Yanzhou was hit by a catastrophe, and the entire street seemed a little lonely.

A dignified city, walking on the streets, is not as prosperous as her small county town.

Perhaps because of the lack of food, few restaurants on the street are open, and there is only one tea stall at the city gate for pedestrians to rest, but business is not good at this time.

Yanzhou is like a dead city, the silence is terrible, and this city is even full of despair.

"I've never seen a big city that would be as silent as it is now." Xi Duyun looked at this majestic city and sighed deeply.

Xu Buzhi got out of the carriage, "If you have seen the prosperity of this city before, you must be even more surprised, although the city has not been affected, but a large number of victims rushed here, in order to survive, in order to eat, they even went to set fire to kill people, mutilating their own compatriots, it is simply purgatory on earth, and now the situation is much better." ”

Xi Duyun nodded, just listening to Xu Bu's narration, she could feel what kind of despair hung over the city.

Entering from the city gate, all the way to the post station, there are basically not many pedestrians.

The little second at the post station was very enthusiastic, welcomed everyone in, and poured tea enthusiastically, "What do you want to eat at the guest officer?" ”

"Let's have something to eat, I don't have much appetite." Xi Duyun looked around, "There don't seem to be many people here?" ”

"Yes, since the disaster, the caravan has not come here, some time ago there was a robbery of the caravan, so many people, all rushed out, holding a hoe in their hands is scary, so, this city is slowly empty, and I heard that when the weather is warmer, the river will burst the embankment, if the government does not repair it by then, I am afraid that no one will come to the city."

"It won't be repaired, the government is already looking for a way." Xi Duyun said with a smile.

"It is said that every year the government allocates money, but do you know where all this money goes?" The shopkeeper suddenly lowered his voice and said mysteriously.

"Do you know?" Xi Duyun was curious.

The shopkeeper cleared his throat and said in a voice like a thin mosquito: "I heard that this Yanzhou Thorn History lives a luxurious life, and the concubine is married to room after room, and I heard that if it weren't for this flood, he would have to marry Aunt Jiu." ”

"Nine wives?" Xi Duyun was a little surprised, I had read it in the history books before, it was not like it was on TV in ancient times, men could marry as many wives as they wanted, and there was a fixed number for officials to marry wives and concubines, and if it exceeded the fixed number, they would be impeached, and nine seemed to be a bit too much.

"It's just a marriage home, and there's a lot of outer rooms outside." The shopkeeper said mysteriously.

"Since everyone in Yanzhou knows about his corruption, why hasn't anyone come to sanction him?" Xi Duyun asked.

"Officials protect each other." Xiao Er shrugged his shoulders, someone called him above, he realized that he seemed to have said a little too much, smiled embarrassedly, and then said: "It's just talking to you for fun, don't care." With that, he grabbed the tray and left.

Xi Duyun nodded, and waited for the shopkeeper to leave, before asking Xu if he didn't know: "You should know best about the affairs of officialdom, is what he said true?" ”

"There are rumors that are true and false." Xu didn't know how to say lightly.

"Which part is true and what part is false?" Xi Duyun asked.

"He has a wife of nine rooms, Yanzhou has a descendant of the founding county duke, the ancestor made meritorious service when the emperor opened the country, and the emperor promised to let his ninth generation inherit the glory, so the current county magistrate lives in Yanzhou, and the ancestor of Mengyin is also rampant and domineering in Yanzhou, these nine aunts and wives are all given to him by the county government, and he can't refuse." I don't know. Beauty Nest

"This kind of thing can still be forced, isn't it what you want me to do?" Xi Duyun pursed his lips, a little disdainful, perhaps, Xu didn't know that all of these things were pretended by Thorn Shi in front of outsiders.

"The official level crushed people to death, not to mention that the ancestors of Xianggong made contributions in the founding of the country, that is, the benefactor of the emperor, the assassin knows these truths, so he naturally does not dare to refuse, according to my understanding of this matter, he is also very diligent and loves the people, but there are some things that he can't help himself." Xu Zhiqi sighed, this is also what he only learned after coming to Yanzhou.

Xi Duyun shrugged her shoulders, "I don't know about officialdom, I'm here to build a dam, when will I go to the river?" ”

"You can get some rest first." After Xu didn't know what to say, he turned around and left.

Xi Duyun didn't care, and continued to take out the book to study, no matter what was going on here, she just had to do her own thing.

Xu Bubu said that under the river, the upper layer of sediment and the lower layer of gravel, if you want to lay a good foundation, you have to clean up the river sand and dig up the gravel.

I heard that there were many pearl divers on the seashore in ancient times, and it was not a problem to reach the bottom of the sea more than ten meters, if you can gather these people, as long as you clean up a section of the river bottom and repair the dam, you can discharge the flood and sediment, and you don't have to be so troublesome.

Based on the case study, she developed a complete plan, which was to be implemented every year, and the silt and sediment in the river had to be cleaned up during the dry season. Otherwise, the accumulation will increase, and sooner or later there will be a flood discharge.

After lunch at noon, she went to the river to inspect the dam, which is suitable for building upstream, raising the river embankment upstream, holding back the water from the dam, and cleaning the river every year.

After looking at a lot of river sections, I finally chose an estuary as the construction point of the dam, this estuary is relatively narrow, the terrain is high and low, and it is indeed suitable for the upstream to raise the embankment, hold back the water, and control the water into the downstream.

When he was about to finish reading, Gu Jianglin came, followed by an official in an official uniform.

After Xu Buzhi saluted, he said, "Miss Xi has already made a plan, this place is suitable for building a dam." ”

Xi Duyun nodded, "Yes, the terrain here is very good, you call it a narrow upstream, and the downstream is relatively open, just sitting on a water retainer, Fifth Prince, this is not a small project, are you sure you can stick to it?" ”

She mainly heard the words of the post shop Xiao Er, and she was vaguely worried.

Gu Jianglin's expression was very sincere, "How dare you shirk the matter of benefiting the country and the people?" ”

Xi Duyun nodded, "Fifth Prince, first of all, I need you to find some people who are familiar with water and can dive deep into the bottom of the river, clean up the sediment in the construction area first, and then lay the foundation, and when the spring tide recedes, the river can be built when the river becomes shallow, I am afraid that it will be too late to clean the river embankment at that time, after all, when the weather is hot, it will be counter-humid, so it is best to start doing it now." ”

Gu Jianglin thought about it carefully, "There are many fiber farmers by the river, they can do such things, and there are also pearl divers by the sea, and they are all familiar with water. ”

"Your Highness really thought of going with me." Xi Duyun looked into the distance again, "I hope for the city of Yanzhou." It can restore its former calm. ”

"Yes." Gu Jianglin was extremely determined.

Xi Duyun handed over the plan to Gu Jianglin, "I have been on it according to the actual situation, from the start of sand dredging to the later maintenance and decades of water control plans." ”

Gu Jianglin took it, took a general glance, and felt extremely shocked, this river embankment construction book is so detailed, from construction to later maintenance and a ten-year plan to clean up the river.

It can be said that there is absolutely no such detailed water conservancy project plan in the world today.