Do you know that it starts with Meng Tong?

We must find our place again in the next game!

On the other side, Wei Chen, who had watched the game, was chatting with Zhao Zongquan about his next series of plans from the point guard stand.

"The school field for team training can only be borrowed temporarily. I plan to build an open-air stadium on the vacant land on the outskirts of the city and hold ball games every Friday."

"Build a dedicated stadium?" Zhao Zongquan was worried when he heard this: "Would this cost too much?"

Wei Chen shook his head and said: "Judging from the popularity of today's game, there will be at least three to four thousand spectators for a normal game in the future.

If tickets are sold for ten cents each, the ticket price alone is already a considerable amount of income.

In addition, coupled with the income from spectators eating, drinking and having fun, it will not take long to recover the cost of stadium construction and maintenance. "

Wei Chen responded to Zhao Zongquan's words and briefly explained to Zhao Zongquan some examples of later generations using competitions to promote surrounding industries.

In fact, according to Wei Chen's plan, he also wanted to form a Cuju league, but after thinking about it carefully, he gave up.

Although Yuzhou has developed well this year, it is only a state after all and cannot bear such a large scale.

Wei Chen could only shelve this idea for the time being and slowly implement it in the future.

However, there are many wealthy businessmen from all over the world attending the competition today. These people have always had the keenest sense of business. They have witnessed the popularity of the Yuzhou Cuju competition with their own eyes, and it is impossible not to see the business opportunities in it.

With the promotion of interests, maybe there is no need for Wei Chen to wave the flag in person at all, and this "retro Cuju" has blossomed all over the country.

Although Zhao Zongquan heard that Wei was just part of Chen's plan about Cuju, he still admired Wei Chen's financial management methods. He sincerely sighed: "Xingyun is really like the reincarnation of Tao Zhugong, it seems that there is no time to worry about money. "

Wei Chen waved his hand modestly.

If you go in, you will be a general, and if you go out, you will be Tao Zhu.

Fan Shaobo helped King Gou Jian of Yue to restore the country and destroy Wu, and then retired with great success. He took his beauty and went boating on the five lakes. He was regarded as a strange person through the ages.

Every time he recalled his thoughts and deeds, Wei Chen admired him endlessly. Although Wei Chen always thought highly of himself, he did not dare to compare with such sages.

"I wonder if I will be able to retire like Fan Li in the future and enjoy my old age with my wife and children?"

Wei Chen suddenly thought for no reason.

Chapter 234

In early May, most of the [-] acres of winter wheat planted by Zhao Zongquan on the bank of the Yellow River had been harvested, leaving only the last three acres waiting for him to go to the fields to harvest it himself.

This has been Zhao Zongquan's old habit for more than ten years since he came to Yuzhou, and everyone in Tuanlian Mansion is also used to it.

On this day, Zhao Ceying, Shen Congxing and others all put on plain robes, brought sickles, and went to the countryside with Zhao Zongquan on horseback to harvest wheat.

The group of people left Yuzhou City, rode their horses and whipped their whips, and entered Mi County. They saw several keel waterwheels in the distance, stretching long into the canals.

Zhao Zongquan recognized this place. It was Lijiaji in Mi County, adjacent to the Yellow River. It was the only way from Yuzhou City to his [-] acres of "private land".

At this time, most families in Lijiaji had already harvested their wheat and piled it up ridge after ridge on the edge of the field.

The villagers pushed the carts back and forth, and everyone's face was filled with joy from the inside out at the harvest.

Several old farmers who were over sixty years old held heavy ears of wheat and brought them to their noses to smell them. The wrinkles on their faces unknowingly relaxed.

Zhao Zongquan was deeply moved when he saw this scene. He immediately got off his horse, led the horse to the roadside, and chatted with an old farmer enthusiastically.

The old farmer thought that Zhao Zongquan was a passing merchant, so he cupped his hands and said, "This official is very polite."

Zhao Zongquan took a bunch of copper coins from his waist, put it into the old farmer's hand, and said with a smile: "Old man, I am a businessman from other places. I see that your harvest is good this year. Why haven't you seen this before?"

The old farmer threw the money back and said with a knowing smile: "You are here to buy summer grain, right? Do you want to know the market situation? You told me earlier, this news is not worth a lot of money."

When Zhao Zongquan heard this, he couldn't help but laugh, but he didn't deny it.

The old farmer said with emotion: "In the past three years, there would be two disasters, and in one good year, we would be exploited by officials. The reason why we are doing so well this year is because we, the people of Yuzhou, have met good officials." !”

"A good official?" Zhao Zongquan was slightly startled.

"Wei Qingtian! You don't even know about his old man, and you still come to Yuzhou to do business?"

The old farmer frowned, as if he was very dissatisfied that he didn't know the meaning of the three words "Wei Qingtian".

Zhao Zongquan looked embarrassed and quickly added: "I know, I know, the governor of Yuzhou!"

The old farmer's face softened a little, and he continued: "At the beginning of spring, Wei Qingtian lent us seeds and cattle, and repaired canals and waterwheels for us. If it weren't for him, our Yuzhou would not be doing so well this year. Na!"

Zhao Zongquan was the most concerned about farming and mulberry farming, and he also cultivated several acres of land himself. Of course he was aware of Wei Chen's policies. After listening to the old farmer's words, he couldn't help but nodded in agreement.

As the old farmer talked, he also came to talk about sex, and he kept talking: "Our Lijiaji is close to the Yellow River. The government builds the river every year. The first thing that comes to mind is our village. Many people in the village are afraid of being sent into labor and have fled. After the famine, life was not good in the past, just because of this.

This year is great. Wei Qingtian not only doesn’t pay for repairing the river, but also pays him back. After working for two months, he can get one or two taels of silver.

, all the young people in our village are rushing to go!

Look at this officer, I am already my age, and when the farm work at home was not busy, I went to work hard and worked for five or six days, earning more than 100 copper coins! "

When the old farmer talked about making money, he was very excited and salivated. But after a while, his mood suddenly became a little depressed again.

"The people along the river have been hurt by the flood. When I was eight years old, my parents and three brothers and sisters were all washed away by the flood."

When Zhao Zongquan heard the old farmer's tragic experience, his eyes could not help but turn red. He held the old farmer's hand and said, "Old man, my condolences are with you."

The old farmer shook his head and suddenly smiled: "Wei Qingtian is a good official who loves the people like a son. Since he came to Yuzhou, he has given us countless benefits. We, the people, are grateful for his kindness.

The little old man believed from the bottom of his heart that Wei Qingtian would be able to build a good embankment for the people of Yuzhou that could not be broken down in 100 years.When the embankment is built, the old man will build his grave on the embankment, and he will guard the embankment for Wei Qingtian in his next life! "

Looking at the old farmer's firm and determined eyes, Zhao Zongquan, Zhao Ceying and others who were accompanying them all lowered their heads in silence, unable to calm down for a long time.

……

Just when Zhao Zongquan took Zhao Ceying to the countryside to cut wheat, Wei Chen also left Yuzhou City and came to Mi County to inspect the river work.

"Hey you! Hey you!"

On the beach next to the river, thousands of peasants were shouting slogans and carrying work materials.

They faced the loess, carried the earth and rocks on their backs, and moved forward little by little with their bodies bent, pulling the earth and rocks to the embankments on both sides of the ferry.

Wei Chen stood on the embankment and watched for a long time, but he saw that although the scene was busy, everything was in order, and there was not a single place that caused chaos in the busyness, which showed that the management was in place.

Sun Zhuo, the magistrate of Mi County who was accompanying him, felt relieved when he saw Wei Chen's expression. He brought a drawing and explained to Wei Chen:

"Master Zhizhou, please see, we are currently at a sharp bend in the river. If a large amount of water rushes straight into the embankment, the embankment will easily burst. Therefore, in accordance with your previous instructions, I will build a moon embankment on the back of the embankment. Just in case something unexpected happens.”

Wei Chen nodded slightly when he heard this.

The key to his proposed strategy of constricting water and attacking sand is to constrict the river channel, scour the river bed, and take away the sediment.

However, this is only a general theory after all. When applied in practice, it can be summarized as the "four embankments method": inner embankment, outer embankment, horizontal embankment and moon embankment.

One is the inner embankment.

This embankment did not exist before. It was built on the first line along the river and was built against the river. Its function is to "contain water" and "attack sand".

The inner embankment is built relatively low. This is because the inner embankment is close to the river channel and the pressure on the dam body is very high.

Especially when the river water surges during the flood season, the flood must be allowed to overflow the inner embankment to prevent the inner embankment from being directly breached by the raging flood.

The second is the outer embankment.

This is the levee that has been used in the past. It is located two miles away from the river and is both tall and thick.

During the flood season when the river water surges, when the flood overflows the inner embankment, the outer embankment can effectively intercept the flood and protect the lives and property of people on both sides of the river.

The third is the horizontal embankment.

As the name suggests, the horizontal embankment is a dike between the inner embankment and the outer embankment.Every once in a while, there is such a horizontal embankment.

It can block the water flow when the flood overflows the inner embankment, preventing the flood from scouring along the outer embankment and damaging the roots of the outer embankment, causing the danger of the outer embankment collapsing.

The inner embankment, the outer embankment, and the horizontal embankment are connected to each other, forming "mouth" shapes on the river bank, which is equivalent to a series of small reservoirs.

During the flood season, the flood that spreads through the inner embankment can be restrained to achieve the effect of water storage and flood detention.

As for the last moon embankment, it is a safety embankment built outside the outer embankment.

The water conditions of the Yellow River are complex. When building embankments along the river, there will always be many dangerous and weak embankment sections. Therefore, it is necessary to build a half-moon-shaped embankment on the back of the outer embankment of these embankment sections to strengthen the outer embankment and prevent danger.

What Wei Chen is building in front of him now is exactly such a moon embankment.

It has been nearly three months since the construction of the river work began in late February.

During this period, the inner embankment and the horizontal embankment were built from scratch and have been completely built, while the outer embankment only needs to be repaired, which costs nothing.

The main project is basically completed, and only a few dangerous sections of the moon embankment are still undergoing final finishing work.

It is estimated that the river defense project stretching for thirty miles in Yuzhou will be completed in less than half a month.

Wei Chen came here to conduct preliminary inspection and acceptance of the embankment.

Chapter 235 Qingliu and Xunli

On the big river, the waves hit the shore and the turbid waves rolled.

Wei Chen climbed up the embankment to inspect. Everywhere he went, he squatted down and inspected it carefully. From time to time, he asked Gu Tingye to take out a hoe and dig open the embankment surface on the spot to see if there was any jerry-rigged work such as "head shaving and pedicure".

Sun Zhuo watched from behind and was secretly frightened. Master Zhizhou's move was too serious. Fortunately, he had built the river with Egg in his hand beforehand and did not dare to do anything on the dam. Otherwise, he might have made a fool of himself on the spot.

Soon Gu Tingye reported to Wei Chen: "Xingyun, this outer embankment has undoubtedly been recently renovated. I found several places where the embankment surface was dug. They are all good stones and materials, and there are no problems with the embankment work."

When Sun Zhuo saw this, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Lord Zhizhou. I guarantee it with my head on my neck. This embankment is impregnable. It can guarantee the peace of the people of Yuzhou for 30 years!"

An old river worker on the side also helped and said: "Master Zhizhou, according to the rules of the Ministry of Works for embankment construction, every foot of empty soil must be compacted to seven inches to make a good embankment.

Your Excellency, the amount of silver you appropriated for river work is sufficient, and the food you provide is good. The people of the country worked hard to compact a foot of empty soil to six inches. It is already a rare and good embankment. "

Wei Chen nodded when he heard this and looked at Sun Zhuo in front of him with interest.

As far as he knew, Sun Zhuo had a poor background and was just a civil servant, but he had been in the local area for decades and had rich experience at the grassroots level.

Wei Chen visited Mi County several times, and although he always talked to Sun Zhuo as a superior official, he still benefited a lot.

Wei Chen also knew something about Sun Zhuo's past deeds. In one sentence, he said that his small virtues were detrimental but his great virtues were not. He was quite capable of doing things and could be called a follow-up official.

Although Wei Chen himself was a member of Qingliu, it was only when he went to the local government that he understood the meaning of "emphasizing officials and despising Qingliu".

If you really want to get things done, you still have to appoint officials like Sun Zhuo. Although they are a little slippery, they can get things done as long as the Shangguan is willing to put in some effort and encouragement.

After all, in the small Yuzhou, officials with both ability and political integrity are very rare. Wei Chen's principle of hiring people is to put talent first, followed by virtue.

Sun Zhuo is a typical example.