kingnovel Chapter 423: The Survey of the Canal Transport Bureau Arrives
Chapter 423: The Survey of the Canal Transport Bureau Arrives
The waves hit the shore and Shen Zheng slowly stopped.
"Wu Quan, you..." She looked into Wu Quan's eyes and asked, "Is there something you haven't told me?"
Wu Quan couldn't tell a lie when she looked at him like that.
He lowered his head and whispered: "Please forgive me, my lord...."
"He came to see you?" Shen Zheng asked.
"Yes..." Wu Quan didn't know how to start. He looked at the river not far away and said hesitantly: "He sent someone here once. We listened to you and drove them out. We guessed that we angered him. He came here again two days ago..."
In just a few days, he came three times?
Also, how could he be angry?
Shen Zheng felt that she was the one who was really angry.
"What did you say?" She suppressed the anger that was slowly rising in her heart and asked.
"He said..." Wu Quan looked at the river, feeling a little dizzy, not knowing whether it was because of his panic or because the river was too cluttered.
"He said that if my father-in-law and his family move back to Quanyang County and Chi Qing goes back to Liuchang Academy to study, he will cover all of Chi Qing's study expenses until he passes the imperial examination. If my father-in-law doesn't agree, he won't give up..."
After saying this, Wu Quan buried his head deeply.
Being entangled with such a person, he felt that he had brought disgrace to the county.
Shen Zheng could hear the arrogance in Wu Quan's words from his brief remarks.
She flicked her sleeves and snorted coldly, her expression showing a look of joy and anger that was hard to tell, "How dare you touch my people in my territory."
At this moment, she no longer had the gentle look she had when she was chatting before. She looked like a sharpened weapon, making people dare not look directly at her.
Wu Quan suddenly felt that he had done something wrong.
He should have told the adults about this as soon as possible. The adults... would definitely protect them, wouldn't they?
"Don't worry." Shen Zheng turned and looked at him.
These three simple words made Wu Quan feel more confident.
"Fan Chiqing is doing very well in the county school now. He gets along well with his classmates, and even the teacher praises him a lot. Mo Zonkai wants to come to the county school to recruit people? Then he can give it a try. Let's see if it's just Young Master Mo who is dreaming, or if I, Shen Zheng, don't even have this ability."
"Mo Zongkai?"
Wu Quan raised his head. This was the first time he knew the other person's name.
Chi Qing was reluctant to say it before, because as a low-class family like theirs, they didn’t even have the qualifications to know the names of those young masters.
"Yes, his name is Mo Zonkai." Shen Zheng said, "We are from Tongan County. We don't cause trouble, but we are not afraid of it. Don't take this matter too seriously. Protecting you is my duty as the county magistrate."
Wu Quan really wanted to say that Chi Qing was not even a native of Tongan County, but he could receive such protection from Lord Shen.
Being born in Tongan County is the greatest blessing in his life.
Shen Zheng patted his shoulder and said, "If he comes to your house to look for you again, just beat him out. I will be responsible if anything happens. If you can't beat him... ask the village head to call for people... to beat him up in a group."
She just couldn't believe it. Could the people of one village be no match for those evil servants?
Wu Quan was startled at first, then he looked at Shen Zheng as if he was about to cry, "Sir, are you...still in need of someone?"
He really wants to be the adults' lackey!
The topic changed so suddenly that even Shen Zheng was stunned. "What do you mean?"
"I want to... do something for you."
"...We don't need any for now, but the county lacks capable people." Shen Zheng was somewhat helpless and walked towards the cloth workshop. "Just listen to me and train more construction experts for the county. That would be a big help to me."
Wu Quan wiped his tears and followed her closely. "I'll save you the trouble. Don't worry, sir. I'll take care of all the construction of houses and roads in the county in the future."
"grown ups--"
A young constable came riding over. Shen Zheng looked in the direction of the sound and saw several large carriages with two horses pulling them side by side following behind him.
The constable who came today was named Qiu Yang, from Xiahe Village. He was the one who had entered the county government when new constables were being recruited.
He is the same age as Xiao Yuan, and two years younger than Shen Zheng.
Like Xiao Yuan, he usually liked to follow behind Zhao Xiu, talking about "Big Brother Zhao" on the left and "Constable Zhao" on the right, hoping to learn those intimidating moves from Zhao Xiu - for example, Xiao Yuan's one-handed swing of the iron ruler, which Qiu Yang thought was very cool. He thought, is that what a martial arts hero does?
Qiu Yang stopped his horse, dismounted, and saluted, saying, "Sir, the people in charge of surveying from the Canal Transport Department are here. Lord Bo asked me to bring them here directly!"
The young man's face was filled with uncontrollable excitement.
Xiahe Village is where he grew up. In recent years, there are fewer and fewer young people in the village, and he can't help but feel a sense of crisis - if the old people gradually grow old and die, will Xiahe Village still be Xiahe Village in the future?
Will it be that in the end, dust returns to dust, and the village of Xiahe Village gradually disappears in the long river of history?
He knew that this was not something a small person like him should worry about, but... this was his home.
When he heard that a dock might be built in the village that day, he was so excited that he couldn't sleep all night. However, he didn't dare to ask adults for confirmation, so he was a little absent-minded at work in the past few days.
It was not until today, when he saw a long line of horse-drawn carriages outside the county school, that he realized that building a dock was not his dream.
Xiahe Village really needs a makeover!
Pier! Ship! All in Xiahe Village!
The carriages behind him stopped one by one, and the horses raised their hooves and snorted in place.
This scene made the villagers not far away look over and whisper.
"What are all those carriages for? Wow - what are those things on the carriages? They're so big!"
"It looks like he is here to look for our master. Could he be someone from the mansion?"
"I know a piece of news, I wonder if you have heard it..."
"What news? How did you know? Oh, don't keep us in suspense! Tell us quickly, we have to get back to work. The sooner we finish, the sooner the cloth shop can be built! The sooner the cloth shop is built, the sooner we can start work. The sooner we start work, the sooner we can..."
"Alright, alright, stop talking. If you keep talking, you'll have to wait until your son is born and your daughter-in-law gets married!"
"Then tell me, what's the news?"
The villager who was asked threw the backpack on the ground with a "clack" sound, pointed at the long river behind Shen Zheng and asked: "What is behind you, sir?"
"No, are you kidding us?" The villagers who were questioned were not happy and kicked his backpack far away. "Let's go, don't listen to his nonsense. If he knows the news, we will probably know it in a few days."
"Hey - did I irritate you with my backpack? If you have anything to say, come to me!"