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Chapter 482 Seeing New Year Again
The news that the water from the Beihe River had poured into Dantang County spread to the capital, and everyone was discussing it, no matter whether it was the court or the people.

This kind of thing can't be faked, after all, word of mouth spread it, if it was fake, it would have been seen through and passed on as a joke.

After all, someone saw it with their own eyes, and the ministers in the court saw the accurate documents from the magistrate of Dantang County, the prefect of Shangning Prefecture, the governor of Dongshan, the inspector of the Ministry of Industry and other officials.

No matter how bold they are, they dare not collude to deceive the imperial court, so this matter is absolutely true.

After the news spread, there was an uproar, and Gao Pan's name was mentioned again.

Because this water diversion project was proposed by Gao Pan, and it was also a grand project created by him as the magistrate of Dantang County.

When the courtiers heard about this project, they thought it was ridiculous. They even impeached Gao Pan, saying that he was making trouble out of nothing, thinking wildly, and he was so happy that he deceived the ignorant people. He even dared to report it to the court.

But later, because Dong Pingzhang blocked everything for Gao Pan, and Lu Wang was on the sidelines to help, the project was able to continue.

Originally, this matter was almost forgotten by the ministers in the court. Unexpectedly, as the New Year approached, such good news suddenly came.

According to the magistrate of Shangning Prefecture, the water from the North River poured into Dantang County, benefiting millions of people in the entire Shangning Prefecture.

The governor of Dongshan even commented on this project, not only benefiting the entire Shangning Prefecture, but also the upper reaches of Yuzhou Prefecture and Kaiping Prefecture.

Because these prefectures would be 'harassed' by Beihe every once in a while.

The Beihe River's embankment bursting, flooding, etc. have always been the pain of the people in the Central Plains, and Yuzhou City and Kaiping Fucheng are located on the banks of the Beihe River.

Whenever the flood season comes and the water volume is large, no matter how high the embankment of the Beihe River is, it will be washed away, and Yuzhou City and Kaiping Fucheng are the centers of the flood.

For this reason, the Ministry of Industry will have a budget for repairing the Beihe dam every year, and this cost will be paid every year, and it has almost become a regular rule.

And Dantang County successfully poured in the water from the Beihe River, which shows that as long as the Beihe River floods, Dantang County, which is located downstream, can share the capacity of flood discharge for the upstream.

This would have been impossible in the past, so the governor of Dongshan greatly praised the success of the water diversion project.

The Grand Canal passed through Jeju City and did not pass through Shangning Prefecture. After Dantang County successfully brought in the water from the Beihe River, it could even go all the way eastward and connect with the Grand Canal.

If this channel can be opened, it will play a key role in the flood discharge of the entire Beihe River. By then, the entire Central Plains will be able to save a lot of disasters, and the imperial court will not need to allocate funds to repair the Beihe dam every year.

Regarding these evaluations, some people agree with them, and naturally some people oppose them. Those who oppose them feel that the governor of Dongshan is exaggerating, and it is simply a dream to rely on the small rivers in Dantang County to discharge the flood.

However, these objectors did not deny that after the North River water was brought in, the people in Dantang County and even the entire Shangning Prefecture would no longer have to worry about irrigating crops.

There will no longer be people from the two villages fighting for water sources, engaging in armed fights and gang fights.

Therefore, in any case, the water diversion project is absolutely beneficial. Emperor Tianfeng also praised Gao Pan and Xie Yujun, the current magistrate of Dantang County.

And let the official department inspect Xie Yujun, if there is no fault, then he can be promoted to the Tongzhi of Shangning Mansion.

It took Xie Yujun only half a year to go from being a county magistrate of the seventh rank to being a co-prefect of the sixth rank. This leap, compared with the high ones, is naturally nothing.

But compared to many county magistrates, they only have a chance to be promoted once every three years, which is considered very fast.

As for Gao Pan, he only got a compliment, but he didn't mean to be promoted again. After all, he was only promoted to the head of the household department before. If he was promoted again because of this matter, he would naturally attract criticism and be against the rules.

However, for Gao Pan, it was a big show of his face, and it was a sigh of relief for himself. Before that, many people ridiculed him for talking about dreams.

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Soon, the New Year will come, Gao Pan thought, he is celebrating the second New Year in this era.

Different from last year, on New Year's Eve, Gao Pan first accompanied Ning Yan and Luo Ying to the evening, and then hurried home to watch the new year with Shen Jinhua.

After the new year, Gao Pan also reached the year of the weak crown, and the eighth day of the first lunar month happened to be Shen Jinhua's birthday, so Gao Pan invited Gao Ruoqian and the others to Xueyun Villa again, and had a joyful birthday party for Shen Jinhua together.

Last year, Gao Pan was in a hurry to go to Dantang County, but he didn't have time to celebrate Shen Jinhua's birthday. This year, he made good arrangements, so that Shen Jinhua felt happy and had a very happy birthday.

After the eighth day of the lunar new year, and the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Gao Pan led Shen Jinhua to celebrate the Lantern Festival at Shen's house, which made Mrs. Shen and Shen Jieli very happy.

The young couple came back to visit Mrs. Shen when they were in the second day of the Lunar New Year. However, Gao Pan felt that the fifth room of the Gao family had no elders, so it would be better to spend the Lantern Festival with Mrs. Shen.

Shen Jinhua naturally obeyed, she still wanted to spend more time with Mrs. Shen.

Since Gao Pan overthrew Uncle Jiang Guo and Tian's family, the Shen family's business has become more and more prosperous now.

Shen Jieli is also a prodigal son who will never change his money. After being imprisoned and having a failed marriage, Shen Jieli has become more stable. Now he is cautious in everything he does, and it is no longer the same as before.

In addition, Gao Pan would occasionally help out in secret, Shen Jieli managed the huge Shen family business more and more smoothly, and now he finally looks like a wealthy boss.

It was a good thing that Gao Pan had a lot of money that he couldn't spend, so he asked Shen Jieli to open the Shen's bank and pawn shop, and gave him some start-up funds to start the business slowly.

Gao Pan only came up with the idea of ​​opening a bank by accident, because there is too much silver stored in Qianying Villa, and Gao Pan felt that it was moldy.

All these coins were copied by Ning Yan from various places in Dongshan. Although they gave a lot to ordinary people, they only kept some for themselves.

But this little bit is enough for Gao Pan and his next two generations not to worry about money.

In this way, the Shen family's bank began to operate in an inconspicuous place in Tongjing City.

Gao Pan, who has modern thinking, will naturally not allow Shen Jieli to operate the same bank as before, but to open it in the same way as the yamen bank he opened in Dantang County before.

At first, when the common people heard that the Shen family bank gave back interest on deposits, they were a little unbelieving.

But with the passage of time, everyone discovered that this statement was correct, and the Shen family bank would pay full interest on it.

In addition to the business of storing silver, the Shen Family Bank has also opened a loan business with very low interest rates, and only lends to poor people, not to rich gentry or wealthy families.

　Thank you for the two monthly tickets sent by the book friend "Hundred Useless", thank you very much!
　　At the same time, I would also like to thank the many parents who have silently supported food and clothing, thank you everyone!

　　
　
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