Better Days Are Surely Coming
Facing those eyes flashing green light, Lu Cijian frowned.
But the Common People in the riverbed not only showed no restraint, but also looked at the Two People more and more.
The burning gaze made them a little uncomfortable for a while, but fortunately, they were all kind eyes with no malice, but more joy.
Everyone had a smile on their face. Even though most of their bodies were soaked in the riverbed, they seemed unaware, and their eyes were filled with gratitude as they looked at them.
Jiang Yimian also stared in surprise at the obviously increased number of people in the riverbed, and said strangely: “Why are there so many people? These shouldn’t be people from the Yamen, right?”
Before Zhao Jie could speak, a Young Man not far from them said with a smile, “We are the Common People in the City. We heard that the Adults are going to build a Riverbed, so we came to Help spontaneously.
Lord Lu, Jiang Girl, it’s so great that Qingnan has you.
If it weren’t for you, we wouldn’t know how long we would have to endure the oppression of the Zhou Family, and Qingnan would probably continue to decline.”
“Yes, thanks to you, although we are not the people affected by the Flood outside the City, we are also sincerely grateful to you.”
Originally, They didn’t believe in these Officials from the Capital, until they heard that Zhou Shiwen was dead.
After hearing about what happened in the Yamen from the Garrison Troops, everyone realized that These People were different from the Officials from the Capital who had come before.
Especially after learning that Great General Wei and the Princess were still in the Yamen.
They were even more certain that These People were different.
Great General Wei’s contributions to Great Jin are unmatched. Although he is old now, he is still a hero of Great Jin in their hearts.
As for the Princess, although she has been in the Capital and rarely appears in the Line of Sight of the Common People, They have also heard that the Princess is kind-hearted and has saved many slaves who were sold off, allowing Those People to live like human beings.
Now that she can come to Qingnan for Disaster Relief, it also proves that the Imperial Court does care about them, but Zhou Shiwen used to interfere, and in addition to the Corruption of the Disaster Relief silver, nothing fell into the hands of the Flood-affected Common People.
Only those moldy Grain, and they couldn’t even get close to the City Gate.
At first, They also thought that the Government was worried about the Plague spreading to the Common People throughout the City, but later, They also understood that Zhou Shiwen clearly did not want to care about the Common People outside the City.
At that time, They also tried to resist and Help those Flood-affected Common People, but what they got in return was the Government’s persecution and Assault.
Later, gradually, no one dared to care about the Common People outside the City anymore.
They didn’t even dare to mention it, let alone anything else.
They could only pretend not to know, only in this way would the guilt and sorrow in their hearts be lessened.
Qingnan is too far away from the Capital, and Zhou Shiwen covered the sky with one hand, not informing the above of the truth, which caused Qingnan to be what it is today.
Now that Zhou Shiwen is dead, and with the Princess and Great General Wei in charge, They believe that the Days will definitely get better in the future.
Jiang Yimian then understood and nodded slightly to everyone, smiling and saying, “With your Help, I believe the Riverbed and Reservoir will be built soon.”
Originally, she was still worried that it would be a bit difficult to build the Riverbed and Reservoir as soon as possible with just the Constables of the Yamen and the Soldiers she brought.
She never expected that These People in the City would spontaneously come out to Help.
That’s good too, if they finish the matter in Qingnan sooner, they can return to the Capital sooner.
The crowd received the response and worked even harder. Their hearts were also full of Hope for the future Days in Qingnan, unlike the negativity of the past.
Seeing this, Zhao Jie just pulled the Two People aside and said with a smile: “I thought These Common People would continue to be like they were a few Days ago, and wouldn’t say anything to us.
I never expected that since the news of Zhou Shiwen’s death spread, These People have changed like a different person, changing their usual Numb appearance and coming to ask about your affairs.
Yesterday, when the Princess came to give porridge, These Common People also boldly asked a lot about you.
The two of you are now quite famous in Qingnan.”
In the past few Days, he had met many people on the Riverbed side who came to ask about Jiang Yimian and Lu Cijian, all with admiration in their eyes.
Once they heard that they were going to rebuild the Riverbed and control the Flood, These People all spontaneously came to Help, which was completely different from when they first saw them.
Even Their Officials received a lot of care and greetings from These Common People, which was all thanks to these Two People.
He knew that this trip to Qingnan would not be disappointing.
Jiang Yimian just nodded, but felt a mix of emotions in her heart, staring at the busy crowd in the Riverbed and saying, “They have been suppressed for too long, and it is already very impressive that they can still be full of Hope for the future.”
These People have been oppressed by Zhou Shiwen for many years, and have long become Numb, living like the Living Dead.
In addition, the Officials sent down from the Capital in recent years colluded with Zhou Shiwen and only exploited the Common People, making them feel hopeless. That’s why They didn’t dare to say anything when they first saw them.
After all, they should have experienced that kind of disappointment many times.
Now that Zhou Shiwen is dead, and the Stone pressing on their hearts has been removed, they will naturally feel relieved.
Lu Cijian said, “Your Majesty will definitely choose the new Prefect carefully, and will definitely not let Qingnan fall into the situation of the past again.”
Zhao Jie also said Seriously: “Yes, Qingnan has finally made it through.
Those Common People don’t have to worry about the Flood anymore in the future. I think your Method, Yimian, is really useful.”
After hearing about Jiang Yimian’s Method of building a Flood Discharge Reservoir that day, he went back and carefully studied it with the people from the Ministry of Works. With Lu Cijian’s annotations on the Riverbed terrain, they completely understood the function of this Flood Discharge Reservoir.
After carefully trying it on the sand table a few times, they determined that as long as it wasn’t a Special heavy rain, These Reservoirs would work perfectly.
Even if they encountered a Special heavy rain, they could detect the Abnormal situation in time, Flood Discharge early, and relocate the Common People, and they would definitely not flood the Villages outside the City again.
Jiang Yimian just smiled and didn’t dwell on this Problem. She looked at the Riverbed terrain map drawn by Lu Cijian and Discuss with a few people the best location for building the Flood Discharge Reservoir.
“The drop in this place is too large, there must be a Flood Discharge Reservoir, otherwise, the water from the Mountain will definitely collapse the Riverbed.”
Lu Cijian nodded, he was also thinking of building a Reservoir in this location.
This place is located on the Mountainside. Once the Riverbed on the Mountain rises, it will all rush into the Riverbed at the Foot of the Mountain. If a Reservoir is not built on the Mountainside.
Then Qingnan is very likely to repeat the same mistake as this year.
Just as They were talking, Wang San came riding his horse in a hurry, “Adult, Jiang Girl, this is bad, something happened to Qi Shang.”
Jiang Yimian and Lu Cijian were both shocked. They couldn’t care less about Zhao Jie, so They got into the Carriage and rushed to the Yamen.