Lin Jian went south from Qingjiangpu to the shore, and only then did he inform Yandu and Jianling counties of Yanqing Tunzhai when he arrived at Yanqing Tunzhai.

Although the Huaidong Military Department could not manage the civil affairs and finances of the prefecture and county, Hu Dahai was still afraid that Lin Tie would give him small shoes to wear, and under the scorching sun, he sat in a small sedan chair with the county lieutenant, and walked for a long time surrounded by dozens of followers, and arrived in Yanqing at dusk.

When he arrived in Yanqing, Dong Wenbiao, the magistrate of Jianling, led the officials of Jianling to come over a long time ago, Hu Dahai thought that coming from Jianling was no closer than coming from Yandu, and said secretly: Dong Wenbiao knew how to please, so he rushed to add the butt of the swineherd in front of him, and secretly took a spit, looking down on Dong Wenbiao's character.

Looking up at Yanqing Tunzhai, the wall is one zhang higher than the Yandu city wall, all of them are covered with green bricks, and the figure of the guard on duty is also exposed at the battlement, and the hot day makes people see the cold heart of Hessensen.

The tunzhai is only more than 200 steps square, and there are more than 8,000 soldiers in the workers' battalion gathered in Yanqing. In addition to the camp official hall, the industrial official hall, the command shed and the departments set up inside and outside the tun village, more than 8,000 soldiers were stationed on the line of the Yanqing section in five camps.

The construction of the embankment is mainly the responsibility of the baggage soldiers, but for the logistical support affairs, the construction officials of each section will recruit manpower from the local area to make up for the shortage of manpower. A large number of materials in and out of people, making Yanqing Village much more lively than in Yandu County.

There are many shantytowns scattered outside the village, which look quite neat, and three or five bare-bottomed children are frolicking on the dirt road. The river sluice is in the southeast corner of Yanqing Village, the whole is bluestone brickwork, the bluestone sluice pillar at the riverside, but also poured iron juice nesting, such a majestic river sluice, Hu Dahai was only seen when he was in Surabaya, who would have thought that the Huaidong Military Division would build four at one time! The current work is to build a levee to connect the post fort and the river lock.

Hu Dahai got off the sedan chair when he entered the tunzhai, and learned that Lin Jian had summoned Dong Wenhu and other Jianling County officials in the official hall, and he also hurried over, reported it, and called him in.

The official hall is quite simple, a layer of bricks is laid on the ground, and it is quite neat, Lin Lian is asking Dong Wenhu about it, Hu Dahai listens a few words, and knows that Lin Lian is asking about the Yanqing River canal.

Yanqing River is the boundary river between Jianling and Yandu, and it is also one of the four main rivers that repair and defend the seawall to retain the estuary, Huaidong Army built a post fort and repaired the river gate in Yanqing, this fort and a gate alone cost tens of thousands of taels of snowflake silver.

Due to the construction of the seawall, the outlet channels of some rivers will be blocked, and these rivers in Yandu and Jianling counties will either flow into the Beiguan River in the west, Qingjiangpu in the north, or Yanqing River.

The excavation of canals is the responsibility of the local government. This is an important measure to regulate drought and flood in the embankment after the construction of the seawall.

"To what extent have the canals been dug in Yandu County?" Lin Jian saw Hu Dahai walk in, asked him to sit down in front of him, let Dong Wenbiao go, and asked Hu Dahai about the excavation of the canal.

Hu Dahai looked down on Lin Lian's actions in his heart, and slandered him behind his back, but he didn't dare to confront him in person.

There are not only one or two officials who have brought down the Dongyang system and are in a desolate situation, Lin Jian can control today's power, and he has the corpses of tens of millions of people under his feet. The disaster of the extermination of the Ma family in Shanyang is a lesson from the past, and Hu Dahai still thinks that his waist can be harder than the son-in-law of the king of Chu.

Hu Dahai briefly talked about the matter of dredging the canals in the territory of Yandu, and did not forget to mention many difficulties.

Lin Jian touched the short mustache on his chin, his eyes stared at Hu Dahai, and he was thinking about something else.

There are many lakes and rivers in Yandu, wetlands and swamps, and natural rivers are dense, forming a dense river network, and it is possible to achieve a smooth flow of waterways. But how much drainage capacity can there be, not to mention Hu Dahai, I am afraid that the officials in charge of the Yandu County Workshop have no bottom in their hearts.

After all, this involves professional knowledge in water conservancy engineering, and the accumulation of knowledge in this area by living officials is far inferior to that of professional craftsmen. Ge Siyu and the others couldn't get out of the way, and they couldn't conduct a thorough investigation of the river situation in the three counties of Yandu, Jianling, and Gaocheng, and Lin Jian was just urging the local government to do more things as much as possible.

Lin Jian also knew that Hu Dahai, Dong Wenbiao and others would not disobey orders, but it was also delusional to think how active they could be.

Seeing Hu Dahai's report, it was not much different from the person he sent to find out, and Lin Jian didn't delve into it, so he asked something else: "How is the spring flower harvest in Yandu County this year?" ”

Hu Dahai scolded in his heart: The spring flower harvest is not your, but he replied respectfully: "There is a lot of salt and waterlogging, it is not easy to grow wheat, and the spring flower harvest is far inferior to Chongzhou in the south." ”

In the past two years, Chongzhou's grain fields have generally promoted spring wheat and summer rice interplanting, and the harvest has increased significantly.

However, wheat grows in dry land, and rice grows in paddy fields, which has high requirements for irrigation and drainage conditions in the fields; In addition, planting two crops in one land every year also consumes a lot of soil fertility, and the fertilization work must keep up.

In the Huaidong region, except for a few places in Chongzhou, the intensive cultivation of spring wheat and summer rice cannot be completed. This is also the place where the current grain production of Huai'an and Hailing counties is much more backward than that of Pingjiang and Weiyang.

This is precisely the case, in addition to the reclamation of wasteland and barren beaches, the 11 counties of the two prefectures in Huaidong have great potential for increasing grain production in the existing grain fields.

Hu Dahai pushed Chongzhou out, just wanted to complain, and then put forward the difficulties of this levy, Lin Jian didn't give him a chance to speak, and said in his tone: "Chongzhou's experience is indeed worth learning from all counties, since Hu Zhi County is so envious of Chongzhou's experience in planting spring flowers," Lin Jian paused for a moment, and then said, "Then I will recommend one or two officials to Yandu County, specializing in farming, Hu Zhi County, do you think it is good?" ”

Hu Dahai was stunned for a moment, thinking that Lin Jian was going to mix sand into Yandu County, where would he accept it? Hurriedly shirked and said: "The county officials are selected, and the government and the county department have rules, and the lower officials can't be the masters." Moreover, the officials in the county are all radishes and pits, and they don't need more people. ”

"I know the rules of the county department," Lin Jian said, "The officials I recommend to Yandu are all meritorious and famous, and they will not make things difficult for you; The officials in Yandu County are all a radish and a pit, and I understand, but over the years, there have been many new derived things in Yandu County, and there is no special person to govern them, and a lot of work is not in place! I'm also good-tempered, and there are some things that I don't say in my eyes. On this matter of repairing the seawall, how much help has Yandu County provided, does Lord Hu have any bottom in his heart? ”

stared coldly at Lin Bin's eyes, in the heat of the day, Hu Dahai felt cold and swishing on his body, his mouth was swishing, and he subconsciously glanced at Dong Wenbiao; Dong Wenbiao turned his eyes away, and Hu Dahai felt that something bad was wrong.

Lin Jian said: "Lord Dong feels that it is necessary for Jianling County to choose some new officials to promote the work, and I thought that Yandu County may have a need for this!" If you must think that Yandu County can do a good job, I won't force people in! ”

Hu Dahai saw that Lin Lian said so naked, so blunt, and refused to confront him face to face, and he the eighteenth generation of the spineless Dong Wenbiao's ancestors in his heart, so he only said stubbornly: "The adults can send someone to guide the work of salt and desecration, and the officials can't ask for it!" I only hope that Liu Tingzhou's side will be harder and block Lin Tie back, and I thought in my heart: In addition to Lin Tie's promotion of those who don't know a few big characters, where will there be how many meritorious talents and people are willing to be used by him? Even if you shoehorn one or two people in, you can hang it aside.

What is Hu Dahai's mind in his heart, and what is difficult for Lin Tie to guess? said: "Since Lord Hu has no opinion," he turned his head sideways and called out to a young man who was sitting on the side copying copy, "Yicheng, you come over to meet Master Hu." You recommend going to your Yandu County to save the can, if there is anything between the military secretary and Yandu, you just run an errand in the middle, don't let Lord Hu bother! ”

"Luo Yicheng greets Lord Zhixian!" Luo Yicheng put down the pen in his hand and walked over to give Hu Dahai a salute!

"Yicheng went to Jiangning to take the exam last year, ranking 37th, he is more promising than me, and I hope that Lord Hu will help him more!" Lin Jian said.

"Well said, well said!" Hu Dahai was about to cry.

The collection of canons is the last class of officials, generally speaking, it is very insignificant, Hu Dahai knows the county, how can he be afraid of a canon? But Lin Jian made it clear that Luo Yicheng entered Yandu County on behalf of the Huaidong Military Division, and this thorn was directly pierced into Hu Dahai's heart.

Lin Jian said to Dong Wenbiao, the magistrate of Jianling County: "Tang Xitai, the official recommended to Jianling County, is a talented man, and he happens to be not in Yanqing if he has something to do today. The next day, I asked him to go directly to Jianling County to find Master Dong, you ......"

"The lower official is waiting in Jianling County." Dong Wenbiao said that he knew that Lin Jian said that he was recommending, but in fact he was directly interfering in the personnel of Zhufu County. Of course, the prefecture and county can also resolutely resist, but for him personally, what is the benefit of working with Lin Tie?

Dong Wenbiao, the magistrate of Jianling County, couldn't see what Tang Xitai, the official recommended by Lin Tie to Jianling County, looked like, so he stood aside and watched Luo Yicheng, who was going to Yandu County to be a pawn.

Luo Yi is not very old, he looks like he is about twenty years old at most, but his thin face reveals a capable and sharp spirit. He has dark skin and a strong body, and is not as weak as the average scholar; The fingers are thick and the palms are calloused. Wearing a cardigan, he walked in from the outside just now, and he was covered in mud, and at first glance he thought he was a farmer's child.

When Luo Yicheng sat down to be a transcription, Dong Wenbiao found that he had written a good hand, and at this time Lin Lian said that he ranked 37th in the township test last year, and Dong Wenbiao couldn't help but believe it.

Lin was famous all over the world when he was weak, and he should have been an unborn talent and opportunity.

Now that Lin Lian casually pulled a weak-crowned young man out, he had the bearing of a capable and capable official, which really surprised Dong Wenbiao, and thought to himself: Hu Dahai wants to fool this Luo Yicheng, I'm afraid it will not be easy! I don't know what kind of character Tang Xitai is.

Luo Yicheng is actually far from the age of the weak crown, he only turned eighteen years old last month, and he is one of the thirty boys who were abducted from the Chongzhou boy case that year, and he is the son and nephew of the Luo family in Xiangzhangli. Over the years, I have experienced these ups and downs, and I have studied beside Lin Jian and Fu Qinghe, and I am far more mature than my peers.

Lin Jian looked at Luo Yicheng in front of him, and Chen Enze, who was in command of the Military Intelligence Department behind him, and was full of emotion.

The county schoolchildren of that year are now coming of age one after another, and there are seven of them who have married and started a family. The youngest is also seventeen years old, and Chen Enze has a daughter.

After the truth of the Chongzhou boy case was revealed to the world the year before last, Lin Jian let 29 boys return home to choose their own way out, but one after another, they all joined the Huaidong Military Division, or entered the military camp, or made up as officials, or temporarily as trainees.

Although Lin Jian admired miscellaneous craftsmanship, he also considered that some things needed to be done gradually, and also encouraged the officials of the Huaidong Military Division to refer to the scientific examination to obtain fame, so as to reduce the hostility and resistance of the scholars Qingliu to the Huaidong Military Division.

Catching up with last year's township examination, three of the county school children who were selected that year won the fame, and even more children who passed the provincial examination were selected. Lin Jian could not directly interfere with the appointment of the chief adjutant of the eleven counties of the two prefectures in Huaidong, but in the way of recommendation, he stuffed one or two officials with meritorious names into the yamen of the prefecture and county, even if they were known to King Ning, Yue Lengqiu and others, and they could not say anything publicly.