Seven hundred and fortieth chapters old friends meet
Jinling Army Camp.
The pottery merchant sat in front of the desk in the handsome tent, looking at an official document in front of him.
This official document was delivered to the front line by horse from Nanchang City, and the person who reported it was Chen Deng, the current minister.
The content of the official document is relatively simple, but it is very troublesome.
There is a flood in Yuzhang County.
Floods were not a rare occurrence in the entire Han Dynasty for four hundred years, or even thousands of years ago.
Floods** occur throughout China, especially in the south, almost every year.
When Mother Yangtze was nurturing a great civilization, she would lose her temper from time to time and charge interest rates that caught people off guard.
Among them, floods are the most intuitive form of expression.
The consequences of floods are serious. Farmland is submerged, houses are washed away, and people are even washed away. The changes in the ecological environment caused by floods, crop failure, and plague outbreaks are even more surprising.
The impact of the flood reported by Chen Deng this time was not particularly huge, but it was enough to arouse the vigilance of pottery merchants.
If we do not do a good job in prevention and control in this aspect, if we are not careful, years of painstaking efforts in Jinling and other important places may be destroyed in an instant.
After careful consideration, the pottery merchant not only asked Chen Deng to actively start relief work after the flood, but also ordered him to complete several key prevention and control tasks in the next few years.
The first is to establish the Water Control Court, appoint flood control officials, and appoint officials uniformly by the Shangshutai. It is clear that the "high water month" of each river section within the jurisdiction is recorded. County wardens at all levels and subordinates of county magistrates must be equipped with flood control personnel.
Officials, and flood control officials must go to the dams where their jurisdiction is located during high water months to conduct on-site flood control, conduct inspections along the river, etc.
Moreover, Shangshutai must send officials from the capital to the counties to conduct regular inspections every year, and formulate a "water report" policy. "Water report" and "military report" must be listed at the same level, and water control personnel in each county must conduct inspections within three years.
Calculate the water level observation at the water reporting points within the jurisdiction, and set up iron pillars to observe the water level in stages from the upstream to the downstream of the jurisdiction to estimate the water level, etc...
Of course, afforestation and building dams, etc. are also indispensable...
After writing a lot of words eloquently, the pottery finally took off his breath and asked Pei Qian to send his instructions to Nanchang quickly, so that he could be implemented immediately after being consulted by the Chancellor.
Not long after Pei Qian walked out, the sound of horses braying could be heard outside the pottery merchant's tent.
After a moment of restlessness, Pei Ben walked into the commander's tent and said to Tao Shang: "Prime Minister, Tai Shi Ci and Huang Xu are back."
When the pottery merchant heard this, he couldn't help but feel shocked.
He looked at Pei Ben expectantly, his eyes seemed to have deep meaning.
Pei Ben had been following the pottery merchant for many years, and he immediately understood the meaning in his eyes.
"Report to the Prime Minister, General Taishi and Huang Xu have brought Zhang back."
"well done!"
The potter clapped his hands vigorously, with an unconcealable smile on his face.
When they were young, Taishi Ci and Huang Xu entered the tent together.
"The general and others have fulfilled their mission and have brought Zhang back and left it to the Prime Minister to make a decision."
The potter nodded with satisfaction and said: "General Ziyi did a good job, Huang Xu also did a good job... Where is A Fei?"
Taishi Ci said: "The general has already sent someone to contact him. I think he should be gathering Yuan Jun's defeated soldiers everywhere now. I think he will come back to report to the prime minister in a short time."
Tao Shang breathed a sigh of relief: "Very good... Where is Mr. Zhang?"
"Just outside the big tent."
The pottery merchant waved his hand and said, "Bring him in."
Taishi Ci took the order and left, but Shao Shi came to the potter with Zhang, whose hands were tied.
The potter stood up naturally, untied the rope around his wrists, and said with a smile, "We haven't seen each other for a few years, right?"
Zhang and the pottery merchants were old friends. They had jointly conquered Dong Zhuo nearly six years ago. At that time, they fought fiercely against Lu Bu and Bingzhou County. Zhang also stayed in the pottery merchant's camp for a while.
It was those lush years that refreshed Zhang’s outlook on life.
Zhang sighed with emotion and said: "After all these years, the Prime Minister has not changed much compared to what he was back then."
The pottery merchant was very happy when he heard this. He didn't think he was a man, and he also liked him and praised him for being young.
It would be best for a proud and handsome young man like him to always be eighteen years old.
"This is too much. Am I that young?"
Zhang said calmly: "It's not just about his appearance. Some people say that the Prime Minister's shameless energy is still the same as before and hasn't changed much."
The pottery merchant laughed and laughed: "Why, you are in a bad mood after being suffocated under my hands? It doesn't matter, Tao has a broad mind, it is understandable."
After saying that, he saw the pottery merchant saying to the people outside the tent: "Come here, bring some food and wine. I want to clean up the dust for General Zhang."
Zhang hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Prime Minister Tao, a certain family will never surrender."
The potter paused and narrowed his eyes.
After a while, the pottery merchant asked: "Why?"
Zhang took a deep breath and said: "Back then, a certain family was under Han Fu's tent and later submitted to the general. However, it was Han Fu who took the initiative to submit to the general. It was not that a certain family surrendered to the enemy, and a certain family at that time
He is young and does not have a high official position, but he is highly regarded by the general. Therefore, no matter what, a certain family cannot betray the master and surrender the enemy at this juncture. This is the bottom line for the general."
The pottery merchant looked at Zhang quietly, but saw that Zhang was not afraid at all and also met the pottery merchant's gaze.
After a while, the potter suddenly smiled.
"That's all, if you don't surrender, then don't surrender. It doesn't matter... You can always have a meal, right? Even if it's a reunion of old friends, and I invite you to come over, it still takes a lot of effort."
Huang Xu stood aside and saw that the pottery merchant refused to surrender Zhang and wanted to eat with him. He was anxious to speak, but was gently pulled back by Tai Shici.
Taishi Ci knew the pottery merchant much better than Huang Xu.
Whoever the pottery merchants usually look for for dinner is probably not good at all.
Zhang hesitated slightly after hearing this, but finally nodded in agreement.
He stretched out his hand to stop hitting the smiling man. The pottery merchant had already said that he didn't need to surrender. If Zhang continued to challenge him, he would probably show his lack of tutoring.
You still have to be polite when you should be polite. Moreover, when the pottery merchant punished Lu Bu to avenge him, he was also his former benefactor in a certain sense.
After a while, the cooks in the camp cooked the food and brought it to the table. The pottery merchant immediately entertained Zhang and asked Taishi Ci and Huang Xu to accompany him.
During the meal, Tao Shang was rambling here and there, and the conversation was completely irrelevant and commonplace. Let alone Zhang, even Tai Shici didn't understand what he wanted to cause trouble.
Because of this, as time went by, Zhang's vigilance became somewhat relaxed.
"General Zhang, there is something I want to ask you to confirm." The pottery merchant suddenly said.
Zhang put a mouthful of food into his mouth and said, "What does the Prime Minister want to prove?"
"Cao Song, the father of Cao Cao, died in our Xuzhou territory. The perpetrator is still unknown, but Tao always feels that there is something fishy in it. Over the years, I have always sent people to investigate the matter from time to time..."
When he mentioned this, the potter's lips couldn't help but become happy.
Because he noticed that Zhang's eyes suddenly flickered and his face turned slightly red.
It seems that there is indeed something fishy about it.