"Young Master, Second Young Master Gu came here to ask for your help in finding someone. How come he is helping us suppress bandits now?"

"The sharpening of the sword will not waste time on chopping firewood, and I asked Gu Tingye to help suppress the bandits. I also hope that the state government can free up manpower as soon as possible to help him find people. Gu Tingye stayed in the city, and he was not familiar with the place, which would not be of much help in the search.

, it’s better to let him go somewhere where he can play more roles.”

As long as Zhu Manniang doesn't foolishly come to the border of Xuzhou and throw herself into a trap.

Sheng Changbai didn't have much hope of finding Zhu Manniang.

Gu Tingye could ask Sheng Changbai to help find the person, but officials from other prefectures would not give Gu Tingye face.

Gu Tingye is just messing around wherever he goes, why not make some contribution to Sheng Changbai's side.

After Gu Tingye left, Sheng Changbai continued to focus on digging and building the river.

Although there is no need for Sheng Changbai to keep an eye on the project at the construction site.

However, no specific water management plan for the entire state has been released yet.

Of course, Sheng Changbai has not had time to spare yet.

Although Sheng Changbai did not have much experience in controlling floods and building embankments and dams.

But Sheng Changbai still knows the basic principles of flood control and drought relief.

According to the existing conditions, what can be done is to build high dikes, clear river silt, strengthen dikes, narrow river channels, speed up water to wash away river sand, and build river flood zones.

After thousands of years of regulating the Yellow River, Sheng Changbai is still clear about the sediment in the Yellow River.

You don’t need to be able to do it yourself. Sheng Changbai only needs to be able to make requirements and clearly distinguish the quality of the management plan.

As a chief officer, Sheng Changbai doesn't need to do everything himself. If he can't do it himself, he can just find someone who can do it. If he is not familiar with Xuzhou's hydrology, he can just find someone who is familiar with it.

A single order is enough to gather all the water conservancy talents from across the state.

These are basically local people living in Xuzhou and have suffered greatly from floods in Xuzhou.

Insightful people, even generations of families, are thinking about how to control floods in Xuzhou.

After Sheng Changbai called people over, he got many various management plans one after another.

Taking the essence and discarding the dross, by the time Gu Tingye returned from suppressing the bandits, Sheng Changbai had basically sorted out his governance ideas.

Because the Yellow River flows through the Loess Plateau, and the Wei River flows into the Yellow River with a large amount of sediment, the water flowing to the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River has become half water and half sand. Under the current conditions, it is definitely unrealistic to completely eliminate it once and for all.

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You can also learn this after checking some Xuzhou state and county annals.

Every flood in Xuzhou was caused by the turmoil in the country, corrupt officials, and various reasons that led to the lack of dredging of rivers for a long time in the last years of the dynasty.

The sediment impacted from upstream causes the river channel to gradually rise.

When the river reaches a certain level, a few heavy rains will cause water to overflow the river banks, causing floods.

After the river course is higher than the river bank, the water will naturally flow downward and break out of a new river course. This is the reason why the Yellow River often changes its course.

A simple dredge can certainly solve the temporary problem.

As long as there is no flood upstream, most officials can ensure that there will be no problems during their term of office.

But since Sheng Changbai wants to repair it, of course he still hopes that repairing it will last for several decades more.

Every major effort to control floods involves a huge investment of manpower and material resources.

The state's finances and people obviously cannot afford such frequent investment.

After Sheng Changbai made a preliminary plan, Gu Tingye also returned from suppressing the bandits and returned to Pengcheng, where the state government office was located.

"Zecheng, is there any news about Mannia and Brother Chang?"

After Gu Tingye came back, he was still worried about Zhu Manniang and his son.

It is impossible to say how anxious Gu Tingye is about Mannia now. If only one Zhu Mannia ran away, Gu Tingye might not even care about it.

Gu Tingye has a good attitude towards his illegitimate child, and he has a bit of true love. In this era, like Gu Tingye, there are few people who can't let go of an illegitimate child.

Gu Tingye is not too old and has no hope of having children.

With so much time and energy, Gu Tingye went home to find Rong Feiyan, and maybe a new son was born.

"There is no news yet, but I have sent a message to the prefectures and counties upstream and downstream, asking them to help find the person."

Sheng Changbai's own influence can only affect nearby states and counties.

In other areas further away, even if Sheng Changbai sent a message, no one would help him.

Sheng Changbai still moved a little faster. Some of the close friends of the same year had not yet made their mark in the officialdom and could not lend much strength.

"Thank you for your help." Gu Tingye cupped his fists and saluted.

People will indeed grow after being hit. After going through so many things in Bianliang, Gu Tingye has obviously become more stable.
Chapter completed!