The current Texas is not the Texas of the later generations, its location should be in the Lingxian County of the later generations, and the Texas of the later generations is currently called the Jiangling Army, and the distance between the two is about nearly 100 miles. ,!

The area around Dezhou is a typical alluvial plain of the Yellow River, with a gentle slope from southwest to northeast, and the course of the Yellow River follows this topography, so this section of the river can be treated with less effort.

Yang Yi has never been to Texas and does not alarm the local government, but it is unknown whether it is Shen Qingzhi; Zhi Yang Yi walked into the official yamen set up by the capital water supervisor in Dezhou, and Shen Qingqing was still discussing the problems encountered in the construction with a group of water conservancy experts.

The imperial court repeatedly asked to speed up the progress of the project, which put the capital water supervisor under tremendous pressure, and the construction quality must be guaranteed, and the start cannot be increased; Moreover, after entering February, more than 100,000 laborers recruited since October last year will also return to their hometowns to cultivate, and how to ensure that the entire river control project is completed by May has become the main problem that Shen Qingzhi has to face.

Yang Yi suddenly appeared in the yamen, and after Shen Qingzhi saw him for the first time, he turned his head to say a few words to his subordinates, and then Huo Ran woke up, and hurriedly looked up again, with an unbelievable expression.

"Dairi, why are you here?"

Shen Qingzhi hurriedly got up and saluted, although most of the officials in the yamen didn't recognize him, but seeing that he was wearing a three-grade official uniform, they also got up and saluted, making the scene seem chaotic.

Yang Yi waved his hand and said: "Shen Dajin doesn't have to be polite, everyone is exempt from courtesy, the business is important, don't worry about me, do what you have to do." ”

Shen Qingzhi has now become the most powerful general under Yang Yi, and with his great achievements in governing the river, as long as it is successfully completed, the position of a squire is indispensable.

Yang Yi is also very optimistic about his real thousand-type talent, although Shen Qingzhi is not from the right path, it will be difficult to enter the cabinet in the future, but it should not be a problem to boil a book for ten or eight more years, and then make some achievements.

Shen Qingzhi gave a few words to his subordinates and introduced Yang Yi into his signature room.

"Dajin is here, probably hoping to speed up the progress of river control, right?"

"Yes, the situation in Liao is not optimistic, and the Western Regions have started a war, if the river control project cannot be completed as soon as possible, it will be difficult for the imperial court to deal with it. And you should also know that the war in the Western Regions was caused by me. For Shen Qingzhi, Yang Yi has nothing to hide.

Shen Qingzhi frowned and replied: "I'm afraid I'm going to be disappointed, I understand the difficulties of Dajin, in terms of the progress of the project, I have tried my best, in view of the fact that the following rivers in Texas have never broken the embankment since ancient times, I organized skilled craftsmen to check on the spot, the construction height of the remote embankment has been lowered as much as possible to reduce the amount of work, but at present, it will be completed in late May at the earliest." ”

Yang Yi nodded, Shen Qingzhi is the descendant of his lineage, it can be said that he is both prosperous and lossy, Yang Yi believes that he really tried his best.

"Can you find time?"

"What is the big idea, even if you are told."

"If you can get out of the way, come with me up to the embankment."

"Yes, Dajin, I'll go out and explain a few words, and then I can go up the embankment with Dajin, please wait a while."

On the embankments on both sides of the lower reaches of Dezhou, nearly 300,000 laborers have gathered, and more than 100,000 donkeys and horses are still on the high slopes. The sound of all kinds of trumpets, the barking of donkeys and horses, the sound of explosions, and the sound of adzes and earth, gathered together, like rolling waves crashing against the rocks, wave after wave, boundless.

Engineering materials such as pins, firewood, pegs, bamboo stones, cocoons, bamboo ropes, etc. are piled up like a mountain, and they are beyond sight.

At present, the entire Dongliu River is still in a state of interception, and there is very little water in the riverbed, and some sections can barely carry some types of flat-bottomed boats, and these flat-bottomed boats are all used to transport sand and gravel.

There is mud and water in the river, and if you step on the mud, you will not have a leg, and you will have a layer of silt removed, and under the horse, you will soon step out of a layer, and it will be difficult to pull out your feet, let alone carry the burden; Even those donkeys and horses often slipped, and the horses were covered with mud, and they looked like countless mud had been put into a thousand lives.

In many places, you can only walk with wooden planks and bamboo mats, but in this way, you will be squeezed in, which greatly delays the progress of the work.

Yang Yi took Xiao Yi with him, Qin Cāo also changed into a men's suit, and insisted on following the embankment, Shen Qingzhi also brought a few water conservancy experts, and Rwanda, the governor of Texas, also hurried over when he heard Yang Yi coming to Texas, and flattered him left and right.

A group of nearly twenty walked along the main embankment to have a look.

Seeing that the laborers who picked up the soil were stuck in the mud with their feet in the mud, staggering, and difficult to move, Yang Yi frowned and thought for a while, and immediately shouted loudly: "Come in, come on." ”

"Go." Shen Qingzhi instructed his subordinates to do it, and at the same time asked Yang Yidao: "What is the purpose of the flat-bottomed boat for Dajin?" ”

Yang Yi said: "The laborers pick up the soil like this, and they pick less at a time, these feet are stuck in the mud and move slowly, how can they drive out the speed?" After the flat-bottomed boat comes, you let the long rope be tied in, the boat is loaded with bamboo baskets, the bamboo baskets are loaded with soil, directly let in or donkeys and horses pull the long ropes, and drag the flat-bottomed boats on the silt to try, if you can, then you don't need to pick up the soil from this muddy section of the river bank in the middle of the river, and directly use the flat-bottomed boats, or make some large wooden baskets, and drag the excavated soil up. ”

When Shen Qingzhi heard this, he was delighted, the main work of the rivers below Dezhou is dredging, as long as the dredging speed can be accelerated, it is equivalent to speeding up the progress of the entire river control project.

There are flat-bottomed boats in the river, and after coming, Shen Qing directly cares about not getting dirty, and personally runs down to command, ropes, bamboo baskets and other things are ready-made; After tying the punt with a rope, it was loaded with a bamboo basket full of mud and sand, and then let it drag the rope on the shore, but as a result of the exertion on the shore, the bow quickly got stuck in the hard mud and could not be dragged at all.

"Qin'er takes it." Yang Yi immediately took off his shoes and socks.

Seeing that he was going to go down to the river by himself, Qin Cāo couldn't help but persuade: "Da Jin, you are watching from the embankment, if you can't find another way, this chun is cold, you ............"

"Don't worry, Qin'er, this chill is nothing, if you don't go down to see it in person, how can you get the root of the problem as soon as possible."

Yang Yi just had an idea to think about this method, and now the more he thinks about it, the more feasible he feels, the silt itself has a lot of buoyancy, and things like wooden planks or foot plates are placed on the silt, and the bearing weight is very large, as long as it does not sink, dragging it should be similar to dragging a sled.

When Yang Yishen walked in the center of the river with one shallow foot and one foot, Shen Qingzhi was already covered in mud and commanded the laborers on the flat bottom, unloading half of the bamboo baskets on the boat.

After reducing the weight by half, I let the inlet on the embankment continue to pull, but it was only dragged two feet, and it was stuck under the deep silt.

If the burden is reduced again, a carrying capacity is too small, and it will not play a big role.

Shen Qingzhi looked back and forth in front of the flat-bottomed boat, and after seeing Yang Yi coming down, he said: "Da enter, I can't pull a few steps and get stuck, this is mainly because the center of the river is low, and pulling to the shore is quite uphill, which makes it easy for the bow to get stuck on the hard soil under the riverbed when dragging it." ”

Yang Yi also stepped forward to inspect, as Shen Qingzhi said, this dragging thing uphill is indeed easy to get stuck, if it is dragged from the height of the bank to the bottom of the river, it must be no problem. It would be unrealistic to dig the shore as deep as the middle of the river.

"In this way, put more stern and less in the bow, let the weight on the stern, and try to make the bow as upturned as possible."

After Yang Yi gave the order, the laborers immediately complied, and piled as many bamboo baskets as possible at the stern, so that the bow of the ship would be pressed up; As soon as the laborers on the shore hung their ropes, the flat-bottomed boats rushed to the shore in a hurry, three or four times faster than carrying a load; After a while, he successfully pulled the shore, and when the laborers on the shore moved the bamboo basket full of mud and sand, the river could hang the boat back.

As soon as he saw that it was really done, Shen Qingzhi couldn't help but shout with joy: "Hurry up, try a few more times and see if there are any problems." Dajin, if you can use this way to transport soil, the speed can be at least three times faster, and your subordinates are incompetent, and it is useless to come up with such a method before. ”

"Qing Zhi o, the edges and corners of the bow of this flat-bottomed boat are too large and not very suitable, you immediately ask the craftsman to make another one with a wooden plank, and make the bow of the boat into an arc shape, the larger the arc, the better, and try to avoid the bow getting stuck under the hard mud."

"Yes, Da Jin, I'll let you go to catch up."

Shen Qingzhi hugged his fists and rushed to the river bank first, for fear that if he was delayed for a while, the staggering footsteps, if he didn't have the help of the laborers, he would probably have to fall ten times before he could return to the shore.

When Yang Yi returned to the shore, his body was already covered in mud, and Rwanda, the governor of Texas, was annoyed in his heart, why didn't he go down to the river just now, it was too a failure, it was too a failure, this Hallym University scholar was covered in mud, and he was all glossy, what was this like? What does this make Shangguan think of us?

I don't know if it was intentional or really "the horse stumbled", when Rwanda rushed down to meet Yang Yi, his feet slipped and fell into the muddy water, okay, now we are finally consistent with Shangguan.

When Yang Yi went up to help him, he looked nervous and didn't dare to say anything.

But Yang Yi clearly looked at the joy on his eyebrows.

It's a pain in the egg. Yang Yi muttered in his heart. Most civil officials don't understand these things, Yang Yi didn't think about letting him go down to make trouble, this guy has a weak heart and falls like this.............

Yang Yi couldn't help but be funny when he thought about it, at least the labor around him wouldn't misunderstand that Rwanda was the official, hahaha.

Yang Yi smiled happily, but Qin Cāo was heartbroken, this chun cold has not subsided, bare legs soaked in muddy water is still very cold, she has always been careful, let the entourage get water, and as soon as Yang Yi came ashore, she helped him wash his feet, wipe thousands, and carefully put on shoes and socks.

"Lu Dajin, you're wet, you don't have to accompany me, go back and change your clothes first."

"Scholar Yang, aren't you also dirty with your clothes? It's okay to be a lower official, it's okay to be a lower official. ”

"Okay, my clothes are only dirty or not wet, it doesn't matter, this is cold, you will catch the wind cold when you wait like this, I'll take a look first, you go back to change your clothes first, and help me arrange a place to live by the way."

Yang Yi gave him a step down, and Rwanda hurriedly said: "In this case, the lower official will go back to the city first to arrange a residence for Scholar Yang, and the lower official has already set up a banquet for Scholar Yang to receive the wind and wash the dust, and I hope that Scholar Yang can enjoy the light tonight, and the lower official will definitely come to greet him in person." ”

"Lu Dajin, this official is not polite, I should go down to your banquet, but I hope you can keep everything simple, otherwise don't blame me for at least brushing my sleeves away."

"Yes, yes, the subordinate must follow Dajin's orders."

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