Liu Shidou wanted to comfort Liu Zhibo, but the conversation between the two was suddenly interrupted by the movement on the fork in the right front. The fork in the road was covered by a large dense bamboo forest, and only the sound of it was heard, but no one was seen.

The movement was getting bigger and bigger, and Liu Zhibo and Liu Shidou couldn't help but stop and watch. Moments later, a long line emerged from the fork in the road. The line went on and on, and I couldn't tell how many people there were. The first three or four hundred men were all sturdy, each with a hoe, pickaxe or shovel on their shoulders, and dressed in a one-color gray cardigan, and they strode forward neatly with their hands neatly at the sound of the "one-two-one" command.

There are more people after being strong. They wore variegated stubs, some carrying hoes, some pushing carts, some carrying baskets, and some carrying pointed backs. Among them, there were also a few men on horseback and mules, directing the crowd to turn to the official road to Guan Kou.

This team is traveling in the same direction as them, which is also Guan County. Liu Zhibo instructed: "Old Xiaotou, you go and ask, where are they?" Where do you want to go? ”

The old man spoke, and the old Xiao didn't dare to slack off, so he hurriedly abandoned the reins of the horse and ran towards the team on the fork in the road. He stopped a man on horseback, and the rider dropped Lao Xiao's head and rushed towards Liu Zhibo. When the horse arrived, the rider vigorously reined in the reins of the horse, dismounted from the horse, and gave Liu Zhibo and Liu Shidou a one-knee fist salute.

"Xiaguan Shu Wangfu left guard hereditary hundred households Wang Huaide! See the Patrol Officer, the Governor Lord! ”

Old Xiao ran back panting, but Liu Zhibo didn't bother to pay attention to him. He asked Wang Huaide strangely: "Wang Baihu is the palace guard, how did he get to the territory of Chengdu County, and how did he bring so many people?" ”

Wang Huaide also glanced at Liu Zhibo strangely. Didn't the prince's will say that he was the commander-in-chief of this irrigation year, why did he still ask us what to do? He didn't think much about it, and blurted out his words: "Under the will of the prince, Xia Guan led the Chengdu County Zhuang Protection Brigade and some Zhuang households to Guan County to participate in the Guan Kou New Year Repair. The prince strictly ordered that the subordinate officials should recruit the members of the Wangzhuang Guardian Village in the county within six days, bring their own tools and food for the 20th, and drive to the irrigation mouth within 10 days, and report to the official of the palace Ding Yuan Ding. Those who fail to arrive within the time limit will be dealt with by military law. After reporting for duty, all actions are subject to the orders of the Inspector and Father-in-law Ding! ”

Liu Shidou asked: "Which other Wang Zhuang sent people to go?" How many people did each Wangzhuang draw? ”

"I don't know about other Wang Zhuang situations. Xia Guan only knew that the Wang Zhuang in the irrigation area had received the will of the prince. The prince of the world said that the harvest should be high, and the water, soil and fertilizer should be done well. If you want to use water, build a weir first. The people in the irrigation area all rely on this Dujiangyan to divide water to irrigate their crops, and now it is idle again, and there is not much farm work in the fields. The palace had limited food stocks, so it had to limit the number of people in each county to a maximum of 1,000. Look, my lord, we're exactly a thousand. One person is not many, one person is not less! ”

A county's village protection brigade? There were a thousand soldiers! Liu Zhibo and Liu Shidou glanced at each other and gasped. From each other's eyes, they both saw incomparable consternation.

From this, it can be inferred that there are as many as 10,000 people in the 11 counties around Chengdu Prefecture alone! If Wangzhuang is built in Sichuan, then the two teams of Shangzhuang will have more than 100,000 soldiers! Liu Shidou thought to himself.

"In ten years, all the people of a county will be recruited!" Liu Zhibo woke up suddenly, and the hot sweat broke out sharply: "No wonder Liao Fu once persuaded the official to force the prince to Liangshan." If the son of the world is opposed, Shu is opposed! ”

From this point of view, Shu will not die, and the Ming Dynasty will not die! Do adults want to die in the country, in the community, and in the world? Liu Shidou took advantage of the distraction of the patrol and quietly approached and whispered.

Liu Zhibo regained the appearance of an important minister of the imperial court, and said kindly: "Shidou has been in Guankou for a few days, and then hurry to Jianchang to take office!" The prince asked the official to be in charge of the year's repair, but he borrowed the official's clothes, so as not to make trouble for the idle officials in those places. You don't have to sit with your own ruler and sit idle, and you don't have to wait for the decree to come down. If Kaifeng and return to virtue are lost, I don't know if this holy decree can reach my Sichuan! Shidou arrived in Jianchang, learned from the prince of the world, and trained an elite soldier for the country! This official will play the prince of the world and send you a few generals! The prince appointed you to prepare for Jianchang, and this is the intention! Let's go, we will go to Guan Kou with Wang Baihu's Zhuang protection team, and the official will tell you a few words on the way! ”

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The little eunuch Ding Yuan stood on the Qinyan Tower (Note 1) standing on the mountain, and several main projects of the Dujiangyan Canal Head Project - the water dividing fish mouth, the flying sand weir, and the treasure bottle mouth, are all vivid; Several places of interest and historic sites built by later generations, such as Anlan Bridge, Chongde Temple (now Erwang Temple), and Yulei Pass, are in full view everywhere. Looking into the distance, you can also see the peaks of Qingcheng and Xiling Snow Mountain, the white and green ridges, like a screen, lying between heaven and earth.

Faced with such a magnificent picture, the little eunuch was not stimulated to look at the mountains and scenery. HE LOOKED DOWN AT THE WHITE WAVES ROLLING AT THE MOUTH OF THE INNER RIVER IN THE DISTANCE, AND THEN LOOKED AT THE ROWS OF MACHA AND BAMBOO CAGES DENSELY PLACED ON THE FISHMOUTH WEIR, AND COULDN'T HELP FROWNING SECRETLY.

Ding Yuan hurried back to the palace more than ten days ago. As soon as he returned home, the prince personally summoned him, which surprised him. What a glory it is for a rootless and nameless little slave to be praised and valued by his master!

Ding Yuan is Li Chongwen's successor in Renshou County, and he is also mentally prepared to work in Renshou County for ten years, after all, his qualifications and age are too shallow and too young. Who knew that recently, when the prince suddenly adjusted the appointment of a large number of cadres, he was also given heavier responsibilities.

The first task given to him by the prince was to complete the annual repair of Dujiangyan on time and with good quality. Shizi emphasized that the annual repair of Dujiangyan is a systematic project. It is not only to carry out deep digging and reinforcement of the head channel of the irrigation canal, but to take advantage of the good opportunity of several water-dividing rivers in the Neijiang River to dry up and dredge them together. There are more than 10,000 people in 10 counties in the irrigation area and 11 brigades in Xinjin County. For this reason, the village protection teams in the prefectures and counties near Chengdu were almost dispatched, and only the counties of Hanzhou and Chongqing Prefecture did not participate in other tasks. Not to mention that Dujiangyan has not been repaired for decades, how thick the sedimented sand and gravel are, how to distribute manpower and how to guarantee materials, first of all, is a big problem.

Dujiangyan can only be repaired for a few months. If you do a good job, the son of the world will have another trust. This important trust is to let him inspect the existing watershed of the Minjiang River, and then choose a section to build a Yankou to divert water. Starting from this Yankou, an artificial canal was excavated and built, which was connected to the Shiting River flowing through Shifang County through Peng County, so that the water system of the Min River and the Tuo River could be connected. It is not only conducive to the driftwood of boats in the upper reaches of the Tuojiang River, but also can turn hundreds of thousands of acres of dry land along the artificial canal into irrigated paddy fields. From then on, "Ganpeng County" among the 11 counties in the irrigation area will become "Jinpeng County".

In addition to the corner of Peng County, there is more space for the two rivers inside and outside the Minjiang River to build weirs and divert water. From Mianzhou in the north to Jiading in the south, there are countless weir mouth canals waiting to be excavated. The dream of the prince is to open up the Longquan Mountains and introduce water into the hills of Sichuan!

The beginning of everything is the Dujiangyan annual repair in front of you. The top priority of the year repair is to complete the interception of the Neijiang River before the arrival of the county teams. But the scene of the white waves rolling in front of him made the little eunuch who only had experience in the construction of small reservoirs and large weirs beat a drum in his heart. Whether these wooden pestles can block the river, he has no bottom at all.

The cold wind blowing from Minshan Mountain was compressed by the narrowing canyon between the mountains, and the speed became faster and faster. The wind swept over the cliff and whistled. Qinyan Tower protrudes on the mountain cliff, and the building is full of wind.

Ding Yuan wrapped the long gray cotton jacket, and quietly wiped the snot on the tip of his nose with his sleeve, then he smiled, and turned to the group of people behind him: "It's too windy here, let's talk downstairs later, and then discuss the progress and manpower arrangements in detail!" A month and a half is the maximum time that the Son of the World has given us, and we must not delay a single day. The prince made a strict decree that before the 10th of January next year, the annual repair must be completed, and the water distribution must reach Chengdu! You are all veterans of Jiangyan years of repair, you all come to say, can it be completed in this month and a half? ”

"Don't worry, Father-in-law Ding!"

The crowd was silent for a while, and an old eunuch wearing a three-mountain hat finally stood up. The old eunuch's name is Zhao Shutong, and he is the new chief steward of Wang Zhuang in Guan County. Zhao Shutong was originally the steward of the grange in the Wenchuan Palace, and later the prince implemented the management of the Wangzhuang, and he became the deputy steward of the Wangzhuang in Guan County. The chief steward of Guan County Wangzhuang was found to be corrupt by the Audit Bureau and sent down to the trial office, and he was able to take over the post of chief steward because he was old in agriculture and had no interest entanglement with the original Shu Wangfu Guan County Wangzhuang.

Zhao Shutong saw through the worries of the new little eunuch, and said bluntly: "If you want to catch up with the construction period, the first thing is that the Neijiang River is intercepted cleanly. The method of intercepting the flow is an ancient method, and it has been used many times, and it is absolutely guaranteed to be reliable! Since our family received the will of the prince, we have invited all the old craftsmen in this county. Tie the pestle, weave the bamboo cage, watch the water situation, measure the depth of the water, and be busy for almost two months. Now that this object has been prepared, just wait for your father-in-law to give an order, and we will go down to the river! ”

Steward Zhao's assurances failed to dispel Ding Yuan's worries. Ding Yuan glanced back at the river and said, "But the white waves on this river are rolling, if you go down at this time, will you be beaten away by the prodigal son?" ”

The old eunuch smiled, took a step forward and pointed to the river and said, "Father-in-law Ding, look, although this big river looks fierce, in fact, there is not much depth under the river, and the white waves of this river are clear proof." If the water on the surface of the river is deep, although the bottom of the river is blocked by huge stones, it cannot stir up half a wave on the water surface. At this time, the pestle was gone, and the shadow ...... disappeared in an instant."

"There are no waves in the river, don't say that the pestle is shaky, even the goose feathers have to sink to the bottom!" A middle-aged man in the crowd interjected.

The old eunuch motioned for the speaker to come out. He introduced to Ding Yuan: "This is the head of the canal weir of the official canal weir of the Puyang River in Peng County (Note 2), and the surname is Lu Mingcheng. Our family also served as the head of the canal, so we knew his father. ”

"Guanqu Weir?" Ding Yuan asked Lu Cheng in surprise, "But where 'the water in the official canal flows backwards, and Huang Yin (Note 3) beheaded himself'?" ”

"Father-in-law Xiao Ding also knows about our official canal weir where the water flows backwards?"

"I've heard it from the world." Ding Yuan didn't say much. It's just that after the completion of the annual repair of the road, I have to go to the old road of the official canal weir to see.

"That's a good feeling!" Lu Cheng rubbed his hands happily, "The length of the official canal weir is less than five miles, if it can run through the entire territory of Peng County, our "Ganpeng County" will become a small Tianfu!" ”

The construction period is tight, the task is heavy, and time waits for no one, Ding Yuan seems to have seen thousands of people and horses driving towards Dujiangyan. With the assurance of the old eunuch Zhao Shutong and everyone, he finally made up his mind in anxiety.

A red and bright flag was hung on the Qinyan Tower. The fisherman, who had been waiting for the fish in the water, gulped down a bowl full of spirits, shouted and jumped onto the boat. With the help of poles, bamboo artemisia and ropes on both banks, the big boat braved the waves and droplets, and approached the watershed of the inner and outer rivers little by little.

Ding Yuan, who was upstairs in Qinyan, stared intently at the big boat, and grabbed the railing with both hands. At this moment, a neat roar was heard mixed with the sound of the whirring wind. The first pestle, with the power of dozens of pairs of large hands, overturned the side of the ship and fell into the river.

The pestle was swept away by the torrent and rolled a few times, and then stood firmly at the bottom of the river!

It worked!

Note 1: Qinyan Tower is a modern building, and there is no Ming Dynasty. The original site was once the famous "Happiness Pavilion".

Note 2: Canal head: The western Sichuan region mainly relies on river canals for irrigation, in order to manage and maintain the canals, raise costs, and avoid water competition, each canal will elect a prestigious private person to serve as the head of the canal or weir.

Note 3: Huang Yin: An official in the Jingnian period of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty, who committed suicide due to the failure of repairing the official canal weir.

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