After listening to the words of the county magistrate Liu Rui, the big households who were still talking to each other just now were silent.

It is a good thing to repair the embankment, and the big households are willing to contribute money and efforts, but this embankment is ...... Repair it every year!

To put it bluntly, those who are qualified to be taken up the river embankment by Liu Rui, which family is not a simple person, will never let others say a word, and they will be enthusiastic, the big guy has been cheated countless times, they are worried that this Liu County Commander will take the opportunity to make money!

Don't say that Lord Liu, who is the head of a county, can't do such a heartbreaking thing, the county order is a liuguan, and he can run away after fishing, and the entire Dangyang County is washed away by the flood, as long as Lord Liu himself is safe and sound, then he dares to reach out and get silver!

When the Great Yan Kingdom arrived at the current world, everyone had already understood that there was nothing in this world that civil officials did not dare to do, and there was no silver that civil officials did not dare to fish!

"Everyone, if you want to block the next flood, you have to go down to the stake to block it according to the rules!"

Seeing that everyone was silent, Liu Rui's voice was still calm, as if there was no emotional fluctuation, "Every one foot, you need to lay a wooden stake, and the wooden stake can be at least three feet into the soil. ”

The kind of origin that Liu Rui said is not a new thing, and the people present have heard of some of it.

Several big families looked at each other, and finally the oldest elder Li took the initiative to reply.

"My lord, in the past, we used to repair the river embankment in Dangyang County in such a proper manner."

Elder Li was quite cautious in his choice of words, "However, even if the river is repaired in a proper manner, once the river rises, in addition to encroaching on the wooden stakes and fences, it is necessary to continue to pile up soil and raise the embankment, and once the embankment is heightened, the previously repaired wooden piles and fences will collapse because they cannot bear the gradually increasing weight!"

The previous county orders of Lord Liu also repaired the river embankment every year, but it was no longer a waste of money and labor, and after the apportionment, let people strengthen the existing embankment, anyway, we will only break the embankment once in Dangyang County in ten or twenty years......"

"Yes, yes, I used to pile up more soil and raise it to reinforce it."

"The wooden stakes and fences cost people and money, and the effect is not good, not that we are unwilling to cooperate with adults."

Someone took the lead, and those big families began to talk about the reason, although the clouds and mountains were covered in fog, and they seemed to be unreasonable, but in fact, they all expressed one meaning.

As for the embankment, everyone can just scrape together the money to repair it, Lord Liu, you can make a little money, we would rather bear the losses caused by the embankment breaking, rather than be dragged into the bottomless pit because of the matter of repairing the embankment!

We all know the methods of civil officials, and we have seen it more than once before......

Zhao Hengyi, who was hiding behind the crowd, almost laughed, even if the place where the embankment was most likely to burst happened to endanger Elm Bay.

These big families are reluctant to invest large sums of human and financial resources to repair the embankment, not because they are not worried about the embankment breaching.

On the contrary, each of these large families living in the county town has a field, a manor, or other property threatened by flooding!

But the losses suffered by those industries, and the chariots that were completely tied to the county order to repair the river embankment, and the money and grain consumed, are not at the same level at all!

At the same time, these guys are not wrong in saying a word, Dangyang County will only suffer a flood once in ten or twenty years, even if the water level of the Liuhe River is rising now, and the rain is continuous, but who can say that the embankment will definitely break this year?

People will have a fluke mentality, and once the opening of the river embankment is opened, the county magistrate is afraid that it will be repaired once a year according to high standards, and no matter how big the big household is, it can't withstand such a toss!

"Ladies and gentlemen, I Liu Rui understands your worries."

Liu Xian Ling waited until the big households finished their performances, and then spoke again, "What you are worried about is just the word money, this time the river embankment is earmarked, and each of you present can send two people to audit the accounts, and all the people who need to be used will be paid by work...... In the imperial court, the official will take on it! ”

There was silence in the pavilion, and all that was left to everyone's ears was the sound of rain and panting.

Substitution of work for ...... This is the Great Yan Kingdom, a place where tax collection is more important than life, but as long as this opening is opened, these big families present don't care about themselves, but the relatives behind them and the relatives with the same surname dare to pull the milk doll to work on the river embankment!

If Liu Xianling hadn't lied...... Just by repairing the river embankment with work instead of endowment, the various taxes that Dangyang County has collected less this year may be several times higher than the forced apportionment!

Previously, the big families were worried that they would be pulled to the river embankment by the county order early in the morning, and they would have to produce some blood more or less, and even each family had already calculated clearly in their hearts how much money they should take out to deal with the errand.

But now, this county magistrate, who has been pretending to be deaf and dumb before, and has just shown his shrewd and capable methods for a few months, seems to be ...... Do you really want to build a river embankment?!

"Now that the official has solved the bulk of the expenses for you, should you also solve the food, utensils, and manpower?"

Liu Rui and the others digested their words, and then their tone became tougher, "Everyone is a gentry from Dangyang County, and it is impossible for you to be free from losses when the Liuhe River bursts, even if everyone is safe and sound in the county, but the fields, workshops, and trading outside the city are ...... Don't want it all?

If the relatives of the same clan are affected, will everyone not care?

Ladies and gentlemen, last night this official received an urgent report that the river embankment in Shangchuan Ji County had collapsed, and the water was fierce, destroying countless fertile fields and washing away nearly 100 people! ”

The big ones who haven't received the news were shocked!

Chuanji County is poorer than Dangyang County, and the terrain is even more unbearable...... The levee will burst almost once in three or five years, but even so, the ready-made examples are in front of you, and they will have more weight after all!

"I, Elm Bay, are responsible for the sharp bend in this section of the embankment, manpower, tools, and food...... Everything is prepared by the village! ”

Zhao Hengyi watched the play for a long time, and finally took the initiative to stand up, "The county commander is dedicated to the people, Zhao admires!"

It just so happens that Zhao has something that can strengthen the river embankment, and at the same time, it is not a waste of money and labor, so it is better to wait for me to demonstrate in this sharp bend in Elm Bay first, if it is useful, other river sections can also be learned! ”

At this time, the young Zhao Hengyi, who was not talkative, took the initiative to speak, and the big families who were still in a state of shock realized that this young man was Zhao Caidong, who had been in the limelight recently!

Although the industry of Yushuwan has little contact with the big families in the county, everyone has also heard that Yushuwan is now very prosperous, recruiting a large number of people to work, and everyone present has sold grain to Yushuwan.

"It's so good, Zhao Dongzhu is affected, our county will repair this sharp bend first!"