There are many villagers in the hospital, and it is not that no one has thought about building a dam. Therefore, when the conversation box opened, some people stated their ideas, and others picked up the gaps, and in the afternoon came up with a few alternative damming sites and sketches. Not only that, but the group also discussed the possible sites for damming in several surrounding villages.

As far as the excitement came, everyone even flocked to Li Congyi to see the three places from Shuiyantou Village to Kengkou Village that everyone thought could build a reservoir. Li Congyi is not a civil engineering student, of course, he is not professional in this area, but the vision of later generations is there, and when he looks at the scene, he knows that these people's suggestions are still relatively reliable. And so it was not until the sun went down in the west, that all the people dispersed.

Hou Hongye spent the night at Xu's house in Kengkou, and Li Congyi and his entourage followed Zhou Shihui back to the door.

Zhou Shihui passed the ghost gate today, although he now knows that Jiang Guogong has already made a plan, he is actually in danger. But the taste of torment can only be experienced by those who have experienced it firsthand. But in the afternoon, everyone discussed, and the biggest topic was actually the three cascade reservoirs related to Men Village. These three reservoirs, the first is located in the head of the water eye, the third is located in the river village, the second is considered to be the door pit, but if the first two reservoirs are completed, a lot of dry fields in the door pit can still be profitable, Zhou Shihui felt that if the three reservoirs are built, the number of acres of paddy fields in the village can be doubled. Therefore, the afternoon was very exciting, and the discussions were very enthusiastic, which could not help but feel tired. But Jiang Guogong asked Zhou Shihui to come to his side to speak, and he could only cheer up.

Li Congyi only asked about trivial matters, such as the number of middle-aged laborers in the village, the production geometry of paddy fields and dry land, what crops are mainly planted, what livestock are raised in captivity, and what kind of livelihood does the Zhou family make in addition to burning green bricks and selling them, and so on. Zhou Shihui replied one by one. When he arrived at the door pit, Li Congyi ignored everyone's obstruction and went to see the pigsty and cowshed in person.

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The next morning, Hou Hongye came early to ask Li Congyi for peace.

"The proposal of the Lord Guogong to build a reservoir is really a good policy, and his subordinates have been taught." Hou Hongye made a bow respectfully, and said, "There is only one thing at the moment, and I have to mention it to Lord Guogong." If only one or two reservoirs are built, it will be difficult for the county, and it will be squeezed out. Just looking at yesterday's situation, if the county pays for it, I am afraid that all parts of the country will rush to ask for money. Not to mention dozens or hundreds of reservoirs, even if only two or three reservoirs are built, the county has to work together. ”

"What Hou Zhixian said is very true. The same is true of my father's concerns. The government should encourage and facilitate the development of such infrastructure, but it should not be left to do everything. One is that it cannot be done, the second is uneconomical, and the third is unfair. Therefore, when it comes to building reservoirs, we need to consider not only who will pay for these reservoirs, but also how to establish a mechanism so that people are willing to continue to do such things. ”

Hou Hongye only felt that he couldn't keep up with Jiang Guogong's train of thought at all, especially when there were a few new words mixed in, each word could be understood, but he couldn't understand its connotation for a while.

Spending nearly a day, Li Congyi explained his thoughts to Hou Hongye and Xu Shiming in detail, including the corporatization of the construction and operation of reservoirs, and the infrastructure development model of construction-operation-transfer, as well as the concept of encouraging rural families to carry out large-scale characteristic breeding, and establishing farmers, storage, factories, commerce and retail, and realizing the direct supply of agricultural products from the fields to the town table.

Every time Li Congyi proposed a new concept, Hou Hongye and Xu Shiming kept asking questions, which would cause Li Congyi to put forward a new concept. Hou and Xu only felt that Jiang Guogong's fresh ideas emerged one after another, although the actual operation may be difficult, but it does make people have strong confidence, once these concepts are implemented, it will bring a new situation and atmosphere.

In the afternoon, several village elders came to visit, either self-recommended or recommended, Li Congyi inquired carefully to understand his past experience and expertise, and ordered Luo Zhengwen to record it in detail for recruitment.

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In the middle of the night, the light of the candle was faint, and there was no wind automatically, Hou Hongye stared at the fire, but he was stunned.

Outside the window, there was a sudden sound of roosters crowing, followed by the crowing of chickens from house to house, and after a while, the sound of farmers walking in the streets and alleys with the stars under their eyes came, and they didn't know what to do so early.

After another half of the day, the glimmer gradually appeared outside the window, Hou Hongye came back to his senses, blew out the candles, opened the window, took a deep breath of the fresh air of early spring, and said, "What Jiang Guogong said, I didn't understand what it meant at first, but then I heard it refreshingly, and I suddenly opened up when I thought about it." Just like this economic word, the theory of the positive cycle of enriching the people, rich workers, rich businessmen and rich countries is really more reasonable. ”

"Exactly, it is the reservoir called by Jiang Guogong, presumably from the word warehouse, which is too vulgar at first hearing, but it feels intuitive and concise when you think about it." Xu Shiming echoed.

Of course, Hou Hongye didn't shoot Li Congyi's ass here in the middle of the night, after all, Li Congyi couldn't hear it. It's just that after Hou Hongye came back in the evening, he pulled Xu Shiming and selected the key points of Li Congyi's conversation between the two today, recalled them carefully, and recorded them in detail, so that they could think about and practice them later. I don't want to be busy all night, and although Hou Hongye feels tired, he is not sleepy for a while.

"Yesterday I said goodbye to Jiang Guogong, and today I will return to the city. I view the public opinion of the country, and I want to keep you here, I want to make great use of you, and you must seize the opportunity. ”

"Thanks to your support." Xu Shiming took a deep look.

"You go and take a rest, and then go to find Jiang Guogong. I'll go have breakfast, and I'll go myself, you don't have to see me off. ”

"I'm not sleepy either. First of all, I will have breakfast with the adults. ”

"It's fine. But I'm afraid that the Xu family hasn't made breakfast yet, so let's go and urge it. Hou Hongye said with a smile.

The kitchen of the Xu family really hadn't made breakfast yet, and seeing that Lord Hou was coming, he hurriedly steamed the steamed buns, and specially baked meat patties for the two, and when the two finished breakfast, the sky was already bright. Xu Shiming insisted on sending Hou Hongye to the entrance of the village. Hou Hongye took his entourage and was about to board the horse, when he saw a person galloping in the distance, and shouted "Lord Zhixian wait a minute." got closer, and it turned out to be Zhou Yuanying, the eldest son of Zhou Shihui's family.

Zhou Yuanying was recently accepted as a guard by Jiang Guogong, and everyone thought that Jiang Guogong had something to say to Hou Zhixian. saw Zhou Yuanying running to him, took out something from his backpack, and said, "Lord Hou, Lord Guogong asked the villain to send you a painting." ”

Hou Hongye took the text panel and opened it to see. But it is a verse poem, which reads:

"Staying at a Folk House and Listening to Bamboo"

--Gift Xuancheng Houzhi County

Lying down at night to listen to Xiao Xiaozhu, it is suspected that it is the voice of the people's suffering.

Some small Caozhou county officials, one branch and one leaf are always concerned.

(Note: This poem was written by Zheng Banqiao in the Qing Dynasty.) ）

Hou Hongye was happy at the beginning, and knew at a glance that this was a good poem; If you are annoyed again, just because you have been the official of Jiang Guo for half a year, drinking and hunting every day, what qualifications do you have to talk about the suffering of the people? Then a spirit of excitement understood that Jiang Guogong was dissatisfied with his initial performance in dealing with the water dispute between Shuiyantou and Menkeng, and used such a poem to express his attitude, but it should be recognized for his performance and attitude yesterday, so he gave this poem to encourage him.

Hou Hongye's mind turned a thousand times, and he reviewed the situation of Jiang Guogong in the past six months since he took office as the assassin of Xuanzhou, and thought, is this half a year of silence, a blockbuster?

After riding a horse out of the way, Hou Hongye put down other thoughts, and went through the poem a few times, and finally couldn't help but laugh happily.

One of the attendants couldn't help but ask, "Why are you laughing?" ”

"Lord Guogong gave me a poem, and this poem will be remembered for a hundred years, do you think I should be happy?"

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When Xu Shiming saw Li Congyi again, he was still a little incredulous. Who would have thought that a high-ranking prince could have deep feelings for the suffering of the people.

But Li Congyi's words scared Xu Shiming into a cold sweat, "Mr. Xu, five years ago, was there also a large number of paddy fields in Shuiyantou and a large population in Menkeng Village?" ”

Now that he is in the Menkeng Zhou family's house, how dare Xu Shiming talk nonsense. Seeing that Xu Shiming couldn't answer, Li Congyi said, "The Xu and Zhou clans have moved here for more than a hundred years, and in the process of branching out, the two clans have supported each other, and there have been many marriages. It stands to reason that even if there is a conflict, it should not be escalated to the level of a fight. Why do you think so? ”

Xu Shiming didn't dare to answer, but just pounced and knelt down to plead guilty.

Li Congyi didn't just want to beat him, but continued, "Disputes over civil interests, the merits are difficult to decide, the government intervenes, or it can be calmed down for a while, but if it is handled unfairly, it will cause bigger incidents in the future, and the government will also be trapped in the whirlpool, and it will not be able to get out." Therefore, I have the intention of setting up a company to handle the construction of the reservoir for the government, and I do not have the right manpower for the time being, so I would like to ask you to help me take charge of this matter first. ”

Xu Shiming stopped his cold sweat and understood that Li Congyi was mainly assigning tasks and beating him by the way. Seeing that Li Congyi motioned for him to get up, he got busy and said: "My subordinates will do their best to live up to the entrustment of the Lord Guogong." ”

"The name of the company is Xuanzhou Construction, and I have also drafted a copy of the company's articles of association, you can take it and take a look. If you have an opinion, you can put it forward. But the most important thing is to pull out a backbone team as soon as possible. I see that the candidates recommended by several village elders yesterday have a skill and can be used, but they should not have the experience of building dams. ”

Xu Shiming said: "What the Duke of the Kingdom said is very true. In the matter of building the dam, his subordinates are also laymen. However, the subordinates knew a person by chance before, who was competent enough to build a dam, and should recommend it to the national prince. This person's name is Zheng Deshui, a native of Chizhou, and he is also a lifter. During the period of Jinling, he had a very pleasant conversation with him, and knew that he was quite proficient in building bridges and dams. ”

"Zheng Deshui? Fan Ruoshui ...... "Li Congyi suddenly remembered a person's name. Fan Ruoshui is also a person from the Southern Tang Dynasty, and he has tried and failed, so he measured the hydrology of the Yangtze River in Quarry Rock, drew pontoon drawings, and built a stone tower in Quarry Rock out of his own pocket to fix the pontoon bridge. Then he wrote to Song Zhao Kuangyin and suggested that the pontoon bridge cross the river to attack the Southern Tang Dynasty, which was appreciated by Zhao Kuangyin. It is a pity that Li Yu of the Southern Tang Dynasty is still in the dark, and he does not know that Fan Ruoshui's northward investment has a major adverse impact on the strategy of defending the river in the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Listening to Li Congyi's own words, Xu Shiming was startled, and secretly thought that Jiang Guogong was really a Bowen (*) strong memory, after all, it had been more than three years since Fan Ruoshui went north to the Song Dynasty. "My lord, this Zheng Deshui and Fan Ruoshui are really the same family, and both of them have learned from a late master craftsman in terms of craftsmanship. A few years ago, his subordinates also exchanged letters with Zheng Deshui, saying that Fan Ruoshui persuaded him to go to the Song Court to serve together, but Zheng Deshui refused because he did not want to leave his hometown. ”