Zhang Hu listened, quite moved.

He prides himself on not being incompetent, and he is even more different from ordinary idle clan children, he has always had great ambitions, and he has followed his father as an official since he was a child, and he is quite knowledgeable.

If you change to a royal family who eats and waits for death, I am afraid that I don't know what a "rake and plow" is, let alone what a big loquat is to dry rice.

But Zhang Hu knew.

In Ganzhou, every year at the beginning of spring, Zhizhou has to preside over the spring meeting, when there are farmers to make the spring ox plough the field on the big ceremony, praying for the wind and rain in the year, and the harvest of the five grains, which is an important part of the spring meeting.

For two years in a row, he stood behind his father Zhang Zhi and saw it clearly.

At that time, he didn't pay much attention to it, but when he heard Li Gongyi mention it at this time, he immediately remembered what it looked like when he was raking and plowing the land.

It is precisely because of what he has seen that the more Zhang Hu thinks about it, the more he feels that it works.

It's just that there are still omissions.

He pondered for a while, then turned to the staff on the side and asked, "What do you think?" ”

Most of the staff were scribes, and when they were studying hard in the cold window, if they were in Taixue, Baima, Liangshan, Qingming and other big academies, Mr. had a lot of experience as officials in the court, and he could probably teach a little bit about water conservancy.

Besides, when someone else became a staff member, where would he always review such a thing as a dry and unhindered thing, that is, there was originally a three or two points, and now there is not much left.

Besides, if you really have great ability, why bother to invest in Zhang Zhimen?

Hydraulic engineering is a specialist, the dynasty selects a professional officer, not through the ordinary imperial examination, but another way, as long as there is a skill, since the examination, generally can be an official.

At this time, seeing Zhang Hu asking, everyone looked at each other, but they had to dig out their minds to figure it out.

Knowing that this son, like his father, was not a man who was blindly inclined to listen to him—such a character, it was better to be perfunctory—they each came up with their own words.

A staff member stepped forward and said, "According to the villain's humble opinion, there is something wrong with this thing. ”

Zhang Hu turned to him and said, "Where?" ”

The staff said: "The iron claw is only a few catties, but the sand and silt under the river for many years have been accumulated, and I don't know how thick it will be, but I am afraid that once the iron claw sinks into the mud, it will be difficult to pull it up, so how can I talk about dredging the silt?" ”

Zhang Hu thought for a while and said, "It's not difficult, as long as the size of the iron claw is bigger, you won't be ...... by the silt."

As soon as he said this, the staff knew how to respond.

At one time, there was another human: "The iron claw is bigger, but it is very scrap iron...... The eldest prince has just taken up his post now, and he should act in a thrifty manner - let the imperial history listen to it, and pinch it here to impeach the extravagant fee, but it is not good. ”

Another humanitarian: "That's right, but also let the court know that the eldest prince is sympathetic to the people's suffering." ”

Li Gongyi was listening, and when he saw that a group of people were seriously discussing the iron dragon claw mud cart method, he couldn't believe it.

Zhang Hu said again: "Iron claws are expensive, so how about using wood to make claws?" If the hook is made long, it will naturally not sink deeply. ”

A staff member grew up by the river when he was young, and after thinking about it seriously, he only felt that it was wrong, and said: "If you use wood as a claw, the weight of the wood is smaller than the water, I am afraid that it will float, how can I clean up the silt......

This time, without Zhang Hu opening his mouth, someone else helped to reply: "This one is easy, the wood floats in the water, but the stone sinks in the water, you might as well press the wooden claws with a boulder, and you can naturally sink to the bottom, and it doesn't cost anything - as long as you go to dozens of jobs and go to the side of the mountain to mine the boulders!" ”

Iron Dragonclaw is fine, and someone else is eyeing the mud to show that they are not eating dry food.

The man said: "The mud is very heavy, I am afraid that after scratching, it will sink again, and the water will not go away, but what will happen?" ”

Li Gongyi hurriedly stood up and said: "I want to do this in late spring and early summer, when the heavy rain stops - at this time, the river is turbulent, just to wash away the silt!" ”

Everyone discussed here for a long time, checking and filling in the gaps, and in just half a day, they had already made up for it.

This time, without Zhang Hu's orders, as soon as the staff members scrambled to make the charter.

This said: "The eldest prince, this law is so good, but it must be born from beginning to end to be a secretary, and later talents can follow the step-by-step process, draw the gourd in the same way, so as not to go on a crooked road, and in the future to dedicate it to the court, but it is a thousand years of 'words' work!" ”

The one said: "The eldest son, the villain is willing to accept this matter, and when it is written, it will be presented to the prince for a closer look!" ”

- It turned out that in Ganzhou back then, everyone looked at Gu Yanzhang's staff and each of them had an official body, and they were really envious, and they inquired carefully, knowing that some people relied on teaching and governing the state, some people relied on the law of first-hand economic liquidation, and finally some people relied on a text to help write the rules, especially in the end, the person who still had to see the face of the sky, and now the official fortune is prosperous, how can it not attract their coveting?

Following Zhang Hu, the first two items are unsuccessful - there is no such opportunity, even with this opportunity, I really don't have the ability, or it takes too much effort, but as long as this charter is written, with the background of the Zhang family, it shouldn't be very difficult to meet Zhang Shengren in the palace!

Not to mention that everyone here is scrambling to write, Zhang Hu saw it in his eyes, how he didn't know what they were trying to do, he thought a little in his heart, and ordered him to write an article, and the matter was over.

Without the first merit, although the staff were disappointed, they thought that in the future, this method would be successful, and it would not be difficult to share the work, so they were not very dissatisfied.

In the end, there are still some old people in it, and said: "This matter is very important, and it should be carefully considered." ”

Zhang Hu's mind turned very fast, and said: "Speculation is to deliberate, but it is useless to talk in the end, there is a stream in the back garden of my house, and based on the stream, I will try this iron dragon claw mud truck method on the top, and see if it works!" ”

After a moment of discussion, a staff member asked where Li Gongyi lived—it was originally in the inn near the Baokang Gate Wazi.

Zhang Hu had a heart for money, and specially sent someone to send the 800 yuan he promised to him according to what was said on the list.

Yujie to Baokangmen, all the way through Panlou Street, Zhouqiao, Xiangguo Temple, Baokangmen Wazi, all are densely populated places, and the people who send things deliberately go very slowly, to the place, but also to publicize it. Within two days, the whole capital knew that there was a person surnamed Li, who presented the Iron Dragon Claw Lifting Mud Cart's method to the younger brother of the Queen Mother, and won a great reward.

If it is just other delicate things, this plow-shaped iron claw, I can't see anything unusual, it can get 800 guan, how can it not provoke people's eyes?

All of a sudden, the people of the city were red-eyed, and they made great efforts to find things that could control the water, but those who could afford to swing things were butterflies and dragonflies, and there were also idlers who looked at them twice to see if they could pull their wings down and study them, so that they could find out what reason, and fan up the mud and sand under the Bianhe River—who called these two things that were fluttering and fluttering indiscriminately on weekdays, as if they could really put out a little wind?

The crowd was so excited, just because of how the few servants in the capital water prison could be used, Zhang Hu has always been selfless in doing things, and he is not stingy with his own upside down, and because of trust, he sent his staff to review the various laws offered by the people.

The staff who had been assigned an errand to write the chapter law at the head of the staff had only worked hard for a few days to draw up the manuscript that should be drafted, and it was indeed full of splendor and splendor. Zhang Hu looked at it, nodded at the same time, asked him to copy it, and then asked the plumber to check it carefully, and then send it to the Chinese book for review.

The staff member took the order to come out, went to change into a new clothes, carefully cleaned his hands with soap, lit incense, took the good ink that had been treasured for many years, carefully polished it thickly, and copied it again and again—sure enough, from beginning to end, there was no imperfection.

At this time, a group of people came into the house to look for him and asked what it was, and one of them was about to reach out to get it, but he stopped him with his sleeve and said, "You haven't washed your hands!" Don't defile the eldest prince's recital! ”

There was a burst of laughter.

Someone called him by name and sighed: "You boy, with this thing, if you soar in the future, don't forget us!" ”

The staff shook his head and said to himself: "I haven't reached that day yet, and I can't say anything right now." ”

Everyone flattered him, and then asked, "Are you going to give this fold to the eldest prince?" ”

He hesitated for a moment and said, "I was going to take a look at the water supervisor first......

Someone sneered: "In my opinion, there are few people in the water prison who use it, but it's just a name!" Many people in the city have never had access to water conservancy, but they also know the method of offering water conservancy, and there are so many people here that only three or two documents are handed over, and they are all written in a mess, so that people can't read it! I can't complain that I have been curing water for many years in the past, and I have never cured a look! ”

This someone chimed in: "The Bianqu is repaired every year, destroyed every year, and the Yellow River also bursts its embankment every year. I don't know what I'm doing every day after taking the imperial court! ”

Then he was jealous and said, "If you let me sit in their place...... Hum! Where would there be such a corpse vegetarian meal! ”

Someone ridiculed again: "Last time, there was a person surnamed Shen who came to hand over the method of water conservancy, and he wrote it without knowing what to do, just look at his person - my obedient, his hands are all mud, and his fingernails are all black, and I don't know which mud to roll back into, such a character, he is embarrassed to say that he is an official!" I don't have to defile the prefix 'treasure' on the official's head! ”

Everyone discussed here, and dispersed, leaving the staff member in charge of copying carefully holding the fold, and hesitated for a long time, but still did not go to the back office, but carefully received the piece into the wooden box, covered it with cloth, and sent it to Zhang Hu early the next day-

The water workers in the water prison on the left and right didn't seem to be very capable, so they just gave them the folds, and it didn't matter much. Besides, if you really have such black hands, what if you stain the documents you carefully copied?!

***

At the end of February, when it was about to be clear, at this time, everything was born, and the grass was green, because Sun Yunniang was invited several times, Ji Qingling couldn't push it, so he went to Jinmingchi with her to step on the spring.

Since Sun Yunniang was rescued by Ji Qingling, she has been thinking about it, it is easy to see people, and she has missed it several times, and when she finally has a relationship, she simply sees the other party as a fairy, and she can't wait to offer it with flowers and fruits. This time it is rare to go out together, Sun Yunniang is really happy, and she will make the next girl and mother-in-law turn around, and she has to take "the pastries that were made in the morning", and "help Sister Ji put a cushion on the back of her head", and she is so busy jumping around the treetops like birds that have just started spring.

At this time, it was the season, and although I had not reached the first day of the third month, the road was full of cars and horses.

Needless to say, the scenery in the Jinming Pond is really beautiful, the two took a lot of people to walk around, and when they came out, the original road was already tightly blocked by people and cars, even an ant wanted to climb over and could not walk on the flat ground, afraid that it would be good to turn over the carriage.

Someone went to inquire and came back and said, "What bad luck! There was a horse in front of him that killed someone, and several more carriages overturned, and the ground was covered with blood! ”

The coachman of the Gu family said: "Look at this, I can't walk for an hour or two, I remember that there is a road behind me, which is also a big road, and I can drive, but I have to go around to Dailoumen." ”

The old grandmother who took Sun Yunniang out of the Sun family heard that the road ahead was blocked, and she was upset, and she heard that the ground was full of blood, so she was so scared that she couldn't do it, for fear that Sun Yunniang would see it, so she hurriedly said: "Dailoumen is easy to walk, the road is smooth and wide, and it is not a long road!" Let's go to the door of the building! ”

After a moment of discussion, the two families walked straight forward, without turning back, and walked around the riverside avenue.

Compared to the road, this avenue is really dusty, Ji Qinglingyuan also lifted the curtain to look out, but was choked by the dust, and hurriedly put the curtain down.

Although she went out today to step into spring, she was a little tired after a day of walking, so she leaned on the pillow and squinted, and it was half-asleep and half-awake, when she suddenly heard the uneven sound of orders outside.

The sound was far away, but it was huge, and there was a clanging sound mixed in with it.

She sat up with her hands folded and asked, "What sound?" ”

Qiu Yue hurriedly lifted the curtain, looked out, and after a while, she shrank back, and said lightly: "It's not a big deal, it seems that the ditch is being repaired in that place." ”

Before he could finish speaking, he heard a loud rumbling sound ahead, followed by the neighing of horses' hooves and the screams of men.

The carriage that Ji Qingling was riding immediately stopped, and the coachman shouted outside: "Madame, get out of the carriage first, and the top slips and falls down!" ”

Several people got out of the carriage one after another, found an unobstructed place to hide, and sure enough, they saw a huge stone in front of them that could only be hugged by seven or eight people smashed on a carriage, crushing the carriage to shreds, and the horse could not dodge, and was pressed down, bleeding all over the ground, and was wailing.

There were many people running out, and when they heard no big movement in the middle, they dared to stand still and look back.

Ji Qingling glanced at it, and saw that Sun Yunniang was helping people out of the carriage behind her, although she was shocked, but fortunately there were no external injuries, so she turned her head and asked with a frown: "Is there anyone else in the car?" ”

The carriage in front of him was crushed and tattered, and there were stones sitting on it, and he could not see anything, but he heard the screams of men, and there was no sound at this time, and I don't know whether the man who screamed had run out, or whether he had been seriously wounded, and there was no sound.

The coachman hurriedly said, "The villain went forward to take a look." ”