The worship of heaven was relatively complete, the rain stopped, the wind subsided, and the weather became clear.

However, the amount of water stored in Taihu Lake is still far beyond the capacity, and many places in Pingjiang and Jiaxing have been flooded due to flood discharge, and it will take a few days for the water to completely recede.

Fortunately, there was a planned flood discharge, and the water situation was relatively moderate, except for the crops in the fields, there was no way, and the damage in other aspects was still controlled.

Disaster relief is naturally inevitable, but with Wu Qian and other officials to worry about, Zhao Mengqi is also happy to be the shopkeeper, so he will issue some documents and military orders.

Most of the time, he is busy taking care of his four little ladies.

Although the people of this era are not as delicate as the later generations, but after soaking in the rain for too long, many people still fell ill, and the four of them were even more because of great sorrow and joy, and they all fell down without exception.

Among the four people, Wanwan was the most sick, perhaps because of her martial arts practice, her physical foundation was better, her recovery was not bad, and she was able to get out of bed and walk the next day.

Zhao Yan has not been in good health since he was a child, that is, in the past few months, nutrition has kept up, Zhao Mengqi is more attentive, he is very thoughtful in medical exercises, and he is no longer so fragile.

Zhao Hui's golden branches and jade leaves, in the past, the body was also very delicate, like a porcelain doll, it will be broken if you are not careful, but after leaving the palace, it is much stronger, after falling ill this time, she fell asleep for a day and a night, and gradually got better.

On the contrary, in the past, Qian Duo, who was the most lively, had many recurrences of his condition, and after three days, he was still weak and could only lie down.

was sick, and the four of them lived separately, although they all arranged maids, Zhao Mengqi had to take turns in four rooms.

At noon, Zhao Mengqi brought them meals one by one, and finally carried the food box into Qian Duo's house.

Looking at the couch, only the scattered green silk was exposed outside, and Qian Duo's face was not visible.

"Why are you lying on your stomach?"

Hearing Zhao Mengqi's words, Qian Duo didn't move, but a muffled voice came out, "I can't get up again, except for lying down, I can only lie down......

"It's already small, and you're not afraid of being crushed." Zhao Mengqi opened the food box and teased casually.

Qian Duo was embarrassed, "I want you to take care of it!?"

"Okay, okay, I don't care, let's get up and eat first." Zhao Mengqi moved the small case to the side of the couch and beckoned to the maid, "Qingyu, help the little lady up."

Qian Duo was petty, "I'm not hungry, I don't want to eat!"

Zhao Mengqi smiled bitterly, waved his hand to let Qing Yu go out first, and then sat on the edge of the couch and pulled Qian Duo over.

The originally beautiful face was bloodless at this time, haggard with a slight puffiness, eyes tightly closed, and snorting.

Zhao Mengqi folded the pillow for her and wanted to support her to sit up, but Qian Duo was unhappy, "I don't have the strength!"

Don't have the strength to be so hard-mouthed?

"Okay, I'll serve you."

Helpless, Zhao Mengqi had no choice but to hug her and let her lean on his arms, warm nephrite, but a little hot, he didn't have any bad intentions.

"I used to make you cows and horses, shouldn't you serve me a few times?"

The corners of Qian Duo's eyes showed joy, and his mouth was still arrogant.

At this time, Zhao Mengqi didn't want to quarrel with her, so he said, "Should, yes, you are the biggest patient."

"Then you just said I was small?"

"Ugh...... Eat and eat, eat more and you can get bigger."

"Humph! You're a liar."

"I never lie to ghosts, come, open your mouth, eat what you want."

"What is this?"

"Spinach and tofu soup, I made it myself, double the big tonic."

「…… Well, it's okay, it's not unpalatable."

Even coaxed and persuaded, it took half an hour, tablespoon by tablespoon, and finally fed Qian Duo to eat.

After cleaning up the utensils, Zhao Mengqi hugged her and walked around the house for a while.

This is what Qian Duo strongly demands, and it is called consumption in the name of consumption.

In the past, Zhao Mengqi would definitely not agree to such an unreasonable request, but now he is working hard, and he only hopes that these little ladies will recover soon.

But Qian Duo in his arms wished he was so sick all the time.

After finally serving Qian Duo, Zhao Mengqi could take care of himself to eat.

While eating, Wu Qian came over, "Your Highness, are you eating now?"

"Uh-huh." Zhao Mengqi took two mouthfuls and swallowed in a hurry, "Is something wrong?" I want Gong Wu to come in person."

"There is no accident, everything is normal, there is enough food, and there are tens of thousands of soldiers, there will be no chaos."

After all, Wu Qian is a person who has been the prime minister, and he is still handy to deal with a disaster relief matter, and he is also temporarily in charge of the daily administration of Pingjiang Mansion, and he is also arranged in an orderly manner.

"That's good, Gong Wu can decide for yourself on other matters, you don't need to ask me." Zhao Mengqi put his mind at ease and continued to eat.

"Your Highness, the old minister wants to talk to you about the aftermath of the disaster, but don't worry, wait until you finish eating first."

Wu Qian said that he was not in a hurry, but his face was more solemn, and Zhao Mengqi didn't let him wait long, and finished eating in two bites.

The two moved to the flower hall and sat opposite each other.

"Gong Wu, what do you think?" Zhao Mengqi had a hunch that things would be not small, so he was ready to listen carefully.

Wu Qian didn't go around the bend, and said directly, "Your Highness, this Taihu Lake is a unique treasure land, in order to benefit and avoid harm, since the pre-Qin Dynasty to the southward crossing of this dynasty, all kinds of water conservancy facilities have been being built, and the results are not bad, for a long time, there are few droughts and floods in the Taihu Lake area."

Zhao Mengqi nodded, water conservancy, water diversion for profit, so that there is no flooding in the low places, there is irrigation in the high fields, and he has also learned some things about water conservancy in Taihu Lake these days.

Roughly speaking, Taihu Lake can be divided into east and west, the west side of the terrain is higher, the water conservancy facilities are mainly water-retaining irrigation, building pitang, building canals to divert water, from high to low, forming an irrigation water network, covering the highlands in the north and south as much as possible, and finally flowing into Taihu Lake.

In the east, the low-lying and flat terrain should be built to avoid flooding and protect farmland, and at the same time, it is necessary to widen the river channel to prevent silting, and dig a north-south artificial aqueduct between dozens of natural rivers running east and west to allocate water sources and regulate the hydraulic power of each outlet channel to prevent local disasters.

In addition, there is the construction of canals for transportation, and by the way, there are also projects to prevent the backflow of seawater.

Wu Qian continued, "Our dynasty has often taken measures to build and repair, but they often give up halfway, either because of lack of finances or because of strong opposition, which is embarrassing."

"After the southern crossing, the population will increase, the encirclement will become more intense, and the disorder and chaos will be, the system will be corrupted, and among the three major rivers that come out, the Dongjiang and Loujiang rivers have long been annihilated, and the Songjiang River is also silted and narrow, so that the Taihu Lake area will become prone to water and drought."

"Xiaozong sighed that "if you have your own enclosed fields, there will be floods", the imperial court has issued many forbidden orders, but it is difficult to return, the powerful people ignore the imperial court ban, and still continue to increase the number of new enclosures, Chunxi ten years enclosed fields for 1,489 places, so far it is only 70 years, and there are four or five thousand places in Pingjiang Mansion alone."

Zhao Mengqi frowned, "What does Duke Wu mean is that it is strictly forbidden to enclose the field again?"

Wu Qian shook his head, "No, there are already so many fields, it's useless to strictly prohibit Xintian, not to mention that even if you can ban it for a while, it will be difficult to ban it for a lifetime, after all, there are too many people, you always have to eat."

"The old minister wants that Your Highness will personally take charge of the comprehensive planning of the enclosure of the field, completely dredge the drainage channels, and eliminate the flood."

Zhao Mengqi thought for a while, "Do you want to dredge the Sanjiang again? Does Wu Gong have a specific plan?"

Wu Qian said, "Except for Songjiang, it is already difficult to repair the other two rivers, the cost is huge, and the gains outweigh the losses, but the overall direction is still through the north, east, and south."

"First, Dianshan Lake, Chenghu Lake and its surrounding Baixian Lake, Changbaidang, Bailian Lake, Jinji Lake, Dushu Lake, etc., are connected in series, and the water is discharged through the Songjiang River, Rapid Water Port, Niuchangjing Pond, Badang River and other waterways."

"Second, open Fanjiabang in Kunshan, connect the Huangpu River up, connect the Yangtze River down, and Mishidu also divides into three branches, the north is Xietang, Mao River, and barrage port, and Dianshan Lake is connected, and the middle is

The garden is drained, connected to Yuhuitang on the top, Maogang in the south, and the water from Hangjiahu."

"Third, the Taipu River is used as a dry river, connecting the large and small lakes such as Antyang, Taohuayang, Fenhu, Maxie Lake, and Qianshengdang, and in the area north of the canal to the Liuhe River, according to the terrain, there are three water systems along the river in Yangcheng, Chengxiyu, and Huxi."

Just by listening to it, you can know that it is a big project, and the manpower and material resources to be consumed are certainly not a small number.

Zhao Mengqi blurted out and asked, "How much food do you need?"

Speaking of money and food, Wu Qian became cautious and lowered his tone, for fear of scaring King Yan.

"It is estimated that about 4 million guan will be needed to dredge the waterway, and it is estimated that 300 to 5 million guan will be needed to demolish unreasonable fences."

"What!?" Zhao Mengqi was still frightened, "It's almost 10 million, where can the imperial court get it?"

Wu Qian hurriedly explained, "Your Highness, there should be a lot of stolen money from the Liu family, and the old minister also heard that you are promoting a good monk and blackmailing ...... No, tens of millions of yuan have been levied, and they have been paid in advance, you know, these water systems can also create a lot of fertile land, at least, 20,000 hectares, and the difference in land price is enough to repay you, besides, the output of fertile land increases, and the tax can also increase a lot."

Zhao Mengqi fell into deep thought, and his five fingers unconsciously tapped the table, making Wu Qian's heart restless.

After waiting for a while, Zhao Mengqi slowly spoke, "Gong Wu, I think your plan is flawed."

Wu Qian was anxious, "Your Highness, this is a hundred-year plan, and it will benefit for a thousand years. This flood flooded many crops, and many people cut off this season's harvest, and had no food and clothing, just to use this to pay for work. Your Highness, the whole world is yours, so why be stingy with some money and food?"

Seeing Wu Qian's anxious fire and smoke above his head, Zhao Mengqi smiled in his heart, and was very moved, this old man is also dedicated to the country and the people.

"Wu Gong, don't worry, wait until I finish speaking, I mean, your pattern is too small, if you want to do it, make it big, make it thorough."

Wu Qian was stunned, "Make it big? What do you mean, Your Highness?"

The corners of Zhao Mengqi's mouth slanted, "Hehe, I plan to take out 50 million yuan to comprehensively renovate the Taihu Lake Water Conservancy!"

"Fifty million!?" Wu Qian felt that he must have heard it wrong.