Cheng Dong didn't know that the reason why Wang Xijue suddenly came to see him and talked to him so much was because of Su Hao's entrustment. Su Hao didn't have a good impression of Cheng Dong, but he couldn't stand Cheng Yi again and again.
He begged, so he had no choice but to shamelessly ask Wang Xijue to give Cheng Dong some guidance. If this young man continued to develop like this, he would eventually be useless.
Wang Xijue accepted Su Hao's commission and found a time when Cheng Dong was most depressed to enlighten him. Cheng Dong had a sense of awe for Wang Xijue, so he easily listened to Wang Xijue's words. After he figured out that he and Su Hao
After the gap with Hao, Cheng Dong decided to catch up. The first choice he made was to ask for a job in the local government and do something good for the people.
Arranging for Cheng Dong to be a local official was one of Su Hao's requests to Wang Xijue, and Wang Xijue was willing to do it. But Cheng Dong insisted on going to the most difficult place, which was different from what Su Hao had entrusted.
Therefore, Wang Xijue did not agree immediately. Instead, he sent a letter to Su Hao asking for his opinion.
After Su Hao received the letter, he naturally wanted to discuss it with Cheng Yi. Cheng Yi felt a little distressed that her brother was going to work in a difficult place, but Su Hao told her that the harder the place, the more it can temper a person's character.
Besides, Cheng Dong is also a seventh-grade county magistrate. No matter how hard things are in the local area, he won't suffer as much as the county magistrate, right?
In this way, Cheng Dong was finally assigned to Zhangde Prefecture in Henan Province as the magistrate of Lin County.
Cheng Dong arrived at Lin County full of ambitions and asked the government officials to take him around the countryside. He was dumbfounded. He had imagined the poverty here, but who knew that the actual situation was ten times worse than he imagined.
Lin County is located at the eastern foothills of the Taihang Mountains, and most of its territory is composed of hills and mountains. The most terrible thing is that it is very dry. As long as there is no rain for ten days and a half, drinking water for people and livestock will be a problem, let alone agricultural irrigation.
.The local land is not that small, but without water, no matter how much land there is, it cannot be cultivated.
Cheng Dong recalled that it was also because of the drought that Su Hao went to the villages to dig wells. He was inspired by this incident and decided to follow suit and dig wells in Lin County to solve the drought problem.
Cheng Dong didn't have Su Hao's ability to survey well locations, and he couldn't bear to ask Su Hao for help. What's more, Su Hao was still in Ningxia at the time. It was impossible for him to come to help him. He found a classmate who worked in the Ministry of Industry.
Jiang Yida, please ask Jiang Yida to help find water in Lin County.
Jiang Yida once learned the knowledge of well exploration from Su Hao for a period of time and also had some practical experience. However, after he was invited to Lin County, he could not find the ideal well location. With no choice but to find the ideal well location, he had to use the geography of Lin County
I wrote a detailed report on the situation, rock conditions, etc. and asked someone to take it to Ningxia. I asked Su Hao for advice.
When Su Hao received Jiang Yida's letter, he felt dumbfounded. Lin County was a famous place in later generations. The reason for its fame is that the people of Lin County spent 10 years building an artificial Tianhe on the Taihang Mountains, named
Hongqi Canal. In his previous life, Su Hao was invited to evaluate the geological conditions along the Red Flag Canal. He was deeply impressed by the local geological conditions, topography and landforms.
In Su Hao's opinion, Cheng Dong messed up this time, because Lin County itself is an area with poor groundwater, and there is no other way to solve the water source problem except diverting water from outside.
After he told this to Cheng Yi, Cheng Yi burst into tears and begged Su Hao to find a way for his brother. After all, his brother had just turned back as a prodigal and wanted to make some achievements. If he couldn't succeed this time,
Maybe he can't withstand the blow and will give up on himself again.
"Miss Cheng, unless I don't help your brother, this place in Lin County is not a water storage structure. In a place where there is no underground water, how do you want me to instruct him to dig a well?" Su Hao said helplessly. At that time, they
They haven't gotten married yet, so Su Hao calls Cheng Yi this way.
"I don't care!" Cheng Yi was unreasonable when he was protecting his calf. "General Su, you are resourceful and good at doing things that others cannot do. I don't believe that Bangzhi is a place of death. It's not that there is no way out.
? General Su, please do your best and help Bangzhi, Cheng Yi can do anything for you."
"His place..." Su Hao wanted to continue to refuse, but when he saw Cheng Yi's tearful eyes, he couldn't bear it anymore, so he said: "There is no way out, I'm afraid Cheng Dong can't do it."
"General Su, please tell me. Bangzhi has made up his mind this time. No matter how difficult it is, he can do it." Cheng Yi guaranteed for his brother.
Su Hao took out a charcoal pen, and based on the memory of later generations, he drew a topographic map of the surrounding counties on the paper, marked some important places, and then said: "Cheng Yi, come and see,
To the west of Lin County, across the Taihang Mountains, there is the Zhuozhang River with abundant water. If a dam can be built on the Zhuozhang River to raise the water level, and then a canal can be built along the mountainside of the Taihang Mountains, the water from the Zhuozhang River can be diverted to Lin County.
County irrigation, thereby turning hundreds of thousands of acres of dry land in Lin County into fertile farmland."
Su Hao's design was exactly the direction of the main canal of the Hongqi Canal in later generations. When Su Hao said this, he did not mean to make things difficult for Cheng Dong. After all, the people of Lin County in later generations mainly relied on manpower to build the Red Flag Canal. If Cheng Dong really had the courage
If you try to do it, there is no way it will be done.
The schematic diagram drawn by Su Hao was put into a letter bag and sent to Lin County. Cheng Dong read Su Hao's letter and thought about it in the room for a whole day. Finally, he made up his mind to preside over the construction of this canal across the Taihang Mountains.
Cheng Dong had a bit of a fool's character, and he would move forward when he saw something he was sure of. He wrote to Wang Xijue, stating his intention to build a canal to divert water, and finally won Wang Xijue's approval, and sent a letter to Lin County through the Ministry of Industry.
Special funds were allocated for canal repair.
Cheng Dong found a group of engineering and technical personnel through Jiang Yida, and Su Hao also assigned a small team from the survey camp to go to Lin County to help with the surveying and mapping work. Because they knew that some sections through the Taihang Mountains were rock hard and could not be manned.
Su Hao also asked Lu Xiuer to transfer a batch of explosives from the capital to Cheng Dong to use in digging the mountain.
With the money and corresponding equipment allocated by the court, the next step was to recruit laborers. When the local people heard that the canal was built to divert water for irrigation, they all signed up enthusiastically. Some even expressed their willingness to participate in canal repair work voluntarily, because this can make them famous.
An eternal act of righteousness. Cheng Dong, the county magistrate, took off his official robe, put on a short coat, traveled over the mountains and ridges with the technicians and laborers, and personally directed the canal construction work. Over the past two years, his fair skin has become tanned, and his shoulders have become tanned.
He is no longer as weak as before.
I can't tell you how much hardship I have endured, and I can't remember how many times I have been in danger. The project of diverting water from the Zhuozhang River to irrigate Lin County is coming to an end. At this time, Cheng Dong handed over the errand of Lin County Magistrate, as he himself said
, leaving the opportunity to celebrate to his successor.
"Okay, Bangzhi, you have really created a miracle in the world. With such an experience, no difficulty will be able to trouble you in the future." Su Hao said sincerely after listening to the introductions of Cheng Dong and Jiang Yida.
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At this time, Cheng Dong began to feel a little relaxed, and he said: "Brother Gai is so complimentary. I can't do this without the help of brother Gai and Jingxi. I was a little uncomfortable before.
You are sensible, and if you offend my brother Gai, please don't worry about it."
"Haha, if one family doesn't speak the same language, what should we have to argue with each other?" Su Hao smiled, "By the way, Bangzhi, why did you choose to resign as county magistrate at this time?"
Cheng Dong said: "What I have to do has been done. The next thing is very easy. Why should I waste my youth on a false name? There are still many things to do outside, so I asked Wang Shoufu to be relieved of his duties as county magistrate.
If you have one job, do something else."
Su Hao nodded. Cheng Dong's ability to do this shows that the training in Lin County in the past two years has indeed worked. He is less frivolous and more stable. He is already a usable talent.
"So, Bangzhi, what is your current position?" Su Hao asked.
Cheng Dong said: "My younger brother is now the governor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and is in the seventh rank."
"Based on your achievements in Lin County, your experience of being promoted to the sixth level is quite reasonable. I will ask Wang Shoufu about this later," Su Hao said.
Cheng Dong hurriedly said: "Brother Gai doesn't have to go to court for me. If the court thinks that I have this talent, it will naturally promote me to an official position. Let brother Gai go to court for me. When outsiders talk about it, my face will be unavoidable.
It’s not very glamorous.”
Jiang Yida laughed at the side and said: "Bangzhi, I thought you had become a county magistrate and you should be more open-minded, but I still have a bookish spirit inside. The brother-in-law is your brother-in-law, and the brother-in-law is looking for an official position for my brother-in-law.
Why not?"
What he said made Cheng Dong blush. Su Hao knew that Cheng Dong was still holding his breath and wanted to prove himself and didn't want to be looked down upon by Su Hao, so he smoothed things over and said: "This matter is not urgent. Bangzhi has just resigned, and the court's
The evaluation hasn't come down yet, maybe the chief assistant is already preparing to promote Bangzhi, and we are all in a blind hurry."
"That's right, with Bangzhi's talent and knowledge, as well as his experience in the mountains, it is more than enough for him to be promoted to a sixth grade." Jiang Yida also agreed.
Cheng Dong changed the embarrassing topic and said: "Brother Gai, when I come back to the south of the Yangtze River, I plan to go to Nanyang with you. Wang Shoufu also wants me to stay with you, so he
I will let my younger brother serve in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. From now on, my younger brother will be your subordinate. If you need me to do anything, just give me your orders."
"It's easy to talk about." Su Hao laughed and said, it is always a happy thing that Cheng Dong can resolve the old feud with him. Otherwise, the brother-in-law and brother-in-law would always be at odds, making it difficult for his wife to be a good person in the middle.
"Bang Zhi, it will take some time before we go to Nanyang. During this period, your most important task is to go around Nanjing to see if there is any suitable girl. Your sister is worried about your life event.