Tai Jia

He Xihua lay on the couch for two days, and when he was able to get up a little bit, he begged Zhou Jianchang to take him to the embankment.

"This...Sun Xiucai ordered the younger one to be optimistic about the adults, so that the adults can rest well, and must not let the adults be willful." Zhou Jianchang was very hesitant.

He Xihua lowered his face, "Is he Chang Shi, or am I Chang Shi? You must know that you are all my subordinates. If you don't listen to me, but listen to him, what's the point?"

Zhou Jianchang said firmly: "Sun Xiucai is also doing it for the good of your lord. We used to think that your lord is too hard. Now we finally take the opportunity to let you rest more. How can we fall short?"

He Xihua sat back on the couch in despair, remained silent, and there seemed to be endless sadness in his eyes.

Zhou Jianchang couldn't bear it, hesitantly said: "It's okay to let adults go out for a walk, but you must take a sedan chair."

"Okay." Normally, He Xihua was not used to relying on people as his feet, but the situation was stronger than people, so he couldn't care less.

Zhou Jianchang found a small sedan chair for two people, covered it with thick mattresses and thickened the sedan chair curtains, so he dared to let He Xihua get on the sedan chair.

He Xihua opened the sedan chair curtain and looked out, only to see that the familiar streets in the past have long since changed their appearance, and the common people are all miserable. Recalling the days when there was a lot of traffic and people lived and worked in peace and contentment, it is unspeakably sad.People passing by recognized him and saluted him one after another, but He Xihua didn't dare to exchange greetings with them at all, for fear of hearing from them some tragedies in the world of family ruin and death.

"Go to the embankment." Not wanting to look at the ruins anymore, He Xihua gave the order without hesitation, and the group walked towards the embankment with one foot deep and one foot shallow.

From a distance, I saw rows of peasants carrying sandbags of bricks and stones, laboriously transporting them to the embankment, and some people were tirelessly tamping earth on the embankment.

On a relatively high hillside, there were two people standing side by side, one of them was pointing at the surging river, and the other was listening attentively.

He Xihua took a closer look and found that it was An Baoliang and Sun Xiong.

"The Yellow River once had a history of diversions," Sun Xiong said in a clear voice, obviously in a good mood, "I read a book about river governance by predecessors before, and it was quite consistent with Mr. Class——'To control the river in recent days is to curb it so that it cannot go north, and it enters the Huai River in the south to transport its ears. It is not the nature of the river to travel south.

"Today's young people study the ways of Confucius and Mencius all the time, and dismiss common affairs. There are really not many young people like you who are well-read," An Baoliang praised, "Actually, I already have a rough idea. , and can prevent the Yellow River from raging.”

"Oh? I'd like to hear about it."

A voice that did not belong to the two of them came from behind, and Sun Xiong turned his head suddenly. Seeing that He Xihua was walking with Zhou Jianchang's support, and seeing that he was wearing thin clothes, he inevitably resented that he didn't care about his body, but because of the presence of outsiders, he still didn't care about his body. First salute, "Students have met adults."

He Xihua said in amazement: "After going to the test, I understand etiquette better."

After finishing speaking, he bowed respectfully to An Baoliang, "I have seen Master An."

Anbao Liangsu didn't get along with He Dang, and when he came to Sizhou this time, he almost avoided He Xichao, but the young man in front of him was modest and polite, with a warm smile, which was really disgusting, so he also smiled, "Master Xiao He is polite .”

Sun Xiong stood sideways beside He Xihua, which happened to block most of the wind for him, and said to An Baoliang: "Sir, don't fool us, please enlighten me."

"Master Xiaohe should know that there are many lakes in Sizhou. In this area, there are Fuling Lake, Pofujian, Nidun Lake, Wanjia Lake, etc. Isn't that good?"

He Xihua nodded, An Baoliang found a branch, drew a few circles on the ground, and drew a long thick line to connect those circles into a big circle.

"You mean..." Sun Xiong realized in an instant, "Diverting the water from the Yellow River to connect these small lakes into one big lake, the Yellow River will definitely slow down in this way."

An Baoliang said happily: "That's right, and then widen the river channel, so that the water energy of the Great Lakes can be connected to the Huaihe River again, and finally lead to the Yangtze River."

He Xihua thought about it carefully, and hesitated again, "But if this is the case, all the Zhuangzi in the lakes may have to move away."

He thought silently, "I am afraid that thousands of families will leave their homes and have no land to cultivate..."

"The lesser of two evils," Sun Xiong interrupted him, "if the flooding remains unresolved, and the Yellow River rushes eastward and westward like this, not only will all the states and counties downstream be affected, even the canal will be lost. The downstream is Jinling, is Suhang is the granary and bank of my Xuanqi."

"I'm afraid you and I can't decide on this matter. We still have to report it to the imperial court." He Xihua has no bottom in his mind. His uncle was born in the army, and he is not very proficient in the government. Therefore, when things happen, he tends to follow the old rules. This kind of decision may bear a thousand years of infamy. , Whether he can do it is still unknown.

"Why don't you go and persuade Master Da He?" Sun Xiong raised the corners of his lips, "After all, he is the son of the great general, so it might be more face-saving."

He Xihua glanced at him, "I'm afraid the world will not be chaotic."

"Okay," Sun Xiong cupped his hands to An Baoliang, "Master He has been out for a while, and the students are worried that he won't be able to stand the cold, so they sent him back first."

He Xihua was not happy about it, but knowing that the other party was planning for him wholeheartedly, he had no choice but to get on the sedan chair obediently.

Unexpectedly, before the sedan chair was lifted, someone was riding a fast horse in the distance, beating gongs and drums, "Is Sun Xiong here?"

Everyone was taken aback for a moment, but He Xihua was the first to react, with a smile flickering in his eyes.

Sun Xiong took a step forward, "The next one is."

"Congratulations, Mr. Sun, congratulations, Mr. Sun, you won the first place in the township examination, and you are the best!"

There was a brief silence on the embankment first, and then there were endless cheers and congratulations.

Sun Xiong was surrounded by the crowd, as if he had done such an earth-shattering event, he was floating like a cloud.

An Baoliang on the other side did not expect that the young man who had just talked with him about the strategy of controlling the river would know Yuan, and happened to be a witness for him. He felt that it was an excellent fortune, which meant that everything would go well for him in Sizhou.

Sun Xiong quickly came back to his senses, and while bowing to the crowd, he continued to squeeze towards He Xihua's sedan chair, and ordered the bearers to pick up the sedan chair.

The crowd made way and sent them away jubilantly.

"Congratulations." He Xihua lifted the car curtain, pure joy in his eyes.

Sun Xiong was actually far happier than he imagined, but he said in a tone of voice, "It's a fluke."

In exchange for He Xihua chuckling for a while, Sun Xiong looked at the muddy man who was running around telling each other with distant eyes, "I just didn't expect so many irrelevant people to be happy for me."

He Xihua chuckled, "Sizhou is no better than Jiangnan, and there are not many Juren, let alone Jieyuan. In my impression, I am afraid that there has never been a Jieyuan at all. Now that Sizhou is in such a catastrophe, you are considered a rare one." happy event."

Sun Xiong was silent for a while, then slowly said: "Before I go to the test next year, I must find out about the dam."

Seeing his gloomy face, He Xihua knew that there must be something hidden, so he reached out and pressed his shoulder, "It won't take that long, don't worry."