Chapter 2209 Flower Struggle (One Hundred and Eighteen)

There is an old proverb, "A thousand-mile dike breaks in an ant nest." In order to eliminate insect eggs and ants in the soil, the soil used to build the dam must be specially treated, such as frying it over fire, adding lime, and paving it.

The soil was heated and then compacted repeatedly. People in the Qin State used this technology to lay straight roads, but seeds could not take root in them. This resulted in the straight roads in Qin being barren of grass for thousands of years, and they remained flat even if no one maintained them for many years.

However, this kind of soil is not necessarily effective for levees that need waterproofing. Nick has always thought that the Hongze Lake levee was built to be winding because it was built along the lake. After asking for advice, he found out that the levee was built like this because of the principle of breaking waves.

According to the natural flow direction of waves. Dams in other places are built very straight. Because of this, many civilians regard the dams as roads.

In the past, West Lake in Hangzhou was also a place with constant floods. When Su Dongpo was an official in Hangzhou, he saw that West Lake was in disrepair, was seriously silted, and grass was overgrown on the lake. So he raised funds from various sources to treat the lake, and personally carried out planning and design, leading the military and civilians to dredge the West Lake, and

The cleaned silt was turned into treasure and built into the Su Causeway, one of the ten scenic spots in the West Lake. The original name of Baisha Causeway was Baisha Causeway, which was named in commemoration of Bai Juyi. He himself did not participate in the construction of this section of embankment because Bai Juyi served as the chief executive in Hangzhou.

During his time as governor, he made outstanding achievements and was recognized by the people, so this section of the embankment was named after him.

Nick also walked on these two sections of embankment when he was in Hangzhou. It was spring at that time, so he could not see the "remaining snow on the broken bridge", but he could see the "spring dawn on the Su Embankment". The fertile river bottom silt made the trees and flowers on the embankment brighter.

It looks very good. There are stories about Xu Xian and White Snake meeting here, as well as Marco Polo's records in his travel notes. The scenery may not be as dreamy and beautiful as "Paradise", but it has a unique style.

There are many requirements for the materials and soil used to build the embankment. The size of the soil block should not exceed two-thirds of the floor height, and a certain proportion of cobblestones must be added. Wu Haishan has the function of supervising the work to a certain extent.

In the 39th year of Qianlong's reign, the Yellow River burst its banks at Qingjiangpu, and the entire Yellow River flowed into the canal. Wang Lun wanted to go south to attack. Shandong was adjacent to Jiangsu. Wu Sijue panicked for a while, so he went to the Five Saints Temple late at night to visit Guo Guo who lived there.

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Guo Dachang is a local in Huai'an. He once worked as a "writer" on the Jiangnan River Reservoir Road. However, he did not like accounting. Instead, he studied river affairs for a long time and was familiar with river engineering technology. He was known as the "old dam worker". He was later hired as a staff member.

It's just that he has always been upright and upright.

Wu Sijue originally planned to block the mouth with 500,000 taels of silver and to complete it in 50 days. Because Guo Dachang was familiar with the situation at the gate, the estimated construction period was 20 days, and the payment could be reduced to about 100,000 taels. Only civil and military flood officials were required for the construction time.

One person each maintained order on the construction site, and Guo Dachang was responsible for the materials, money and food. As a result, the project was closed as scheduled, with only one hundred and two thousand taels of silver.

In the first year of Jiaqing, the Yellow River burst again in Feng County. The official in charge of blocking the mouth spent 1.2 million taels of silver. The governor of Jiangnan River Channel felt that the money required was too much and wanted to reduce it by half. He discussed with Guo Dachang. Guo Dachang told him that it would only cost 1.2 million taels of silver to block the mouth.

300,000 taels, of which 150,000 taels are for work and material costs, and the remaining 150,000 taels can be distributed to river engineering officials.

As a result, everyone started shouting. Although everyone had no objection to Guo Dachang's proposal in the 39th year of Qianlong's reign, he resigned soon after and is currently living in his father-in-law's house.

There is a Nanhe River from Qingjiangpu to Yangzhou. From the Yuan Dynasty to the early Ming Dynasty, this section of the canal was connected to the Hehuai Convergence Channel in the north of Huai'an City. Usually the water level of the canal is high and the water level of the Yellow River is low, so the water in the canal is easy to lose. During the flood season of the Yellow River, the water level of the Yellow River is high.

, the water level of the canal is low, and the flood and sediment of the Yellow River are easy to alluvial the canal channel. In the early Ming Dynasty, Chen Xuan arranged five dams here, including Ren, Yi, Li, Zhi, and Xin, to facilitate the dispersed parking of boats to reduce the number of dams.

After waiting for a while, under the guidance of the local elders, the old Shahe Road of the Song Dynasty was reopened and a gate was built on the road. This was the gate opening performance that the admiral saw when he first arrived in Qingjiangpu. Boats entering and exiting the river were diverted to this road.

Come to open the lock and the ship to close it.

Chen Xuan originally solved this problem, but due to sedimentation, he had to either divert lake water to flush it out, or clean it out manually. Starting from the 42nd year of Qianlong's reign, several major projects were carried out for Anlan, and coupled with rising prices,

The funding for river engineering has increased dramatically. The annual emergency repair funding was originally set to be no more than 400,000 taels, but now it has increased to 500,000 taels, which is not even enough, so it was reimbursed in the name of new work for another project.

Because the current priority is to suppress the White Lotus Sect, changing river transportation to sea transportation has become a cost-saving measure, but the canal is also related to the survival of the cities and residents along the coast.

At present, the imperial court stipulates that tea is not allowed to be transported by sea. It is precisely because of this that tea shops run by Huizhou merchants can spread widely in BJ. Once this preferential treatment is stopped, they will face the competition from Fujian tea merchants.

Flowers such as jasmine are added to Huizhou tea during the finishing process. It has a light floral fragrance and is very popular among concubines and princesses. It is not commonly seen among the people because it is still a tribute. This is the policy of the Traditional Chinese Medicine Bureau of the Song Dynasty.

Zi, the Fang School at that time believed that aroma and tea had health-care effects.

If jasmine is properly maintained, it can bloom twice a year. Juren collected some jasmine flowers that bloomed in Qingyan Garden, bought some AH tea leaves, and made a jar of jasmine tea according to ancient recipes. As a gift, he went to visit Guo Dachang.

Lu Jian once visited the local academy where he established the shogunate, and made friends with the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou". Juren and Guo Dachang were "the same raccoons" in terms of weird temperament.

When I arrived at Guo Dachang's residence, I found someone visiting. This person's name was Bao Shichen, the 29th grandson of Bao Zheng, a famous official in the Northern Song Dynasty. Because Guo Dachang's leisurely family, in addition to studying river engineering, he also studied seal cutting, so he and Bao Shichen

I got to know him and became a close friend.

Nick didn't know how good Guo Dachang's calligraphy was, but Juren wanted to ask him to be a "scriptor", but Guo Dachang declined politely.

Bao Shichen was very curious about Nick, and Juren told Bao Shichen that he planned to train Nick to become a scholar.

Nick performed his quill "calligraphy" and was praised by Bao Shichen and Guo Dachang. Then Nick had another place to go besides the mosque.

Through Bao Shichen, Juren got to know Deng Rushi. Deng Rushi went to BJ with Cao Wenzhi, the Minister of Household Affairs, on the occasion of the emperor's 80th birthday in June of the 55th year of Qianlong's reign. At that time, Juren was in mourning for Yongrong and missed it. Generally, the first seven days of a family's life

After that, it is time to prepare for burial. It is not easy to preserve coffins in summer. However, dignitaries often take antiseptic measures such as night pearls and spices in their mouths, and wait until the underground palace is decorated before burying them. During this period, "family members" must observe filial piety.

Deng Rushi has two old cranes at home. It is said that they are at least 130 years old. They are really too old to be able to dance.

One of the female cranes died first, and soon Deng Rushi's wife also died of illness, leaving the male crane and Deng Rushi alone.

After entering Beijing, Deng Rushi became famous in the calligraphy world for his calligraphy. Later, he worked as an aide to Bi Yuan, the governor of the two lakes, for three years. Bao Shichen learned calligraphy from him.

Bi Yuan was also associated with the shogunate, and Emperor Jiaqing's family was confiscated after his death. When He Shen was in great power, there were very few people who did not befriend him.

It happened that one of the people who participated in the house raid was once a retainer of Bi Yuan. Because he had an affair with Bi Yuan's concubine, the two of them made an appointment to elope. When Bi Yuan found out, he was furious and prepared to send troops to chase the two. Later, he was arrested.

His wife dissuaded him.

The matter has come to this, even if you kill the retainer, you still have to kill the concubine. Killing both of them will not help, so why commit any crime.

Bi Yuan calmed down, and his wife asked the soldier to put down his sword, give him some silver, and told him that if he caught up with the retainer, he would give the silver to him, and told the retainer, why didn't you tell me earlier that you wanted to get a concubine? Why did you leave without saying goodbye? Now?

The Governor knows this and doesn't blame you. Considering that you parted in a hurry and didn't have many financial obligations, I hope you can take care of yourself and maybe meet again if we have the opportunity in the future.

The soldier caught up with the retainer, handed him the money, and repeated the lady's words. The retainer was moved to tears.

Many years later, the retainer became an official of the imperial court. He saw that Bi Yuan's house was in a mess and the family was in panic. It happened that a man dressed as a butler came to visit the minister in charge with the business card of a local rich man named Cha.

He said that there was a jade plate about one foot in diameter in Bi Yuan's home, which belonged to wealthy man Zha. The owner heard that Bi Yuan's house had been ransacked and ordered him to come and take it away.

When the minister in charge hesitated, the former retainer immediately said that it was Zha who lent it to him and that he had seen it when he was a retainer.

The minister no longer hesitated and asked his servant to take away the jade plate.

In fact, the jade plate originally belonged to Bi Yuan. In order to repay his favor, the retainer arranged with the rich man Zha to have the servant take away the jade plate. Then Zha sent someone to send 10,000 taels of silver to Bi Yuan's family as a reward.

Payment.

With this ten thousand taels of silver, Bi Yuan's family was able to maintain their livelihood after Bi Yuan's death. This may be the difference between Eastern diners and Western diners.

Leonardo da Vinci was a painter and a retainer. He first obtained this position because he designed military weapons for the Grand Duke.

After Nick returned to his residence, he made a sandbox using soil to imitate the topography and river defense of Qinggangpo.

He didn't know what he was going to do, but he knew that the current ship lock relied on human power and it was too difficult to push it. Why not use other forces instead?

This will be an interesting project, if all goes well.
Chapter completed!