Rebirth of Buddhism

The biggest reason for building the canal is not because of trade.

Fu Zhiyu still remembers the flood in her previous life. It rained continuously for a month, the people suffered unspeakably, their food was flooded, and their houses collapsed. Fu Zhiyu was still emperor when the flood happened. As a result, those who could not survive rose up, so Xie Ke rebelled at that time, and won the support of a large number of people, and it can even be said that it was popular.

In fact, this matter has nothing to do with Xie Ke, nor is he responsible for the rain. It is the guilt at that time that has become an indelible shadow for Fu Zhiyu.

I'm sorry for those people, it's because he didn't manage the officials under his hands well and failed to give them the help they should have.

There are still several years before the flood occurs, and it is enough to prepare. Fu Zhiyu has donated a lot of money through the Yuan family in the past few years to build dams along the way, but he thinks it is still not enough. The idea of ​​the canal has gradually taken shape. After reading Fu Yanran's reply, I realized that his thoughts coincided with his own, and he even started to do it a long time ago.

"The Xie family also mentioned the construction of the canal, and now they are recruiting workers along the way," Fu Yanran wrote in the booklet, "I think that although the scope of the flood is not large now, it will easily lead to major disasters in the rainy season. Disaster, although there are dykes along the way, but after all, it is better to block than sparse, after thinking about it, it is better to build a canal, which will benefit the country and the people, and benefit the future."

Fu Zhiyu also visited the shipyard of Deng's family. The craftsmen are good, and many things have some prototypes. If the technology can reach a better level in the past few years, it may be possible to build large-scale machinery. faster.

However, as far as the current situation is concerned, it is very far away to think about these things. It is better to do these small things first.

The last one to come was the Lin family. Fu Zhiyu gave him a lot of blueprints, ranging from small farming tools to waterwheels. Their family specializes in this, so they should have the same objection as the Deng and Qian families.

The head of the Lin family is called Lin Yan. He is the oldest of the four heads, one year older than Yuan Jiangwen. Unlike the other three, his family has a long history of doing business and has accumulated a lot, although relatively speaking, there is no other The family is so determined to forge ahead, but the land and Zhuangzi accumulated before are enough for the Lin family to feed for a lifetime.

What makes Fu Zhiyu look different is that the land of the Lin family is not only in the south of the Yangtze River, but also in many places in the mainland. Because it is an old family for many years, it has many branches. , In fact, they are all provided by their family.

Both Deng and Qian's evaluations of the Lin family were two words - old-fashioned. At that time, Fu Zhiyu investigated the sacrificial offering. The Lin family withdrew from the beginning, and even tried hard to prevent them from doing it, but it was unsuccessful. , which is quite interesting.

Yuan Jiangwen's evaluation of this person was a little bit more, saying that he was conservative and cautious.

"I don't know if it's because of this, but he hasn't been married until now. He doesn't talk much and is silent most of the time," Yuan Jiangwen and Fu Zhiyu introduced, "The Lin family is a big family with so many connections in the family, and there are many Excellent Miaozi, the heirs of this family are all competing with each other, and many people in the Lin family would like to do so, so no one talks about him."

"Lin Yan is just a rock," Yuan Jiangwen thought for a while, and made the final conclusion, "Don't talk to him in a roundabout way, just talk straight. He doesn't take soft or hard, he always has his own way of doing things."

When Fu Zhiyu heard this, he was quite nervous at first, but he showed him the drawings. To put it simply, Lin Yan stared at the drawings carefully for a long time with his own thoughts, and finally some other expressions appeared on his stone-like face.

A little bit of surprise, and a little bit of relief.

Lin Yan's face still looks pretty good after a little expression, probably because his face has been paralyzed for too long, his face is frozen, he has fewer wrinkles, and he looks younger than Deng Qian who is playing with flowers.

This was the first time Fu Zhiyu met him formally, but because of the previous events, he had a good first impression of him.

"I feel very good, there is no problem," Lin Yan said, "Just follow King Zhao's idea. My Lin family has no objections. If there is any need, I will do my best."

Quite refreshing.

Fu Zhiyu's favorability towards him increased a bit.

The Deng and Qian families probably recognized the drawings when they saw them, but they had a lot of ideas, so they didn't talk about it at first.

In comparison, Lin Yan is really easy to talk about, Fu Zhiyu thought, as expected, people can only evaluate themselves when they get along with each other, and the evaluations of my uncle and the others are a bit one-sided.

But Lin Yan hadn't left yet, Fu Zhiyu watched him sizing up the place unobtrusively.This is not a government office, this time I asked them to choose a place at home.

"In the future, if you have any doubts, can you come and visit King Zhao by yourself?" Lin Yan said, his voice was very cold, but if you listen carefully, you can hear a few tremors, "Just chatting about... business."

His words were a bit self-deprecating, but Fu Zhiyu heard that he agreed earlier, so he didn't pay attention to the details on his side. Hearing the words, he reacted quickly, and replied: "Of course, you are welcome anytime."

Lin Yan breathed a sigh of relief, and took his leave soon after.

After a while, Steward Zhou came in to clean up the teacups on the table, and mentioned something to Fu Zhiyu: "Patriarch Lin is so kind, he even brought Li Li."

"Didn't I tell you that I don't accept gifts from them here?"

"When he came in, he quietly left it at the concierge. No one saw it at first. If it weren't for the engraved word Lin on it, I'm afraid they wouldn't be able to tell who gave it to him," Zhou Butler explained to him. They chased them out immediately, but the Patriarch of the Lin family said that it was just a box of dim sum, made by the private chef at home, so it would be pointless to push the dim sum back."

Sure enough, Fu Zhiyu could smell the sweet smell coming from inside after a while, the box was actually a food box.

"Forget it," Fu Zhiyu waved his hand and said, "If there is nothing wrong with this snack, then let's keep it, such a small thing is fine."

At noon, housekeeper Zhou put the dim sum sent by the Lin family on a silver plate and brought it up. The dim sum was sweet and salty. Fu Zhiyu took a bite and never touched it again, but Yuan Wanyun ate it a lot.

"There used to be a cook at home who could make this kind of dim sum. I liked it very much. After the cook left, I never tasted this kind of dessert again." I almost can’t remember clearly, but I just feel that the taste is too similar to the one in my memory, is it a special snack in Jiangnan?”

Fu Zhiyu smiled and said: "I don't know either, but you can ask the cook at home to come and learn from the Lin family. I met Lin Yan today, and I think he is quite easy to talk to."

Yuan Wanyun probably knew what big things her son was doing recently, but she didn't understand such things, so she didn't interfere. For Zhiyu, she always supported everything she did.

"Don't make it so troublesome. There are so many delicious things in the world, so they all have to be moved to the backyard?" Yuan Wanyun said, "I don't like it too much, it's just a little pleasantly surprised. Zhiyu will do those big things, although Mother can't help you with this, but she can't make more trouble for you."

After hearing this, Fu Zhiyu didn't refute much, but the smile on his face became more gentle, and he said: "When I'm done working these few days, I'll make some snacks for my mother. I also learned a few things from the back chef. The dim sum made must be even more delicious than this.”

Yuan Wanyun just smiled and said nothing.

However, Fu Zhiyu still underestimated how busy he was. Although he fulfilled his promise to make snacks for his mother a few days later, and the snacks tasted good, it was too late when he made them. The table fell asleep.

Fu Zhiyu was also very sleepy. He gently sent his mother back to the room, and he cleaned it up as quickly as possible. He fell asleep on the bed after touching the pillow.

The next day, he was about to set off at dawn, and went to the village next to Luanzhou City to see the situation. When he came back in the afternoon, he happened to pass by his own Zhuangzi.

Fu Zhiyu also had Zhuangzi in the countryside, and he would have one when he came to Jiangnan.

The vegetables and meat eaten in the mansion are all supplied in his own Zhuangzi. When the wolf dog Rongrong first came to the south of the Yangtze River, he was a little unaccustomed to the environment. There were too many people in the city and it was very noisy. It's getting better, now I'm used to it.

This Zhuangzi still grows the melon seedling that Fu Zhiyu moved from the capital, because now it is planted in the countryside, and there is no such good treatment as Fu Zhiyu used to water him with his own tea.

Fu Zhiyu only remembered that the melons it grew were neither sweet nor tasty, and it was far away from Zhuangzi, so he forgot it for a while, and now he happened to be passing by, so he went to take a look.

It still grows very well, very lush, and every leaf is full of vitality.

"The fruit is very good!" The farmer in the village even boasted to him, "It grows quickly and the fruit is sweet. Anyone who eats it will praise it."

Hearing what he said, Fu Zhiyu gradually realized that the melon he often ate at home was grown from this plant, but when the fruit at home came to him, he would put it on a plate and cut it, and he was very concerned about the melon. The stereotype is too serious, and I haven't recognized it all the time. I didn't expect it to come to Jiangnan and change its appearance.

Apart from the fact that the water and soil in the south of the Yangtze River are suitable for the growth of this melon, could there be... other reasons for such a change?

"There used to be this kind of melons in the south of the Yangtze River, but the ones from other families are different from ours. The ones in our village are much sweeter than theirs, and they are even bigger." Seeing that Fu Zhiyu listened seriously, Zhuangtou boldly said When he got up, he didn't learn any rules, and he spoke very straightforwardly. He smiled and looked very simple and honest, "In addition to sending him to the mansion, our Zhuangzi also made a lot of money by doing this."