Emperor Su He took a short rest for one night in Jinan Mansion.
He has not forgotten what is the main purpose of coming to Jinan this time?
He learned about the basic situation of Shandong's officialdom and briefly inspected some situations in Jinan Prefecture.
Emperor Su He was preparing to end his trip to Jinan. He led the high officials of the DPRK and Shandong governor Li Shengyun, Shandong chief envoy Huang Wenxi and other officials to board the Yellow River embankment.
The most important structure of the Yellow River reconstruction project is the Yellow River embankment.
Once the Yellow River changes its course, the old river water enters the new river course.
Can the Yellow River embankment hold up under the massive erosion of the Yellow River water?
This is the question on everyone's mind.
Once the Yellow River embankment breaks, it will be a man-made natural disaster.
The massive amount of water from the Yellow River will submerge most of Shandong.
No one wants to see this situation.
No one can bear this kind of responsibility.
In order to avoid this situation, Emperor Su He wanted to personally inspect the quality of the Yellow River embankment.
Everyone is walking on the Yellow River embankment. The Yellow River embankment made of soil gives people a very solid feeling.
Emperor Su He looked at the wide Yellow River channel and the tall Yellow River embankment.
The Yellow River in front of us is five hundred meters wide, and the Yellow River embankment is about ten meters high.
According to the priority of the Yellow River flow and topography, the width of the Yellow River channel and the height of the Yellow River embankment are different in each section.
Emperor Su He recalled the information reported by the Ministry of Industry. The new Yellow River channel was 1,500 meters long at its widest point, and the Yellow River embankment was 18 meters high at its highest point.
Emperor Su He stamped his feet on the Yellow River embankment, only stirring up some floating soil.
A large number of people and machines have completed the process of compacting the Yellow River embankment. The soil layer of the Yellow River embankment has been compacted.
Emperor Su He looked at the embankment of the Yellow River. There were wooden telephone poles standing every twenty meters.
There are several copper wires wrapped in black rubber on the pole.
These are wired telegraph lines. The purpose of building them is to facilitate the smooth progress of the Yellow River reconstruction project and facilitate communication between various reservoirs.
After the project is completed, these telegrams will be used for Yellow River water dispatch.
If there is a flood in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, you can notify the lower reaches by telegraph so that the lower reaches can prepare as soon as possible.
The communication between the two places is convenient and can avoid many disasters.
After Emperor Su He inspected the Yellow River embankment, he was quite satisfied with the quality of this section of the embankment.
Scholars who followed the trip have used scientific means to verify the quality of the Yellow River embankment.
The newly built Yellow River embankment will not be washed away by floods when rainfall is abundant and the Yellow River floods.
Emperor Su He saw a huge reservoir ahead, the Jinan Reservoir, one of the three largest reservoirs in Shandong.
There is also a railway and an asphalt road on the south side of the Yellow River Embankment.
Standing on the embankment of the Yellow River, he could see trains and carriages driving on their respective roads from time to time.
Emperor Su He looked at the condition of the Yellow River embankment and praised: "The Yellow River embankment is well built, and two carriages can run side by side on the embankment.
I saw that the bends in the Yellow River were filled with concrete to ensure the strength of the Yellow River embankment.
In such a location that is easily washed away by river water, the use of concrete to construct river embankments can effectively prevent the Yellow River from washing away the embankments. "
Emperor Su He hoped that the quality of the Yellow River embankment would be in optimal condition.
He has dispatched several officials to investigate the quality of the Yellow River embankments.
The officialdom of Shandong was almost completely implicated in this incident.
But what is the specific quality of the Yellow River embankment?
Emperor Su He cannot guarantee that the Yellow River embankment will be safe.
We can only wait for the Yellow River water to be introduced from the old river channel into the new river channel.
Can the built Yellow River embankment pass the test of Yellow River floods?
Based on his own experience, Su He found that the quality of the Yellow River embankment he saw was much better than the Kaifeng Yellow River embankment he saw when he was leading the battle.
He saw Honeysuckle, Minister of Industry, who had been accompanying him in the team.
He called Jinyinhua, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and asked: "Jin Aiqing, I am going to take a look at the Jinan Reservoir ahead.
Could you please introduce the conditions of the Yellow River here in Shandong? "
The group of them walked slowly from the Yellow River embankment to Jinan Reservoir.
Jin Yinhua, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, said as he walked: "Your Majesty, we use Jishui and other local rivers in Shandong to expand and form a new channel of the Yellow River.
Let the new channel of the Yellow River be connected with many rivers in Shandong.
In this way, the original rivers in Shandong can be used to transport the Yellow River water to the entire territory of Shandong.
In order to regulate the flow of the Yellow River, droughts or floods will not occur in various places.
After the Yellow River changes its course from Yanzhou to Shandong.
There are three large reservoirs: Jining Reservoir, Jinan Reservoir and Qingzhou Reservoir.
These three reservoirs cooperate with each other to store water during heavy rainfall and weaken the power of flood peaks.
During drought, the gates are opened to release water to ensure the irrigation of Shandong fields.
Through the channelization of the Yellow River, a large amount of water accumulated in swamps and pools in Jining and Qingzhou Prefectures was drained.
When building the Yellow River channel, this small move can add hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile farmland to Shandong.
The swamps that cannot be farmed will forever become fertile fields for producing food.
When we were building the Yellow River channel, we also took the opportunity to build a large number of canals and small reservoirs.
These canals and small reservoirs usually irrigate the surrounding fertile fields.
Once there is a flood in the new Yellow River channel, these areas will be flood discharge areas.
According to His Majesty's instructions, when the flood is unavoidable.
We must protect large cities and important industrial bases and selectively flood some land. "
Emperor Su He listened to the introduction of Jinyinhua, Minister of the Ministry of Industry.
He is quite satisfied with the hydraulic work in Shandong.
The imperial court has been building water conservancy projects in various places, investing at least 10 million taels of silver coins in the project every year.
Su He gritted his teeth and persisted every year. Even if military expenditures were cut, the engineering funds for this project had not been touched.
He knew that in this era, improved seeds, pesticides, and chemical fertilizers, the three most important technologies for planting, were underdeveloped.
The easiest way to double food production is to build water conservancy facilities.
Water conservancy facilities can turn previously poor farmland into good farmland now.
With enough water to irrigate grain, the average yield can at least double.
This is the lowest cost and fastest effective method.
Emperor Su He led officials into Jinan Reservoir.
Qilinwei has taken the lead and taken control of the safety and security of Jinan Reservoir.
The officials of the reservoir had never seen this scene. They were all waiting at the gate of the reservoir.
The officials responsible for managing the reservoir saw Li Shengyun, the governor of Shandong, and Huang Wenxi, the chief envoy of Shandong, arriving for a joint duel.
The two of them kept a low profile and followed many officials.
The designs embroidered on the left chests of these officials indicate that they are all first- and second-rank officials.
The young man gathered in the middle is even more remarkable. He is wearing a bright yellow dragon robe and is very conspicuous in the crowd.
The officials of Jinan Reservoir were trembling and just wanted to kneel down and salute.
Shandong Governor Li Shengyun stepped forward and pulled away the officials at the reservoir.
He asked Emperor Su He: "Your Majesty, Wei Chen always pays attention to the situation of Jinan Reservoir and knows it very well. Wei Chen will be your guide."
Shandong Governor Li Shengyun only investigated the situation of the reservoir in advance. He did not inform the management of the reservoir that His Majesty the Emperor might arrive.
Li Shengyun understood that there was no problem with the reservoir. He did not inform the situation, and the officials of the reservoir behaved more naturally in front of the emperor.
He will also be able to seize the opportunity to express himself in front of the emperor.
Li Shengyun achieved his goal and took Emperor Su He and others to visit the reservoir.
Jinan Reservoir is one of the largest reservoirs in Shandong and covers a very large area.
The reservoir has not yet been filled with water, and it looks like a huge deep pit. Only some rainwater has accumulated at the bottom of the pit, but it has not been completely drained.
Where the reservoirs store water, there's not much to see, most reservoirs are pretty much the same.
Li Shengyun, the governor of Shandong, took Emperor Su He and others to visit the gate for releasing water from the reservoir.
“Your Majesty, there are a total of twelve gates in Jinan Reservoir.
With all twelve gates open, it only takes three days to reduce the water stored in the reservoir to less than half.
This is the core of the reservoir, all constructed of reinforced concrete.
Each gate weighs two tons and needs to be driven by a steam engine.
For ordinary floods, only this reservoir is needed to block the peak of the flood in the reservoir. "
After Emperor Su He visited the Jinan Reservoir, he took the lead in applauding.
"Okay, very good. I am very satisfied with the Yellow River Embankment and Jinan Reservoir here. You have built it very well."
Emperor Su He knew the role of large reservoirs. These three large reservoirs in Shandong regulated the water of the Yellow River.
Some small floods or droughts will not affect Shandong at all.
After Emperor Su He visited Jinan Reservoir, he made an unexpected decision.
They planned to take a carriage from the Yellow River embankment to the mouth of the new Yellow River channel, Le'an County, Qingzhou Prefecture.
Huang Wenxi, the chief envoy of Shandong Province, immediately mobilized a large number of carriages to form a luxurious motorcade and headed to Qingzhou Mansion in the east.
Liu Rushi was sitting in a spring-loaded carriage and could not feel the bumps of the carriage at all.
She asked curiously: "Husband, the original plan was not to go to Songjiang Mansion as soon as possible, why did you change your mind at the last moment?"
Su He pointed to the Yellow River embankment outside the carriage.
He held Liu Rushi's hand and said, "Look at the Yellow River embankment outside. Can you find any difference between it and the Yellow River embankment we looked at some time ago?"
Liu Rushi looked at the Yellow River embankment outside through the carriage's glass.
She shook her head and didn't notice any difference between this section of the Yellow River embankment and the previous one?
Su He pointed to the Yellow River embankment outside and said: "The reason why I went there personally is because I was afraid that the section of the Yellow River embankment I saw before was what those officials wanted me to see.
Only by observing for yourself can you see the real situation.
Now along the way, the Yellow River embankments there are more brightly decorated, but there is no essential difference from other Yellow River embankments.
The quality of the Yellow River embankment is still very good, and the construction team did not cut corners.
This section of the Yellow River embankment is related to the century-old foundation of the dynasty, and I have to pay attention to it. "
Emperor Su He sat in a carriage and watched the condition of the Yellow River embankment.
He noticed something unusual and asked the convoy to stop and check.
Scientists from the Academy of Sciences and craftsmen from the Ministry of Industry used various means to verify the quality of the Yellow River embankment.
They stopped and walked, and soon came to Le'an County, Qingzhou Prefecture, where the new channel of the Yellow River entered the sea.
Emperor Su He got off the carriage and looked at the Yellow River embankment being built directly to the beach.
Emperor Su He called Jin Yin Hua, Minister of Industry, and he ordered: "The new channel of the Yellow River should not be laid straight on the beach.
The river channel is opened in a trumpet shape, allowing the Yellow River water to flow into the river naturally.
The Yellow River water carries a large amount of sediment, which will gradually fill up the area around the entrance to the sea, creating a Yellow River delta land.
If the Yellow River water is allowed to spread naturally, this mountain island will become larger and the coastline will not be too prominent. "
Jinyinhua, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, listened to Emperor Su He's explanation.
After hearing this, he immediately replied: "Your Majesty, I will let the craftsmen adjust the entrance of the Yellow River to the sea."
Emperor Su He was very satisfied with the condition of the Yellow River embankment.
He led the team down the Yellow River embankment.
He saw a small pier here built spontaneously by fishermen, who drove small boats out to sea for fishing.
There are more than a dozen fishing boats docked at the pier, and fishermen are unloading their cargo.
They selected some fish of good quality and froze them with ice cubes made of saltpeter.
The remaining fish are taken to the shore to process their internal organs, and then marinate them directly with large salt grains to make salted fish.
The offal of the fish is put in a straw basket and taken to the shore far away from the pier, mixed with soil and then piled into small mounds.
Su He saw a harmonious old man on the pier.
He immediately ordered someone to call the old man to the front of the team.
When the old man saw Su He and his party, he was very nervous. He immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed: "Sir, there is no tax evasion in our village. All fish sold are paid commercial tax."
Su He asked someone to help the old man up and asked him: "We are not from the tax bureau. We are here to understand your living conditions. Just tell the truth when we ask questions."
The old man stood up tremblingly and said stumblingly: "Sir, I must tell you everything I know."
"How are your monthly harvests when you go fishing?"
"Sir, our harvest has been very good before. Each boat can earn more than ten taels of silver coins per month.
All the fish on the beach have been replenished, so we can only go fishing farther away. Our boat is too small to withstand the wind and waves.
There are no big storms at sea, so I can barely harvest seven or eight taels of silver coins every month.
Once a natural disaster occurs, everything will be lost. "
"Old man, how do you feel now?"
The old man said excitedly: "I couldn't imagine the life I live now before.
We Dan households can settle ashore and marry with other villages. This is a wonderful thing that we can only dream of.
Now you don’t need to be restricted to lakes, you can go out to sea to fish.
The imperial court was not allowed to visit the sea, which was rich in fish.
Going to sea is a bit difficult, but we have been able to survive by going to sea. "
Su He asked this man a lot about the local situation.
Shandong Governor Li Shengyun and Shandong Chief Envoy Huang Wenxi were sweating slightly on their foreheads.
They were afraid that the old man would say something bad, which would make His Majesty the Emperor extremely angry.
Fortunately, this did not happen. When they saw Emperor Su He reward the old man with something, they let him leave.
Li Shengyun and Huang Wenxi finally calmed down.
Emperor Su He did not continue to stay in Shandong, and the carriage team headed for Qingzhou Fucheng.
The special train has received the telegram and is waiting for Emperor Su He to board the train in Fucheng, Qingzhou.
Emperor Su He boarded the train and headed to Songjiang Prefecture, one of the three major economic centers of the Dahua Dynasty.
There are still many important matters in Songjiang Mansion waiting for Emperor Su He to deal with.
The Dahua Dynasty did not suppress merchants, and Emperor Su He was also curious about the changes among merchants in Songjiang Prefecture, where the business environment was relatively relaxed.
(End of chapter)
