Chapter 313: Spring Flood Countermeasures
The next day, the sky was bright.
Zhou Heng yawned, tidied up his clothes, and then left the room.
The snow in the yard had been cleared, Zhou Heng walked towards the front yard, and as soon as he arrived at the gate, he saw Boss Xue walking in quickly.
"What's wrong with the hurry?"
Boss Xue had a smile on his face, his newly made clothes were royal blue, and he looked good with a fur collar.
"Master Liu has arrived, I'll ask Aunt Zhang to call Miss Xiu'er."
When Zhou Heng heard this, he hurriedly waved his hand.
"You go, I'll go to the door to meet you!"
Boss Xue ran quickly to the back, Zhou Heng went out of the gate, and saw a carriage from a distance, and the iron sign hanging on it was the symbol of the Rejuvenation Hall.
After a while, the carriage stopped, and Liu Renli jumped down from the carriage with a curtain, in addition to the coachman, there was also Zhang Huaiyuan and Master Zhang, Zhou Heng hurriedly caught up, and grabbed Liu Renli's hand after giving a salute to take a closer look.
Liu Renli has lost a lot of weight after darkening, his cheeks are sunken, after meeting for so long, Liu Renli is still very excited, Zhou Heng hurriedly pulled Liu Renli towards the mansion, and said as he walked:
"Come in, it's too cold outside, I'll give my eldest brother a New Year's greeting when I go back to the house."
Saying that, he dragged the two into the courtyard, Liu Xiu'er had already followed Boss Xue to the front yard at this moment, and when she saw Liu Renli, she couldn't hide the excited look on her face.
Everyone entered the hall and hurriedly sat down.
Liu Xiu'er gave Liu Renli a gift, "Brother has worked hard all the way, Xiu'er gives my brother New Year's greetings." ”
Liu Renli smiled and pulled Xiu'er up and down to look up.
"It's so beautiful, my sister is not thin, her face is good, it seems that the second brother takes good care of her."
Liu Xiu'er was a little embarrassed and sat down with a smile.
"Brother don't worry about me, my little sister is fine, I am like a fish in water in the Rejuvenation Hall, and I am busy and happy every day."
"Haha, that's good, that's good!"
Zhou Heng was too lazy to complain, looking at Zhang Huaiyuan's concern.
"Master Zhang and eldest brother have lost a lot of weight, I don't know if everything is going well in Tongzhou?"
The smile on Liu Renli's face faded a little, and then he said:
"When I first arrived, although I did some results, but there were still a lot of problems, all the way to the capital, I found that there was a lot more snow in Tongzhou than in the capital, although it was also cleaned up, but after all, it was a drop in the bucket, I am afraid that the snow melts after the beginning of spring and is easy to cause spring waterlogging."
Zhou Heng frowned slightly, it is now the early stage of the Xiaoice River, the weather will be more and more bad, this is natural, so agriculture is the most affected industry, but for the people who rely on the sky to eat, it is really like ants who are powerless to resist.
Zhou Heng thought about it for a while, at this time, the construction of greenhouses is a bit out of place, and the input cost is huge, this really can't be promoted on a large scale.
"This is indeed a big problem, but the eldest brother doesn't have to worry too much, there is still a way to solve it."
Liu Renli's eyes widened instantly, and he knew that there must be a better way to find Zhou Heng.
"But what's the solution?"
Zhou Heng thought for a while and said:
"At present, the most important thing is to avoid spring flooding, Tongzhou is a plain, and the most effective way to avoid spring flooding is to carry out the excavation and design of drainage canals now."
Liu Renli was slightly puzzled, and asked closer:
"The construction of the drainage canal is not a day's work, and it needs to be carried out in four counties across the state at the same time, and the manpower and material resources required are very huge."
Zhou Heng thought about it, when he first went to Tongzhou, he saw that there were interconnected gullies between the fields, but they were not too deep, and they were not connected.
"In fact, it is not so cumbersome, all the construction is around their respective fields, these only need to give guidance, but the final summary needs to find the people to go out of the conscription, I think in order to ensure spring ploughing, this kind of work is okay with everyone."
Liu Renli waved his hand at Zhang Huaiyuan, Zhang Huaiyuan understood his intentions, and quickly took out a map, the edge of which was very worn, and it could be seen that it had been taken out for a long time to watch.
Zhou Heng didn't say much, unfolded the map on the table, picked up a brush, pointed to a field and said:
"For example, such a large field, as long as it is separated by a certain distance, made into criss-crossing ditches, even if the snow water melts, it will also slip down the ditch, the closer to the part of the embankment, the depth of the ditch gradually deepens, so that the water flows to the lower place, and naturally the snow water is introduced into the river, so as not to solve the problem of spring flooding."
Liu Renli nodded, "This method is good, Tongzhou is mostly plains, few hills, this snow melts, the reason why the spring flood is not smooth, but the real problem is that now it is spring, but it is still closed by heavy snow, and the fields are all groundbreaking, how to construct this?" ”
Zhou Heng smiled, "It's said that hearing is false, seeing is believing, let's go, let's go to Beishan and take the eldest brother to see, how is the method of winter construction?" ”
Liu Renli hurriedly got up, "Okay, can you leave now?" ”
Liu Xiu'er was anxious and quickly stood up.
"My brother hasn't eaten yet, so he's in a hurry to Beishan?"
Zhou Heng smiled at Liu Xiu'er, "Big brother has something in his heart, naturally he can't eat, you prepare some food, let's eat a little more on the road, talk in the car, and then we go to Beishan How about we eat spicy fish pot?" Xiu'er and eldest brother don't seem to have eaten yet. ”
Liu Xiu'er suddenly had no opinion, and saw that Liu Renli hurriedly turned around to prepare, and after a while, Zhou Heng's carriage was ready, and several people came out and got into the car.
Boss Xue was driving, and Zhou Heng was just about to go up, Boss Xue cleared his throat and winked at the back of the carriage.
Zhou Heng paused, looked outside and looked behind, only to see a more luxurious carriage stopped, and as soon as the door opened, Su Xiaoxiao came out and looked at Zhou Heng.
"Hey, I'm here to greet you, where are you going?"
Zhou Heng hurriedly glanced at Liu Xiu'er, "Xiu'er's brother is back, we are going to Beishan to see the construction situation." ”
Su Xiaoxiao's eyes lit up, and she quickly turned over and got out of the car, almost in front of several people in seconds.
"Go to Beishan, I'll go with you, I heard about the autumn ...... No, I don't remember what the new name is, I'm going to follow anyway, Xiu'er, can you sit with me? ”
Liu Xiu'er glanced at Liu Renli and sighed slightly, she knew that her brother was thinking about the spring flood at the moment, so she could only talk about her family later, smiled at Su Xiaoxiao, and followed her hand to hold hands.
"Let's go, let's go to your car and sit, it just so happens that the eldest brother and the second brother are going to talk about the spring flood, let's not disturb them."
A few people got into the car, and the car walked quickly towards the north of the city.
Just as the carriage disappeared around the corner, another carriage came to the gate of the Zhou Mansion.
The car stopped steadily, a man in brocade jumped out of the car, and when he saw Qu Ziping preparing to close the door, he hurriedly bowed forward.
"Excuse me, is this the house of Zhou Heng Zhou's court?"
Qu Ziping hurriedly nodded at the man, "Exactly, I don't know if you are ......"
The man smiled, reached out and took out a post and handed it to Qu Ziping.
"I am Wei Siwen, the chief of the Xianwang Mansion, and today I specially visited the Zhou Court for the Xian King, I don't know if the Zhou Court can be in the mansion?"
Qu Ziping hurriedly clenched his fists and replied apologetically:
"I'm really embarrassed, Zhou Yuan sentenced him to accompany his brother to Beishan, it is estimated that he will come back tomorrow, if there is any message, the little one can convey it on his behalf."
Wei Siwen was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously muttered in a low voice.
"Isn't there no family in Zhou's judgment?"
Qu Ziping instantly looked up at this person, carefully remembering his appearance, this person didn't know what his intentions were, first of all, he couldn't be offended, but some things were inconvenient to leak.
"It's a righteous brother, I don't know if the son is in a hurry, if the prince is in poor health, the little one will send someone to chase after him, and it is estimated that the fast horse can catch up in an hour."
Wei Siwen hurriedly shook his head, looked at Qu Ziping with a smile, he thought about it for a while, turned back to the carriage, the coachman picked down a box, Wei Siwen pointed to the box and said:
"Today for King Xian, there is no other meaning, this is not just in time for the New Year, King Xian said that Zhou Yuan and his disciple Dr. Liu, the treatment of the Queen Mother is effective, and the medical skills are amazing, so the small one sent some gadgets to Zhou Yuan and Dr. Liu, which is to thank Zhou Yuan for the diagnosis and treatment of the Queen Mother, please convey it on your behalf."
Qu Ziping was stunned, how could he call the shots, and stretched out his hand to stop Wei Siwen.
But Wei Siwen gave him this opportunity, and after saluting Qu Ziping, the coachman handed the box to Qu Ziping, and the two rode away.
Qu Ziping stomped his feet, he was so anxious that he couldn't do it, but he couldn't leave things behind, and he was in a dilemma in an instant.
"What a good thing this is!"