Zhou Pu took Chen Enze to ride a fast horse and left first. Lin Fu did not go ashore in the afternoon, so he just sat in the cabin reading a book.
If you are not in this era, you will not know how rare it is for ordinary people to read books or read in fragments.
There is also a papermaking workshop below the Lin family, with 70 pieces of paper per knife, and the price of a piece of paper is 300 yuan, so Zhao Hu, who is strong and strong, works as a porter at Shanglindu Wharf for half a month - those who are from the book printing company
Books printed on woodblocks are not something a small family can be willing to give away. When Lin Fu and the others left Shiliang County, apart from the two hundred taels of silver and four horses they carried with them, this wooden box of books was probably the most valuable.
It was dark and the official ship sailed into the mouth of Chaotian Lake.
Lin Fu was riding on his horse and saw from a distance that the blue-black outline of Jiangning City merged with the intermittent blue-black ridges in the dusk. It seemed to lie at the end of the water and sky of Chaotian Lake, as if it were the heaven/earth of the Dai Viet Dynasty. Chaojianghu
There are also some large or small sandbanks scattered in the lake. The large reed swamps on the nearby lake beach were burned black by wildfires that were unknown at some time. They may have been set on fire to prevent river bandits from hiding. You can also see wild ducks and water birds.
Cook the charred corpse.
The two hundred miles of waterway from Shiliang County are filled with sparse forests, fields and lonely countryside with a few cottages scattered around. Giang Ninh, the famous southern capital of the Dai Viet Dynasty, lies across the river and sky. From the sight, I feel a surge of pride in my heart for no reason.
Lin Fu felt that he was becoming more and more accustomed to this world. No matter how huge and magnificent the cities of this era were, even the Jiangning City in front of him with a population of 150,000 households was far from being comparable to the reinforced concrete forest a thousand years later. But once
Once you get used to this world, you will feel that it is a miracle that a city with a population of 600,000 or 700,000 can appear in this era.
In fact, during the reign of Emperor Gaozu, the population of Jiangning once exceeded 200,000 households. Emperor Taizong moved the capital to Yanjing. As many as 60,000 powerful and wealthy households in Jiangning were ordered to move to Yanjing. Later, 30,000 households were moved to fill Yunnan. Such a large-scale
Forced migration caused the city of Jiangning to decline sharply, and the population once dropped to less than 100,000 households. Then Jiangning, as a dynasty, stayed in the capital and gathered the essence of Jiangdong's prosperity. In the past hundred years, the population gradually recovered to about 150,000 households. Only the population living in the city
There are as many as 60,000 households.
Lin Fu sat on the horse. It was hard to imagine how much effort and energy it would take to maintain a city with a population of 150,000 households in this era when transportation mainly relied on human power, animal power and water transport.
Zhao Hu also came to Jiangning for the first time. He followed Lin Fu on horseback and looked at Chaotian Lake in front of him. He said with emotion: "I thought Hongzepu was the largest lake in the world. I have never heard of Chaotian Lake being said that the water surface is better than Hongzepu."
It’s much bigger.”
The front is Chaotianyi. Chaotian Lake is actually a vast water pond directly connected to the Yangtze River. Due to the vast water surface, it is nearly thirty miles away from the water gate in the north of Jiangning City. It is so vast that it was originally named Gutiandang. After Emperor Gaozu established his capital in Jiangning, the north
Officials entering Beijing had to pass through Gutiandang, so it was renamed Chaotian Lake and has been used to this day.
Hongzepu is also Hongze Lake a thousand years later. The entire Hongzepu area is much larger than the Chaotian Lake in front of us, but Hongzepu is composed of a series of small lakes. Especially in autumn, winter and spring, when you look at the water surfaces of those small lakes, it is true that
It was no wider than the Chaotian Lake in front of him. Lin Fu smiled and Zhao Hu explained the difference.
Although Zhao Hu was asked to learn boxing and kicking from Zhou Pu, Lin Fu did not want Zhao Hu to become a simple martial artist. Whenever he had the opportunity, he would always explain to him in detail some of the things he knew to give him more knowledge.
"Actually, the water surface at this time is still small. During the summer and autumn flood seasons, the lake's surface is as wide as a hundred miles..." Lin Fu said, "The earth embankment we passed just in the afternoon is the remote embankment that is facing the sky."
Zhao Hu looked at the fields all around him and said: "In summer and autumn, the sky is as wide as a hundred miles, so isn't this place all water swamp? Why build the river embankment so far away instead of here?"
"The floods are fierce in summer and autumn. The narrower the river embankments on both sides are, the more ferocious the floods trapped in the river embankments are. If the embankments on the north bank collapse, it can be tolerated. But if the embankments on the south bank collapse, it will be a catastrophe -
---Even if you want to build an embankment here, you can only build a sand embankment. This is a beach field, a field cleared for planting. Those farmers who plant food here are gambling on the timing. They can only have it before the flood season comes.
With one season's harvest, life will be much more comfortable..." Lin Fu said, thinking that in a thousand years, reinforced concrete could be used to build solid river embankments. In this era, river embankments were mostly made of earth, and although stone embankments were also quite strong, the cost was
It is extremely expensive. In order to prevent the threat of floods to the river embankment during the flood season, the river embankment will be built as wide as possible. In the Jiangning section, especially to protect Jiangning City on the south bank from being threatened by floods, Chaotian Lake can be said to be a deliberate flood buffer.
In this area, except for a very few river embankments on the north bank of Chaotian Lake, even rich people are prohibited from using stones to build embankments in other embankment sections. This is why the river mouth in the north of Jiangning is much narrower than it was a thousand years ago.
"Haha, I didn't expect that you are not familiar with poetry, but you know river affairs..." Gu Wuchen and Yang Pu, who were wearing casual robes, came from behind. Gu Junxun, the young lady of the Gu family, changed into men's clothes and followed Gu Wuchen like a servant.
In the dusk, it was very interesting to see her evasive eyes. Lin Xilin and his men were far behind.
"Why did Mr. Gu come ashore?" Lin Fu dismounted and saluted Gu Wuchen.
"After entering Jiangning City, do you still have the opportunity to come out and see the vast outline of the river and the sky?" Gu Wuchen asked, "It's not far from the ferry in front. I just happened to stretch my muscles and bones. After returning to the capital for nearly a year, my muscles and bones are not as strong as when I was in the army."
Lin Fu handed the horse to Zhao Hu to lead, and he accompanied Gu Wuchen to the ferry ahead. The official ship was still sailing along the waterway near the coast.
Gu Wuchen first talked about poetry, literature and classics with Lin Fu at the old house of the Gu family. When he wanted to remind him, he saw that Lin Fu was too slow to respond and only thought that his level was limited, so he gave up the idea. At this time, he inadvertently listened to him talking to the family next to him.
The servant talked about river affairs in a clear and logical manner, but he felt strange and wondered why he focused on these miscellaneous arts before the imperial examination?
Gu Wuchen, who has been in the army for nearly ten years, will not rest on his laurels and think that all miscellaneous arts except poetry, classics and classics are useless. On the contrary, he believes that as an assistant minister to share the king's worries, he must be proficient in the art of managing the world, so he is very interested in it.
On the road, he talked to Lin Fu about river affairs: "I don't know much about river affairs. Xun Niang's maternal grandfather Tang Gong once served as the governor of the river. I can only talk about narrow embankments, wide embankments and distant embankments.
I heard about it from him, but I didn’t expect to hear it again from you... The floods in the Yangtze River are not serious yet, but the floods in the Yellow River have already endangered the foundation of the country. There is no dispute between the DPRK and China on how to control the river. Do you have any advice?
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"How can I dare to show off my shallow knowledge?" Lin Fu said modestly, "In my spare time, I have read Tang Gong's theory of using solid embankments to contain water to wash away sand. They are all pearls and jade. Mr. Gu asked me what I have.
Gao Jian, I am also selling Tang Gong’s words to you.”
"..." Gu Wuchen laughed heartily and was very satisfied with Lin Fu's answer. Only then did he feel that the young man in front of him still had some talent. He walked slowly to the ferry in front of the post house and discussed the punishment with Lin Fu with great interest.
, money and food, transportation of supplies and other miscellaneous skills, seeing that although Lin Fu's knowledge was not particularly profound, it was involved in many aspects, and his insights were quite novel, Gu Wuchen stopped his attitude of making progress and said: "With your talent
, it’s more than enough to put it in one county; if you only rely on your family background to become an official, I’m afraid you’ll have to be over fifty years old before you can display your talents,” he persuaded with earnest words, “I don’t advocate studying literature blindly, but I don’t want to jump over the dragon gate.
, How can you show your full talents in front of the emperor's chariot?" These words are true.
Lin Fu saw that Gu Wuchen was still determined to persuade him to take part in the examination, so he smiled bitterly and said: "Lin Fu also knows this truth, but people have their own specialties, and they also have their laziness. These side sects are very interesting to read, but the articles of sages are like medicine and taste bitter."
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"You also know that medicine tastes bitter," Gu Wuchen shook his head and smiled. He stood here and pondered for a moment, then said, "I have a suggestion. I wonder if you will accept it?"
"Please take your word for it."
"After I arrive in Jiangning, I always hire secret friends to help me with official duties. If you don't mind, it will not only solve your livelihood in Jiangning, but also prevent you from studying for the imperial exam in the capital..." Gu Wuchen said.
"..." Lin Fu was slightly startled. He didn't expect Gu Wuchen to suddenly bring up this problem. A friend of the staff is a staff member, and he is also a master familiar to later generations. When an official takes office, if he does not want to be fooled by the subordinate officials and subordinates below, he must also manage the affairs under his jurisdiction.
To do it well, he needs a capable team of staff to make plans for him, so that he doesn't have to worry about being left out by the subordinate officials. When Gu Wuchen came to Jiangning, Yang Pu, Yang Shi, and Ma Chao were unable to assist Gu Wuchen in fighting the war because they were incompetent in martial arts but not in literature.
His son Gu Siyuan came to Jiangning to study in the Imperial Academy of Jiangning. His nephew Gu Siming and Gu Tianqiao could only be used as servants or bookboys at this time. Gu Wuchen did not have a really handy assistant. It was definitely better to serve as an adviser to Gu Wuchen.
It is much better to be a low-level official of the eighth or ninth grade or even a low-ranking official. The power gained by relying on Gu Wuchen is also more powerful than those of those petty bureaucrats who raise their sons to become officials. The only disadvantage is that they have to follow Gu Wuchen all the time.
Lin Fu had to do a lot of things when he went to Jiangning, so how could he follow Gu Wuchen?
Lin Fu had many thoughts in his mind. One of them even doubted whether Gu Wuchen was still interested in Liu Yue'er. After all, by leaving him by his side, he could even let him live in the Gu Mansion with Liu Yue'er as his cook.
Naturally, Yue'er wanted to live in the Gu Mansion and continue to work as a cook for the Gu family. Then she thought that even if Gu Wuchen couldn't forget Liu Yue'er, he shouldn't be so eager. Maybe he really admired himself.
What a headache.
"Lin Fu has no way to repay Master Gu's appreciation," Lin Fu said with a long bow, "It's just that Lin Fu came to Jiangning this time because he was actually ridiculed by his family and was angry. The reason is hard to explain. If Master Gu has anything to do with it,
Called, Lin Fu will not refuse, but...just..." Lin Fu looked sad and connected two "just"s, as if he was full of sadness for being bullied by his family, and then said to Gu Wuchen, "Lin Fu is coming to Jiangning.
I want to get an official position, and I just want to get this official position for the rest of my life, and I have no other luxuries."
Gu Junxun had heard her mother say that Lin Fu was just an insignificant person in the Lin family. Seeing his sad expression, she couldn't help but feel pity for him. She held her father's arm and begged in a low voice: "Daddy,
Don’t force Mr. Lin to come to my house to act as an acquaintance..."
Gu Wuchen laughed dumbly. He was thinking that the second generation Lin Fu was kind to his Gu family and that Lin Fu had some talents, so he thought of inviting him to be a staff member. Unexpectedly, his daughter's words turned into forced coercion. Gu Wuchen
He didn't even understand what had happened in the Lin family during this period, and said to Lin Fu with regret: "Since you have difficulties and have long been determined, I won't force you to seek family background.
If I can’t, I’ll just agree to it and wait until you settle down in Jiangning.”
As they were talking here, they arrived at the ferry. Liu Xilin sent someone to inform the post office in the afternoon. Before the official ship arrived, the postmaster also prepared the carriages, horses and sedans and waited at the ferry. Lin Fu looked over from a distance.
Zhou Pu and Chen Size, who had left in the afternoon, were also waiting there. They wanted to go over and ask them why they stayed at the ferry and did not go to the city. At dusk, the short boy behind Zhou Pu raised his hand and ran towards him: "Brother Lin,
Uncle Zhou said you were walking behind the boat, but you thought he was lying to Xiaoman!"
But Xiaoman, whom he hadn't seen for more than ten days, was dressed as a boy and waiting for him at the ferry with Zhou Pu.
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