bing built the Jindi and Baopingkou to divert the water from the Minjiang River, and also built flat water troughs and Feishayan weirs for flood control and irrigation. Since then, there have been fewer floods and fewer droughts in the lower reaches.
This is all because the Jianwei Weir not only prevents floods, but also ensures irrigation of thousands of hectares of farmland downstream.
As a man who once had ideals and ambitions, and who has always paid attention to the court's policies, Mr. Zhuang is on fire at this time, because: "The last great flood in Yizhou was seventeen years ago, and it has only been eight years since.
In the fifth year of Dazhen, Feishayan was overhauled, and it only lasted two years..."
Mr. Zhuang had a lot to say, but he didn’t know who to talk to, so he could only talk to three little kids who didn’t understand.
I don't know whether Bai Erlang understood Bai Shanbao, but he did understand the subtext of his husband. His eyes sparkled and he looked at Man Bao.
Man Bao's eyes were also bright, and he also turned to look at Bai Shanbao.
More than an hour passed after Mr. Zhuang finished talking about Jianweiyan. The servants of the Bai family came to invite Mr. Zhuang to dinner. Mr. Bai was waiting for him to drink in the front hall.
Manbao and the others had their lunch in the study, and they still had half an hour to rest. If Mr. Bai and Mr. Zhuang drank and chatted for a longer time, they might still be able to get an hour or two.
Xiaozao has been running like this these days, and the afternoon class time is very erratic.
As soon as Mr. Zhuang left, the servants brought out the food for the three children. It was the same as in the school. In order to prevent them from being picky eaters, the rice and vegetables were all prepared, one basin per person, but there were more for each person.
a bowl of soup.
Man Bao didn't think there was anything wrong with eating at Bai's house. She dragged her bowl to Bai Shanbao and whispered to him, "Is it like what's said in the storybook?"
Manbao has already figured out how to use the system. Apart from wandering around the mall, his favorite thing is to exchange storybooks with Keke.
Some books require a lot of points, but some books require very few. Man Bao's favorite is the kind of book that has a strong story and doesn't require many points.
She not only reads it herself, but also lends it to Bai Shanbao to read. Anyway, they have always exchanged books. So Bai Shanbao understands everything Man Bao said.
Bai Shanbao nodded fiercely and whispered in the same voice: "There must be corrupt officials."
"What a bad guy!"
Bai Erlang sat diagonally across from them, trying hard to listen, but couldn't hear anything. However, he firmly believed that they were talking bad about him, so he put his chopsticks heavily on the table and asked angrily, "Are you guys talking bad about him?"
Are you scolding me?"
The two people who were discussing happily raised their heads to look at him and clicked their tongues at the same time. One of them asked: "Are you an official?"
"Are you capable of being a bad official?"
In their opinion, being an official requires great ability, and being a bad official requires even greater ability, because the bad people in the book, especially the bad officials, are usually very smart. Well, they are much smarter than the good officials.
Even smarter.
Of course, the bad officer will still fail in the end, but Man Bao and Bai Shanbao have made statistics, and it takes a lot of good officers to defeat the opponent. Normally, seven good people can defeat one bad person.
So in the little minds of the two children, bad officials are usually smarter than good officials.
So the two of them looked at Bai Erlang critically and said, "Maybe you can't even become a good official."
Bai Shanbao: "Being an official requires examination. I think you may not even be able to become an official, unless you study hard from now on."
Bai Erlang's eyes widened and asked: "What are you talking about about good officials and bad officials? Did I say I wanted to be an official?"
"We are talking about the Minjiang River bursting its embankments. It could be a natural disaster or a man-made disaster." Man Bao pointed to the dark sky outside: "It is a natural disaster, and a man-made disaster is caused by bad officials."
Bai Shanbao said: "I don't know who the bad official is."
Man Bao analyzed based on his "many years" experience, "Generally speaking, bad officials are high officials. Such a big thing as repairing water conservancy projects must be led by high officials, so Yizhou governor?"
Bai Shanbao: "There is also the Jiedushi of Jiannan Road."
Man Bao: "There is also a king of Yizhou in Yizhou."
Bai Erlang was confused, "What are you talking about?"