"Who is this? Is that the thief's parents?! ”

At this moment, Wang Yan came from the backyard and saw Sun Fengnian and his wife standing in front of Xu Ping, and shouted loudly. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Xu Ping frowned and looked back at Wang Yan: "Deputy Envoy Wang, if you have something to ask, will you ask when I finish asking here?" ”

Listening to Xu Ping's words, Wang Yan blushed. This is basic politeness, don't say that Xu Ping's official position is higher than him, even he can't be so unreasonable to his subordinates. Wang Yan was so anxious that he even forgot about it.

was interrupted by Wang Yanyi, especially the word "thief", which made the hearts of Sun Fengnian and his wife, who had just calmed down, suddenly rise again. looked at Wang Yan tremblingly, and then looked at Xu Ping, and didn't know what to do for a while.

Xu Ping was very angry in his heart, and it was not good to turn his face directly with Wang Yan, so he could only suppress his anger, and said to Sun Fengnian and his wife, who were at a loss: "Relax, as long as what you say is true, your son will be fine." ”

After speaking, seeing that the couple were still shocked, they turned to Lu Fang next to them and said, "Go and bring that Sun Erlang over and reunite their family, so as not to worry about each other." ”

Lu Fang agreed, turned around and went to the backyard.

The miscellaneous officials in the post house brought a chair over, and Wang Yan looked at it and sat down silently.

Xu Ping didn't bother to pay attention to him, just as if he didn't exist.

Not long after, Lu Fang brought Sun Erlang over and returned to Xu Ping.

As soon as Wu Liuniang saw her son over there, she couldn't help it anymore, and her tears couldn't stop flowing, and she couldn't stop it. Sun Fengnian patted her on the shoulder, sighed heavily, and tears welled up in the corners of his eyes.

Xu Ping motioned to Lu Fang to let Sun Erlang go, and let him throw himself into the arms of his parents.

Let the family vent their suppressed feelings for a while, and let the fears of the past two days flow away with tears, Xu Pingcai said to Sun Fengnian: "Your son is also back, don't worry about it anymore." Now tell me what is the situation of the Yellow River waterway in Heyin County, and whether it has really rolled so much to the north. ”

Sun Fengnian turned around and secretly wiped the tears hanging from the corners of his eyes, turned his head and said, "Official, if it is only this year, the river will not change so much, it is all accumulated in the past few years. However, the Yellow River previously flowed along the foot of Guangwu Mountain, and it seemed that the water was only shallow, and the course of the river did not change much. This year, when the water reached the bottom of the beach, the bottom of the river on the south side was unusually flat, and it suddenly withdrew seven or eight miles away. ”

Xu Ping thought for a while, nodded, and understood the truth.

In the past few years, there has been a drought, but the river has become shallow, and because the water level of the entire wide river has dropped together, it does not look conspicuous. This year, the previous water level has reached the bottom of the southern half of the river, which is full of silt and sand, wide and flat, and the river has rapidly shrunk to the northern half.

So it looks like half of the river has dried up all at once, but in fact the amount of water is not much, except for the residents on both sides of the river, the feeling of upstream and downstream is not obvious. Otherwise, if the water volume of the Yellow River was really reduced by half, it would have already alarmed the imperial court, and it would be impossible for him to know at this time.

Thinking of this, Xu Ping basically believed what Sun Fengnian said and breathed a sigh of relief. With this nearly ten miles of waterless water, there is enough space to open a canal on it. The sediment accumulated by the Yellow River is soft and delicate, which is conducive to excavation and maintenance.

As for how to fix the bank of the river, it is necessary to use the method of Chen Yaozuo, who is now judging Zhengzhou. Chen Yaozuo was one of the most outstanding water conservancy experts among the officials of this era, and when he was an official in various places, he once managed many major rivers. The embankment of the lower reaches of the Yellow River is more than 1,000 miles, which was built by his method.

To put it simply, it is to form a fence with branches and grass on the embankment, and then fill it with sand and gravel. The sediment in the Yellow River reached the gap in the embankment, and stopped, but the embankment was strengthened. This type of embankment is easy and quick to repair, and it can last a long time, and the results are excellent, and the cost is much lower than other methods. Even if Xu Ping has cement in his hands, it is far inferior to this method in general. Of course, if cement is cheap and abundant, that's a different story.

The three places through which water is diverted from the Luo River into the Bianhe River, Xijing, Henan, Mengzhou, and Zhengzhou, because they are all important places close to the capital, the chief officials are all ministers who are favored and placed here. The envoy Chen Yaozuo was sentenced to Zhengzhou as a scholar of the Senior Administration Hall and a servant of the household department, Li Di was sentenced to Mengzhou as a scholar of the Senior Administration Hall and a scholar of Shangshu Zuocheng, and the governor of Henan Prefecture was a straight bachelor of Longtu Pavilion and Li Ruogu in the matter, all of whom were important ministers in the court without exception. In particular, Li Di and Chen Yaozuo, who had served as Zaizhi before, now also enjoy the treatment of Zaizhi (there are two kinds of scholars in the Senior Administration Palace, one is called with footnotes, that is, it is indicated that they enjoy the treatment of Zaizhi, and those without footnotes are only bachelors), which is far from being comparable to the general state governors. is Li Ruogu, who was in a relationship with Han Yi in the current imperial history who slept on a mat to catch the exam, and his son Li Shu is now in the court, and his identity is also extraordinary. But if the identity is a little worse, there is no room to speak in front of these people. Although most of the following specific matters are handed over to the general judge, and they basically don't care, this kind of major matter cannot be ignored.

All the way to the past, he has faced this kind of big man, Xu Ping himself is also cautious in his heart, Wang Yan is so clueless and only cares about causing trouble, which makes him even more irritable. After listening to Sun Fengnian's words, I couldn't help but have a plan in my heart.

Raising his head, Xu Ping said to Sun Fengnian: "I'm going to inspect the waterways of the Yinluo River, what you just said is extremely useful." In this way, you go back to Heyin County with me, and I will do my best to preside over the affairs that you should not have done before you come out, and I will never treat you badly. If you still don't want to stay in Heyin County afterwards, I'll find a way for you, whether it's to work as a domestic servant in a big family in Kaifeng Mansion, or to go to the camp to do farm work, it's up to you! ”

"Do you also go to the camp?" Hearing Xu Ping's words, Sun Fengnian's eyes lit up suddenly.

Xu Pingqi said: "What, do you want to go there?" It was originally under the control of the three divisions, so it was natural to go! ”

"I want to go, I want to go, of course I want to go!" Sun Fengnian nodded again and again, "I heard someone say on the road, the camp is recruiting people, there is food and housing, and no big family can compare, of course I want to go!" ”

"Okay, then after surveying the river, I'll let your whole family go to the camp to do business!"

Sun Fengnian didn't know what Xu Ping's identity was, but among so many officials, he had the highest status, and he should be able to count if he wanted to speak. This scene was frightened, but I didn't expect this result to be in the end, and the family cried with joy.

Wang Yan had a calm face on the side, watching Xu Ping talk endlessly with the croppers in this kind of land, he was already impatient in his heart, and when he heard that he was going to Heyin County in the end, where could he bear it?

Tengdi stood up, and Wang Yan said to Xu Ping: "Deputy Envoy Xu, although we are mainly based on you on this trip, and I am only a deputy, we must discuss with me for such a major matter as changing the inspection route!" ”

Xu Ping said lightly: "Didn't you discuss it just now?" ”

"What? So it's been discussed? Wang Yanyuan's eyes widened, and he couldn't bear it anymore. Then I have already said it just now, I don't agree, I insist on going to Gongxian County to check the Luohe intake first! ”

"Well, that's clear to everyone. I will go to Heyin County, you will go to Gong County, and the two of us will divide into two roads, and we will go our separate ways in Zhongmu County, each in charge of one section. You walk from Gong County towards the Bianhe River, and I walk from Biankou in Heyin County towards the Luo River, meeting in the middle. They each explored the waterways they had explored, discussed in Fanshui County, and returned to Beijing to return to their lives. Deputy Envoy Wang, you want to go to Gongxian County to see the water outlet, I didn't stop you, if you want to go, you can go! ”

Wang Yan was stunned: "Acting separately? ”

Xu Ping sighed: "Yes, what else?" As a deputy, you don't listen to me, so if you don't separate, will you stay in Zhongmu County? Anyway, the time of January is also urgent, and it saves a lot of effort to act in two ways, so as not to get time and we can't make a difference, isn't it the best of both worlds! ”

Wang Yan was still a little confused, and muttered, "I didn't say that I went our separate ways just now—"

"Wow, Deputy Envoy Wang, I let you go all the way, but you don't want to. Now I am separated from you, and you don't want to. What do you want! I'm in charge of this trip, do I have to listen to you! ”

Wang Yan shook his head vigorously, trying to sort things out, but he really didn't know how to answer Xu Ping.

After a while, Wang Yan said: "Since Deputy Envoy Xu said, separate will be separated." But what about our retinue? Is it also divided into two groups? ”

Xu Ping said with a smile: "When you went out of the city, you said that Liu Xin didn't arrange an entourage for you, and I went back halfway, didn't I already arrange it for you?" It's been a day with us! ”

"That's—those two retinues!" Wang Yan's eyes widened suddenly, "Deputy Envoy Xu, don't pretend to be stupid, I'm talking about the people of the bridge and road army!" Are they all with you? ”

"With me, of course! This is the Privy Council's assigned personnel to the Salt and Iron Division, and I took them out not only to inspect the river, but to have other important matters, just to stop by! Deputy Envoy Wang, we only have those two entourages when we travel, this is the rule of the court, you don't know it, right? When I arrived at the place, there were naturally people sent by the state and county to listen to the call, and there was no shortage of manpower! ”

Only then did Wang Yan know what Xu Ping had in mind, and glared at him as if he didn't know him, but he didn't know what to say. From the system point of view, Xu Ping is telling the truth, there are no special circumstances, where the officials go out to patrol, there is a large team of people for you, and the cost of eating and drinking on the road is not clear. If you want manpower, you naturally want it from the local yamen. However, it is a common practice that all inspectors have the duty of inspectors, and under normal circumstances, no magistrate dares not to cooperate.

However, it is difficult to say whether the local governors will think so. (To be continued.) )