The drought dies by drought, and the waterlogging dies by waterlogging.

Just when Zhao Xiuzhu was busy defending against locusts.

Li Mengwei, who was in Huainan, also attracted the first challenge.

Two months ago, the imperial court discussed how to deal with the impending flood in Huainan.

Some senior officials proposed to relocate the people, but they were severely scolded by Li Shimin.

But the civil and military officials have nothing to do about it.

So, Li Shimin came to Wannian County, where Qin Fan was located, and asked him for advice.

Qin Fan gave two suggestions.

One of them is the construction of dams and reservoirs.

Dams are used to store and discharge floodwater and regulate the water level.

So that Huainan will not be flooded.

In this way, the grain harvest was guaranteed, and the people did not have to move away and become displaced people.

But building dams is not a one-time effort, and the cost of money is not a fraction.

Therefore, Qin Fan proposed the second method.

It is to build embankments to fight floods.

In fact, Huainan has been using this method all along.

It's just that it's used every year, but every year it's lost to the flood.

In Qin Fan's opinion, although the water potential in Huainan is fierce, it is not completely impossible for the Dao to resist.

And the reason why we can't fight and defeat floods every year is still people.

The reason is simple, compared to the benefits of flood fighting.

Those local officials only need to reach out from the flood control materials to reap large sums of silver.

And once the flood control fails, the imperial court will inevitably allocate a sum of silver taels for disaster relief.

In this way, he can get up and down again.

And what are the benefits of a successful flood fight?

Of course, the people do not need to be outcasts, and the crops can be harvested.

And the imperial court can also raise taxes from Huainan to enrich the treasury.

But what did the officials get?

They get nothing!

So, unless those officials are well fed and supportive, who will use their hearts to control the water?

For this reason, Qin Fan put forward an order for every gentry to go down to the front line of flood fighting.

Do you like to be greedy for flood money? Yes!

I'll send you to the front line of the flood fight!

When the time comes, the tofu scum project will be destroyed by the flood, and you will be the first to be washed away!

Even if you are blessed with great fortune, you will survive the flood.

Well then, the court will come and hold you accountable.

It is your responsibility as to why the section of the levee under your control has collapsed.

When the time comes, you will not be able to eat good fruit.

Under this system, only those officials and gentry can control the water with their hearts!

These are the two strategies given by Qin Fan.

The second is to treat the symptoms, but it needs to be supervised and led.

One of them is the root cause, but it requires a lot of cement building materials and labor.

As the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Li Mengwei recommended himself and became the person who went to Huainan to control the water.

The purpose of his trip was twofold.

One is to fight the flood and keep the levee.

Let Huainan not be flooded and the grain harvest will be lost.

so that the people can harvest food in peace.

Of course, this is only the first goal, that is, Qin Fan's palliative strategy.

The second goal is to build dams!

Only by successfully building the dam can the people of Huainan live in peace.

Don't worry about any threat of big water.

Thanks to the issuance of the national debt some time ago, the imperial court was able to save enough silver taels to build a dam.

Huainan.

When the officials and gentry heard that the Ministry of Industry was coming to assist in disaster relief, they were all pleasantly surprised.

That's the Ministry of Works! The humerus minister of the imperial court!

The status is only below the Three Princes!

If you hug this golden thigh, it means that you have a worry-free future.

In the future, it will be like a rocket to be promoted quickly!

So they summed up and set up a big table for a feast.

The best singers and dancers were invited.

Prepare to contact this Ministry of Industry Shangshu at the wine table.

Not only that, but they also set up a welcome guard of honor at the entrance to the city and carried a large sedan chair.

, gongs and drums.

As soon as the Ministry of Industry arrived, they could show each other their greatest sincerity and enthusiasm.

When the time comes, climb the high branches, and get promoted to make a fortune is not easy to capture?

But they miscalculated.

Who is Li Mengwei? In the early years, he also followed Li Shimin to conquer the world, and he was essentially a martial artist.

And their set might be useful for the literati.

But Li Mengwei?

On the first day of his arrival in Huainan, he went directly to the bank of the river to observe the situation and water potential of the embankment.

Therefore, those gong and drum teams waited at the gate of the city for a day, but they couldn't wait for this minister.

And those officials were looking forward to the prime minister one by one in the city, their legs were numb, their stomachs were hungry, and they didn't see the figure of this adult. _o_m

Finally, after two hours of waiting, someone could not wait any longer, and he spoke:

"Did you miscalculate the day? It may take two days for adults to arrive! ”

Hearing this, another official shook his head:

"The whereabouts of the adults have been reported at the post stations along the way, it is impossible to be wrong!"

"Then why have we been staring for so long, but the adults have not arrived?"

"In my opinion, it may be that the adults encountered something along the way and were delayed for a while."

"Yes, as long as we wait with peace of mind, we will definitely be able to wait for Lord Shangshu."

"What's more, after Lord Shangshu arrived after delaying it for a long time, he will definitely be very moved to find us waiting outside the door."

"When the time comes, let's have a good relationship with him!"

"Not bad, not bad! Lord Hou is right, we want Lord Shangshu to feel our sincerity! ”

In this way, the officials regained their fighting spirit and continued to wait under the scorching sun.

Sweat had already soaked their robes, but they ignored them.

Just kidding, what is the decency of a thing compared to the future?

It's just that their waiting is destined not to be exchanged for what they want.

At dusk, the setting sun stained the sky red.

The crow flies by.

An officer felt a sudden coolness over his head from the scorching sun.

So, he couldn't help but reach out and brush it away.

But I felt a sticky hand.

The official, who realized that he had been humiliated by a bird, was furious and yelled at the sky.

When other officials saw this, they also wanted to laugh and were afraid that their colleagues would be embarrassed.

After all, in such a scene, if you laugh out loud, you will inevitably be hated!

The crowd was suffocating, and the man was scolding happily.

After a while, someone couldn't help but remind:

"Brothers, the bird has flown away!"

The official surnamed Zhu gave up stupidly.

Then, looking at his colleagues, he spoke:

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have been waiting here all day, from early morning until dusk."

"Even the ground is soaked with our sweat, and the sincerity is enough to move the sky!"

"But Master Li of that Shangshu has not appeared for a long time."

"I see, eighty percent of them encountered something on the road and were delayed!"

"So let's go back to our respective homes and come back tomorrow!"

Hearing this, other officials also hesitated.

"If Lord Shangshu came by moonlight, but found that the city was empty, would he be angry?"

One of them couldn't help asking.

But the officials with the surnames said: "Then you wait slowly, you will not be accompanied." ”

Then he turned and left.