Linqing, state government.

Zhizhou, Tongzhi, and the state judge are all there, and the Caoyun staff general and the Linqingcang ambassador are also there, and the other is Mr. Shen Fuxuan, the judge of Jining Prefecture.

Wang Yuan spread out the map drawn by the students, and the drawings were full of big traps and small circles, and everyone was confused.

Xue Fen, the ambassador of Linqing, asked: "Master Wang, what are these circles?" ”

In the Ming Dynasty, Caoyun had four major transshipment warehouses, namely Changying Warehouse (Huai'an), Guangyun Warehouse (Xuzhou), Linqing Warehouse and Dezhou Warehouse. Although Cangzhou, Jining and other cities also have transshipment warehouses, the scale is far less than the four major warehouses, each of which is a grain distribution base.

For example, in the clearance warehouse, not only the southern grain is transported to store, but the grain in some areas of Shandong and the eastern part of Henan will also be stored here through water and land transportation. If the Wei River has been silted, there will be more and more grain here in Linqing, and there may even be a burst of warehouses.

There is an ambassador and a deputy envoy in Linqingcang, and they will definitely be bothered in the future, so they are also invited by Wang Yuan to discuss together.

Wang Yuan explained: "The contour line, the same circle, along the same height and height of the terrain along the line. ”

The old eunuch Li Xing is worthy of being a person who has been doing engineering all his life, and he immediately admired: "If you make a map like this, it is clear at a glance, and Master Wang has real skills!" ”

Zhizhou Ma Lun asked: "What does Master Wang plan to build?" ”

Wang Yuan pointed to the drawings and said: "Outside the sluice gate, build a rolling dam and set up several movable gates, and then dig a storage reservoir for several miles outside the dam, and dig a canal to connect the rolling dam and the storage reservoir. If there is a rolling dam, the water potential can be slowed down, and there is a buffer room for drought and flood. ”

"On a normal day, the dam closes the gates, and through the overflow water, passing ships can pass normally. In the event of a flood, the sluice gate of the rolling dam can be opened, and part of it flows downstream, and part of it flows into the storage reservoir to divert the flood water. Whether it is in normal times or in the event of flooding, there is a rolling dam blocking the upstream, and the downstream ships can pass more smoothly and safely. ”

"During the dry season, it is opened alternately with the downstream gates. In this way, the water in the sluice can be stored several times, so that after the water is impounded, the sluice will be opened for half a day without water. Even in the event of a drought, it can also divert water from the reservoir to ensure that the boats can pass normally. ”

"The most important thing is that the rolling dam can hold back the sediment! When the Yellow River bursts again, most of the sediment is blocked by the rolling dam, and basically it will not flow into the Cao Canal section, and the Linqing Cao River will not be suddenly blocked like this time. However, upstream of the rolling dam, it must be regularly dredged, otherwise it will be abandoned in three to five years at most. I'm improving the dredging vessel and can speed up the dredging work. ”

Everyone pondered carefully, and it seemed that it was really like that.

In particular, Liang Xi, the general of Caoyun, was very happy when he heard this plan, and felt that his loan shark could be paid off, and he did not have to be in a state of meritorious service all the time.

Liang Xi clapped his hands and said: "Bachelor Wang is not only both civil and military, but also so good at managing rivers, and the officials admire him so much!" ”

"Where," Wang Yuan said modestly, "I just refer to the water control plans of the past dynasties, imitate the wisdom of the sages, and then cooperate with the actual situation of Linqing and adapt measures to local conditions." ”

"What a local situation!" Shen Fuxuan praised.

The old eunuch Li Xing reminded: "The rolling dam must have a solid foundation and be built very strong, otherwise it will be easy to burst when the flood comes." Especially near the south bank, where sediment is mostly deposited, and it is difficult to build an embankment with loose new soil, and even if it is built, it is easy to be washed away by water. ”

Wang Yuan naturally couldn't do the tofu slag project, and when he heard Li Xing's words, he immediately said: "Then keep digging down, dig until the solid soil and then lay the foundation, and strive to be able to use it for three hundred years!" ”

Li Xing also said: "Willow trees should be planted on both sides of the rolling dam, and willow trees should be used to protect the berm, and it is necessary to plant both lying willows and long willows. ”

Wang Yuan was mainly building bridges and drilling holes in his previous life, and he had never engaged in water conservancy projects, and he did not know much about ancient water conservancy. He immediately asked: "Why do you want to lie on the willow and grow the willow at the same time?" ”

Li Xing explained: "The willow should be planted two or three feet away from the embankment, and it needs to be densely planted to resist the wind and waves with its lush branches and leaves. The long willow is planted five or six feet away from the embankment, which can not only hold water, but also provide a large amount of silicon. ”

Si, that is, the equipment used to protect the berm and plug the mouth when the river is controlled, is often made of a mixture of branches, stones, and sorghum stalks.

Li Xing means that the willow is used to ward off the flood wind and waves. The long willow is used to maintain water and soil, and the willow branches are cut down, and can also be used as a raw material for water control.

Although the Huanglinggang embankment, the most critical dam of the Yellow River, breaks every three or five times, it belongs to the power of nature, and it is not that the embankment is too badly repaired. and the eunuch Li Xing was one of the three heroes of dam building that year; the other is Liu Daxia, who has returned to his hometown; The last one is Chen Rui, Pingjiangbo, who has been dead for several years.

Don't look at the corruption of this old eunuch, when he was impeached a few years ago, he was able to buy his life with 400,000 taels of silver. But he has done a project all his life, and he definitely has goods in his stomach, which can add countless key details to Wang Yuan.

Shen Fuxuan reminded his students: "Bachelor Wang, this project is quite large, it costs a lot of money and food, and involves a lot of people, so you have to contact the officials of the Third Division of Shandong. ”

"As it should be." Wang Yuan said.

Henan and Shandong have river servants, and the quota of Henan servants is 50,000 or 60,000, and they do not need to serve other errand services, and once the Yellow River breaks, they will have to contribute. On average, every time the Yellow River is controlled, each household in Henan needs to hand over three taels of silver, causing hundreds of people to go bankrupt. Shandong is a little better, but those servants have to pay at least two taels, and tens of thousands of taels of funds for river control are available.

If you want to get this money from the people, you need to work together with the officials of the Cao Yun and the three divisions. Wang Yuan himself is immovable, and once other officials are allowed to intervene, it is inevitable that he will enrich his own pockets.

If officials are not allowed to embezzle, who will do the demolition and relocation of the reservoirs?

Even if the officials are not greedy, the officials who handle this matter will be greedy!

Shen Fuxuan knew the character of his student, so he specially reminded him of the key points and asked Wang Yuan to prepare in advance.

In addition, the materials required for the project had to be done by merchants and ordinary people.

This is also a huge item of corruption, and officials and officials are bound to reach out at various levels. For example, in history, in the second year of Jiajing's rule of the river, only in Xiangfu County, the people needed to bear a little grass of more than 60,000 catties, and finally inexplicably increased to more than 600,000 catties, and most of the tenfold difference went into the pockets of officials at all levels.

After the meeting ended, Wang Yuan wrote a letter to contact the officials of the Third Division of Shandong, and at the same time wrote to Zhu Houzhao and the cabinet.

According to Wang Yuan's plan, the Linqing Water Conservancy Project does not intend to use servants, that is, not to mobilize the people to persecute the people of Shandong. Wang Yuan requested that Shandong's disaster relief and water conservancy construction be combined into one thing, and that the work for relief be combined to reduce the burden of the people and temporarily solve the problem of displaced people. In this way, it is necessary to jointly allocate funds from the Ministry of Household and the Ministry of Industry!

In addition, Wang Yuan asked Zhu Houzhao to send ten young Kedao officials, preferably Jinshi who had been in Zhengde for three or six years, to be transferred to Shandong to temporarily serve as the Imperial Governor!

These young officials do not have too deep connections, and they urgently need to be promoted through meritorious service. Let them alternately investigate corruption, and they will definitely be able to put an end to large-scale corruption, and there will be no that the demand for forage will increase tenfold.

In addition, Wang Yuan asked the emperor to give Shang Fang the sword, and officials below the sixth rank could be cut first and then played, and at the same time asked to obtain the actual command of the Shandong Yunjun (Caoyun officers and soldiers).

Officials disobedient? Kill it!

Haoqiang is not cooperative? Raid your home directly!

Bachelor Wang, maybe in the future, he will change his name to Wang Shaved Head!