Chapter 176: Dredging the River

Li Dai naturally has a way, this Min River is the three major rivers in Daxia, and there are many tributaries, twisting and turning, stretching for thousands of miles, which can be called the mother river of the entire Daxia. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

However, no matter how big the river is, it is just a river, unlike the sea, which is so vast that people can't get started.

Li Dai's biggest advantage is intelligence, and the second advantage is his carefulness.

On the first day he came to Huainan, he asked people to measure the water level, and now half a month has passed, and a result has been counted.

"Lord Wang, according to the statistics of the lower officials, in the past half a month, the water level of the Minhe River has gradually decreased, which shows that this flood period is almost over. Now that the water is no longer strong enough to break the dike, it's time to dredge the river. ”

After speaking, he paused, "But this matter still needs to be presided over by the prince!" ”

Song Zizhou listened to the first half of his sentence, thinking that this is really a caring person, and he was also curious after listening to the second half of his sentence, "I don't know what you want this king to do?" ”

Li Dai bowed with his fists in his fists, and said respectfully, "Please also ask the prince to come forward and borrow the big ships of the major families!" ”

The common people here used small fishing boats, and only the big families or merchants built large boats.

Although the water level has dropped slightly, it is undoubtedly a fool's dream to dredge the river by rowing small fishing boats. The river is fast, and small fishing boats simply can't be fixed in one place.

The ruler is long, and the inch is short. When saving people, it is convenient to use small fishing boats, but sometimes some small places in large boats cannot be entered, so no one cares about the big boats of each family.

"If this king borrows a boat, you will have a way to dredge the river?" Song Zizhou asked rhetorically.

Li Dai was full of confidence, "Yes, as long as there is a boat, the lower officials will definitely remove the silt from this river." ”

With Li Dai's words, Song Zizhou had a bottom in his heart, and ordered someone to take his handwritten letter to borrow a boat.

In his heart, Li Dai, as Zhengrong's elder brother, has such an eccentric sister, and he may really be able to come up with some good methods.

The ship was borrowed, and Li Dai eliminated the old ship that looked some years old, and connected the rest of the ship with chains.

Song Zizhou is not a stupid person, and seeing his approach, he also understands in his heart.

The river was so fast that the boat was chained and tied to the shore. It's a good idea to have less bumps on the boat.

However, because there are not a few people needed to dredge the river, who should do it? The guards he brought were no more than 5,000, and he had to take care of the food and evacuate the displaced people, but he couldn't spare manpower.

Li Dai said again, "Lord Wang, now that the situation has stabilized for the time being, you might as well send someone to ask those people if they are willing to come to dredge the river." If they are willing to come, give them half a bucket of rice every day, these people have grown up on the banks of the Min River since childhood, and the water nature must be much better than our guards. If they are willing to help, then we can finish it sooner rather than later. ”

When Song Zizhou heard this, it was indeed the case, those people now have no land to plant, and they are homeless.

The relief food of the imperial court is enough for women and children, but some adult men must not be able to eat.

If you come to work every day, you will have more than half a bucket of rice, and your life will be better.

As soon as the news was released, a large number of refugees came to sign up.

In their opinion, this is their hometown, and if the river can be dredged, there is no need to worry about any more disasters in the future. Second, the charm of this half bucket of rice is also very great, even if it is not a disaster year on weekdays, it is not easy for them to earn half a bucket of rice a day.

However, not everyone has to apply, high returns are accompanied by high risks, and Li Dai, as the minister of the Imperial Mission, must be responsible for the people.

He picked out some of the people who were drafted with big shoulders and round waists, and some who were strong in their work, and some who were good in water.

After registering and making a book, he led everyone to work vigorously.

Song Zizhou looked at such a big project, and it was also well organized under the command of Li Dai, thinking that this Li Dai really had some talent, and it would be a bit condescending to let him stay in Hanlin Courtyard all the time, so he wrote a letter and sent someone to Beijing.

Emperor Jingxiao is indeed a good emperor who cares about the people, since the flood in Huainan, he ordered that if there is a letter from Huainan, it must be submitted as soon as possible!

The people below did not dare to disobey the holy decree, so Song Zizhou's letter went smoothly to Emperor Jingxiao's case.

In recent days, the situation in Huainan has been getting better and better day by day, and Emperor Jing Xiao was very satisfied with Song Zizhou and Li Dai who were sent.

The dredging of the Minhe River is a great thing for the benefit of the people, otherwise, every time there is a good season, it will always make people worry.

Over the years, the Minhe River has not broken its embankment, and the people on both sides of the river have been even more miserable.

Now that Li Dai can think of dredging this river, let him do it!

The second eldest of the Li family is still young and can't be rewarded, so it is the same to be named the boss of the Li family!

Someone has gone to evacuate the river, and Song Zizhou is not so busy, and suddenly remembered the baby he saved before.

"Sanshunzi, what about the baby that this king saved before?"

Sanshunzi also thought that his old man had forgotten about it, and when he mentioned it, he felt a sense of relief, these days, he has been tortured by the guys.

"Master, you're still alive, the slave found a lady to help feed you, and now you live in the yard next door, do you want to see it?"

Song Zizhou also breathed a sigh of relief, in order to almost take his own life for this child, he fortunately survived.

waved his hand, "It's gone, send someone to look for it, see if he still has parents and relatives alive." ”

"Yes!" Although Sanshunzi said so, he felt that this child must have no parents.

If parents can have a glimmer of life, who wants to put their children in a wooden basin and go with the flow? Whether this can be saved, is uncertain.

Sure enough, after checking for half a month, there was no news.

Song Zizhou, who got the news, was silent for a while, "Let Qingshi take it with him for the time being, this child has a relationship with this king, and this king can't let him fend for himself." ”

Hearing this, the corners of Sanshunzi's mouth twitched a little, let Qinglongwei take the child? It's really a shame that the prince came up with it.

This child is not ordinary and energetic, and he really can't imagine how to get along with this little child.

And the bluestone who got the news also had a rare crack on his face, and there was no doubt that his heart was also broken at this time.

This was probably the most bizarre task he had ever received in his life, and he would rather his master let him kill two more people, which was much easier than that. (To be continued.) )