Chapter 93: Water Diversion

You went directly to the yamen, but the messenger said that Zhan Shixiu was not there.

Only then did he remember Zhan Shixiu's confession, so he went along the streets to look for Zhan Qinghui and others, and finally found Zhu Ming and Song Yan near the grain depot.

"Two, may I ask where is your Zhan Zhutou?"

Dismounted leisurely, he asked hurriedly.

"Our sixth master is in the main granary, and now that there is a great drought in Shou'an, our master has sent our sixth master to assist the master in adjusting grain and nuclear grain in case of emergency."

Nodding leisurely, after waiting outside for a while, Zhan Qinghui hurriedly came.

"What's wrong with you? …… Mrs. Gao. ”

Zhan Qinghui was sweating profusely.

leisurely didn't talk nonsense, "Zhan Zhutou, I want to see the county master, but he is not in the yamen." ”

"Are you looking for the county master? Oh, he's not in town! Early this morning, he led a team of people to Huazigou Village. ”

Slippery ditch?

He said thank you leisurely, then jumped on the white horse and whipped away.

"What happened to her? Why the urgency? Zhan Qinghui asked Zhu Ming and Song Yan.

The two shook their heads. Zhan Qinghui frowned.

When he arrived at Huazigou, he understood why Zhan Shixiu came to this village.

Huazigou is located in the lowest reaches of the Ru River, and the terrain of the whole village is high and low, which is extremely unfavorable for water storage, and it is the most severely affected here.

Zhan Shi organized the villagers to use various water resources to relieve the disaster, and they were sweating profusely when they suddenly saw a leisurely dismount and walk, and they were very surprised.

"Your Excellency!"

Curtsy at a leisurely pace.

"Mrs. Gao, so anxious. What's the matter? ”

"I came to the adults to discuss with them about the diversion of water."

Zhan Shixiu froze in place, as if he hadn't heard what Youran was saying at all. Leisurely explained his plan and the situation in the middle of the Ru River in detail, and then said: "My lord, don't talk about dry years, but flood years, the shallow places in the lower reaches of the Ru River can only have no ankles, why?" There are topography reasons, but more so. Over the years. The upper and middle reaches of the river are undredged, and the silting is not good, which seriously affects the smooth flow of water. So adults ......"

"Do you want the official to dredge the river?"

"Qiu, do you know? How big of a project is this? ”

"But my lord. This is yet another project for the benefit of future generations. Don't say anything else. Let's just say that the reservoir in Huazigou has not stored water for decades, if the river can be successfully dredged this time. It is possible to divert water from the river into the reservoir, which will make irrigation very convenient for the villagers. ”

“……”

"Qiu, do you have a specific plan?"

"My lord, you can discuss it."

Zhan Shixiu didn't say a word, immediately took the whip and got on the horse, and turned around and ordered the servants to continue to help the villagers get well water to water the ground.

When he arrived at the county office, he leisurely took out a few blank pieces of paper in his arms and handed them to Zhan Shixiu. This is the result of her three days of pondering, and she draws more on the water conservancy model of various regions according to local conditions, and adopts the concept of modern water conservancy and irrigation projects.

Of course, among them, there are some excellent suggestions from many guys.

"Qiu, where did you get these ideas?" Zhan Shixiu held the blank paper and held on, his eyes shining.

"This is really thanks to the books you gave to the people's women, originally I was just looking through the practice of combing sheds in the modern dynasties, but I didn't expect that there are two books, a large part of which are collected for water conservancy."

"The book I gave you?" Zhan Shixiu was stunned, when will I send you the book?

Youran frowned slightly, isn't it?

So, he leisurely told Zhan Qinghui how to send books and what books he sent one by one.

Zhan Shixiu suddenly realized, slapped his forehead, and said that he had forgotten.

Laughing leisurely, the topic shifted to the matter of water diversion.

Zhan Shixiu's speed was staggering, and after a few simple steps, he issued a notice to the whole county, summoned farmers, and dredged the river at regular and fixed points.

Except for the moat, most of the river is a natural channel, which is silted up due to perennial silt sedimentation, or due to the elevation and change of terrain along the way. If the silt is only cleaned by hand, it will take at least two months for the entire middle reaches of the river in Shou'an.

Two days later, however, the pace of the work was much faster after five or six loud noises were heard in the middle of the river.

After another ten days, the first well came out of the water, and the men watered the acres of fields a second time. Compared with others, the leisurely Tian has finally come to life.

On the other side of the river, the water has gradually moved downward, and along the way, two or three villages have benefited.

But Sheung Shui Village is always too far back, and the river doesn't know when it will flow into the village, so the leisurely well has become the object of thirst in the eyes of everyone.

Some people did not sleep at night, and secretly opened the stone cover of the well to steal water.

At night, in a trance, there are always two clusters of light floating in the field, looking at it from a distance, I thought it was a ghost fire.

To dig a well, the cost of labor and consumables is very high, and it costs as much as 50 taels of silver. Therefore, when the men found out about this, they were very angry.

That night they began to wait for the rabbits, and finally, in the middle of the night, the men caught the man who stole the water.

It turned out to be the widow Li, as well as her two sons Li Feng and Li Mao, and even, Li's mother's family, Huazigou people.

Last year, Lee's secret of wanting to steal cumin failed, and she didn't bother with her, and now, she has repeated it again and again, which is really annoying.

Li and others were arrested, and they first had a friendship with Youran, not to mention that it was okay, but when they said it, they were even more angry. Li still had nothing to do and mentioned how the relationship with Youran was at the beginning, how it was, as if they were in trouble together. And what you have done to yourself, you don't know it to others.

Later, when he saw that Youran's face did not change, he made a strong defense, saying that her family's crops were the most severely affected, and if she didn't water it, she would die of drought and so on. It seems natural to say that you steal water.

Immediately, he leisurely passed the word to his buddy that in Sheung Shui Village, anyone can take well water for emergency relief, but the Li family can't.

After saying that, he got on his horse and ran to the Ru River.

What can you do if you steal water and admit your mistakes? No, no! Then I won't let you use it!

As soon as they walked leisurely, the onlookers immediately thanked Zaide, wept bitterly and went home to get utensils and come here to get water.

Zhou Yuancheng sent people to each family's fields to watch, and according to the extent of the disaster, he distributed water to everyone. Xu Maosheng stood aside like a "well god", organizing order.

After another ten days, the second well came out of the well, and by this time, the water of the Ru River was almost flowing to Sheung Shui Village. The people cheered, knelt on the ground and bowed to God, and soon, they cheered Zhan Shixiu's name, calling him Zhan Qingtian.

The tense nerves relaxed, and she suddenly felt physically and mentally exhausted, and as soon as she returned home with heavy steps, she was intercepted by the little girl Qingxi'er next to Gao Zhu.

"Third wife, the old lady is invited."

Leisurely followed Qingxi'er to Gao Zhu's vegetable garden, at this time, Gao Zhu was watering vegetables.

It's rare, Gao Zhuchong smiled leisurely and said hard. Nothing to do......

Leisurely surprised, but also vigilant.

"Has the water of the Joux reached the village?"

"Not yet, it's probably only been these two days."

Gao Zhu was delighted, applauded again and again, and praised Zhan Shixiu again.

Gao Zhu's identity changes again, he is still a farmer in his bones, and his love for the land and crops can never be changed. Therefore, people plant flowers and plants in their homes, and he grows vegetables. It is said that this will not waste land, and there is no need to go out to buy vegetables to eat, and the expenses of the government will be saved a lot.

At this point, leisurely quite agrees. Because she doesn't like to grow flowers and plants, she also likes to grow vegetables.

The two wells drilled by Youran this time saved Gao Zhu's ten acres of wheat field, and Gao Zhu was very grateful to Youran. And Guan Youran didn't show a cold expression to him today, so he went further and said: "When your fruits and vegetables are ripe, leave me some seeds, and I want to try them in the garden next year." ”

That's right...... Not really.

Leisurely nodded in agreement.

Subsequently, Gao Zhu talked about leisurely giving the water from the well to the villagers. (To be continued......)