"It's finally time to go to Cangshui City, lady, we can rest for a few days!" Tong Zhan looked at the Hongda city wall in front of him, as well as the word Hengshui on the city gate, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"Well, then we're going to go to your classmates now?" Wu Yunxia next to her asked with some confusion.

After listening to his wife's words, Tong Zhan nodded and said, "Well, let's go to the county office to find him now, otherwise if he knows that I arrived in Cangshui City and doesn't look for him, he will complain about me for a while, let's go!" With that, he slowly passed through the city gate with a carriage.

Tong Zhan set up the carriage, and by inquiring about the location of passers-by, he quickly found the location of the Cangshui County Office.

"The yamen is heavy, stop coming!" The official guarding the door looked at Tong Zhan who stepped forward and shouted loudly.

Tong Zhan smiled and said: "The two eldest brothers are polite, they are the classmates and friends of the county Cheng Si Yuan, this time I brought my family to visit my friends, I don't know that Si Yuan is now in the yamen!" ”

The two officials guarding the door, as soon as they heard that they were their fellow classmates and friends, instantly became respectful, and then one of them said respectfully: "It's really unfortunate, my lord has gone to the Cangshui embankment now, and he won't be back until noon, sir, you may have to wait a little longer, or go with me to the Houya rest meeting first, I will send someone to inform the lord!" ”

When Tong Zhan heard this, he frowned, and thought for a while before saying, "Then it's troublesome for the two of you, but when my wife and daughter are settled, I'll go to the Cangshui Embankment in person, Brother Si must have his own affairs!" It's going to be a hassle for two of you! ”

When the two gatekeepers heard this, they glanced at each other, and then said, "Then according to Mr. 's words, please come with me here!" ”

Then Tong Zhan, driving the carriage, entered the back office through the back door, and after settling his wife and daughter, he rode out of the city with a servant and went in the direction of Cangshui.

Half an hour later, Tong Zhan looked at the mighty water in front of him, and couldn't help but sigh: "It really deserves to be the first major tributary of the Cangli River, rushing endlessly, and the weather is thousands!" ”

When the official next to him heard this, he said loudly: "Who said it wasn't, but my family is worried about it!" ”

After listening to the words of the servant, Tong Zhan smiled and said, "Are you worried, the amount of water is too much!" ”

"Yes, Cangshui is the first major tributary of the Cangli River, the water flow is too large, and flooding often occurs, no, our family personally went to the embankment to check it personally, just to prevent floods after the beginning of spring!" The official was also full of sadness, and he had also been harmed by the vicissitudes of water!

Soon, Tong Zhan saw a group of people measuring something on the embankment!

stopped the official next to him from coming forward to remind, but silently walked into the crowd, noticed it, and found that it was with the officer, and did not stop it, thinking that it was also an official who came to inspect the embankment!

At this moment, Si Yuan frowned, looked at the Cangshui in front of him, and couldn't help but say in a deep voice: "Let's see, is there a better way, otherwise, a lot of manpower and material resources will be spent every year to strengthen the embankment, so that the riverbed will only get higher and higher, if the embankment bursts, then the entire Cangshui County will be affected!" ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't think of any good way, and it was a little quiet for a while, only the sound of the waves!

Suddenly, someone spoke:

"The flow of Cangshui is too large, so we can only take a diversion to open up Cangshui and other rivers in the county, establish a sluice gate, and control the flow! In the dry season, the sluice gates are released to accumulate water, and at the same time, people are sent to clean up the rivers below, and the sluice gates are opened to release water in the rainy season, and at the same time the water is diverted to other rivers that lack water! ”

When Si Yuan heard this, his eyes lit up, but after thinking deeply, he frowned, and couldn't help but say: "The method is a good way, but it is too difficult to implement, not to mention the difficulty of planning, that is, the manpower consumption is also huge, if you want to complete such a huge project, Cangshui County needs more than half of the manpower, and it will take ten years to excavate with all your might!" ”

"Hehe, it's just manpower, the destructive power of the innate master is huge, and opening a canal is a trivial matter for them!"

"Do you think that the innate master is a cabbage, everywhere..."Si Yuan, who raised his head, saw Tong Zhan with a smile on his face, and couldn't help but be surprised:

"Brother Tong!" Then he was instantly overjoyed, stepped forward, hugged him suddenly, and laughed: "Haha, I don't know when Brother Tong arrived in Cangshui!" You're not doing it properly! ”

Tong Zhan, who was being held, showed such an expression, and then the two separated, and Tong Zhan said: "I just arrived today, so I went to look for you, but the people from the yamen said that you came here, so I followed to find it!" ”

"Well, that's for my brother, isn't it, but aren't you in Ningyuan County?" After speaking, he seemed to remember something, and then hurriedly asked, "Brother Tong, is it okay all the way!" ”

When Tong Zhan heard this, he rolled his eyes and said speechlessly: "If something happens, can you still see me?" ”

"Hehe, didn't I see Brother Tong and be a little happy for a while?" , and then said to the others next to him:

"Okay, that's all for today, let's all go back!"

After that, he pulled Tong Zhan and rode a horse in the direction of the government, leaving a group of people with surprised faces, because in their impression, their adults have always been diligent and love the people, and they will not delay political affairs because of their own private affairs, and some people sighed: It seems that this person should be the best friend of the adults.

When the others heard this, they also nodded their heads, expressing their understanding, after all, who doesn't have a confidant and friend anymore.

When Si Yuan and Tong Zhan returned to the mansion, they began to gather up to hold a reception banquet for Tong Zhan's family.

"Xianggong, isn't your classmate too hospitable! Is it the same for everyone else? Wu Yunxia, who didn't know much, asked her husband next to her with some doubts.

"Hehe, maybe!" Tong Zhan's answer was a little ambiguous, and at the same time he thought in his heart: "If other people hold a banquet for themselves with such fanfare, he thinks it's normal, but this Si Yuan's words have to be thought about carefully, but he can probably guess his purpose!" ”

In the end, after Si Yuan and Tong Zhan's family were full of wine and food, they finally revealed their true purpose:

"Hehe, Brother Tong, as the saying goes, eating other people's mouths is short, and taking other people's soft hands, shouldn't you help me too!"

Tong Zhan looked puzzled, and said with some confusion: "Brother Si Yuan, why do you say this, I just arrived in Cangshui County today, what can help you as the second-in-command of the county!" ”

Looking at Tong Zhan who was pretending to be stupid in front of him, Si Yuan said with disdain: "With Brother Tong, don't pretend to be stupid, didn't you say it on the dam today?" Plan the river for me! ”

At this time, Tong Zhan suddenly realized: "It turned out to be that incident, but I am not familiar with Cangshui County, how can I help you!" ”

Si Yuan looked at Tong Zhan, who was still pretending to be stupid, and couldn't help but say a little sadly: "Alas, I miss you Brother Tong, in addition to not being good at martial arts, when I was in the Guozi Academy, I didn't want to help me with this little favor, I feel cold!" ”