Xu Ping sat on the chair. Although he was in the shade under the ginkgo tree, sweat still oozed out of his forehead. There was a fan on the table, but he did not pick up the fan.

Sitting opposite was Li Yonghe, who had just arrived from the original martial arts prison, his face covered in sweat, and was drinking tea.

Before we knew it, it was late May, and the weather was getting hotter and hotter. It was located on the edge of the Yellow River. Although it was breeze at night, the heat during the day could not be avoided.

Putting down the teacup, Li Yonghe smiled bitterly, "I thought the weather should be cooler when I came north, but I didn't expect it to be even hotter than in Kaifeng City. The original martial arts prison only had 10 or 20 miles away, but he ran all over his sweat."

Xu Ping said: "This place is close to the Yellow River and is surrounded by swamps. Is there enough water vapor than Kaifeng? It is naturally more stuffy. By the way, is Uncle Shi smoothly on the way from Kaifeng?"

"What's the surprise between the two capitals and the heart of the country?"

After talking a few gossips, Xu Ping asked Li Yong and the fruits placed on the table. It is still early now, and it is not until the season when fruits and fruits are on the market in large quantities, and there are just a few cherries, yellow apricots and tender lotus roots.

Picking up a slice of crisp tender lotus root and chew it in your mouth. Li Yonghe asked Xu Ping: "You went out of Beijing to inspect the river channel. Is it going smoothly? I think you are still leisurely here."

"No surprise, everything is fine. I expected it to be a good deal. In a dozen days, after investigating this section of Sishui County, we will meet with Deputy Envoy Wang and then we can return to Beijing to submit our work."

After hearing this, Li Yonghe nodded, shook his head again, and did not speak for a moment, and held the vegetable water on the table in his hand. After a while, he said to Xu Ping: "It has been more than half a month since you came out. After I heard that after I left the city, you and Wang Yan would act separately. I wonder if you have contacted him these days?"

Xu Ping felt a little bad in his heart and said, "I have sent him a few letters and told him about the situation I have investigated here, but Deputy Envoy Wang has not sent me back."

Li Yonghe held the teacup in his hand, neither drinking tea nor putting it down, and pondered for a while before he said to Xu Ping: "Xu Ping, you and I have a family family. If you have one, don't think too much if I say it."

"Why did Uncle Shi say such things? I'm just saying it to me as you grow up!"

Li Yonghe nodded: "Yes, you are what I have grown up little by little. My father and I have known each other since we were young. If it weren't for his kindness, maybe I'd already died on the roadside. It is precisely because of this that you are different from others, and I can't ignore your affairs."

Having said that, Xu Ping knew that he must have encountered trouble, and his face became serious and said to Li Yonghe: "Uncle Shi has something to say, I am not the naughty boy of that year, and I have a sense of my own doing things."

"Since your family moved to Zhongmu County, you have become like a different person, knowledgeable and polite, and progressive in your work. You finally have today, and things are unpredictable. Thinking back then, when you were young, I was talking to your father. At that time, your father only hoped that you would be too old and not lose your family business, and he would be satisfied. How could you think that today, your high school in the high school, you have been promoted to this level. But, after all, Xu Ping, we are from small families after all, and we are not as good as those families of generations, and we have helped us everywhere. Since you passed the Jinshi, you have been promoted all the time. Although all of this is achieved by you based on your own abilities, in the eyes of others-"

"I know, Uncle Shi, I know these." Xu Ping nodded, "I am just the son of a wine seller. I am in my twenties and serve as a marquis of the county, and I am a doctor. Many people don't like it. I understand my own affairs myself, so I have worked hard over the years, never picky in my work, nor do I compare anything with others. I understand myself that once something happens, no one will give me a hand. I come from a small family, and there are not so many relatives and friends to help me, and I can only rely on myself. Why, is there anyone who is not satisfied with me when I do this?"

Li Yonghe sighed: "Xu Ping, you can only keep a low profile, but you can't hide your strength! Although you don't fight with others, you do everything better than others. How can you avoid others from seeing you differently? I don't go around in circles. This time you went out to patrol the river and offend Wang Yan, who was walking with you."

Xu Ping's heart tightened and his eyes became cold: "Uncle Shi, what's going on?"

"Before I left the capital, Wang Yan hid a memorial to the court without telling you that it is not necessary to dig water from the Luo River. First, the water in the Yellow River is slow. After passing the Baibo River, the water from the Luo River to the Bian River from high to bottom, the water in the canal must be urgent. The water gap between this rush and slow is too large. Unless all the water in the Luo River is blocked, it will not be guaranteed to be connected. How can the Luo River be cut off? Another thing is that the labor force forcing the canal to be opened is huge, and just the sound of wind has already caused the people around to escape. If the canal is really opened, wouldn't the people along the coast have no physiology anymore?"

Xu Ping frowned and said slowly: "I am the commander who patrolled the river. Why didn't he tell me about it when he submitted a memorial?"

"Hmph, because Wang Yan could explain it clearly in the memorial that you are so happy that you didn't listen to his honest words no matter what. There was no way, so he gave the memorial alone. Moreover, he knew that something was wrong and impeached himself in the chapter."

"Okay, okay, his hand is beautiful, he takes retreat as an advance! However, it is clear that it is clear, and it is turbid. I can clearly check the river channel here, and it is clear from where it opens and where it flows. Even how much work it takes to dig a canal, how much soil and rocks it takes, and how much time it takes to calculate it. How can he deny it in just a few words?!"

Li Yonghe shook his head: "Xu Ping, you still don't understand. Many times, things in the officialdom cannot be explained clearly. You feel that you have figured it out, but how many people understand what you have calculated? In the officialdom, it is common sense to do things one person and many people help you. You always feel that you can do anything yourself, what others think? Just like now, what you need is not to make things clear, but someone to help you!"

Xu Ping looked at the table, was stunned for a while, and looked up at Li Yonghe and said, "The ministers in the court, they would not have decided on this matter just by Wang Yan's few words, right? The emperor was at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, and he also wanted to achieve great things. He would not have just said a few words, - wouldn't he trust me?"

"The officials naturally believe in you, otherwise I wouldn't know so much? When I left the city, the officials specially found me into the palace and said these words to me, so that you can know. But in my Song Dynasty, I didn't rely on the officials to believe your words. You have to let the civil and military officials in the court recognize you! You have been an official for many years, so naturally I understand this principle!"

"Then, is it the prime minister in the court who doesn't believe me?"

"Okay, I'll explain it to you. Mr. Lu thought you were so powerful that you could not get the needle in the Sansi and could not get the water in it. I just kept tolerating you. Mr. Wang, I didn't have any disgust towards you, but Wang Yan said that as soon as you arrived in Heyin County, he would just find an excuse to arrest the two wealthy families in prison, which made the people in the county resentment. In addition, what you did in the Sansi a few days ago, Mr. Wang thought you were too impatient and thoughtful, competing for profit with the people, and didn't want to talk to you. As for other ministers of the prime minister, do you think Zhang Shumi would speak for you? The others just looked at the faces of these three people!"

"Hahaha," Xu Ping couldn't help laughing when he heard this, "After all the time, I was already angry in the court, and people and gods were angry! I have always felt that I have done a lot of things. Now the treasury is full, and even if I have opinions about me, I won't blame me for money. I didn't expect it to be like this!"

Li Yonghe looked at Xu Ping, and saw that his eyes were clear and he was not really angry. He calmed down and sighed, "So I said, the most important thing you are now not to do things well, but to find someone to help you. Now, the people who speak for you are all middle and lower-level officials. Although there are also a large number of people, what can I do to help?"

"Oh, so is there anyone talking for me?" Xu Ping's head suddenly raised and looked at Li Yonghe.

"Of course there are, and not all people are blind. However, Wang Gongchen, Han Qi, Wang Su and others are so slight, and who will listen to them after they say that? You are now named a marquis of the county and a deputy envoy, and are not far from the position of the magistrate. How can these people be counted on?"

"If you don't expect these people, Uncle Shi, who can I count on? My father is a wine seller. He never knows any big shots except you. He really depends on himself! As long as those young people don't dislike me, the people in the court can't sit in the political affairs hall for the rest of their lives, I'll just wait!"

"Did you really never think about finding someone to help me?"

"Who are you looking for? How to find it? Gift gifts? Pass posts to recognize your disciples? Even if I can't stand my face, what will the emperor think of me? I have been a magistrate of a small border county and became the deputy envoy of the Third Division in a year. I know how the status came from."

Li Yonghe slapped the table in a hurry: "Why don't you understand? My words were told to you by the official! You are still young and have too shallow foundations. You should bow your head when it's time to bow!"

Xu Ping smiled and shook his head, saying nothing. He thought about this clearly than Li Yonghe. The emperor who is in the throne is not a strong-willed person. Now he has resistance and can encourage himself to go to the dock. But when he really stands alone, he may think of these things and distrust himself.

Then why bother? More hardships when you are young will bring you stability in the future, and this account will be easy to settle.

Li Yonghe actually knew this in his heart, and also knew Xu Ping's character. Seeing that he had made up his mind, he stopped persuading him and said to him: "Besides, there is another way?"

"Uncle Shi, please speak."
Chapter completed!