But after finishing the military affairs, it was already November 16th.
The people from the capital censor will arrive around early December.
They had less than half a month left to deal with other matters.
Huo Qubing comforted him: "My lord, don't worry, cholera was cured by my lord back then. These things are much easier to control than cholera."
Xie Yuan nodded.
really.
But after all, time was tight and there was no room for him to relax.
The two people discussed and decided to handle half of it each.
Xie Yuan planned to first deal with the projects that the Yangzhou governor had not completed a few years ago.
Although there is a lot of silver allocated, in fact only two need to be built.
One is to build two arch bridges in accordance with the requirements of the imperial court to connect the branches of the Yangtze River in Yangzhou.
One is to build a Buddhist temple to worship Bodhisattva.
In these troubled times, people have a popular style of talking. Some people worship local Taoism, but more people worship gods and Buddhas from Tianzhu.
Then temples sprang up in various places.
And because Emperor Tianwu had been killing people all year round, he also believed in Buddhism. Later, he even ordered the construction of no less than a hundred temples.
For fear that the monks would not have enough to eat and anger the Buddha, the imperial court would allocate taels of silver to monks from various places every year to add incense. Moreover, the monks did not have to perform military service, so they could eat free vegetarian meals provided by the imperial court——
Therefore, many strong men would rather shave their heads and become monks than serve in the military and fight in the war.
Or farming.
So monks became the most popular type of people.
Thinking that there were already countless Buddhist temples in Yangzhou, Xie Yuan directly ignored the second project, summoned local craftsmen, and took them to personally inspect the terrain where the bridge was to be built.
The soil here is loose, and if you want to build a bridge, you must lay a good foundation, otherwise it will easily collapse.
Foundation... foundation...
Comrade Xiao Xie's eyes lit up as he remembered the cement formula and materials provided by the system.
Yes, use concrete to lay the foundation!
Xie Yuan coughed: "I remembered some materials, please wait for me for a while."
Then he left under the unclear eyes of the craftsmen and came back soon.
Comrade Xiao Xie pulled a cart filled with rare materials that the craftsmen had never seen before.
Oh no, they have really never seen any other materials besides sand and gravel.
It's all about intermediaries.
Before they could ask, they saw veins sprouting from Xie Yuan's forehead. He raised the cart with both hands, and then he poured all the materials into a huge tile mound.
artisan:"???"
Small body, powerful as a king?
Xie Yuan looked at these materials, and according to the cement concrete formula given by the system, summoned the craftsmen to start mixing with water.
The craftsmen asked the name of the material and heard it was called cement concrete, which made them more and more confused.
It's all about intermediaries.
Forget it, they can just follow what the governor got.
Soon, a vat of cement concrete was mixed by the craftsmen.
Xie Yuan immediately asked the craftsmen to pour these things into the ground to lay the foundation, and then led the people across the river to the other side, where they also laid the same foundation.
After the foundation was laid, Xie Yuanxiu wrote to Huo Qubing.
Huo Qubing immediately led his people to the construction site with the removed adobe bricks. Under Xie Yuan's guidance, everyone poured cement and began to build both ends of the bridge.
Xie Yuan planned to build an arch bridge. He thought about it and chose the most common unhinged arch.
Now that the foundation has been laid, it will be much easier to build a hingeless arch bridge.
In fact, as early as more than 5,000 years ago, the ancient Chinese had a building material similar to concrete, so Xie Yuan took it out openly.
And the ancient craftsmen were very wise. If this kind of arch bridge is well built, it can last for one thousand or even two thousand years without collapsing.
In order to save time, Xie Yuan had the construction of the two arch bridges begin at the same time, and also called in disciples who had built the academy with him to help.
With united efforts, everyone worked feverishly to build two magnificent arch bridges in just half a month.
This speed was unprecedented, so much so that when someone later investigated the history of these two ancient bridges, they heard about the time when they were built, and went out of their way to investigate out of suspicion.
It wasn't until they discovered that what was recorded in the geography and history books was true that they marveled at the advancement and wisdom of the ancients.
After the arch bridges were built, Xie Yuan gave the two arch bridges names with a wave of his hand.
One is called Chaowen, and the other is called Qingyun.
Someone asked about the meaning of the names of these two bridges.
Xie Yuan answered as follows——
“The so-called ‘chaowen’ means ‘if you hear the Tao in the morning, you will die in the evening’.”
"The so-called 'Qingyun' means 'the ambition to be poor and strong, not to fall into the blue clouds'."
The young man's high-spirited spirit is vividly revealed in these two words.
While people sighed, they couldn't help but shake their heads.
Xie Yuan was born in a poor family, and after all, he could not compare to a noble family. If he wanted to fight for power and profit in a noble family, he would be destroying himself.
It is also because of these two sentences that later generations commented on Xie Yuan like this——
"Young and frivolous."
Just four words caused polarized debates in later generations.
Of course, this is all a story for later.
After the two arch bridges were completed early, it was already the twelfth lunar month.
During this period, in addition to building bridges, Xie Yuan also handled other official matters.
He dismissed a large number of local officials and replaced them with other retainers.
Those officials lost their jobs and sued the court.
Seeing that Xie Yuan had replaced his own people, Wang Dazai wanted to question him.
Then Xie Yuan said something lightly and blocked his mouth.
Xie Yuan said: "Dazai said at the beginning that I have the right to handle any matter in Yangzhou. They have made mistakes and have stains on their bodies. They cannot be parents. As the governor of a state, why can't I replace my subordinates.
"
Wang Dazai: "..."
walk slowly!
After being blocked by Xie Yuan with his words, the frustrated Wang Dazai could only watch as he changed his mind.
He was so angry that he gritted his teeth and secretly told the people from Du Yushi faction to drag Xie Yuan into the water.
…
On the first day of the twelfth lunar month, it snowed in Yangzhou.
Xie Yuan, who had been busy for half a month, returned to the Governor's Mansion, and it just so happened that Cui Heng also came back.
It took the two of them half a month to deal with the remaining mess.
Finally I can relax.
Oh no, there is one more thing.
"What should I do to build a Buddhist temple?" Cui Heng knew that Xie Yuan had not built a Buddhist temple. Out of worry, he couldn't help but ask.
"Don't worry, I have my own way to deal with it." Xie Yuan said with a smile.
Right now, they should combine work and rest and relax themselves.
Seeing that he looked confident, Cui Heng stopped asking.
Seeing the snow falling all over the sky, Xie Yuan immediately thought of the chili peppers from Sichuan and Sichuan to relieve the cold, so he ordered someone to make hot pot.
Cui Heng looked at the red soup and fell into silence.
Can he refuse?
Huo Qubing was used to eating spicy food, so he was very happy to see that he was eating the mandarin duck pot.