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, wrenched 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 Qingjiang and 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 chapped 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 flood 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, walked 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 this 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......"

In the end, literati have many minds. Yu Jackie Chan only understated it, and Jin Fu knew his intentions, so he put a sentence first and left it for impeachment in the future. Last year, due to the concentration of financial resources and manpower to repair the embankment, there were breaches on this side of the Yellow River from time to time, flooding 17 townships in Qingjiang County. Jin Fu thought about it, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said with a twist: "Your brother is not an amateur in governing Shuiyuan. This is not something that can be explained clearly by reading a few sentences of poetry. Even if King Yu controls the water, it will take nine years. In the past nine years, has there not been a single breach or disaster? ”

The more he talked, the more twisted he became, and Yu Jackie Chan also felt that he had started by himself and had gone too far. But when he thought that this prominent red-topped man would take the path of a pearl in Beijing University, Yu Chenglong felt disgusted, so he sneered: "So it seems that it will take nine years to achieve peace in the realm?" Fortunately, nine years and ten years are the affairs of the commander, and even if he is in this situation, he cannot allow the flood to flood for another nine years! ”

"You said it was my business, wrong. This is a major event for Li Min Sheji. Jin Fu took a bite and pushed it back. He knew very well that in front of such a person, he couldn't leave the slightest handle, because he said, "I said that King Yu is not comparing himself - the river affairs are so erosive, you have to clean it up step by step!" Your brother is steep on the cliff, and I admire it very much. But after all, you're not on the river, and there are some things that you don't know. Not to mention, the year before last, Gaoyou Qingshuitan, Lu Mangou and Jiangdu Datan Bay had several executions, a total of more than 300 zhang; In May last year, Qingshuitan decided again, and Xinghua City was deep in water! You're not here, Lord Lingtang lives here, please tell her that we don't have the strength, or is the magistrate negligent? Don't think that you alone care about the people's suffering, and the people are suffering, is it just you and me who are anxious? The emperor was so anxious that he couldn't sleep all night! The more Jin Fu spoke, the more excited he became, the words poured out like water opening the floodgates, stepped forward and grabbed Chen Huang and Feng Zhiren's hands one by one, and stretched them out to Yu Chengchan: "These two in front of you are the 'Qingke' you said, pampered people - Feng Zhiren is less than forty, and Chen Huang is only twenty-nine years old!" Can you see that? If you look at their hands, are they playing the piano and chess? ”

Seeing him so angry, Yu Chenglong took a step back in shock, and then took a serious look at Jin Fu, Chen Huang and Feng Zhiren. Feng Zhiren looked like he was sixty years old, already bald, and his sparse gray hair was always together, less than the thickness of a little finger. Chen Huang's face was carved like a knife by the river wind, full of wrinkles, as dark as bronze, and only a pair of eyes were blazing, indicating that he was still in his prime.

Yu Chengchan's face sank, and he was also a little moved. But this was only a matter of a moment, and the arrogance brought by his nature flowing in his blood quickly overcame a fleeting warmth, and he said with a slight smile: "My lord, the river workers know their hard work and humble duties, but they are not as good as my people!" The state uses soldiers, and one-third of the wealth comes from Jiangsu and Zhejiang, what crime do they suffer? It has only been ten days since I took office, and more than 40 abandoned babies have been picked up in the nursery I set up, and if their parents have a mouthful of food, they will not abandon their own flesh and blood! At this point, Yu Jackie Chan paused, his eyes flashing with tears. He glanced at the peach grove in the distance, raised his hand, and looked back without looking back.

Jin Fu gritted his teeth and returned to the signing room of the Governor's Office, without saying a word, he rolled up his sleeves and grinded ink to write a fold, and participated in the impeachment of this rude platform, but was held down by Feng Zhiren and said: "Commander, I can't help it!" ”

"What a governor, this governor is really not a man!" Jin Fu's lips turned blue with anger, and he shuddered and dropped the pen, and the dripping ink shook Chen Huang's body. At this moment, Peng Xueren, who had only come back from the river last month, came in to pay respects, and there was a drop on his face, and he stopped and asked in surprise: "My lord, what's wrong?" Chen Huang saw that Jin Fu didn't answer, so he said: "The adults and newcomers are angry with Yu Observation, and they must have ...... impeachment."

When Peng Xueren heard that it was Yu Chengchan, he stood stunned for a long time, and sighed: "My lord, just follow what I said about this matter, I can't get involved." Feng Zhiren also persuaded: "What Lao Peng said is that although Yu Chengchan is arrogant and rude, in the end, he is a clean official, and the migrant workers below him are all from this area. ”

"He's a clean official, am I a stolen official?" The fire in Jin Fu's heart jumped one after another, and he roared loudly, "Cedar used to be a county official in Anhui, not to mention Tianyi and Zhiren, look at me Jin Fu is greedy for ink?" Do I have relatives in my staff? I have been an official for 20 years, and my family has lost 10,000 taels of silver, does he know that Yu Jackie Chan? ”

Peng Xueren just came back from the Xiaojiadu Dam embankment, it seemed that he was still a little dusty, after listening to everyone's words, he already knew a rough idea, he sat down and took a sip of tea, and said: "Yu Chenglong is waiting for you to join him, don't be fooled!" ”

"Why?" Chen Huang said in surprise.

"If your lord participates in him at this time, he will naturally fall as soon as he participates, and now the emperor will never refute your face." Peng Xueren is an old official in the officialdom, and he understands the eunuch feelings, and said calmly, "You say that you are clear, we all believe this, but you are from a wealthy family, and you can't show your innocence!" Now you are in charge of the river workers, and you spend money like flowing water, and no one believes it. Yu Jackie Chan is a scholarly person, and if he gets this cheap, he will become famous! Mrs. Yu Chenglong has been in Qingjiang for three years, planting and eating by herself, Dumen is a guest, and Mrs. Yu is already a fate, and she is still wearing a jingmu hairpin. His eldest son bought a chicken during the holidays, and was scolded by his wife for twenty canes in court. If this official does not come to the river to stir up, he is really impeccable. This time, you fell in with him, and the people here gave him Wanmin umbrellas, and there will be a boycott of the city, and maybe there will be people knocking on the ground. If the lord is faint, maybe he will put his hand away, the Lord is so holy, how can you really let you really join him? But half a year later. Therefore, the more such a person participates, the better his reputation, and the more he participates, the faster he is promoted......"

Chen Huang has no official position, listening to such a way of promotion, it is a bit novel, after thinking about it for a long time, he feels that it makes sense, so he smiled and said: "Since Cedar has mastered these mysteries of promotion, why don't you learn it?" Peng Xueren said: "I can't learn, there are 200 hectares of land at home!" Feng Zhiren smiled dumbly.

Jin Fu sat down, he already understood that participating in the performance would not help. This is less than Jackie Chan, isn't it that after being participated in by Ge Lishen, he jumped over the fourth level in three years and became a Taoist. Ge Li is disgraced with the dignity of his uncle, why should he follow in his footsteps? After a long time, Jin Fu patted his knees and sighed in frustration: "Some righteous men and gentlemen do bad things, and they are even more difficult to fight than villains!" Peng Xueren said: "What the adults said is true." Yu Jackie Chan is arrogant, lonely and self-appreciative, but he loves the people, why not make some ideas on this and turn war into jade silk with him? ”

"What Yu Jackie Chan said is also the truth." Feng Zhiren said, "In my opinion, the commander endured this breath, gritted his teeth and gave him 180,000 yuan in his way, and asked him to take it to help the people. ”

The use of money has always been in the hands of Chen Huang. He stood up, propped up the back of the chair, thought about it, and said: "The spring famine is indeed a matter - not for him and Jackie Chan, but also for the people!" In this way, take out 50,000 yuan and hand it over to Yu Jackie Chan first! ”

"Who dares to move the 500,000 silver?" Jin Fu frowned and said, "This is a business that can make hats with your head, in fact, there are still 70,000 miles left, where is the surplus of 50,000?" Chen Huang smiled and said: "It costs 200,000 yuan to repair the long embankment of Qingshuitan, and I originally wanted to have a little subsidy left on the Zhonghe River. ”

It's a dream! Jin Fu smiled: "Tianyi is not telling a joke? I've seen no less than 20 times there, and I can't do it without 570,000! ”

"Several of you are old river affairs, what you said is good, relying on manual repair, 500,000 is really tight." Chen Huang said, "But those of us who control the river should not only think about the river damage, but also think about the river benefit—" He got up and walked to the sand table set up under the east wall. Pointing to the topography of the Qingshuitan area, he said, "This is located in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, two feet and three feet lower than the river level, and the flood water is more than four zhang higher as soon as it comes. He clasped his hands together, and then roughly talked about the situation of the embankment in Kaifeng Tieniu Town.

Jin Fu and the three of them walked a few steps closer to the sand table, and while listening to Chen Huang, they nodded and pondered, already smiling. Jin Fuyin said with a smile: "With this extra silver item, not only can it be sent to Jackie Chan's side, but even the insufficient amount of Zhonghe excavation has been made up." But this matter can only be known to us, and the cadres in the household department see the silver like flies seeing blood, and they will have to fight our famine again. Even Yu Jackie Chan must also make it clear that there is a loan and a repayment, otherwise it will be like us bribes, and if we do a good thing, it will still not be good! ”