"There's no hurry. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" Zhang Liao couldn't help laughing and said: "The compilation will not stop, there are many people today, and you can't miss anything if you delay it for a day or two." ”

He looked at Guan Ping, and said: "Mrs. Sister-in-law, the younger brother sees that Ping'er is smart and courageous, and leaving him at home is also a mistake, why not go to Anyi with the younger brother, find him a famous teacher, read and write, and can also practice martial arts. ”

Guan Ping's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly looked at his mother, with a look of longing in his eyes.

Hu's body trembled, and he looked at Zhang Liao, with tears in his eyes: "Thank you." ”

Even if she wanted to make a big salute, Zhang Liao hurriedly asked Guan Ping to help her up, and said unhappily: "I am a brother with Yun Chang, Ping'er is my son and nephew, I take care of him as a matter of course, why should my sister-in-law see me like this, just call me Wenyuan." ”

Hu Shi just wiped his tears and said: "The concubine body is just happy in his heart, Changsheng has been away from home for seven or eight years, and the concubine body has brought Ping'er up, but he has always felt guilty and can't teach him a lot, but he is afraid that he will be mistaken...... Uncle can teach him, and the concubine is really grateful. ”

"And rightfully so." Zhang Liao smiled and immediately made a decision: "In this way, Mrs. Sister-in-law and Ping'er will go to Anyi with me, and I will set up a house, so as not to make Mrs. Sister-in-law think about it." ”

Hu Shi was speechless with emotion, and immediately asked Guan Ping to kneel down and kowtow to Zhang Liao respectfully.

The nephew saluted, and Zhang Liao naturally accepted it calmly.

In the next two days, Zhang Liao still stayed in Xie County, and every day he went out for a walk, but he did not interfere with Shi A's investigation, at most he stayed on the edge of the salt pond.

There is Siyan City in the north of the salt pond, the city is not big, dilapidated, there are some houses in it, which are the places where the salt officials collect taxes, and some temporary residences of the salt workers.

Further north of Siyan City is a swamp, about dozens of miles wide.

"Lord, why do you keep staring at that moor?" Guo Jia saw Zhang Liao looking at this swamp for a long time, and couldn't help but ask curiously.

Zhang Liao pointed to the swamp and said, "You can build a city here." ”

The Yuncheng of later generations was built in this area, but the Yuncheng was built very late, and it was not built until the Yuan Dynasty, because it was a swamp.

Now Zhang Liao wants to build it early, which can not only strengthen the control of the salt pond, but also accommodate more people. It is not uncommon to build a city to accommodate displaced people and ordinary people in troubled times.

Guo Jia listened to what Zhang Liao said, and said in amazement: "I'm afraid it's not easy to build a city on this swamp, right?" First, the water in this area is salty and difficult for the people to drink, and second, the water of this swamp mostly comes from the mountains, how to dry it up? ”

Zhang Liao pointed to the mountains in the northeast and said, "So if you want to build a city, you must first open a canal." ”

"Ditching?" Guo Jia was stunned, then looked at the terrain in this area, and groaned.

Zhang Liao broke a branch and drew it on the ground, while explaining: "In the territory of Hedong, there are two major rivers, one is the Fen River, which goes south from the state and goes around Linfen to the west, dividing Hedong County into two parts, north and south, and ignoring the Fen River first, just looking at the other river, the Shushui River, the Shushui River starts from Hengling Pass in Jiangyi, flows through Wenxi, Anyi, and Yishi in the north of Xie County, and then passes through Puban, joins the big river, and there are often floods throughout the year. ”

"And we," Zhang Liao said in an inverted arc in the area of Anyi on the Lianshui River, "starting from the Lianshui River in the northeast of Anyi, opening a canal to the south to divert the water potential of the Lianshui River, and collecting the water flow from all over the mountains in the eastern part of Anyi, leading to the west, bypassing the southern part of Anyi, passing through this marshland, and then passing through Xie County, and flowing southwest into Lake Wu in Pusaka, and finally flowing into the Yellow River." ”

Guo Jia looked at Zhang Liao's drawing on the ground, and his eyes became brighter and brighter.

Zhang Liao said: "This canal can be opened, one can prevent the flood of the Shushui River, encroaching on the county and township farmland and salt ponds, the second can divert water for irrigation, so that the originally barren large areas of dry land in the south can be turned into fertile land, the third can open up a new salt road, transport the salt produced by the salt pond into the cool, so as not to waste people's power to transport salt over the mountains, so that more people go to farm, the fourth can divert the water in the swamp to facilitate the construction of the city, and the fifth can supply sweet water for the new city......

"That's enough!" Guo Jia said excitedly: "The lord really has the talent to govern the world, if this canal is completed, the land east of the river will increase hundreds of thousands of acres of fertile land, grain and grass are sufficient, and the salt pond is also under control, which is really a great plan for the benefit of the country and the people." ”

Speaking of this, Guo Jia paused and said: "It's just that the lord has just arrived in Hedong, don't be too tired of the people, although things are good, but you still need to plan slowly, especially in the Yanchi area, surrounded by mountains, there are many rivers on the mountains, it is not easy to channel, and the manpower consumed must be huge." ”

"Yes, the matter of opening a canal needs to be carefully investigated by experts." Zhang Liao said with a smile: "However, there are a lot of waste canals in this area, and we can incorporate them into the new canals, and we can get twice the result with half the effort." ”

In fact, the construction of canals and water conservancy plays a decisive role in agricultural production, since the Qin Dynasty, the imperial court has focused on the construction of water conservancy, and in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the government has organized several canals in Hedong County. However, due to the diversion of the Yellow River and the Fen River or flash floods, most of the mud canals have been abandoned or collapsed, so the current water conservancy situation in Hedong County is still not very good.

The dirt canal is easy to crack and is built repeatedly, which consumes money and energy, but Zhang Liao knows one means, cement. He naturally didn't know the specific production method of cement, but he had accompanied the leaders to the countryside in his previous life, and he knew that burning cement was mainly a combination of limestone and clay, as if there was a natural limestone that could be directly fired into cement. He couldn't make cement all at once, but now that he knew he could burn it, it would be much easier, and as long as people tried repeatedly, they could always get the cement out.

As soon as the cement comes out, it will be much easier to repair the canal when the time comes.

Of course, there is another difficulty in repairing the canal, as Guo Jia said, it requires manpower, and if the people are used, it will delay farming, and it will inevitably make the people dissatisfied only by labor.

However, Zhang Liao naturally has the means, he looked at Guo Jia, and said: "The manpower required to repair the canal depends on filial piety." ”

Guo Jia was stunned and shook his head again and again: "If it weren't for Jia's shirk, it would be difficult to find so many people." ”

Zhang Liao stretched out his arm, crossed the northwest, north and northeast directions of Hedong County, and said with a smile: "There are Qiangdi in the northwest, Baibo and Xiongnu in the north, and Montenegro in the northeast. ”

Guo Jia was stunned for a moment, and then slapped his hands and praised: "The lord has wonderful ideas, who can do it?" In this way, those labors were handed over to Guo Jia. ”

Zhang Liao laughed.

On the afternoon of the third day, as soon as Zhang Liao returned to Changpingli in Xie County, he saw Shi A rushing over, and his face was ugly.

He sighed secretly in his heart and said, "Ah Heng, how is it?" ”

Shi A said in a deep voice: "That Song Fang is really a hypocritical and cunning person, he teamed up with Gong Cao Shi to collect money from the Liu family, the Lu family, the Fang family, and the Liang family, deliberately delayed the decree, let those fields be barren, and then sold them at a low price, in a vain attempt to get by. ”

Zhang Liao frowned and said, "What else?" ”

Shi Ah said hatefully: "That Song Fang is even more shameless, with a filial piety, but the old mother at home is taken care of by a good wife, but he himself secretly collaborated with Gong Cao, secretly fornicated with the county women, and was caught by the servants at night, and now the two of them have been put into the county prison." ”

Zhang Liao looked at Shi A: "What do you think should be done?" ”

"This man should be killed! However," Shi A hesitated and looked at Zhang Liao: "After all, he is the order of a county, and he has a good reputation on weekdays, so it is better to ask the envoy to deal with it carefully." ”

Zhang Liao nodded and said, "How about that county?" ”

Shi Adao: "The servant has carefully investigated, but the county is an upright person, but he is suppressed by the county order and Gong Cao, and it is difficult to do things." ”

Zhang Liao groaned and said: "In this way, the county order and the merit Cao will be handed over to the county government to decide the Cao trial and disposal, and the county will act on behalf of the county order, as for the filial piety of the county order, his good wife can be widely publicized, posted in the county and township, and at the same time the crime of the county order will be distributed in the county and township, and the people will know that the superintendent is aware of the inspection and justice, and deter other counties and townships." ”

Shi A said again: "It's just that the Liu family among the four powerful families has something to do with Jia Jiecao's maiden family, and Song Fang and Gong Cao know that Jia Jiecao is being reused by the envoy, thinking that the Liu family has something to rely on, so they dare to act recklessly." ”

"Oh?" Zhang Liao raised his eyebrows: "Jia Kui's wife's surname is Liu, could it be this Liu family?" ”

Shi A shook his head and said: "It's just the same sect, some related, Jia Kui's wife and family are not involved." ”

Zhang Liao immediately said: "Then I don't care about Jia Kui's affairs, although I leave it to him to deal with, I believe he can handle it fairly." ”

Shi A nodded immediately, he has always admired Zhang Liao's undoubted mind. (To be continued.) )