Genyuetai City, Jiangxiao Tower.

Not long after Zhao Kai finished lunch, the ministers who followed him in the Eastern Tour and the main officials of the Tokyo Left-behind Division arrived one after another and prepared to participate in the court meeting.

The content of the court discussion had long been notified of these ministers, and there were two things. One was that Zhao Kai was going to hand over the matter of repairing the dike and controlling Huang.

Although Kaifeng Prefecture is no longer Tokyo of the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty now implements the east and west capitals, Chang'an, the west capital and Luoyang, and there is no Tokyo organization at all. However, the Tokyo Left-behind Office has not been abolished. Zhao Kaifeng Prefecture, Huazhou, Chenzhou and Yingzhou, the four prefectures located in the Yellow River Flood Area, are all assigned to the Tokyo Left-behind Office for jurisdiction.

On the boundaries of Kaifeng Prefecture, Huazhou, Chenzhou and Yingzhou, the Tokyo Left-behind Office is a military affairs, government affairs, river engineering, and camp.

In addition, Zhao Kai is also planning to allow the Tongzong of the Tokyo Left-behind Department to serve as the deputy envoy of the Group Maid Department, so that the Left-behind Department can also participate in the affairs of the Group Maid Department.

The Tokyo Left-behind Office is not affiliated with the Jingxi Road Pacification Envoy Office or the Jingxi Yingtian Envoy Office, but the eastern capital Luoyang Prefecture and the western capital Chang'an Prefecture. It is directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, somewhat similar to the municipality directly under the central government in later generations.

However, the area of ​​the Tokyo Left-behind Division is comparable to that of the east and west, with three prefectures and one prefecture, and is also located on the front line of the anti-Jin period. The importance can be imagined!

The second thing is to set up the Kaifeng Horse Farm of the Group and the Shepherd Department, which is mainly the Group and the Shepherd Department, and the Tokyo Left-behind Department also has to intervene!

Because the size of Kaifeng horse farm depends on the effectiveness of the Tokyo left-behind staff repairing dikes and treating yellow. If they fail to treat yellow, the flood will come again next spring. There will be another marina around Kaifeng Prefecture. You can only raise fish and you can’t raise horses at all!

In addition, the outer contour of Kaifeng Prefecture will also be allocated for use by the Maid Department. Once the golden thieves break through the Yellow Flood and enter the Kaifeng Pasture Realm, the horses will have to go to the city to take refuge!

So today the protagonists in this court meeting are the left-behind Zong Ze in Tokyo, the left-behind judge Chen Gui and the Hebei University of Technology’s recommendation for Zong Ying.

"How to build the new embankment of the Yellow River? Is there a plan?"

Although he had received the alarm, Zhao Kai had already calculated his life. Wu Qimai, the emperor of the Jin thief, would not go south as soon as next spring. The new war would start at the fastest in next summer. However, considering the hardships that the Jin people suffered this summer, they would most likely send troops in the autumn and use the winter that they can adapt to to launch military operations.

So the war is still early, and Zhao Kai does not need to take this matter to the court discussion, nor does it have to delay the construction of river engineering and horse farms in preparation for the war.

"Officials," said the Hegong University's recruitment of Zong Ying, and stood up after hearing this. "I have worked with Tongzong Chen Gui to draft a case of a 700-mile embankment wall."

While speaking, he had already taken out a drawing and wanted to hand it over to the eunuch present, but was stopped by Zhao Kai waved his hand.

"Zongqing, Chen Qing, you two come and talk!"

Zhao Kai greeted Zong Ying and Chen Gui and asked them to spread the drawings on the table in front of him.

This is a situation chart of the Tokyo Left-behind Division's jurisdiction drawing together with Huazhou, Kaifeng Prefecture, Chenzhou and Yingzhou. The picture also shows a yellow area of ​​three or four hundred miles wide!

The reason why the Yellow River Flood is three or four hundred miles wide is that the Yellow River water after the breaking is not straight south. However, after rushing south to Kaifeng Prefecture, it then goes through the Wuzhang River, the ancient Bian Canal, the Bian River, the Caiheying River, and the Caihewo River respectively to the Huai River. These five rivers are all flooded due to the influx of the Yellow River water and have different degrees of silt (the Yellow River water brings a lot of mud and sand, and the water flow is prone to silt when it is slow).

Therefore, the Yellow River is a large area around Kaifeng Prefecture, and after going south, it is divided into five long strips. Among them, Wuzhang River is not flooded very much because of the existence of Liangshanpo, a flood discharge area. In the other four flood areas, the flood flood is more severe. There are also many places between these four flood areas that are not flooded, but they are all classified into the floating area on the map, so the Yellow River area is only three to four hundred miles wide.

"Official family," Zong Ying first introduced the general situation of the yellow spill, and then pointed to a long red line drawn with a brush and said: "I plan to start construction from the broken entrance of the Wannian New Dike, and try to build the long dike from the east to the Kaifeng Prefecture as much as possible, traveling to Changyuan, Dongming, Kaocheng, Xiangyi, and going south to Wo River until the Wo River, and then build the long dike along the west bank of Wo River to the Huai River. The total length of this long dike is expected to exceed 700 miles!"

Chen Gui added: "After the long dike is built, we can not only protect Kaifeng Prefecture, Chenzhou, Yingzhou, and even some of the territory of Bozhou can be preserved. In this way, our territory will be larger again!"

"When will the construction of the seven hundred-mile dike start?" Zhao Kai asked, "How long will it take to complete it?"

Chen Gui said: "I am preparing to use 200,000 people to complete the 700-mile dike in two months! The construction will start in November this year and end in the first month of the second year of Hongwu."

"Two months, 200,000 people are really enough?" Zhao Kai was a little skeptical.

"Enough!" Chen Gui smiled, "I got some inspiration from the Battle of Ruzhou Great Wall. I wanted to use sacks and pack soil to build dikes to save ramming and reduce the construction period greatly. I have already asked someone to try it. Three strong workers can build fifty pounds of earth in a day!

Of the 200,000 people, only 150,000 people started construction on the front line. They could build more than 200,000 dirt buns every day, and fold them in half. There were also 120,000 to 300,000, and 60,000 to 70 million in fifty days, which was enough to build a 700-mile dike!"

Zhao Kai asked: "Is this long dike reliable?"

Zong Ying replied: "Don't worry, the official family has only one land-built long dike, so there will be no flooding to the west of the long dike!"

"Western no one" Zhao Kai understood immediately!

There is a dike to the west, no dike to the east, and the terrain to the west is a little higher. So the water flows to the lower part, and the sandbag dike will naturally not be squeezed or submerged by the water. As for whether the east will be flooded, Zhao Kai has no choice. He can't let the water drown the people under his rule for the welfare of the people ruled by the Jin people in the east of the Yellow River Flood, right?

Zhao Kai nodded and asked again: "Why should construction start in winter?"

Chen Gui said: "Because the weather is cold and dry in winter, the water in the overgrowth is shallow and the mud is frozen, which is easy to construct. People only need to build soil bags on the frozen mud floor. After the flowers bloom next spring, these soil bags will be pressed down and form a long dike."

"Can this work?" Zhao Kai was a little suspicious.

"Don't worry," Chen Gui smiled, "This is a common method. This method is often used when building islands and dams in the north.

However, this earth-block dam was just a hurry, and it would be enough to use it as long as it can be used. When the flowers bloom next spring, I will send people to strengthen and build it, which will always ensure that there is no safety."

As he spoke, the engineering expert's face suddenly became serious, "But I'm afraid that the Jin thieves will not let us feel at ease in construction. If the Jin man's cavalry comes on the ice, the trouble will be great!"

Once the Yellow Flood Zone is frozen, it will become a thoroughfare. You have 200,000 people working hard here. If the Jin thieves find out, they will not send troops to kill them?

"Don't worry," Zhao Kai smiled, "I have reliable news. Wanyan Zonghan and his son have already gone north to Huining, and most of the Jurchens and Bohai soldiers in the Jin soldiers have returned to their hometowns to rest. The Jin thieves will not make any big moves this winter, and I will send elite troops to arrange the area along the Yellow River to protect the safety of the people, so you can build with peace of mind!"

When Zong Ze heard Zhao Kai talk about Wanyan Zonghan and his son going north, he immediately became alert, "Officials, I'm afraid that the son of Nianhan is going north to plan some big moves! This winter can be safe, but next year."

"There will be a big battle next year!" Zhao Kai was not panicked at all, "So the Tokyo Left-behind Department still needs to work hard to prepare the embankments in Huazhou and Kaifeng Prefecture to be built taller and stronger. It is best to deploy defenses on the embankments and use them as city walls. However, Zong Qing doesn't have to worry too much, the focus of the Jin thieves' use of troops cannot be Kaifeng Prefecture."

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"Kaifeng Prefecture is naturally safe unless the Jin people, like us, spend a lot of effort to control the water this winter." Zong Ze frowned and said, "But Hedong and Hebei will definitely be attacked by Jin thieves. The court must be prepared early!"

If the Yellow River Flood Zone is not well managed, it will be difficult for the army to pass. Even if it comes, the logistics line will not be maintained, so the safety of Kaifeng Prefecture is very guaranteed.

"Of course the court will be prepared," Zhao Kai sneered, "and I will personally cross the river to fight the Jin thieves!"

He glanced at Zong Ze and thought to himself: Old man, I will cross the river without you saying it!

"Cross the river?" Zong Ze was shocked, "Isn't it too risky?"

Zhao Kai smiled and said, "Hebei, Hedong has a vast territory and is extremely important to the court. If I don't go in person, the Jin thieves will be able to do whatever they want. Hebei, Hedong has limited troops and cannot be defended!

Once I cross the river, the Jin thieves will definitely be afraid that I will launch a major offensive in Hebei. If they don’t repel me, they will not dare to do anything nonsense!”

In fact, Zhao Kai had long planned to cross the Yellow River in Hongwu for the second year!

However, he did not cross the river to launch a major offensive against the Jin Kingdom, but to consolidate the defenses of Xinde Prefecture, Cizhou and Xiangzhou, because these three places have always been the important iron smelting areas of the Song Dynasty! In particular, Cizhou is rich in magnetite ore. If smelted with charcoal, you can obtain excellent quality iron materials.

With the iron material from Cizhou, Zhao Kai's army can only be covered with high-quality iron armor!

Therefore, Zhao Kai plans to cross the river next spring and stay in Handan, Cizhou, Hebei. At the same time, he will mobilize the civil servants from Xinde Prefecture, Cizhou and Xiangzhou to build dozens of fortresses in the eastern part of Xinde Prefecture, Cizhou and Xiangzhou, and put forward a stance to make the city step by step and fortresses advance!
Chapter completed!