Dahan first prince

Chapter 119 Don't Play With Xiao He

Liu Ying couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when she got the reply from Yangcheng Yankou that the mud cleaning at the bottom of the canal could be completed before the winter solstice.

In fact, Liu Ying's renovation of the Zhengguo Canal can be divided into three parts.

The first part is the silt cleaning work in the lower reaches of the Zhengguo Canal, which has been going on for the past [-] days and will be carried out in the next [-] days.

This item is regarded as the most important part of the renovation of the Zhengguo Canal, and it can greatly improve the agricultural production of Weibei in the short term.

The second part is the channel widening work that needs to be carried out in order to slow down the sediment deposition rate in the lower reaches of the Zhengguo Canal in the next 8-10 years.

This item is a bit similar to the later generations, Pan Jixun used "beaming water to attack sand" in harnessing the Yellow River. By tightening the width of the channel to increase the water pressure and flow velocity, the purpose of slowing down the speed of sedimentation is achieved.

In Liu Ying's previous life, Zheng Guoqu's management and renovation work mainly focused on these two parts.

Even the "canal widening" part was shelved by the court due to lack of funds and manpower, and only the first part was carried out, that is, the mud cleaning of the downstream river section.

With the lessons learned from her previous life, Liu Ying doesn't need to worry too much about this first part.

——In the previous life, Yang Chengyan was able to clean up the silt in the lower reaches of the Zhengguo Canal almost by himself. In this life, there are many supervisors of Liu Ying, so it doesn't make sense but can't do it well.

As for the second part of "Bringing water to attack sand", although it was not completed due to funding and manpower problems in the previous life, the water craftsmen of the Shaofu at that time also came up with practical plans. In this life, they will never Something went wrong.

What Liu Ying really needs to care about and face up to is the third part that was not raised in the previous life. In this life, Prince Liu Ying was ordered to major in the Zhengguo Canal because he was in charge of the country.

——Compress and fix the soil at the bottom and side of the Zhengguo Canal upstream with stone bricks, scorpions, etc., so as to prevent it from being washed away by the river water and eventually deposited downstream.

This part is the meat of Liu Ying's drama majoring in Zheng Guoqu this time.

In fact, the dredging of silt and the flushing of sand were all proposed by the Shaofu, and a special waterman was responsible for it. The existence of Liu Ying did not have any decisive influence on this.

If this time, Liu Ying was ordered by the emperor Liu Bang to major in the Zhengguo Canal, and the result was really just to clean up the downstream silt and fill in the Zhengguo Canal to widen it, then in other words, it can also be said that Liu Ying did nothing.

——Anyway, with or without Liu Ying, the Shaofu will do the same!
Going up to the sky, that is, Liu Ying's existence, so that Shaofu doesn't have too much headache about the source of labor.

Obviously, this kind of "fishing and paddling" style of supervising the country will never satisfy the government, the public and the world, and it will be difficult to make the emperor Liu Bang have the idea of ​​"giving up Yi Chu".

This made it necessary for Liu Ying to leave some imprints on Zheng Guoqu's renovation before her father Liu Bang's class teacher returned to the court.

Thinking of this, Liu Ying didn't make any more detours, and signaled Yangcheng Yan'an to sit down, and got straight to the point.

"That is, the excavation of the downstream silt can be completed before the winter solstice. The Shaofu thinks that after the winter solstice, it may continue to widen the channel?"

Hearing that Liu Ying asked about this matter, Yang Chengyan didn't answer in a hurry, but calculated silently in his heart for a moment.

Then, he bowed to Liu Ying slightly.

"At home."

"When Your Majesty was about to leave, I had a meeting with the family and a hundred officials in the court to discuss: this time the repair of the Zhengguo Canal will require [-] hard labor."

"If you can work [-] people, it will take a month and a half to clear the downstream; if the river canal is widened, it will take another month."

Speaking of this, Yangcheng Yan couldn't help but feel a little more relaxed.

"However, with the ingenious strategy of 'paving the canal with stone bricks', the people in Weibei have attracted people to come here, thinking that the labor of building the canal has been more than [-] so far..."

Hearing this, Liu Ying couldn't help raising the corners of her eyebrows, secretly feeling a little complacent.

——Shaofu's 20 stone bricks, at least 15 of them, are still piled up in the Shaofu Stone Cutting Field in the western suburbs of Chang'an City!
The remaining [-] people are still lying quietly in Sanyuan County along the upper reaches of the Zhengguo Canal at this time, and it can be said that no one cares about them.

As for the Weibei Straight Road that was crushed by stone bricks earlier, General Zhonglang, the officers and men of the Northern Army under the lieutenant's yamen, and officials of Zhonglang "tried to repair", and finally it was repaired.

However, Liu Ying spent so much time and effort that she spared no effort to destroy the Weibei straight road for hundreds of miles, and then mobilized the Northern Army and Zhonglang to repair it. Such a huge price has also achieved a lot of results.

——Yangcheng Yan just said, "there are more than 4 people who spontaneously came to build the canal", which is the result that Liu Ying needs to achieve after all the hard work.

Thinking of this, Liu Ying's complexion was filled with a little peace of mind.

"More than [-]..."

"In addition to the [-] official slaves of the Shaofu, and the private slaves of the Baiguan Gonghou's family, there are more than [-]?"

Seeing a little relief on Liu Ying's face, Yang Chengyan couldn't help but smile.

"When nearly [-]!"

Yang Chengyan only said one word, finally let Liu Ying relax completely.

——Nearly 8 people, a full third more than the [-] originally planned!

In other words, with [-] strong laborers, the original planned construction period can be shortened by at least [-]%!

While Liu Ying was thinking, Yang Chengyan spoke at the right time, confirming Liu Ying's inference.

"The construction of the Zhengguo Canal at home originally required [-] hard labor, which took nearly three months; but now it has nearly [-] hard labor. I think that it may only take two months to clear the downstream silt and widen the canal."

"The silt in the lower reaches should be dug from the beginning of September, and it should be completed on the winter solstice; and the widening of the river canal may only take [-] days to complete..."

Hearing this, Liu Ying finally breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately looked at Yang Chengyan tentatively.

"So, when Zheng Guoqu's relief is over, it will be the first ten days of November..."

"The Shaofu thought that at that time, nearly [-] of the current force might be forced to serve, and they would use soft willows and crushed stones to pave the bottom of Zhengguo Canal?"

Unexpectedly, upon hearing Liu Ying's words, the relaxed look on Yang Chengyan's face disappeared, replaced by a faint worry.

"At home."

"After November, in Guanzhong, there will be heavy snowfall, thousands of miles of ice..."

"It's extremely cold in winter, and the force labor is used to take soft willows and gravel, and then make them into scorpions. Is it possible that the force labor will suffer from frostbite and death?"

Hearing Yang Chengyan say this, Liu Ying's expression froze.

"The meaning of Shaofu..."

"Spreading the canal bottom and side of the canal with dong, can't it be done in the twelfth lunar month?"

"If not in the twelfth lunar month, when will it be?"

Hearing this, Yang Chengyan couldn't help but think for a while before tentatively opening his mouth and said, "There are nearly [-] hard laborers in this family, and among them, more than half of the people from Weibei came spontaneously."

"There are more than [-] forced laborers. I'm afraid the family should work too much?"

Seeing Liu Ying nodded with a slightly heavy expression, Yang Chengyan continued: "That's it..."

"Chen Yi, in the twelfth lunar month and the first month, the family can drive away the officials and slaves of the Shaofu, and take soft willows and gravel from various places in Guanzhong."

"The gravel is temporarily transported to the south bank of the Zhengguo Canal, and the soft willows are distributed among the houses in the north of Wei."

"In this February, the Weibei people don't have to work outside. They only need to weave willow soft branches for seats at home. Before next year's spring, they will bring the willow mats at home and return to Zhengguoqu."

"Then wrap it with willow mats, wrap it with gravel, roll it into a scorpion, roll it along the slope on the side of the canal to the bottom of the canal, and place it a little bit."

After saying that, Yang Chengyan couldn't help lowering his head a little, pretending to be thinking deeply, but in fact he secretly looked at Liu Ying's reaction from the corner of his eyes.

"Spring in February..."

With a slight murmur, Liu Ying also fell into short thoughts.

Indeed, as Yang Chengyan said, the twelfth lunar month and the first lunar month are the coldest and driest seasons in Guanzhong in a year.

In the past two months, it is really inappropriate to drive the Weibei people who came here spontaneously to help repair the Zhengguo Canal to break wicker and move gravel.

According to Yang Chengyan, it would be a good idea to let the officials and slaves of Shaofu break wicker and move gravel, and let the people in Weibei weave wicker into mats at home, and send them to the banks of Zhengguo Canal in February to make them on the spot. good idea.

In this way, the paving of the upper reaches of the Zhengguo Canal with dong and stone bricks should start in February in spring and be completed in March at the latest.

At that time, the head of the Zhengguo Canal will be re-opened, and the canal will be naturally washed by water for ten and a half months, just in time for the spring plowing season in Guanzhong at the end of March and early April.

"Um······"

"If there are no accidents, it should be next year's summer and June..."

After a little calculation, Liu Ying finally nodded hesitantly.

"That's what the Shaofu thinks it should be, so let it be."

"After clearing the sand and clearing the canal and widening the canal, the people in Weibei will be sent home to weave willows as seats."

Seeing that Liu Ying agreed to adopt her suggestion, Yang Chengyan nodded with satisfaction.

After a while, Yang Chengyan was hesitant to speak again, as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't know where to start.

Seeing this, Liu Ying just shook her head and smiled: "The Shaofu said it bluntly, why do you have to act like a girl?"

Seeing that Liu Ying let out a faint laugh after being teased for a while, Yang Chengyan couldn't help laughing twice, and then bowed his hands to Liu Ying with embarrassment.

"At home."

"My minister heard that, after the completion of the project, outside Lianzhao County, the Marquis received nearly [-] shi of grain?"

Seeing Yang Chengyan asking this question pretending not to know, Liu Ying couldn't help but shook her head and smiled wryly.

——The 10,000+ stone grains brought by Liu Ying this time and handed over to her uncle Lu Shizhi to take care of them, can be placed in the suggested granary outside Lianshao County in a fair manner!

What's more, the 10,000+ stone grains have been used by Liu Ying as rations in the past [-] days, and nearly [-] stones have been distributed to the people in Weibei who spontaneously came to repair the canal.

As the chief engineer of the Zhengguoqu renovation project, Yangcheng Yanneng didn't know the existence of the 10,000+ stone grain?

After thinking about it for a while, Liu Ying came to her senses: Yang Chengyan's words had a deep meaning, and I'm afraid they were focusing on those grains.

Thinking of this, Liu Ying couldn't help but stand up with a smile, and looked at Yang Chengyan jokingly for a while.

"how?"

"The Zhilu of two thousand stones in Shaofu's food, is it possible that the family also lacks food for food?"

Hearing Liu Ying's words, Yang Chengyan shook his head in embarrassment, and then heaved a long and bitter sigh.

"I don't know at home."

"This time the Zhengguo Canal was renovated, and the Shaofu sent [-] officials and slaves."

"In the past, the rations of [-] yuan for this official slave were all transferred from the state treasury by the prime minister's office."

"However, this time, the slave food allocated by the Prime Minister's Mansion is far from enough to feed the 3 official slaves."

"I sent people to ask each other, Xiao Xiang said: Your Majesty leads the army outside, and the army food is still short, so it is really impossible to allocate the food used by the officials and slaves of the Shaofu."

Speaking of this, Yang Chengyan couldn't help but pause for a moment, tangled for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth secretly.

"Xiao Xiangyan said to the minister: "The Zhengguo Canal is built here at home, and the queen can adjust the rent and tax of Marquis Li this year, and the grain and rice are tens of thousands of shi."

"The reason why I came here is to ask for the food obtained from the family to be used by the officials and slaves of the Shaofu..."

After saying that, Yang Chengyan looked at Liu Ying's dazed face full of apprehension.

It has to be said that Yang Chengyan's remarks caught Liu Ying by surprise.

——Why did Liu Ying recruit the officials and slaves of the Shaofu instead of recruiting the common people directly?
The key factor is not to waste people and waste money, and to maintain the hearts of the people in Guanzhong.

But the most important point is: conscription to the people requires food!

Just like what Liu Ying is doing now, everyone who comes to the south bank of the Zhengguo Canal and participates in the renovation of the Zhengguo Canal will be provided with food!
On the other hand, the officials and slaves of Shaofu are different.

To conscript the people, the government has to bear the rations for the young and strong;

As for the officials and slaves of the Shaofu, although they also need to allocate food from the court as rations, the rations of the officials and slaves of the Shaofu must be allocated no matter what!
To put it simply, this winter, the more than 3 official slaves in the Shaofu, whether they were used by Liu Ying to renovate the Zhengguo Canal, were used by the Shaofu to mint three baht coins, or they just did nothing and ate and drank all winter. It still needs the prime minister's mansion to transfer food from the treasury!

This is the reason why Liu Ying put her abacus on the officials and slaves of the Shaofu in the first place: there is no need to spend additional money and food.

It turned out to be a good thing now, Xiao He said 'there is no food to adjust', and the rations of the more than [-] servants of the Shaofu officials fell on Liu Ying's shoulders.

If she had known this earlier, why would Liu Ying recruit those servants of the Shaofu officials who were like walking dead, cursing and refusing to leave, and running around?
Anyway, we have to provide food, so why not use the food to levy more people?

"Xiao He..."

"Shouldn't it be deliberate?"

Thinking secretly, Liu Ying couldn't help but sighed a little.

As the prime minister of the current dynasty, Xiao He is unlikely to do something like "deliberately embarrassing the prince of Jianguo and making it more difficult for Zheng Guoqu's renovation work".

In this way, it may be true what Xiao He said: Liu Bang's army is away, the demand for food and grass is huge, and the treasury is already stretched...
Thinking of this, Liu Ying finally raised her head again, looking at Yang Chengyan with a hint of cunning.

"Hey!"

"Just right!"

Having made up her mind, Liu Ying stepped forward with a warm smile, and patted Yang Chengyan's upper arm comfortingly.

"Young manor, don't worry."

"That is to say, the national treasury is unable to adjust the grain, so I wrote a letter to tell Hou Jiancheng that the grain allocation is [-] shi, and it will be used as rations for the officials and slaves of the Shaofu."

Seeing Liu Ying agreeing so happily, Yang Chengyan was overjoyed immediately, and was about to get up and cup his hands, but saw Liu Ying turned around thoughtfully, and muttered: "Xiao Xiang..."

"It shouldn't be..."

"In the past, the Young Mansion and Mr. Xiao had a very close personal relationship, but now that the Young Mansion has something to do, how could Mr. Xiao evade it..."

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