After the chief housekeeper of the Wang family went back, he immediately found Wang Dayu, the helmsman of the Wang family, one of the four major Jin merchants, and discussed temporarily mortgaging the family's property to borrow a large amount of silver.

At an unprecedented low price, in the name of suppressing the crown prince Zhu Cihong, he resold all the grain in the official warehouse of Shuntianfu from the Donglin Party.

At this time, Zhu Shun did not continue to wait for the end of the land reform in Miyun County, but went to the north of Miyun County.

The eldest disciple Song Shihui had already discovered that the north of Miyun County was suitable for building a reservoir, a reservoir to prevent drought and flood disasters.

In the year of flooding, this reservoir can be used to store water to prevent Miyun County, Huairou County and other northern prefectures and counties of Shuntian Province from being flooded.

In drought years, the water stored in this reservoir can be released to alleviate the drought.

Zhu Shun did not specialize in geography, but he also knew that there was a huge Miyun Reservoir in the north of Miyun County, and the location was at the location of the reservoir built by the eldest disciple Song Shihui.

Because the Miyun Reservoir in later generations is so famous, it is not only the second largest reservoir in North China, but also one of the main water sources in Beijing, providing water for tens of millions of people in Beijing.

With such a huge reservoir, how could Zhu Shun not know, but he didn't expect that the eldest disciple Song Shihui could have such a deep study of water conservancy projects.

The construction of a reservoir in the north of Miyun County began in advance, but the conditions were limited, and this reservoir was not as large as the reservoir of later generations.

This can also be understood, the Miyun Reservoir in later generations, as the second largest reservoir in North China, was built with various construction machinery.

The reservoir built by Song Shihui was all manpower, and its role was only used to prevent drought and flood disasters, and it did not provide water sources.

However, it is enough, and the current scale is enough to ensure grain irrigation in Miyun County and several surrounding counties, as well as drought and flood prevention.

Miyun Reservoir is not very far from Miyun County, and Zhu Shun rode a Liaodong horse in only half a day to reach the vicinity of the reservoir.

In the distance, I saw a vast body of water.

Zhu Shun got off the Liaodong horse and walked to a barrage dam made entirely of iron-reinforced concrete, and his eldest disciple Song Shihui was waiting on the embankment.

Song Shihui saw Mr. coming over, and hurriedly saluted: "Teacher." ”

Zhu Shun nodded, walked down the slope to the very high dam, and stood on the dam made of iron-reinforced concrete and looked at the reservoir.

In the distance, there is a vast expanse of water with no end in sight.

In the evening, the setting sun shines on the waters, reflecting a sparkling golden-red glow.

Beautiful.

There are also canopy boats in the waters, and many ordinary people dressed as fishermen are fishing on the vast water.

In the arid and barren north of the Ming Dynasty, being able to see such a picture of the land of fish and rice made Zhu Shun, who was accustomed to seeing the barren land, couldn't help but be a little intoxicated.

The eldest disciple Song Shihui was already an uncle, and looking at the reservoir that he had initially built in a few years, he couldn't help but smile heartily, revealing his teeth that were yellowed from smoking too much dry tobacco.

Among the disciples Zhu Shun received, the most distressing one was this eldest disciple Song Shihui, with his current identity and status, he could completely enjoy the pleasures of being drunk like the Donglin Party.

But he worked hard in the northern frontier of the arid Ming Dynasty, and he was drenched in wind and rain for I don't know how many days and nights, so he built a reservoir to irrigate the land of fish and rice.

Song Shihui's age is not young, she has passed the age of the crown, and she has already married a girl with pigtails.

Zhu Shun still habitually rubbed his head, and said with a gentle smile: "Introduce this reservoir to the teacher." ”

Song Shihui, who smoked a dry cigarette silently and did not speak, looked at his masterpiece, this reservoir that created the land of fish and rice, finally came to the spirit.

There is also a little more publicity.

However, Zhu Shun liked his current bravado very much, and the smile on his face became gentler.

Song Shihui put down the dry tobacco in her hand, and was reluctant to knock off the tobacco leaves that had not been smoked in it directly, and gave it to a student from Beijing Normal University.

Let him hide to the side and smoke, don't choke on his teacher: "If you want to increase grain production and achieve high and stable yields." ”

"It's not enough to rely on improved seeds, or it's just the beginning, and the next step is to develop intensively cultivated high-yield fields."

"The key to this high-yield field is to build water conservancy."

"No matter how high-yielding the seeds are, if they encounter a drought without water, they will still have no harvest."

"Not to mention the flooding, the land is directly flooded, and not even a grain of grain will be harvested."

Song Shihui pointed to the sturdy iron-reinforced concrete dam under his feet, and said with a smile: "This reservoir is mainly based on this barrage dam at your feet. ”

"It is divided into gates, letters, channels, aqueducts, water pipes and other facilities."

Speaking of the gate, Zhu Shun had already noticed it when he came over, and a steam engine was also installed here.

Song Shihui pointed to a small concrete house not far away, wrapped in airtight air: "This is a steam engine, which is used to control the sluice gate of the barrage dam, and it is also the most important part of the entire reservoir. ”

"Once you get to a drought year, start this steam engine and open the floodgates, and the water in the reservoir will be released from the floodgates."

"Through drainage facilities such as letters, channels, aqueducts, and water pipes, a steady stream flows to the paddy fields and dry lands of Miyun County, irrigating the land of Miyun County."

"When the rain is too much and floods are in the year, the steam engine will play another role, constantly pumping water from the Chaohe River, the main river in Miyun County, and continuously pouring it into this reservoir."

"Make sure that the water in the Chaohe River does not overflow the embankment, and the water from the fields will flow down the canal to the Chaohe River with a lower water level, so as to avoid flooding the land in Miyun County."

Song Shihui is not a person who likes to invite credit, but just introduced the main function of this reservoir, and did not continue to say some other things.

If this is changed to the Donglin Party, it can be said that it will be a day and a night, so as to highlight how hard work and great achievements he has made.

After Song Shihui introduced the Miyun Reservoir, he didn't say anything about how hard he built the Miyun Reservoir and how many days he was exposed to the wind and sun here.

Not a word.

Just standing on the barrage dam, looking at the vast waters, smiling heartily.

It's like an old farmer looking at an endless rice field.

Zhu Shun saw that the eldest disciple Song Shihui did not have the slightest intention of asking for merit and reward, but just smiled there, and his heart was full of emotion.

I couldn't help but think of a word, a word to describe Song Shihui, a selfless scientist who dedicates himself to the country and the nation.

The country is unparalleled.

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