Chapter 383 The smoke of war breaks out from the Central Plains
Outside Kaifeng Mansion, northeast.
With the establishment of the Yellow River Water Affairs Governor's Office and the major changes in the two offices in Henan, Pan Deshan, a passionate river management minister, finally gradually began to display his ambitions.
The weather is very nice today.
Early in the morning, there was a thunderous movement of troops and horses in Kaifeng Mansion.
Numerous officers and soldiers escorted the emperor's grandson, as well as the newly-renovated officials of the Sansi Yamen of Henan Province and the Yamen of Kaifeng Prefecture, as they headed outside the city.
All the way to the river, Pan Deshan, the governor of the Yellow River Water Affairs Bureau, had been waiting for a long time with officials from the governor's office.
On the levee, a lot of people have been recruited and preparatory work is being done for the subsequent repair of the Yellow River levee.
With the arrival of the emperor's grandson, there were countless red robes on the entire embankment, and the ground was green.
Pan Deshan was very excited at the moment.
Although he has become the governor of the Yellow River Water Affairs and has been in charge of the safety of the thousands-mile Yellow River for many days, seeing the Emperor Taisun arriving in person today with officials from the Sansi Yamen of Henan Province still made his heart surge.
Although he is already a third-grade governor, Pan Deshan is still only wearing a close-fitting uniform today, and his boots and trousers have long been covered with mud and water.
Pan Deshan, with a rosy face, walked in front leading Zhu Yunxi and other people.
He waved his hand and pointed at the surging Yellow River, and said loudly: "Your Highness, this is Liuyuankou, one of the many ferry crossings on the Yellow River."
Zhu Yunxi looked at the river ahead.
Behind him, Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Shangbing, as well as Pei Benzhi, now the chief official of the Sansi Yamen of Henan Province, Gao Guang, Yu Ma, and a large number of officials all followed Pan Deshan's direction and looked over.
Pei Benzhi served as an official in Henan Province for eight years and is now the chief envoy of Henan Province. He can be said to be the undisputed number one official in Henan Province at that time.
He began to explain to everyone with a soft smile: "After Liuyuankou, you can go to Weihui Mansion to Fengqiucheng, and further north you can enter Beiping Dusi. In the past, most of the supplies of Jiubian in Henan were produced by
Crossing the river at Liuyuankou.
Speaking of which, you may have rarely heard of it, but there are two stories circulating in Liuyuankou, which are touching and can make people cry."
The newly appointed chief envoy of Henan Province seems to be a very interesting person, and he has not become unruly because of the sudden rise in official rank.
During these days of getting along, the new officials at the top and bottom showed signs of being friendly to Pei Benzhi, the newly rising political envoy of Henan Province.
Gao Gaoguang raised his eyebrows and echoed: "Oh? I wonder if Uncle Pei Fang can speak for us?"
Zhu Yunxi also listened attentively, but his eyes were looking towards the endless plain behind the embankment.
The rest of the people looked at Pei Benzhi curiously, waiting for the chief envoy to tell everyone the story.
Pei Benzhi didn't see anyone else. He coughed lightly and said, "One story is too long. I'll cook a few things myself and have a drink with you next time. I'll just talk about another story today. The one named Liuyuan
Girl."
Story, there is a girl.
That must be a tear-jerking love story.
Even though the people present are all dressed as beasts during the Ming Dynasty, who doesn’t like to hear such stories?
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Yu Ma, who was the commander of the Henan Capital Commander's Department, did not show the calm demeanor of a general. Instead, he urged: "Uncle Pei Fang, don't try to whet our appetites again. Tell us quickly and let us know."<
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On the river embankment, there was a burst of laughter.
Pei Benzhi rolled his eyes at Yu Ma and continued: "Let's talk about this girl named Liuyuan a long time ago. It is said that this girl was extremely beautiful. When she was in her hometown, she was praised and envied by people.
His beauty and appearance.
At that time, there was a court talent show. The Liuyuan girl was recommended as a beauty because her appearance was the best in the place since she was a child. She left her hometown and came here with the intention of crossing the river and entering the capital to serve."
Before Pei Benzhi could continue, Zhu Gaochi coughed heavily: "Uncle Pei Fang, why don't you tell me that other story first?
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While talking, Zhu Gaochi did not forget to raise his eyebrows at Pei Benzhi.
Everyone present also silently restrained some of their original laughter.
Zhu Yunxi silently looked at the ordinary plain for a while. When he heard the sound of stories around him suddenly stopped, he couldn't help but frown and slap the little fat man on the shoulder.
Then he said to Pei Benzhi: "There has been a draft since ancient times. Since it is a story a long time ago, it doesn't matter."
Zhu Gaochi snorted twice, saying that he was just talking too much.
Pei Benzhi cupped his hands and then continued: "At that time, everyone praised the beauty of the Liuyuan girl. Even her parents and family felt that it was a blessing for the family that their daughter was chosen to be with the emperor. But no one knew it.
, Liuyuan girl’s thoughts and thoughts about her family and hometown.
That day, the girl from Liuyuan was riding a boat on the river. Looking at the gradually hazy villages on the shore, she couldn't help crying. The cry was so sad and sad that it moved He Bo.
In an instant, the Yellow River set off huge waves, overturning the dragon boat, and borrowed the girl from Liuyuan to become a water goddess, guarding her hometown forever. And the name of Liuyuankou was passed down from this."
After saying that, Pei Benzhi couldn't help but want to slap himself twice.
Everyone was silent.
Zhu Yunxi looked at the silent crowd, but smiled, and clapped his hands to make a noise.
He looked at everyone and said softly: "It seems that most stories about the Yellow River are like this."
Pan Deshan immediately bowed to the side and said: "His Royal Highness has worked hard to govern. Now, the Yellow River Water Affairs Governor's Office has been established. I am the Governor of the Yellow River Water Affairs. It will be called Yellow River Anlan. The incident of Liuyuan Girl overturning the Yellow River will not happen again."
Zhu Yunxi waved his hands and said indifferently: "Even if it is a story, it cannot be counted. This is also a fable. It is like a warning bell that always rings above our heads, warning us that the vitality of all living beings and the common people is the most important thing."
Pei Benzhi and Gao Guangguang quickly led the officials to bow and respond.
Zhu Yunxi suddenly laughed, and under the puzzled gaze of everyone, he added: "Speaking of which, you all know about the cement road that is being built from Yingtian City to Hangzhou Prefecture."
[In view of the general environment,
Everyone nodded.
The construction of cement roads in Yinghang has been a hot topic in the DPRK and Central Government this year. Originally, Hanlin scholar Xie Jin wanted to start construction of three cement roads at the same time. In the end, after a competition, one was built temporarily.<
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Zhu Yunxi then said: "You may not know that the cement method was also used on countless ditches and rivers in the south of the Yangtze River. The newly built bridges can carry tens of thousands of heavy objects, just like smooth roads."
The emperor's grandson was on the Yellow River, but he talked about the cement roads in the south of the Yangtze River, and the topic changed a bit quickly.
But everyone still understood the true meaning from these last words.
Gao Guangguang quietly raised his head and looked at the hundreds of feet wide Yellow River behind Zhu Yunxi, feeling doubtful in his heart.
Can the method of cement make the Yellow River a smooth road?
Pei Benzhi felt that if the cement method was really useful, it would be a good idea to try it.
If this comes true, wouldn’t the Ming Dynasty be able to turn the Yellow River chasm into a smooth road?
If this thing is really done, the Ming Dynasty will be famous forever. And more importantly, the Yellow River will no longer be an obstacle blocking the north and south of the Ming Dynasty, and the nine sides will also receive stronger support.
Exchanges between the North and the South will become more relaxed.
Zhu Yunxi smiled. He couldn't explain the complexity and difficulty of the bridge project clearly, nor could he accomplish it if he wanted to.
That is to build a bridge across the natural chasm, not to lay a cement road on the land.
The two are completely different things.
But you always have to have hope and imagination, right?
If you don’t even dare to think about it, how can everything in the world come true?
Zhu Yunxi smiled and said: "I hope you all can work together in one place. Maybe one day, this big river and natural chasm in front of us will really become a smooth road."
After speaking
A picture immediately appeared in Zhu Yunxi's mind.
A bridge made of countless huge cement piers spans this river that has been flowing for thousands of years and countless Chinese people can only cross it by boat.
The huge steel structure is like a keel, standing on the bridge. The tough steel rails connect the north and south directions.
Suddenly, a buzzing sound of steam resounded across the vast land.
On the horizon is a line of pure white water vapor, rising from the ground, floating into the sky, and turning into pieces of clouds.
A powerful steam train pulled dozens of huge carriages, clanging and clanging on the rails. In the smoke, behind the carriage window, a Ming Dynasty officer and soldier wearing armor and stomach were revealed, as well as those traveling from south to north.
People looking for relatives and friends.
In the second half of the train, there are new artillery pieces with huge calibers, as well as countless Wugang vehicles and military formation ordnance.
At the end, there are carriages of grain and supplies, merchants’ goods.
All night long, the entire Ming Dynasty became like a whole because of these existences. The blood of the empire was flowing vigorously, bringing sufficient power to the empire at all times.
The whole world knows it!
Sunset is bright, sunrise is bright.
"Your Highness, I and the Governor's Yamen are currently making some superficial attempts at the cement method. Please take the time to give me some advice."
Pan Deshan's shout brought Zhu Yunxi, who had imagined the Ming Dynasty countless years later, back to reality.
Zhu Yunxi's eyes suddenly turned to look at the real Ming Dynasty.
He smiled ironically to himself without attracting attention, and then looked at Pan Deshan: "But it doesn't matter."
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With a respectful look on his face, Pan Deshan led the crowd to walk some distance further.
After turning around a bend in the river, Pan Deshan led everyone to look at the large construction site under the embankment that had been cleared and paved.
On this large construction site, there are still countless bricks, stones and wood piled up. In the middle, a huge workshop has quietly risen from the ground.
Several workshops looked so familiar to Zhu Yunxi.
He couldn't help but look at Pan Deshan on the side, with a hint of curiosity in his eyes.
Pan Deshan said softly: "After I left Xuzhou Mansion, I went to Yingtian to reply to the letter. I asked the master craftsman to send some people over and help me use them on the Yellow River.
These are the concrete workshops that have been built in a hurry not long ago. Stone is not produced here, so the cement production is decided to be in Henan Prefecture. This place is only used for the production of concrete."
Under Pan Deshan's introduction, Zhu Yunxi and everyone once again focused their attention on the construction site under the embankment.
I saw that in those workshops, carts of concrete are being transported out one after another. Then they will be gathered together and handed over to another group of people to pour the concrete into the wooden molds on the ground. p>
In a large open space around it, countless wooden fans are placed together, like a neat and dense military formation.
In terms of color, the further away from the wooden template, the lighter the color of the concrete inside, and the further in, the darker the color.
In the open space on the other side, there are countless light-colored concrete strips connected to each other, like thick city walls.
Pei Benzhi, Gao Guang and others do not know the reason and rationale.
However, Zhu Yunxi could tell Pan Deshan's intention at a glance.
He couldn't help but said softly: "Are you going to use cement to replace the stone strips?"
Pan Deshan nodded, but then shook his head: "I have been studying daily recently, and I deeply feel that if these cement bricks are poured using the cement method, the progress of building the river embankment will be greatly accelerated.
Although cement-poured brick slabs seem to have many and complex processes, they can be mass-produced at the same time. However, the stone strips used in the construction of the Yellow River embankment in the past dynasties had to be completely removed from the mountain, and it took a lot of manpower to specialize.
Chisel them into shape, and then transport those heavy stone strips to the required place.
On the other hand, the cement method is not allowed to be so complicated
Time is tedious.
However, I still believe that the stone bars still need to be used in many places, so it cannot be regarded as a complete replacement of the stone bars."
This is the interpretation of professionals.
Whether it is Pei Benzhi, the newly appointed chief envoy of Henan Province, or Gao Guang, the inspector general, or he is the commander of the envoy, he is already ignorant about this.
Only Zhu Yunxi continued to speak and chatted with Pan Deshan: "Does the Governor's Yamen have any other opinions or attempts on the use of cement methods?"
Pan Deshan nodded heavily, with a hint of joy on his face.
He waved his hand and pointed to the embankment at the feet of everyone, pointing towards the bottom of the embankment.
"Your Highness, the Governor's Office talked with the people sent by Master Zhang, and then came up with a feasible method.
Just use wooden boards to build a mold to block it in advance, then drain the river water, and then use bamboo strips...preferably iron bars or...steel bars as the frame keel, and finally pour concrete and wooden molds.
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As long as these are dried and solidified, it will be a natural dam gate that can withstand the power of floods for thousands of years.
If we use this method to build dams and water gates where the branches of the Yellow River thousands of miles up and down are connected, we can control the connection between the Yellow River and the branches, and the discharge and release of water into the river can be decided by people's will."
Pan Deshan spoke very carefully, but Zhu Yunxi listened with joy.
He knew that Pan Deshan's talent in water control was as good as that of the ancients and not lagging behind.
But he did not expect that Pan Deshan would do so much research on cement, which is still a new thing in Ming Dynasty, and even thought of using cement to pour the dam water gate.
And the most important thing is.
He has already finished a finished concrete water gate.
Right at the bottom of the embankment under your feet!
Pan Deshan continued: "Your Highness, I have been discussing with my colleagues in the Governor's Yamen recently whether we can bring the steam engine made by the master craftsman from the Taiping Mansion mine to the Governor's Yamen?"
Zhu Yunxi raised his eyebrows: "What do you want a steam engine for?"
Pan Deshan showed a trace of embarrassment on his face, rubbed his hands and said, "I believe that the current embankment of the Yellow River can be used as the main body, and my method of regulating the river and building embankments must still rely on the current embankment.
But today's embankments are countless times higher than the ground. It is quite labor-intensive to transport materials up and down by manpower. But the steam engine can easily lift tens of thousands of heavy objects. I heard that the master craftsman is laying a kind of steel rail, and the steam engine can move
On it, heavy objects can be transported.
I am thinking about whether this method can be used on the embankment of the Yellow River to save people's resources."
Zhu Yunxi no longer knows what to say.
Pan Deshan, whom I haven't seen for a long time, brought me many surprises today.
However, Pan Deshan's words did not seem to end there.
He continued: "This is one. In addition, I think that if you make a clever mechanism, you may be able to place a steam engine on the water gate of the cement dam to open and close the water gate. It can also be used as a way to protect the river if it runs aground.
It is used for bottom boat rescue, pulling the boat out of trouble."
Pan Deshan said his last thoughts, then raised his head and looked at the emperor's grandson in front of him.
He blinked, feeling a little worried whether he would dissatisfy the emperor's grandson if he said so many requests at once.
However, Zhu Yunxi's heart is already in turmoil.
What kind of talent is this?
He looked at Pan Deshan and felt that he had accidentally met a man who he thought was only an expert in river management, but he didn't expect him to have so many insights and abilities.
Just when Pan Deshan was still hesitating whether his petition would be rejected.
Zhu Yunxi had already spoken in a deep voice: "Everything requested by the Governor's Yamen will be accepted."
His voice was not loud, but it reached the ears of everyone present.
Everyone turned their attention to it.
Pan Deshan is already overjoyed.
He quickly bowed and clasped his fists: "Thank you."
Zhu Yunxi took a step forward, reached out and patted Pan Deshan's held hands: "Pan Qing, will the Ming Dynasty prosper in the future..."
Ta-ta-ta.
"Report!"
"Urgent report!"
Just before Zhu Yunxi finished his sentence, there was a dense and messy sound of horse hooves in the distance, accompanied by the roar of people on horseback.
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Zhu Yunxi raised his eyebrows.
As everyone turned around and looked over.
I saw officers and soldiers belonging to three different yamen, Jinyiwei, Henan Dusi, and Yulin Youwei, galloping on the Yellow River embankment in groups, all the way to the crowd.
The officers and soldiers turned over and dismounted. Before they could keep their feet steady, they hurriedly bumped into Zhu Yunxi's eyes.
Plop.
The officers and soldiers all knelt on the ground with their hands clasped in fists.
Zhu Yunxi's face had become solemn, and he withdrew his hand from Pan Deshan and hid it in his sleeve.
Obviously, I have already made all the predictions about what is going to happen at this moment.
But when things are really about to happen, I still feel nervous.
The officials present frowned, not knowing what happened. They could only watch and wait for the officers and soldiers to report.
Zhu Gaochi on the side looked at Zhu Yunxi's sleeves where his hands were hidden, his eyes flashed, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
, rebellions broke out all over the country, and the momentum was so great that all prefectures and counties in Henan Province were involved, with thousands or even tens of thousands of people involved."
"The situation in Kaifeng Mansion is very tense. There are hidden rebels in the borders of the government, threatening the safety of Kaifeng Mansion."
"Your Highness, the Henan Road is full of smoke at the moment. The military camps ask Your Highness to move back to Kaifeng City. The armies are guarding Kaifeng City. They call on soldiers and horses from all over to come to the aid and put an end to the chaos in the Central Plains!"