Gu Chengyu took a simple shower, and then set off with Ye Zhiqiu. It took more than half an hour to walk from the inn to the government office, and he would also pass by Gu Chengyu's Yipinzhai.
Gu Chengyu planned to pick up two boxes of pastries from Yipinzhai first, and buy them from other shops. He might as well get them from his own shop. Anyway, he taught the cook to make a lot today, and the opening will be tomorrow, so these pastries will not be finished.
As for tea, you can buy it at grocery stores and teahouses, and you can buy everything just passing by on the road.
The two of them came to the government office with four-color gifts. It was already late, and someone was already standing outside the gate at the back house of the government office. Gu Chengyu took a closer look and saw that he was dressed as a steward.
"I've seen two young masters! Is this Mr. Gu?" As soon as the steward in front of the door saw Gu Chengyu and the others, he immediately stepped forward to salute and inquire.
When the steward straightened up, he looked at Gu Chengyu's face. His pupils shrank and he was stunned for a moment. Then he lowered his head and his expression returned to normal!
Gu Chengyu was a little surprised, why did he have to call the person by name? "That's right! I don't know how to call the manager?"
"Young master, just ask me to be Yu Guanshi! We adults have something to do and want to see the master alone. Please move to the study room!" Guanshi Yu is a son of Yu's natal family. When Yu got married, Guanshi Yu's family did the same thing.
His wife's companion, he is now working as an errand in the outer courtyard.
"I'm really sorry, but I would like to ask Mr. Ye to move to the flower hall first. The dinner will be held for a while, please take a rest, Mr. Ye!" Manager Yu greeted another boy and asked him to take Ye Zhiqiu to the flower hall first.
Gu Chengyu was a little surprised. It seemed that they had arrived early, but the invitation clearly mentioned Shen Shichu. No wonder there was no guest in front of the gate, but he didn't know why the prefect Chiang wanted to see him alone.
Manager Yu led the way, and soon they arrived at the outer study room.
"Sir! Mr. Gu is here!"
Gu Chengyu glanced around and saw two boys standing outside the door of the study, guessing that this might be an important place.
"Let him come in!" In the study, Magistrate Jiang's hand holding the brush paused. He was practicing calligraphy!
Gu Chengyu entered the study and saluted the prefect Jiang, "Student Gu Chengyu has met the prefect!"
"No courtesy!" Magistrate Jiang put down the pen in his hand and turned his eyes to Gu Chengyu.
I saw Gu Chengyu wearing a smoky blue satin round-neck robe, with a white jade knot hanging around his waist, and a hairband on his head. He was young, but he had a certain splendor! Jiang Zhifu looked at Gu Chengyu's face, he and
That man looks so similar!
"I don't know what you mean by calling the students here?" Gu Chengyu reminded him immediately when he saw that Magistrate Jiang was starting to be confused.
"Oh! I read the policy paper you wrote. Did you come up with the actual policy yourself?" Magistrate Jiang asked very kindly, with a gentle tone, and did not use the title of "I am".
"Back to you, sir! Some are what I saw in books, and some are what the students thought of themselves." Gu Chengyu replied respectfully.
"Then what you wrote in the policy paper, except for floods, have you ever put it into practice?" Governor Jiang was very interested in the flood control written by Gu Chengyu, but the policy paper was not detailed. He also wanted Gu Chengyu to give the detailed plan
write down!
"Farming has been practiced by students at home. The prefect might as well use some fields as experimental fields. If it is effective, it will be popularized and it will be a blessing to the people!" Gu Chengyu felt that although it was impossible to produce a thousand catties per mu like in his previous life, he could
It’s two or three times more than the original one stone per acre!
"I have already written the strategy you wrote into a memorial and submitted it to the Holy One. Now I am just waiting for His Majesty's reply. You have to be prepared. Maybe the Holy One will explain the matter and let us in Jingyuan Prefecture test it first." Jiang Zhifu shouted.
He took a sip of tea and moistened his throat.
"As for floods, we are located in the north, so the chance of flooding is smaller. Generally speaking, there are more floods in the south of the Yangtze River. The strategy you wrote is not detailed enough. Do you have a plan in mind?"
"Sir! Regarding the flood issue, the students have not been to the rivers and dams. They just sorted it out based on the books of the past dynasties and added their own understandings. However, these are just words on paper without practice, and the students cannot guarantee that they will be achieved.
usefulness!"
"You don't have to be humble. I think your strategy can be tried. Even if the dam is not reinforced every year, it is reinforced very frequently. It needs to be overhauled every few years. Even this is not reassuring. It is better to do it elsewhere.
Find a way. There is no decree from above yet, so we still have to wait!"
Governor Chiang also felt that there was no need to act too hastily. After all, there was no holy decree, so what if they implemented it? He did want to be a good official who thought about the people, but he was also a politician.
"If you really have such an honor to benefit the people, then it is your duty to be a student!" Wouldn't he be a fool if he didn't do such a beneficial thing?
"You have to know that if this thing can be implemented, it will be of great benefit to you. Why are you taking the imperial examination for other reasons than to become an official? As long as the Holy One remembers you, then you will pass the imperial examination and become an official. Naturally
Don’t worry about not having a good official position!”
Governor Chiang felt that Gu Chengyu knew how to advance and retreat, and knew how to seize opportunities. If such a person became an official, he would be able to adapt to the officialdom quickly. Therefore, he became interested in talents and gave him a few words of advice.
"Student, I would like to thank you for your support!" In fact, if Master Jiang did not report Gu Chengyu's name and just said that it was his own idea, Gu Chengyu could only watch. He was not even a scholar, and there was no need for Governor Jiang to mention it.
He took it seriously.
Seeing that Gu Chengyu knew how to behave, Magistrate Jiang replied in a joking manner: "Haha! Then you must remember my kindness in knowing you!"
In fact, farming was secondary, but he had to report floods. For example, digging a reservoir would waste money and waste money. Without the permission of the court, he could not use tax money to build a reservoir privately.
"One more thing, don't mention the thieves you caught last time in the future!" Magistrate Jiang was afraid that Gu Chengyu would be involved in this matter. Although Gu Chengyu had arrested a few people as thieves, those people were so crazy.
, would rather kill by mistake than let go.
"Eh? Could it be that their boss was not caught?" Gu Chengyu didn't think much of it. He thought that the bandit's boss had run away. He was afraid that he would come back for revenge, so Magistrate Chiang didn't let him mention it.
"The boss ran away. Anyway, don't mention this to anyone in the future!" Of course, Magistrate Jiang would not say too much to Gu Chengyu, the less he knew, the better!
Gu Chengyu was thinking in his mind. Seeing the stern expression on Magistrate Chiang's face, he seemed to be very taboo about this matter. Could it be that there was something else involved? The leader of the bandits ran away, but the government did not offer a reward for his arrest.
It looks like he’s planning to give it up!
This is so unreasonable. The only explanation is that they cannot afford to offend the boss, Governor Jiang, or in other words, the person behind the boss cannot be offended by Governor Jiang!
An idea flashed in Gu Chengyu's mind, but he did not pursue the question. Since he was someone whom even the governor of Chiang Kai-shek did not dare to offend, of course he could not be involved. But what Gu Chengyu didn't know was that he had already participated in this matter and would do so again in the future.