Villager of Daming

Chapter 1108 There is a reason for the bridge construction

More than twenty minutes passed, and Du Luze, the magistrate of Zhuozhou, and Guan Chong, the fellow magistrate, met the four princes.

What they saw in advance was that the people who joined the army of the Prince of Yan's Palace were from the fifth rank, and the people who joined the army of the Prince's Palace were from the fifth rank.

The magistrate of Beiping Prefecture and others looked comfortable. They saw the four princes directly, and there was no second-grade Wenfu or Wufu to receive them, the highest-ranking fourth-grade officials.

Du Zhizhou and Guan Tongzhi led a group of officials to kneel down, but Zhu Di stopped them. They were afraid that after a while these people would stand up and pat their clothes, which would be covered with dust. He was making noodles here!

A group of officials in Zhuozhou were very surprised. They had just joined the army and said that His Highness was busy, but in the end he was busy making noodles?

"Wait a moment, it will be ready soon." Zhu Di asked the officials to watch first. He had to finish fermenting the noodles.

Zhuozhou officials nodded one after another, but no one dared to speak. They were working hard! I praise His Highness King Yan for being a good conciliator. If His Highness is happy, he asks me to do the same, but I can’t do it!

Zhu Di didn't want to embarrass anyone at all. He knew that none of the officials knew how to cook.

I have heard many stories from Li Chang. For example, Du Fu in the Tang Dynasty was hungry and had to boil acorns to eat. In his own case, he learned to use acorns to make jelly from Xiaqiu Village, and he could also turn acorns into ripe powder. , when you are hungry, rinse it with boiling water and stir it into a paste.

Zhili Prefecture is equivalent to a prefecture-level city, and subordinate prefectures are county-level cities. The reason why Zhuozhou can be converted into a prefecture from a county lies in its topography.

Officials don't dare to think about feelings, duties, etc. They are actually just trying to justify their actions, proving to others or themselves that their actions are right, and finding a persuasive reason.

"Has someone gone to report the news? Did they know we were coming?"

Historically, Zhuozhou was later transferred to Shuntian Prefecture, which is now Beiping Prefecture. However, it is no longer possible and is an independent county-level city.

His two older brothers and younger brothers also finished cleaning up, and everyone went to the side to talk.

You can do this while waiting for the pie to be baked, because when you add oil, your hands will be covered with oil to grasp the bread filling.

The officials of Zhuozhou spoke out one after another at this time to thank His Highness for the wine. According to their status, the state is divided into Zhili prefectures and subordinate prefectures.

There is the Juma River here and the terrain is dangerous. The purpose of guarding here is to prepare Beiping Prefecture to deal with enemies coming from the southwest.

Then they will know where the court's laws will find their problems. They are here to cooperate with the court's deployment, but not because they do not agree with His Majesty's title of King of Yan.

Zhu Di said while wiping his hands with dry flour, this kind of noodles must be sticky to his hands. After wiping the dry flour, throw it into the basin. It should not be light on the surface, light on the pot, or light on the hands.

Everyone was seated as guests and hosts, the palace maid served tea, and Zhu Di asked about it.

Everyone has to practice cooking. When His Highness King Yan becomes a vassal, if you are still an official in Prince Yan's Mansion, what if one day King Yan is happy and asks everyone to cook together...

Zhu Di wiped it with dry flour and washed it with water. He was reluctant to wash it directly, otherwise he would lose the wash on his hands.

"That's it! Let's have pie tonight, and you guys will come over just in time. There will be wine, and I will be happy today."

The magistrate of Beiping Prefecture and others looked at each other and saw helplessness and decision in the eyes of their colleagues.

The officials in Zhuozhou dare not say that you, Zhu Di, have no control over us. We can come or not. We come as a matter of love, but not as a duty.

There is no need for those on the west side. The west side is guarded by Datong Mansion, unless the enemy can easily cross the Taihang Mountains and Yanshan Mountains.

Du Luze, the magistrate of the state, stood up and replied: "The fishermen told me that I am very happy to know that the four highnesses are here!"

"Sit down and talk. The purpose of building the pier this time is to better connect the two places. If it weren't for the construction period, we wouldn't be delayed here for too long, so we would build the bridge.

However, we have already made man-made boats to ferry the rivers during the seasons when there is water. There is no problem in walking on the ice in winter, as there are seasonal rivers. "Zhu Di was very easy-going. He saw that if Daliang Village was to develop, Juliang Village opposite would inevitably become popular, so why not bring the entire Zhuozhou with it.

"Your Highness! The bridge can be repaired." When the chief heard that Zhu Di didn't want to repair the bridge, that wouldn't work! Hanhan said that we should build bridges on both rivers here.

Two bridges will be built on the section above the Huliang River and the Liuli River. The one over the Huliang River will be built to facilitate cross-strait communication. It will be built in winter. It is not possible now, regardless of the drought.

Zhu Wentian nodded not far away with a silly smile on his face, expressing his agreement.

There is a bridge here, the Yongji Bridge. It is a stone arch bridge that was built during the Wanli period. Later, it broke down and the river changed its course.

Zhuozhou doesn’t have any good resources. It was supposed to grow rice, but now it’s all planted with other crops.

There are geothermal resources, but they cannot be dug up, and there is no use in digging them out. They can only be used for bathing in winter, and the vegetable greenhouses cannot use hot springs.

The rest are stones and sand, which are the best for construction. Unfortunately, they are available everywhere now. It is impossible to transport cobblestones from Zhuozhou to Beiping Fucheng to pave roads.

"Then just practice it, you said it again!" Zhu Di followed the good advice, and he was right.

Zhuozhou official: "..."

You, a prince, just said that you don’t want to practice, and then you turn around and say something to someone else, and you want to practice again, you...

The officials of the state capital understand that their highnesses have to listen to the arrangements of Xiaqiu Village, especially in terms of local economic construction. Xiaqiu Village is really amazing!

"Your Highness, I have the drawings here to build a higher bridge and erect the beams."

The librarian couldn't just fix it at his will. He took out the drawings that Hanhan drew.

Zhu Wentian still had that naive smile. He changed the Yongji Bridge for others. It was obviously a stone arch bridge. He wanted to drive concrete piles to facilitate boat navigation.

There is still some distance upstream, to the source, and the only way to build the stone arch bridge is by boat and through the bridge hole.

When the Yongji Bridge was first built, it was just for the convenience of people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait. It was very simple to build it casually if there were enough manpower.

There is no need for water transportation now. In the future, construction will be carried out downstream. If there is a shortage of good sand, sand and pebbles, ships can be transferred to load them.

Moreover, the stone arch bridge will be flooded when the water is high. It will be more convenient if the newly built bridge is higher and extended longer.

A bridge was also built on the upper reaches of another Liuli River, thus connecting a large area by land.

Build these two bridges first, and then build the bridge downstream of the Juma River, which is the Baigou River. Naoxiong County and An County are also connected, which is where Baiyangdian is located.

Baiyangdian in the Ming Dynasty has a small population and is a wetland. It cannot grow many crops. After all, reeds, lotus and so on are not as good as food.

But depending on who is planning it, the economic benefits of Baiyangdian can become very high, freeing up manpower to be responsible for aquatic planting and breeding.

Fish farming is obviously not possible. There is no shortage of fish in the rivers, but ducks and geese are no problem. They can be raised in large groups and the eggs will be harvested when the time comes.

I think it is a good place to lay eggs, otherwise ducks like to lay eggs randomly and they will lay eggs in the water. How to pick them up?
Geese are better than ducks. It is easier to get to the shore and pick up goose eggs than duck eggs along the river beach. Have you ever seen duck eggs floating down the river? Just a good thing for a duck to do.

However, if you make some hay nests on the shore or floating grass, the ducks will go up and lay their eggs, and people will row a boat to collect them when the time comes.

(End of this chapter)