Chapter 146 Bribery

The county lieutenant and the local governor were in charge of this matter. When he asked at the time, they all said that it was extremely strong, and it was not a dangerous dam. Generally, the newly built dam would not be a problem for ten years. Seven or eight years can always be okay?

As a result, it collapsed within five years. This is still past the flood season, if not...

Magistrate Fu couldn't help shivering as long as he thought about the consequences.

The court would not care who built the dam, as long as something happened during his tenure, it was his responsibility.

So this dam has to be repaired and repaired!

But where does the money come from?

Mr. Zhuang and Mr. Bai sat together to eat and drink, and the two of them were also talking about the dam. "Today, the governor has already approached me, saying that the county government may issue an order."

Mr. Zhuang nodded, "It's the end of autumn now, and it will be cold in a month or so. It's better to build the dam at this time, otherwise the weather will get cold, and the servants will be unable to bear it."

After all, building a river dam is not the same as building a road and digging water conservancy. People may still stand in the water. If the weather is too cold, people will not be able to go down at all. If they try to go down, they may lose their lives if they get sick.

Mr. Zhuang didn't worry about anything else, but worried about the money issue, "I don't know where the county magistrate wants to allocate this money."

Master Bai didn't speak, who knows this?

This county magistrate is not as clean as the previous one, but the previous one...

Master Bai frowned, how did the dam in Dingjiang Village collapse in only five years?

At this time, Zhou Dalang was talking to his family about the construction of the dam in Dingjiang Village. Waterproof. But then someone said that the mud was useless, and I had never heard of mud being waterproof, so I took the mud away again.”

Man Bao listened with relish, and moved the wooden pier forward. He sat next to her father and listened with a small face. When the elder brother was finished, he quickly asked, "Brother, is there any difference between building a dam and building a water conservancy?"

"Of course there is, no matter how the water in the river stops it, it will continue to stop, so Lao Ding who built in the opening is standing in the water, each person stands for an hour, and he can't stand for a long time, otherwise he will be on his leg. The flesh will turn red, just like the bite of a bug."

When Zhou Dalang said this, he looked at Shiroulang and said, "So you must not offend the yamen who is in charge when you go to serve, otherwise he will make you stand in the water all day, and you can't take turns, I'm afraid you won't wait until the end of your service. , you can't use these legs."

Thursday Lang looked down at his legs and shivered.

He didn't want to go a little, so Baba looked at his father, "Father, me, I haven't even grown up yet, and I'll be eighteen in a month."

Lao Zhoutou took out the shredded tobacco, he finally had the shredded tobacco, he took a sip in silence, and said: "It's not too small, I'll go to the licheng in two days, and I'll report it to you, and then the land will be divided. of."

Although it shouldn't be, Zhou Dalang couldn't help but be happy. He didn't want to go to labor, especially the labor of building river dams.

He patted Thursday on the shoulder and heaved a sigh of relief.

Xiao Qian was also very happy. When making dinner, he applied with his mother-in-law and boiled two eggs for Shirou.

Thurou, who received special treatment for the first time:  …

Man Bao couldn't feel the same way about her fourth brother, so she was not affected at all, but happily ate all the rice in her bowl, and then went to count the money and share it.

After all the money was distributed, she wrote to Miss Fu Er before the sun went down. She told Miss Fu that her fourth brother might be going to serve. She was very interested in the materials for building the dam. Ask her if there is really waterproof mud in the world.

Is there any waterproof mud in the world?

Of course there is.

In addition to stones, wood and clay, this waterproof mud is also the main procurement material for the county government, so he and the master clerk calculated the money and finally decided to issue a river donation.

Of course, the tax can't be released if he wants to. The county magistrate Fu has to apply, but before applying, he applied for the cost of building the dam.

Sure enough, he was called back, and then he handed over the official document for applying for the river donation. This time it came down quickly, but the amount of the river donation was reduced by half.

However, this was within the expectations of the magistrate Fu. He didn't bother about the matter anymore. At this time, it had been six days since the river dam broke.

When the rior took people from house to house to collect river donations, the service order came down, and Chuu Lang went to pack his luggage with a bitter face.

Although the family decided to let him go to serve, he still insisted on going to the county town to sell ginger every day, because he had nothing to do at home. When he went to the county town, he could eat a meat bun every day at noon, and a vegetarian bun, right?

However, in order to nourish him and make his body stronger, the food for him at home has improved a lot, and now the best food in the family is Man Bao and him.

No, it should be said that he eats better than Manbao.

Because Man Bao eats less, he eats more.

He eats two eggs every morning, meat buns at noon, and meat or eggs when he comes back in the evening, but unfortunately, the time is too short, and he has to go to the military service before he can gain weight.

River Donation is called donating, but it is not entirely up to you to donate if you want, or don’t donate if you don’t want to. Except for a few poor households who were circled by the county magistrate, all other households have to pay a certain amount of donations.

This time only money, not food.

Because the grain was received, the county magistrate had to bother to exchange the grain for money to buy materials. Fortunately, the donation was cut in half, which was not very heavy, and everyone could still afford it.

And rich people like Mr. Bai will donate more.

Master Bai donated 12 taels of silver at once, which made Li Chang smile and squinted his eyes, and when he walked all the way to the village to collect the money, the expression on his face was very good.

Man Bao just happened to be at home, and curiously looked at the inside of the door.

Old Zhoutou paid the money, and called Thursday Lang to his side to let Li Chang see, "Li Chang, this is the fourth boy of my family. He will become a daughter next month."

The lieutenant squinted at Shizuo-lang, and saw that although he was thin, he was in good spirits and strong, nodded with satisfaction, and asked, "Is he going to serve this time?"

"Yes, it's logically his turn. When he returns from the dam, the family should prepare a house for him to start a family."

It is natural to have Dingtian to start a family, the chief laughed and patted Shirou Lang on the shoulder. He was in a good mood today, so he let out a sigh of relief: "This year, there are only two children in the village, and it is easy to divide the land. It’s time to divide it into two equal parts, and let them cast lots.”

Old Zhou Tou heaved a sigh of relief, stuffed him the twenty pennies he had been pinching in his sleeve, and then patted Shirou Lang on the back, "Why don't you thank the chief?"

Thuro hurriedly bowed down to thank him.

The lieutenant took the money and said with a smile, "This is the old man's duty, no thanks."

In addition to the money, Lao Zhoutou also prepared a packet of ginger for the mayor. He said, "It's not worth anything grown in the vegetable garden at home. You can take it back to make tea and drink it."

Man Bao's eyes were full of curiosity.