Without Lin Jingzhi coming to the side hall to look for him, Aunt Yu put down the bamboo chopsticks and walked back to the hall on his own. Seeing that the guest seemed to be leaving, Mrs. Zhang took her daughter's hand and then walked out immediately.
"Yu'er, I want to ride a horse outside the city for a while. Are you interested?" Lin Jingzhi didn't know that Aunt Yu listened to his conversation with Zhang Jia, stood up and asked with a smile.
Nodded silently, Aunt Yu's eyes flashed, Lin Jingzhi was suddenly stunned, then glanced at Zhang Ting, and said intimidation. He thought this little girl was not very sensible just now and should discipline her well, but she didn't think about the reason why she was
He can grab ingots, but he actually wants to invite a doctor to see his grandfather.
Aunt Yu used the technique of voice transmission to tell Lin Jingzhi the reason why Zhang Ting grabbed the ingot, so she stood there and looked around at the simple hall.
Apart from the old tables and chairs, there are no other furniture items. Most of the paint on the window ridges has fallen off, showing its original color. Although there is no air leakage in a few pages of window paper, it has been laid on it over time.
A thick layer of dust, the sun cannot transmit in, making the light in the hut very dim.
"Mr. Zhang, there are 100 taels of silver notes here, so you can accept them." Knowing that the Zhang family has been in financial difficulties recently, Lin Jingzhi reached out to his arms, took out a silver notes, and handed them over with both hands.
Zhang Jia was stunned, then quickly pushed the silver bill back and said seriously: "I don't receive any rewards without any merits. Mr. Zhang has not served Mr. Lin yet, so how could he collect money so quickly!"
Lin Jingzhi knew that he could not reveal his shortcomings and said that he had no money, otherwise Zhang Jia would definitely lose face, so he said, "Mr. Zhang, these 100 taels of silver notes are not only for you, but also for some of them to be paid in advance.
If you give your subordinates the wages, you will collect them."
With money, it will naturally be much easier to attract people. Zhang Jiawei hesitated and had to take the banknotes into his hands. "Don't worry, Mr. Lin, Mr. Zhang will definitely find all those helpers to contribute to the Lin family."
"Okay, then we'll leave now!" Lin Jingzhi said that, and then walked out of the hall first. Aunt Yu followed, and Zhang Jiaze handed the silver notes to his wife for custody, and then walked out.
Mrs. Zhang took the silver bill and held it tightly. Her father was finally saved.
After leaving the Zhang family's courtyard, Lin Jingzhi saw that the guards who were following him had already eaten and drunk enough, and all rested in the open space behind a house. As soon as the guards saw him, they rushed over.
"You send a few people back and find a few horses with good feet. Mr. Zhang and I have something to do to leave the city." After Lin Jingzhi finished his order, several guards immediately responded, turned around and ran to the Lin family's mansion.
"Mr. Zhang, why don't we walk up with our legs for a while?" Lin Jingzhi asked with a smile when he saw Zhang Jia walk out of the yard.
Zhang Jia nodded and replied, "Okay, when I was in office, I drew the canal drawings in order to survey the terrain. Zhang and several assistants walked a lot, and they all walked on mountain roads, so every time
I went out of the city the next time, but I didn’t get much food, but I put a lot of cloth shoes on it.”
Lin Jingzhi smiled when he heard this, and walked together while chatting, and walked towards the north gate of Luocheng. When Lin Jingzhi and his men were about to reach the city gate, the guards finally came over on horseback.
These guards led one horse to one horse, and each one happened to split a horse.
The black horse tamed by Aunt Yu last time was also led by someone. Aunt Yu took it and turned over. The horse has feelings. Once it recognizes the owner, it likes to be intimate with its owner, so this dark horse
Since I saw Aunt Yu, I sniffed, turned my neck and arched her thighs with my head.
After being touched by Aunt Yu's little hand, it only took a few steps and came to Lin Jingzhi.
"You are the best at begging for your good deeds!" Lin Jingzhi hugged the horse's neck and patted him angrily. The horse refused to support him and pushed his head in his arms. He couldn't help but Lin Jingzhi almost sat on the ground with his butt
, a smile flashed in Aunt Yu's eyes.
After playing with the dark horse, Lin Jingzhi stepped onto a white horse, then slammed the whip and galloped out of the north gate. Seeing this, Aunt Yu and Zhang Jia also chased each other.
The guards deliberately slowed down their horses and kept a certain distance from their masters. After all, there are some things that they and their guards could not hear.
The wasteland was more than 40 miles east of Luocheng City. Lin Jingzhi and his men came out from the north gate, ran to the right for several thousand meters, and then walked around the avenue east of the city before letting go of their horsepower and running more
, this one is nearly fifty kilometers round trip, and they can't afford to take too much time on the road.
Riding on the horse, several people flew up and galloped all the way for nearly an hour before finally reaching their destination.
The wasteland to be opened is surrounded by several mountains. Its roughly shape is rectangular, with a large area and endless view. The ground is mostly weeds and there are pitiful few trees. Although there are many small hills in the middle,
Overall, it is a plain.
Zhang Jia has been following Lin Jing. Seeing him stopping, he spoke, "Mr. Lin, catch up with him for a while. When we reach the Luo River, we will rest for a while and take a look at the opening of the canal.
The place and the terrain there is high, you can see this wasteland more clearly.”
Aunt Yu knew that Lin Jingzhi was exhausted yesterday, so she kept paying attention to the facial expressions of the scholar's husband. Seeing that although he was a little tired, he was in good spirits, he felt relieved.
"Okay, then we'll catch up with another distance." Fortunately, the white horse Lin Jingzhi was not strong-willed, and his four hooves were stable when he ran, and his waist was very stable. Otherwise, he would have been unable to bear it if he had to catch up for an hour.
Of course, it was also thanks to Tang Yuxiang who stayed up late last night to give him a massage, otherwise he wouldn't even be able to get up from bed today.
Luo River, one of the few big rivers in Liuzhou, comes from the west and goes east, and is shaped like wavy patterns. The closest place to Luocheng is about ** kilometers, and the widest place is about two places.
More than 100 meters, the water flow is extremely large.
When they arrived at the west bank of the Luo River, Lin Jingzhi and others got off the horse, led the reins, and walked slowly.
Zhang Jia was very familiar with the terrain here and pointed to a distance and said, "Mr. Lin, I and my men have explored here hundreds of times, and I think it's best to speak here."
"Oh? Why?" Lin Jingzhi looked over there and asked softly.
The west bank of the Luo River where Lin Jingzhi is located is more than ten meters higher than the wasteland. If it opens here, the slope will be very large. When the river water leaks down, the flowing water will definitely be very fast.
Speaking of the location where the river estuary was dug, Zhang Jia was confident. He thought that in order to find a suitable opening, they spent a lot of effort. They searched back and forth without five hundred times, and three hundred times, "Mr. Lin,
So Zhang and others decided to speak here. First, the river bank here is the widest. Look, it is more than fifty meters from here to there."
Zhang Jia said while pointing at the junction of the river bank and the wasteland. Lin Jingzhi looked over and compared it with other places, and it turned out to be as he said.
"Mr. Lin, you have also seen that the terrain on these two sides is too different. If the river bank is not wide enough, then after the long-term erosion of the river water in the future, the river embankment may be destroyed. By then, the Luo River
All the water is poured from here, and the water is turned into a vast ocean."
Lin Jingzhi thought about it and nodded in agreement. This is indeed very important.
"Second, Mr. Lin, please see. Although the terrain on these two sides is more than ten meters apart, the slope here is relatively gentle, which can block the impact of the flowing water."
Lin Jingzhi looked around and saw that there were some places where the slope was more gentle than that here.
Seeing that Lin Jingzhi's face was confused, Zhang Jia naturally understood what he was thinking, and continued: "In addition, the most important point is that the hardness of the soil here is much larger than that in other places."
After stomping his feet hard on the ground, Lin Jingzhi realized that the soil here was indeed very hard, and the river bank was actually connected to a mountain peak, so there was a great possibility that the underground was blocked by stones. If so,
That would be great.
If the opening is blocked by stones, in addition to the difficulty of digging at the beginning, there are too many benefits in the future. For example, the stone gap is not afraid of river water erosion, and even if it is the summer rainy season,
There is no need to be afraid of floods.
Zhang Jiali was on the side and saw Lin Jingzhi smiling. He was very satisfied and relieved. To be honest, he was really afraid that Lin Jingzhi would pretend to understand and insisted on expressing his own opinions. Such a big thing is a big deal.