After the rebirth, the cannon fodder left the plot

Chapter 111
"Both of them are my students, you can call them seniors." After Jiang Zhengshu finished speaking, he pointed to the round-faced man beside him and introduced to Shen Jingcheng: "His surname is He, his name is He Dongzhi, and he currently works in the Ministry of Industry."

After introducing the round-faced man, Jiang Zhengshu pointed to the thin and tall man and said, "This is your Senior Brother Yuan, named Yuan Shulin, who works in the Ministry of Water under the Ministry of Industry. They heard that you were going to build dams, so they asked for leave to come and see you." Look."

"Hello, two senior brothers." Shen Jingcheng quickly clasped his fists at the two of them, "I let the two senior brothers worry about you."

He knew that people had heard that he was going to build a dam to come and have a look. Jiang Zhengshu must have worked so hard to get him here.You know, the old emperor was extremely strict with the officials, how could this fake be so easy to ask for?

"Hey, Junior Brother is being polite." He Dongzhi smiled and waved his hands: "Mister has been by your side for so many years, and you have been taking care of him. Haven't we thanked you yet?"

And Yuan Shulin kept nodding when he heard the words: "Yes, yes, I have been troublesome for these years, junior brother."

"What's the matter, as a student, you should take care of your husband..." Shen Jingcheng exchanged pleasantries with the two of them, then took them to the house where Jiang Certificate was located, and ordered Yang Shu to go to the backyard to let the cook cook more. One dish, a few people have a good drink.

Gu Jin was slightly relieved when he heard the greetings from the people in front in the backyard.

She really didn't expect Jiang Certificate to be so powerful, not only brought back the book, but also brought back two professional talents.

After resting for one night, the two asked Shen Jingcheng to take them to the river embankment together. After all, they came here on leave, and the time they could stay here was limited. Even, the two of them hated running around on the road. Hei just came back.

Gu Jin saw that this was not the way to go. They were here to help, and they couldn't really use him as a messenger. She couldn't help with anything else, but she could still take care of food.

So, Gu Jin went to the street to find a farmer who specializes in selling vegetables, and asked him to deliver some fresh vegetables to the Yamen every morning. The pots and pans went to the river together.

When a few people didn't come back at noon, Gu Jin directly asked the cook to bury the stove by the river to cook. At the same time, she also put the cattail mats she just brought from Shenjia Village into the car. When the few people rested and ate, Let Yang Shu take her with the cloth that Gu Xiu and others sew overnight, and set up a big shed, or lie down and rest while eating.

In this way, Shen Jingcheng led a group of people to run around the riverside and the county office almost every day. It may be that everyone is poor, and there are few things that go wrong. It can also be done with ease.

After traveling along the river for more than ten days, Shen Jingcheng learned a lot about river management from the two of them. In the end, after some discussion, they finally decided to move the embankment back a mile so that the river would be wider and the corners would be wider. It can be eased. Once there is a flood, the scope and strength of the dam to withstand the impact can be greatly reduced. The only disadvantage is that the dam is longer and more manpower may be required to build and maintain the dam.

And even if the embankment is moved back, this place is still very dangerous. It is better to build this corner with stones to be safer.

Gu Jin gasped when he heard the final plan discussed by several people. This section of the bend that mainly bears the impact of the flood can be as long as one or two miles. How much money do you get for so many stones?
But there is no way. For a sharp turn like this, if you want the embankment to withstand the impact of the flood, currently using stones is the best way.

Shen Jingcheng and Gu Jin sighed while talking about this at night.

Yuhe County is a plain, not to mention rocky mountains, even earth slopes are rare in the jurisdiction area. There is no money in the county, and earth is taken from the local area to build dams. , just do more work.

But if stones were to be used, where would he get so many stones?How can there be so much money to buy stones in the county?
He Dongzhi and Yuan Shulin also knew that this was difficult, and they read many books overnight. After discussing and discussing, they finally came up with a plan. Tamping, in this case, as long as it is well maintained, it can withstand the impact and pressure of the flood, but the premise is that you can't cut corners, otherwise the embankment of a thousand miles will be destroyed.

But even so, a lot of stones are still needed. For the finance of Yuhe County today, it is like an ant regretting a big tree.

"Why don't we buy another stone mountain?"

At night, Shen Jingcheng and Gu Jin discussed: "We don't know how many years we will stay here. We can't keep worrying about being flooded because there is no money in the county, right? Only add the wages of the hired workers and the silver to buy the mountain and transport them to the county. It is right that the county buys our stones. I'm afraid I won't be able to get it back."

"Is this okay? Will someone say that we bend the law for personal gain, or make money in the name of the government?" Gu Jin was a little worried.

After following Shen Jingcheng to see more, Gu Jin also knows that there are many wonders in this world, and there are always people who are not used to it looking for trouble.

"Dare they dare?" Shen Jingcheng's voice involuntarily became higher when he heard the words, and Xiao Youping, who was sleeping peacefully next to him, trembled with his hands and feet, Gu Jin quickly stretched out his hands to pat him gently, comforting him, and stared angrily at the same time Shen Jingcheng took a look.

Shen Jingcheng was stunned, and then said in a low voice: "Anyone who dares to say that I am making money in the name of the government, I will ask him to transport stones to the river for me at the price I said. Such a good thing, I will Let them do it."

Gu Jin smiled, this is also a solution.

However, it depends on how it works.

Having said that, Shen Jingcheng was still a little unwilling, and complained lightly to Gu Jin: "I didn't want to put money in it at first, but there is no one in this world who wants to pay it back when you become an official, but there is no other way to do it like this. The mansion has applied for the cost of building the dam, but the higher-ups are very perfunctory, almost every county in Guide Mansion is next to the Yellow River, and the dykes have problems of one kind or another, and now they can only sweep the snow in front of each other."

Gu Jin nodded sadly upon hearing this.

Yes, there are so many places along the banks of the Yellow River, so many dams, how many can the imperial court really take care of?
In fact, she also knew that Shen Jingcheng must have struggled a lot to make this determination, and it was not so easy to do it.

In a poor and clinking county, sometimes it can't even collect taxes, so where can I get the money to pay them back?Their money to buy a mountain is almost in vain with a clear eye.

Heartache is of course heartache, but when the flood comes, no matter whether it is her, Shen Jingcheng, or the whole county, people will suffer, and they may even die, so she feels it is worth it.

(End of this chapter)