I've been reborn, who still wants to be a cowardly little white flower?

"Second sister, what are you doing?" Xie Yunxiao was riding a horse and saw the oncoming carriage. He gave a light shout and the horse started running, blocking the carriage of Jiang Yuan and the others.

"I want to go upstream and see the Black River."

Xie Yunxiao looked back at Jiang Huai and the others who were walking in, and said to Jiang Yuan, "Let's go back. We still have some distance to go. If we don't go back now, it will be dark."

As they spoke, Jiang Yuan and his companions' carriage turned around and headed back.

Jiang Yuan took a horse, climbed on it, and asked as he walked.

Xie Yunxiao gave a brief account of the situation. There was a very large lake on the mountain. The lake water that flowed down the mountain range converged into the source of the Heihe River. There was also a particularly large waterfall, which was quite spectacular.

The width of the waterfall is over a hundred meters, and as for its height, the water vapor is so heavy that if you stand below and look up, you can't see its height at all.

I also asked the villagers at the foot of the mountain, and they said that during the rainy season, the rainfall increases, the waterfall will be even bigger, the Heihe River channel will also expand, carrying mud and sand, and the water flow rate will also be faster.

"Zichang said that the villagers at the foot of the mountain are fine. The river water will increase in volume, speed and sediment as it flows downstream. The downstream will be washed away by the flood if the flow rate is fast."

Jiang Yuan nodded. She didn't know much about these things and could only come up with some ideas and directions based on the little she had seen and heard in her previous life. As for the more detailed principles, she was not very clear.

"Whether we are building a dam or a weir, we have to choose a suitable place. The Heihe River is so long. Should we explore along the Heihe River and choose the most suitable place?"

Jiang Yuan asked the question in her mind, and Xie Yunxiao looked at her with some appreciation, "You are right, the estimated water volume this year will not be small, so the first priority at the moment is to find a way to evacuate and resettle the people downstream to reduce the loss of life and property.

It is also possible to take advantage of the floods to select the places that are most suitable for construction, and then start construction after the rainy season is over.

This is a huge project and it will take at least several years to build the dam.

So, the job of Zichang is both lucrative and hard."

When they got back to the mansion, the servant at the door came over to lead the horses. When Jiang Huai and his companions got off the carriage, the servant reported, "Sir, there are several masters waiting for you in the main hall."

Several people were stunned and looked at each other, "Which adults are here?" Yuan Ming asked.

The servant replied, "The prefect, the governor, the salt inspector He, and the general commander are all here."

After exchanging a glance with Lu Chuan and Xie Yunxiao beside them, the few of them walked towards the main hall.

Qu Ying wanted to follow, but Jiang Yuan pulled her back and said, "We're not going."

"No, why don't we go over and take a look?"

Jiang Yuan pulled Qu Ying towards the backyard and said, "We are here to have fun, not to get involved in serious matters."

Qu Ying's face was full of confusion. Are they here to have fun?

In the following few days, Jiang Huai and his friends went out early and came back late. The fourth and fifth children said that the lights in the study were still on until the middle of the night every day. The adults were so busy that they didn't even have time to eat.

Jiang Yuan and Qu Ying would stroll around the streets every day, eat in restaurants and teahouses, listen to storytelling, go shopping, and just go wherever there was activity.

I bought a lot of things, big and small bags. As soon as I walked in, I ran into Xie Yunxiao who had returned. He was holding a box of cakes in his hand. He smiled and came up to me, "Just in time, I bought these for you two."

"Hey, you're free today, why are you going out to buy snacks for us?"

Xie Yunxiao smiled cheerfully, chatting and laughing with the two girls as they walked into the house. When they reached the backyard, Xie Yunxiao changed the subject and said, "We will set off tomorrow, following the Black River to the next town."

Jiang Yuan winked at Chunzhi, who closed the gate and took Xiao Si and Xiao Wu to guard the yard. Jiang Yuan and the others went into the house, "How is Lord Yuan doing?"

Yuan Ming left one or three days ago, and Zhou Qian'an and his men accompanied him.

"Mingyi has already arrived. There is nothing on the way. He went first to arrange resettlement and calculate how much the court will allocate.

He wrote to say that he was about to collapse and asked us to go there quickly. "

Yuan Mingyi is from the Ministry of Revenue, which is the purse. The amount of funding this time basically depends on his wishes. The local officials are not trying their best to curry favor with him, so it's no wonder that they can't hold on.

Jiang Yuan took the teapot and poured tea for Qu Ying and Xie Yunxiao. Qu Ying took the tea and sneered, "Brother Jiang is building a river channel, and it's only in the survey stage now, but there are so many people blocking him all day and inviting him to drink tea and eat.

Why, isn't this the time when they sent people to assassinate us?"

"You, even if there is money to be made in building a river channel, it is only a one-time deal. Brother Jiang has just entered the government, and it is the time when he is passionate about serving the country, and he has not yet been exposed to the darkness of officialdom.

Those people, hoping to bribe Brother Jiang to defect, how much could they possibly be greedy for?

Do you know how much disaster relief money is each year? We get a sum almost every year, and it has become a fixed source of money.

Which side do you think they will choose?"

There is no need to choose, recycled resources are naturally the best.

After saying that, Xie Yunxiao took a sip of tea and asked, "What about you? Do you have any news?"

Jiang Yuan and Qu Ying chuckled and told Xie Yunxiao everything they had heard in restaurants and teahouses during these days.

There was also another piece of breaking news. Jiang Yuan pointed at the wound on Xie Yunxiao's body and said, "You were fighting bandits in Dongshan County, and someone over there declared himself king and wanted to rebel.

Dongshan County is neither too close nor too far from here. Some people say that there have been remarks of rebellion here as well.

At that time, a theatre troupe came and stayed here for a few months, and rumors began to spread in the city. Later, for some reason, those people disappeared, and the rumors gradually died down.

Xie Yunxiao turned serious and asked, "Could it be that this place was once their target?"

"I think it's not just a target. I'm afraid this matter has been secretly planned for a long time. Even the encounter with the assassin at the Beijing Lantern Festival is probably related to this matter."

“I heard that the general led his army to Dongshan County, but he didn’t catch many people, and the majority of the troops had already gone into hiding.

With so many people, where can they hide?" Xie Yunxiao frowned, his fingers clenched on the cup so tightly that his fingertips turned white.

Xie Yunxiao successfully escaped and the secret plan was exposed. Those people reacted quickly and fled. It was heard that the local officials who surrendered were executed on the spot by the general.

At present, all local affairs are temporarily handled by the general, who is based in Dongshan County and is searching for the remnants.

Qu Ying held her chin up. She couldn't do that. She couldn't think so much. Her head hurt. "It's so annoying. Which one should I do first?"

Xie Yunxiao put away his worried and thoughtful expression and returned to his sunny and cheerful appearance, "Of course, it is to survey the river and evacuate the people, this is our mission.

As for the rebellion, I've handed it over to the general, and let him worry about it. I think we can be safe for a while. They are not ready to confront the court head-on, otherwise they would not have sent someone to assassinate me, and would have directly launched an attack on the capital."