Seeing Lu Qianjian kneeling down and admitting his mistake, Lin Yanchao ignored him, but left him cold.

At this time, the ceremony of sacrificing the river was over, and Lin Yanchao came to the river to lay the foundation stone with all the river workers, and then convened the river workers to give a lecture.

This series of rituals is the most familiar to Lin Yanchao in the previous life.

But at that time, he was just an errand runner, busy at the grassroots level. In a lower position, he can't help but complain that there is too much red tape, many of which are formal, formal, and meaningless.

But today, when I look around, the position is different, and the view has changed.

Any form ultimately falls on the sense of ritual. Without a sense of ceremony, how can people take this matter seriously.

Only by being cautious can we finish respectfully.

That night, Lin Yanchao lived on the embankment. The imperial court set up a shop along the Yellow River for several miles, and there was a shopkeeper to monitor the river situation.

Lin Yanchao lives in a shop.

In the middle of the night, Lin Yanchao was still correcting the official documents, and Chen Jichuan entered the house and brought a pot of tea to Lin Yanchao and said, "Master, this Shangqiu Zhixian is still kneeling outside." ”

Lin Yanchao nodded when he heard this, and immediately said, "Let him come in." ”

At that moment, Chen Jichuan introduced Lu Qianjian into the house. He looked like he was so cold that his nose was blue and his face was swollen.

Lin Yanchao said: "Lu Zhixian, you knelt all night, do you have anything to say?" ”

Lu Qianjian arched his hand and said, "Sima, it's the official's mistake." Xia Guan thought about it all night and confessed his mistake to Sima. ”

"What's wrong with Lu Zhixian?"

"The lower officials were born in two lists, but because of the top three backgrounds, they can only serve as pro-people officials, and they have been serving as the magistrate of Shangqiu County for six years, and there is a strong prefect, and they can't call the shots in everything, so it's easy for the prefect to leave, and the lower officials can't help but make claims this time, without consulting Sima."

"If these words are true, Lu Zhixian can go."

"Sima, Sima, there is another thing, for several years, Xia Guan has been on good terms with Xiao Taohua, a famous prostitute in Kaifeng Mansion, but he has no money to redeem her. A month ago, several big families in the city ransomed Xiao Taohua on behalf of the lower officials, and the lower officials exempted them from the field tax, and the labor was apportioned in exchange. The lower official ghost was confused, so he agreed. ”

Lin Yanchao took a sip of tea and said, there is such a thing.

Lin Yanchao said: "For the sake of a prostitute, you sold the people of Manxian County." Do you know how many ordinary people's families will be ruined by uneven forced labor and forced apportionment? ”

Lu Qiankun said with a sad look when he heard this: "Little Peach Blossom was also a big flood back then, and her family borrowed a big loan shark and was sold to a brothel by her parents. She persuaded Xiaguan, and Xiaguan also felt guilty, but she regretted it. Xia Guan has never been interested in a woman in his life, and he has not touched his wife's room a few times in the family, but he is sincere to Xiao Taohua...... Alas, ask what is the situation in the world, and the straight teach people to promise life and death! ”

Lin Yanchao almost spit out the tea when he heard this, and said slowly: "Since you know that you are wrong, how do you plan to change it?" Let's hear it. ”

Lu Qianjian knew that whether he could keep his black gauze hat depended on this moment, he knelt down and said: "Xia Guan has been an official for many years, and he has saved some silver, and he will return it to these big households first, and then immediately re-levy the silver and send them to service, and everything will come according to a whip law." ”

Hearing Lu Qianjian say this, Lin Yanchao nodded and said, "You have already reported to the clan department for the ten-stage brocade method, how can you change the order every day." ”

"In this way, Ben Cheng will make the decision for you, you go back and return the silver to the big households, and then levy the silver difference from the big households, and give money and food subsidies to the civilian servants who are assigned to serve, and the rest will not have to be easier. For the sake of Puzhou Gong's face, Ben Cheng didn't want to embarrass you. But if there is a bad pool, don't blame Ben Cheng for not being in love. ”

Lu Qianjian was overjoyed when he heard this: "Xie Sima, Xie Sima." ”

It is better to pinch Lu Qianjian's handle in his hand than to drive him away and change to a Shangqiu County Order, and by doing so, he also sold Zhang Siwei a face.

Lin Yanchao stayed overnight by the embankment, and the next day before dawn, there was already a commotion in the embankment.

Lin Yanchao put on his official uniform and took a few entourages to the embankment, but he saw the red of the sun in the distance, shining on the big river and the beach.

Thousands of shirtless men braved the steep cold wind to work on the embankment.

Seeing this scene, Lin Yanchao was moved in his heart.

It is difficult to prosper the country, the sorrow is enlightened, the river is flooded, and it is not wanton at all ages, but it also casts the unyielding personality of the people on both sides of the river.

Lin Yanchao looked at this hot scene, and sighed in his heart, but at this time, he saw Huang Yue coming from the embankment.

Lin Yanchao nodded and said, "Very good, this official has always gotten up early, but today you got up earlier than this official." ”

Huang Yue said with a smile when he heard this: "With a capable minister like Sima, how dare we not serve our orders as subordinate officials?" By the way, the lower officials want to tell Sima about the river work. ”

Lin Yanchao said: "Don't be busy, first tell the official what the civil servants will eat in the morning?" ”

In the past, river workers were dispatched, and it was good to have two meals a day. Sometimes the river workers are busy on the embankment, and even eating is a problem. That's just it, the greed of the river workers officials has led to many river workers not even being able to eat. Therefore, the river workers who were enlisted preferred to bring their own dry food from home.

Lin Yanchao promised to give the food for the civil servants of Xiuhe, and the standard was three meals a day, which can be called the conscience of the industry. In Lin Yanchao's view, the river construction embankment is even more difficult than ploughing the fields, and it is not good to eat well.

Huang Yue said: "Today, I eat black noodle steamed buns, black noodle scones, one bun per person, two cakes." ”

Black noodles are much worse than white noodles, they are coarsely processed grains, and they are also the most common food for ordinary people. But Lin Yanchao is already many times better than other officials.

Lin Yanchao nodded and said, "Very good, you can tell me about the river work." What are the civil servants doing on these river beaches? ”

"Yes," Huang Yue's eyes lit up when it came to the matter of the river work, and his face was full of energy, "We are preparing the land, and the turf on the ground must be removed before the embankment is built, and the potholes and potholes need to be filled neatly before the civil servants can make stone kilns." ”

"Sima, please follow the subordinate to take a look."

Lin Yanchao followed Huang Yue to the beach, but saw that the civilian servants here were working hard, sweating profusely.

As soon as the sun came out, there was a masculine beauty shining on the oily and shiny copper skin of the civil servants.

A dozen civilian servants put ropes on all sides of a large round stone disk. After putting on the rope, the eight men each held one end of the rope.

Huang Yue stepped forward and said, "It's time to do it, Sima be careful." ”

Lin Yanchao knew that it was very dangerous for these hundreds of catties of boulders to be lifted, so he took a few steps back.

But seeing that the head of the kiln coughed a few times, the eight big men holding the kiln bent their backs and held the pole in their hands, ready to get up.

"I'll sing it to everyone twice!"

The big men shouted: "Obscure! ”

After a loud bang, the stone slammed into the rammed earth.

"In the first month, in the first month."

The people followed, and the sea was raised.

The head sang again, and the white horse and silver gun Xiao Luo Cheng.

Everyone, obscure!

At the age of twelve, he hit Dengzhou, and he beat Dengzhou to save Qin Qiong!

Haiyang Sea!

As soon as everyone shouted, three or four hundred catties of kiln were lifted high above their heads, and then smashed into the rammed earth on the ground.

Every time the stone fell to the ground, Lin Yanchao felt that the ground shook. When the head shouts heroic, and from time to time to say a few jokes, causing all the big men to laugh, the river work is extremely hard, everyone can be happy in the bitterness, and they will be happy in the bitterness.

Huang Yue explained to Lin Yanchao: "When the rammed earth is solid, then build new soil, splash water layer by layer and ram, the engineering law of the Ministry of Engineering says, each foot of empty soil is tamped for seven inches, we hit to six inches, and finally the cone test is not leaked. ”

Lin Yanchao thought for a moment and said: "The "Construction Method" of Li Jie, a Song person, says that every five inches of empty soil is tamped into three inches, and you beat one foot of false soil to six inches, instead of seven inches, which is really a good embankment. ”

Huang Yue said with admiration when he heard this: "I have heard Sima erudite and knowledgeable for a long time, and even read "Construction Method", yes, Sima ordered the official to supervise the construction of the 100-mile embankment, and the official intends to build only seven feet, although it is built short, but it is thick enough to be thin at the top and thick at the bottom, the specifications of the Ministry of Engineering are that the embankment is one zhang high, the upper width is three zhang, and the lower width is ten zhang, we will build this embankment, absolutely foolproof. ”

"As long as this embankment is together, when there is no big water, the water potential is restricted, the river is scoured, the water is restrained and the sand is attacked, and after the water rises, although the river can cross the embankment and flood the embankment, it cannot break the embankment. Don't look at the seven-foot embankment, although it is short, but it can block the peach blossom flood, the only thing to worry about is the autumn flood. ”

The Peach Blossom Flood is from late March to early April

The flood is the time of the dog days, and the autumn flood is after the autumn.

The peach blossom flood in the Yellow River is a small flood, and the autumn flood is a big flood.

Lin Yanchao said: "That is to say, in the peach blossom flood money, the embankment was reinforced, and before the flood and autumn flood, the remote embankment was reinforced." ”

Huang Yue smiled slightly when he heard this: "If this is the case, it is not enough to show the ability of the officials." Laymen repair embankments, heavy remote embankments and light embankments, and lower officials do the opposite, heavy embankments and light embankments. ”

Lin Yanchao said with a smile: "But the embankment can't prevent the autumn flood, and in the end, we have to go back to reinforce the remote embankment." ”

Huang Yue said confidently: "Sima, rest assured, the lower officials plan to build a culvert on the embankment between the two embankments, and divert the river water to fill the silt; In this way, the depression in the embankment can be silted and turned into flat land, and the effect of reinforcing the remote embankment can also be collected in advance. ”

Lin Yanchao couldn't help but admire when he heard this, he thought that when he fell into the silt and fixed the embankment, he didn't expect Huang Yue to change his thinking, not to defend passively, but to take the initiative. After the silt is released and the embankment is guided to the bottom of the embankment, the embankment can be built before the autumn flood to protect the remote embankment.

As long as the embankment is settled, the money for building the remote embankment can be saved a lot, and the whole effort can be put into the construction of the embankment. At present, ICBC is overstretched for Lin Yanchao's big project, so it can save a little bit.

Lin Yanchao and Huang Yue walked around and talked, and the sun was already high at this time.

The riverbank is still full of the sound of digging for soil.

At this time, dozens of sturdy peasant women came to the embankment carrying baskets of steamed buns with black flour and black flour scones.

But I saw that the baskets were heavy, the steamed buns and scones were piled up like a hill, and there were buckets of soup.

Lin Yanchao walked up to the two women who were filling the soup, picked up the spoon containing the soup and stirred it into the bucket, but saw the oil flowers and shallots tumbling on the surface of the soup. Lin Yanchao personally tasted it, some clear soup was too watery, and he said to Huang Yue: "People who do hard work like to eat salty, and this soup is light." ”

Hearing Lin Yanchao say this, the two women showed fear.

Huang Yue said: "Xia Guan understands, it must be improved." ”

Lin Yanchao nodded, and then Wen Yan said to the two women: "Take it down!" ”