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Chapter 150 I want to build a lake
Feng Yao ordered his followers to lay the sacrificed brother on the ground, took off his long robe and covered him, then knelt down in front of his body, bowed three times, and said: "Brother, let's go, your family and I will definitely Will take good care of it!"

Seeing the lord like this, the rest of the followers were also greatly moved, they knelt down one after another, followed Feng Yao's appearance, kowtowed three times, Xu Chu, Dai Ling, all of them did the same.

The three begging followers were so moved that they burst into tears and thanked the lord for his kindness loudly.

Feng Yao stood up, looking into the distance with burning eyes, "One day, I will let you see that I use the heads of Thief Cao to pay homage to all the sacrificed heroes! But now I hope you all calm down!"

With tears in their eyes, the three begging followers nodded vigorously and said loudly: "I am willing to put my heart on the Lord! In order to repay the Lord's great kindness!"

Feng Yao nodded, and ordered everyone to cheer up. After a while, Yang Wu returned, reported the situation ahead, there was no danger, and also notified the camp to strengthen the defense, and then came back to report.

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After returning to Taolin Residence, Feng Yao's mother, Mrs. Feng, was very happy, and she pulled Feng Yao to talk in the middle of the night, until late at night, when the oil in the oil lamp was almost burned out, she reluctantly let Feng Yao go to sleep.

Because his mother, Mrs. Feng, would return to Shouchun with her brother-in-law, Feng Yao did not tell the story of the assassination, not wanting to worry Mrs. Feng too much.

Brother-in-law Huang Yi personally handed over the commanding talisman of five hundred archers and cavalry to Feng Yao, Madam Feng selected ten best servants to stay and ordered them to take good care of their young master Feng Yao and young master Mother Gong Yinglian.

Feng Yao already had Xu Chu Dailing and more than 100 personal guards, so there was no need for these slaves, but Feng Yao couldn't refuse his mother's kindness, so he gave all ten slaves to Gong Yinglian to take care of.

At dawn the next day, Mrs. Feng got into the carriage and left!Feng Yao had been sent for more than ten miles before returning to Pingyu City at Madam Feng's request.

After learning about Feng Yao's assassination, the military advisor Xu Shu suggested, "My lord, there should be two assassins. It's better to hang his body outside the city gate. Firstly, it can deter those with evil intentions, and secondly, his accomplices will come to steal at night." Corpse! Just order the soldiers to lie in ambush in advance, and they will be captured!"

According to Feng Yao's plan, he mainly discussed the war with Xu Shu during the day, and left the selection of elite soldiers to Xu Chu and Dai.

At night, as Xu Shu said, another assassin appeared, and was captured alive by the scout commander Liu Shun who was lying outside, but before he could interrogate him, the assassin committed suicide by biting the poison pill in his mouth. There is no way to find out, and it is impossible to confirm who the main messenger behind it is.

Feng Yao posted a reward announcement again, so that all citizens can report to the government and receive the reward if they find any suspicious person. As for the two unclaimed and unrecognized corpses of assassins, they were hung for two days. , began to stink, had to dig a hole and bury it in the wild.

The recruitment order in the city attracted a special talent on this day. His surname was Zhang Mingliang, and his style name was Bokui. He was in his 40s. He is very familiar with him. After seeing Feng Yaoguang's benevolent government and clearing all corrupt officials from the county and counties from the officialdom, he was overjoyed and recommended himself to vote for Feng Yao.

After Feng Yao talked with him, he found that Zhang Liang was not only familiar with the topography of Pingyu, but also had a unique way of managing Yingshui. Zhang Liang had also made suggestions before, but the previous county heads either did not believe Zhang Liang. Theoretically, either they have no intention of doing such a money-losing business at all, and they are only interested in making money from officialdom.

Zhang Liang believed that Runan was originally a good place, with rich water sources, fertile land, and suitable climate. However, due to the flat terrain and shallow riverbed, Runan was often either dry and cracked, or flooded due to excessive rain or the riverbed was diverted. The farmlands and houses of the nearby people were flooded, making the people in Runan miserable.

Due to flooding, hundreds of large and small lakes and ponds have been formed in Pingyu County, especially in the west of Pingyu City. If these lakes and ponds can be dug deep and Large, a huge lake was dug in the west of Pingyu City and connected to Yingshui, which can store and regulate rainwater. In the dry season, there will be no dripping water. Excessive rainwater in the rainy season can also flow into this huge lake. Among them, it can make Pingyu County no longer have floods from now on, and the people can settle down for a long time and live and work in peace and contentment.

Feng Yao was taken aback by Zhang Liang's words, he never imagined that a little-known poor scholar would have such advanced ideas!The role played by this giant lake is the role of the future reservoir!
This is really good! !

Feng Yao has long wanted to find a talent who can improve water conservancy. Although Feng Yao himself has many ideas, but he is not very familiar with the terrain of Pingyu, so he has been unable to start.

Feng Yao immediately appointed Zhang Liang as the governor of the county's water conservancy, in charge of all water conservancy matters in Runan County, and ordered him to build water conservancy projects and dig artificial lakes.

Xu Shu, the military adviser, was also very affirmative of Feng Yao's move. Xu Shu said it from the military point of view, "Although Pingyu is a county, it is surrounded by a flat area, and it is easy for the enemy to break through, or cut off the water flow, and disrupt the city." If the water, or burst water, floods Pingyu City, my lord, it is better to dig this lake several times larger than Pingyu City, and block it to the west of Pingyu City, forming an impenetrable barrier. You have to make a big circle and go deep into the hinterland of Runan to really attack Pingyu, and you can't besieged, but Pingyu city can pass through Yingshui and the Great Lake at any time, and transport food and troops from the upper reaches!"

Feng Yao was overjoyed. Even if the farmland was reduced due to the lake, fish can be raised in the lake, which can solve the livelihood of many people. If such a large artificial lake is excavated, the amount of labor must be not small, and the people can also earn wages and become rich!
However, Feng Yao began to worry about whether he had enough money to pay his wages, so he asked Zhang Liang to calculate how much silver taels he would need.

Zhang Liang was also very excited, and gladly accepted the order. After a while, he calculated, "My lord, the preliminary estimate is about [-] million yuan! This is not counting the compensation for the people who moved out to compensate their fields and houses!"

Feng Yao couldn't help feeling a little heartbroken, and thought to himself: "This time it's a small fortune, but even if all the silver, gold and jewelry are converted into copper coins, it's only about one billion. In the first two days, it was just a reward. The rewards of 1 soldiers, plus the money from military achievements have already consumed more than [-] million yuan, and the city will have to be expanded in the future, which will cost tens of millions of dollars. The sum of the two is almost [-] million yuan! Dig another one Isn't the [-] million yuan spent on the artificial lake considered compensation?"

"Bo Kui, calculate how much it will cost to move out the common people!" Feng Yao said.

Zhang Liang calculated again, and said, "About [-] million yuan is needed!"

Feng Yao took a deep breath, widened his eyes, and thought, "It costs [-] million yuan to dig a lake!! No wonder no one has ever been willing to do it!!"

(End of this chapter)