Sure enough, two days later, Ruan Yuan and Bai Ling set off from Huai'an and went to Mazhuangji near Luoma Lake to personally survey the soil on the river. This was originally a key place for Ruan Yuan's plan to build a sluice, and it was a few meters away from Luoma Lake.

It is difficult to store water for a certain distance. If the gate can be successfully repaired, the condition of this section of the waterway will be greatly improved. Bailing also specially recruited dozens of river workers to dig soil on the river to observe the soil quality.

"Sir, three or four feet have been dug here, and the soil is still soft!" Watching the river workers digging back and forth for more than an hour, a scribe brought by Bai Ling also said to him.

"Okay, I've seen it all." Bai Ling looked at the puddle of soil where the river channel was dug out. He seemed a little more confident and said to Ruan Yuandao: "Shuai Ruan Cao, have you seen it now? The soil in this area is soft.

And you and I should both know that if you want to build a gate, the base of the gate must be hard. Let's see, how are you going to build the gate base on such soft soil?"

"Brother Juxi, you only know one and not the other." Ruan Yuan was well prepared for Bailing's question and immediately replied: "Although there are six gates in this section of the Pisu Waterway, there are only six gates in total.

It is only more than ten miles away from each other. In a normal river, it is impossible to build six gates in a row for tens of miles, but the water channel in the middle cannot be built. The six gates there have always been stable, so although there are

The surface soil is soft, so I guess the bottom should be solid, so we can build a gate! Brother Juxi only dug down a few feet and then stopped. How can we tell whether the base is solid? I think I'll dig down a few more feet.

The soil you see is solid and usable.”

"Ruan Caoshuai, after all your talk, aren't you still talking nonsense?" Bai Ling shook his head and said: "You said that there is solid soil a few feet below. I have never seen what the soil quality is below. How can you do it?

So easy to vouch for you? Besides, even if what you say is true, the soil here must be dug out more than ten feet before construction can start, so the cost of building the gate will be more than ten thousand taels of silver.

It's so simple. Maybe it's more than one hundred thousand taels! What, Ruan Caoshuai, are you thinking about asking the court to waste money on you? Then if the gate fails to be built, the one hundred thousand taels will be wasted.

Already?"

"Brother Juxi, if that's the case, could you please lend me these river workers and I'll ask them to dig down a few more feet. If there is solid soil, how about we jointly submit it to the emperor now? As for the funds, otherwise...

...Otherwise, let me, Caoyuan Yanglianyin, make up some money first, and it will be enough." Ruan Yuan still said firmly to Bai Ling.

"Haha, Ruan Caoshuai, I hired these river workers, but how can they obey your orders?" Bai Ling seemed to have heard some unheard news, and said to Ruan Yuan in surprise: "Also, take a look.

The way they are now, if you let them continue digging, will they help you continue digging in the river? Also, don't you only have 10,000 taels of silver to support your integrity in one year of Caoyuan? It will be spent on official water transportation.

Quite a lot, how can you have any spare money to build embankments again? So you might as well listen to my advice and just be honest and do everything the old way. What's wrong with that? You said you want to find someone to stretch your hair, but you sit there by yourself

On the boat, whether it's sailing along the current or pulling fiber, what does that have to do with you?"

"Brother Juxi, what are you..." Ruan Yuan was naturally worried as he listened to Bai Ling's words, but when he looked back at the river workers hired by Bai Ling, they all looked tired as expected, as if they were digging these three or four feet.

They were reluctant to touch the soil, and they gradually understood that they could not do it on the spot to prove that the underlying soil was solid. Then they also said to Bai Ling: "Brother Juxi, no matter what, I still think about this.

The advantages of building a gate outweigh the disadvantages. When I serve as a governor, I should not only think about the few years of my tenure, but also the plan for water transportation in the next tens or hundreds of years? I will read this memorial after I return to Huai'an.

Your Majesty, if Brother Juxi also has his own opinion, then...Brother Juxi, please feel free to do so."

"Shuai Ruan Cao, Boyuan, you...if you are so stubborn, I won't show mercy!" Bai Ling still said tit for tat.

Ruan Yuan had no choice but to return to Huai'an first. Seeing that Bai Ling insisted on providing actual evidence, but would not lend him any river workers, he had no choice but to tell Kong Luhua to pay a sum of money from Yanglian first and hire people first.

The river channel was re-excavated. It happened that Bao Shichen and several others also heard the news of Ruan Yuan's setback on this day, and they also came to the Caodu Ministry Courtyard to find out what happened.

"Mr. Yuntai, this... is it true that President Bai is so stubborn in controlling him?" Bao Shichen listened to Ruan Yuan being refuted several times by Bai Ling, and immediately couldn't hold himself back and asked Ruan Yuan in return.

"Not necessarily. In short, I also have some oversights." Ruan Yuan also shook his head, thinking that in this way, the feast he finally set up in Zhenhuai Tower would be in vain, and he felt a little unhappy in his heart.

, said: "No matter what, I still believe that as long as we dig more, we will definitely be able to find solid soil. I will pay for the river construction behind it myself."

"Sir, don't believe too much in the Hundred President System." Xiao Lingyu also advised: "Actually, just last month, we...we got new news from Jiangning. Now this Hundred President System

Some people in the court were quite angry with him, so the emperor sent Mr. Peng Lingchu, the Minister of Household Affairs, to investigate whether Bai Zongzhi had accepted bribes. The Minister of Public Affairs made many visits and found clues.

He was about to control Bai Zongzhi for his excessive greed, but he didn't want... He didn't want Bai Zongzhi to control him... He still had a helping hand in the capital, and he had already been informed about the first minister's affairs. As a result, Bai Zongzhi, in the end,

The investigation turned out to be completely unsubstantiated, but it was him... He took advantage of trivial matters such as disrespectful words and ghostwriting of memorials, and bitten the First Vice Minister. Now that the First Vice Minister has been demoted to the fourth rank of the Imperial Academy, he is still sitting as the Governor of Liangjiang at the age of 100.

The throne! Sir, the First Minister has always been known to the world for his fierce loyalty. If he does such a dirty thing, the disciples are afraid... I am afraid that he will do the same thing he did to the First Minister again, and use the same tricks on Sir.

Shi?"

"That's not the case." Ruan Yuan thought clearly about the matter before him, and told everyone: "Brother Juxi was born in the Han Dynasty. He could have made a quick career path through writing, but he took the imperial examination on his own initiative.

, was also a second-ranked Jinshi. When Heshen was in power, he would rather not get any promotion for more than ten years rather than accept any promotion from Heshen. I... I have always respected this uprightness. And no matter what brother Juxi said.

, after all, he and I once worked together as officials in Zhejiang. No matter how unbearable I am, I have been his boss for a year. If he takes the initiative to criticize me, he will be the only one who will be laughed at in the end, which is disgraceful. Why bother?"

In fact, in the Han military flags at this time, most of the bannermen still wrote their names like ordinary Han people. If Bai Ling did this, the title of the book should be Zhang Bai Ling, but Bai Ling, like Guangxing, was quite influenced by Manchu customs, so the title of the book was "Zhang Bai Ling".

His real surname has been concealed, so everyone just calls him Bai Zongzhi instead of Zhang Zongzhi.

"Well, your country's little whirlwind, Yangzhou Ruan officials, have always had an air of innocence, don't you know?" Kong Luhua happened to take the banknotes from outside at this time, and also smiled at everyone: "

This time, Master, he is also inspired by the Hundred-General System. It seems that we must find out whether the embankment construction is feasible. But I have been with you, Mr. Yuntai, for eighteen years in the officialdom.

, I can still see some things clearly. The master and the Baizong system are just at political disagreement. Even if the master wins in the end and the emperor refutes the proposal of the Baizong system, it will always have nothing to do with his position as governor. Why should he risk it?

The world is in great disgrace, why should we continue to impeach the Master? Which one is more serious, I think he is still worthy of the hundred-consultation system." As he said this, Kong Luhua also handed the banknote into Ruan Yuan's hand.

Ruan Yuan couldn't help but smile while listening to Kong Luhua's words. It turned out that among the literati at this time, there was a poet Shu Wei who was good at criticizing. He compiled the poets of the Qianjia and Qianjia periods into one work, imitating the style of "Water Margin" and wrote it

A volume of "Records of Generals in the Poetry Circle of Qianjia" came out. Ruan Yuan was ranked among the top officials because he was good at poetry and prose, and his poetic style was rich and elegant. He was also an official and knowledgeable. He donated many things and benefited countless scholars, so he was ranked among the top officials.

The tenth place in the Jia Poetry Circle was exactly the position of Chai Jin, the noble star of heaven in "Water Margin". They were similar in terms of being charitable and charitable. At this time, Kong Luhua compared Chai Jin in "Dian Jiang Lu", and everyone under her seat was

The student couldn't hide his smile after hearing this, and the atmosphere relaxed a lot.

"Yes, if I were to be the governor of water transportation, I would just hold on to my position and not even do the work of dredging and repairing gates. Then what would be the point of me staying in the officialdom? I am writing this excerpt today.

It’s decided!” However, Ruan Yuan quickly recovered and said firmly. He just looked at the banknotes in his hand, thinking about the Zhenhuai Tower banquet and temporarily hiring river workers to try to dig the river. It would cost a lot of money, but it might not be possible.

Although he was able to succeed, he felt sorry for his wife, so he had to say to Kong Luhua: "It's just Madam, I...I am going to spend money again when I come here."

"Well, after all, Master still wants to be a good official." Kong Luhua also joked.

The grain ship was stranded every year when it sailed to the Pi and Su Canal. When I passed by Pi and Su Canal, I humbly observed and interviewed the public opinion. They all believed that it is appropriate to build two more locks above and below the Huize Lock. By building two more locks, the entire canal can be filled.

If you leave the river one day early, you can arrive at Tongba one day early. You can build the gate one year early, and you can complete the canal one year early.

The cost of stripping and opening the canal in Pijing will cost more than one hundred thousand taels per year. If a tired man has no money to pay for stripping, the private general will steal it. If two more gates are built, after a few years, the water power will be enough.

It seems to have been widened during the Qianlong period, and it is beige-colored and has several meters, so it can be saved by common people.

Building a gate seems to be a cost-effective way to save river engineering money. Now if we add up the resources of several years of grass embankment, it can be used for a year's stone gate. The cost is fixed but the savings are endless. Although the ground here is covered with floating sand,

If you dig down, you will find solid soil. If you add a sluice to contain the water, it will be more beneficial to contain the water and attack the sand. I am responsible for water transportation, so I have to present it before the Holy Lord.

Soon, Ruan Yuan's letter "It is appropriate to add two gates to the Pisu Canal" was delivered to the Fengsan Selfless Hall in the Old Summer Palace. The next day, Bai Ling refuted Ruan Yuan's memorial and also arrived at the Old Summer Palace. Jiaqing saw that the two governors of Jiangsu had

However, on this day, a special order was sent to all four military ministers to come to the Old Summer Palace for discussion. Also present were Guifang, the Minister of Household Affairs, and Pan Shien, Minister of Industry.

At this time, Qinggui also became a Taibao, but because of his old age, he officially resigned from the Military Aircraft Department. The person who took over as the Military Aircraft Minister was the hero of the previous White Lotus Sect war, the Prince Taibao, the first-class Wei Qinbo, and the Grand Scholar of Wuying Palace.

Bao, he and Dong Gao each had their own strengths, so Jiaqing had to decide on the method of having Dong Gao as the head of the military aircraft department, and the courtiers in the order, with Le Bao as the first, in order to balance the status of the two. Under Le Bao Dong Gao, that is

There are two people, Tuojin and Lu Yinpu. Tuojin is still the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, while Lu Yinpu has been promoted rapidly since he was promoted to Minister of Military and Aircraft. At this time, he has been promoted to the left minister of the Ministry of War and has become an important official of the second rank. Pan Shien, who was born as the number one scholar,
Chapter completed!