Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 746 Who is the Messenger?

This will trap the larvae of cutworms. Then you can check the haystack every day, pick up the lurking larvae and burn them to death.

Although it was troublesome, it was a good method in the absence of pesticides. So Zhao Zhizhou quickly gave instructions on the method of Hualei.

After inspecting Changtong Prefecture, Hualei continued to head north to Changhe Prefecture, which was adjacent to Changtong Prefecture. Changhe Prefecture bordered Xining Prefecture and was a prefecture located in the northeast of Xichang.

Hua Lei had not visited the prefecture since taking office. Last year, when Hua Lei first arrived in Xichang Prefecture, she held a meeting.

At that time, Li Zhizhou did not leave a very good impression on Hualei. Li Zhizhou's original name was Li Chengliang, and he was born in a declining branch of a noble family in the capital. He was born at the end of the Jinshi class, was over 40 years old, of medium build, and had a round face.

When Hualei asked about the situation in Changhe Prefecture, Li Zhizhou's eyes were erratic and his words were evasive. When Hualei asked about the east, he answered about the west. When Hualei asked about the civil affairs, he answered about the military affairs.

He seemed to be answering a question that was not relevant to the question. I wonder if he was feeling guilty and didn't want Hua Lei to know the actual situation in Changhezhou? Or was there some other reason?

At that time, Hua Lei had just arrived in Xichang Prefecture. She was not very familiar with all the people and did not know what kind of person Li Zhizhou was.

Therefore, although he was somewhat dissatisfied with Li Zhizhou's irrelevant answer, he did not show it on his face.

At that time, Hua Lei thought that maybe this Li Zhizhou was a practical man with poor verbal expression skills. It was also possible.

At the end of the year, Li Zhizhou submitted a report on his work. After reading it, Hualei also felt that the data was still good. The number of acres of wheat planted and the collection of tax grain were all completed well.

Therefore, Hua Lei is still unsure about the true ability of Li Zhizhou, and whether his character is good or bad.

However, when she stood at the construction site of Changhezhou Academy, she knew that at least one of this Li Zhizhou's ability and character was not good enough, and it was very likely that neither of them was good enough.

The construction of the academy in Changhezhou was at a similar pace to that in Changlanzhou, and was now in the wall-laying stage. When Hualei arrived at the site, it was lunch time.

Many of the bricklayers had already gone to eat lunch under the shade of the trees, leaving only a few on duty, resting in the shade.

Hualei didn't alarm them and went directly to the construction site. A quick look at the half-man-high wall and the blue bricks on the ground made her a little angry.

I visited Peng Dong’s winery before and saw that the blue bricks used to pave the floor were a lot of broken bricks left over from building walls. This is a form of waste utilization and there is nothing wrong with it.

The bricks used for building walls are generally regular, undamaged rectangular blue bricks, which are laid horizontally and vertically, interconnected.

At the 90-degree turn in the corner, all the bricks need to be stacked horizontally. This way, the wall will be stronger, more stable and balanced, and the built house will be more solid.

However, the half-built wall of Changhezhou Academy was obviously made of broken bricks. If all the broken bricks were laid horizontally, the firmness might be better.

However, nowadays, most walls are built vertically with broken bricks. Because the broken bricks are irregular, some walls have small missing corners.

When Li Shilang built a low thatched house in Mobei, he would not use this method to build walls. Moreover, what is being built now is a college.

The first requirement for a college is that it is solid, which was also one of the requirements I clearly put forward before building the college.

If I don't come and check it out after the academy is built and the walls are plastered with lime, how will I know if there are any problems?

This is completely shoddy work. If a college like this is built, it will most likely collapse within a few years or after a few heavy rains due to insufficient load-bearing capacity of the walls.

If the students were pressed down, it would be a disaster. This Li Zhizhou not only ignored his orders, but also ignored the lives of future students.

You know, Hua Lei let the prefects and workshops of various prefectures be fully responsible for the construction of the academy. Regardless of whether Prefect Li knew the truth or not, he cannot escape the blame.

Rong Jin, who was following beside him, also frowned. Obviously, he was not satisfied with the shoddy work. Hao Ren, who was following behind him, had a layer of cold sweat on his back.

As the official in charge of the government office, Hua Lei asked him to be in charge of and supervise the construction of all the academies in the prefectures. What happened in Changhezhou Academy was his dereliction of duty.

Hua Lei called the people on duty nearby and asked them to go and find Li Zhizhou and several officials from the workshop.

I changed into my official uniform and waited there. If you don't have a mobile phone camera, you can take photos and save them as evidence.

Therefore, Hua Lei decided to ask Li Zhizhou and a few other people to come directly, and confirm on the spot who is the mastermind behind this matter with gongs and drums.

More than half an hour later, Li Zhizhou, dressed in official uniform, and a group of people hurried over. It was not known whether it was because of the hot weather or some other reason, but several people were sweating profusely.

After seeing Hua Lei and Rong Jin standing by the wall, as well as a large group of guards and yamen officials, Li Zhifu and his men knelt down in front of Hua Lei with a plop.

It seems that Li Zhizhou knew about it and was very likely the mastermind. Hua Lei's face turned cold.

It turned out that these defective blue bricks were purchased by Li Zhizhou from his wife's brother-in-law. Li Zhizhou was born in a declining branch of an aristocratic family in the capital.

When he was in his thirties, after passing the imperial examination, he relied on his family connections to finally reach Changhe Prefecture, where he first became a magistrate in a county below.

Three years later, he was promoted to the position of Jieshi Zhong of the Changhe Prefecture Workshop, and he held this position for six years. Two years ago, he was promoted to the position of Zhizhou of Changhe Prefecture.

However, although the family looked good, the Li family was just a facade. In addition, Li Chengliang was from a side branch and was not valued by the main branch. When the family was divided, he did not get any property.

Therefore, after arriving in Changhezhou, I had no cash and my life was not very satisfactory. At the end of the year, I didn't have much cash to pay my boss, so my path to promotion was also bumpy.

After becoming the Censor of the Changhe Prefecture Workshop, Li Chengliang took advantage of his position to get involved in lucrative businesses such as building dams and repairing the prefectural government office in Changhe Prefecture. Gradually, his appetite grew.

Later, at the instigation of his wife, he asked his brother-in-law to go to Changhe Prefecture, open a brick kiln and a timber shop, and start a business.