Some people cry, some people laugh.

Zhang Xia has been distraught by the sound of firecrackers in the past few days, and the project to control the Qiantang River is huge, with the river embankments on one south and one north being more than 200 miles long. Starting from the Minghe Salt Farm in the south, to Storm Town to Xiaoshan and Hangzhou, this is secondary, the south has been affected by little disaster, the key is the north, from the Qingjun Salt Farm to govern (in the southwest of Nanhui, but Nanhui and Chuansha are all in the sea at this time), all the way to Jinshan, Ninghai (dozens of miles south of Pudong Airport, more than ten miles south of Haiyan, and later all become Qiantang River Bay), Yanmen Mountain, Zheshan (later in Xiaoshan on the south bank, but at this time in the north bank of Yanguan).

Implicated in four states, the direct counties reached nearly ten, and the money given by the imperial court was not much, Zhang Xia was forced to helpless, knowing that the Qian's cage stone method was very good, but he did not dare to adopt the stone pond method of the whole line, and continued to mix the chaitang, grass pond and earth pond.

This is very risky, and every inch of the embankment must be carefully investigated, where to use stone ponds, where to save costs, and where to use grass ponds and soil ponds, all of which must be repeatedly investigated and scrutinized.

The only convenient condition given to him by the imperial court was an army, and the Northern Song Dynasty set up a force of 2,000 people in the army, called the Hanjiang Army, which was specially used to govern the Qiantang River and Haitang.

The army has two advantages, one is that it is a professional army with a high level of technology and can do one as five, and the other is that the imperial court pays for it, and does not levy much tax on the people, and only levies a small amount of forced labor on the people, and the people have no pressure to pay over.

But there are many places that still worry him, such as the direction of Hangzhou City.

The city of Hangzhou is not far from the Qiantang River. Once the embankment here is washed away, he doesn't believe in any celestial phenomena, if the weather is bad, even if the stone pond is repaired, it may not work, it will still collapse, once it collapses, the consequences for himself are unimaginable.

If you die, your children and grandchildren will be sad. Who calls themselves no backstage.

At this time, the state was preparing to welcome the new state.

This is to build an embankment, not a polder.

As long as there is enough strength, it can encircle Taihu Lake. But how dangerous the tide is.

Zhang Xia's idea is very extreme, he really encloses Taihu Lake, and without this big reservoir, it will be a big deal.

But Zhang Xia was secretly sweating for Zheng Lang.

Taiping is a miracle, and we have to admit the facts.

But Taiping Prefecture is a small state in the south of the Yangtze River, with a population of only three counties, if it weren't for the fact that there were only a little more than 30,000 households in the circle, less than 31,000 households, and there were not many people with backgrounds. This is Hangzhou! Everything happens to be reversed.

Zhang Xia is very familiar with this, because he is originally from Xiaoshan.

did not look down, after all, what Zheng Lang did in Taiping Prefecture can already be called a miracle.

With his ability, this line of work will not be too difficult, nor will it be too easy. And public opinion is like this, as a minister, the most rational thing to do is to take the initiative to avoid, one is to avoid it, you are not the governor of the state, you will be the prime minister in the future. It's not good if the prestige is too high. The people's expectations are so strong that they must be avoided. Husbands and wives will quarrel and talk a few words, especially between officials and ordinary people. Just like when you go to Taiping Prefecture, why do you punish how many households Liwei? Unwise choice, there are so many state capitals in the world, why do you have to come to Hangzhou? Suzhou can go, Xiuzhou, Mingzhou, Yuezhou, Yangzhou, Huzhou, Jiangning, these state capitals are very good. Hangzhou is bustling, but it has reached the extreme. For example, the commercial tax is 120,000 yuan a year in Hangzhou, 57,000 yuan in Jiangning, 27,000 yuan in Yuezhou, and less than 2,000 yuan in remote Fengzhou.

He hadn't heard of Zheng Lang's virgin land, but he knew that the more vacuum there was, the more mediocre officials would worry, but the more capable officials would make political achievements.

Hangzhou has reached such an extreme, for example, the liquor tax, Sijing only has 1 million guan, the east and west roads are about 500,000 each, the two roads in Hebei are more than 800,000, Lizhou and Zizhou are only tens of thousands, and Kuizhou is not, but the two Zhejiang roads have reached 1.9 million guan, and 40% are concentrated in Hangzhou.

More than one million stones of Yanliangzhejiang Road, Hangzhou will also be divided into one-tenth. As well as the income of the city, the income of the two taxes, the income of the two taxes is aimed at the peasants, Hangzhou is very few, far from Yuezhou, or even as good as Huzhou, but there is also a tax and the first in the southeast of the crown of the city, the city tax. As well as the income of each prison and the income of mineral deposits, it constitutes the main body of Hangzhou's income. But most of these incomes are not good for Hangzhou itself.

What to do in this situation?

has the ability to decorate a few flowers, and in this flower-filled Hangzhou, it can't show its style.

I couldn't figure it out, so I looked at the drawings in my hand.

The Qiantang River is most afraid of June to September, when there are many storms and high tides, and the season when accidents are most likely to occur, but the project has not been repaired, so we have to rush to repair some key places first, so as to prepare for the upcoming flood season.

Suddenly, the porter walked in and reported: "Ah Lang, there are two teenagers outside the door who ask to see them, saying that they are students who are about to go to Xinzhizhou Zheng Lang." ”

As he spoke, he handed over two prayer notes.

Zhang Xia was a little puzzled, as far as he knew, Zheng Lang didn't move, why did he let the two students come first?

Looking at the two beautiful lines of small words on the prayer post, he smiled bitterly and said, "Let them in." ”

Not only did these two students Zhang Xia have to pay attention to, but he didn't dare to underestimate the series of officials who came later. Hangzhou City is lively after that.

After a while, Wang Anshi and Yan Rong were brought in.

Zhang Xia is very cautious about these two sons.

The book written by Zheng Lang, several students have participated in succession, and they can also see the importance of it, and the most spoken seems to be this Wang Anshi, followed by Sima Guang, the two sons have been famous for a long time, I don't know if the surname has become calm, but among Zheng Lang's six students, only these two sons have the greatest talent.

Yan Rong is not playing soy sauce, and the news he got from the capital said that he had a young daughter in Vice Minister Chen Zhizhong, and he didn't know how, he was engaged to the Yan family in the capital.

This made Zhang Xia very embarrassed.

The son-in-law became more and more difficult to catch in the future. Before the scientific expedition, we have to catch ...... But the internal situation is more complicated than he thought, Chen Zhizhong's daughter was born to a concubine, and her status is lower. However, after Chen Zhizhong was promoted to vice minister, the tide rose, and he was the daughter of the concubine and the little lady of the prime minister's family. After the list was released, I thought about it.

Some young people who can look up to him may not be able to look at him, the daughter of a concubine, and if they can look at his daughter, he may not be able to look at him again. After seeing the new mean, he stared at Zheng Lang's students, Fan Zhongyan's two sons, he didn't dare to think about it, and the two sons couldn't even think about it. Wang Anshi's family is in the south. So he stared at the Yan family and sent someone to say to the Yan family euphemistically. What ability does the Yan family have to say that they disagree?

The worst thing is that Yan Rong has a little daughter-in-law, and he doesn't know it yet. Just after Zheng Lang released him and Wang Anshi, the Yan family sent a letter.

The two walked in, saluted respectfully, and sang a fat memo: "I've seen Zhang Zhuan." ”

In the future, this person is half of Zheng Lang's boss, and his government is also in Hangzhou.

You have to know the weight of the middle.

"You sit, come here, and make tea for Lianglangjun."

The servant brought two cups of tea.

Zhang Xia asked, "What are you here for?" ”

"Envoy Zhang, we are here on the orders of Dr. Zheng to take a look around."

made Zhang Xia very depressed when he heard it.

But the hero is not old, although the family is small, he does have the qualifications to watch, for example, how old is Zheng Lang when he is released to Taiping Prefecture?

"Then why did you come to my house?"

"This is a letter from Dr. Zheng." Wang Anshi said.

"Oh, bring it," Zhang Xia said.

Wang Anshi handed out a letter from his arms.

It is Zheng Lang's more scientific method of controlling pond embankments, fish scale ponds.

The Qian's bamboo cage method is relatively advanced, but there are also disadvantages. Now there is no wire, and when tying bamboo cages, they can only be tied with hemp rope or even straw rope. Then the stone is placed in it, and the wooden raft is laid to further prevent it.

However, the tide is hitting the embankment every moment, throwing away the storm, and every time the moon is full, the Qiantang River is immediately replaced by a werewolf, fiercely and ruthlessly attacking the embankment again and again.

If it is not treated for a long time, or if the treatment is lax, the mud and soil filled in the cracks of the stone will be shaken and washed away, and the stone will continue to shake, causing the rope binding the bamboo cage to slack and rot, and even be worn by the movement of the stone. The bamboo cage collapsed, the river embankment collapsed, and the embankment burst began.

It doesn't work with wire, and there is also a [***] rusting process.

Later, the wooden plank method appeared, but it was expensive and unreasonable, so a more scientific method of pond embankment, fish scale pond, appeared.

This wonderful idea came from the plank road.

In ancient times, the roads leading to the outside world in the mountainous areas were inconvenient, and a person could go over the mountains with an empty body, but with baggage and vehicles, how to climb over the mountains? I came up with a way to make holes from the cliffs, stuff the wood into the holes, and lay wooden boards on them, especially the plank road leading from Sichuan to northern Shaanxi, which is mostly in this form. There are also some treacherous rivers, which are not good at pulling fiber, and also use this method to pave the plank road, and then drill holes on the plank road, and tie a stone ring inside for the slender man to scratch when borrowing. For example, Sanmenxia, when the border passed, Sanmen Cao Yun in the Song Dynasty was far inferior to the Tang Dynasty, or there were people in the use of the Tang Dynasty's plank road to pull fiber, the ship through the three gates, through the Guanzhong. As soon as the Northwest Campaign starts, this luck will be even more important.

Later generations will combine the bamboo cage method with the plank road, do not use the bamboo cage, directly under the stone at the time of the tide, but the peripheral stones are equipped with stone rings, and the stone rings are connected with ropes. Because it is not a bamboo cage, the stone rings are all outside the embankment, which is convenient for replacing ropes. But in this way, the outer stone walls become a whole. Even the stones inside can be strung together in this way, so that the whole embankment forms a whole. Then fill it with plaster and lay down the wooden rafts.

From a distance, the river embankment looks like a piece of fish scales, so it is also called a fish scale pond.

The cost is slightly higher, but not much higher than the bamboo cage method.

But what about the effect?

In the eyes of everyone like Zhang Xia, I immediately felt that something was wrong. He asked in surprise, "Why didn't you notify so-and-so earlier?" ”

Wang Anshi asked strangely: "This also has to be thought about slowly." Dr. Zheng said that the ability of water conservancy, you can rank in the top three of my court, you didn't expect it, how could Dr. Zheng think of it all at once? ”

This is not the case.

In fact, this time Zhang Xiazhi dike has a remarkable effect, without this fish scale pond, the Qiantang River will be peaceful for the following decades. If this method is given in advance, it is equivalent to snatching credit from Zhang Xia. So I didn't give it until it was about the same time.

It's not a give, it's also a demonstration of ability.

Otherwise, Zhang Xiaruo doesn't like himself, and in the same city, it will be difficult to do the follow-up. And what he did may be something that the Chinese people have never done since ancient times.

Wang Anshi didn't know the real situation inside, so he immediately refuted it.

Zhang Xia was speechless.

Yes, it is a Qian's bamboo cage method to build an embankment, which seems very simple, but why did no one think of it before?

This method is also very simple, just like building a polder, it is a simple method, but thousands of years have passed, and who remembers?

Wang Anshi said again: "Dr. Zheng has another concern. ”

"What concerns?"

"The best way to do it is here." As he spoke, he took out another letter, which was actually a drawing and some instructions. The best fish scale pond is to crisscross the stones, and the grooves and tenons are chiseled between the stones, which is similar to the principle of stringing stones with ropes, but can be changed later. Instead of ropes, they were forcibly fitted with cast iron, and the joints were watered with putty and glutinous rice slurry. The next step was the same embankment, nailed to the bottom of the stone pond with plum blossom piles and horse tooth piles.

Only one new change occurs in the middle.

But this is the real fish scale pond, but the cost, and the real cost.

Therefore, it is listed as one of the three major civil engineering projects in China, along with the Great Wall and the Grand Canal.

The key is the consideration of cost, and the current Qiantang River is not the later bell, and the kind of bell mouth is the most harmful. The salt officials and the people of Haiyan have been tossed by this kind of trumpet for hundreds of years.

Now it is a triangle, there is no obstacle, the tide is coming, and it has arrived in Hangzhou all of a sudden.

But in Hangzhou, the power of the trend gradually declined. Hangzhou is the saddest, followed by Yanguan and Haiyan. There is harm, but it is far less harmful than the harm of the Hereafter. Is it worth using this most expensive fish scale pond method? Zheng Lang made some improvements, replacing cast iron with ropes.

Zhang Xia was a little worried with the two drawings in his hands, and if there were any, needless to say, they had reached this level. Seeing that Zheng Jiazi also agrees with the former method, after all, funding is a serious constraint.

But once and for all, the latter method is the best.

"We disturbed Zhang Zhuan," Wang Anshi and Yan Rong bowed slightly and took their leave.

How to choose is Zhang Xia's business, Zheng Lang will never interfere, and it is even more difficult for the two to intervene.

The two walked out.

Few people in Hangzhou knew them, and three people rushed to Taiping Prefecture to attend Zheng Lang's meeting.

With the Wang brothers, I went around Hangzhou City.

A very large city, how many people are not what they can ask, can hear some news from the market, only rely on the food, that is, they do not produce food, by buying food to make a living of the people reached 1670,000 people, the north and south business districts are not counted, Liu Sanbian said that the difference of 100,000 households is too much, but the difference of 80,000 families is not far away.

In addition, a large number of past merchants have to buy ** thousand stone grain every day to maintain the people's grain, so Hangzhou Canal rice is particularly important to Hangzhou, and is called Beimen rice by Hangzhou people.

The east of the city is the Qiantang River, and the west is the West Lake, a river and a lake squeeze the whole city into a long and narrow shape, and there is a point, there are many water bridges.

Along the way, this is the real Jiangnan water town, with small bridges and flowing water, pavilions and pavilions, brown tiles and eaves, and rich people. Walking all the way to the north gate of the Grand Canal, it is to see the new officials.

The imperial court not only let Zheng Lang come to Hangzhou, but also a series of officials arrived in Hangzhou one after another.

Ye Qingchen is also in the ranks of the Gentlemen's Party, and he was put in Liangzhejiang as the deputy envoy for transshipment, and he was sent to Hangzhou at the same time as Fu Bi, and Su Shunqin, who wrote to him. Lu Yijian is not in the capital, but there is still a group of "villains" in the capital.

Let you go to Hangzhou and see how people are gentlemen.

There are also a few people, such as Fan Zhongyan's brother-in-law Zheng Jian, who married Li Changling's daughter, although the Li family died, the relationship between the two families remained. There is also the Great Song Dynasty, because of its loyalty, it is also innocently classified in the ranks of the Gentlemen's Party, Li Shu harmed it, and said that Song, the combination of the order, the suburbs, the Jiao, and the name of the joint are unknown.

Don't say that Li Shu is shameless, he is originally a shameless person.

Xia Zhu can say that he fought back decisively, putting aside the history books recorded by the gentlemen, the grievances are actually a super confused account. He's the one who doesn't recruit him and bites.

Zhao Zhen didn't care, and in order to protect, he officially changed the name of the Great Song Dynasty to Song Zhen. are all objects of hatred of the "villain", and the other person is a little afraid to touch him, Han Qi!

Under the snatching, Ye Qingchen was put in Liangzhe.

Let's see if Zheng Lang can be reformed.

Hugh said that a group of "villains" in the capital, Lu Yijian also made them quarrel when he was the prime minister in the capital.

There is also a group of people, Han Yi is still in the capital, and he came to the central government to invite me, I am not the prime minister, but I also have to take care of my son, the official does not ask too much, just ask for a small military membership. Is there any mistake, now Hangzhou is not Taiping Prefecture, whether it is participating in the military, judging and promoting officials, it is a very important official position, and by the way, it is a political achievement.

actually asked him to beg to let Han Jiang come to Hangzhou. Zheng Lang did not reject Han Jiang, and did not make a sound after hearing it.

He is not the only one who joins in the fun, Lu Yijian is very relieved to see the new Zhongyong come out, and his third son is like a rising star. This starting point is not the same, and his son is afraid that he has no talent and no political achievements, and if he rises, he will far surpass Wang Anshi and Sima Guang.

There is no need for him to come forward, someone is talking, and Lu Gongbi is here. Zheng Lang's two students came. The new scholars Xue Lihe and Cui Huangchen, because Wu Yu had quite a political record as a county magistrate in Lin'an County, let his younger brother Wu Chong also come, and Fan Zhen was sentenced to more than 70, and the world was not satisfied, and he was also transferred to Hangzhou.

Several sons of prime ministers, as well as new champions with real names, the future of the ship, and the audience is like a mountain.

Wang Anshi and Yan Rong hid behind the people, and said with a wry smile: "This time, Mr. has to suffer." ”

Advised by Zhao Zhen, several sons called Mr. in person, but they could continue to call Zheng Lang Mr. behind their backs.

Yan Rong walked so far because he was fat, and it was hot, so he sat on a piece of bluestone and couldn't help wiping his sweat with his hands.

Then scratch your head.

His mind is very simple, but under the influence of other sons, he still knows some simple tricks of scheming officialdom.

After thinking about it for a while, I also felt that the teacher would be very troublesome.

This line, they came first, just to inspect, for the teacher to see the truth of Hangzhou. Although it is prosperous, there are problems in many places. It is far from the illusion shown by the bustling city of Hangzhou at this time. For example, salt, the harshness of the salt field makes them miserable. If the teacher doesn't come, he has to meddle with his temper. Is it directly PK with the salt law of the imperial court?

There is also tea, wine, and some lake fields and teradas, which are far from the original Taiping Prefecture.

This group is even more troublesome.

Ye Qingchen, Fu Bi, and Su Shunqin are gentlemen, Ye Qingchen is still half a boss immediately, and the teacher wants to change Hangzhou's income by five or six times, which is not trivial, but it is "active" under their noses, these gentlemen even want to pull Huang Yanjing a horse, not to mention the teacher. Especially that Su Shunqin, which made them feel very dangerous.

This person used to have a relationship with the teacher for a period of time when he was learning words, and it was a personal relationship. In terms of official business, this person is a radical and dangerous person similar to Shi Jie's surname.

and by Lu Gong, Han Jiang. The teacher's theory is very simple, for himself and others. What is oneself and others? Zheng Lang made a simple analogy, more than a dozen children fell into the river, one of them was his own son, it was right to save his own son first, but after saving it, he had to save other people's children immediately, even if he gave his own life. This is De Ying. If you rescue other people's children one by one, you can sit and watch your own son drown in front of your eyes. That's not called love, it's called anger. If you don't even love your own son, what qualifications do you have to love someone else's son?

In official business, if his son makes a mistake, then he should be punished, which is fair, or he should not be allowed to be an official. This is also a balance between everyone and the small family. On the contrary, if your son has the ability, you should be brave enough to recommend him instead of defiling yourself. Therefore, it is said that raising relatives does not avoid hatred, this is the style of the ancient doctors.

Therefore, with this foundation, if it is good, the teacher will be reused, and if it is not good, the teacher will inevitably not be reused, or even impeached by the court. But the father behind these two ...... As well as the new jinshi, these new jinshi, one by one, they don't know the height of the sky, what are they doing in Hangzhou? Putting aside their glorious garments of Jinshi, it is better to summon some experienced old officials from Taiping Prefecture to come over.

But this change in the imperial court will replace half of the officials. It's not very good, it's better to go to Taiping Prefecture at the beginning, Zhao Tongju took a cadre of officials to continue to maintain the affairs of Taiping Prefecture, and the teacher quietly inspected Taiping Prefecture carefully, and then the world changed. For a long time in the middle, it was with Zhao Tongju in charge that the transition was smooth.

"Yes, Wang Sanlang, it's not good for the imperial court to do this," Yan Rong said with another handful of sweat.

"It's not just bad. Mr. is the golden mean, but in the end, he is young and strong, and I am afraid that most of the new scholars who come are older than Mr. There are so many troubles, and a few people with great backgrounds. It will be beyond the teacher's mediocre ability. ”

Yan Rong bowed his head and was silent.

The teacher's golden mean is not the way of balance, it is the way of adjustment, but this way of adjustment, the person who also needs to adjust has the ability and qualifications, that is, if he knows this way, can he reconcile Lu Yijian and Fan Zhongyan well?

Then he raised his head and looked into the distance, in the distance is the West Lake, thousands of miles of lotus flowers cover the sky, countless enchanting red lotus blooms among the green leaves, the mountains are empty, Yan Rong said: "Five or six times." ”

The teacher's talent is believed, but this five or six times makes Yan Rong puzzled.

In fact, in the palace of the capital in the distance, Zhao Zhen was also puzzled after hearing Wang Zhaoming's report, in his mind, the so-called support requires a lot of money and manpower from the state, but it is only a decree, and it is only a decree of the city.

As long as Hangzhou's income is increased by five or six times, I will hand over all the several city companies to you, so that you can toss it?

And then I couldn't figure it out.

But what else could stop the Song Dynasty from progressing towards greater prosperity? Even the year's disasters are not good, just a little recovery, the Song Dynasty is more stable than before, so the whole country is preparing for a great sacrifice that has never been seen in the ages, civil and military officials work together, headed by Song Shou, redraw the "Lu Bo Tuji", a total of ten volumes of long text, explaining the suburbs of the ceremonies required for the jade chariot battle and the class of magic weapons, scattered fans, royal horses and so on. The number of men used alone was 20,000 and sixty-one.

Zhao Zhen looked at the rehearsal of more than 20,000 people, and a rare smile appeared on his face.