nanming man

Chapter 49
Guoshui is a tributary on the left bank of the middle reaches of the Huaihe River, and it is also the second largest tributary of the Huaihe River.

It originates in Weishi County, Kaifeng Prefecture, Henan Province, flows southeast through Taikang, Luyi, Bozhou, Guoyang, and Mengcheng in Anhui Province, and flows into the Huaihe River near Huaiyuan County in the south.

If Brother Gao wants to block the dam in Luyi, the downstream Bozhou, Guoyang and Mengcheng will definitely be affected, and the villagers there will definitely hate him, but even so, the dam must still be built.

Because it can improve the utilization of water sources, it can adjust the water level of the vortex, and when the water is full, it can even regulate the downstream.

For example, when there is not much irrigation in winter, it can play the role of water storage, so as to prevent water from flowing into the Huaihe River and into the sea, which is wasted. When irrigation is needed in spring, there will be enough water.

At the same time, in times of drought, it can store water to alleviate disasters, and in times of floods, it can store flood water, reduce the pressure on dams, and prevent embankments from breaking.

Of course, the second brother can also use the regulating effect of the dam to control the downstream.If the downstream makes the second brother unhappy, then he can come anyway, stop the water when it is dry, and open the gate to kill the downstream when it is flooded.

It's just that if this is done, there will be many people who will greet his ancestors. However, it is still a good thing to build water conservancy projects to eliminate this kind of unconscionable practice.

Although in the short term, water storage will affect downstream irrigation, but in the long run, it is a beneficial thing for both upstream and downstream.

After hearing this, Sun Yucheng and Yu Yinglong did not object, but considered the issue of building the dam.

At this time, Yu Yinglong said: "Luyi is high in the north and low in the south, but the terrain is relatively flat. Even if the dam is built, it will be difficult to store water."

This is indeed a problem. The sides of the river are not mountains or canyons, but flat land. The water level cannot be raised too high, and the water storage capacity will be limited.

Brother Gao thought for a while, then smiled and said: "Multiple dams can be built to form multiple sluices, and storage of water level by level from north to south should be able to solve the problem. In addition, more ditches and ponds need to be dug to create more water. play a role in water storage and drought resistance.”

Yu Yinglong and Sun Yucheng glanced at each other, and couldn't help being a little surprised. This Captain Gao is not even a student, so why does he seem to know a little bit about everything?

"Then this subordinate will organize manpower and prepare to do it." Yu Yinglong said: "But the required money and food, please ask the captain to raise it as soon as possible."

It costs money to repair water conservancy, but money and food are a headache for the second brother. He couldn't help pursing his lips and said: "Now that the river bed is dry, when repairing, first repair the two sides, and finally close it, and install the gate. It shouldn't be that big."

Now is the dry season, so there is no need to fill the dike first, and you can go directly to the river bed to start construction, and the cost should be greatly reduced.

Brother Gao Er paused for a while, and then said: "This matter is beneficial to the people of Luyi. You go to the various villages, discuss with the gentry and elders, mobilize the villagers, and build together. I can give them a proper tax exemption. As wages, as for the remaining gap, I will raise it as soon as possible."

Zhao Daxian brought back 1000 taels of silver. Second brother Gao paid the officers and soldiers in advance. He had already used 500 taels, and the remaining 500 taels could only cover one month, but the taxes were confiscated. How could he have any money and food now? Try to mobilize the masses, but if it doesn't work, you can only find a local bandit or a local tyrant to beat them up to solve the urgent need.

At present, the second brother Gao and the two patrolled along the Weishui for a while, and found that if the water source is sufficient, not to mention all the land along the Weishui can be used, so that the hundreds of people like the second brother can be self-sufficient, but there is no problem at all.

It was already July. After looking at it for a while, Second Brother Gao said to the two of them: "If we speed up, we may be able to catch up with planting winter wheat. You should visit the villages as soon as possible, and say that after the dam is built, the land along the coast can Lease them to cultivate, and mobilize the villagers as soon as possible.”

Second Brother Gao has few people and can't absorb so much land, so it's better to let the villagers of Luyi cultivate it with low rent, which is worse than leaving it unused.

Yu Yinglong and Sun Yucheng nodded in agreement, and after discussing for a while, they decided that Yinglong would visit various villages and persuade the gentry to organize villagers to participate in water conservancy construction, while Sun Yucheng would lead some people to continue measuring the land. And plan the construction sites of the sluices at all levels.

In fact, the villagers in Luyi County also want to build water conservancy, but there is no government organization, and the ideas of each village and village cannot be unified, so it has not been realized.

If the dam is built upstream, the villages below will not be able to enjoy it. If your dam is to be removed, the people built on the downstream will not be able to enjoy it, and they will not be willing to help. And the most important thing is that even if it is built, the majority of the beneficiaries will be vassals. Even if the vassal king doesn't work hard, the villagers will naturally not be able to do it.

Now, according to Gao Erge's proposal, setting up gates in different levels and lowering the water source level by level can solve many contradictions.And the land of the vassal princes is naturally good land. After the second brother Gao promised to build the sluice gate, he could let them cultivate it at a low rent, and the villages were immediately tempted.

In order to mobilize the enthusiasm of the villagers, Brother Gao promised that after the sluice is built, he will help them build canals so that their fields can also be irrigated with water.

For this reason, the second brother hopes that they can provide some food to the villagers participating in the dam construction, and the second brother will give them a certain degree of tax relief for the coming year depending on the amount of food they provide and the amount of work completed.

This is tantamount to paying taxes in advance for the coming year as funds for new water conservancy projects.

Of course, the second brother was trying to persuade them with kind words. If there were those who didn't know how to praise and didn't want to cooperate, then he also made Zhao Daxian ready to take down the villages that didn't cooperate, and come to kill them to make an example.

It's just that Yu Yinglong, a sour scholar, does have some ability. The second brother didn't expect that after his persuasion, all the villages agreed to the plan of the second brother Gao.

These villagers don't have much to do right now. Seeing that the next year will be the same, they are naturally willing to build sluices for irrigation, not to mention doing it now can manage a meal.

As for the country gentry, it is mainly because the Yuwei who broke into the army and looted Luyi County is still there, just like when Gaojiazhuang faced Liu Heizi, he was willing to spend some food to buy peace. It's okay to have some food, not to mention water conservancy repairs, which are also beneficial to them.

If this sluice is built, the first benefit will be the fields of the feudal lords, and the second will be the land of the squires. They are naturally willing.

For a time, Luyi County seemed to have entered the era when later generations would plant red flags and sing songs to carry out large-scale construction.Villagers from all villages and villages poured out one after another carrying poles and baskets, men, women, old and young, and gathered by the Wohe River like a market.

Sun Yucheng planned six sluices on the Guohe River to gather the villagers together and build them from the upper reaches first.

Dozens of barefoot children, the most active, ran at the front of the team. Villagers from all over the country set off early in the morning to make a living, and they all walked faster than each other. They all wanted to earn some work points and wait for the dam. After meeting, you can rent a few more acres of good land with your work points.

In order to increase the enthusiasm of the villagers and prevent people from fishing in troubled waters, the second brother Gao proposed a system of work points to record work points for each village. After the dam is built, whichever village has more work points will be able to rent more land and give priority to releasing water. All the villages came out in full force.

Standing aside, Gao Yihuan saw the villagers busy driving piles on the river bed, pouring soil and stones between the piles with shoulders and hands. In a few days, the dam had taken shape. , At the same time, I thought to myself, "Is it possible to burn bricks in the same way?"

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