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All the way to the Qin Prince's Mansion in Chang'an, Guo Hongjing actually decided not to betray and was ready to be imprisoned or relegated.
He did not escape. He was lucky and thought that Li Xia might let him go for the sake of the Zhang family. From now on, he would no longer be trusted by the court, so he would just resign and return home.
After waiting outside the lobby for a while, Dong Wenyong whispered a few words to the servants of Prince Qin's palace and then let them in.
He hadn't seen more details yet, but Guo Hongjing noticed that the threshold of the lobby had been stepped on to only half its original height, and the floor tiles behind it had also been stepped on and were shaking slightly.
Li Xia is indeed poor...this is the first impression.
As soon as we entered the lobby, we heard the discussion.
"So, after calculation, each mile of canal costs 14,285 guan, and 327 miles of canal, a total of 4.67 million guan..."
"This is only the cost of rebuilding the Zhengguo Canal. In addition, there is also the cost of water diversion and troughing in Chang'an City..."
Guo Hongjing only saw a group of people pointing at several large drawings. He didn't care to see which one was Li Xia for the moment. He only sighed that Guanzhong could spend so much money to repair water conservancy.
While he was listening blankly, Dong Wenyong stepped forward and whispered a few words to one of the young men, and then came over again.
"Wu Fang, you should go and take a look."
"I?"
"It doesn't matter whether you surrender or not. It's for the benefit of the people in Guanzhong, isn't it? Have you forgotten your way of life?"
Guo Hongjing had been interested in the drawing for a long time. He took a few cautious steps and stopped at a place where he could see it clearly.
The officials around him ignored him and continued to point and talk.
"If this is the case, more than 40,000 hectares of land can be irrigated in two years and three years, which is enough to make Guanzhong rich and powerful."
"I vaguely understand the king's intention. If you calculate it and increase the yield per acre by making paper money, the cost is worth it..."
Guo Hongjing was not interested in the cost, but his eyes fell on the mouth of the Diversion Canal. He couldn't help but ask: "Is the excavation of Xiaolongshan big? The stone here is very hard, and it won't take three to five years to do it."
Are you there?"
A middle-aged official turned around and looked Guo Hongjing up and down. Without asking who he was, he just said: "Since you dare to propose this plan, you must have a way to do it."
Guo Hongjing was curious, but did not dare to ask more questions. He raised his finger and pointed at the other two drawings and said: "Since Longshou Canal, Yong'an and Qingming Canal have been rebuilt, why not dig Zaohe River to join Longshou Canal in the west of the city.
Improve water quality in the city?”
"Oh? You know the water system in Guanzhong very well?"
"These are all old canals and can be checked."
Although Guo Hongjing has never been to Guanzhong, he is very knowledgeable about the roads, rivers and canals.
"Since it is necessary to build it, why not also build the Cao Canal? The Cao Canal starts from the northern foot of the Qinling Mountains. Along the way, it receives the Ba River, Chan River, and Mu River to increase water sources. It joins the Kunming Pool in the southwest of Chang'an, and then flows to the west bank of the Yellow River.
It can not only irrigate the people's fields downstream, supply water to Chang'an, but more than 300 miles of canals can be used for water transportation, saving half the water transportation time from Tongguan to Chang'an..."
After the discussion started, Guo Hongjing forgot for a while that he was in enemy territory.
He even got into an argument with a young man.
It wasn't until he suddenly caught a glimpse of the other person that he seemed to be wearing a prince's uniform. Guo Hongjing took another closer look and suddenly realized that this young man was Li Xia.
At this moment, he felt a little ridiculous. A prisoner who had just been brought back was actually brought to the council hall to discuss government affairs with the enemy.
On the other hand, this kind of meeting makes people feel vaguely like the kind of wild history story about wise kings and wise ministers.
However, you can't betray after all.
Fortunately, Li Xia didn't ask him to defect. He only stayed with him to chat for a few more words after the discussion. He didn't force him at all. He just asked at the end: "Since we are here, how about we go to the mouth of Yinjing Canal and have a look?"
Guo Hongjing was already curious about this matter. He was stunned when he heard this. He wanted to go but also felt that it was inappropriate to agree to it. After thinking about it, he responded: "As a prisoner, I can just do whatever I want."
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Although he was a prisoner, Guo Hongjing did not feel unfree after arriving in Chang'an.
Yu Dechen watched over him every day but did not restrict his travels at all.
And he didn't have many other places he wanted to go. He often liked to go to Longshou Canal outside the city to see the progress of canal construction. Occasionally he would also express his own opinions.
Although he has just arrived, he seems to be very used to Chang'an.
Keep your integrity? Or do more for the people? I am becoming increasingly confused as to how to choose...
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Two days later, Li Xia went to Jingyang County to inspect the mouth of the Yinjing Canal. Guo Hongjing also followed the team.
He could not tell who he was. He was said to be a prisoner, but in fact no one looked down upon him; he was said to be the brother-in-law of the King of Qin, but in fact he had not yet married the second sister of the Zhang family.
If it must be said, Guo Hongjing found that people in Guanzhong treated him as a "master of water conservancy" and often called him "sir".
This attitude is very sincere, because Guanzhong really lacks people like him who understand water conservancy.
The team arrived at Sanyuan County on the first day...The next day, Li Xia killed someone.
At that time, a public trial was held in the Sanyuan County Government Hall, with people from all over the county watching.
But the person in charge of the trial was not Li Xia. Li Xia just sat silently at the back of the courtroom and listened.
Instead, Guo Hongjing was fortunate enough to be led through the entire interrogation by Yu Dechen.
It was a case of corruption. The Sanyuan County magistrate and his subordinates embezzled 280,000 yuan of canal repair funds.
In fact, it was very boring. Most of the time, officials from the Integrity and Investigation Department were questioning, officials from the Grinding and Surveying Institute were making calculations, and the Public Opinion Department was escorting the prisoners one by one.
In the end, the evidence was conclusive, and the main culprit was beheaded in public to serve as a warning to others.
It was such an ordinary incident, but Guo Hongjing thought about it and suddenly discovered that the Great Mongol Kingdom or the Great Yuan Dynasty seemed to have never punished corrupt officials.
For example, Ahema is greedy, but his behavior is called "financial management".
Is this made in Han Dynasty?
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"Two days ago, because an extra 130,000 guan was needed to repair the canal, the King of Qin discussed with the princes for a whole day and felt embarrassed. This corrupt official spent more than twice the amount of money to repair the canal."
"He thought he had done a flawless job, but he didn't know that our Integrity and Investigation Department had already been targeting him."
"I just hope there are no such corrupt officials elsewhere..."
On the way from Sanyuan County to Jingyang County, Guo Hongjing also made several friends.
One is Li Zhaocheng, Li Xia's brother, the chief official of the Integrity Investigation Department, and one of the officials who presided over the trial of corruption in Sanyuan County; the other is Jiang Di, the lieutenant of the Grinding and Surveying Institute, a rather peculiar woman.
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I didn't expect that Yu Dechen, who was so dull, could have friends. Guo Hongjing himself also had a dull personality and didn't have many friends in the Central Plains.
When asked about this, Jiang Di smiled and said: "I didn't want to associate with this dull Taoist priest, but he has a very interesting junior brother."
"That's right." Li Zhaocheng also said: "If the little Taoist priest is not a more interesting person, you can see whether I want to talk to him or not."
Yu Dechen was not angry after hearing this. He was obviously used to their teasing.
The atmosphere was a bit relaxed. Guo Hongjing thought that the courtesy in the south was even greater, but he didn't expect that men and women could interact with each other so freely, which made him suspicious.
After several people discussed this, they came to the conclusion that the reason was because King Qin did not like red tape...
Walking all the way to Dalong Mountain, he saw the "little Taoist priest" they called him.
They are said to be little Taoist priests, but what can be seen is that many people are listening to Sun De's instructions and want to use gunpowder to explode the solid rocks at the foot of Dalong Mountain.
Guo Hongjing did not believe that gunpowder could have such power and thought it would be difficult to do.
How is it possible to control gunpowder to produce the intended effect?
But Sun De may have a well-thought-out look and personally pointed out where and how much gunpowder should be loaded.
"Everyone, get out of the way! Dean Sun is about to blow up the mountain!"
"Are you ready?! Everyone cover their ears..."
"..."
Everything is in order.
Guo Hongjing stood in the distance, covering his ears. He heard a "bang" in the distance and saw a puff of dust and smoke rising from the foot of Dalong Mountain.
He didn't see any more details, but he knew that Sun De's gunpowder must have been greatly improved.
After the heaven and earth were quiet for a while, the sound of joy rang out.
That was the sound Guo Hongjing wanted to hear most, the sound of people cheering for the canal construction...
Another point is that the young people under Li Xia are particularly concerned about him.
Li Zhaocheng, Jiang Di, Sun Deyou, and Yu Dechen were in different yamen, but when Guanzhong had to do something with all their strength, such as building water conservancy this time, everyone could contribute.
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They didn't talk about uniting as one every day, and even seemed very relaxed, but they all did their part, checking for corruption, reviewing money and food, improving gunpowder, and even went to the enemy's territory because they saw someone who "looked like a man"