Chapter 270 Unintentionally planting willows and willows to form shade (One update)

The Hebei civilians who came to apply for the recruitment began construction according to the plan arranged by Chen Ying. All the engineering materials were raised on site. Originally, Chen Ying just wanted to bluff and fool them around. Anyway, he was just fighting for the people's hearts. Even if these civilians cut down some trees and built a few earth walls, he would also give the civilians who came to apply for the recruitment food and money.

However, when Chen Ying finished watching the Shahe River embankment throughout the whole process, he was shocked and sweated. Since Hebei had been fighting for many years, even if Dou Jiande had obtained Mingzhou for only a few months, the governments of various prefectures and counties in Hebei were almost unable to perform the functions of the government during this period. The entire repaired river embankment was a mud embankment spontaneously built by the people nearby. Not to mention floods, even if they stood on the embankment and stamped their feet, the soil on the embankment would fall down.

The rainy season in the wetlands near Jize usually takes July and August, which means there are still two or three months left. At that time, it is the eve of harvesting crops. Once the rainstorm is pouring, the mud dam will be like paper.

Therefore, Chen Ying changed his mind and ordered the civilians to build river embankments that can be moored boats and prevent floods. The mud embankments are naturally unusable. You can think of firing lime and tamping it with lime and clay into three-combination soil. However, there is no stone that can be burned nearby. In desperation, Chen Ying had to order the people to build dozens of brick kilns on the spot to fire blue bricks, which are specially used to repair the embankments.

In this way, the project volume will increase several times, and the investment will increase accordingly. It was originally planned that 30,000 civilians would need 50,000 civilians or even more for three months of construction.

"There is no need for this!" Li Shentong really couldn't understand why Chen Ying was thankless. If this battle was defeated, the river embankment could benefit tens of thousands of acres of fertile land near Shahewan. However, once it failed, it would be cheaper.

Chen Ying said lightly: "Pacifying Hebei is the responsibility of the general, but the country and people's livelihood must be paid attention to. The imperial court's lords are far away in Chang'an, so they will definitely not see that the muddy river embankment cannot withstand the flood impact of rising water, right? Once the flood season comes, tens of thousands of acres of fertile land in Shahewan will be flooded and there is no harvest. These people's livelihoods are not settled. If they rebel, wouldn't the court waste more money and food?"

Li Shentong was not a fool either. He thought of Chen Ying reminding him of something dangerous, and suddenly he was scared into a cold sweat. He was the secretary of the Hebei Daoxingtai Shangtai. He can be said to be the leader of all officials in Hebei in the future. Once this extremely simple mud dike collapses, he will bear the responsibility of dereliction of duty.

The people are the most simple. Although they do not understand hydrology or river engineering, they know that this mud dam must not withstand the impact of heavy rain. In previous years, there were wastelands nearby, but with Dou Jiande and Mingzhou, the land here was used. Once the heavy rain crashed, they were lost.

So when Chen Ying proposed to build the river embankment, the Hebei civilians who were hesitating whether to work hard for Emperor Li Tang also left their grudges in their hearts, and carried their own tools to the river embankment construction site and joined the construction army.

In just half a day, thousands of people around them had already started working hard. They fished out the river sand from the bottom of the river and placed it on the river bank. It only took three or two days to sieve the useful sand with a sieve. All the people were working hard and sweating profusely.

Many elderly clans and clan elders are encouraging the children and younger generations of their clans. Just like the so-called peasant uprising, the main body is farmers, but the core often has nothing to do with farmers. The news of Chen Ying building a river embankment in Shahewan spread, and the Hebei clans clearly felt a signal.

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In the Qinghe Cui family mansion, a scholar who was over the age of mid-year-old looked at it carefully with a letter. "I don't know where the faces are, but the peach blossoms still smile in the spring breeze." Qinghe Cui family is the leader of the "four major families". Qinghe Cui family was one of the nobles and nobles of Qi in the Spring and Autumn Period. He lived in Qinghe County during the Western Han Dynasty. After the Eastern Han Dynasty, he became a prominent family in Shandong. Among them, Cui Yan once joined Cao Cao. During the Western Jin Dynasty, he paid attention to the family status of the gentry, and Cui was listed as the leader of the first-class "King Cui Lu Wang Xie".

The Cui clan of Qinghe served in the Northern Dynasties for a long time. During the Northern Wei Dynasty, he was once called the "Four Major Families" together with the Lu family of Fanyang, Zheng family of Xingyang, and Wang family of Taiyuan. These four major families are official reviews~ Cui Hao, the founding father of the Northern Wei Dynasty, pushed the Cui clan to the first peak. The Cui clan was still prominent in the Tang Dynasty, and twenty-three people were prime ministers. Tang officials revised the "Clan Chronicle" and ranked Cui clan first. Emperor Wenzong of Tang was furious and said, "The Cui clan has long declined, and there are no officials and no talents, why should it be ranked first? I, Li clan, is not as good as the Cui clan?" He ordered the Li clan to be the first, the Sun clan, and the Cui clan was third. Despite this, the Cui clan was still a high-ranking clan. Du Fu's mother was the Cui clan of Qinghe.

The Cui family in Qinghe has produced many virtuous people, brilliant achievements, and rich literary talents.

This essay is no one else, but Cui Tong from Cui.

Cui Tong put down the secret letter because he just knew that Chen Ying had actually recruited civilians and repaired the Shahe River embankment before Mingzhou was captured. This was nothing. Chen Ying was just worried that when the flood season came, tens of thousands of acres of fertile land around Shahe Bay would be flooded, which would definitely cause the destruction of the family and the separation of his wife and children.

It can be said that this does not have any deep meaning.

But Cui Tong didn't think so. He firmly believed that Chen Ying must have extraordinary confidence and could ensure that he would solve Dou Jiande and recover Hebei before the autumn harvest.

Dou Jiande will be defeated.

Cui Tong had no doubt about this matter.

When Dou Jiande was in Xingyang, he robbed the Zheng family of Xingyang. The account was not calculated with Dou Jiande. Of course, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is the confidence and strength of both sides. Dou Jiande did not have the support of a large family or aristocratic family, so his army was like the King of Chu. Although he could defeat Liu Bang several times, he did not have a stable rear.

Once Dou Jiande reveals his signs of defeat, it is the time when Dou Jiande is defeated and killed.

However, what Cui Tong could not have imagined was that Dou Jiande had obviously not shown any signs of defeat.

Looking at Cui Tong sighing, his son Cui Yifang bowed and said, "My father, why bother?"

Cui Tong sighed long and handed the secret letter in his hand to Cui Yifang and said, "I can't figure it out for my father!"

Cui Yifang looked at it for a while and said confidently: "My father, if the child is as expected, this General Chen must have a way to defeat the enemy?"

Cui Tong asked: "Can you guess what way he can defeat the enemy?"

Cui Yifang thought to himself that his father must have been taking the exam for him, so he had the intention of showing off. Cui Yifang coughed and said, "Father, one of them is General Chen, who was born in the Mo Chen family of Wuchuan. His clan is Mo Chen Chong, one of the eight pillar states of the Western Wei Dynasty. The Hou Mo Chen family has been a general for many generations and is good at becoming a general. Every generation of children is not a famous general. General Chen is born in a famous family and has a family background. He is absolutely comparable to Dou Jiande!"

Cui Yifang, from Chen Ying's background, has been involved in Chen Ying's several achievements, and then he flatly told Cui Tong that Chen Ying would win.

Cui Tong actually felt this way.

Cui Tong nodded and said, "It seems that our Qinghe Cui family needs to express our opinion. Yifang Wuer, please go to Mingzhou for your father. Bring your father's letter and bring us the kindness of our Qinghe Cui family!"

Cui Yifang was overjoyed and said, "The child will definitely live up to his father's expectations!"

Chen Ying wanted to compete for the hearts of Hebei people. It was far from enough to just bribe the people of Hebei, because the news spread in this era was too slow and too narrow, and the spread of famous scholars at this time was the most needed. The Hebei clans were an inescapable hurdle. Although Chen Ying did not like to interact with the children of the aristocratic clans, at this time, he had to be hypocritical and snake with them.

Chen Ying, who was in Shahewan, Mingzhou, never thought that his original unintentional behavior was actually interpreted by Cui Tong incorrectly.

However, the Cui family itself is the leader of the Hebei aristocratic family and the weather vane of the Hebei aristocratic family. The Cui family sent Cui Yi, an outstanding young son, to express Cui's kindness to Chen Ying, which is itself a powerful political signal.

Cui is optimistic about Chen Ying.

Other major tyrants and aristocratic families also sent young heroes or core members of the family to Shahewan.

The originally unknown Shahewan almost became a pilgrimage site overnight. Children of aristocratic families from all over the country were either taking boats or taking buses, heading towards Shahewan.
Chapter completed!