Traveling through the starry sky just for you, I was a koi in ancient times

Chapter 244: Tests from All Sides (3)

For some reason, a word popped up in Wang Jinyi's mind at an inappropriate time: make the best use of people and things. Wang Jinyi reached out and scratched his head. Why did he have this idea?

Now that you think so, let’s give it a try!

"Sister Yue'er, I made a few small toys. You can play with them and help me find out if there are any problems. Then tell me, okay?"

Wang Yueyi looked at the little sister in confusion. "What toy?"

"Zhu Yu, take the eldest daughter to my mother and tell her to give the toy bird to her to play with.

Go back and see if there is any book I wrote that the young lady hasn't read yet, and help her find it and send it over!"

Wang Yueyi cheered and hugged Wang Jinyi:

"Oh, Jin'er, you are so kind. Without your notebook, how would I have lived these past few years?"

Wang Jinyi secretly complained in her heart: You spend your days reading storybooks, which shows how boring and leisurely your life is!

Alas! I am afraid I am destined not to enjoy this leisure! I'd rather be a smart and hardworking fairy!

"Jin'er, how should I raise the bird you gave me? Is it pretty?"

Wang Jinyi rolled her eyes in her heart. What kind of bird is this? She patiently explained it to the young lady in detail.

Wang Yueyi heard that this was something interesting from her sister's mouth, so she asked:

"Is Jin'er fun? Is he interesting? Is he more interesting than the picture book?"

"Don't worry, this trip will be worthwhile."

After watching the young lady walk away happily with Zhu Yu, Wang Jinyi quickened his pace, fearing that he would make mistakes, and headed straight for the Mingdong meeting.

After entering the room, I found Wenbai was already waiting. There were several registration books on the table. Wenbai greeted the lady respectfully.

"Mr. Wenbai, please take a seat. Let me first tell you about the situation of the criminal slave."

As soon as Wang Jinyi entered the door, she asked about the doubts she had along the way.

“Miss, her grandfather was Lu Hai, the former governor of Chuanjiang Prefecture. Chuanjiang Prefecture has many mountains and rivers, and often suffers from droughts and floods. Governor Lu wrote to the court, stating that water control can irrigate downstream farmland and avoid floods.

Years of floods also made the court determined to raise funds from various sources and allocated one-third of the national treasury to Chuanjiang Prefecture, even when the border defense war was tight and there was no money to use! "

"and after?!"

"Later, eight years later, the river management project in Chuanjiang Prefecture was completed. It coincided with a once-in-a-century heavy rain, which destroyed the riverbank and flooded the farmland downstream. More than 100,000 farmers downstream were washed away, and their lives and deaths are unknown..."

Wang Jinyi said silently: "She must have died in the flood. Tell me about the girl who came."

"She is the second son and daughter of Lu Hai, and the one she carried on her back was the eldest grandson of the eldest branch of the family.

Young lady, this is the case. Because of the poor flood control, the Lu family was convicted of three generations of crimes and enslaved. All male members of the family over the age of ten were enslaved and built river embankments on the Sichuan River. All female members were sent back to their hometowns..."

"Is her hometown also Xunnan County?"

"Miss, no, her family is from the mountainous area in southern Henan, bordering Xunnan. Wen Jinshu met her by chance and told her about the training class in Xunyang Prefecture. I didn't expect her to come."

"You are trying to tell me that the guilt does not include the female relatives. The boy she carried is his nephew, three generations away. I can help them, is that right?"

Wen Bai knew that the young lady was smart, so he just explained it briefly and the young lady understood the key.

So he said sincerely:

“Miss, I can help them, but my status as a criminal slave prevents me from doing anything.

Miss, this matter is too big for me. I can't handle it, but I don't want to cause trouble for you, so I want to explain it to you in detail before making a decision."

In fact, what Wenbai said was right. In a matter as important as this, he was not a criminal slave. He was just a servant. Even as a manager, he had no decision-making power and he had to report to his master. It was just that Wenbai had sympathy or help, intentionally or unintentionally, and this alone was worth being wary of.

Why? Because in this era, any crime is not just about oneself, but often about the entire family.

Wen Bai fulfilled his own compassion, but it might uproot the entire Wang family. It seems that Wen Bai will have to have fixed management authority like the wet nurse!

"Mr. Wenbai, how long has the Lu family incident happened? Has the court investigated this matter? Did the Lu family cut corners in this project, or embezzle the money for river management?"

"Miss, it's been more than two years since the incident. When the Lu family was raided, less than a thousand taels of gold and silver were found in the entire mansion. All the valuables in the house were sold by Lu Hai to build the river embankment. Most of his servants are helping out on the embankment!!"

"Wenbai, do you want to speak up for his family? Do you know that the lives of hundreds of thousands of people downstream are not lives? Since you want to repair the river bank, you have mobilized one-third of the country's financial resources and it took eight years. Not to mention the cost of these national resources, just think about how much corvée the people have paid for!"

Wen Bai was silent when he saw how angry the young lady was.

Wang Jinyi lowered his head and thought quietly for a long time. Just as Wen Bai was about to admit his mistake, the young lady spoke up, "Wen Bai, where are the two of them now?"

"Miss, I gave them 100 coins before I even asked you. They will find a place to rest. If there is no news within two days, I will let them go back on their own!"

"Okay, send someone to change their clothes and send them to the training school. I want to meet them."

"Miss, this is not good. I'm afraid we'll be implicated."

"You told me about them because you were afraid of being implicated. Since you told me about them, didn't you just want me to meet them? If that's the case, why didn't you tell me clearly?

Let’s try to do this as stealthily as possible.”

"Miss, you can't go out, and it's not appropriate to do this."

“Do your own thing!”

Wen Bai looked at the young lady in silence. Everything in the past was vivid in his mind. He even remembered the first time he saw the young lady in the main hall.

At that time, Wang Jinyi was still a little boy with two little pigtails on her head. From the vague oral test questions that day, Wen Bai discovered that there were actually people in the world who liked mathematics more than he did!

The lady always gives people a feeling of being a little special.

In the past six years, the young lady has studied like crazy, worked hard to make money, and tried hard to protect the people around her, and has expanded her own industry miraculously. In just six years, she even has her own little kingdom.

I have worked with the young lady for 6 years and have seen with my own eyes that no one older than her, whether male or female, whether studying or doing business, can do a better job than her.

The young lady was going out to meet someone, and I was a little worried. I wanted to say something several times but hesitated. Finally, I decided to persuade the young lady.

"Miss!……"

Wang Jinyi interrupted Wen Bai:

"Since you have compassion and have kept the person here, how can I resolve this matter if I don't make this trip and take some risks?"

"Sir, I can't help them otherwise."