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Lin Ke's face changed abruptly, but he quickly returned to normal, and said with a smile: "You talk to me about books, I can't talk about it." If you want to ask me how much goods my Lin family has shipped and how much silver I have earned this year, I can tell you clearly. Hahaha. ”

Lin Jue smiled: "Then don't talk about books." My brother came to me and I don't know why? ”

"Can't you come if it's okay?" Lin Ke laughed.

"Of course I can come, but the second uncle has just returned, and I thought you would accompany him around today."

"Originally, I was going to accompany the second uncle around, but ...... You also know that it is a big event for the second uncle to return to Hangzhou, and the officials in Hangzhou lined up to entertain him. It's not ...... Early in the morning, Zhang Yi sent someone to invite, and the second uncle had already been invited by him to play, and at noon he set up a banquet at the West Lake Painting Boat. ”

Lin Jue smiled and said: "Zhang Tong is judged to have long feet, yesterday's prince, today is him." Governor Yan hadn't robbed him yet. ”

"How could Governor Yan come to rob it? You still don't know the Yan Governor's Mansion? He never entertained others. That's it, we can't take care of their affairs, I came to apologize to you on behalf of the second brother for what happened at the banquet last night. He also regretted what he said last night, but he was afraid that you would care, and he was too embarrassed to open his mouth. I, the eldest brother, watched your brothers make an awkward scene, so it was naturally my duty to mediate. That's why I'm here. Lin Ke smiled.

Lin Jue smiled: "What happened last night? I've forgotten what happened last night. Besides, I don't dare to work my brother in this matter. ”

Lin Ke said with a smile: "There is nothing that does not work, my own brothers, there are some small contradictions between each other, and it is normal to be tight." What the second uncle said is very true, my Lin family needs to work together to revitalize the court. You have done a lot for the Lin family, and it is wrong for the second child to say that you are so, so this apology must be said. ”

Lin Jue smiled: "There's nothing to apologize for, I didn't take it to heart at all, the second brother is too careful." ”

Lin Ke nodded and said, "Very good, you are so generous, then it is good." There shouldn't be too much consideration between brothers. Lin Jue, I was a little confused about what you said before you left last night, and I don't know why you said that. ”

Lin Jue's heart moved, Lin Ke was testing himself with words. He heard the sound of the strings, but he was not sure, so he came to his small courtyard today to further test.

"What did I say last night, last night? I don't remember. Lin Jue said with a smile.

A cold light flashed in Lin Ke's eyes, and he immediately smiled: "Lin Jue, why should we be like this between our brothers. The last thing you said was, 'It's better not to hang the plaque, you can't take it off if you hang it'. It's a no-brainer. Originally, my Lin family was rewarded by the imperial court, what an honor is that? But after you said this, the head of the family and the second uncle were not happy, and we didn't understand what it meant. Can you explain it to me? ”

"It turned out to be this sentence, I just said it so casually, and it didn't mean anything special." Lin Jue waved his hand.

Lin Ke sank his face and said: "Lin Jue, this is your fault, obviously you mean something, why do you deny it?" Could it be that you can't have a heart-to-heart relationship with my eldest brother? Prevent the big brother from failing? ”

Lin Jue smiled slightly, looked at Lin Ke's eyes and whispered, "Big brother, others don't understand, don't you understand?" ”

Lin Ke's body stiffened, and his face turned cold. He was originally here to find out the bottom of Lin Jue, Lin Jue's words last night made him quite uneasy, he wanted to find out if Lin Jue really knew something, so he came to see Lin Jue to test the details. Although Lin Jue didn't say anything, just this sentence was actually enough. Lin Jue's eyes were full of laughter, his voice was full of contempt, and he was talking about sacrificing his life just now, all of which was most understandable in Lin Ke's opinion. Lin Jue's heart slowly sank, sinking into the cold and gloomy.

"Lin Jue, what you said, how can I understand? I don't understand what's going on. It only took a second for Lin Ke's face to go from dark to brilliant, and his white and chubby face was full of a kind smile.

"Well, since you don't want to say it explicitly, I won't force you. I'm not here today to ask these words, I'm here to resolve last night's holiday between you and the second child. Let's do it, I do the east, on the west bank of the West Lake, our family bought a piece of land, which is a place with a good scenery, and built a courtyard called the Lin Family Garden. I'll be the east tonight, our brothers will go there to get together, and I'll ask the second brother to apologize to you in person, and this matter will be over. In the future, our brothers will work together for the Lin family, what do you think? ”

Lin Jue smiled: "Is this necessary?" I said I didn't care, why apologize in person, and set up such a grand banquet. Won't this kill me? ”

"Hmm...... It's like a few of us brothers getting together alone, and we've never been together. It was a small gathering to connect my brotherhood. You won't give this face. Lin Ke looked at Lin Jue expectantly.

Lin Jue looked at Lin Ke quietly, and from Lin Ke's smiling eyebrows, Lin Jue felt the indifference in his eyes that could not be hidden. His words and smile were fake, he just didn't know it. Lin Jue can feel it, a person's true enthusiasm and false enthusiasm can be completely felt, and there is no need for any special functions.

"In that case...... Lin Jue said.

Lin Ke's pupils contracted slightly, and his breathing was a little short.

"It's better to be respectful than to obey. Let's get together tonight. Not for anything else, for the future of the Lin family. Lin Jue said with a smile.

Lin Ke sighed lightly and said with a smile: "Yes, for the future of the Lin family, for the future of you and me." Then I will be waiting for you to come. In the evening I will call for you, lest you do not know the way. ”

"There's Brother Law." Lin Jue said with a smile.

"That's it, don't disturb your reading, read well, this autumn and next spring, you must take the title of the gold list. That will be a great joy for my Lin family. I'll go first. ”

"Brother walk slowly, the stone at the door is uneven, brother beware."

"It's okay, there's no need to send it, you just read."

Lin Jue watched Lin Ke's back disappear on the side of the flower tree, and when he turned around, his face was already full of murder.

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The west of the West Lake was originally a barren land. Weeds and trees are overgrown and stretch to the foot of a few hills to the west. In the previous spring and summer flood season, it was a muddy place, mosquitoes and flies breed snakes and rats, and the rotting plants and trees emitted a foul smell, which once became a piercing scar on the shore of the West Lake.

Over the years, several Hangzhou prefects have wanted to heal this scar and clean up this barren and evil land. However, due to the remote location and the huge drainage and flood prevention projects, there is more than enough to do. This scar can only be allowed to exist there year after year, becoming a forbidden place that is inaccessible. The large area of water near the city of Hangzhou is beautiful and prosperous, but when it comes to the western waters, it is empty.

This situation finally changed three years ago after Yan Zhengsu, who was committed to improving the people's livelihood and water conservancy in Hangzhou, and who was almost a perfectionist, so after inspecting the place, decided to clean it up.

However, it is easy to say that governance is easy, but the huge amount of work involved and the huge amount of money and money involved are beyond the expectations of solemn and solemn. Among other things, the first task of cleaning up this place is to desilt and drain the water, and change the situation of the annual spring and summer waterlogging here. This requires a great deal of work and thoughtful planning, as well as financial and human support. After more than a dozen discussions with relevant officials, the final plan was to dig up all the sedimentary silt and vegetation in the west of the lake, so that the lake could be made deeper to store more water. At the same time, a river channel to the south of the lake to the Qiantang River was dug in the southwest direction of the lake, so that the excess lake water could be discharged when the lake water swelled, and the waterline of the West Lake was at an appropriate level. If these two measures are implemented, the large wilderness on the west side of the lake can be exposed and can be completely cleaned.

However, although this solution is the solution, the problem is still the same old problem, that is, the problem of cost and manpower. These two things actually boil down to money, because as long as there is money, there is a lot of manpower available. Without money, nothing can be done. Another headache is what to do with the silt and weeds dug out of the lake? Carrying people from the lake to the shore by boat, and then transporting them from the shore to other places by carts and horses, this increased the manpower and money by 30% for no reason, and it was labor-intensive and time-consuming.

Yan Zhengsu, as an official who has been governing at the bottom all the year round, has a very good reputation wherever he serves, and it is not a waste of fame. After several nights of thinking, Yan Zhengsu found a solution. Regarding the disposal of the dug up silt and weeds, Yan Zhengsu proposed to build a levee that runs through the north and south of the West Lake on the lake surface hundreds of steps away from Nanping Mountain in the south to Qixialing in the north. The embankment was built with dug silt and weeds supplemented with a small amount of earth and stones. This not only solves the problem of silt transfer and resettlement, but also provides a passable road to the north and south of the West Lake. In order to prevent the dam from blocking the flow of water from the east and west lakes, six arch bridges were designed for the lake to flow to and from the lake. In the future, it will be planted with willows, and it will become an excellent scenery.

As soon as this plan was proposed, it immediately aroused the applause of everyone. It's a brilliant idea, not only to solve the problem, but also to make it easier for the people.

More brilliant is yet to come. As for the problem of the silver needed for governance, Yan Zhengsu also has a set of methods. After rough calculation, the whole project needs to cost 200,000 yuan of labor, and the labor cost needs to cost 40,000 or 50,000 taels of silver for 200 wen a day. The cost of renting other stones, carts, horses, and boats is also nearly 50,000 or 60,000 yuan. The whole project cost 100,000 taels of silver. This amount is staggering, after Yan Zhengsu played the imperial court, the silver taels allocated by the imperial court were only 15,000 taels, which was still because of Yan Zhengsu's big face. How to fill this gap became the key to the whole plan.

The method of solemnity and solemnity is to sell land and water. When the West Lake is treated, there will be a large area of water on the lake that can be planted with red ling. Hongling is the favorite food of every household in summer, and the price is also expensive. In fact, the water surface of the red lings is equivalent to the acres of land. Yan Zhengsu took out part of the water surface on the west side of 300 acres and sold it to the farmers who planted Hongling. According to the market price, the price of 12 taels of silver per mu of land, and the price discount of 10 taels of silver for the acres of land on the water, this item will get 3,000 taels of silver. This is still the result of Yan Zhengsu's consideration of the overall landscape of the water surface, after all, there can not be too many waters to plant red ling, which will affect the smoothness of the water surface of the West Lake and the overall landscape.