The river channel is raised with silt, which means that the sediment on both sides of the river upstream is washed down.

If you plant trees or plant the land, you shouldn't have caused so much silt to accumulate in the river.

And according to the history of the small county, the villages on both sides of the upper reaches of the river have a history of hundreds of years.

If the villagers of these centuries had been working and living as they had done in the past, they should not have allowed so much silt to accumulate in the river.

Unless the farmland upstream is deserted, and the villagers are cutting down trees, causing too much sediment to be washed down upstream.

"Shhh...... It's not quite right, let those female officers go upstream to check and see how the situation is upstream. ”

"As for the matter of seeing the embankment, let's put it aside for the time being, since the people have lost their lives and want to recruit the people to build the embankment, the people will also be unwilling."

After asking his subordinates to check the situation upstream, the subordinates quickly replied with the news.

The fields in the upper reaches were indeed deserted, and according to their subordinates, the fields in the upper reaches seemed to have been cultivated by people, and then, for some reason, no one cultivated them, and they were abandoned.

"The field was right at the mouth of the valley of the two peaks, and it was swept by strong winds all year round."

"After the field was cleared, the sand was blown into the stream not far away because there was no one to cultivate it."

"Over time, they converge in one place, causing the riverbed downstream to be raised."

"If you want to build a dam successfully, you have to clean up the sediment from the upper reaches of the river."

"This also prevents sediment from being washed down the downstream of the river after it has been cleared."

Hearing his subordinates say this, Chen Mu waved his hand and immediately asked people to do this.

At the same time, he thought about the abandonment of the cultivated land.

According to his subordinates, the farmland was uneven and unsuitable for farming.

I don't know what the purpose of those who have reclaimed this land is to reclaim it.

Chen Mu thought about it for a while, and simply asked people to find the farmers who were cultivating in that place.

After careful inquiry, I found out that it was precisely because the local farmers had too little income that someone had the idea to hit that piece of land.

"It's just that the land is too rugged, and the soil quality is not good, so it is not easy to grow anything."

"Neither the light nor the soil is suitable for the growth of the crops we have at hand, and we think about it, or we abandon the land."

"After all, if we want to farm, we still have to invest manpower and material resources, and we have limited resources at hand, and if we want to cultivate the fields, we just want to obtain profits."

Later, after calculating it, the rice harvested after planting each year is not enough to consume after investing manpower and material resources.

The farmers simply abandoned the land.

In the past few years, there have been many people who have come up with the idea of that land, but no one has been able to make good use of it.

Hearing this, Chen Mu nodded thoughtfully.

He had an idea.

Chen Mu did not delay, and immediately called the officials and asked people to start arranging.

The local farmers were still surprised to see a Beijing official enter the village and be busy in front of the field.

Some farmers were curious, so they went to the field to take a closer look.

It was discovered that the people were digging a pit, and after digging a huge earth pit, they attracted water from a nearby river to pour into the pit.

Someone seemed to realize something, and muttered to his companion.

"I'm looking at this digging hole...... Do you want to raise fish? ”

"Isn't there water seeping under this pit? How much water would it take to fill the pit into a fishpond? ”

The villagers' calculations, Jingguan and Chen Mu both thought of it.

Before the pit was dug and ready to be filled, a Beijing official brought in a truckload of fine sand, which happened to be cleared from the downstream river.

The fine sand is extremely fine, and it is all fine sand that has been blown down by the wind upstream.

It was arranged in a deep pit and then filled in, and the water in the pit quickly accumulated.

Someone saw the plan of the Beijing officials, and immediately patted their thighs and praised them again and again.

Oh, yes! How they didn't think of it!

Although the land is rugged, how to dig a pit to raise fish is also a profit for them.

But then again, their village is close to the river, and even if it is fish farming, the income can be limited.

After all, no one eats fish every day, and the demand for rice far outweighs the demand for fish and the like.

"Tsk, I still don't think it's appropriate to build a fish pond for us to raise fish, it's better to use this land to grow vegetables."

"Growing vegetables...... I can't grow vegetables! We have a limited amount of time for sunlight on our hillside. ”

"If you grow vegetables, the vegetables will grow wilted, and you can't sell them, so it's a waste of land!"

Everyone looked at each other, and sighed again, and the people thought that Chen Mu was just planning to build fish ponds in those wastelands.

As a result, they didn't expect that not long after the fish pond was dug up, Chen Mu had another batch of saplings brought in.

They were all mulberry trees, and after letting people plant mulberry trees around the pond, Chen Mu specially introduced a few female workers who were good at raising silkworms into the village.

When the women of the village heard that a female worker had come to teach them how to raise silkworms, they were also quite curious, and they flocked to the village where the female workers had settled.

Chen Mu's plan is very simple.

Since the land in the upper reaches of the river has been deserted, the trees have been severely cut down, resulting in silt deposits in the downstream rivers and even flooding.

Then he might as well plant some trees upstream, because the villagers reclaimed the land for profit.

Naturally, the tree should provide income to the villagers.

On second thought, there is nothing more suitable for the local villagers than the Sankey Fish Pond.

This wasteland could be used as a pilot project, and if the benefits are enough to make the local people prosperous, then the pilot program will be promoted.

When the people are rich, the armaments can also be prepared, Chen Mu nodded secretly.

The Sankey fishpond was built, and the townspeople and merchants living in the castle around the village were surprised to hear about it.

As soon as the Sankey Fish Pond was established, imitation cloth spinning shops were also opened in the city, and the economy around the city was also stimulated.

And this is just the end of Chen Mu's hand.

After the upstream was taken care of, the construction of the embankment was put on the agenda as the silt in the riverbed was cleared.

And in the past few days, Chen Mu also saw what the female officials in Beijing were doing, and once again hyped up the achievements of the female officials in Beijing.

After several times, the people's hearts and public opinion in Beijing finally calmed down.

At this time, Chen Mu began to promote the education plan he had already formulated.

A woman's entry into the court as an official is only the first step.

A woman's entry into the court as an official is equivalent to allowing a woman to gain a firm foothold in the court, and now there are political achievements in front of her to pave the way, and Chen Mu also plans to set her sights on the school.