Dahan first prince

Chapter 122 Seeing people's hearts after a long time~
Surprisingly consistent with Liu Ying's expectations, after seeing the piles of grain and rice outside the north gate of the Lianshao County Yamen, none of the Weibei people outside the gate gave up this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

The younger ones, about fifteen or sixteen years old, said that they still have lovely wives and elder relatives at home, and they can definitely handle the work of "weaving willow for seats".

Older people, about 40 to [-] years old, also said that there are "many relatives" in their families. When spring comes, they will definitely be able to bring a hundred willow mats to the Sanyuan area upstream of the Zhengguo Canal.

Quite beyond Liu Ying's expectation: Seeing that there was food to be taken, even among the onlookers in Lianzhao County, there were many women and old people who came from standing. The strength of the seat is still there.

Liu Ying was very happy to be so "supported" by the common people, and ordered the petty official to write down the names of these women and old people, and gave each of them three buckets of rice.

By the way, Liu Ying also informed Weibei Minzhuang, who was leaving to collect the grain, and the local people in Lianchao, about the Liuxi standard proposed by Yang Chengyan.

——One foot wide and two feet long.

This data, of course, did not come from someone's 'I'm thinking', but Yang Chengyan personally used willow mats of different sizes to make scorpions, and tried again and again.

According to Yang Chengyan's calculations, the length of the willow mat needs to be at least two feet long, so as to ensure that the scorpion made is a cylinder with a diameter of about five feet.

And five feet is exactly the water and soil loss in the upper reaches of the Zhengguo Canal, which needs to be filled to increase the depth.

In this way, the upstream section of the canal, which originally needed to be filled with soil, only needs to be laid on the bottom of the canal with a five-foot-diameter bundle, which can be regarded as saving a lot of effort.

The construction of the canal was basically over, and the food was received from Liu Ying. Tens of thousands of Weibei people, with snotty noses and joyful smiles, set foot on the road home in groups.

Happyly sent out the remaining 6000 shi of grain in her hands, and got more than [-] registration lists for making willow mats and going to Sanyuan in the spring. Liu Ying finally left the city gate satisfied.

Not long after returning to the county government office, Liu Ying waited for the visit of the Shaofu Qing Yang Chengyan.

Yu Lianshao County Yamen sat down in the main hall, exchanged a few pleasantries, and Liu Ying got straight to the point.

"Now that the clearing and widening are nearing completion, and winter is approaching in the twelfth lunar month, I should go back to Chang'an and report this matter to my mother and the princes of the court."

"I'm afraid that Mr. Lao's mansion will stay for a few more days, and then turn back after the canal is done."

Saying that, Liu Ying did not forget to smile at Yang Chengyan.

"When the young mansion turns around, I will go out ten miles from Chang'an to meet him, and then hold a banquet in the palace of the crown prince to thank the young mansion in person."

Hearing Liu Ying's words, Yang Chengyan couldn't help but slightly smiled and bowed his hands.

"Words are important at home, words are important..."

At the beginning of October, Liu Ying paid out of her own pocket to help Yang Chengyan solve the ration problem of the servants of the Shaofu government. Coupled with the experience of colleagues in the past two months, the relationship between Yang Chengyan and Liu Ying became closer. Get close.

If it was in the past, Liu Ying in Yang Chengyan's impression was just a young noble with the title of "Prince" on his head, then now, Yang Chengyan's understanding of Liu Ying is undoubtedly more vivid.

After a brief understanding of Liu Ying's temperament and character, Yang Chengyan gradually developed a warm feeling towards this prince who was friendly to others, did everything personally, and was willing to humbly follow the advice of his subordinates.

To put it simply, Liu Ying's character is still very appetizing for Yang Chengyan.

After getting along for more than two months, the relationship between the two has become more and more intimate.

After being polite, Yang Chengyan pondered for a moment, then brought the topic back on track.

"At home."

"The dredging of the silt and the widening of the river channel should be done by driving the officials and slaves of the Shaofu to return to work for ten days."

"Afterwards, it is necessary to use the slaves of the Shaofu officials as slaves to pick soft branches of willows in various places in Guanzhong and send them to the homes of Weibei Minzhuang."

As he said that, Yang Chengyan couldn't help but smile shyly: "In that case, I'm afraid I'll still be running around outside, and there's no way to return to Chang'an between ten and a month?"

Hearing Yang Chengyan's words, the smile on Liu Ying's face faltered a little, and her complexion suddenly became a little embarrassed.

It's not that Liu Ying really forgot about this matter, but before, Liu Ying subconsciously thought that this matter could be handed over to the officials below, and there was no need for Yang Chengyan to do it himself.

But now that I think about it carefully, it is really as Yang Chengyan said.

——Don't say 'within ten months', I'm afraid it will be difficult for Yangcheng Yan to find time to return to Chang'an throughout the winter.

Now, it is the middle ten days of winter in November.

From now to the beginning of spring in February, there are only two and a half to three months left.

During these three months, the [-] official slaves in Shaofu need to collect wicker from all over Guanzhong and send them to the homes of Minzhuang in Weibei. They also need to prepare for the spring of next year and use willow mats to make scorpions. gravel.

The upper reaches of the Zhengguo Canal are at least a hundred miles long. As for the width of the canal, even after the width has been reduced, the bottom of the canal is still nine feet wide.

And according to the standard set by Liu Ying and Yang Chengyan before, the willow swept out of willows two feet long and one foot wide is only a cylinder one foot high and five feet in diameter.

With this kind of size and size of the bundle, a full [-] bundles of bundles are needed for every mile of the Zhengguo Canal.

If you count the side of the canal, I am afraid that [-] people will not be able to beat them!

Calculated in this way, at least 30 bundles of bundles are needed to lay the first hundred miles of the canal with bundles of bundles.

This means that in the next two months, more than 4 people in Weibei who have just received food at the city gate and left their names will need to make more than 30 willow mats.

In order to roll these more than 30 willow mats into a bundle, each chapter of willow mat needs to be packed with hundreds of catties of gravel.

In the beginning of spring, in the work of laying the upper reaches of the Zhengguo Canal with dong, except for the weaving of willow mats and the making of dong, the rest of the workload was all put on Yangchengyan of Shaofu and the [-] people in Shaofu. On the official slave.

Specifically, in the next two months or so, we will pick enough willow sticks to weave 30 willow mats and transport them to the homes of Minzhuang in Weibei, as well as collect enough gravel to roll 30 shrubs and transport them to Zhengguoqu Upstream, that is, the Sanyuan area.

This workload, although it is said to be large, is actually not that great.

—— On average, throughout the winter, each official slave of the Shaofu only needs to collect enough willow sticks to weave ten willow mats, and the gravel needed to roll ten yuba.

But it is small, but it is not small.

In other words, if for a few days, it snows heavily in Guanzhong, and the breath turns into ice, those servants of the Shaofu officials who are thinly clothed and starving can still devote themselves to labor?

If there is really bad weather, it must be temporarily suspended for a few days, so that the servants of the young government officials can slowly regain their strength.

Another thing: Willows are easy to say, there are willows everywhere in Guanzhong, but where do the gravel come from?

It's nothing more than going to the mountains and forests around Chang'an, or picking them up with bare hands along the coast of the surrounding waters.

But in such a harsh winter, and the source of the gravel is the riverside and the mountains, what should the officials and slaves do if they get frostbite or freeze to death?
——You must know that these official slaves are all the private property of the Shaofu!
Since it is property, it naturally cannot be used as consumables. For every four or five days of work, people have to be allowed to rest for a day or two.

And each of these piles needs to be watched by Yang Chengyan, who is the young minister, and personally arrange who is responsible for picking willows and who is responsible for picking up gravel; who is responsible for transporting wicker and who is sent to carry the broken stone.

Even if these problems are ignored, there is one last question, which is enough to make Yang Chengyan rack his brains...

"At home..."

While Liu Ying was thinking, Yang Chengyan raised his head with a look of embarrassment on his face, and looked at Liu Ying with a hint of guilt.

Before Yang Chengyan could speak, Liu Ying raised her hand as if she had expected it, and immediately let out a long sigh with a wry smile.

"However, Prime Minister Xiao still refuses to allocate food for the servants of the Shaofu on the grounds of 'no food'?"

Seeing Liu Ying's sharp words, Yang Chengyan couldn't help but nodded with a stiff smile, and immediately lowered his head in embarrassment.

"Ah~"

Seeing Liu Ying let out another long sigh, she got up from her seat and walked forward, not forgetting to stab Xiao He secretly in the back.

"Xiao Xiang's visit is indeed a bit..."

Seeing Liu Ying stop talking with a look of embarrassment on his face, Yang Cheng Yanzong wanted to speak up and tried to defend Xiao He, but he lost all energy.

At the beginning of October, when the prime minister's mansion cut off the ration supply of the officials and slaves of the Shaofu government for the first time on the grounds of 'shortage of grain and rice', Liu Ying reminded Yang Chengyan in a circumstantial way: adversity shows the truth, and time will tell the heart.

At that time, Yang Chengyan didn't care about this, but felt that Liu Ying had misunderstood Xiao He, and even defended Xiao He a few words.

But after more than a month, the prime minister's mansion is still in the posture of "if you want food, you will die".

Yangcheng Yan sent his cronies to look for Xiao He, and only got a reply from Xiao He that "the young man understands more, but the old man is not easy".

On the other hand, Liu Ying, almost as soon as Yang Chengyan opened his mouth, without saying a word, with a swipe of a pen, he allocated [-] shi of Lu's private grain!

After such a comparison, in the past few months at home, listening to Liu Ying muttering "Xiao He is really not kind" from time to time, Yang Chengyan's mentality has quietly undergone some subtle changes.

If you want to break with Xiao He just because of this, that's not enough, but it won't be like usual, you will pour out your heart and soul to Xiao He, and just follow orders.

Seeing that Yang Chengyan's complexion was changing, but he still didn't speak up to defend Xiao He, Liu Ying couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

"Whoo~"

"Finally..."

"Hard work pays off?"

Laughing at herself in her heart, Liu Ying pretended to be extremely embarrassed, pondered for a long time, and finally raised her head with a warm smile.

"There is no need for the Shaofu to worry about food and rice."

"When I return to Chang'an alone, I will ask Yu Xiao to meet him personally."

"Even if the national treasury has no food, I should find another way to solve the predicament of the Shaofu."

Speaking of this, Liu Ying did not forget to lower her head with a wry smile, and muttered to herself: "The rent and tax of Marquis Li are all used up now."

"If there is no other way, I have no choice but to second the Marquis Jiancheng, Marquis Ming, and Marquis Wuyang for last year's taxes..."

(End of this chapter)