"There are a total of 137 households in the Kino community, and as of sunset, 65 households have been registered in the name book. In addition, in order to facilitate the evacuation, twelve caged cars were recruited to the community in the name of the territorial government. The registered
Residents began to load assets onto the cage trucks, and each household had a fixed loading limit. However, considering that the remaining residents have signed up one after another, the overall evacuation preparations are estimated to take three to five days."
After sunset, three envoys from Liyang Prefecture held a meeting at the Ji Zheng Mansion. Zhang Jixian, the messenger, introduced today's consular affairs situation. Because Ji Zheng Wen Hui was always on the frontline with Zhang Ji.
Ben Bao, of course, is familiar with the situation, so there is no need to mention who this introduction is actually intended for.
"It sounds like it's going very well."
Gu Chen scratched his chin.
Although there was no need for technocrats to get involved in the specific matters of settlement and separation, meetings like this made him feel somewhat nostalgic. When he was working on projects on the Earth side, he would meet with his colleagues like this every day before the end of the shift.
Any problems of the day were solved on the spot. I was busy but also had a fulfilling life.
After traveling through Chenghuang, he was hired as the Juvenile Supervisor by the Liyang Mansion, and now he was working with his colleagues to solve the affairs of Kinoji. Looking around at the messengers and Jizheng at the same table, Gu Chen felt that he was in a new workplace and his mood was high.
This kind of behavior was like that of a kid who couldn't sleep before an outing, which made Gu Chen somewhat shy. To hide his emotions, he lowered his head and took a sip of astringent tea, and paused before continuing.
"Speaking of which, didn't the old craftsman named Fang Liang come out to cause trouble again?"
"After all, he lost to you in a bet in full view of the public, and the strong fortress that he boasted easily collapsed. When his words lose authority, refusing to cooperate is probably the limit, right?" Zhang Ji turned his questioning eyes to Fat Ji Zheng next to him.
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"Yes, yes." Wen Hui trembled as if he had been stabbed, and then responded respectfully. "Earlier, Xiaguan went to Fang Liang's house to persuade him to follow Sa Li, but despite what Xiaguan said outside the door,
His mouth is dry, but he stays behind closed doors... Well, it seems that he has no intention of cooperating with the government."
"Huh, stubborn." Zhang Ji snorted coldly. "Even if he brings such a stubborn and unruly citizen to this city, he will only become a cause of trouble. Since he doesn't want to leave the settlement, let him fend for himself.
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"Um, is this okay?" Wen Hui was sweating on his forehead.
"I don't think it's appropriate." Gu Chen shook his head. "Let's put aside the attitude of resisting the government, but building a cottage is not something that just anyone can handle. The old craftsman is a rare engineering talent, and his technology is available to the leader.
It’s a valuable treasure and should not be thrown away hastily.”
Under the frowning gaze of the messenger, Gu Chen explained calmly.
Although the seemingly solid mountain gate was chopped down by him with a few axes, it was the result of using wind echo to cheat. It is a natural flaw of wood that it is easily damaged. Rather, it is better to say that after the mountain gate decays and collapses, the cottage can still survive.
It exerts a considerable degree of defensive function, which is an engineering wonder in itself.
The layer-by-layer defensive cottage structure built on the mountainside of Kinojin was built under the overall command of old craftsmen. Zhang Ji, a government official, had no idea about this, but if it were placed in a construction project on the earth side, the old craftsmen would at least be
People with the level of project chief engineer. There will be fewer, not more, such talents in Chenghuang. Giving up treatment just because of a bad attitude is like throwing away a gem immediately after it gets a little dust.
"……I see."
Zhang Ji nodded thoughtfully. After all, the messenger is a talented person who is like the right-hand man of the government. He must at least have an overall view of the country and a certain degree of soft thinking. Since Gu Chen mentioned that the engineering skills of the old craftsmen can
If he leads a country to benefit his country, it is natural for Zhang Ji to re-evaluate his value.
"It is true that as the Young Supervisor said, I did not consider it properly." Zhang Ji frankly admitted his mistake and re-determined the countermeasures after thinking about it for a while. "In that case, Wen Hui, you should continue to convince the old craftsman. If necessary, you can explain
The Mingling Mansion values his craftsmanship. If this still fails to convince him, then they will have to forcibly kidnap him on the day of separation. What does the Young Supervisor think of such an arrangement?"
"That's very good." Gu Chen nodded happily. When he was doing projects on the Earth side in the past, he had encountered many partners who would not regret it even if they knew there were problems. In comparison, the attitude of the messenger in front of him was really terrible.
Called correct.
"Now that Kinoji has started preparing to leave, the transportation of reinforcements should also be put on the agenda." Zhang Ji immediately moved the meeting to the next topic. "Can you please ask the Juvenile Supervisor to set off tomorrow and use armored vehicles from this city?
Transporting reinforcements? I will stay in the colony and continue to preside over it, and it should be almost ready by the time the Juvenile Supervision Department returns."
"There is no problem in transporting reinforcements, but I would like to move the dispatch date back one day." Gu Chen suggested after thinking about it.
"What?" Is there something wrong with the armored car? Zhang Ji looked over in surprise.
"No, the armored car can move at any time, but I want to investigate something a little bit." Gu Chen waved his hand, and then told him about his daytime stroll to the back of the cottage, where he found the cottage buildings that were suspected of being damaged by mudslides and the exposed caves.
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"Ah, it was indeed destroyed by a mudslide. I remember it was recorded in the local annals, please wait." Jizheng Wenhui confirmed Gu Chen's speculation, and then ran to the shelf in the corner, from
A book buried in dust was found among the pile of documents.
"Kinoji didn't leave many records, so I remember it very clearly...ah, yes, yes." Wen Hui turned over the local chronicles and reported to Gu Chen. "According to the above record, it was three years ago.
During the summer heavy rains, flash floods triggered mudslides. A total of seven buildings were washed away and dozens of people were killed or injured. This is a rare disaster in Kinoji in recent years."
"Is there any record about the cave?"
"Well, it didn't mention that there were caves." Wen Hui searched hard in the local chronicles. "It only mentioned that the site there was very unstable, so after the debris flow accident, the site was abandoned for safety reasons. According to the following
As far as the officer knows, people here usually don’t get close to each other.”
"Really..." Gu Chen pondered.
The cave was definitely exposed after the mudslide. You can notice its existence if you look up at the scene, but it is strange that it is not recorded in the local chronicles. However, after all, the local chronicles are only historical documents for the reference of the territorial government. If he takes office, he will
I don’t think the cave is a big deal, so it’s normal not to write it down.
"Speaking of which, Wen Jizheng, you took up your post in Kinoji just two years ago, right? What happened when you took over as Jizheng?"
"Well, it seems that he suddenly fell ill and passed away in a hurry on the way back to the city..." Wen Hui recalled.
"Died in a hurry?" Gu Chen couldn't help but frown when he heard this.
Originally, he just thought of asking casually, but he didn't expect to pull out such crucial information. Judging from local chronicles and the time when Wen Hui took office, his predecessor Ji Zheng died of a sudden illness shortly after the mudslide. Of course, it was accidental.
It can also be said to be accidental, but if not, the shady story would be too shocking.