In the blink of an eye, in the evening, Chen Hongmi's official business came to an end, and he asked the officials to invite Hua Xue.

Speaking of which, Chen Hongmi is only nine years older than Wu Weiye, both of them are post-zeros, and they are also in the same year, so they can be said to be of the same generation. And Wu Weiye, as the eye of the list, is higher than Chen Hongmi, who is ranked in the top 14 in the second grade, whether it was then or now.

However, Chen Hongmi has been a local parent official for many years, and he has the momentum of being in charge of the government, but Wu Weiye has been studying in the Hanlin Academy for many years, and he still has the gentle and elegant temperament of a scholar.

It is also because of this difference in perception that Hua Xue and Wu Weiye have always been called brothers, just like Pan Tazhang and Zhu Heling, but Chen Hongmi, but he has always used "adult", calling himself "student", and tacitly acknowledging that he is a senior.

Chen Hongmi saw Hua Xue, and without waiting for Hua Xue to speak, he handed him a document: "Feng Nian, you take a look at this first." ”

Hua Xue took a look at it, it was an official document about the dredging of the Wujiang River. But he didn't look closely, and asked, "My lord, the student doesn't have an official position, so it's not appropriate to see this, right?" ”

Chen Hongmiao shook his head: "There's nothing wrong with it, this is neither a confidential nor a current official document, it was from last year." ”

Then he explained: "In the past few days, I have checked the water conservancy data in Suzhou, and I remembered that there was such a thing last year. It is an official letter from the governor requesting that the Wujiang River be dredged to prevent flooding of Taihu Lake. Of course, this is an official document that was transmitted to the state and county after the approval of the imperial court, not the handwriting of the governor. ”

Hua Xue opened it at this time, and when she looked at it, the content was:

"Taihu Lake gathers a lot of water, Wujiang Yangcheng Committee is poured into Wusong, Loujiang River into the sea, its long bridge seventy arches and nine miles of stone pond around the water sinus are cathartic points, must be by the bridge arch next to the set up floating figure pavilion, silt up the water potential, gradually occluded, then the demolition can not be delayed, the stone pond sinuses are also more silted into land for a long time, and should be dredged in one piece, so as not to suffer from farmland."

In addition, there is a specific water map, as well as a detailed explanation.

Chen Hongmi said on the side: "Originally, this flood discharge should be a matter of course, and there should be no problems. It's just that I heard you say that future natural disasters can be divided into drought and flood, and if it is a flood, it should indeed be discharged. But if it's a drought, will it have to store water? ”

Hua Xue was thinking, but she was actually searching for the governor in the system.

The governor's name is Zhang Guowei, he is not a simple governor of Suzhou, but the common governor of ten prefectures, including Suzhou, but his office is indeed in Suzhou.

As mentioned above, Chen Hongmi is actually not the biggest magistrate in Suzhou, he also has Shangguan Suzhou Governor, Pan Kai once wanted to sue, and it should be this Zhang Guowei.

If he really went, he would definitely not see Zhang Guowei. It's not because Zhang Guowei has a big shelf, but because Zhang Guowei is not in Suzhou at this time.

The governor of the Ming Dynasty is not only in charge of civil affairs, but also in charge of military affairs, in contrast, military affairs are more of his own duties. So since the beginning of the year, Zhang Guowei has been leading the troops to participate in the encirclement and suppression of the rebel army. It was said before that the entire encirclement and suppression operation had failed, and Zhang Guowei was in trouble with defeat at this time.

Fortunately, for Zhang Guowei, only Anqing, Chizhou, and Taiping were under the command of the rebel army, and he was not the chief officer of this military operation and did not have much responsibility. It was only because once the rebel army passed through these three prefectures, it would come to the heavenly city and threaten the southern capital of the Ming Dynasty, so Zhang Guowei had to choose to lead his troops to Anqing to defend the enemy outside the jurisdiction.

At this time, Zhang Guowei was giving advice to the imperial court on this military operation.

He felt that he was busy controlling the water in Suzhou, and he was in charge of the entire ten prefectures, and because your three prefectures were under military threat, he had to delay here, which was irresponsible for the people of the other seven prefectures.

So he asked to reduce the area of the jurisdiction, separate these three prefectures, and recommended Shi Kefa, who was the best at the art of war, to serve as the governor of these three prefectures.

This Shi Kefa is what Chen Yuan once told Hua Xue, known as the first master of Suzhou Mansion, and he has passed on the swordsmanship and art of war of Yang Ming Gong. was equivalent to Zhang Guowei's second-in-command in the military.

Zhang Guowei is skilled in the art of war, but he is not determined to do this. He pays more attention to people's livelihood, and in Jiangnan, the top priority is to control water.

His most commendable thing is that he rode alone and "patrolled the flood alone". It is often a person who goes to the rivers in various places to investigate the flood situation.

He is an orthodox descendant of the six arts of Confucianism, and he is naturally also a martial artist. Therefore, Zhang Guowei rode alone, and he was not worried about any danger.

You must know that Shi Kefa's name of "the first master of Suzhou Mansion" is just a folk rumor after all, and in terms of martial arts alone, Shi Kefa does not dare to say that he is better than Zhang Guowei: everyone is full of energy, and Confucianism is orthodox. Even though there are differences between high and low levels in actual combat, as long as there is no distinction between life and death, these differences are not so significant. What makes Shi Kefa even more powerful is that his experience of killing people on the battlefield is that when he fights, he is still a little restrained.

When Hua Xue checked Zhang Guowei's information, the focus was not on these issues, but on a book. In the other two planes, two years later, that is, in the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Zhang Guowei compiled and engraved a book called "The Complete Book of Water Conservancy in Wuzhong", with a total of 700,000 words, known as "the largest masterpiece of water conservancy in ancient times".

What Hua Xue thought was that such a huge work, no matter how you look at it, would not have been hastily sorted out within two years, and at this time, there must have been at least a prototype in the hands of Zhang Guowei. This water conservancy-related information in Guowei's hands, whether it is his on-the-spot investigation or multi-party collection, will not be less. He has been managing water for many years, and he must also have a lot of experience. With such great power, what kind of water conservancy article did you work so hard to copy?

Hua Xue raised her head resentfully and looked at Chen Hongmi: "Lord Chen, are you playing with me?" This governor is no less knowledgeable than me in terms of water conservancy alone, and he is far more experienced than me. Looking at his Chen, as far as water control is concerned, it can basically be used as a teaching material, so why not ask him to sort out his experience in water control? Why bother us to work hard to rush the water conservancy chapter of the "Book of Agriculture"? Han Yu said, 'There is a specialization in the art industry', and in terms of water conservancy alone, Duke Xu will not be more professional than this governor. ”

As she spoke, Hua Xue suddenly thought of something, and said: "Well, I remember, in Xu Gong's water conservancy chapter, there is "Taixi Water Law", which is different from the ancient methods of my Central Plains dynasties, and it should have the effect of attacking jade with the stones of its mountains, and when I finish it out, I can send it to this governor for reference." In addition, I have to ask Chen Zilong if there are any chapters related to agricultural equipment such as improved waterwheels in the "Book of Agriculture", which should be the first content to be sorted out, and it should be of great use. ”