"Mingfu, why are you here?"
"It's okay, you do your thing, I'll just stroll around."
On the outskirts of Longcheng County, in Shaojia Village, there is a dock.
Ouyang Rong came early in the morning to supervise the construction, although he said he was just strolling around.
But is the leader's casual stroll a casual stroll?
At this moment, the small wharves and small villages that were originally neglected gradually became lively due to the excavation of the folded wing canal carried out with the efforts of the whole county.
The Yedu Wharf in Shaojia Village was originally inconspicuous.
Although it is the junction point of the straight river in the upper reaches of Butterfly Creek and the curved river in the middle, most of the southern ships coming from Yunmengze in the upper reaches sail directly through this place and enter the winding main river to go to the distance closer to the city. Penglangdu stopped for a rest.
The Broken Wing Canal that is attracting the attention of the whole county right now is a miraculous way of cutting and straightening the wings of Butterfly Creek and replacing it with a main river channel.
Next, a relatively straight main river channel with reasonable curvature will be dug directly.
Ignoring the original Butterfly Creek Road, the latter will be relegated to a branch road.
Allowing the river water to flow straight to the main stream of the Yangtze River on the north side, increasing Butterfly Creek's peak-shifting flood discharge capacity and withstanding the flood in the upper reaches.
Therefore, this waterside village at the intersection of the river's meanderings became the upper mouth of the newly opened river section and the starting point of the Broken Wing Canal.
The Yedu Wharf in Shaojia Village has also become an important ferry for unloading and transporting river-drilling materials. The resources mobilized by the Longcheng County Government for the Zheyi Canal were all transported here by boat. This is also a convenience of Longcheng County's developed water transportation.
"This scene of vitality and all things competing... This place is really different every day."
Ouyang Rong stood on a mound with a sentry post by the river, his hands on his hips, and couldn't help but sigh.
Behind him were Yan Liulang, Liu Ashan, and the county officials responsible for digging the river.
"The Ming Dynasty has invested so much manpower and material resources here, it's hard to imagine it not being lively."
It was Yan Liulang who answered.
This kid really doesn't learn well, and he sounds more and more like Diao Xiancheng.
Ouyang Rong smiled, turned around and told the officials in a gentle voice to continue their work without following him.
After waiting for the people to leave, Ouyang Rong led Yan Liulang and Liu Ashan towards the upper mouth of the new river channel that was under construction.
He tied the corners of his official uniform higher to prevent them from getting dirty.
The three of them walked and talked.
Yan Liulang hugged the scabbard and suggested:
"In fact, the Ming Dynasty does not need to do everything personally. You can take a proper rest and grasp the general direction. The following matters will be left to the people in the government office who should do the work."
Looking at the back of the young county magistrate, the blue-robed headman couldn't help but smile bitterly. Mingfu came over early this morning. He and other officials were afraid that Mingfu would jump down and dig the soil and carry the burden themselves if they disagreed.
Don't tell me, this matter is not impossible for this troublesome Mingfu.
"Besides, the people below have been idle for too long, so it's their turn. All the preparations for the Zheyi Canal were done by the Ming Palace. Now that all the rules have been laid out, it's up to the Ming Palace to teach them what to do when. .”
"Why rest? If I don't come here, where will I go?"
"Mingfu can go and see Miss Xie more." Yan Liulang suggested tactfully.
"I went to see her a few days ago. The little junior sister looks fine, but it's a little strange. Why is she still lying on the bed? Auntie sends me to deliver food every day."
"The injury must be serious. Mingfu should quickly go and take care of him."
"I'm still going. If I go, I'll get to know the eldest son of the Su family so well. Wait a minute, you kid, teach me how to do things." Ouyang Rong twitched the corner of his mouth.
"No, no. Then why don't you ask Miss Xie if she is willing to go back to Meiluyuan with Mingfu to recuperate."
"..."
Ouyang Rong ignored it and pointed forward:
"At the upper mouth of the new river channel, remember to leave a thick wall to block the water. When the river channel is completed, blow it up and release the water into the new channel... By the way, do we have any explosives?"
This time it was Yanrokuro's turn to be stunned, "What is explosives?"
Ouyang Rong paused, continued moving forward, and shook his head: "It's okay. If you can't blow it up, just dig it out with your hands. Oh, it's too slow."
He had heard from his junior sister before that on the night of the burning of accounts in the East Treasury, the mysterious immortal-seeking warlock would throw something that exploded with flames. The thing that burned Old Cui's head later seemed to be part of the weird stuff.
At that time, Ouyang Rong thought that gunpowder had been used in the Zhou Dynasty, but after asking carefully, he found out that this thing seems to be called Fuhuofen method, which was created by Taoist priests and alchemists who practiced external alchemy. It is a crooked way. .
It seems that only the arrogant group of alchemists have some strange research on this method, which is the sorcery mentioned by the younger junior sister.
Moreover, this world is blessed with mythical Qi refining techniques that are beyond the scope of his cognition. Ouyang Rong is not sure whether it is the same as the cognition he brought in his previous life.
Anyway, they are all specious and common sense phenomena, like a mess that Ouyang Rong can't sort out for the time being, and he doesn't want to waste time sorting them out.
He was afraid of exploring too much and getting caught up in it, being bound by people and things and reluctant to go back.
In addition, Ouyang Rong saw that the water control was not far away from success. He had trouble sleeping last night and lost his temper, so he secretly went to the Gongde Tower.
"Just dig with your hands."
On the country road, Ouyang Rong was walking in front, muttering.
Yan Liulang was stunned when he heard this:
"Mingfu, how are we slow here? We are already very fast, okay...
"If we leave it to other counties, it will take half a year just to make preliminary preparations, and another half a year to recruit manpower before implementation. The final start of construction will probably be delayed until the spring of next year at the earliest."
Seeing the young county magistrate in front of him shaking his head, Yan Liulang felt dumbfounded:
"Mingfu took us upstream and downstream around the Dragon Boat Festival, assessed the water properties, measured the riverbed slope, made a highly accurate simulated sand table, and tested the feasibility of the new canal...
"Currently, Shopkeepers Wang Shao, Shopkeeper Li, and Cheng Yuanwai, who have invested in Xindu Port, are responsible for preparing materials. The goods have almost arrived in the past few days. The brothers led by the county government and Brother Ashan now only need to follow your plan of the Ming Dynasty. Just dig it step by step and it will be completed. It is estimated that it will be completed by the end of the year...it’s really not slow.”
To be honest, not only Yan Liulang and Liu Ashan at this moment, but also all the officials in the running county government including Diao County Cheng were a little surprised that the speed could be so fast.
However, I felt relieved when I thought that there was a micro-manipulation master who wanted to try to direct the digging position of a shovel on the front line of ditch digging.
Ouyang Rong sighed: "But it's still too slow."
Yan Liulang and Liu Ashan looked at each other.
Afterwards, Ouyang Rong walked around the front line of the hot ditch construction, took them with him, and returned with a frown.
In fact, he said he was slow because he was the only one who knew that in recent months, there might be another flood in Yunmengze during the rainy season.
The current Zheyi Canal can indeed solve the subsequent flooding in Longcheng once and for all, but this will only happen after it is dug out. Before that, if the water rises again, there will be nothing we can do, and it may even affect the construction of the Zheyi Canal.
This is also an urgent matter at present.
He had clearly realized this when he first took office in Longcheng, but most of them, including Diao Xiancheng, were dubious.
Even when Ouyang Rong announced the new construction, most of the people in Longcheng subconsciously thought that the next flood would happen in the next few years when he mentioned it in his speech. After all, according to a certain jingle, a flood will occur every four years...
But the construction of Zheyi Canal was also very important.
In addition to inspiring people's hearts, gathering strength, uniting the majority of people and isolating Liu, it can also play a role in changing the situation between offense and defense.
Now everyone can see clearly that it is not the Liu family who is using the Di Gong Gate to torture him, but he is using the Broken Wing Canal to torture the Liu family.
But now, the young county magistrate, who has gained the "humanity" advantage at the Longcheng County poker table, must reconsider an issue.
Is it more important to control the water, or to deal with the Liu family, or do the two not conflict at some point?
However, he is not completely helpless against the floods that may come recently...
After inspecting a circle, Ouyang Rong and others said goodbye to Shaojia Village, boarded the boat at Yedu Wharf, and returned to Penglangdu in the county.
On the road, surrounded by the river breeze, in a quiet place on the bow of the boat, Ouyang Rong looked back and asked: "Liu Lang, what happened to the person Wang Caozhi asked them to find?"
Yan Liulang looked around and whispered:
"They said that there are relatively few skilled craftsmen in Jiangzhou who can build that kind of water conservancy gate. They belong to a very sophisticated category. Even if there are, they are the meat and potatoes of the counties building water conservancy projects and will not be let go easily, just like the Liu family in Gu Yue Jian The same group of craftsmen raised in the shop.
"So now we can only go to further states to see if we can get the manpower. They said it will take some time."
Ouyang Rong frowned slightly. Zheyiqu did not use many skills. He only needed to determine the general direction and apply a lot of manpower.
However, the construction of Dickong Gate was indeed a technical task in this era, although the construction volume was small.
Although he has strong hands-on skills and loves to mess with things, he still thinks that he is not good enough to be able to do it with his hands.
Ouyang Rong had also gone upstream to see the ruins of Di Gongzha several times before, and he was still a little unsure about certain things.
While Ouyang Rong was calculating silently, Yan Liulang's lowered voice came from behind:
"Ming Mansion... I actually have something that I don't understand. Don't we have Zhiyi Canal? Why do we have to deal with Di Gongzha's affairs? Didn't you say before that it can only treat the symptoms and temporarily, but cannot cure the root cause? Do you care about it for the rest of your life?"
Ouyang Rong pondered: "Liu Lang, sometimes, the worst thing may be this moment."
"Master, there has been some movement in the Liu family recently."
"Oh?" Ouyang Rong looked back.
Liu Ashan, who had been in a transparent state behind him, suddenly said:
"I heard from an acquaintance at Guyue Sword Shop that the Liu family has recently begun to vacate an important sword furnace on the west bank, leaving hundreds of craftsmen idle. I don't know why."
He paused and continued:
"Recently, the Liu family often sends people to inquire about the situation of Zheyi Canal. It should be difficult for us to be conservative here. The Liu family has deep roots and too many acquaintances."
"I understand, thank you for your hard work, Ah Shan, keep watching."
Ouyang Rong nodded and fell into deep thought again:
"Is Liu Ziwen... in a hurry?"
In fact, Ouyang Rong was not surprised by the latter news, but the previous news... was a bit intriguing.
Could it be that the Liu family has become anxious and is ready to relent on the issue of Duke Di, which had been in a stalemate for a long time, and admit their mistake?
Otherwise, why would we free up so many craftsmen?
Someone who lacks effective information can only think about this.
After a while, the young magistrate still faced the river wind, breathed a sigh of relief and gained some confidence.
No matter whether the Liu family is ready to give in or to resist stubbornly.
But at least they, who were motionless like turtles and bastards at first, started to get impatient, and they started to move after he slowed them down, which was a slightly better trend.
"I'm not afraid that you'll make a move, but I'm afraid that you won't move. There won't be any flaws. As long as you start to move, the thousand-year-old turtle will have to show its head."
Ouyang Rong stood at the bow of the boat and murmured.
The clothes I bought are on the way... (There will be another update at 12 o'clock)
(End of chapter)
