The mountains and rivers of Pimple Prefecture are beautiful. /.QВ (5), CǒМ / Surrounded by mountains on three sides. The mountain spring is inexhaustible, and there are several ordinary workers around the West Lake, there is a lake of fresh water, it is said that the water source is still quite abundant, but from the ninth year of the emperor, the Sui Dynasty set up Hangzhou, drinking water is extremely difficult.

At that time, the city of Hangzhou was far from being as big as it is now, and the north and south were between Wushan and Qiantang Gate. The east and west are between the Yanqiao River and the West Lake, and the urban infrastructure and the living conditions of the residents are poor, the hometown of the river and the sea, the water springs are salty and bitter, and the residents are scattered, which is the portrayal of Hangzhou at that time.

After the construction of the city of Hangzhou, the number of residents gradually increased, and most of the residents in the city lived in the wells. Water is drawn from wells, but the water from wells is salty and bitter. It is not drinkable, there is still some distance to get water from the West Lake, and it is even farther to get water from the surrounding mountain streams. In order to solve the problem of daily drinking water, residents often have to work hard to go back and forth, which is very inconvenient and is not conducive to the development and management of the city.

As for why this is the case, the reason is also very simple, Hangzhou is close to the Qiantang River, due to the long-term erosion of the salty tide of the Qiantang River, the land silted into is very saline, the groundwater is of course salty and bitter, Hangzhou is simply equivalent to building on the saline-alkali land, even drinking water is a problem, not to mention development, fortunately, at this time Li Mi went to Hangzhou, to observe the hardships of the people, determined to dig wells to benefit the people.

"The origin of the six wells in Hangzhou, you have already said, what the official wants to know is that the wellhead is in the same city, why is there such a difference between the two, Chu Zhen said: "There must be a reason."

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That's the smile of natural Liu Renzhi. I didn't sleep for a night, and the historical data was not in vain, and he continued: "After Li Mi arrived in Hangzhou, in order to solve the drinking water problem of the people in Hangzhou, he personally came to the West Lake, tasted the water of the West Lake, and felt that the water was light and delicious, which could support the people, and there were dozens of springs underflowing underground, so he decided to dig six wells in the densely populated place in Hangzhou to lead the water of the West Lake into it

Saying that, Liu Renzhi deliberately stopped, and said with a smile: "Li Gaohou is worthy of being a genius of the world, but the well he dug is very different from other places

"How is it different? Chu asked curiously.

"Others digging wells are nothing more than digging in the ground. Liu Renzhi said with a smile: "He ordered someone to sparse the east bank of the West Lake, dig the bottom of the lake into an inlet, lay bricks and stones, store clear lake water in the inlet, and then dig a large pond in the place where the people live in the city; The masonry is used as the wellhead, and then the bamboo pipe is connected between the water inlet and the outlet of the West Lake, so that the two are connected, and the lake water is led into the square well. ”

That is, the so-called six wells. In fact, it is six relatively large reservoirs, because its water source is the West Lake, as long as the West Lake does not dry up tears, the fresh water in the well in the city will not be exhausted, and the people can avoid the pain of traveling long distances to get water.

What kind of character Li Mi is, Chu Zhen actually doesn't know much, but since he can be a marquis and worship the prime minister, he is definitely not a simple character. This can be seen from the six wells he dug this very creative method, not everyone can think of it, anyway, Chu Zhen asked himself, if he was in the game, he might not be able to think of it.

"For more than 40 years, it may have been in disrepair, and the pipelines of the six wells were often clogged up, and the water flow was not smooth, which affected the water supply of the six wells in the city." Liu Renzhi said: "Bai Letian, who was the assassin at the time, discovered this situation and dredged the six wells again. And write down the inscription for posterity

Chu Zhi thought for a moment and said: "You mean, the well outside the city was also made by drawing the West Lake, and now it has changed, is it caused by the buried plugging of the water supply pipeline?" ”

Xia Guan felt that there was a possibility Liu Renzhi nodded lightly, after all, there was a precedent for this kind of thing, as long as he thought about it a little, he would come to such a conclusion, but before he confirmed it, he was not sure, he could only say that it was a guess.

"Call a few scribes who understand civil engineering and water conservancy, and let's go and find out what is clear," Chu Zhen said, any speculation is false, let the professionals observe and investigate on the spot, and everything will be clear.

Liu Renzhi doesn't care, anyway, the county cares about the people's livelihood, and as a subordinate, of course he has to obey the order, so he retreated slightly, went straight to Gongcao, and called a few officials who knew water conservancy and civil engineering to do miscellaneous work according to the instructions.

Zhixian belongs to the oak for the scholars, households, ceremonies, soldiers, criminals, workers six Cao, which has been handed down from the Qin and Han dynasties, collectively referred to as six rooms, but six rooms are not synonymous with six rooms, nor do they only refer to six offices, there are many specific names, there are officials' rooms, delivery rooms, grain departments, ceremonial rooms, craftsmen, horses, development divisions, pavilion libraries and so on.

Therefore, don't look at the county in the huge state machine, it seems so insignificant, but in fact, the power of the county is so cumbersome, far from what future generations can imagine, the so-called birth, old age, sickness and death. As long as it is related to the daily life of the people, no matter what is important, it is related to the county government.

However, in ancient times, the division of labor among officials was not very clear, and there was no special organization, so they simply left everything to the county government to deal with. There are many things to manage, of course, the staffing is increasing, how can the six rooms be placed, but then again, later generations always think that the ancient official positions are streamlined, but in fact, it is not, one. There are twenty or thirty nominal positions in the county, not to mention those unnamed soap officials who are attached to the bureaucracy.

Don't think that a bloated organization means inefficiency and not doing practical things, although the truth is more or less like this, but in the case of extremely underdeveloped communications in ancient times, even if the efficiency of officials is high, they cannot change some things, and there are many people, at least under Chu Qian's order, seven or eight scribes and craftsmen who understand water conservancy can be found immediately.

There is no need to tell them what to do, just give them an order, and they obediently follow them out, and unlike Chu Zhen and Liu Renzhi, who can go forward in a sedan chair, they still use it to go, this is no way, who is called ancient at this time. The status of experts is extremely low, unlike thousands of years later, every sentence regardless of right or wrong, the influence is so amazing.

Even if the sedan chair man is strong, no matter how steady and fast he goes, it is not as convenient as sailing, when Chu Zhen and his party came to the fishing village outside the city, it was already half an hour later, and they got off the sedan chair.

Officials, officials, the two are interdependent, without the help of officials, how can there be the authority of officials, there is no power of officials, how dare the soap officials fake the power of the people, but the officials have lost the officials, may still be officials, but the officials have left the officials, then nothing is gone, so under normal circumstances, the soap officials are full of awe for the officials, and naturally they have to try their best to please.

Listening to Liu Renzhi's words, he understood what he meant. They were even more grateful, and a thousand words turned into endless flattery, among which there were still seven or eight points of sincerity, Bizhou said to them. The well water is bitter and undrinkable, and it is also a big problem

Some people may think that Chu Zhen is a local magistrate, and it is good to leave such a small matter to his subordinates to deal with, and he doesn't need to run to inspect it in person, which is a bit of a precedent, but in fact, this is wrong thinking, it may be influenced by the TV series, everyone thinks that the duty of the magistrate is to embezzle and accept bribes, or make some wrong, false and unjust cases.

However, the real situation. It is not the main duty of the magistrate to hear cases, and the imperial court clearly stipulates that where the service is assigned, the annual meeting will be levied, and the yellow book will be made, and the Ding property will be the difference". Anyone who supports the old and worships the gods, pays tribute, cares for the poor, inspects the armor, strictly arrests, and listens to prison slanders". These are all things that the county should do

Of course, taxation is always the first priority, followed by the persuasion of agriculture and mulberry, the foundation of the king's government cares about agriculture, and those who are in urgent need of the country must first do agriculture The theory of governing the country can be said to run through from the pre-Qin period to the end of the Qing Dynasty, and has always been the guiding ideology of the imperial court in formulating various policies in successive dynasties, and has always been the first important policy of the state and county yamen in successive dynasties.

It is said that when the famous Wang Anshi first served as the magistrate of the county, he spent more than half a month just taking office, running all over the county's villages, and persuaded everyone to take advantage of this leisure time to dredge the Junchuan canal, and the local scholars and people also praised him for his foresight.

It can be seen that in the hearts of both officials and the people, it is very necessary to attach importance to water conservancy, and it is important to care about the livelihood of the people. Crops can only be watered with well water, and even if Chu Zhi is not familiar with farming, he knows the consequences of watering crops with salt water.

knew the intention of Chu Zhen and the others, but the three elders of the village did not know whether the village well was the same storage tank as the six wells in the city, or the well dug from the ground. If you don't know the situation, it's up to the experts.

There is a specialization in the arts. This is common sense, surrounded by the old scribe village, Chu Zhen stood aside, curiously watching the craftsmen investigate the situation of the well.

Under the gaze of the crowd. I saw the craftsman wearing a single sea robe. Slowly slid along the rope into the well, and after a few minutes. The rope shook, and the others hurriedly lifted the rope and pulled it tightly, and after a few breaths, the wet craftsman crawled out of the well. The face was happy, and I didn't know if I was happy because I found out the situation. Or happy because I took a cool shower on a hot day.

Wipe off water from your face. Without waiting for others to ask, the craftsman said, "There is only a thin layer of mud in the well, which should be a large pond and a culvert."

"Where does the culvert lead?" Liu Renzhi asked urgently, feeling a little proud in his heart, after all, things were similar to his own judgment.

"Northwest, near the White Causeway." The craftsman stretched out his hand and pointed at it, and said without hesitation, very

Decide.

"My lord, that's where Bai Lotian repairs the embankment and stores water." Liu Renzhi said on the side.

"Check it out." Chu Zhen said, and led a group of people and horses towards the white causeway.

I don't know the history of Liujing, but it doesn't mean that Chu Zhen doesn't know that there is a white causeway in Hangzhou. After all, its fame is not as good as Bai Juyi's sentence in the Chinese textbook, "The eastward travel of the favorite lake is insufficient, and the white sand embankment in the green poplar yin" He did not recite it less, and his annotations were not forgotten, and he also knew that the white sand embankment and the white embankment were not the same thing.

The white sand embankment existed before Bai Juyi was born, and it is known for its beautiful scenery, otherwise Bai Juyi would not have written poems to praise, as for the white embankment, it was built by Bai Juyi in order to store water and irrigate farmland, and the two are not in the same direction, but after hundreds of years of historical changes, the white embankment built by Bai Juyi has long disappeared in the long river of history.

However, Bai Juyi's fame is too loud, in order to commemorate him, the descendants deliberately spread the false rumors, saying that the white sand embankment is the white embankment, and Zhang Guan Li Dai said that he built it, the archaeological wind of the Northern Song Dynasty was not prevalent, and Liu Renzhi naturally made the same mistake.

Of course, Chu Zhen didn't bother to point it out, and after walking for about ten minutes, he came to the front of Baisha Embankment, which is the only road leading to Gushan Mountain, also known as Gushan Road, he and Chu'er came yesterday, but they were floating by boat. It's like looking at the flowers, and I didn't look closely, but now I am walking step by step. Finally, I enjoyed the beautiful scenery of the white sand embankment.

The flowers on both sides are luxuriant. There are gorgeous and colorful peaches, graceful weeping willows, the breeze is gentle, the air is refreshing, and the little heat from walking suddenly dissipates.

While enjoying the scenic spots, Chu Zhen did not forget the purpose of this trip. With a slight wave of his hand, several craftsmen and people who are proficient in water nature threw themselves into the water one after another, carefully looking for the water inlet, which was also a way out of the way. In the era when there were no high-tech instruments, the only clumsy methods could be used, relatively speaking, it was relatively easy to find in the water, otherwise you would have to dig the ground to find culverts.

The difficulty of searching in the water is very large, and Chu Zhen also understands this, so he did not ask the craftsmen and the people to find it, but just told them to do their best.

In ancient times, the water of the lake was very clear, and it was right on the shore, and the water was very shallow. It is supposed to be visible at a glance, but this is not the case here, there are many algae floating on the surface of the water, and there are many aquatic plants at the bottom of the lake, which blocks the view of searchers and adds some difficulty to their movements.

Fortunately, the water level on the shore is not high, but there is no waist, otherwise if you accidentally stumble over the aquatic weeds, and do not mention the fall, you are afraid of drowning, and after walking a few steps, you are not tripped by the aquatic weeds, but fall into the silt, which can only be stirred and moved, so that the lake water will change and become turbid, which will affect the work even more.

The people who searched in the lake were anxious, and after a long time, the people waiting on the shore were not in a good mood, irritable, walking back and forth on the shore, pointing fingers from time to time, commanding the craftsmen and the people to turn around, not to mention nothing, and the tired people were sweating profusely, almost paralyzed in the water, and did not know whether to help or add to the chaos.

Fortunately, Chu Zhen found out about this situation and stopped their behavior, but after two hours, he was a little unable to hold his breath and resisted the urge to give the command. His gaze swept aimlessly around the vicinity, for nothing but to distract him.

A moss-mottled ancient slab stone bridge came into view, the arch surface was unobstructed, winding from the lonely mountain to here, Chu Qian's heart flickered, and he said sideways: "That is the break that divides the outer lake and the inner lake."

"That's right." Liu Renzhi said with a smile: "It's a pity that the adults came at the wrong time, if it is here in February or March, looking from the mountain, the West Lake is covered in silver, the white embankment is across the snow willows, frost and peaches, and the two ends of the broken bridge are covered by the snow, such as paving Qiong and building jade, crystal clear, and vaguely arguable The stone bridge body seems to be faint and visible, and the distance seems to be broken, this kind of landscape is really wonderful."

(To be continued)

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