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The yamen paid water conservancy craftsmen very generously, and many people came here to recommend themselves. By the time the entire recruitment plan was over, 23 people had been recruited.These people come from all over the world, ranging in age from 21 to [-] or [-], no matter how much ink they have in their stomachs, they always look confident.

As soon as these people appeared, they immediately rescued Liu Changzhou, who was so worried every day that he couldn't wait to leave home, from the open and secret struggle with Lu Hengmen.

He and Fang Bingbi planned in private, and arranged a selection system in the Qinghe Tributary Courtyard to select the best for their positions.In this way, in the end, a few middle-aged people in their forties stood out, but they were formidable young people, talented people emerged from generation to generation, and the most outstanding one was a young man named Su Yu.

This man is a man of talent, his gestures are like spring breeze, and even the examination papers are unique-he concocted a topographic map of the Xuanhe Estuary within a stick of incense, and then drew a sketch of a highly feasible fortification with neat lines, Teeny Xiaokai listed solutions to several key issues aside.

It is no different from the engineering drawings of the past dynasties that Liu Changzhou has learned by cramming. It can be said that it is exhaustive in detail. It is true that there is no new idea that catches people's eyes, and the seriousness and carefulness of this is enough to impress others.

But the fly in the ointment is that this person always has a coffin-faced, business-like face, and he can tell at a glance that he belongs to the kind of nerd who is rigid and follows the rules in everything.

Even the upright Zheng Xuange is more lively than him.

Su Yu is wrapped in a demeanor of talking about war on paper, and he is quite full of ambitions and wants to show his ambitions.

Liu Changzhou thought about it carefully, this person is probably decent, but "there are no disciples when people observe", he may not be a leader, he can't make others willingly follow him, if he can be half as tactful as the old fox Lu Hanzhang, He can trust the whole team to him.

At the same time, the number of laborers was also counted, and the roster compiled by Du Heng finally recorded as many as 600 people.This sissy used to work as an accountant in the Zhao family gang, and at a glance, she knew that Laoding accounted for a few percent of the people who were eliminated from the major gangs.

Du Heng went to Liu Changzhou to report the result with the roster, and saw their masters, who were always invisible, squatting on the big bench in the tribute courtyard in a very unsightly manner, with one hand clasped on a beggar. On the broken bowl that he didn't touch, he drank a mouthful of water very leisurely.

Du Heng had gotten close to him recently, so he didn't treat himself as an outsider and walked over. He squatted on the stool like a cat or a tiger, handed over the roster and began to report: "Boss, there are too many people here. There are 600 people in China. According to the salary of two taels of silver per person per month, the monthly payment of the feudal lord will be nearly [-]. If you manage food and housing, the total monthly payment will be nearly [-]. forty thousand."

Liu Changzhou knocked on the edge of the bowl with his fingertips, and said "Yes", thinking that it would be better if there were more people, and said indifferently: "How much is the business tax paid every month? How much is the payment from each county?" How much? How much can be distributed to the Ministry of Households each month?"

Du Heng's seductive eyes suddenly glowed green, and there seemed to be an invisible abacus in his heart, crackling loudly, and even his frail and boneless hands convulsed nervously, and quickly moved the beads there After a few breaths, the result will be obtained: "The monthly business rate is calculated as one out of ten, and there can be about 20; It can be about 15. However, the states and counties have been short-lived year after year, and they haven’t released money into Qinghe for several years, but they have paid out quite a lot.”

Liu Changzhou took out a pill from his sleeve pocket and threw it into his mouth, and said leisurely: "Understood, you just pay the salary. These laborers will be troublesome."

Du Heng was stunned for a long while, then yelled inappropriately: "What the hell did you feed me that day?!" He probably read too many scriptures, thinking that he really encountered some kind of evil poison like "smiling and half-stepping"/ Drugs, I have been banned from jumping and jumping for a long time, and I was also banned from the room cruelly.The antidote didn't come for a long time, and he continued to wishful thinking that this might be some kind of chronic poison/drug.

Liu Changzhou looked at him strangely, and said without any apology: "It's not me." Then he added to himself: "Maybe it's rat droppings? Forget it, I picked it up on the ground."

Du Heng: "..." So maybe he was tricked by a mouse dropping? !

As the old saying goes, "If a man is angry, he will be angry, and the two corpses will be buried, and the blood will flow for five steps, and the world will be ruined." This is called integrity.Du Heng weighed it up, and found that there was really no need to die with this rascal, so he stood up quickly, and lifted the stool unexpectedly.

Liu Changzhou has nothing to do with such pediatric methods. He has a handsome figure, stretching from a squatting posture to a leaping posture in an instant, and his thin waist stretches very neatly in the air. , To this sissy who has all the strength and walks basically on a down-to-earth basis, she showed what is called lightness kung fu, and then she landed at the door in a flash, waved her hand, and walked away swaggeringly.

Du Heng's face flushed and turned pale, and he stomped his feet on the spot, wanting to put his heart into practice.

Su Yu with the coffin face had been waiting in the signing room for a long time. Liu Changzhou had just stepped into the Yamen with his front foot, but he couldn't even get in with his back foot. Su Yu dragged his sleeves and staggered onto the black-covered boat going to the mouth of the river.

So he said, this person is simply too simple, if it were another boss, he would have slapped him out.

When passing by Hengmen, Hengmen, which was also devastated by Jindou, finally ushered in the spring of opening its doors to welcome guests, and the doors were opened.Looking at the completely new front hall, Liu Changzhou felt an apology as big as the tip of a thumb in his heart, left a sentence of "you go first, I'll follow", and tapped the water a few times, without any self-knowledge of the "culprit" Entered the weighing gate.

Lu Hanzhang happened to be discussing something with Xie Qingyun.

The knuckle-sized feather pattern on his neck is particularly eye-catching on a white neck.The well-behaved feather body is on the skin under the right ear. The dye made from giant clam shell powder is crystal white and translucent, outlining a delicate feather shape, but probably because it has not fully recovered, the entire outline is blurred. There is some redness visible to the naked eye, especially a very eye-catching red spot at the tail of the last feather - very similar to the gecko sand on the virgin's arm.

"Shou Gongsha", these words inexplicably hit Liu Changzhou's smile, he smiled unkindly, then straightened his face, and greeted like a shouting pig all the way: "Boss Lu, see you?"

Lu Hanzhang smiled warmly, and with a calm face, he started the big business of wrangling with a sledgehammer: "Where is it, why should I worry about such a small injury?"

When Liu Changzhou met this kind of person who was invulnerable to swords and guns and with a shield physique, he wanted to compete with this kind of person as if he was cheap, to see who was better at fighting with soldiers to cover up water and earth.But to be honest, he has never completely given up on the idea of ​​asking Lu Hengmen to come out of the mountain, so he pays attention to propriety every time he speaks, and he doesn't use Fang Bingbi's official authority to suppress him, because this kind of person can't do it unless he is willing. , otherwise the Overlord will only be making fun of himself--he may plant a mine for you somewhere, and blow you up by surprise, then the gain outweighs the loss.

After he finished greeting, probably because things were going very smoothly recently, he immediately said "Farewell", turned around and left with a very open heart.

Lu Hanzhang was naturally happy and leisurely. He explained to Xie Qingyun all the matters concerning the beginning of autumn, and returned to the backyard like throwing his hands away from the shopkeeper - ready for autumn sleep.

Those who come and go on the Xuanhekou are laborers carrying all kinds of stones and wood on their backs and shoulders. The tall watchtowers and ladders are erected on the south bank of the Xuanhekou in a few days.Taking advantage of the season when the water comes out, the water of the Xuan River is unprecedentedly gentle, and the river bed is lined up with stone pestles from south to north.

The craftsmen are methodically stacking the stones to make them stronger, making it easier to walk back and forth.

Su Yu doesn't match his breezy and bright appearance, and his whole person is bored with capital letters.

He walked to the north bank step by step along the stone slabs piled up higher than the water surface, and said with a coffin face in a businesslike manner: "If the preparatory work progresses quickly, it will be completed before the river stops flowing in winter. Officially The project will not start until the spring of next year at the earliest. During the blank period in between, the master craftsmen will inspect the soil quality of the riverbed, measure the width and height, determine which kind of stone is more suitable, and adjust the drawings according to the surveying and mapping results. I don’t know Liu Do you have any specific requirements or ideas, Master?"

With his hands in his hands, Liu Changzhou stepped steadily on the stone platform. His long hair and clothes were blown by the autumn wind like splashed ink in the air. While listening to his report, he took a close look at the mouth of the Xuanhe River.He gestured: "Is it possible to make this dam a water gate that allows ships to pass through?"

Su Yu pursed his lips, stared at the area where the river exited and thought about it for a while, then said in a heavy tone like Tuogu: "It should be possible."

Liu Changzhou: "..."

He briefly described his expectation for the sluice gate: "Strictly speaking, this gate has broken away from the function of the dam to intercept the water level and raise the river bed. To a greater extent, it serves as a link between the upstream and downstream and facilitates communication. The function of the cargo ship to cross the drop is to use a movable water gate to control the speed of the water, so that the ships that come and go do not need to go through the inland route for transshipment."

The surrounding river splashed and soon wet the hem of his clothes.He looked around and found a very natural small drop, which was simply a miniature version of the hanging river mouth, which was just used to make gestures for Su Yu.

So he picked up a piece of wood that fell on one side, stepped over a few steps and squatted on the nearby stone, and blocked the wood in his hand a little in front of the small drop.The water from a high place gradually overflowed in a local area, gradually reaching the same level as the upstream water level, and then he drew a virtual circle on the filled gap with his other hand, explaining: "In this way, Ships upstream can directly cross this drop."

Then he lifted the wooden board up little by little, and the level water level gradually dropped, and gradually the drop returned to the original level. When the water level on both sides of the wooden board was equal, he lifted the whole wooden board up and said: " Then lower the water level, and the cargo ship can go directly downstream."

Su Yu frowned and thought for a while, then stretched out his hand and made a "lifting" movement: "The rotating water door saves more effort than the moving water door."

Liu Changzhou praised: "Yes, that's the truth."

Su Yu's wood-like face finally loosened a little, and he raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and concluded: "Then this is not called a dam, this is the water gate."

Liu Changzhou nodded and said, "There is one more requirement. There are several floods in Qinghe County every year. If a backup flood discharge lake or a large reservoir can be built, on the one hand, it can supplement the irrigation of the downstream farmland when the river stops flowing. On the one hand, to reduce the impact of floods on Qinghe County, it would be the best if it can be done once and for all."

Su Yu looked around and said rigorously: "It's not difficult. A reservoir can be excavated in the water section in front of the pier in the upper reaches of Qinghe County. It will be relatively simple to run water from the east and west ends."

At this time, Fang Bingbi's intermittent shouts came from the south bank of the Xuanhe River.

Liu Changzhou waved his hand, signaling to Su Yu to take care of himself, and he jumped over the stone steps obediently, and then the two brothers hugged Fang Bingbi's shoulders, and left fighting each other.

Su Yu glanced in the direction the two left, and then went to draw with those old craftsmen.

The fact that Liu Changzhou was not staying in the imperial city did not prevent him from understanding the changes in the capital: the backer behind Fatty Song turned out to be the Eighth Prince Zongji.

The imperial court clearly stood in two camps, one was the conservative faction headed by the eighth prince Zongji, and the other was the reformist faction headed by the third prince Zongyi.These two factions used to be divided into rival courts. Although the entire government was always engaged in "the sun rises in the east and rains in the west", and the abolition of various systems for people's livelihood has not stopped, but before the death of the late emperor, there was no phenomenon of one family dominating.

And after the new emperor practiced Zuo, the first policy he introduced was the anti-corruption and anti-pollution policy that shattered his face. Unexpectedly, the first one to surface was the Eighth Prince.

Liu Changzhou made a detailed analysis for a while, and got a general understanding of the current situation of the third king's clan's wing-one party-the one family dominates, and it should be the emperor's intentional support.Raise the little piglets first, wait until they become arrogant, and then kill them quickly.It has to be said that although the emperor is young, his methods are much more ruthless than his father.

Governing a big country is like cooking small dishes. It is obvious that the first emperor was better at fighting in groups, and the new emperor is obviously better at cooking.

By the way, the secret letter sent by Jingli Kuaima also mentioned a matter of border defense, and the emperor asked him in the letter if he had made any progress.

When it comes to guarding the border, it is necessary to talk about the geographical location of Taihe Mansion.

If you go further west from Yuanhe County, you will enter the territory of Xiyan.The reason why they are called Nian is because these bastards have never fought well in war, and they are good at horse fighting. They usually disturb the people here, and before the officers and soldiers arrive, they will disperse and regroup in another place, and they will fight with women. It's like the twisted thread used to hold the soles of shoes in people's hands. It will be closed after rubbing. Usually it is in a loose state, which is impossible to guard against.

In recent years, Xiyan has repeatedly challenged the western defense line, causing a generation of people along the western line to live in dire straits, and the cavalry on the connecting business line have been repeatedly attacked.

The officers and soldiers of the Daqing Dynasty have always been inseparable from the infantry training mode, not to mention the navy and cavalry.Most of the generals sent to guard the border were struggling to find the enemy, and they couldn't know exactly where the next challenge of the Nian Army would be.Not to mention not being able to catch up with them, the morale of the soldiers who take turns to guard the border every year just because they are not acclimatized will be very low.

In fact, the most difficult fight is not a fight of great disparity in strength, but one side in the light and the other in the dark. The bright side doesn't even know whether the opponent is a human or a ghost. Supplies live.

This kind is particularly hateful -- it's like some diseases, it doesn't haunt you to kill you, but it flares up from time to time, clamoring for a sense of existence, so that people have to worry about this fatal little problem on your body Go to the doctor's office one after another.If the time is short, people can still coax it, but if the time is long, people will be very annoying.

Like those chronic illnesses that recurred and persisted for a long time, the Western Nian Army touched the bottom line of the Daqing Dynasty over and over again, and it was very annoying.

Liu Changzhou frowned and thought for a while, then patted his forehead, trying to find some inspiration that he had always sneered at, then clicked a few dots on the paper, and then drew a line on the paper that runs through the entire paper, below I wrote a word: "Wai." Those few points were all blocked by the line on one side of the paper.

When I was studying art at Longmen Mountain before I was a teacher, I once met an ape who came to Longmen Villa at night to steal something. Although the thing was stupid, it jumped fast.At that time, the master asked him to build fences on the places that had been ruined by the apes. Later, the fences were connected into a line one by one. In the end, the ape had no place to start again, and one day he was unfortunately caught on the fence. The thorns entangled Mao, and was caught by Liu Changzhou, who was deeply hurt by it, and gave him a hard lesson.

Therefore, there is no good way to deal with the guerrilla Xiyan, which is to lengthen the defense line and echo each other.

He took out the topographic map of mountains and rivers, clicked on the location of Yuanhe County, and felt that it was very unsafe.

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