Zhizhou, Tongzhi, and the state magistrate are all there, as well as the canal transport officer, the Linqingcang Ambassador, and Mr. Shen Fucong, the magistrate of Jining Prefecture.
Wang Yuan spread out the map drawn by the students. There were big circles and small circles on the map, which made everyone confused.
Linqingcang Ambassador Xue Fen asked: "Scholar Wang, what are these circles?"
There were four major transshipment warehouses for water transportation in the Ming Dynasty, namely Changyingcang (Huai'an), Guangyuncang (Xuzhou), Linqingcang and Dezhou Warehouse. Although Cangzhou, Jining and other cities also had transshipment warehouses, their scale was far inferior to the four major warehouses. Each of the warehouses is a grain distribution base.
For example, in the Linqing warehouse, not only grains from the south are transported here, but grains from parts of Shandong and eastern Henan will also be stored here through water and land transportation. If the Wei River continues to be blocked, Linqing will have more and more grains, and there may even be Liquidation may occur.
There was an ambassador and a deputy envoy in Linqingcang. They would definitely be troubled in the future, so they were invited by Wang Yuan to discuss it together.
Wang Yuan explained: "Contour lines are the same circle, and the terrain along the line is the same height."
The old eunuch Li Xing was worthy of being a man who had been doing engineering all his life. He immediately praised: "With such a drawing, it is clear at a glance. Bachelor Wang has real skills!"
Malun, the governor of the state, asked: "What does Wang Xueshi plan to build?"
Wang Yuan pointed to the drawing and said: "Build a rolling dam and set up several movable gates a hundred feet away from the gate, then dig a reservoir a few miles outside the dam, and dig a channel to connect the rolling dam and the reservoir. If there is a rolling dam blocking it, then The water potential can be slowed down, and there is room for buffering regardless of drought or flood."
"In normal times, the gates of the rolling dam are closed tightly, and the overflowing water can allow passing ships to pass normally. In the event of a flood, the gates of the rolling dam can be opened, and part of the flow flows downstream, and part flows into the reservoir to divert the flood. No matter it is Normally, when we encounter floods, there are rolling dams blocking the upstream, so downstream vessels can pass more smoothly and safely."
"During the dry season, the downstream gates are opened alternately. In this way, the water stored in the gate can be used several times, so that after the water is stored, there will be no water for sailing after the gate is opened for half a day. Even in the event of a drought, the water can be diverted and stored The water in the pool ensures that the canal boats can pass normally."
"The most important thing is that the rolling dam can block sediment! When the Yellow River bursts again, most of the sediment will be blocked by the rolling dam and will basically not flow into the Cao Canal section. The Linqing Cao River will not be like this again. Sudden siltation. However, upstream of the rolling dam, it must be desilted regularly, otherwise it will be useless in three to five years at most. I am improving the dredging boat, which can speed up the desilting work."
After everyone thought about it carefully, it seemed that that was really the case.
In particular, Liang Xi, the director of water transportation, was extremely happy when he heard this plan. He felt that his loan sharking could be paid off and he no longer had to be in a state of guilt and meritorious service.
Liang Xi clapped his hands and said: "Scholar Wang is not only good at both civil and military affairs, but he is also so good at managing rivers. I admire him very much!"
"No," Wang Yuan said modestly, "I just refer to the water control plans of past dynasties, imitate the wisdom of the sages, and then adapt to the actual situation in Linqing and adapt to local conditions."
"What a great example of adapting measures to local conditions!" Shen Fucong praised.
The old eunuch Li Xing reminded: "The foundation of the rolling dam must be solid and the construction must be extremely strong. Otherwise, the embankment will easily break when floods come. Especially near the south bank, where there is mostly sediment, and the new soil is loose and it is difficult to build the embankment." , even if it is built, it will be easily destroyed by water."
Naturally, Wang Yuan couldn't do a shoddy project. When he heard Li Xing's words, he immediately said: "Then keep digging down until you get to the solid soil and then lay the foundation, so that it can last for three hundred years!"
Li Xing also said: "Willows should be planted on both sides of the Gunshui Dam to protect the embankment, and both lying willows and long willows should be planted."
In his previous life, Wang Yuan mainly built bridges and dug holes. He had never done any water conservancy project, and he didn't understand ancient water conservancy. He immediately asked: "Why do we plant both sleeping willows and long willows?"
Li Xing explained: "Low willows should be planted two or three feet away from the embankment, and they need to be planted densely to withstand wind and waves with their lush branches and leaves. Long willows should be planted five or six feet away from the embankment, which can not only protect the water but also provide a large amount of piling material."
Xi, a device used to protect embankments and block mouths when regulating rivers, is often made of a mixture of branches, stones, and sorghum stalks.
Li Xing means that the lying willow tree is used to withstand floods and waves. The long willow tree is used to maintain water and soil, and the cut willow branches can also be used as raw materials for flood control.
Although the Huanglinggang Dam, the most critical part of the Yellow River, breaks every once in a while, it is the power of nature and does not mean that the dam was poorly built. The eunuch Li Xing was one of the three heroes in building the dam that year; the other one was Liu Daxia.
He has returned to his hometown after becoming an official; the last one is Pingjiang Bo Chen Rui, who has been dead for several years.
Although this old eunuch is very corrupt, he was impeached a few years ago and was able to spend 400,000 taels of silver to buy his life. But he has been working on projects all his life, so he definitely has money in his stomach and can provide Wang Yuan with countless key details.
Shen Fucong reminded his students: "Sister Wang, this project is quite large, costs a lot of money and food, and involves many people. You must contact the officials of the Third Division of Shandong."
"It should be so." Wang Yuan said.
There are river slaves in Henan and Shandong. The quota of slaves in Henan is 50,000 to 60,000. They do not need to serve in other services. Once the Yellow River bursts, people will have to contribute. On average, every time the Yellow River is regulated, every household in Henan needs to pay
Paying three taels of silver has caused countless people to go bankrupt. Shandong is slightly better, but those servant households have to pay at least two taels, and tens of thousands of taels of river control funds have been spent.
If you want to get this money from the people, you need the efforts of water transport officials and officials of the Third Division. Wang Yuan himself can't do anything, and once other officials are involved, it is inevitable to enrich their own pockets.
If official corruption is not allowed, who will do the demolition work of digging the reservoir?
Even if the officials are not corrupt, the officials who handle this matter will be!
Shen Fucong knew the character of his student, so he reminded Wang Yuan of the key points and made preparations in advance.
In addition, merchants and ordinary people had to be summoned to get the materials needed for the project.
This is also a huge item of corruption, and officials and staff are bound to reach out at all levels. For example, in the history of river control in the second year of Jiajing, in Xiangfu County alone, the people had to bear only more than 60,000 kilograms of grass. In the end, the amount increased inexplicably.
The amount reached more than 600,000 catties, and most of the ten-fold difference went into the pockets of officials at all levels.
After the meeting, Wang Yuan wrote to contact the officials of the Third Division of Shandong while writing to Zhu Houzhao and the cabinet.
According to Wang Yuan's plan, the Linqing water conservancy project does not intend to use laborers, that is, it does not intend to mobilize troops to persecute the people of Shandong. Wang Yuan requested that Shandong disaster relief and water conservancy construction be merged into one project, and work would be used instead of relief, which could not only reduce the burden on the people, but also
It can temporarily solve the problem of refugees. In this case, the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works need to jointly fund it!
In addition, Wang Yuan asked Zhu Houzhao to send ten young officials, preferably Jinshi in the third and sixth years of Zhengde, to Shandong to temporarily serve as patrol censors!
These young science and technology officials do not have deep connections and are in urgent need of promotion. Let them take turns to investigate corruption, which will definitely put an end to large-scale corruption and avoid causing the need for fodder to increase tenfold.
In addition, Wang Yuan asked the emperor to grant Shang Fang a sword, so that officials below the sixth rank could be killed first and then reported. He also asked for the actual command of Shandong Yunjun (water transport officers and soldiers).
Officials disobedient? Kill them first!
The powerful ones don’t cooperate? Just ransack the house!
Bachelor Wang, maybe he will be renamed Wang Shatou from now on!