When entering Shanyang County, Lu Si could clearly feel that Shanyang County is richer than Yancheng County.

The villagers' houses I saw along the way were mostly made of blue bricks, and you can also see large yards from time to time, unlike the adobe houses in Yancheng County that accounted for the majority.

Rural roads are much flattering, and the water conservancy facilities in farmland look relatively complete.

When passing by a small village, Lu Si saw a sluice with the iron plate engraved on it with the words "Shanyang County Supervisor of the 15th Year of Hongwu".

Obviously, this is an old antique with a history of more than two hundred years, and what is rare is that it is still in play.

Huai Yang Huai Yang, Huai Yang, Huai is in front and Yang is behind.

Perhaps in reality, Huai'an is not as prosperous as Yangzhou, the famous capital of Huaizhou, but in politics, Huai'an has overwhelmed several Yangzhou.

It should be noted that Huai'an is an important place where "the left Jiangyouhe River and the east control the sea route, the north connected to Yan and Yu, and the west connected to the two capitals and all the tombs are there."

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu was called his son-in-law, and his son-in-law Huang Bao was also the commander of Huai'an Guard. This shows the importance of Huai'an's geography and military.

Huai'an was also the only important place in the Ming Dynasty that set up two guards in its territory, the two guards were Huai'an guard and Dahe guard.

In addition, the Governor's Office of the Grain Transportation Governor was also located in Huai'an, and the Lianghuai Salt Industry Transportation Envoy Branch was also located in Huai'an.

In addition to the grain transport, salt-related officials gather here all year round, there are also the Ministry of Industry and Ministry of Revenue every year, and important personnel from the Ministry of Revenue are also stationed in Huai'an, because there is the largest inland river shipyard in the Ming Dynasty, and it is said that more than 600 inland river ships can be built a year during peak period.

The Huaiyang Governor's Office is located in Huai'an rather than Yangzhou, which is enough to illustrate the importance of Huai'an.

Unfortunately, this Taiping treasure land that had been developed in the Ming Dynasty for more than two hundred years will soon become a ruin.

Lu Si can only sigh about this because he is still unable to stop the upcoming tragedy in his hometown.

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Originally, everyone was worried that they would meet the soldiers from Henan who had been called by Song Wu as their masters, but they didn't even see a soldier along the way.

Everyone was talking about it, some said that the soldiers might have been transferred to other places, and some said that it was probably because of the governor's yamen that Song Wu said that the soldiers did not dare to do anything randomly.

Lu Si guessed that it should be the latter, after all, the Ming Dynasty has not yet perished.

The defeated soldiers coming from the north always rely on looting and cannot last long, so they must still rely on the bureaucratic group in the south, that is, the regime centered on the southern capital, so that they can obtain a stable and continuous supply of money and food.

Otherwise, they would have become "bandits", and they would have been no one on both sides.

The peasant army that had fought with them for more than ten years would not let them go, and the Ming Dynasty's military forces in the south would also have to deal with them.

How long can these defeated soldiers who have no territory and are unpopular?

As long as the general who led the troops had some brains, he would not let his soldiers go in a mess under the eyes of the governor Huaiyang.

In fact, no matter what banner the Ming army came from the north, they eventually "unified" around the Nandu regime.

There were no men in the villages passing by along the river work team. According to locals, the strong laborers in the village had already gone to the canal before Lu Si and other river workers from other places.

From the perspective of distance, the river workers in Yancheng County are indeed the last batch of laborers to dredge the canal this time, because they are the farthest.

On that day, the team was at Xiliuzhuangxi, less than 30 miles away from Huai'an Prefecture City. Because they didn't know which area the mansion arranged for the river workers in Yancheng County, the child in Guangyuan was still wondering if they could enter Huai'an Prefecture City for fun.

As a result, the next day, officials from Huai'an Prefecture and Shanyang County came to make specific connections with Yancheng County. Mr. Qian, a house in Yancheng County who had arrived in Huai'an earlier, also came together.

The elder Ma was notified to go to a meeting, but soon came to inform Song Wu that their Shanggang area was divided into the southern section of the Qingjiangpu Canal.

Qingjiangpu is an important town on the canal. It has a history of more than 600 years. It has the reputation of "the south ship and the north horse, the nine provinces' thoroughfare, and the world's granary".

The most famous Qingjiang Gate in the Huaiyang section canal is located here, which is also the intersection of Huaihe River and the canal. Whenever the Yellow River rises in the north, the Qingjiang Gate will be closed immediately.

In recent decades, since the canal has not been dredged on a large scale, the silt in this section of Huaiyang is relatively serious.

In some areas, dozens of canal workers even need to pull a canal ship at the same time to allow the ship to pass through, which is very inefficient.

This is not important in normal times, at most it will be difficult for the canal workers. However, for Beijing, which is now anxious to wait for money and food to save lives in Jiangnan, it is a fatal matter.

The burden on the shoulders of the newly appointed governor of Huaiyang Lu Zhenfei was indeed very heavy. The disastrous defeat of Sun Chuanting's army in Henan made Huaiyang face the pressure of Li Zicheng's Dashun army. Therefore, after taking office, Lu Zhenfei not only wanted to recruit troops to ensure that the Huaihe River is not lost, but also had to organize manpower to clear the canal immediately, otherwise he would not be able to complete the mission given to him by the emperor.

As the pressure comes layer by layer, there is a magnificent scene where tens of thousands of strong laborers in Huaiyang gather in the canal.

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Lu Si still doesn't know who the new governor of Huaiyang is. He only knows that after he goes to the dam, he has to be a coolie.

Yancheng County mobilized more than 10,000 strong laborers this time, but it was divided into three areas: one area near the county town, one area in Xinxingchang, and one area in Shanggang. Each district has a team of county officials responsible for it. For example, the one in Shanggang is responsible for Mr. Qian and Zhao Shuban.

The three sections are also located in the southern section of the Qingjiangpu Canal, connected to each other, and according to Lao Ma, they are thirty miles long.

The meaning of the mansion is very simple. When will more than 10,000 river workers in Yancheng silt the 30-mile-long canal be silted, and when will they go back?

"Oh my god, when will that be done?"

"It's okay, with so many people, how wide can the canal is? I think we can go back in at most ten days and half a month."

Song Wu used to lead a team to go out to river engineering, and he had a rough estimate of the construction period and project volume.

Everyone was happy to hear his words, especially Zhou Wang, who missed his wife and children just a few days after he came out.

"It's boring, we won't even let Huai'an City enter."

When Guangyuan heard that he couldn't enter the city, he was so disappointed that he could not enter the city. What he remembered along the way was to go to the provincial capital to take a look.

Huai'an is the residence of the Huaiyang Governor's Office, so it is not wrong to say that it is a provincial capital. Strictly speaking, there is no saying that there is a provincial capital on Nanzhili.

"I know how to play all day long. What's so fun in the city? Do you have a lot of money?" Lu Wenliang was a little unhappy about his son thinking about playing all day long.

"If you don't have money, you can't go into the city? It's a rare thing to go out and open your eyes." Guangyuan muttered.

Lu Wenliang was about to say that his son was pulled down by Lu Si. Then Lu Si smiled and patted Guangyuan on the shoulder and said, "After picking Master He takes you to the city for a trip."

"Oh, okay, okay!" Guangyuan smiled.

Lu Wenliang also smiled and did not talk about entering the city. I think he also wanted his son to go to Huaian City to see the world.

After the county notice was transmitted to each team, people from Shanyang County came to lead the way.

Thousands of people carried large and small bags and various tools to go along the official road by the canal to Qingjiangpu, attracting many people's attention.

Strangely, there are still many ships passing through the canal, which makes Lu Si wonder: Shouldn’t the silt be cleared by stacking dams and pumping water? How come there are still ships passing through?

"Do you think this canal is a small river in our hometown? If you say it is a dam, it is a dam? This river is silting by a silting boat, which means building a net rack on the boat and then using the iron dragon claw to hook it..."

Song Wu's profound knowledge made Lu Si very impressed, but Lu Si still didn't understand the things he said, but he believed that the wisdom of the ancients was no worse than that of him.

As for the dredging boat and the iron dragon claw, you will definitely see it when you arrive at the construction site. Then you can see what the principle is.

Just like that, after walking along the official road by the canal for more than an hour, everyone finally arrived at the construction site assigned to them by Huai'an Prefecture.

When I looked at the canal embankment from a distance, I saw several flags in the north and south, and soldiers patrolling back and forth from time to time on the embankment. There were many military camps outside a village in the distance.

This surprised and confused many villagers who had been out of the river engineering for the first time, but Lu Si was very calm and not surprising at all.

Tens of thousands of river workers gathered together, and the government did not send troops here to take charge. What if a one-eyed man was dug out of the canal?
Chapter completed!