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- As the saying goes, "Spring rain is as precious as oil" to describe the scarcity and preciousness of spring rain.
But there was not much rain in the third year of Longqing. Since the beginning of spring, it has been raining continuously in the north and south of the Yangtze River and on both sides of the Yellow River, with no sunny days.
This caused a lot of trouble to the soldiers and civilians of the Ming Dynasty who were rushing to repair the river embankment.
But no matter how great the difficulty was, it could not stop the imperial court's determination to block the breach as soon as possible, return the water of the Yellow River to its course, and supply water to the Grand Canal.
Since the Yellow River burst its banks in mid-February, under the strict supervision of the Ministry of Industry, the River Yamen, and the Water Transport Governor's Office, civilians in more than a dozen states and counties in the lower reaches of the Yellow River have been working day and night for two months.
In the past two months, more than 30 local, river and water transport officials have been dismissed due to charges such as overdue progress and dereliction of duty. The number of civilians who died of exhaustion, drowning, or work-related injuries exceeded a thousand!
With the imperial court¡¯s investment regardless of cost, and after making painful sacrifices, 200,000 soldiers and civilians finally blocked more than 130 large and small breaches from Peixian County before the Maihuang River came.
The unruly Yellow River finally reluctantly stopped flowing freely and returned to the river channel before it burst its banks.
With upstream water replenishment, the Qingou and Zhuohe rivers that had been blocked by menstruation finally began to rise. The turbid water overflowed into the canal and rushed south.
¡°One day later, the water level at Huai¡¯an Tianfei Gate, which had almost bottomed out, finally began to rise after two months.
Seeing the yellow river water finally submerged, and the bottom mark of the marking stone on the gate, the water transportation officials who closed the gate all cheered uncontrollably.
"The water is coming! Navigation is open!" Many civil and military officials even cried with excitement. Canal is their parents who provide them with food and clothing. Their parents are too sick to work. Is it reasonable for them to shed a few tears for their filial sons?
The white-haired general officer of water transport, Zhenyuan Hou Gu Huan, who also had a beard like a steel needle, laughed happily at Zhao Kongzhao on the side and said: "Yuquan, you see, there is no perfect path for everyone, right?!"
In the past two months, Zhao Kongzhao had only had a peaceful sleep. He traveled all day long between the six hundred miles of rivers from Huai'an to Pei County, and also traveled to the capital day and night. He was almost exhausted.
But at this moment, he felt that all the hard work was worth it. After a trip to Beijing, he successfully suppressed the opposition of the Hedao Yamen and allowed the court to adopt the emergency plan of the Water Transport Yamen.
Now that the plan has been successfully implemented, water transportation can finally resume! He also proved himself right. The person who knows best about river management is not the Minister of Industry, nor the Prime Minister of River Channel, nor the non-staff member Pan Jixun, but him, the Governor of Water Transport!
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After watching the water coming upstream, Gu Huan and Zhao Kongzhao left the Tianfei Gate and walked along the high embankment toward the Yamen amid the cheers of civil and military officials.
"I can finally have a good sleep." The old Marquis is the same age as Xu Jie, but his body is much stronger. He patted Zhao Kongzhao on the shoulder and said, "Yuquan also has a good rest for a few days. You have been exhausted these days."
"Oh, it's not time to breathe yet." Zhao Kongzhao shook his head and said with a wry smile: "I have to make arrangements quickly to get those two thousand canal boats to go north as soon as possible."
Previously, the Yellow River burst its banks and the canal was blocked. The first batch of 2,000 canal ships this year were blocked in Huai'an and have been parked on the river for two months.
"In such a hurry?" Old Marquis was stunned.
"It's raining continuously, why don't we start shipping quickly? When we get to the capital, there will be a lot of mold and we can't put it into warehouse?" Zhao Kongzhao explained.
"Indeed," Gu Huan nodded, then frowned and said, "But the water has just come from the upper reaches, the water conditions are still unclear, and the newly repaired embankment is not yet strong. I think it is better to wait for a few days and wait for the wheat yellow water to pass before we start the operation again. .¡±
"This year's rain has already fallen in the beginning of spring. How can there be any yellow wheat water?" Zhao Kongzhao shook his head and said indifferently: "And two hundred thousand people are still on the embankment. Is there any danger that cannot be eliminated?"
Xin said, you can also ask them to help with stretching.
Seeing that Gu Huan still looked worried, Zhao Kongzhao lowered his voice and explained: "Old Marquis, we can't do anything if we don't hurry up. I remember what I mentioned to you last time when I went to the official post, the gang of Jiangnan Group shipped grain from Suzhou to Is it about Tianjin Wei?"
"Yeah." Gu Huan nodded and motioned for him to continue.
"The day before yesterday, we reported from the North Canal that they came again. This time the number of ships doubled and they transported a full 30,000 shi." Zhao Kongzhao rubbed the mud on his official boots and said worriedly: "And it only took nine days. , arrived in Tianjin."
"It's so fast." Gu Huan took a breath. Standing in the position of Marquis Zhenyuan, he felt quite excited. But as the chief water transport officer, he instinctively resisted this matter and said, "That's a drop in the bucket."
"The old Marquis has come to the point. It's exactly??, winding away to the north.
The scene of two thousand water boats dispatching at the same time is really spectacular. The front team has already left Tianfei Lock, and the rear team is still unmooring at the water transport terminal.
It was not until dark that all the watercraft were released. Zhao Kongzhao looked at the empty dock, but he did not relax at all, but became more nervous.
¡°Before, he only thought about getting the fleet to set off quickly, no matter what. Now that the fleet has really set off, he finally starts to worry about the 600-mile water journey from here to Peixian County.
He has been back and forth on this section of the canal several times in recent times, and of course he knows that Gu Huan's concerns are very reasonable. The water from the Qianfan River flows out, causing the canal to become seriously silted up. According to the normal process, we should take the opportunity to dredge and clear the river to a condition where it can pass ships, then restore water supply and restart water transportation.
Now he has skipped dredging and restored the water supply directly, but he is actually taking a risk! If the boat got silted up during the journey, would it be possible to pull it out by manpower for 600 miles? Then it would not be possible to sail on land?
"Alas" Zhao Kongzhao looked up to the sky and sighed, saying in his heart, it's really difficult for me.
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