The return to Germany in early May of the 11th year of Wanli.

The wind and rain came suddenly, and on this day, Lin Yanchao braved the rain to inspect the river work.

It was useless to hold an umbrella in such a heavy rain, Lin Yanchao was dressed in a coat and straw sandals, and walked to the embankment.

From the embankment, the heavy rain is hitting the river non-stop, and the yellow water on all sides is pouring into the river, and thousands of civilian servants are carrying soil and rocks under the embankment.

This place is the extremely dangerous river embankment of Shangqiu, and these important embankments are called 'Dagong'.

Three flags were raised at the head of the embankment, which were guarded by officers and soldiers. The so-called three liters are to raise the yellow flag with soil, raise the red flag with stone, and raise the blue flag with willow grass.

Lin Yanchao arrived at the embankment and went straight to the shed where the secretary was located, but saw that there were more than a dozen wall lamps hanging on the shed, with the words 'Puqing Anlan' written on it.

Huang Yue and other river officials in the shed were discussing the matter of soil and stone transportation.

Seeing that someone came to the shed, Huang Yue frowned and said, "No idle people are allowed to wait for entry and exit here, go out quickly." ”

Seeing that Lin Yanchao took off his hat, Huang Yue lost color and said: "I don't know that Sima came to inspect, and the lower officials and others are not welcome." ”

The officials fell to their knees.

Lin Yanchao waved his hand and said: "No courtesy, it has rained heavily in the past few days, and this official is worried about the embankment, so I came here to inspect, so you don't have to worry too much." Will the water level of the river rise? ”

After hearing Lin Yanchao say this, Huang Yue and other officials were relieved, otherwise Lin Yanchao would not say hello and suddenly came to inspect the embankment, which really made them scared. But seeing Lin Yanchao braving the rain and rushing to the river embankment wearing a hat and a hat, this kind of attention to river workers couldn't help but warm the hearts of the officials on the front line of the embankment.

Huang Yue fixed his mind and said, "Please Sima come with the officials." ”

Saying that, Huang Yue said to others: "Why don't you bring a pot of ginger tea quickly." ”

Lin Yanchao and Huang Yue came to the place where the Xipeng was facing the river, and the others immediately brought Lin Yanchao a pot of ginger tea.

Lin Yanchao drank the hot ginger tea in his hand while listening to Huang Yuefen.

Huang Yue said: "Sima, don't look at the quiet on the river right now, but there is a folk proverb that 'the rising water does not sound the sound of falling water', and the river surface is bright, which is called the bright ridge." The so-called bright ridge is like a bow back, the middle of the river is high, and the two sides are low, on the other hand, the receding water is like the bottom of the pot, with both sides high and the middle low. ”

Lin Yanchao looked at it, nodded and said, "That's true." But it's only May now, and the flood season is coming early? ”

Huang Yue said: "That's not necessarily, the Yellow River is not a long-lasting water, and it can only be sent five or six times a year, and each time it is sent for only three or four days." And this water has been rising for two or three days, and it still has not yet risen out of the embankment, and I don't think it is strong. ”

"But it should not be overlooked, May and June are the time when the river is full of momentum; In July, the drum is flourishing again; In August, the three drums were exhausted and decayed. ”

Lin Yanchao asked Huang Yue, "How is this embankment repaired?" ”

Huang Yue said: "The hundred miles of embankment have been repaired for more than 90 miles, if it weren't for Zeng Qianheng's trouble, it should have been completed." Now that the lower officials have used all the money allocated to the river industry and materials on the embankment, Sima, it has been three months since the start of construction, and there is no money in the river work account. ”

Hearing that begging for money below was the biggest headache for Shangguan, Lin Yanchao drank the ginger tea in one breath and said, "Don't be busy talking about the money first, let's go to the embankment first." ”

After speaking, Lin Yanchao put on his hat and walked to the tent again, and the officials below hurriedly followed.

At this time, the heavy rain stopped for a while, and the seven-foot embankment built by forcing the river to force the river had already stopped all the water of the Yellow River in the embankment. Between the embankment and the embankment, there is a silt land nearly two miles wide, and Lin Yanchao's square is on the top of the embankment, overlooking the Yellow River next to the embankment.

Now that the embankment has been repaired, the people under the embankment have begun to transport soil and tamp the foot of the embankment.

Lin Yanchao saw that the civilian servants used small carts with thick and broad wooden wheels and short hubs without spokes, and used animal power to pull boxes of soil, and then unpacked and pushed, all the soil fell on the foot of the embankment, and then the carts were pulled away.

Huang Yue explained to Lin Yanchao: "This is called a plate hub car, commonly known as the Xia Ze car by the common people, and the fields and rivers can be traveled back and forth. ”

Lin Yanchao said to Huang Yue: "I know this, but where did I get this soil from?" ”

Lin Yanchao knows that the river workers take the soil as the most important, and the embankment is taken from the soil on the pond within 100 zhang, which is called "the main soil", commonly known as "taking the soil on the spot"; The earthwork that is far away is called "guest soil", also called "distant soil".

For the sake of manpower saving, of course, the closer to the embankment is the better, but it is really a dilemma to get closer to the embankment for fear of hurting the embankment.

Huang Yue smiled, directly stopped a plate hub car, took out a handful of soil from the trunk, and pinched it in his hand for Lin Yanchao to see.

Lin Yanchao saw that the soil was black and asked, "Could it be silt?" ”

Huang Yue said with a smile: "Exactly, when I was repairing the embankment before, I put silt and solidify the embankment, and accumulated three feet of silt, and now I just shovel some to tamp the foot of the embankment." This embankment is based on silt, and there are several kinds of silt, which can only be seen by the old river workers. ”

A river worker on the side said: "Master Sima, the villain takes the soil from the old silt or ox head silt, as for the new silt soil is not sticky enough, the berm is more than enough, and the foot of the embankment is insufficient." ”

Huang Yue explained: "It is also the old silt dug out from under the new silt, if it is not for the construction of a dike, where is the benefit of silting this river." ”

"Nonsense, you said before that the new mud is fine, but how do you think this mud is generally feasible? It is not as good as the old silt under the silt, the bull's head silt. ”

"The new silt is nothing, otherwise you will be asked to wait for the embankment to take soil, go uphill over the top of the embankment and then go downhill, this is the "beam soil", not to mention people, cattle are also tired to lie down. ”

Huang Yue and the river worker are arguing with each other. Although Huang Yueguan is the highest, he is not angry when several veteran river workers contradict him, but in principle, he always has to fight for a red face.

Although Lin Yanchao didn't understand most of them, he liked this 'truth-seeking and pragmatic' atmosphere very much. The river officials really wanted to build a good embankment.

Huang Yue said to Lin Yanchao: "Although the completion of the embankment has consumed a lot of labor, the benefits are already visible, and feeding back the remote embankment is gradually showing benefits." But although it is going well, Lord Sima, there is no money in the river workers' account, should you allocate a little more from the treasury? ”

Seeing Huang Yue pitifully asking for money from him, Lin Yanchao said to Huang Yue: "Don't be in a hurry to talk about money, when we came from the parade, I saw many people building houses in the silt between the embankment and the remote embankment, as if they were planning to use this kind of crop, what is going on?" ”

Huang Yue hurriedly said: "This is the negligence of the lower officials, the silt in this river embankment is the first-class soil, and there are always people who are lucky, thinking that they can block the water by relying on a wisp of embankment." Therefore, they took the risk of planting crops by the embankment, and if the flood did not overflow the embankment, then they would have reaped a year's crop in vain, and even if the crops were really flooded, the loss would not be great. ”

Lin Yanchao said solemnly: "This must not be done. In the event that a large flood overflows the embankment, these people living in the embankment will die, and the county government will immediately notify them to move them out of the embankment. ”

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