Stopping and stopping along the way, about two days later, in the afternoon, Liu Ying and his party arrived in Sanyuan.

Compared with the lotus spoon located in the lower reaches of the Zhengguo Canal, Sanyuan County is undoubtedly larger and stronger.

The reason for this is because Sanyuan County is located at the intersection of Jingshui and Zhengguo Canal.

Dozens of miles west of Sanyuan is Jingshui; Ten miles to the north is Zheng Guoqu.

To be precise, it is the position of Zheng Guoqu about 50 miles northwest of Sanyuan, which flows out from Jingshui.

Such a unique geographical advantage makes Sanyuan County, as early as the Warring States Period when the Zhengguo Canal was not built, be surrounded by abundant water resources of Jingshui, attracting countless farmers to live in Weibei.

Although later, Qin repaired the Zhengguo Canal, which made the population distribution of Weibei relatively balanced, and the war at the end of the Qin Dynasty, also caused the population of Sanyuan County to drop sharply.

But Rao is like this, and today's Sanyuan is still a large county with a household registration of nearly 20,000 and a population of more than 80,000.

- You must know that even Chang'an is now only more than 50,000 households and more than 200,000 people!

In the Kanto region, especially in Dai, Zhao, Yan and other places where the land is barren and sparsely populated, some slightly smaller counties have a population of only about 100,000!

With such a high-density population distribution and being located on the fertile soil of Weibei, the land near Sanyuan is naturally relatively scarce compared to other areas in Guanzhong.

Fortunately, Liu Ying did not plan to stay for a long time during this trip, so he did not send anyone to find a place to stay, and drove through Sanyuan and went straight to the Zhengguo Canal construction site north of Sanyuan.

The chariot walked out of Sanyuan for only a few miles, and as Liu Ying expected, Yangchengyan rode a mule and slowly came to Liu Ying's car.

"Shaofu, please go to the chariot and go with the orphan."

After a brief greeting, Liu Ying waved his hand and called Yang Chengyan to his prince's chariot.

After Yangcheng was polite, he finally got into the chariot with 'hospitality', and Liu Ying didn't detour much and went straight to the point.

"What happened upstream?"

As soon as he asked, Liu Ying made a serious look and waited for Yang Chengyan's reply.

In fact, Yangchengyan only set off from Chang'an a few days earlier than Liu Ying.

A few days ago, when Chen Ping returned to Chang'an during the festival, Yangchengyan was still in Chang'an, presiding over the preparation of the grain official camp.

But this did not prevent Liu Ying from opening her mouth and directly asked about the repair of Zheng Guoqu.

Sure enough, as soon as Liu Ying's words fell, Yang Chengyan gave up his hand a little and told all the drafts that had already been typed.

"Honored by the family."

"From the middle of November in winter to the beginning of February in spring, in the more than three months, all the officials and slaves of the Shaofu come and go to various places in Guanzhong to collect willows and stones."

"At the time of the winter solstice, the family gave food, and more than 40,000 Weibei people who promised to 'come back in spring' also weaved willow mats at home."

"At the beginning of spring and February, the minister re-summoned the people of Weibei to start the matter of consolidating the soil at the head of the canal."

"Another family was assassinated in Changling, and then wanted to build the government of the grain and rice official camp, and the ministers did not dare to repair the canal by mistake. The minister returned to Chang'an alone to prepare grain and rice for the official camp ······"

Hearing that Yang Chengyan made a slightly serious report, Liu Ying's expression on her face was also a little embarrassed.

——In the past six months, if you want to say who is the busiest in Guanzhong, it is undoubtedly at this moment, sitting in front of Liu Ying with a haggard face, and reporting to Liu Ying.

As far as Liu Ying knows: Since the end of August last year, when the army of Liu Bang, the Son of Heaven, was launched, it has been more than half a year, and Yangcheng has been full of battles, and he has stayed at home for more than ten days!

First of all, Liu Bang's army was about to set out, and Yangchengyan, who was a young man, was busy preparing ordnance, arrows and other logistical baggage for the army.

After that, Liu Bang set out on an expedition, and almost at the same time, Liu Ying started the renovation work of Zheng Guoqu, and sent Yangchengyan to take the lead in surveying and preparing.

Until the winter solstice, the silt cleaning and river widening work in the lower reaches of the Zhengguo Canal were over, and the people of Weibei who spontaneously went to repair the canal received the grain given by Liu Ying and went home to weave willow mats for the whole winter.

Even Liu Ying was able to spend the winter in Chang'an.

However, Yang Chengyan, who is a Shaofu, took the tens of thousands of officials and slaves of Shaofu to run around Guanzhong, preparing the wicker for weaving willow mats and the gravel that swept 'Si' with willow.

In this way, he has been busy with the beginning of spring, and Liu Ying was assassinated in Changling, and the grain official camp plan was launched by Liu Ying in advance, and Yangchengyan rushed back to Chang'an non-stop to preside over the overall situation of Shaofu······

Liu Ying is very sure: In the past six months, Yangchengyan has definitely staged the drama of 'passing through the door three times without entering' more than once.

And all of this is thanks to Liu Ying, the prince who 'loves to toss'·······

"Ahem, ahem······"

"The pillar stone of the Shaofu country, half a year old, is really hard."

"Treat your father's class teacher, and you must do everything in this room, so as to give credit to your father in person!"

With a slightly embarrassed stiff laugh twice, and a promise of 'doing light work for you', Liu Ying turned the conversation stiffly and hurriedly brought the topic back on track.

"How's the progress of the canal?"

Hearing this, Yang Chengyan still had that serious, slightly tired look on his face.

"It's almost over."

"Since the beginning of spring and February, the minister has summoned the people of Weibei to bring the willow mats made up in winter to gather in Sanyuan."

"This March has arrived, and in the near month, there are more than 40,000 people in Weibei, plus 30,000 officials and slaves in Shaofu, all of which are along the Zhengguo Canal, and are made of willow mats and gravel."

Speaking of this, Yang Chengyan's words froze slightly, and his face was also slightly stiff.

"In addition to winter, 40,000 people from Weibei came from here, and in February, nearly 20,000 people came from themselves, saying that they wanted to build a canal for their homes."

"Ranchen thinks that the place where these more than 20,000 people came should be like the winter solstice in the Naitu family, giving grain, rice and food to the people······"

Hearing Yang Chengyan's words, Liu Ying was only stunned for a moment, and then shook his head with a smile.

"Hey!"

With a slight smug smile, Liu Ying raised her head a little contrivedly.

"This, because my father won the hearts of the people of the world and the support of the people~"

"With such a popular heart, why don't you worry about the Han family?"

Listening to Liu Ying unabashedly pasting gold on his father's face, Yang Chengyan only nodded a little in agreement.

After a while, he saw Yang Chengyan continue: "At the end of February, hundreds of thousands of Si have been completed, and the matter of paving the canal with Si is almost over. ”

"It's spring and March, and spring ploughing is imminent; Just wait for the house to look at the canal, if there is nothing wrong, you can reopen the canal. ”

After saying that, Yang Chengyan seemed to be relieved, loosened his shoulders that had been tense a little, and then looked at Liu Ying with a little expectation.

Seeing this, Liu Yingzong had the heart to ask about the hundreds of thousands of stone bricks, but he couldn't help but soften his heart.

"Hmmm······"

"That's what Shaofu said."

With a light smile and a nod, Liu Ying opened the window and looked at the side of the carriage, which was already a figure that was already somewhat familiar with Liu Ying.

"Whole school captain."

"The canal is about to be opened, so let the sons and daughters go quickly."

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Under the escort of the guards of the Southern Army, he once again came to the shore of Zhengguo Canal, and Liu Ying only felt relaxed and happy.

Although Liu Ying had only seen the situation of the downstream section of the river in Lianlao before, as the same artificial canal, the situation of the upstream and downstream was not much worse at all.

Liu Ying still clearly remembers that at the end of last year, when she went to Lian Lao, she saw the downstream of Zhengguo Canal, which was nearly 20 zhang wide and less than 2 zhang deep, and the bottom was covered with silt and branches, like a garbage heap.

And now, the upstream of Zhengguo Canal that Liu Ying saw north of Sanyuan is like a new building!

——The width of more than 10 zhang at the top, the width of 7 or 8 zhang at the bottom, and the depth of at least 3 zhang or more, make the section of the channel form an extremely neat inverted trapezoid!

At the bottom of the channel, a roll of cylindrical 'silicon' with a length of more than four feet and a diameter of about four inches is neatly laid along the direction of the water flow, like floor tiles!

What Liu Ying didn't expect the most was that the stone bricks that were stubbornly moved by Liu Ying to be used for 'repairing canals' were not laid at the bottom of Zhengguo Canal!

Turning sideways with joy on his face, Chaoyang Chengyan smiled meaningfully, and Liu Ying nodded slightly, which can be regarded as acknowledging the achievements of Yangchengyan's 'self-assertion'.

——In Liu Ying's plan, the stone bricks that were supposed to be laid at the bottom of the Zhengguo Canal were 'learned and used' by Yangchengyan and paved on the slope on the side of the canal!

It's not a full pavement, but a starting from the bottom of the canal, about two zhang up to a height of about two zhang, just higher than the water level of Zheng Guoqu in previous years!

In this way, when the head of the canal is reopened, those 'silicon' that has a very solid effect on the soil, but is slightly ugly, will be hidden in the canal.

The swarthy stone bricks laid on the slope of the canal can be found by anyone who comes to the edge of the Zhengguo Canal to check the water flow.

In addition, these 200,000 stone bricks were originally supposed to be paved with a width of nine zhang at the bottom of the canal, but now they are only on both sides of the canal, each with a width of about two zhang, which also makes the stone bricks that were originally only enough to lay five miles are used by Yangcheng to fix the side of the canal for more than ten miles.

Such a change, let's not talk about whether it's good or not, just this appearance makes people feel forced to be cured!

What's more, such an arrangement is definitely not an image project - the soil at the bottom of the canal must be fixed, and the soil on the side of the canal also needs to be fixed.

Even compared with going to the bottom of the canal, the soil on the side of the canal is more likely to be swept away by the water, causing the river to widen on its own.

Even according to the previous plan, Liu Ying planned to use silicon to lay the bottom of the canal, and by the way, the side of the canal was also half paved.

And now, Yangcheng extends the side of the canal with stone bricks, which is just within an acceptable range, and mobilizes subjective initiative.

——This batch of stone bricks was originally used by Liu Ying to buy people's hearts and 'seduce' the people to come to help spontaneously~

What's more, these 200,000 stone bricks just sound bluffing, but in fact, for the more than 300-mile-long Zheng Guoqu, it has no practical effect at all.

As long as these stone bricks are finally used in the renovation of Zheng Guoqu, and the saying that 'if the canal is not completed, it will not be built', it will be fine; Liu Ying does not care much about where it is used in the channel.

Looking at the neatly laid silicons at the bottom of the canal, and then at the side of the canal stacked with stone bricks like a city wall, Liu Ying only felt a sense of relief in her heart.

If you are in a good mood, naturally there is nothing to do, and you can stop Liu Ying from waving her hand and getting over the addiction of a big dog.

"Since Qin II's rampant conquest and indulgence in luxury, Zheng Guoqu has fallen into disrepair, and it has been nearly ten years!"

Turning around with his negative hand, he shouted in the direction of the onlookers, and Liu Ying naturally turned his face straight.

"Fortunately, my father and emperor obeyed the order, prospered the teacher of benevolence and righteousness, and cut down the tyrannical Qin; Later, Zhang Han, Sima Xin, Dong Peng and other three Qin kings were eliminated, and hundreds of thousands of households in Guanzhong were peaceful! ”

"However, the Han Dynasty is on the battlefield and strife, and the treasury is empty, and all kinds of waste are waiting to be rebuilt; Zheng Guoqu is in disrepair, and it has been a long time! ”

Speaking of this, Liu Ying finally put her face on her face seriously, and curled the corners of her mouth from the bottom of her heart.

"Today, relying on the officials, Zuo with his life, and tens of thousands of loyal and righteous people in Weibei, work together to repair the Zhengguo Canal, just like when the canal is completed!"

"This, Cheng is the great man of Tianjiawu, and the achievements of Tianjiawu father and emperor on behalf of the herdsmen of Tianjia!"

looked at the onlookers without changing his face, and piled up all the credit for repairing Zheng Guoqu on the head of his father Liu Bang, Liu Ying finally turned sideways and skimmed to his uncle Lu Shizhi on his side.

After Lu Shizhi smiled bitterly, Liu Yingcai looked at the Minzhuang team again, his back stopped suddenly, and there was a faint sense of heroism between his eyebrows.

""Shangshu Hongfan" cloud: only to be blessed, only to be powerful, only to be a jade food, and the minister has no blessing to be a powerful jade food."

"Although Lone is a prince, he is also a father and a minister; It should not be a blessing for the Son of Heaven for private purposes. ”

"However, my father and the emperor led the king's division, and Chen Feng was the responsibility of the lonely prison country in the generation of Ping Buchen; Today, loyal and righteous people serve the affairs of the state, and they are alone and indifferent! ”

After speaking, he saw Liu Ying's expression full of boldness and looked sideways at Yang Chengyan.

"——Its order: All officials and assistants who repair canals, rank 400 stones, and princes and doctors, shall be given half a year of labor (1)!"

"In addition, when I am a lone scholar, please give this capable official, Zuo, and a first-class !!"

Hearing Liu Ying's words, hundreds of figures immediately knelt down on the periphery of the crowd, and kowtowed to Liu Ying with joy.

Without waiting for everyone to thank him, he saw Liu Ying turning around again, and when he looked at Minzhuang, a gentle smile appeared on his face.

"The people of Weibei who have come to build canals are all loyal and good to my Hanzuo!"

"Even if you are loyal, you must not be hungry without rice!"

"——All the people who come and build the canal will give people two stones!"

With a bold face to make a promise, Liu Ying's face suddenly turned straight again, and she looked around.

"Gentlemen should remember: Today's officials are not alone, but their fathers and emperors!"

"The grace of the father and the emperor to give labor and food, you should keep it in mind, and you must not do unfaithful and unrighteous things to your father and my Hanzuo!"

After saying that, Liu Ying slowly glanced around again, and finally turned sideways and smiled at Lu Shizhi.

"This time, when I work again, my uncle, the matter of the Lord's rice and grain and the people ······"

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PS: Giving labor is a unique way of rewarding officials in the Western Han Dynasty.

In today's parlance, it is, approximately, processing age.

According to historical records, officials in the Western Han Dynasty will have a force assessment every year, and the standards are: 12 arrows, a distance of 50 paces, and 6 targets are qualified; Every one more, "fifteen days of labor", every one less, "fifteen days of labor", winning labor, is to reduce the length of service.

As for the practical meaning of giving and taking labor, first of all, it is to give labor, which is to make up for it.

That is, how much length of service is added, how long the salary will be repaid; And vice versa - a few days of hard work will result in a corresponding fine.

In addition, the giving of labor and winning labor will also be recorded on the resume of officials, and giving labor is probably 'praise' or 'remembering merit', and winning labor is similar to the nature of 'punishment'.