?Bashui, Badong County Magistrate Xu Shao was patrolling the city of Bahe City. This newly built small town is now quite good. It is just to avoid floods, and the river embankment has to be built. What he is now inspecting is the progress of the river embankment construction.

This year, the water level of Bashui rose, but the rainfall was not as high as last year, so the new city was not flooded, but not so lucky every year, so river defense should be paid attention to.

Shangba River City is located east of Bashui, with small ponds and reed marshes everywhere, and hilly areas. It is impossible to reclaim a large area of ​​farmland, so Xu Shao had to find another way.

First, we discharged water, put lime, and put out snails before we started to reclaim land. We had sufficient experience, manpower and farm tools, so things went smoothly. Mulberry trees were planted on the hills, and ponds were drained and reclaimed into paddy fields.

The larger pond is directly used as a fish pond. Because Xiyang City has a huge demand for fish, the residents of Shangba River City are very enthusiastic about raising fish, and people from other places even come to rent the pond and transport the fish fry to raise fish by themselves.

More things are about raising ducks and geese, which are all poultry that you don’t have to worry about selling. There are duckweed in the ponds that are scattered. After being picked up and dried, some people bought them in large quantities and brought them back to feed them. The vast wastelands of the past are now available everywhere.

"What's going on? It seems that there are much less stone piles?" Xu Shao asked. He confirmed the scene again, and the situation is wrong.

"Mingfu, as the river embankment was about to be completed, the quarry was transported less stone."

"It should have been supplied according to the contract, can anyone dare to breach the contract?"

"Mingfu, it is said that there is some problem with the Jiangdi construction site, and there are a lot of stones needed. These few quarries are rushing to deliver the stones there first, so we delayed it."

"River embankment..." Xu Shao looked at the direction of the southern riverside. The construction of the Yangtze River embankment was the most important thing in Bazhou now. He has gathered a lot of manpower and material resources. If it can be completed as planned, there will be a lot of wasteland that can be reclaimed into fertile fields.

"The river embankment is important, but the river embankment here cannot be delayed!"

Xu Shao walked to the pier not far away, where there was a cargo ship unloading stones. The leader met his parents and came to meet him.

"I heard that the stone is no longer available, so what's going on?"

"Mingfu! The young man will never miss the construction period. The stones owed in the past two days will be replenished immediately tomorrow!"

"Tomorrow? If not tomorrow, I will stop the boat on the river!"

"The Ming Mansion calms down. The young man dares not do anything randomly. There must be stones, but the owner doesn't want to do this. The Jiangdi construction site is in a hurry. There is not enough staff in the quarry. Every day, from sunrise to sunset, the newly picked stones are transported away."

"Can't you help me if I don't have enough staff? Are you a mountain man who is used to using a mountain man who doesn't have to pay for wages and is reluctant to spend money to hire people?"

"Mingfu doesn't know what it means. Now the boss is going to recruit people in the neighboring states. However, there are too many bosses who are recruiting people. How many people can be grabbed? Now Bazhou is short of staff everywhere."

Xu Shao sighed helplessly. The other party was right. There was a shortage of people everywhere. Now he was fighting again. The Hezhou General Administration Office on the east side of the Huangzhou General Administration was invaded by Chen's army. The Huangzhou Army had sent reinforcements to advance east and recruited young and strong men to transport food and grass. There was really a shortage of people everywhere.

Not only Hezhou to the east, but also Jingzhou to the west, and Xiangzhou to the west, were also fighting. The Chen army and the Sui army were in trouble. They had to struggle in the next few months, and Bazhou might not be peaceful. If the Chen State Yingzhou opposite had action, the construction of the river embankment would have to stop.

This is a bad thing, but it is also a good thing. I don’t know how many people in the Bazhou area are looking forward to fighting. Once they fight, the demand for chickens, ducks and geese will rise. There is nothing else. The government wants a lot of feathers to make arrow feathers.

After a big battle, a total of 100,000 feathers were consumed. Not only feathers, but also wood for the arrow shafts, but also bamboo poles had to be purchased. The craftsmen in the military weapon supervision could earn more wages.

The fallacies of governor Yuwen Wen seem to be confirmed again, and Xu Shao doesn’t know whether this statement that “war drives domestic demand” is correct.

While he was distracted, the river bank not far upstream suddenly became disturbed. People on the embankment construction site pointed at the river surface, and some people shouted, "Come and take a look." Xu Shao looked into the distance and saw a vaguely floating on the river surface. He seemed to be someone.

Could it be that there was a murder case?!

As the saying goes, "Those who are close to the red and those who are close to the ink are black." After staying with someone for a long time, Xu Shao seemed to have become a little "dark". When he saw this scene, he first thought of the corpse.

If there are corpses, there are cases. If there are cases, it is time for him to solve the case. Is it a love killing, a revenge killing, a murder for money, an accidental fall into the water, a suicide, or a murder or a throw away a body? A series of thoughts emerged instantly.

"Quick! Come and see what's going on!"

"Mingfu, there are small boats on my cargo ship!"

"Quick, let the boat go and take a look!"

The cargo ship carrying stones was equipped with a small boat. The boatman hurriedly put down the boat to catch the things on the river. After some trouble, he took it to the riverside. Everyone surrounded him and saw that it was indeed a human being.

It was a young man with a pale face and blood stained on his body. The robe he wore looked good in texture, but many cuts were cut, revealing bloody wounds. Not only his body, but also his face also had bruises and scratches.

Xu Shao pushed the crowd away, regardless of the mud on the ground, knelt on one knee to check the situation. The person's wound was white and there were ulceration in many places. It seemed that he had been injured for a long time and soaked in water for a long time.

He reached out to explore the man's nostril, and after a moment Xu Shao looked happy: "It seems that he is still angry!"

He didn't care about so much, he pressed his ear against the other person's chest, and finally confirmed his heartbeat: "He is not dead!"

"Hurry, go to the city and call the doctor over... and find some handy things as stretchers!"

Although he was a little panicked, Xu Shao was probably still organized. He often reads the deeds of local officials in various dynasties and generations of people who have been studying and exploring cases. Now he has learned and applied it. Seeing that the other party seemed to be a little sensible, he tried to shout:

"Can you hear it? Can you still say..."

Before he finished speaking, Xu Shao stopped himself and then reached out to touch the other person's face. He seemed to recognize the man, but he couldn't see clearly, and he pulled open his head covering his face and his pupils shrank.

“This…”

Regardless of the dirty face of the man, Xu Shao wiped the other person's face with his sleeve, looked at him again, and then took a breath of cold air.

"Quick!! Call the doctor here!!"

The voice was already hoarse. Before everyone could react, Xu Shao tried his best to pick up the man, but it was too difficult for him to hug him. Others quickly helped him, raised his shoulders and raised his legs, and ran towards the dock under Xu Shao's order.

"Unlock the cables immediately! Start the boat! Go downstream!"

"Mingfu, this is..."

"Stop talking nonsense! Unlock the cable quickly!"

"Mingfu, what's wrong?"

"I escort... take this person to Xiyang City, and you will each perform your duties!"

Xu Shao roared, and the officials on the shore looked at each other, not knowing what happened, but a few followers followed the orders to board the boat and walked with them. The boss of the boat was in a panic and ordered the boatman to operate, and then followed his command to carry the man to the place where the boatman rested and lay down, covering him with clean bedding to prevent the cold.
Chapter completed!