- In April of the third year of Jiayou, the first phase of the Hongshui River project was completed, and five flat-bottomed boats of 200 materials were immediately lowered from the Dongchuan wharf, all the way down the river, and arrived at Centipede Beach five days later, unloaded and loaded on the shore, and transported to Qingfeng Ferry 100 miles away by dry road, where there were two 500 boats waiting for a long time, and after loading the goods, the road was smooth sailing, and it only took four days to arrive in Wuzhou, Guangxi.

Because there is still a six-mile-long canal between Wuzhou and Qinzhou that is being widened and deepened to accommodate the travel of large ships, it is still necessary to transfer it by land again for the time being, and pass through Tianmen Pass along the post road to reach the city of Qinzhou. After loading thousands of sea ships in Qinzhou Port, they can be shipped from the sea to all roads across the country.

Although there are still two more water and land transports, it only takes 27 days to complete the journey, and even if you go upriver on the return voyage, it is only 48 days, which has shortened the time several times.

And the project has not yet been completed, according to the plan, the second phase of next year, will run through the whole route. In addition to maintaining the existing shipping capacity, the focus is also on strengthening the passage capacity of ships, so that larger ships can pass through the waterway more safely and smoothly.

Of course, even in the second phase of next year, the number of people mobilized will not exceed 20,000, and from the beginning of the next year, it will drop to less than 10,000 people, and there will be no such a huge project as this year.

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The Hongshui River Project has been repeatedly praised by later generations for its boldness, short time-consuming, successful construction, and great role in the future. But history tends to be forgotten. In order to connect this golden waterway between the mountains, 730 men and seven officials sacrificed their lives or were seriously injured and incapacitated.

Perhaps in the eyes of the imperial court and officials, in the miasma of Dali, the construction of such a project is full of dangers. It's normal for thousands of people to die. Chen Ke felt deep self-blame, if he hadn't urged him so hard, he would have died a lot less.

To comfort the deceased. Also to put himself at ease, he proposed three things, one. Return the remains of all the refugees to their hometowns. 2. The death or disability pension shall be paid by subtracting the age at the time of the death or disability by the average annual income of men in Guangxi and Hunan Province by 50 yuan. Third, at the end of the Hongshui River project, a monument will be erected to commemorate these people who sacrificed their lives and everything.

What he didn't expect was that his three orders were unanimously opposed. For the first course. The officials in charge of the office felt that the workload was too large, and demanded that the people be buried on the spot according to the usual practice, and that they should only be transferred to the local government and ordered them to inform them on their behalf. The second course. This alone will cost another million yuan, and the third way, to erect a monument to the seven officials who died in the line of duty, they have no opinion, but to erect a monument to those people, not only is it unnecessary. And there is a suspicion of inviting people to buy people's hearts.

It was not easy for the officials to go all the way, and they had reached this point, and Chen Ke didn't want to get into trouble with them. But he also realized that he was wrong...... paid the people's wages, but there was still a lot of uproar, and even Su Shi and Ouyang Xiu wrote to him, blaming him for not giving face to his colleagues. At that time, there was a reason to 'produce a brave man under heavy rewards', and now that the project is over, it will definitely make all officials in the world disgusted.

He did not insist on it in person, but secretly went to the court, asked the official family to issue the will of favor, and hinted in the sparse that there was still a surplus in Dongchuan, and all the rewards could be taken on the spot, and there was no need to bother the court......

He underestimated Zhao Zhen's benevolence, and soon, he came back with a will, not only approved the three articles he proposed, but also gave the deceased officials posthumously and shaded, and the rest of the officials also had additional official rewards, and all the rewards existed in a bill of exchange with the Bianjing money number, which came with the proclamation, which shows the speed of the imperial court to accept new things. …,

Since it was the official family who made the order, the officials naturally had nothing to say, but they still couldn't understand Chen Ke in their hearts...... Alas, why bother?

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In June, the inauguration ceremony of the 'Canal Workers Monument' in Dongchuan was attended by officials from Dongchuan City and princes from Dali.

On that day, the square was crowded with people, most of them were soldiers and civilians who came to watch the ceremony, looking at the white marble pillars that sat on the three-story pedestal, more than three feet high, everyone was shrouded in that solemnity, and the people who had participated in the repair of the river even burst into tears, and for the first time in this life, they realized what it means to be respected......

The ceremony was presided over by a messenger sent by the imperial court, and Chen Ke said that he was ill that day and did not show up, but he watched the scene with a telescope from the highest watchtower.

Beside him, there stood Princess Miaoxiang who was wearing a ding dong. She was invited to attend the ceremony, but after learning that Chen Ke was absent, she only showed her face in the unveiling session where she had to appear, so she went straight to find her.

"I really don't understand adults," she didn't understand why Chen Ke had worked so hard to hide aside at the moment of scenery: "Why do you do so much for these people?" ”

"What?" Chen Ke asked rhetorically: "A suburban sacrifice in the imperial court, the money to reward hundreds of officials is more than this, is it possible that they have worked hard for half a year, and even paid for blood and lives, it is not as good as an outing for hundreds of officials?" What a reason for this! ”

"Officials are the reliance of officials to govern the country." Princess Miaoxiang said.

"Relying on them can only destroy the country...... Chen Ke sneered, suddenly realizing that the identity of the other party was not suitable for discussing this issue, so he said lightly: "Actually, I just let myself feel at ease......

"Where is there any undead in all servitude?" Princess Miaoxiang looked at this man who had been domineering since they met, and now she realized that he had such an emotional side. She comforted softly: "It's been like this for many years, just get used to it." ”

"In your hearts, the people are cattle and horses that are driven by them, and there are still a number of dead people, so you don't have to feel distressed at all." Chen Ke glanced at her and said faintly: "But I can't be so detached, I just need to think that behind every deceased, there are a pair of heartbroken parents, and I can't close my eyes when I lose my wife and children." ”

"Your Majesty is so kind?" Princess Miaoxiang was kind enough to comfort her, but she was treated as a donkey's liver and lungs, and naturally felt deeply aggrieved. And she was treacherous to Chen Ke at the beginning and let go of the Yang family, and she has always been angry, so she naturally did not miss any opportunity to vent her anger: "If this is the case, the adults will not let the people of Dali still be shrouded in the shadow of war!" She and Chen Ke have always maintained a super friendly relationship, and naturally knows what kind of person Chen Ke is, so she is not afraid of offending him.

"Hahaha......" Chen Ke laughed loudly: "The people who fight and die are all Bai people, isn't it good to end it early?" Besides, there is a large army of the imperial court, does the Yang family dare to mess around? Forgive them and don't dare! ”

"Adults are naturally relieved when they are here, but adults can't stay in Dali for a lifetime." Duan Mingyue said quietly.

"If I leave Dali," Chen Ke thought about it for a while, and said in a deep voice: "Naturally, I will always speak for the Duan family." ”

He was clueless in what he said, but Duan Mingyue was deeply pleased, but she said with no joy on her face: "I don't know how credible what the adults say?" ”

"Very believable." Chen Ke laughed, put his hand on Duan Mingyue's slender waist, and rubbed it gently: "I am also half a son-in-law of the Duan family, how can I watch my eldest brother being bullied?" ”

"Phew, what half a son-in-law ......" Duan Mingyue took a sip, but did not break free, but leaned on his shoulder, and said with a silky eye: "A coward who doesn't practice just talking." ”

"Which one doesn't practice?" Chen Ke laughed and said, "When it's time to get to the real one, you can run faster than a rabbit." In fact, it is not difficult for him to really want to deal with her, but this Mingyue's identity is too special, and he is also very ambitious. He didn't want to make a 'human life', let himself be controlled by others, and destroy the balance of painstaking management. …,

"When my mother was reincarnated, she said that if you get it too easily, men won't cherish it." Duan Mingyue chuckled: "Heng and Zhu are your people, who in Dali dares to touch me, why are you in a hurry?" ”

"You demon girl," Chen Ke's heart was on fire by her teasing, if it weren't for the guards behind him, he would have already moved his hands and feet: "Say, what do you want?" ”

"Don't say that, it hurts your feelings." Duan Mingyue had no scruples, a delicate little hand, roaming over his chest, and said coquettishly: "I heard that a large copper mine has been discovered in Dongchuan, this shouldn't be accidental, right?" ”

"Hehe...... "If you touch it again, something will really happen, Chen Ke held her hand and said, "It's really accidental, when I fired a few shots during training, I actually blew up a large area of copper mine." ”

Duan Mingyue is a fool, and she doesn't believe that it will be such a coincidence. How could it be that the city of the Song Dynasty was also built, the road was also repaired, and copper mines were found in the sphere of influence?

Obviously, a series of actions of the Song Dynasty were deliberate, and the purpose was the copper mine in Dongchuan!

Just thinking about it, she hates it so much that the roots of her teeth itch...... At the beginning, he begged the Song Dynasty to send troops, but he didn't know that people had long been eyeing this piece of fat. It turns out that everyone was calculated by this bastard bastard!

Thinking that he did not hesitate to sacrifice his hue, curry favor and beg for mercy like a prostitute, but in the eyes of the other party like a fool, Duan Mingyue couldn't wait to break Chen Ke's body into pieces.

Of course, she can only think about it, and she has to continue to curry favor......

"My lord, Dongchuan is the territory of our Duan family, and a copper mine has been found on it, it seems to belong to my Duan family, right?" She leaned on Chen Ke's arms and said, "The imperial court can't just mine for nothing." ”

"Dongchuan, it seems to be the territory of the Gao family, right?" Chen Ke pretended to be confused and said: "It was assigned to me by the Gao family at the beginning. ”

"That's their generosity," Duan Mingyue said disapprerovingly: "Dongchuan, it is indeed my Duan family, and there are documents demarcating the boundary between my two families in the past dynasties as evidence." ”——

Segmentation –

I really don't blame me this time, more than 1 o'clock, and there was a sudden power outage when there were 500 words, so I had to sleep on the alarm clock, and I got up in the morning and sent it. (To be continued)