The years shuttled like fast, and Jin Fu and Chen Huang spent three years in extreme busyness. Since the appointment, the household department has allocated 2.5 million taels of silver every year, but it has not dared to deduct difficulties. In order to use this silver on the blade, Jin Fu, Chen Huang and Feng Zhiren really tried their best, dried their brains, and broke their legs. Measuring the embankment during the day, drawing and tabulation at night, and playing Kangxi directly every ten days, all of them were drafted by Chen Huang, and Jin Fu cleaned up the seals and sent them, and added the local rain, water conditions, and civil embankment progress. Kangxi's will was not passed through the ministry, and it was sent directly to the Qingjiang River Supervision Office with Pegasus. The joint efforts of the monarchs and ministers, and the lack of obstruction in the middle, immediately became the action of hundreds of thousands of river workers, and the efficiency of the errand has increased by three points.

The Governor's Mansion was moved to the Asking River, which received an unexpected effect. The former river governor yamen is located in Jining, which is close to Shandong old Yu Jackie Chan. That Yu Jackie Chan claimed to be deeply connected to water conservancy, intervening in river affairs at two ends for three days, and everything was hindered. It just so happened that Jackie Chan was a well-known Qing official, leading the title of palace protection, and the official worshipped the scholar, and his tone was unusually stiff when he spoke, and everyone echoed him, so the successive governors of river affairs had a headache for him. The yamen moved to Qingjiang, which was close to the construction site and less troublesome, and Ding Nuo, the governor of Jiangnan, was a trouble-free, except for the official documents of the advisory committee, and did not interfere in river affairs, Jin Fu and Chen Huang felt that everything was easy.

Seeing that the blockade project was gradually completed, after several careful surveys, Jin Fu and Chen Huang decided to clean up the Caoyun, and after asking for a decree, they built the Jiangdu Cao Dike.

"Finally got some eyebrows." Chen Huang stood on the newly built embankment, the soil half dried under the spring breeze in March. He had a dark complexion, and after a few years of ups and downs, he looked even darker, and his eyes that were squinted by the river wind looked at the straight embankment from afar, and he turned back to Jin Fu, who seemed to be preoccupied, and said, "I have suffered everything, so that there is such a result, and the emperor will not beat us for the matter of grain." ”

Jin Fu nodded, his lower cracked lips tightened, and he didn't immediately answer Chen Huang's words, but turned around and asked Feng Zhiren behind him: "All the trees on the embankment have been transported?" In the end, there must be a rule for how to plant. This is what the Holy Command has repeatedly commanded, and it is not allowed to be careless. Feng Zhiren had a problem with tears in the wind, listening to Jin Fu's questioning, he laughed dryly, wiped his tears and said: "The trees have been transported, they are all black locusts and willows, and they are not suitable according to the sky." Tianyi advocates planting grandchildren and grandchildren, planting grass, but these two things can't be sold for money, I went to Qingjiang Dao to ask a few times, Daotai Ding worried, and now he is a shaking head old man sitting in Ya'er. I asked several times, and they all said that now that they are not available, who has the time to dig up their descendants and sell them? ”

"Plant the trees you bought outside the embankment," Chen Huang said, "and these tall trees must not be planted on the embankment—we'll discuss them when the new one comes to observe." ”

"It's already here." Jin Fu burst out a few words from between his teeth, "It's Yu Jackie Chan." Seeing the two of them surprised, he said, "But it's not Shandong Yu Gongbao, but his cousin of his own branch, who is also called Yu Jackie Chan!" I know this man, not only is he the same as his brother, but even his temper seems to have come out of a mold - as soon as he comes, he will be dismounted! After that, he sighed, I don't know whether to praise Jackie Chan or depreciate, but said with a wry smile: "I hope that this year's autumn news is smaller, and Yu Jackie Chan and we will be overjoyed." ”

Chen Huang walked slowly behind Jin Fu and Feng Zhiren, and pondered: "It's a pity that the Xiaojiadu Dam above has not yet been completed, otherwise, the autumn flood will be bigger, and there will always be a way to protect this embankment." He pointed to the low recess around the old embankment with his hand and smiled, "I have a new idea, when the autumn flood comes, I will open a breach here......

"Wonderful!" Before Feng Zhiren could hear clearly, Jin Fu suddenly clapped his hands and said excitedly, "Build an embankment and pick up soil, this place has become a depression, as soon as the yellow water is irrigated, it will be silted out, and you can get more than 10,000 hectares of fertile land immediately!" Feng Zhiren saw that Jin Fu suddenly became happy, and after thinking about it, he suddenly realized, and continued with great interest: "After silting, the terrain increases, and it also has the effect of fixing the embankment, and it will be easy to dig when the embankment is repaired, isn't it killing three birds with one stone?" ”

Chen Huang shook his head and smiled: "The most important thing is that you didn't expect it." Imagine, as soon as the opening of the mouth here, the water of the Yellow River into the canal is bound to be slow, and the water is slow, so that the water transportation will not be interrupted due to the autumn flood, and the water transportation project in the flood season can also be continued - there are so many good fields to be distributed to the people in the coming year, no matter how powerful Yu Chengchan is, he has to be reasonable, he is a clean official, can he not be happy to see this move to benefit the people? ”

"Wonderful! Kill birds with one stone! Jin Fu didn't finish listening, he was already clapping his hands and laughing, "You, Chen Tianyi, are destined not to be an official, even if you are a fellow jinshi, I will recommend you to be the river governor!" ”

When it comes to fame, Chen Huang and Feng Zhiren are silent. Chen Huang looked at the majestic embankment, and said for a while: "Gou is conducive to the national economy and people's livelihood, and if you repay the king's favor and consolidate the emperor's plan, your own glory is like this loess under your feet!" As he spoke, he kicked a lump of yellow mud off the embankment and watched it roll over into the water.

The three of them stepped on the embankment and went north, and just saw that at the intersection of the Yellow River, a middle-aged man stood with his back hand and looked at the Yellow River, as if he was also investigating the water situation. Feng Zhiren and Chen Huang didn't know each other. Jin Fu saw it at a glance, took a few steps, clasped his fists, and said with a smile: "Ouch, it's Brother Zhenjia!" What, don't recognize each other? I'm Jin Fu! - Zhiren, Tianyi, this is Yu Observation, and he came to see the river before he arrived! ”

Yu Jackie Chan! It was the county magistrate who borrowed grain without authorization to help the victims of the disaster, and was promoted from Ningbo to Daotai and came back! Chen Huang looked at him, skinny, his cheeks were clear, there was no gown on the outside of a gray homespun robe, and the pair of black clay cloth shoes under his feet that "kicked the dead cow" were stained with mud, and the braids and corners of the robe were raised by the wind, which was a bit of a fairy style. Feng Zhiren only glanced at Yu Chenglong, and immediately felt a cold chill that pierced the bone marrow and an invisible huge pressure.

"Lord Jin," and Jin Fu exchanged a few words of greeting lightly, and Yu Chengchan began to get down to business, "Can this embankment withstand the autumn flood?" The river is too narrow, can't it? The day before yesterday, he read the emperor's holy edict and ordered to plant trees and strengthen embankments. The Holy One is in the ninth place, and he can still think about it so far. As foreign officials, we have a group of Qing guests and staff around us, and we need to pay more attention to them. ”

Although Yu Chengchan said in a relaxed tone, these words were all teaching people, he was not happy or angry, the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned, and he seemed to be expressing his contempt to the other party at any time. Jin Fu felt that it was more difficult to deal with than his brother Jackie Chan. When Jin Fu and the others saw him like this, their self-esteem was like being poked by a knife, and the cheerful mood they had just plucked up suddenly disappeared. Jin Fuqiang pressed the unhappiness in his heart, looked at the sky with his hands behind his back, and then looked at the surging Yellow River, Gege smiled and said: "Yu observes, this matter has been dealt with by the governor. There is a saying that 'the general will be outside, and the king's order will not be affected', observe the beginning of the car, do not ask the reason, how do you know that I do not accept the emperor's order, and how do you know that I can't protect this section of the embankment? ”

"Your Excellency!" Yu Chenglong bowed politely, and also raised his official tone, "It's not that you dare to ask about river affairs." You must know that the emperor ordered a humble duty to guard this county, and the responsibility for the land of the people here, every wisp, porridge and rice, lies with me. The river embankment is not reinforced by trees, and the river is so narrow, obedient to common sense, in case of a break, I am afraid that both adults and the road will be to blame! ”

Feng Zhiren saw that Jin Fu's face was flushed, and knew that he was going to have a seizure, so he hurriedly smiled: "The two adults are actually thinking the same thing. We're still talking about planting trees and berms......"

"Please respect yourself, I'm talking back to Jin Shuai." Yu Chengchan had no expression on his face, and coldly cut off Feng Zhiren's words. Jin Fu sneered and said, "He is a guest of the river affairs, what does it have to do with it?" This person is a solid worker, and he is not an idle person, and he is not a five-grade official in the imperial court, not those fools who work in vain and do official articles! Yu Chenglong smiled faintly and said, "In this way, it is the student Meng Lang." If this is the case, it will be a blessing for the people of my county. ”

Yu Chenglong has always been dissatisfied because his brother had planted tendons in river work, and when he saw Jin Fu's shortcomings, he became more and more angry. But Jin Fu's grade was much higher than him after all, so he suppressed his temperament and said: "How dare you come to the adult to cause trouble?" It's just that because it's about the lives of a county, I don't dare not ask. Because of the autumn flood last year, and more than a dozen townships in Yiyi, the affairs of the hungry people have not yet been settled......"