Early the next morning, 50,000 young men and women joined the Cai River widening project. At the same time, 5,000 women participated in the logistics, mainly cooking and delivering meals. There are currently 300,000 people in Bianliang County, which can produce 50,000 people.
It is no longer easy for young and strong men to maintain the minimum manpower of shops and restaurants. In addition, about 20,000 women are employed in military workshops, Jiangxi clothes, sewing shoes, socks, military uniforms, etc.
Women's wages are slightly lower, thirty cents a day. After all, it is not a physical job. The peasants who carry the burden of digging can earn fifty cents, including food and accommodation every day, and they are genuine copper coins. This is not bad in Bianliang.
The construction period is estimated to be five months, which means that each person can earn 7,500 cash. After deducting rest time, there is no problem in getting seven guans.
Qiguanqian is a large amount of money for most Bianliang families. It can be used for many things. Even if it is not used, it can be saved for emergencies.
Of course, if you only have money but no materials, prices in Bianliang will inevitably rise sharply. Chen Qing also ordered to stockpile a batch of grain, salt, cloth, tea cakes, and briquettes in Bianliang, and supply them at a low price. Here are seven things to do to open the door to a low price.
Four pieces are supplied, plus an extra piece of cloth for basic necessities of life.
On the construction site, teams of civilian workers walked past Chen Qing carrying heavy loads of soil. In the river, hundreds of men were intensively driving piles to build a wooden fence wall, and then filled a large number of mud bags. Cai River followed
If the flow is cut off, the river water will of course not overflow, but will flow directly from Bianshui into the Yellow River.
The Bianliang River section is about thirty-five miles long. The amount of work required to dredge the silt and widen the river channel is quite large. In the Song Dynasty, which did not have mechanized operations, it would take at least half a year to complete the project.
Next is the Chenliu County section, which is about 25 miles away. It will take 30,000 migrant workers almost half a year to complete.
At this time, Zhang Yuanlang, the director of the river channel, was brought to see Chen Qing. Zhang Yuanlang was about fifty years old, with a medium build and a strong appearance. Perhaps because he had been working in the wild all year round, his skin was tanned and his eyes were very bright. He had been attracted by Chen Qing.
He was named the Water Affairs Supervisor of Henan Province. He was fully responsible for the widening of the Cai River this time. Of course, he was not the only one. He had more than 20 officials and hundreds of soldiers to assist him. The civilians were responsible for the various states and counties.
"Your Majesty, please see me for your humble position!"
When Chen Qing saw that his tent was not far away, he smiled and said, "Let's go to the tent to talk!"
The camp covers an area of half an acre and is half open. There are more than a dozen tables inside. What are several officials arguing about?
The officials were so engrossed in the debate that they didn't realize when Chen Qing came in.
Chen Qing did not disturb them. He walked to the end and sat down, looking at a map on the table. It turned out to be a map of the Cai River dredging plan. Chen Qing was surprised and asked: "When was this drawing made?"
"This was made by Beizhi seven years ago. At that time, Zhang Xiaochun, the Prime Minister of the Puppet Qi Dynasty, approached Beizhi, gave me three hundred guan of money, and asked me to draw up a plan to dredge and widen the Cai River. The Puppet Qi Dynasty was also planning to consider using the Cai River and Yingshui River to replace the cutoffs.
Although the Bianhe River was entrusted by the puppet state of Qi, this plan was beneficial to the country and the people. He accepted it readily and took a dozen apprentices with him to spend a whole year to create a dredging and widening plan for the Caihe River and draw a
There were more than a hundred drawings and hundreds of thousands of words describing the details of the project. As a result, Zhang Xiaochun regretfully told me that the puppet Qi State could not afford such a large project and gave up. This set of drawings and text descriptions have been retained to this day.
The thought made a difference today.”
"Is construction done according to the drawings now?"
"Exactly! For example, when driving wooden raft piles, we usually only drive a single row, but it is definitely not possible to drive a single row here. The terrain in Bianliang is slightly higher, and the accumulated river water has downward pressure to release floods. The wooden piles are shallow or there are too few.
Otherwise, there is a risk of the embankment breaching, so I require three rows of piles to be driven, and the piles must be at least one foot deep."
Chen Qing nodded and said: "If we transport supplies from Luoyang to Xuzhou, we can only go through Luoshui to the Yellow River, then from the Yellow River through Biankou into Bianshui, and then transfer to Caihe River to go south. Is that right?"
"Your Highness is absolutely right!"
"Does Luoshui and Biankou need dredging?"
Zhang Yuanlang shook his head, "It was dredged over there during the Xuanhe period, and the people were responsible and humble. There is no problem in carrying a big ship with three thousand stones."
"Speaking of the three-thousand-stone ship, I thought of the new Yellow River route. Why does Zhang Dujian think the new Yellow River route is not conducive to navigation?"
Zhang Yuanlang smiled slightly and said: "Your Highness, whether a river has shipping value does not depend on the river, but on the people. Hundreds of years of shipping have formed a lot of experience. All shipping people know how to navigate this river safely, so a
A mature channel will appear. A hundred years from now, the water flow in the new Yellow River channel will be no different from now, but there will definitely be many cargo ships sailing in the new Yellow River channel. This is the channel that has been accumulated through experience."
"I understand what the governor means."
Zhang Yuanlang added: "I have been to see the diversion of the Yellow River since my humble beginnings in the third year of Jianyan. I have seen it seven times, and there is basically no change. From my point of view, it is no different from the flow of the Yellow River in the Zhengzhou section. Why are they talking about ships?"
The difficulty in docking is actually not a water problem, but a bank problem. The banks of the river are too smooth and do not form a deep enough inlet, which is what the dock needs."
Chen Qing nodded, this is what an expert would say, and he suggested: "Wait until the governor completes the dredging of Cai River, then go to Tianbao River to take a look. There is an intestinal obstruction of Guanzhong Shipping! If it can be dredged,
The connection between Jingzhao, Luoyang and Bianliang will be greatly strengthened."
Zhang Yuanlang readily agreed, "When this is over, I will definitely go to the humble position!"
As the Jin soldiers retreated to Shandong Road, the imperial troops from the Northern Expedition retreated to the south of the Yellow River in embarrassment. Chen Qing's war in the Central Plains was officially over. Chen Qing immediately appointed Yang Zaixing as the military envoy of Henan North Road and led an army of 50,000 to Bianliang.
He also appointed Liu Cui as the military envoy on the East Road of Henan, leading an army of 50,000 to Guide Mansion. At the same time, he appointed Li Qiong as the military envoy to Huaibei, leading an army of 30,000 to the north of the Huaihe River. Based on Xuzhou, he garrisoned Xu and Su.
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There are also 20,000 scattered troops stationed in Bozhou, Yingzhou, Tangzhou and Dengzhou, with 5,000 people in each state and a commander responsible for guarding them.
The dredging and widening project of the Cai River was still in full swing in various places. Chen Qingze led an army of 80,000 people back to Jingzhao in a mighty manner. He divided his troops into two groups and followed the Yellow River waterway. It consisted of 500 large ships and needed to carry a large amount of gold and silver.
, silks, pig iron, copper blocks and other materials, but the copper coins, grain and cloth were all left in Bianliang.
Zhang Xiao also stayed in Bianliang as the Henan Road pacifier. Although Chen Qing did not set up the Henan Road Shangshu Xingtai for the time being, in fact, Sima, the Henan Road pacifier, was the Shangshu Xingtai, just with a different name, and both had the same power.
Five days later, 80,000 troops arrived in Jingzhao. Chen Qing agreed to the suggestion of the Internal Affairs Hall to hold a triumphal ceremony. Ministers and tens of thousands of people went out of the city to welcome the return of the victorious army. Chen Qing immediately held a grand triumphal ceremony outside the East City.
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The grand entry into the city ceremony held in Bianliang was to show the great significance of the recovery of Bianliang, while the triumphal ceremony held in Jingzhao was to honor the people of Jingzhao, as well as to commemorate and comfort the 20,000 soldiers.
On the wide field outside the city, 80,000 troops lined up neatly, with flags fluttering and swords and guns shining. On a high platform, Chen Qing paid homage to the 20,000 soldiers who died in the battle, and then ordered the 80,000 troops to enter the city.
Hundreds of thousands of people in the city lined the streets to welcome the return of the victorious army. The people sang, danced, cheered warmly, and threw clusters of colorful ribbons at the soldiers.
Compared with the poor and thin people in Bianliang, the people in Jingzhao look completely different. Everyone has plump faces, healthy and shiny complexion, and almost everyone wears brightly colored linen or silk.
But one thing is the same among the people in Bianliang and Jingzhao, that is, every face is filled with a smile of joy, which is cheering and excitement from the heart.
As night fell, the 80,000-strong army returned to the Bashang military camp to rest, while Chen Qingze himself returned to Prince Yong's Mansion with more than a hundred soldiers.