Although drought has been an old problem in the West for a long time, it is not that it cannot be solved. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

What Lan Mingdong wants to do now is to use manpower to change the arid Westland!

As I said earlier, Lan Mingdong was demoted from Beijing this time, but he himself felt that this was a rare opportunity.

After all, in the previous 20 years or so, he had lived so smoothly that he had never been to a local official position at all, and you must know that many things, what you see with your own eyes, will be very different from those written in official documents.

It can be said that this time it is a rare opportunity to come to the West to be the governor of the palace, and Lan Mingdong still cherishes it.

Along the way, he took the three gentlemen, calmly observed, and finally found that if he wanted to make political achievements in this place, the first thing was to unite with the local snake of the Xuanping Marquis Mansion, so that he could not only have no worries, but also distracted to deal with the Mu family when he was in office.

Second, it is necessary to improve the originally poor geographical conditions of the western region, and only by fundamentally curing the problems of the western region can he show his strength and ambitions in this land.

Today, when he came to the Hou Mansion, Lan Mingdong's purpose is still very clear, first of all, he must be closer to Xuanping Hou and leave a good impression on him, so as to add some protection to his daughter's relatives, right?

It's just that when he found out that Mu Detai was also deliberately close to him, he couldn't bear it, and said the second thing he wanted to suppress in advance.

I saw that after listening carefully to Lan Mingdong's thoughts, Mu De Di looked at his eyes, and obviously had some more complicated emotions.

Sighing softly, Mu Detai couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly, he said to Lan Mingdong helplessly, "What Lord Lan said can be said to be in one sentence, and it is very right to say the key point of our western land. ”

"But, if you think about it, those of you who have only been in the West for a short time can see the stakes, and how can those of us who live here not know it?"

"What Lord Lan sees now is actually just the most superficial things, another day, if you have time, you might as well let Xuan'er take you to the western boundary again, where many places, due to the drying up of water sources, abandoned fields, withered trees, large areas of land have been eroded by sand and soil, turning into deserts, it is really heart-wrenching and regrettable."

If he could, Mu Detai also hoped that his territory would have fertile soil and abundant production, but unfortunately, God was completely fair, it gave the vast territory of the West, and gave the South the land a wealth of water, there will be no perfection in this world, he has grown up to this age, and he can fully understand the meaning.

"Drought is not insoluble, we can build canals!" When Lan Mingdong heard this, he actually stood up and said loudly: "When Hou Ye was a young man, he not only entered the capital to meet the saint, but even traveled to the south of the Yangtze River. ”

"Xidi can do the same!"

That's right, diverting water from the Xidi Canal and turning the arid land into a land of water and rice is the first major thing that Lan Mingdong has to do this time!

When Mu De and his son saw the excited gaffe of Lan Mingdong, they couldn't help but exchange glances, and a look of hope flashed in their eyes.

Mu Lingxuan stood up and said to Lan Mingdong: "Uncle Lan, it can be said that it is a beautiful dream in the hearts of the people of the West, beauty is beautiful, and it is even more difficult to realize it. ”

"The west is vast, with 251 counties in three provinces, which is more than three times the size of Jiangnan!"

"Here, the consumption of manpower and material resources is huge, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is necessary to help the country, the successive governors, like uncles, have the righteousness of the people in their hearts, and even drafted a charter and sent it to heaven, but unfortunately, the cost is too great, and the saint is also willing and powerless, so he can only put it aside."

"Now, uncle, you also think the same way, but the little nephew is afraid that the saint has a lot of scruples, and I am afraid that he will still not be approved."

Lan Mingdong nodded very clearly, knowing that the current saint not only has the problem of not getting money together, it is estimated that this person is also worried that if the West Land is really rich, wouldn't the Xuanping Marquis Mansion be even more difficult to handle?

This also contains the ingenuity of the word 'balance'.

It's just that since Lan Mingdong has already made up his mind to do something big that can leave a name in history, how can he not take into account all the details?

He is a close minister of the Son of Heaven, so it can be said that if you ask who in this world knows Emperor Baotai the most, Lan Mingdong definitely occupies a place in it.

He waved his hand to Mu Lingxuan, motioned for the child to sit down first, but he was still standing, and said to everyone present: "It has been more than two months since Lan arrived in Pingjing, and he is busy with handover things, and he doesn't have much spare time, so he doesn't go far and doesn't see much. ”

"But when I talked to the people around me about it, I felt that if we want the West to really get better, this canal must be repaired."

"But how do you fix the Fa? But it is open to discussion. ”

"I'll give you the most superficial example, for example, if we build a house, we can build a small courtyard with three squares and two flats, or a courtyard with two entrances and three exits.

"Therefore, the previous governors in front of him, his mind is good, but the method is not quite right, to put it mildly, Lan has been in charge of the phase for many years, and it is most clear that the silver in the treasury every year, which piece of production should be subsidized, but it is all conclusive, even if it is more, it is limited, and it will definitely not be allocated to the West, so that we can repair the canal lavishly."

"However, if it is from the hands of the first Fu Yin, who is the first to go to the fold, he began to build some canals around Pingjing, may I ask, from then to now, the accumulation of one term of office, I am afraid that this canal can also be repaired, right?"

Mu Detai was more concerned about the matter of repairing the canal for the west than Lan Mingdong, although he felt that Lan Mingdong's statement was reasonable, but he still pointed out the problem with a bright eye, "What Lord Lan said is very reasonable, but don't say that once the son of heaven and a courtier, it is a change of government Yin, and the change of personnel under his hands is very headache." ”

"Besides, who can be completely sure that the next successor will continue to continue to work uninterruptedly with the purpose of the previous one?"

Lan Mingdong smiled when he heard this, he also discussed this question with Fan Zhangshan and a few others, and immediately replied: "I can!" ”

"Lan studied under Mr. Gu Bin, he has many disciples, and among Lan's brothers, there are many talented and officials in the court."

"The position of Fu Yin is the top priority, who will succeed Lan is indeed not able to control, but we can find a unique way and set up a separate canal supervisor, this canal supervisor belongs to the imperial court supervision, but it has its own independence, even if Lan steps down after three years, as long as the main position of the canal supervisor is still with a certain like-minded person, and can have the full support of the Hou Mansion, it is not too difficult to continue to build the canal."

"It's even more difficult for the third-rank officials to control, but what if it's only the official position of the sixth or seventh grade?"

This can lead to reverie, everyone here knows that not only Xuanping Hou, Lan Mingdong, these two real powers, even General Chen, have the right to appoint six or seven grade school officials.

Therefore, compared with the difficult character who wants to control the Yin of Pingjing Mansion, the petty official of the canal construction supervisor is indeed easy to operate.

"Drainage Supervision ....."

"Independent ......" Mu De muttered and groaned secretly, for a long time, he looked at Lan Mingdong, and asked in a deep voice with sharp eyes: "Why?" ”

Lan Mingdong replied with a smile: "For the water and soil of one side, for the people of one side, and for a hundred years later, after the world sees this canal, they can still think of Lan Mouer." ”

Mu Deyi's eyes gradually became hot from judgment, and suddenly, he stood up, walked to Lan Mingdong's side, and bowed deeply.

Lan Mingdong hurriedly supported the arrogant overlord of the Western Lands, and said humbly and politely, "Doing things for the people is Lan's duty as an official, Master Hou doesn't have to be like this, please hurry up." ”

Mu Detai stood up and said in a deep voice: "The word is two, it is easy to say, but it is difficult to do, if it is the drought in the west today, it can really be solved because of Lord Lan, and the people of the west will set up a monument for the lord and praise the good name of the lord." ”

"It's free, if you have the money to erect a monument, it's better to build an extra section of the canal and plant a few more trees." Lan Mingdong laughed.

Between the talks, the two forces that were supposed to spy on each other and secretly should be hostile were so easily decided that a major event that had never been seen before or after them was given.

It's just that this thing is easy to say, but it's difficult to do, Lan Mingdong first did it, is to put a seal on the current saint, saying that the west is already dry, and this year is even more rare rain, like this, not only the possibility of drought, but even cause locust plagues, let the imperial court allocate some food, he first solve the drought problem around Pingjing, so as not to cause a catastrophe in the future.

As for the canal superintendent, he didn't even mention it, Lan Mingdong thought about it, and made the original canal superintendent a subsidiary small department under Fu Cheng, and the steward let his junior brother, Fan Zhangshan, take care of it, and the position should not be too high, and the eight products will be a master craftsman.

In this way, if the department is small and not eye-catching, no one will make up their minds, and at least they can start the most difficult start and deal with it more smoothly.

He thought privately that as long as things could progress and the first shovel of soil could be dug up in Pingjing, he Lan Mingdong would not return to the capital after this appointment, and he would have to consolidate the foundation of this source of life in the West, and lay a good foundation!

After more than a month, the long-awaited holy will finally arrived at the Pingping Beijing Mansion, only then did I know that the recent court is not stable, and the spirit of the saint is becoming more and more poor, and the affairs in the court are assigned to King Lu, King Cheng, and King Qi The three brothers take care of it together.

When the saint saw Lan Mingdong's twist, it was the turn of the prince of Qi to serve in front of the holy car, so this matter that didn't seem to be very important, Emperor Baotai handed it over to the king of Qi to deal with.

King Qi is now regarded as the humerus of the Xuanping Marquis Mansion, and the Mu family is really the top priority for his bargaining chips for the throne.

Seeing that Lan Mingdong was really as Mu Lingxuan said, he used it for his own side and began to improve the poverty in the west, and the happiness and satisfaction were beyond words.

not only happily agreed to Lan Mingdong's performance, but even readily allocated food and salary, vigorously supported it, and by the way, gave the canal superintendent a seven-grade superintendent official position.

This is also an unexpected joy, with the official position of the imperial court, the superintendent is justified, Fan Zhangshan is logical, he was appointed as the first superintendent of the Xidi canal superintendent, and finally took the first step in his career in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

By the end of November, the grain and salary approved by the prince of Qi were finally in place, and Lan Mingdong circled a courtyard in the eastern suburbs of Pingjing, where the construction was to start first, and hung up the sign of the canal construction supervisor first.

Within a few days, Fan Zhangshan moved in with a pre-selected number of subordinates, and immediately, the empty courtyard began to be lively.

As early as the beginning of the discussion of this canal construction superintendent, Lan Mingdong and others first decided on the three major departments of the Drawing Department, the Survey Department, and the Drainage Department.

Fan Zhangshan is in charge, and the three divisions are in charge, everyone is in charge of their own things, and they usually perform their duties, and every three days, the three divisions get together to make a comprehensive discussion on the engineering plan of the Zhoushui Canal.

Zhou Shuiqu is still the name given by Mu Detai, which shows that this person still cares about the country.

Such a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people is the only most eye-catching fact in the West in the past few hundred years, with the full cooperation of Mu Detai, the people of the West and even the South who are good at water workers have been invited to Pingjing one after another.

A major event that is beneficial in the present era and benefits the future is carried out smoothly and orderly in this exciting atmosphere.

Later, in order to let his son and disciples practice, Lan Mingdong simply handed over Lan Hongsen and Lin Huaide to Fan Zhangshan to take with him, and these two people were not subordinate to that division, anyway, if there was something wrong, let them go there to help.

Today it is possible to go out to survey the terrain on the spot, but tomorrow you will go to the drawing department to help, and the day after tomorrow you will go to a meeting together, and people from all walks of life will gather in the conference hall to discuss how to dig this ditch, so that it can be simple and benefit the villagers to the greatest extent.

These two people were turned around by Fan Zhangshan's regiment, running in and out all day long, and they also experienced more than once or twice in the wind and rain, and their originally thin bodies were gradually replaced by sturdy bodies.

The original pampered gold was all replaced by shining eyes,

Lan Mingdong looked at his son and disciples, under the training of his junior and younger brothers, he had made great progress, and his temperament from the inside to the outside had also undergone a big change, and he was really happy in his heart.

He is really not in a hurry now, the result of his discussion with Jiang Yan is that in the construction of the Zhoushui Canal, we must be cautious and pragmatic, step by step, and do this matter of benefiting the country and the people in a down-to-earth manner.

Therefore, they first conducted field surveys, then mapping, and then took the excavation route formulated after multi-party negotiation and modification, and finally, mobilized the people to start building canals!

(To be continued.) )