Harry Potter’s Morning Light

   Chapter 2209 Flower War (one hundred and eighteen)

There is an old saying, "A thousand miles of dykes burst into ants' nests." In order to eliminate the insect eggs and ants in the soil, the soil used to build the dam must undergo special treatment, such as frying it with fire, or adding lime and paving it. Repeated compaction after hot soil. Qin people used this technology to lay straight roads, and the seeds could not take root in them, which led to the Qin Zhi road that has been barren for thousands of years, even if no one has maintained it for many years.

However, this kind of soil is not necessarily effective for the levee that needs to be waterproofed. Nick has always thought that the meandering of the Hongze Lake levee was built along the lake. Follow the direction of the natural flow of the waves. Dams in other places are built straight, and it is because of this that many civilians use dams as roads.

In the past, the West Lake in Hangzhou was also a place of constant flooding. When Su Dongpo was an official in Hangzhou, he saw that the West Lake was in disrepair, was heavily silted up, and the lake was covered with grass, so he raised funds from various sources to manage the lake, and personally carried out planning and design, leading the military and civilians to dredge the West Lake. Turn the cleaned mud into treasure and build it into Su Causeway, one of the ten scenic spots of West Lake. The original name of Bai Causeway was Baisha Causeway, which was named in memory of Bai Juyi. He himself did not participate in the construction of this levee, because Bai Juyi made great achievements when he served as the governor of Hangzhou and was recognized by the people, so this levee was named after him. .

Nick also walked on these two embankments during his stay in Hangzhou. It was spring, so he couldn't see the "Broken Bridge Remnant Snow", but he could see "Spring Dawn on Su Causeway". The fertile river silt made the trees and flowers on the embankment grow. good looking. Here are the stories of Xu Xian and Bai Niangzi meeting here, as well as Marco Polo's travel notes. Maybe the scenery is not as dreamy and beautiful as "Paradise", but it is unique.

  There are many requirements for the material and soil used for the construction of the levee. The size of the soil block should not exceed two-thirds of the layer height, and a certain proportion of cobblestone blocks should be added. Wu Haishan has the function of supervising the work to a certain extent.

In the thirty-ninth year of Qianlong's reign, the Yellow River burst its embankment at Qingjiangpu, the entire Yellow River entered the canal, and Wang Lun wanted to attack the south. Shandong was adjacent to Jiangsu. ll.

  Guo Dachang is a native of Huai'an. He used to work as a "helper" in the Jiangnan River Kudao, but he did not like accounting. Instead, he studied river affairs for a long time and was familiar with river engineering techniques. He was called "old dam worker". Later, he was hired as a staff officer, but he has always been upright.

Wu Sjue originally planned to block 500,000 taels of silver and complete it in 50 days. Because Guo Dachang is familiar with the situation of the gate, it is estimated that the construction period will be 20 days, and the wages can be reduced to about 100,000 taels. Only the civil and military flood officials are sent for the construction time. One person each was responsible for maintaining the order of the construction site, and Guo Dachang was responsible for the materials and money.

In the first year of Jiaqing, the Yellow River burst again in Fengxian County. The officials in charge of blocking the mouth spent 1.2 million taels of silver. 300,000 taels, of which 150,000 are labor costs, and the remaining 150,000 can be distributed to river workers.

   As a result, everyone shouted, although no one objected to Guo Dachang's proposal in the thirty-ninth year of Qianlong, he resigned soon after, and is currently living at his father-in-law's house.

  There is a Nanhe River from Qingjiangpu to Yangzhou. From the Yuan Dynasty to the early Ming Dynasty, this canal was connected with the Hehuaihe trough in the north of Huai'an City. Usually the water level of the canal is high, while the water level of the Yellow River is low, and the water volume of the canal is easy to lose. During the flood season of the Yellow River, the water level of the Yellow River is high and the water level of the canal is low. The floods and sediments of the Yellow River are easy to alluviate the canal channel. In the early Ming Dynasty, Chen Xuan arranged five dams here, namely Ren, Yi, Li, Zhi and Xin. Boats were berthed scattered to reduce the waiting time. Later, under the guidance of the local old man, the old Shahe Road of the Song Dynasty was reopened, and gates were built on the road. The river transport changed to this way, the boat came to open the lock, and the boat went to close.

   Originally, Chen Xuan dealt with this problem, but because of the siltation, the lake water was either diverted to wash it, or it was cleared manually. Since the 42nd year of Qianlong, several major projects have been carried out for Anlan. In addition, the price of goods has risen, and the cost of river work has increased sharply. The original annual repair fund should not exceed 400,000 taels, but now it has increased to 500,000 taels, which is not even enough. , so they used the name of a new worker in another case to smuggle reimbursement.

  Because the current priority is to suppress the White Lotus Sect, changing the river to sea transportation has become a cost-saving measure, but the canal is also related to the survival of the cities and residents along the coast.

  At present, the imperial court stipulates that tea is not allowed to be shipped by sea. It is precisely because of this that the tea shops operated by Huizhou merchants can be widely spread in BJ. Once this discount is stopped, they will face the competition of Fujian tea merchants.

  Huizhou tea will add jasmine and other flowers during the finishing process. It has a faint floral fragrance and is very popular with concubines and gege. It is rarely seen in the folk, because it is still a tribute at present. This is a prescription of the Bureau of Traditional Chinese Medicine in the Song Dynasty. At that time, the school of prescription believed that aroma and tea have health care effects.

  Jasmine flowers can be bloomed twice a year if they are properly cared for. I collected some jasmine flowers from Qingyan Garden, bought some AH tea leaves, made a pot of jasmine tea according to the ancient recipe, and visited Guo Dachang as a gift.

  Lu Jian once established the shogunate to visit the local academy, and he made friends with the "Eight Eccentrics of Yangzhou". Ju and Guo Dachang are "a raccoon on a hill" in terms of strange temperament.

After arriving at Guo Dachang's residence, I found someone visiting. This person's name is Bao Shichen, the twenty-ninth grandson of Bao Zheng, a famous official in the Northern Song Dynasty. Because Guo Dachang's leisurely family, in addition to studying river work, also studied seal carving, so he and Bao Shichen The ministers got acquainted and became friends of forgetting years.

  Nick didn't know how Guo Dachang wrote the characters, but he wanted to ask him to be a "substitute", but Guo Dachang politely refused.

   Bao Shichen was very curious about Nick, and Juren told Bao Shichen that he was going to train Nick into a scholar.

  Nick performed his quill pen "calligraphy", which was praised by Bao Shichen and Guo Dachang, and then Nick had another place other than the mosque.

  Through Bao Shichen, he met Deng Rushi. Deng Rushi once went to BJ with Cao Wenzhi, minister of households, on the occasion of the emperor's 80th birthday in June of the fifty-fifth year of Qianlong's reign. In general, the family will prepare for burial after the first seven days. It is not easy to preserve the coffin in summer. However, high officials and nobles often take antiseptic measures such as night pearls and spices in their mouths, and wait until the underground palace is arranged before burial. .

  Deng Rushi raised two old cranes at home. It is said that they are at least one hundred and thirty years old. They are really too old to be old, and they cannot be expected to dance.

   One of the female cranes died first, and soon Deng Rushi's wife also died of illness, leaving the male crane and Deng Rushi alone.

   After entering Beijing, Deng Rushi became famous in the calligraphy circle for his calligraphy. Later, he worked as a staff member for 3 years at Bi Yuan, the governor of the two lakes, from whom Bao Shichen learned calligraphy.

  Biyuan also had a shogunate. Emperor Jiaqing searched his home after his death, and few people did not make friends with Heshen when he was powerful.

One of the people who happened to be involved in the raid was once a guest of Bi Yuan. Because he had an affair with Bi Yuan's concubine, the two made an appointment to elope. When Bi Yuan found out, he was furious and planned to send troops to pursue them. His wife dissuaded.

  The matter has come to this point, even if you kill the doorman, you have to know how to be a concubine. Killing both of them won't help, so why make a mistake.

  Bi Yuan calmed down. Madam asked the soldier to put down the knife, handed him some silver taels, and explained to him. If he catches up with the doorman, give him the money and tell the doorman, why didn't you tell him earlier if you wanted to get a concubine? Why don't you say goodbye? Now that the Governor knows about this, it's not your fault. Considering that you parted in a hurry, you don't have much trouble on your body. I hope you can do it yourself, and maybe you can meet again in the future.

   The personal soldiers caught up with Menke, gave him the money, and repeated the words of his wife, Menke was moved to tears.

  Many years later, the doorman became an official of the imperial court. Seeing that Bi Yuan’s house was in a mess and the family was in a state of anxiety, it happened that a man dressed as a housekeeper came to meet the minister in charge with the business card of a local rich man named Zha.

   He said that there was a jade plate about one foot in diameter in Bi Yuan's house, which belonged to a rich man. The owner heard that Bi Yuan's house was raided and ordered him to come and take it away.

   When the minister in charge was hesitating, the doorman back then immediately said that it was Zha who lent it, and that he had seen it when he was a doorman back then.

  The minister no longer hesitated and asked his servant to take away the jade plate.

In fact, the jade plate originally belonged to Bi Yuan. In order to repay his kindness, the guest designed it with the rich man Zha, and asked the servant to take the jade plate, and then Zha sent someone to send 10,000 taels of silver to Bi Yuan's family as a gift. payment.

   With the ten thousand taels of silver, Bi Yuan's family was able to maintain a living after his death. This may be the difference between Eastern and Western guests.

   Leonardo da Vinci was a painter and a doorman. He first got this position because he designed weapons for military use for the Grand Duke.

After   Nick returned to his residence, he used soil to imitate the terrain and river defense of Qingjiangpu to make a sand table.

   He didn't know what he was going to do, but he knew that the current locks depended on manpower, and it was too laborious to push, why not use other forces instead?

   This will be an interesting project, if all goes well.

   (end of this chapter)