Chapter 1592 Elegant Affairs

In the afternoon of that day, Su You, Wang Kechen, and Hong Jiang arrived at Sun Village.

Sun Village has an ancient name, Maling Road, where Sun Bin shot and killed Pang Juan.

This is the location where the Yellow River flows eastward and flows northward. After the Yellow River broke through the Yellow River, it flowed northward and entered the sea from Niguzhai, which is now renamed Tianjin Wei.

However, the old eastward flow route that used to go through Daming, Tangyi, Pingyuan, Dezhou, Leling, and Wudi into the sea has become relatively small.

The difficulties in Yellow River management are concentrated in the middle and lower reaches, which are divided into two sections, one is the section from Bianjing to Neihuang, and the other is the section from Daming to Tianjin.

Among them, the section from Bianjing to Neihuang is mainly a "blockage". Now it has been built very solidly. Below Huazhou, there are a series of dam projects such as Wanggong, Yuchi, Lingping, Dawu, Xiaowu and Shanghu.

It can guarantee the resistance to a century-old flood.

First, the section from Daming to Tianjin is mainly "drainage", the focus of which is the Boundary River, Yuhe River, and the current eastward flow diversion project.

Here, the newly completed flood diversion project of Suncun East River Old Road is the most important and will play the greatest role.

The amount of work is also the largest.

The dike at the flood diversion mouth is called a "sawtooth" and must be able to resist the impact of floods and divide the water flow into two.

The old channel needs to be deepened, the silted river channel needs to be cleared, and the coastline needs to be reinforced.

Between the saw teeth and the cement embankment on the other side, several cement piers were cast in the middle, and a bridge deck was laid on the piers for people to walk on.

There are grooves on both sides of the bridge pillars under the bridge, and iron gates are inserted in the grooves. It is assumed that the construction machinery on the bridge is responsible for lifting and lowering, and the amount of water diverted can be controlled.

This major project is actually a huge scientific and engineering achievement that is even more complex than the Zhanghe Railway Bridge. Not counting the rest of the project, the water diversion bridge alone cost a full 500,000 yuan.

But the benefits are also huge, that is, the entire Hebei Plain below Neihuang no longer has to worry about Yellow River floods.

The fact that the imperial court dared to put forward the slogan "Revitalize Hebei" was the confidence given by the project here!

Standing on the main water diversion bridge of the Suncun Yellow River Diversion Project, which is 150 steps wide, Su You couldn't help but look at the rolling Yellow River and sighed: "The hearts and manpower are competing with each other!"

There are two hundred fully armed guards of the New Army, one man and three horses. There are also telegraph stations, navigation beacon stations, and ancient pigeon stations.

Managers from the Department of Rivers and Drainage and the latest Ministry of Water Conservancy Engineering Bureau are also stationed.

The pigeon station was established by Su You in Weizhou back then, so under the leadership of the soldiers, we made a special trip to visit it.

A kind of dark-colored homing pigeon was cultivated here, which the soldiers called "Qianliwu". Although it looks ugly, because its body shape and color are similar to crows, generally falcons will not provoke them, which greatly improves the survival rate.

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Su You said to the warriors at the pigeon station: "Take good care of this pigeon. When the time comes, pick out a few and we will send them to Bianjing to compete."

"You can bet on everything in Bianjing. In addition to horse racing, pigeon racing has become popular recently. We will strive to win first place and receive a bonus of 1,000 guan. We can also bet on outside betting. The money we win will be enough to build ten pigeon stations!"

One sentence boosted the fighting spirit of the soldiers at Pigeon Station.

There were many affairs on Hebei Road. After inspecting the Yellow River Project, Suyou took turns inspecting granaries and military camps. In October, he began to inspect the Zhang River by boat.

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Hangzhou.

After all, Da Su was reprimanded by the court for his partiality. Zhao Xu sent a telegram to Su You, asking him if the willow tree had been planted, and then how to deal with the matter.

Su You told him that he had planted the willow trees outside the imperial ditch of the Daming Mansion Palace, hoping to gradually expand them into a row during his term of office. Then he told him that Zhang Dun was right, both the master and the ministers were the same, and they should deal with things rather than people.

There can be no partiality.

However, Gao Taotao was still biased. The court reprimanded Su Shi and asked him to hand over the disaster relief food to Ye Wensou, but he turned around and transferred 10,000 yuan through the Huangsong Charity Fund to establish a special fund for disaster relief in Hangzhou.

With this fund, Su Shi began to carry out residential improvement projects.

The springs in Hangzhou are salty and bitter. Li Mi, the governor of the Tang Dynasty, first dredged the West Lake and built six wells. Bai Juyi dredged the West Lake again, diverted water into canals, and irrigated thousands of hectares of farmland.

However, there are many aquatic plants in the lake. Since the Tang Dynasty and the Qian Dynasty, they have been dredging them year after year.

Later, the area was renovated once when Dasu was in charge of transportation, and once when Suyou was in charge of transporting the two Zhejiang roads. Now, the grass has accumulated again and turned into a swamp.

In addition, it has become a place where residents in the city discharge sewage, and water cannot escape, breeding a large number of mosquitoes.

This malaria epidemic has sounded the alarm for Hangzhou.

After Su Shi inspected the geography, he reported to the court: "The canal loses the benefit of the lake water and takes it from the river. The tide swims in the river and overflows the shopping malls. It is dredged every three years, causing great trouble to the residents. The six wells are also almost abandoned."

"If we take Fengtian and accumulate it in the lake, we can build a long embankment to connect the north and south. Then it will be convenient for those who walk out of Fengtian."

"Drench the Maoshan Mountain and the two Yanqiao rivers, use the Maoshan River to receive the river tide, use the Yanqiao River to receive the lake water, and use the remaining energy to repair the wells in the city, and the people will benefit from it."

Gao Taotao agreed, and Su Shi immediately began to work for relief, and resumed labor service after relieving famine.

After this renovation, the West Lake finally became what we saw in later generations, becoming a large back garden of the city.

A long embankment is built, with a diameter of 13 miles from north to south. Hibiscus and willows are planted on it, making it look like a painting.

Hangzhou people call this embankment "Big Su Embankment", and the embankment that Su You built before to lead to the West Lake Academy is called "Little Su Embankment".

Hangzhou's living environment is more livable, and now it is gradually gaining the reputation of "there is heaven above, and Suzhou and Hangzhou below".

After the disaster relief was completed and the hospital was repaired, Dasu had a lot of free time. He wrote down the official matters he needed to deal with every day on the new version of the wall calendar, and marked them off that night. He had more free days in his former residence, so he could enjoy poetry and wine.

Qin Guan, who was in the capital, was very envious. He wrote a poem and exaggerated that Su "wanted to throw official affairs into the lake, and even talked about official business and had nothing to do."

But it's impossible to be completely fine. You still have to sit in the office and work on duty.

As a result, a lot of elegant things happened.

One day, the Dushang Taxation Bureau arrested a tax evader, but it was Wu Weiwei, a rural tribute scholar from Nanjianzhou.

The stolen goods were two very large packages, which were addressed to the residence of Su Shilang, the Capital Master, and were signed with Su Shi's title.

Dasu asked Wu Weiwei what was in the roll, and Wu Weiwei said with fear: "Today, I paid tribute to the village, and the villagers collected money to go to the province. So I spent a hundred yuan and bought three hundred pieces of Jianyang yarn; because

I was worried that taxes would be deducted along the way and I wouldn't be able to save even half of it when I arrived in the capital. I thought that today, those who have great reputations in the world and love to award awards would only be ministers, concubines, and ministers. Even if they are exposed, they will be able to lend money. So I pretended to be a gentleman and kept it secret.

I came here with a seal, but unexpectedly, my husband happened to be in Hangzhou and his secret was revealed."

Dasu verified that it was the truth. He smiled and asked the clerk in charge to return the stolen goods to Wu Weiwei. He changed the title to a new one and wrote on it in his own hand: Attached to Jingdong Zhugan Lane.

Then I wrote a private letter to Su Che and handed it to him: "This time it is true. Please send me a letter by the way, senior."

Another day, someone filed a lawsuit for not paying back twenty thousand yuan of silk silk. Dasu called to inquire about it. The debtor said: "A certain family is engaged in making fans. When my father died, and since this spring, there have been continuous rainy days."

"Cold, if you don't sell it if you make it, it's not a permanent burden."

Dasu understood the situation and said, "I'll take the fan you made and I'll make it your market."

After a while, the debtor brought the fans. Dasu picked out twenty fans made of white balls and silk. He used a vermilion pen to write calligraphy on cursive script and dead wood, bamboo and stone. In an instant, they all were taken out and handed over to the fan worker: "After selling for money,

, first pay off the debt you owe me."

The fan-maker hugged the fan and wept and thanked him and went out before passing through the gate of the house. The good-hearted people rushed up and tried to get a fan for thousands of dollars, and they all held it. Those who didn't get the fan left in vain.

The fan worker immediately returned the money.

There are many more stories like this, including fighting with friends in the religious world, discussing poetry with friends in the literary world, and having good relationships with beauties in the literary and artistic circles.

When passing by Jingkou, Lin Zizhong, the prefect, hosted a banquet for Su Shi. It happened that a prostitute at the banquet had expired, Zheng Rong asked to settle down, and Gao Ying asked to be a good person.

Lin Zizhong said: "Master is here, and it is up to him to write the verdict on romance."

Dasuo Suobi smiled and said: "Back then, Uncle Yao cited the Book of Songs to study for Zhou Nan in Hangzhou, and it was considered an elegant thing to pass on scholars. I should also follow suit."

Then he wrote the letter "Mulanhua": "Zhengzhuang is so hospitable that he allowed me to bow down in front of the building. The writing is popular, and the reputation of the books is worthy of the official name. The mountains are white early, and the glistening bones are there to relieve the old. From then on, Xu Xu in the south

, a good night with a clear breeze and a full moon over the lake.”

The first characters of each sentence in this poem combined together are eight characters: "Zheng Rong was born in Luoji, Gao Ying was congliang".
Chapter completed!