The fat man didn't dare to delay, he rushed back overnight, and after discussing with Second Master Jin, he immediately decided to take half of the land, but half of the land would cost them nearly 30,000 taels of silver, and the Jin family could only earn back the wealth in a few years. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

"Hehe, Young Master Fang is really wise, this acre of land is a hundred taels of silver, and there are really fools to buy it. After selling the land, everyone in Baiya Village smiled widely, which family did not have a few acres of land? They sold half of their land, but they made at least a few hundred taels of silver, a huge sum of money that they had never seen in their lives.

With this money, they bought oxen and iron tools to reclaim the wasteland. Anyway, for them, they just need to be able to eat, and it doesn't matter if it's good or not. The kind of thing that can only be used on the table of officials and nobles.

"Xu Jiang, how much money do we have at our disposal now?" Fang Hong called Xu Jiang to a shop in the Fang family and asked.

"Young Master Fang, we have obtained about 35,000 taels of silver from the homes of various officials, 20,000 taels from the hands of bandits from all over the country, plus some jewels and grain, the total should be more than 60,000 taels of silver. In addition to the expenditure on the inspection department, we can use about 45,000 taels. Xu Jiang is also a practical person, and as soon as he heard Fang Hong's question, he replied without thinking.

"There is so much money, you say, how about I build a dam in Changning County?" Fang Hong knocked on the table, pondered for a moment, and then spoke.

"Repair...... Repair the embankment?" Xu Jiang was stunned, he didn't expect that the Lord Chenghuang would propose to repair the embankment, this matter should be something that these officials should consider.

"Last year, a drought affected tens of thousands of people in Changning County, leaving thousands without a way to live. Only by building dikes and digging ponds can we store water for disaster relief in times of drought and drain water to protect the people when flooded. Fang Hong has been thinking about this plan for a long time, and he has been planning it since last winter.

"Young Master Fang, this matter is too important, I'll go back and make a charter, and then discuss it with the head of the workshop. Xu Jiang's face was solemn, and he nodded and said. Where he is studying, he also wants to help the world and save the people, and seek well-being for the people. It's just that after that, I couldn't make progress for a long time, so I lived in this county, and left all my lofty ambitions behind.

"Okay, I'll give you three days to complete this as soon as possible. Fang Hong said very seriously, he planned to make Changning his base camp, of course the life of this common people had to be taken care of. For the people are the foundation of his god.

"We must live up to our mission. Xu Jiang nodded heavily, then got up to say goodbye and went to the county office.

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"No, I don't agree, now that the drought has just passed, the people have not yet recovered, so they should focus on self-cultivation. If the water conservancy is overhauled at this time, it is really a waste of money and labor. Xu Jiang and others wanted to build a dam, of course, they couldn't bypass Li Baiqing's threshold, but they didn't expect that this matter would cause desperate opposition from the other party.

Li Baiqing's opposition is also justified. Although this construction of water conservancy is also a great achievement for him, it is also divided into two sides, and if there is no further drought during his tenure, then the dam will be of no use to him. Besides, he's just here, and he hasn't established himself yet, so of course he has to get his hands on the power first. If Xu Jiang put forward an opinion and he agreed, then what sense of existence did he have?

"Lord Mingfu, last year's drought affected all but fifteen villages in the south, and how many people were displaced? If we don't take advantage of the fact that we repair the embankment now and wait for the drought to come again, how will the people deal with themselves?" Xu Jiang has already received the order of the city god master, and of course he must strictly implement it.

"It's really funny, even if you build water conservancy, you should get the time of farming, now it's just spring, the people are busy farming, how can you free up your hands, even if you forcibly expropriate the young and strong, can you guarantee that they have no complaints?" Li Baiqing's words were also fierce, and he reprimanded Xu Jiang loudly.

Xu Jiang was silent, as if he had nothing to say. And Li Baiqing's eyes showed a slight sneer.

"Lord Mingfu......" After a long while, Xu Jiang slowly spoke, his eyes looking directly at Li Baiqing.

"What else do you want to say?" Li Baiqing was not afraid at all, he was the chief official, directly under the jurisdiction of the six ministries, if they were to build water conservancy, they had to ask for money through him. Of course, unless you have a very hard relationship, you can't get the money. Unfortunately, the relationship behind Li Baiqing is still quite hard. His uncle was an official in the six ministries of Nanzhili, don't think that the officials of Nanzhili are all old-aged, in fact, in this southern land, Nanzhili's influence is still very great.

"I want to say that I just informed you about this matter, and even if you don't agree, it won't affect the overall situation. Xu Jiang's face showed a hint of sneer. They don't have to go up to fund, and of course they won't be constrained.

"Bold! Are you disrespectful, believe it or not, I'll sue you for trespassing?" Li Baiqing shouted and slapped it on the table.

"Love doesn't go. Xu Jiang flicked his sleeves and immediately came out of the county office. Since Li Baiqing wants to tear his face, there is no need to give him face.

"You!" Li Baiqing is going to be angry, are these people in Changning County all crazy? Xu Jiang is just an adjutant, even if the water conservancy is built, then most of the credit will have to be shared by himself. But why did he still have to do it on his own? Could it be that he really intended to become the kind of Qing official who was blessed by the party?

Xu Jiang's efficiency was still very high, and he discussed with the director of the workshop for a night, and took out the charter the next day. They were going to build twelve dikes and a pond to store water.

The 12 were not very difficult, but they were just a valve that could be opened and closed in the middle of the twelve tributaries, which could be achieved by the craftsmen of the workshop. It is even easier to build Pitang, as long as Qingzhuang widens and deepens a larger tributary. With the strength of Changning County, it is completely possible to do this.

Originally, in the plan of the Xu River, it was still planned to build a barrage dam to divert the flood discharge of the entire Luotang River, but the Luotang River is dozens of zhang wide, connecting the Gong River, and the amount of water is huge. After much deliberation, he gave up anyway.

Instead of spending so much manpower and material resources, it is better to widen the river channels of each branch, so that the effect should not be bad.

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