The moment he jumped into the mud, the biting cold hit, and Su Tiancheng couldn't help but shiver.

This winter, and it's a small year, but I came to Mengjin County, and I personally jumped into the river to clean up the silt, no wonder the river will cause so many complaints, there are too many pains in it, if you don't come down to try it yourself, you don't know what it's like to be in the road.

Zhang Pu was not far from Su Tiancheng, and his expression was even more embarrassed, after all, he was a scholar, and he had never done such physical work, Deng Hui, the magistrate of Mengjin County, was much better, and soon began to clean up the silt.

There are more than 120,000 peasants who rushed to Mengjin County, which everyone did not expect, and it takes great courage to rush to participate in the governance of the Yellow River during the Chinese New Year, but from another side, it also shows one thing, that is, the common people are indeed still very poor, and their lives are not satisfactory.

The officials of the Ministry of Engineering quickly conducted on-site surveys according to the actual situation, and within one day, decided to divide them into 12 engineering teams, each of which had about 10,000 people, and according to the principle of first making it easier and then more difficult, they would first clean up the silt.

Nowadays, science and technology are not developed, and cleaning up the silt and yellow sand of the Yellow River relies entirely on manual work.

The Yellow River has always been called an above-ground river, because there is too much silt and yellow sand, and the riverbed is constantly raised, and if the embankment cannot be desilted and strengthened in time, it is easy to cause the disaster of embankment failure.

This time, the officials of the Ministry of Industry also made up their minds, with 1.2 million taels of silver, they can indeed manage the Yellow River well, of course, they planned the dredging and maintenance of the Yellow River in Henan Province according to Liu Zunxian's intentions, not only the Yellow River in Henan Province. Su Tiancheng knew Liu Zunxian's arrangement and did not object.

As a result, the construction period has been extended, and it will definitely take two months.

Because the amount of work has increased and more manpower is needed, Henan Prefecture sentenced Tan Changluo. It is responsible for recruiting migrant workers to participate in the dredging and control of the Yellow River.

Su Tiancheng made it very clear that all the officials involved must set an example, and this example is to personally participate in the project, at least to play a leading role, and when the construction starts, go to the riverbed to dig silt and yellow sand. In terms of life, supervise the businessmen who provide services, ensure the supply of oil and water, and ensure that the migrant workers are well fed, which is heavy physical labor and consumes a lot, and nutrition must keep up, so as to ensure the progress of the project.

As for the adults sent by the imperial court. It is also necessary to ensure that you are well fed and eat hot meals.

After Su Tiancheng made a request. Liu Zunxian then demanded that all officials from the Ministry of Industry should not engage in specialization, but should also participate in the project, focusing on doing a good job in technical guidance after the project starts. Each engineering team must have an official to give specific guidance, and the officials who survey the river embankment can save time and plan as quickly as possible. Strive to start construction as soon as possible.

On the morning of the 24th of the lunar month, with Liu Zunxian's order, the engineering teams in various places started work.

When Liu Zunxian was about to jump into the riverbed, he was stopped by Wang Dazhi, it was Su Tiancheng who ordered Wang Dazhi to hold Liu Zunxian, just kidding, the Ministry of Industry Shangshu came to Henan Mansion, and actually jumped into the riverbed to clear the mud and yellow sand.

It doesn't matter to you, the local officials should have taken the lead.

The actions of the officials have mobilized the enthusiasm of the migrant workers to the greatest extent.

On the construction sites everywhere, there are competitions, no one shows weakness, gritting their teeth and persevering.

The lunch meal was fragrant with oil and a large piece of fatty meat, which Su Tiancheng specially asked to prepare.

Looking at such fatty meat, Su Tiancheng had no way to eat it, and in terms of life, Shang Jia was still clear, so he specially arranged a small stove for Liu Zunxian, Su Tiancheng, Zhang Pu and others to eat on the side.

Migrant workers eat very comfortably, this kind of fat meat is the most effective, after eating a few pieces, it can last for a long time.

The Henan government dredged and renovated the Yellow River, in fact, in the form of reporting, of course, on the surface did not say so.

The person in charge of each engineering team has long been determined, and most of these people in charge are lieutenant chiefs and leaders, who have extraordinary appeal, can do a good job in organizational work, and can also endure hardships themselves, and their remuneration is close to ten times that of ordinary migrant workers, that is, close to one or two silver a day.

Life is also contracted out of the house, responsible for the food of more than 100,000 people, the government does not have such a ability, the general responsibility is Wan Chenggui, the government first allocated a part of the silver, said that the living standard of each person every day, it cannot be very high, but Wan Chenggui must have made money, to put it mildly, a month down, at least 10,000 taels of silver.

Wan Chenggui can't get so much, he organized the large and small restaurants in Luoyang County, which are responsible for them separately, and some restaurants in Mengjin County, including some ordinary people, are responsible for the lives of many people, and after the task is arranged, there is no need to worry so much.

The power of the masses is infinite.

Life was guaranteed, the officials of Fuzhou County took the lead in laboring, and the prefects personally went down to the riverbed to clean up the silt and yellow sand.

At this moment, Su Tiancheng returned to Mengjin County, trembling all over.

He really wasn't the material for farm work, he hadn't done it before the crossing, let alone after the crossing.

Looking at Su Tiancheng, who was still shivering cold, Liu Zunxian smiled and spoke.

"Master Su, this official is really emotional, this dredging and maintenance of the Yellow River, according to the current progress, not two months, can be fully completed, now the time is just right, the dry season, after the spring comes, the difficulty will increase slightly, seize this time period, do not delay the agricultural time, but also complete the dredging and renovation of the Yellow River, the people can also improve their lives, kill three birds with one stone, not bad."

"My lord, the lower officials are also helpless, the preparation is in a hurry, it is said that it should be the most suitable to repair the Yellow River next year, but the life of the people is really difficult, and they have no choice but to dredge and repair the Yellow River this year."

"Yes, dredging the Yellow River, there are countless living people, presumably in Henan, Shanxi and Shaanxi, can be a little more peaceful, many migrant workers have come, the official has carefully inquired, Shanxi and Shaanxi have, I am afraid that this matter is spread out, and the number of migrant workers who come to dredge the Yellow River has increased significantly."

"The lower officials are ready, as long as the construction period can be shortened, the government can bear it, and besides, the common people will get more benefits, which also echoes the idea of the lower officials."

"It can be seen that in the winter, the officials of Henan Mansion have gone down to the riverbed to clean up the silt and yellow sand, this kind of situation is too rare, so many years have passed, the imperial court has not been able to take out the silver, large-scale renovation of the Yellow River, including many water conservancy projects, I can't think of Henan Mansion can think of a way, it is indeed not simple."

"This is not the credit of the government office, the focus is on the silver donated by His Royal Highness King Fu and the gentry and wealthy merchants of Henan Mansion, and the officials of Fuzhou County also donated a lot, and the court allocated 200,000 taels of silver, and the officials did not expect it."

"Hehe, when the official came, he still muttered a little, the court is so difficult, allocate 200,000 taels of silver, and the officials from the rest of the places, do they have any opinions, when they came to Henan Mansion, they saw a lot of situations, and the official felt that 200,000 taels of silver was still a little less, Lord Su, you still have to pay attention to your body, after all, you are a scholar, and rarely engage in such farm work, the official looks at that Zhang Pu, the situation is even worse, if it weren't for the boiled ginger soup, maybe he would have caught a cold."

"This is the negligence of the lower officials, most of the officials of the yamen of Fuzhou County are scholars, after all, there is a gap in physical strength, the lower officials have informed the officials at all levels, and the focus in the future is to do a good job of guidance, not to go down to work in person."

"Lead by example, this is a model for an official, what Lord Su did, this official must report to the imperial court, Henan Mansion has undergone great changes in a year, according to this official, it will not take long, and there will be greater changes."

The project of dredging and renovating the Yellow River has advanced at an unimaginable speed, and more than 200,000 migrant workers have gathered on the construction site, and many of the families of migrant workers have also followed to help wash clothes or do some small things.

On the thirtieth day of the lunar month, according to the requirements of the government office, dumplings were made on the construction site and alcohol was allowed.

This is a traditional custom in the north.

Wan Chenggui spent all his thoughts, and it was impossible for him to spend this Spring Festival at home.

Su Tiancheng's requirements are very high, all the nearby migrant workers, their families can come to the construction site, reunite with their families, and the government government provides life, and on the thirtieth day of the lunar month, the salary is settled, because the calculation is huge, almost all the officials and servants of the government go to help pay the wages.

A touching scene appeared, a lot of migrant workers and family children, with the wages settled by the government, eating hot dumplings, drinking not very good liquor, with tears in their eyes, such treatment, I didn't dare to imagine before, the government paid for food and housing, and also paid wages, and the wages that everyone got to maintain the expenses of the family for a period of time are absolutely no problem.

The reason why migrant workers are so excited is also because of the worry about wages, the government covers food and housing, and lives very well, in this case, everyone thinks that in terms of wages, it must be less, a day is a penny of silver, a lot, a whole month of silver, can basically maintain a year's expenses.

The prefect did what he said, did not deduct a penny of silver, and paid in full, in this case, if you don't work hard to do a good job of the project, you are sorry for the prefect, and you are sorry for yourself. (To be continued......)