After reaching a cooperation, He Yunxi took Yuan Hewen with him to meet Liang Jinxi and Xie Yuanming.
Naturally, Liang Jinxi and the others ate the food made from lotus root residue. Although the lotus root cake had the worst taste, it was still a delicacy for the common people.
After hearing He Yunxi and Yuan Hewen's intentions, Liang Jinxi and Xie Yuanming immediately agreed.
Liang Jinxi is the prince, and Luo Zixuan can only obey him if he agrees to it.
Besides, Luo Zixuan would be stupid not to agree to such a good thing.
Yuan Hewen got the letter from Liang Jinxi and immediately went back to arrange for people to go to Jiangnan to purchase lotus roots. Liang Jinxi sent someone to tell Luo Zixuan about the lotus root cakes he provided to the people who were building water conservancy projects.
Luo Zixuan came back from Lu Yan's house yesterday and has been discussing the construction of water conservancy projects with his master and some others. The two biggest problems are housing and food.
They have already discussed the issue of accommodation, and have arranged for the people to build water conservancy projects near their homes. They can come in the morning and go back in the evening, so they don't have to live in the wild. For those who are far away, they can provide horse-drawn carriages.
For the two or three reservoirs to be dug, we also arranged for them to live in nearby villages. We built Kangs for them, and if a few people huddled together, they would not be cold. After they left, those Kangs could still be used by the people themselves.
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Food is not so easy. Food for so many people is not a small expense every day. Even if you have the konjac bean sprouts prepared before, it is not enough. And now that food prices are so expensive, it is really expensive to buy food.
Not cost effective.
The result of Luo Zixuan's discussion was to go to a wealthy businessman to borrow grain. They would borrow it now, and later go to other places to buy cheap grain and then return it. This plan is also feasible, but it is more troublesome and will cost money to negotiate with a wealthy businessman.
It will take some time, so it is not finalized yet.
At this time Cui Yun came and said that the Yuan family was willing to sell lotus root cakes to the court at a low price, and the prince had decided to buy them and provide them to the people who were building water conservancy projects.
When Luo Zixuan heard this, he became excited.
Once food and accommodation are taken care of, this matter can be implemented immediately!
Cui Yun also said: "The prince said that you should determine the location of the canal and reservoir in the next two days and report it to him. If you are not sure, you can go to Master Xie and Mr. Lu, Mrs. Lu to discuss it."
After Cui Yun left, Luo Zixuan discussed with his master and went to the Lu family with the map of Yanjiang County.
When He Yunxi was invited to the study, he was still a little confused.
"You were the first to propose building water conservancy projects. We want to see if you have any suggestions on how to build it," Xie Yuanming said.
When He Yunxi saw a room full of men, his eyes flashed and he said slowly: "I am a woman and a woman..."
Before she could finish her words, she was looked at by several people and couldn't continue.
"Haha, you are not an ordinary womanly family." Xie Yuanming said.
Pei Yuan and Lu Yan also laughed, because she dared to say this, but they were not willing to listen.
Pei Yuan pointed to the large picture on the table: "This is the result of our discussion. Take a look and see if there are any suggestions."
"Well, let me take a look." He Yunxi walked over and saw a map on the table, a piece of paper the same size as the map. There were many lines drawn on the paper with the charcoal she made, which should be repaired.
The water canals. The three large circles are the three major reservoirs.
He Yunxi did not look at the big map directly, but looked at the map first.
Seeing that He Yunxi was looking at it seriously, Xie Yuanming asked: "Can you understand a map?"
"Ah." He Yunxi looked at those maps. They were similar to modern map symbols. They were slightly different and had little impact.
"Oh?" Xie Yuanming pointed at the map, "What is this?"
"Mountains."
"what about this?"
"valley."
"this."
"Ridge." He Yunxi didn't wait for him to ask, and pointed to the sign on the map, "This is the plain, this is the river."
When they saw that He Yunxi really recognized those things, a group of people were shocked.
Not to mention that she is a woman, even many scholars may not know the map!
If they weren't completely sure that she grew up in Lijiacun, they would all have doubts about where she was trained as a high-level spy.
At this moment, everyone was extremely curious about He Yunxi's experience before he lost his memory.
Lu Yan knew that her world was so developed that it was not surprising that there would be such a map.
Pei Yuan glanced at He Yunxi: "Is it appropriate for you to take a look at these?"
He Yunxi looked at the channels again, pointed out one of them, and said: "This is a gentle slope. If you follow this route, the water will not flow up. It is best to take it from here. Although it is a bit longer, the water channel here is
Being close to the Yanjiang River, the amount of water coming here will be larger."
Everyone looked at the map and found that the place she mentioned was indeed a small gentle slope.
"I think everything else is pretty good." He Yunxi said, "I'm baking lotus root starch over there. I'll go over there first."
"Go." Pei Yuan waved and asked He Yunxi to go out.
He Yunxi just provided a small suggestion and didn't take it too seriously. In her heart, the most important thing now was the lotus root starch being baked.
But after she left, everyone in the study was in turmoil.
He Yunxi continued to bake lotus root noodles after he returned, and he didn't know when the others left.
While waiting for dinner in the evening, He Yunxi made everyone a bowl of nut lotus root starch.
"This tastes good, but it's not very filling." Pei Yuan said after taking a bite.
As a general, he prefers stuffing like lotus root cakes. Although the taste is not that good, it gives him strength after eating it.
But Yuan Hewen likes it. The ladies in the capital must like this kind of crystal clear thing.
With this as a guarantee, he will definitely be able to make back the money he spent on buying lotus roots.
Luo Zixuan spent another two days arranging water conservancy repairs, and then pushed the matter out.
Households receiving yamen relief, including young people, must go out to work. Those who do not receive relief must participate voluntarily. If they are willing to participate, they will be provided with two meals a day and ten cents a day.
Those rich people didn't react much, but for the people at the bottom, the difference was huge, especially the farmers with land. The purpose of building water conservancy was to help them, but now they are still responsible for food and wages. The people suddenly felt that this winter
Not sad anymore.
Luo Zixuan asked people to count the number of people, and construction started two days later. The construction was a small ditch, which occupied a small area of farmland. The people whose land was occupied also used wasteland as compensation, so no one came out to object.
The food we ate in the early days was all arranged by the county government. A few days later, the lotus root cakes began to be served. Luo Zixuan would also ask people to add some meat to them from time to time, or make chicken and duck stew for everyone. Although he could not eat two pieces if he divided it,
Everyone thought it was very good.
During the entire project, no one died of hunger or cold.