Wang Xizhi and Wang Du took the official boat all the way, entered Zhangshui from Jinkou, and crossed Hejian County, Anping Kingdom, Julu County and other places.

Because the northern section of the Yongji Canal relies on Zhangshui, it is relatively only necessary to widen and desilt, or build a sluice gate at the height drop, which is much easier to establish, and the Zhangshui section of the project is completed first.

So Wang Xizhi and Wang Du stopped at the official port and were about to get off the ship, when the bow of the ship came over and said:

"Wang Jinshi, do you need us to put down a small boat for you to go to the port on the other side?"

"Oh?" Wang Du heard the words of the bow of the ship and said, "Are you going to drive people away?" ”

"What did Wang Jinshi say, even if he lent me two guts, he wouldn't dare to act so nonsense!" The bow of the ship hurriedly spoke,

"It's just that the port on the other side of the river was built by a family, and compared with the luxury and beauty of the official port, most of the children of the family have dealings.

Disembark at the official port, most of them only provide heavy meals, not as good as the meals on the other side, but Wang Jinshi, you must be free. ”

"Yi Shao, I'm shy, I'm afraid I won't be able to go to the port of the family to enjoy the delicious food," Wang Du couldn't help but say.

"I'm not a greedy person, and I might even be able to taste the heavy tofu brain!" Wang Xizhi said with a smile.

After speaking, the two of them got off the boat and went to the dock of the public house, chatting as they walked.

"This canal has only been through for so long, and a river separates two worlds?" Wang Du couldn't help but sigh.

Listening to Wang Du's exclamation, Wang Xizhi couldn't help but say, "Aren't the ferries on both sides of the strait all from the imperial court?" ”

"Not really!" Wang Du couldn't help but shake his head and said, "As soon as the land of Hebei was conquered, the imperial court built the Yongji Canal, and a large part of the money and grain were from local families.

And all the families who have contracted all the money and grain in the county where they are located can get Youjin as a return, and the other will be handed over to the imperial court, of course, the imperial court will pick it first! ”

"Then why is the current port of the imperial court relatively dirty, while the port of the family on the other side seems to be more gorgeous?" When Wang Xizhi heard Wang Du's words, he couldn't help but show a little incomprehension.

"Because the purpose of the Dahan government port is to let more low-level merchants and coolies live in it, and to carry the purpose of allowing more people to rely on this Yongji Canal to survive.

Therefore, the environment here is relatively dirty and messy, and the food provided is mainly heavy salt.

So the vast majority of the coolie people living here, as well as us poor officials! A familiar voice came from behind Wang Du.

When Wang Du heard this voice, he involuntarily turned his head and happened to see Zheng Luo.

It's just that Zheng Luo is wearing brown linen, and his originally round body is thinner, and the only thing that remains the same is that he laughs and has a slight squint on his face.

"Boundary?" "Sub-device!" Both of them were very happy about this encounter, and it was so casual.

"Yi Shao, let me introduce you to you, this is the champion of the examination, Xingyang Zheng Zheng's Zheng Luo, Jieju, this is Wang Xi's Wang Yi Shao of the Langya Wang Clan." At this time, Wang Du, as the introducer of both sides, immediately talked about it.

"Champion?!" When Wang Xizhi heard Wang Du's words, he looked at Zheng Luo in front of him again and couldn't help but feel amazed.

"Luck, luck!" Zheng Luo said, "It is the king who attaches great importance to facts and theories, so I was lucky to pick up the champion, if the palace test is replaced by an article or a poem, I am afraid that even the Jinshi and the first may not be able to get it." ”

"Jieju is too humble!" Wang Du sighed when he heard Zheng Luo's words, and then said to Zheng Luo, "But then again, why are you here?" ”

"We, the Jinshi who stayed in Yecheng, are basically under the command of Dr. Chen Yuan, as an inspection of the imperial history, if we see corruption, we have the right to directly participate in the performance, of course, we also have to write down the log of the scope as a reference for work."

Zheng Luo said this, and continued: "Maybe because I proposed in the final palace test "Yongji Canal" that the Yongji Canal should be built as the axis and guide the surrounding mountain springs in order to develop farming, I was sent to inspect the Yongji Canal, and asked me to write a good log of the Yongji Canal!" ”

"It turns out that your palace exam is so broken, no wonder you were appreciated by the King of Han, and now I look back and find that my full article is not even something to say!" Wang Du couldn't help but speak.

"Don't be humble, how can you say that you are also a Jinshi and the first, you must be appreciated by the King of Han!" Zheng Luo said.

"I always feel that I am the one who was selected by the Han King!" Wang Du couldn't help but sigh.

"Then you don't need to be humble, in terms of luck, you are the best in the world." Zheng Luo said more seriously.

When Zheng Luo said this, he looked at Wang Xizhi and said:

"Yi Shao, you are from the land of Henan like me, and you are from the world-famous Langya Wang family.

Although I missed the exam, if I want to become a great man, I can write a letter of recommendation and introduce it to Shangshu Ling Chu Yi, I believe Chu Shangshu will definitely take care of you! ”

To tell the truth, whether Chu Biao is willing or not, all the families from the south instinctively support Chu Biao.

This is not necessarily because Chu Biao formed a party for personal gain, but because Chu Biao's identity is really too special.

He represents the interests of the family, and he is also a part of the patriarchal faction, and even the military history system was presided over by him before Xi joined the army.

Therefore, Chu Biao himself can be regarded as a party, and an absolute political group formed with Chu Biao himself as the pivot.

Zheng Luo, who came from the south, almost instinctively hugged Chu Yu's thigh, and he didn't need to know the way.

"Then thank you, Brother Zheng!" Wang Xizhi heard Zheng Luo's concern, expressed his gratitude in his heart, and then said,

"Brother Zheng, just now you said that the vast majority of people living on the official Jinkou side are coolies and poor officials, doesn't the King of Han know this? Or did the Han King condone this? ”

"King Han naturally knows the situation here." Zheng Luo sighed slightly, "But if all the ports on this side are built according to the construction standards of the families on the other side, the cost to be paid will be too high."

For the vast majority of people who depend on the canal for their survival, although it is now dirty and messy, at least there is still a place to stay.

And there are also retired non-commissioned officers on patrol, at least there is no need to worry about safety.

But if this side is the same as the carved fence jade wine and food of the opposite family, this side will not be able to operate.

At least these people are afraid that they will be forced to go to more unorderly but cheaper places. ”

When Wang Xizhi heard Zheng Luo's words, he nodded thoughtfully, and said with a little emotion,

"If Brother Zheng's plan to farm according to the Yongji Canal can be successfully implemented, I think more people can farm instead of coming here to earn a living.

I somewhat understand why King Han named Brother Zheng as the champion, because you are so talented! ”

When Zheng Luo heard Wang Xizhi's words, he couldn't help laughing and said, "It's over, it's over!" ”

For a moment, Zheng Luo looked at Wang Xizhi's gaze and suddenly felt a little familiar at first sight, but talked about it more earnestly.

To be honest, Liu Tai could see that the further development of Zheng Luodian's "Yongji Canal" was naturally quite insufficient.

Although he proposed a very good cultivation plan with the Yongji Canal as the core, Zheng Luo did not solve the problem of how to solve the water source if it was implemented according to his plan.

You know, it's the north, not the south, and the south has plenty of water, and from time to time you get some water.

But in the north, it is not uncommon for the river to be cut off during the dry season, so I must give priority to ensuring the transportation of the Yongji Canal, after all, there is water in the channel, at least I can dispatch food from other places for emergency.

Therefore, Liu Tai asked Zheng Luo to come here to do the imperial history of the river patrol, and the most important reason was to let Zheng Luo go deep into the grassroots to see if he could come up with a plan, and if he could come up with a relatively reasonable plan, then Liu Tai was willing to spend money on it.

It should be regarded as cultivating the future prime minister, after all, if this plan can be successful, it will naturally be cultivated as a storage minister.

If you fail, then naturally don't say anything, even if you are the champion, you only have one chance of trial and error.

Of course, in Liu Tai's view, instead of spending a lot of effort to divert the river into the river, it is better to find more ways to find cash crops that are more suitable for local cultivation.

It's just that in this way, it is necessary to take the south of the Yellow River, or even the south of the Yangtze River, to cultivate food crops.

After all, cash crops can only be developed when there is abundant food, otherwise it will inevitably lead to social unrest.

Of course, if the south of the Yangtze River is really taken down, then the development of waterways, especially to find a way to get the rice to occupy the city is the last word, and the population of the Chinese people may really be able to break 100 million in the feudal era.

It's just that Zheng Luo didn't know Liu Tai's idea.

But he knew that as a river patrol imperial history, in addition to impeachment and participation when he saw corruption, the most important thing was to thoroughly improve the details of his "Yongji Canal" on the palace test.

This required him to visit village by village, as well as to explore one tributary after another.

After all, when you really want to do something, you always need to implement it at the bottom, but simple planning at the top level is not enough.

Even if Liu Tai knows how to plan, it is Cao Wei, Guo Pu, and Wang Bo who really work.

And Zheng Luo can know this, and it is Chu Yu who came over to mention Zheng Luo.

After all, it is really not easy to produce such a down-to-earth person in the scholar clan, Chu Yu feels that cultivating Zheng Luo does not expect to really become Shang Shuling, but at least there are seven or eight layers of certainty to become the future Dasi Nong.

After all, he has a high enough vision, and at the same time can put forward the details and methods of cultivation in a down-to-earth manner, at least other scholars really can't do it, so Chu Yu also reminded him.

And Chu Yu's reminder to Zheng Luo was enough for Zheng Luo to pour all his attention into this matter.

After all, for the people of this era, what they are pursuing is to leave a name in history, and Zheng Luo knows very well that if he can complete the whole strategy that he put forward in the palace test, the history will be waiting for him.

It is under such circumstances that Zheng Luo's enthusiasm for work is not high!

Therefore, Zheng Luo is indeed very happy that he can meet Wang Du this time.

It's just that the next day, Zheng Luo immediately devoted himself to the survey of the entire Yongji Canal and said goodbye to Wang Du.

However, before leaving, Zheng Luo handed over the courtyard key that he had been rewarded for being the champion to Wang Du, saying that he would go to his courtyard first in Yecheng as a place to stay, and leave the main house to himself, and you would help me clean up, so that I wouldn't be dusty when I went back.

It is not easy to live in Yecheng, and this sentence has made all the people who have come to Yecheng deeply understand.

Although after becoming an official, the imperial court will also provide a place to live, but the problem is that the cheap staff dormitory provided by the imperial court is the same as the independent courtyard Xiaozhuneng obtained after becoming a champion.

Basically, the top five in the first class will provide such a small courtyard building, and it will only be used by this batch of judges, and the next batch of new imperial examinations will come out, and they need to give up this house.

However, Liu Tai said that the next batch of exams will be about three to five years, at least for a short time, and the house will be in Zheng Luo's hands.

Generally, you will be an official for three years, and as an official, you will generally have your own house, and even if you don't have one, the court will assign you a house of the same grade.

Of course, in this era, there are many children in the family, and there is generally no need to wait for the imperial court to allocate a house.

After all, the house allocated by the imperial court follows the grade, and what grade will arrange what level of residence.

And if you have been living in your own house, in addition to getting the corresponding housing subsidy from the imperial court, the most important thing is that you will not move because of your promotion or demotion.

And Wang Du is not polite, since Zheng Luo dares to send it, he dares to ask for it.

At the beginning, I was different from squeezing in an inn with him, even if I took a bath, I still went to soak together!

After receiving the key from Zheng Luo's hand, Wang Du and Wang Xizhi quickly headed towards Yecheng.

When he came to Yecheng, Wang Du introduced Wang Xizhi as if he was half a master: "When we arrive in Yecheng, we will first go to the house of Jieju to settle down."

Tomorrow, after I go to Dr. Chen to report, I will stop by Chu Shangshu's mansion to deliver the famous thorn.

No matter what, you are all from the Langya Wang family, and you are doing filial piety, Chu Shangshu will definitely not treat you badly! ”

Wang Xizhi was about to answer Wang Du, but at this time, several people surrounded him in front of them.

"What are you doing, I am the king of the new science and technology, this is the great Han rule, under the feet of the Han king, if you do something rebellious, you will definitely be severely punished by the court!"

Wang Du stood decisively in front of Wang Xizhi at this moment, looking at several people with a serious expression and threatening.

Liu Zhao, who was the leader, pointed to the Winged Tiger embroidered on his body, then took out the forbidden army token and said:

"We are Hu Benwei, and we were ordered to come and invite the son of Wang Xi of the Langya Wang clan."

"Is this the Langya Wang Clan?" Wang Du, a down-and-out family, understood the meaning of the four words of Langya Wang for the first time, and then whispered to Wang Xizhi, "The King of Han was born as a captain of the Tiger Ben, and the Tiger Benwei is the personal soldier of the King of Han." ”

When Wang Xizhi heard this, he walked out from behind Wang Du and said calmly: "A certain is Wang Xizhi of the Langya Wang family, please don't embarrass Brother Wang." ”

Wang Xizhi said, turned his head and said to Wang Du freely: "Xie Ziqi sent me here, but the next road needs Xizhi to go by himself." ”

Wang Xizhi saluted Wang Du as he spoke, took a deep breath, and did not wait for Wang Du to return the salute, but prepared to meet the most difficult level of his coming to the Northland.

Follow these tiger guards and go towards the Han Palace.

(End of chapter)