Dahan first prince

Chapter 175 You and others, all Han Zhongliang!
Stopping and stopping along the way, about two days later in the afternoon, Liu Ying and his party arrived in Sanyuan.

Compared with Lian Shao located in the lower reaches of the Zhengguo Canal, Sanyuan County is undoubtedly larger and stronger.

The reason is that Sanyuan County is located at the intersection of Jingshui-Zhengguoqu.

A few dozen miles west of Sanyuan is Jingshui; a few miles to the north is Zhengguo Canal.

To be precise, Zhengguo Canal diverges from Jingshui River about fifty miles northwest of Sanyuan.

Such a unique geographical advantage made Sanyuan County, as early as the Warring States Period before the Zhengguo Canal was built, be close to the abundant water resources of Jingshui, attracting countless farmers in Weibei to live together.

Although later, Qin built the Zhengguo Canal, which made the population distribution in Weibei relatively balanced, and the war at the end of Qin Dynasty also caused the population of Sanyuan County to drop sharply.

But even so, today's Sanyuan is still a large county with a household registration of nearly [-] and a population of over [-].

——You must know that even in Chang'an, there are only more than [-] households and more than [-] people!

In Kanto, especially Dai, Zhao, Yan and other places where the land is barren and sparsely populated, some smaller counties only have a population of less than a hundred thousand!
With such a high-density population distribution, and being located on the fertile soil of Weibei, the land near Sanyuan is naturally relatively scarce compared to other areas in Guanzhong.

Fortunately, Liu Ying didn't plan to stay for a long time during this trip, so she didn't send anyone to find a place to stay. She drove through Sanyuan and went straight to the Zhengguo Canal construction site north of Sanyuan.

The chariot was only a few miles out of Sanyuan. As Liu Ying expected, Yang Chengyan rode a mule and slowly came to Liu Ying's car.

"Young mansion, please get on the chariot and go with the lonely."

After a brief greeting, Liu Ying beckoned and called Yang Chengyan to her prince's chariot.

After Yang Chengyan pretended to be courteous, he finally got into the chariot with "the kindness is hard to turn down", and Liu Ying didn't make many detours and went straight to the point.

"How about the matter upstream?"

When she asked a question, Liu Ying put on a serious expression and waited for Yang Chengyan's reply.

In fact, Yang Chengyan only set off from Chang'an a few days earlier than Liu Ying.

A few days ago, around the time when Chen Ping returned to Chang'an for the festival, Yang Chengyan was still in Chang'an, presiding over the preparations for the official grain camp.

But this did not prevent Liu Ying from directly asking about repairing the Zhengguo Canal as soon as she opened her mouth.

Sure enough, as soon as Liu Ying's words fell, Yang Chengyan bowed his hand and told all the manuscripts that had been typed.

"At home."

"From mid-November in winter to early February in spring, for more than three months, all the officials and slaves of the Shaofu traveled to various places in Guanzhong to collect willows and stones."

"At the time of the winter solstice, more than [-] Weibei households who received food from the family and promised to 'come back with spring' also weaved willow mats at home."

"At the beginning of February in the spring, I called again to the Weibei Minzhuang to start the matter of strengthening the soil at the head of the canal."

"The family was assassinated in Changling, and later wanted to promote the government of grain and rice official camps. The minister did not dare to mistakenly repair the canal, and pretended to be the prime minister Yang Liquan to build the canal; the minister returned to Chang'an alone to prepare for the grain and rice official camp... "..."

Hearing Yang Chengyan's slightly serious report, Liu Ying also became a little embarrassed.

——In the past six months, if you want to say who is the busiest in Guanzhong, it is undoubtedly the young minister who is sitting in front of Liu Ying with a haggard face and reporting to Liu Ying: Yang Chengyan is undoubtedly.

According to Liu Ying's knowledge: from the end of August last year, when the Emperor Liu Bang's army set out, Yangcheng Yanman has been at home for more than half a year, and he has only stayed at home for more than ten days!

First, Liu Bang's army is about to go out, and Yang Chengyan, as a young mansion, is busy preparing ordnance, arrow feathers and other logistical supplies for the army.

After Liu Bang set out for an expedition, almost at the same time, Liu Ying started the renovation work of Zhengguo Canal and sent Yang Chengyan to go ahead for survey and preparation.

Until the winter solstice, when the silt clearing and channel widening work in the lower section of the Zhengguo Canal was over, the Weibei people who spontaneously went to repair the canal took the grain given by Liu Ying and went home to weave willow mats for the whole winter.

Even Liu Ying was able to spend the winter in Chang'an.

However, Yang Chengyan, who is the Shaofu, took the tens of thousands of officials and slaves of the Shaofu to travel around Guanzhong to prepare willow twigs for weaving willow mats and gravel for sweeping 'Yun' with willows.

In this way, I have been busy with the beginning of spring, Liu Ying was assassinated in Changling again, Liu Ying started the food official operation plan in advance, and Yang Chengyan rushed back to Chang'an non-stop to preside over the overall situation of the Shaofu...
Liu Ying is very sure: In the past six months, Yangchengyan definitely staged the drama of "passing through the house three times without entering" more than once.

And all of this is thanks to Liu Ying, the prince who loves to toss...

"Cough, cough, cough..."

"The pillar of the Shaofu Kingdom, half a year old, is really hard work."

"Waiting for the father's class teacher, Gu must report all the things in this matter, so as to thank the father in person!"

After a few awkward laughs, and a promise of 'doing light work for you', Liu Ying abruptly changed the topic, and hurriedly brought the topic back on track.

"How is the progress of the canal repair?"

Hearing this question, Yang Chengyan still had that serious, slightly tired look on his face.

"It's almost finished."

"Since the first ten days of February in spring, I have summoned the people in Weibei to gather in Sanyuan with the willow mats weaved in winter."

"It's March now, and in the next few months, there are more than [-] people in Weibei, plus [-] officials and slaves from the Shaofu. They are all along the Zhengguo Canal, and they are made of willow mats and gravel."

Speaking of this, Yang Chengyan paused for a while, and his face was also a little stiff.

"Except for winter, there are [-] people in Weibei who come from Zihai. In February, nearly [-] people come from Zihai, and they want to build canals for their families."

"Ranchen thought that the [-] people who came here should be from Tu's house, giving rice and food to the people like the winter solstice..."

Hearing Yang Chengyan's words, Liu Ying was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and shook her head.

"Hey!"

Smiling a little smugly, Liu Ying raised her head somewhat artificially.

"This is why my father won the hearts of the people in the world and the support of the people of Guan Zhong~"

"With such popular support, my Han family, why worry about it?"

Listening to Liu Ying unabashedly putting gold on her father's face, Yang Chengyan only nodded in agreement.

After a while, Yang Chengyan continued: "At the end of February, hundreds of thousands of eucalyptus have been completed, and the work of paving the canal with eucalyptus is almost finished."

"It's already the third month of spring, and spring plowing is just around the corner. Just wait at home to look at the canal, and if there is nothing wrong, you can reopen the canal head."

After saying that, Yang Chengyan seemed to be relieved, loosened his tense shoulders, and immediately looked at Liu Ying with some expectation.

Seeing this, Liu Ying even wanted to ask about the 10 yuan of stone bricks, but she couldn't help but soften her heart in the end.

"Um······"

"That's what the Shaofu said."

Nodding with a faint smile, Liu Ying opened the window and looked towards the side of the carriage. That person was already somewhat familiar with Liu Ying.

"All captains."

"The canal is imminent, sons and daughters, hurry up."

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Under the escort of the confinement guards of the Southern Army, Liu Ying once again came to the bank of Zhengguo Canal, and Liu Ying only felt refreshed for a while.

Although Liu Ying had only seen the condition of the downstream section of the river in Lianchao before, as the same artificial canal, the conditions of the upstream and downstream are probably not much different at all.

Liu Ying still clearly remembers: at the end of last year, when she went to Lian Shao, the lower reaches of the Zhengguo Canal she saw was nearly [-] feet wide and less than [-] feet deep, with mud and branches all over the bottom, like a garbage dump.

But now, the upper reaches of the Zhengguo Canal that Liu Ying saw from the north of Sanyuan looks like a newly built one!

——The top width is more than ten feet, the bottom width is seven or eight feet, and the depth is at least three feet, so that the section of the channel forms an extremely neat inverted trapezoid!
At the bottom of the channel, a roll of cylindrical 'Yun' with a length of more than ten feet and a diameter of about four inches was laid neatly along the direction of the water flow, like floor tiles!

What Liu Ying did not expect the most was that the stone bricks that Liu Ying stubbornly moved to be used for "canal repair" were not laid at the bottom of Zhengguo Canal!
Turning sideways with joy on her face, Chaoyang Chengyan gave a meaningful smile, and Liu Ying nodded slightly, as a recognition of Yang Chengyan's "self-assessment" achievement.

——In Liu Ying's plan, the stone bricks that were supposed to be laid at the bottom of Zhengguo Canal were "learned and used" by Yang Chengyan and laid on the slope beside the canal!

It's not completely paved, but it starts from the bottom of the canal and goes up to a height of about two feet, which is just higher than the water level of Zhengguo Canal in previous years!

In this way, when the head of the canal is re-opened, those 'buns' that have a strong soil-fixing effect but are slightly ugly will be hidden in the canal by water.

And the dark stone bricks laid on the side slope of the canal can be found by anyone who comes to the edge of Zhengguo Canal to check the water flow.

In addition, these 20 stone bricks should have covered the bottom of the nine-foot-wide canal, but now they are only paved on both sides of the canal, each with a width of about two feet, which makes it only enough to lay stone bricks for five miles. It was used by Yangchengyan to fix the side of the canal for more than ten miles.

Let’s not talk about whether such a change is useful or not. Just the appearance alone makes people feel forced to be healed!
What's more, such an arrangement is definitely not an image project - the soil at the bottom of the canal needs to be fixed, and the soil on the side of the canal also needs to be fixed.

Even compared to going to the bottom of the canal, the soil on the side of the canal is more likely to be swept away by water, causing the river to widen by itself.

Even according to the previous plan, Liu Ying planned to pave the bottom of the canal with gongs, and at the same time lay half of the side of the canal.

But now, Yang Chengyan paved the side of the canal with stone bricks, and it was just a subjective initiative within an acceptable range.

——This batch of stone bricks was originally used by Liu Ying to buy people's hearts and 'seduce' the people to come to help spontaneously~
What's more, these 20 stone bricks only sound like a bluffing quantity, but in fact, for the Zhengguo Canal, which is more than [-] miles long, it has no practical effect at all.

As long as these stone bricks are finally used in the renovation of the Zhengguo Canal, and the saying "if the canal is not completed, it will not be built" will be enough; Liu Ying doesn't care much about where the canal is used.

Looking at the neatly laid bundles at the bottom of the canal, and looking at the side of the canal where stone bricks are stacked like a city wall, Liu Ying felt a burst of relief in her heart.

When you're in a good mood, naturally there's nothing wrong with it. It can stop Liu Ying from waving her hand and enjoying the addiction of a big dog.

"Since Emperor Qin II's violent expropriation and indulging in extravagance, Zheng Guoqu has been in disrepair for nearly ten years!"

Turning around with her hands behind her back, she shouted loudly in the direction of Min Zhuang who was watching, and Liu Ying straightened her face naturally.

"Fortunately, the father obeyed the order of the heavens, and he was a teacher of benevolence and righteousness, and defeated the tyrant Qin; later, Zhang Han, Sima Xin, Dong Yi and other three Qin kings were wiped out, and hundreds of thousands of households in Guanzhong were at peace!"

"However, the Han Dynasty flourished above the flames of war, and the treasury was empty, and a thousand things were waiting to be built; the Zhengguo Canal was in disrepair, and it has been a long time!"

Speaking of this, Liu Ying finally turned her serious face back, and raised the corners of her mouth from the bottom of her heart.

"Now relying on officials and assistants, and tens of thousands of loyal and righteous people in Weibei, work together to build the Zhengguo Canal, and it will be like a canal!"

"Here, the sincerity is Tianjia my great man, the achievements of Tianjia my father on behalf of the heavenly herdsmen!"

Looking at the onlookers Min Zhuang without changing his face, he piled all the credit for repairing the Zhengguo Canal on the head of his father Liu Bang. Liu Ying finally turned sideways to his uncle Lu Shizhi who was beside him.

After Lu Shizhi cupped his hands with a wry smile, Liu Ying looked at the Minzhuang team again, her back suddenly stopped, and there was a hint of boldness between her brows.

""Shangshu·Hong Fan" says: Only provide blessings, only provide prestige, only provide jade food, ministers have no blessings and prestige jade food."

"Although Gu is a prince, he is also a minister of the father and emperor; he should not be the blessing of the emperor in private."

"However, the father, the emperor, led the king's teacher, and Chen Xi, who was not a minister, was responsible for the responsibility of the country alone; now a loyal person serves the state affairs, and there is no gift of indifference!"

After saying that, Liu Ying looked sideways at Yang Chengyan with a bold expression.

"——The order: All the officials and assistants involved in the construction of the canal, who are under the rank of four hundred stones, and those who are under the duke and doctor, will be given half a year of labor!"

"In addition, I am alone in writing to play the emperor's father, please bestow this capable official, assistant, and noble rank!!!"

Hearing Liu Ying's words, hundreds of figures on the periphery of the crowd immediately knelt down and kowtowed to Liu Ying with joy.

Without waiting for everyone to thank her, Liu Ying turned around again, and when she looked at Min Zhuang, a gentle smile appeared on her face.

"The Weibei people who came here to build the canal are all loyal and good of my Han Zuo!"

"If you are loyal and good, you can't live without rice!"

"——All the people who come to build the canal will be given rice and two stones!"

After making the promise with a bold face, Liu Ying suddenly straightened her face and looked around.

"Everyone should keep in mind: Today, the one who bestows the labor of officials and assistants, and the food for the people's strength, is not an orphan, but the emperor!"

"My father's kindness of giving labor and food, you should keep in mind, and you must not do anything disloyal or unrighteous to your father or to my Han Zuo!"

After saying that, Liu Ying slowly glanced around again, finally turned sideways, and smiled slightly at Lu Shizhi.

"This time, I'm going to be a labor of uncle, and I'm in charge of the rice grain and the people..."

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PS: Giving labor is a unique way of rewarding officials in the Western Han Dynasty.

In today's words, it is probably the working age.

According to historical records, the officials of the Western Han Dynasty will have a force assessment every year. The standard is: 12 arrows, a distance of 6 steps, and [-] arrows on the target are qualified; In "Fifteen Days of Seizing Labor", seizing labor means reducing working years.

As for the actual meaning of giving labor and taking labor away, first of all, giving labor is to make up for salary.

That is: the salary will be reissued for as long as the length of service is added;

In addition, giving and taking away labor will also be recorded on the resumes of officials. Giving labor is probably "recognition" or "recording credit", while taking labor is similar to "punishment" in nature.

　Sorry for yesterday...
　　I woke up with a cold, so I went back to sleep.

　　Then······
　　My cage sleep started from yesterday morning to today's noon...
　　Just, I don't know how to describe it to you.

　　I'm stuck, can everyone understand?

　　That is, I know I should get up, and I seem to have opened my eyes a few times, but I just can't get up.

　　Until today's noon, I finally woke up groggy, my throat was blocked directly, I couldn't speak, let alone my nose, and I gasped for air all day.

　　Alas...
　　Sure enough, the natal year is not based on the Gregorian calendar. My natal year still has half a month to go...
　　For the second update, I tried to write it in the middle of the night and see if I can post it in the early morning.

　　I am so sorry for my unbelievable body...
　　
　
(End of this chapter)