On top of the tall and strong embankment, Wei Chen and the three of them stood here quietly, looking at the Yellow River not far away, and the sound of the river waves splashing endlessly.

Zhao Ceying turned around to look, but when he saw that the embankment was high and the city was low, the county seat of Mixian County behind him was like being in a well, and he couldn't help but feel deeply worried.

Fortunately, there is a good policy for controlling the river proposed by Wei Chen, as long as this policy is implemented, the people of Mi County will no longer have to worry about the Yellow River in the future.

Zhao Ceying immediately bowed his hand to Wei Chen and said: "Since the teacher has this policy of governing the river for the benefit of the country and the people, why not write a book to dedicate this policy to the court and promote the world?" ”

Wei Chen smiled and shook his head, Zhao Ceying still thought about things too simply, where was the first person to eat crabs so easy to do.

Even under ordinary circumstances, the renovation of the embankments along the Yellow River, once carried out on a large scale, must also mobilize the country's efforts to mobilize materials and labor along the river.

In order to achieve the effect of harnessing water and attacking sand, it is necessary to build an inner embankment more than before, and the cost will only be more.

And because the inner embankment is built against the river, it is easy to be damaged during the flood season, and it has to be repaired again every year, which is a lot of money.

According to the experience of Pan Jitao, the first river control minister who proposed to harness water and attack sand, an average of 1,000 taels of silver can be used to build a one-mile embankment, which shows how much money is burned in the matter of river work.

In the Great Zhou, the strategy of harnessing water and attacking sand was initiated by Wei Chen, and there was no precedent to follow, even if Wei Chen blew the sky, but whether it could be done or not, except for Wei Chen, no one was clear.

Even Zhao Zhen, who is the Son of Heaven, can't let Wei Chen do it with a pat on his head.

This kind of major event related to the national economy and the people's livelihood is bound to be put on the court, discussed and discussed, studied and studied, and there will be no shortage of all kinds of tearing and fighting during the period.

At present, the battle for the heir is intensifying in Bianjing City, and if Wei Chen submits the proposal of harassing water and attacking sand at this time, it will inevitably cause a big discussion that will shake the entire court.

The original pure river work is likely to become a victim of the struggle between the two parties of King Yong and King Yan, and Wei Chen, who wrote to give advice, will inevitably be involved in the whirlpool of seizing the heir.

This is far from Wei Chen's original intention of leaving Bianjing to serve in Yuzhou.

In fact, from the very beginning, Wei Chen never thought that he could implement the strategy of harnessing water and attacking sand throughout the Great Zhou in the last two years of Zhao Zhen's reign.

I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry.

During his tenure, Wei Chen was already satisfied with repairing the thirty-mile embankment in Yuzhou.

Of course, Wei Chen also has an idea that is not humane to the outside world, that is, to show the river defense transformation of Yuzhou as a pilot project in front of Zhao Zongquan and his son.

It is precisely because of this that Wei Chen specially brought Zhao Ceying to the Yellow River embankment today.

Let him see with his own eyes the effect of harnessing water and attacking sand, so that he can recognize this river control strategy in his heart, which is more useful than Wei Chen's efforts to say it ten thousand times.

In this way, when the real large-scale implementation of water and sand attack in the future can also avoid many unnecessary twists and turns.

After inspecting along the Yellow River for half a day, Wei Chen took Zhao Ceying and Gu Tingye to ride back to the county seat of Mi County.

Although he came to Mi County this time mainly for the work of the river, he could come out to inspect the places such as the county government, the county school, and the nursing home, Wei Chen still had to take a look, which was also his duty as a governor.

After turning around, it was dark, and Sun Zhuo, the magistrate of Mi County, did his best to be a landlord, set up a banquet in the county office, and entertained Wei Chen and his party.

After being full of wine and food, Wei Chen retreated left and right, leaving Sun Zhuo alone to speak.

Wei Chen got straight to the point, told Sun Zhuo about the construction of the river in Mi County, and gave a general introduction to the idea of river control by harnessing water and attacking sand.

At the end, Wei Chen said to Sun Zhuo with a serious face: "Sun Zhixian, repairing the river is the first priority this year, Mi County is adjacent to the Yellow River, and the task is heavy, you must be mentally prepared to overcome difficulties." ”

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"Xia Guan understands."

Sun Zhuo hurriedly responded.

Although Sun Zhuo had already guessed Wei Chen's thoughts when he saw Wei Chen patrolling the Yellow River non-stop during the day, Sun Zhuo was still very surprised when he heard Wei Chen explain to him the principle of harnessing water and attacking sand.

I didn't expect that this Lord Zhizhou was so young and knew so much about river engineering and water conservancy, although Sun Zhuo had never heard of it, it sounded like it really made sense.

Of course, even if it doesn't make sense, Sun Zhuo will not disobey the orders of his immediate boss.

Wei Chen is a Zhizhou, and he has a deep background, what he says, Sun Zhuo will do it, anyway, the sky is falling, and there is a tall man like Wei Chen.

So Sun Zhuo immediately nodded and promised, saying that he was only looking forward to Weichen.

Seeing that Sun Zhuo behaved so obediently, Wei Chen also nodded with satisfaction.

The main way to repair the river is in Mi County, and if you want to repair the thirty-mile embankment along the river, you can't do it without the cooperation of Sun Zhuo, the magistrate of Mi County, and Wei Chen can't always stay on the embankment.

After that, Wei Chen discussed with Sun Zhuo about the requisition of labor service, according to Wei Chen's plan, this time the people would not be forced to join the army, but 3,000 people would be hired in Mi County and Xinzheng.

The main way to repair the river is in late February and mid-April, two months, and the salary of one or two or seven coins of silver.

This treatment is already quite good, and the tenant farmers who work for large families in Yuzhou can't make so much money, and there are also meals arranged by the government.

Of course, the state government has spent a lot more. The money for hiring civilian servants is nothing, but the money for the various materials used to repair the embankment is the main one.

According to the rough estimate of Wei Chen's staff member Fang Yuan, the river embankment of thirty miles was built in two months, and a total of about 30,000 taels of silver would be scattered.

That's enough to pay an entire year's worth of taxes in some states.

Wei Chen now also has money in his hands, and he is not panicked, so he dares to spread the stall so big, and when he first arrived in Ren Yuzhou, he is afraid that before he repairs a mile of embankment, the state government finance will be declared bankrupt.

Of course, although the state government has money now, but this money is not blown by the wind, Wei Chen knows how greedy these officials are at the bottom, if they are not strictly supervised, they are afraid that the 30,000 taels of ICBC will be allocated and eventually fall on the project, and there will be no 10,000 taels.

Therefore, Wei Chen also beat Sun Zhuo mercilessly in advance, and the ugly words were said first, so as not to find out when the time came, and everyone's faces were not good-looking.

Sun Zhuo saw Wei Chen's unpretentious appearance, and immediately realized how much Wei Chen was concerned about the matter of the river work, and couldn't help but be a little scared.

With Wei Chen's background, it is too simple to deal with a small county order for himself, if he really dares to do it to Hegongyin, the end will inevitably be extremely miserable.

It's better to be cautious.

Wei Chen caught a glimpse of Sun Zhuo's trembling appearance, smiled, and while picking up a towel to wipe his hands, he said in a deep voice: "The first amount of money will be transferred to your account in three days, and tomorrow the county civil service will be mobilized. ”

Sun Zhuo immediately got up and left the table, bowed down and said, "The lower officials must follow the teachings of Lord Zhizhou!" ”