Chapter 3345 Extra One On the Convenience of Transportation
Chapter 3345 Extra: Talking about the convenience of transportation
Life is like this. When you think everything is smooth sailing and you can face it calmly, it will bring a basin of ice water from the sky and pour it down on you. After making you suffer, it will also wave a whip behind you to chase you away.
He ran forward without hesitation, not daring to take a step slowly.
Such is the life of Zhou Man and Bai Shan.
The two of them were transferred back to the capital from Qingzhou, and they had already prepared to live peacefully and steadily in the capital for a few years.
As a result, they sat down and talked a few more words at a tea stall in Longzhou, so Bai Shan encouraged Bai Erlang to write a letter together about dredging rivers and operating water transportation, and also about opening more granaries and stabilizing prices.
Zhezi, from then on, their lives were unknowingly tied to a mule. The emperor and the prince took whips in their hands and whipped them hard, and they were pulled by the mules and ran around.
Bai Shan went to Bingzhou to join Tang He, and the two began to urge local officials to build more granaries and purchase grain. They also investigated the situation of local grain merchants and officials in administration.
In addition, we also need to search the local county annals and find river maps to send back to the Ministry of Industry and the Hanlin Academy.
Zhou Man, on the other hand, led students from the Imperial Medical Office to station in Fenhe River in order to dredge the Fenhe River. He worked out two prescriptions for cold and epidemic prevention and a prescription for antifreeze ointment, and then ran up and down to watch people build embankments.
Dredge the river.
There was no way, the emperor seemed to like the family, and Liu Huan, as an official of the Ministry of Works, was also sent here this time.
Liu Huan, a salted fish who competed with Bai Erlang, was suddenly thrown over to dredge the river, and he almost cried dryly.
In fact, his grandfather was the Minister of Household Affairs. If he was lazy and did not work, the officials in charge and local officials would not say anything. As long as he did not cause trouble, he could be a mascot.
But Zhou Man is here.
As a veritable "elder", Liu Huan didn't dare to be lazy when she just glanced at her. He could only roll up his trouser legs, shake his head and follow him down the river to check the situation.
Most of the Fen River is open, but some places are blocked, diverted, or diffused due to sediment accumulation.
What they have to do is to dredge these places, or simply design more reasonable river channels along the changed roads and dig them out to form new river channels.
When they finally returned from Fenhe, Liu Huan not only looked darker, but also lost a lot of weight. All the flesh he had gained from being pampered and pampered over the years had lost a lot of weight, and he was still much thinner than when he was studying.
He felt quite energetic, but there were traces of frostbite on his hands, feet and ears, which made Mrs. Liu Shangshu feel distressed for a while, but she was still happy to see her grandson so capable.
At that time, the Fen River was not dredged, and it was not dredged until June of the following year, along with the Wei River.
When navigation was opened, the Zhou family not only went to the Wei River to join in the fun, but Zhou Lang also prepared a large amount of goods to go from the capital to Daizhou via the Fen River. From then on, their family opened another trade route.
But the emperor seemed to have discovered another use for Zhou Man and Bai Shan, and was keen to send them abroad.
Zhou Man was sent to inspect medical offices in various places, and Bai Shan was sent to inspect the government affairs of grain roads in various places, and collect river maps by the way. Therefore, Bai Shan made a specific policy of segmented management...
The comfortable life in the capital was gone forever.
The couple occasionally meet in other places and occasionally in the capital.
When they are lucky, they can stay in the capital for a year and a half; when they are unlucky, they have to travel outside for a year and a half.
Fortunately, the rivers are dredged one by one. The river maps produced by the Ministry of Industry and the Hanlin Academy are becoming more and more detailed. The maps in Bai Shan's hands are more and more illuminated. It is much more convenient for them to travel, sometimes from the capital to Jiangling.
This area can be reached in three days.
The construction of water transportation was not a one-day effort, and the busy farming season had to be taken into consideration during the period. The imperial court only issued labor orders and recruited migrant workers during slack farming periods. Except for the garrisons in various places who did not farm, they spent no more than two months on the river every year.
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Therefore, it took twelve years from the time the water transport was proposed to the time the imperial court considered it completed, and this became one of the many achievements of Emperor Gaozong in his life.
The dredging of the river this time mainly involves dredging and building docks, and the secondary task is to dig the river channel so that the two sections of the river that do not seem to be that far away can communicate with each other so that ships can pass through.
Thanks to Dajin's high grain yield, developed commerce, and constant tax revenue every year, it can support such a large consumption.
In addition, the new emperor was quite benevolent and was not in a hurry to see results, allowing various places to repair slowly. Therefore, except for Bai Shan, who was always on official business, and officials from the Ministry of Works, who had a hard time, the others unknowingly and suddenly one day
I discovered that water transportation is so convenient from south to north and from west to east.
When the rivers across the country were connected, Zhou Man, who had already served as an official of the Imperial Medical Office, happily accepted the offer of resignation.
It took Xintei ten years to become proficient in it, and he just took one look at it and threw the book aside, ignoring it.
Zhou Man refused to give up and went on to say that although she resigned, she was devoted to the Jin Dynasty and was still doing things that were beneficial to the Jin Dynasty and the emperor. She wanted to go out and study her medical skills in depth and collect questions from various places.
to treat miscellaneous diseases and make more contributions to the people of Jin Dynasty.
The emperor only glanced at her and said, "I think you want to go out and dig up those flowers and plants, and catch those birds and animals? In the name of patrol these years, you have been searching for those exotic flowers and plants, birds and animals, and I have turned a blind eye.
You pretended not to see it, but now you dare to resign for this without doing your job properly?"
Zhou Man insists that she is not neglecting her job. If you don’t believe me, let’s see if her medical skills have improved over the years.
The emperor just pretended not to hear, and turned to ask Bai Shan, who was also attending the small court meeting, "It is also the way of a minister to teach his wife. You should take good care of your wife."
Bai Shan said helplessly: "Your Majesty, who in the world doesn't know that ministers are afraid of their own country?"
emperor:……
Other ministers:…
Zhou Man turned his head and glared at him, and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, I am sincere. Really, there are so many diseases in the world. Only in the capital, the progress of medical skills is limited. You will wait for your Majesty to return after completing your studies.
Effectiveness.”
In the past, the emperor would have believed it, but he was no longer the cute new emperor back then, but an old emperor who had been for ten years, and would not have been deceived by Zhou Man long ago.
She is said to be returning after completing her studies. Who knows when she will return?
When the time comes, he sends out a recruitment order, and if she doesn't accept it, can he still kill her?
So the emperor refused, and at most allowed her to go out and inspect medical offices in various places.
Zhou Man: ...In inspection, the main job is to check the situation of medical offices in various places. How much time can be spared to see doctors, and also find flowers, plants, birds and animals?
The emperor was so angry that Zhou Man walked around the yard three times when he returned home. He couldn't help shouting to the sky, "I wish I could just hang up my seal and leave -"
She just yelled like that, but who knew that the sound was too loud and spread to the street, so the emperor ordered the city gate to pay attention to the screening, and Zhou Man was not allowed to leave the city, even if she wanted to go to the racecourse to watch people playing polo during the spring.
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In the end, she had to go to the palace to express her loyalty to the emperor, and swore that she would never leave without saying goodbye and leave with a seal, so that she could go out for activities in the city.
After leaving the city, Zhou Man went to the racecourse in the eastern suburbs. Looking at the Wei River not far away, she almost burst into tears. "You have worked hard for twelve years to transport water on this river. My medical offices have also been opened along the river. Now I
Even if I want to sit on the boat and walk around and take a look, it won’t work.”
Bai Shan was very calm, "What's the matter? You make a resignation letter every year and focus on training your subordinates. His Majesty will agree to it after three to five years."
"real?"
"Really," Bai Shan said with a slight smile, "I will resign with you when the time comes."
This was something Zhou Man didn't expect. He raised his eyebrows and asked, "Is Prime Minister Bai going to resign?"
Bai Shan smiled slightly and said: "After staying in the same position for a long time, His Majesty will definitely get tired of me. When the time comes, I will resign with you, and he will definitely be willing."
This prime minister is just like a dish. He always looks at him, just like he always eats a dish. He will not get tired of it for two years. In another four or five years, he will be bored to death. When he wants to change the prime minister, he will naturally
The two determined people agreed to resign.
Zhou Man looked at the sparkling Weishui River in front of him and became happy again. He held his hand and waved it, "You promised me."
Bai Shan nodded: "I promised you, first I will take you to sit on the rivers I drew one by one, and see if they are smooth and smooth, so you can go where you want to go."
? ? ?The advantage of the extra chapter is that you can write a chapter as long as you want. The disadvantage is that you can't always control the word count.