Great Sui Storyteller

Chapter 430 429. Old Du, Your Best Friend Is Coming

Time is a river.

Life is also a river.

Countless trickles have turned into a long river that flows endlessly.And these waters that meet in rivers and lakes may accompany each other on a journey, but with the promotion of fate, they will eventually flow into different lives.

He smiled and left.

Li Zhen is not sad.

Because he believes that no matter how far apart, they will always meet in the sea one day.

into the city.

There are obviously fewer people in Luoyang City today.

Presumably it was because someone went out of the city to offer sacrifices and hadn't returned yet.

And the [-] soldiers who went to conquer Wagangzhai did not cause any disturbance to the daily life in Luoyang City.

Back at the door of Chunyou Club, looking at Du Ruhui who was outside the door, Li Zhen shouted:
"Old Du."

Du Ruhui, who was sitting on the bluestone steps without any image, recovered from his daze, and immediately walked down after seeing Li Zhen.

Li Zhen asked:

"Why don't you go in?"

"The door is locked."

"Wen Guan?"

"I don't know. When I first came, there was no one."

"?"

Li Zhen was a little puzzled, thinking where did this child go?
While going up the stone steps and taking out the key to open the door, he said to Du Ruhui who was leading the horse for him:

"Second brother is gone."

"Brother Shubao?... Hey, it's my fault."

After reacting, Du Ruhui shook his head and grabbed Li Zhen:

"I was too busy talking to you, but I forgot that today is Brother Shu Bao's expedition. If I had known... I would have sent it off with you. Daoist, what's going on right now?"

"……what?"

Seeing him pulling her away, Li Zhen was a little puzzled:

"Is something wrong?"

"Have."

Du Ruhui nodded:

"What about the method of storing fish that I mentioned last time? It just so happens that last night I ordered someone to set out another net. I'm going to set off the day after tomorrow. Please teach me quickly so that I won't be able to store the fish after I catch it."

"……it is good."

He didn't even have the time to go home for a sip of tea, so he and Lao Du rushed out of the city again after returning from Ximen.

Du Ruhui hadn't come for several days.

No way, busy.

Now, his appointment as the master of Hedong County has been appointed, but compared to the Beijing officials, his "master" is really nothing.If you want to go to the Ministry of Industry to check the river map, people don't care about him at all.

As a last resort, he could only use some family connections, and waited for a talkative old man to come back from other places before he plunged into the Ministry of Industry.

Before that, he was supervising the conscripted fishermen weaving nets.

In a few days, the ramie needed for the 40-meter Juehu Net has exhausted the city of Luoyang, and they had no choice but to run around.

Fortunately, there was Oolong Zou from Pegasus City, who paid for it out of his own pocket, and Lao Du bought a lot of ramie, escorted it outside Luoyang City overnight, and continued to organize fishermen to weave nets.

Recently, the price of fish in Luoyang City has plummeted.

From the beginning of ecstasy, the fishermen who get the top salary of fish are also starting to worry.

grandma's.

There are too many fish to sell at a price.

While walking, Du Ruhui was talking to him about his preparations.

For example, the total length of Juehu Net is about 700 meters, such as the water potential and water conservancy on the east side of the river.Another example is that after his elder brother Du Tongwen took office, he has already thought of some disaster relief measures...

It is now impossible for the imperial court to give money and food.

Your Majesty Jianghuai, the manpower and material resources used are astronomical.

As for the problem in the east of the river, in his opinion, as long as the soldiers are safe, it will be fine to recuperate.

After the autumn harvest, if there is any surplus food, they will naturally go to the relief.

But now...

Save Hadong?
Rather than saving Hedong, it is better to say that in the heart of the emperor, he regards the emergency in Hedong as a homework for the examination of the King of Yue.

When he said this, the Taoist watched the scholar grit his teeth.

Li Zhen, who had long given up hope for Yang Guang, said nothing.

Maybe I know more.

So it's no wonder.

Chatting along the way and buying a large bag of coarse salt on the way, the two came to Ximen.

It was strange to say that the west gate, which was unimpeded just now, was suddenly guarded by many officers and soldiers.

Then a group of workers with brooms and buckets walked out of the city.

"...?"

Both of them were a little puzzled.

Du Ruhui was an official anyway, seeing that the common people were not allowed to pass by, he stepped forward, took out his waist card, and asked the policeman who saluted him for news.

Li Zhen watched the two of them chatting there for a few words, finally Du Ruhui pointed to the outside of the city, the policeman nodded quickly, and stepped forward to open the way.

Seeing Lao Du waving, the Taoist priest leading the horse quickly followed.

Hey, people are not allowed to go.

Of course the officer can leave.

He led Li Zhen out of the city all the way, bypassing the workers who were dusting off the water while cleaning up the feces of officials, people and animals. When they were far away, Li Zhen asked:
"what's the situation."

"Just now there is news from the imperial court that Li Yuan, the Comforting Ambassador of Hedong and Shanxi, has passed through the Dragon Gate."

"……what???"

Now, the astonishment on the Taoist's face could not be expressed by the word "nongnong".

Li Yuan, are you coming?

For some reason, Li Zhen felt a sense of absurdity in his heart.

He didn't know where this feeling of absurdity came from, or "I'm finally going to meet the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty?" Tumbling like a flower.

But for Du Ruhui, the surprise on the Taoist priest's face was a kind of joy.

I saw him walking and saying:
"It seems that His Majesty finally didn't trust anyone this time. The walls of Jiangzhou City are high and thick. If the war really starts, there will be no victory or defeat in ten days and a half months. But now he can walk to Longmen and march according to the army The speed, at least two days away. So...Jiangzhou should be safe!"

"Uh……"

Although he listened to Lao Du's analysis, the Taoist who was full of "Old Du, hello, my friend is here" could only nod numbly.

but……

I looked at the sky.

Just passed the Dragon Gate.

According to this situation, it will take at least an hour to arrive.

According to the usual practice, troops from other places are not allowed to enter the city and must camp outside the city.

You can also see it when you come back.

So he patted the relieved Du Ruhui on the shoulder:

"Let's go, go collect the fish first, and take a look when you come back."

"it is good."

……

The reputation of Juehuwang has spread among the fishermen.

In the past few days, the fish in the Luohe River have really suffered a catastrophe.Regardless of size, one net in half a day is full!

No, when Li Zhen and Du Ruhui arrived, a group of arresters who had been following Du Ruhui for a few days had already come to report.

"My lord, this net has captured a total of about [-] rich people, and the exact number has not been revealed yet."

Pointing to the group of fishermen picking fish, the catcher said quickly.

Li Zhen raised an eyebrow...

According to later generations, the number of catties in the Sui and Tang Dynasties was about 660 gram.

And one net, 150 catties... After conversion, the weight of future generations is almost [-] catties.

One net is two hundred catties of fish?

Two hundred catties of wild carp?

There are enough of them, man.

But as everyone knows, Du Ruhui frowned the moment he heard these words:
"Why are there so few!?"

"...???"

Ignoring Li Zhen's mentally ill eyes, Du Ruhui's brows suddenly tightened.

In the past few days, the daily fish catch has been decreasing.

Do not know why.

But just listen to the catcher clapping his hands and saying:
"My lord, this subordinate also asked... The fishermen said that these days, the fish in our market for one day is already equivalent to the fish for five to seven days last year... This is not counting those who do not enter the market, but those who are caught by some Small fish bought by the poor. They say...maybe...could be..."

Seeing that the policeman was hesitant, Du Ruhui shouted;
"Say!"

"...Master River God saw that we were greedy, so he told the fish to avoid us."

"..."

Immediately, Lao Du's eyes were full of absurdity.

But Li Zhen looked thoughtfully at Luohe not far away.

After thinking about it, he suddenly asked:
"How did you download the net?"

"Down with the flow."

Du Ruhui replied.

And he seemed to have guessed what Li Zhen was thinking, and said:

"It just rained a few days ago, and there are many driftwood and dead trees in the river. If the river is fenced, you can catch a lot of fish in less than half a day, but once the driftwood is washed, the net can't stop so many. Things will be washed away. So we can only wait until the Luoshui is clear."

"……I see."

Li Zhen, who thought it was the wrong way for Lao Du to use it, understood the truth when he heard it.

The same was true of the river at home when he was a child.

It usually looks clean and clear.But as long as it rains, the river water will be particularly turbid, and there will be garbage washed down from the upper stream.

Causes the dam that holds back the water to look dirty every time it rains.

But... To harvest a hundred or so catties in half a day, in Li Zhen's opinion, it was enough.

How many people are there in Hedong?

The data given by Lao Du is the data of Daye's ten years. Hedong County is located at the junction of Shanxi and Henan, on the bank of the Yellow River, and has a prosperous population. Although it is not comparable to Guanlong, there are still 12 households.

Converted according to the ratio of "one husband with five families, one hundred acres of land", that is 60 people.

And just after a war, no one died in the third conquest of Goguryeo. Even if the population has increased, after this military disaster, it should not reach the level of 60 people, right?

60 million.

In future generations, it may be the number of people in a small county. At first glance, it actually feels nothing.

But compared with the backward productivity of this era, a hundred catties of fish in half a day is really a drop in the bucket.

Thinking of this, seeing Du Ruhui still in a daze...

Li Zhen, who knew that rice should be eaten bite by bite, patted Du Ruhui on the shoulder:

"Let me first teach you the method of storing smoked fish that I and the people in my hometown learned. Let's think about it in the long run. It's still the same sentence. If you come one by one, saving one more person is a merit."

"..."

Under Du Ruhui's silence, Li Zhen handed over the half bag of salt he bought to the policeman:
"Find a big basin and put all the salt into the water. Build another hut, seal it with yellow mud, leave only one mouthful, go!"

　Ask for a monthly pass! ! ! !
　　
　
(End of this chapter)