King of Song

Chapter 490
Daming Mansion, first built in the third year of Emperor Dezong of Tang Dynasty, is located at the junction of Hebei, Shandong and Henan.

There are Zhangshui, Weishui, and Majia Rivers flowing through the territory, which is fertile and rich. It was originally a metropolis in Hebei.During the Northern Song Dynasty, due to the diversion of the Yellow River, Daming Mansion became a city near the river, with convenient transportation, located in an important place, and its status further rose, becoming the first city on the North Road in the Song Dynasty.

Especially in the second year of Renzong Qingli, Daming Mansion was identified as the accompanying capital of the Song Dynasty, called "Beijing/Beijing". The status of Daming Mansion was even more lofty, becoming one of the four capitals.

At that time, Kaifeng, the capital city of the Song Dynasty, was also called Tokyo; Luoyang, the capital of Xijing, was under the rule of Henan Prefecture;Daming Mansion won the title of Beijing/Beijing, so it is naturally extraordinary.Its status is still higher than that of Jiangning Mansion, a city in the south of the Yangtze River, and Chengdu Mansion, an important place in the southwest.

In recent years, although due to the flooding of the Yellow River, people on Hebei Road have a tendency to live in dire straits, and the disaster has been severe.However, Daming Mansion has been somewhat affected, but as the largest city on Hebei Road, its prosperity remains the same as before.

After Lin Zhao and others entered the city, they saw shops standing on both sides of the street, the crowds were bustling with people on the street, and the cries of hawkers were endless, which was a scene of prosperity.

"The No. [-] city in Hebei is really extraordinary!" Mu Sihong laughed and said, "It's almost catching up with Jiangning!"

"Indeed, Daming Mansion prospered because of the Yellow River. If it hadn't been for the severe flooding of the Yellow River in the past few years, I'm afraid it would have been even more prosperous." Lin Zhao knew that the prosperity and prosperity of Daming Mansion were closely related to the Yellow River. Later, after the Yellow River diverted to the south, Daming Mansion Gradually declined, and after the Song Dynasty, its status continued to decline, so that it was finally unknown.

Daming mansion, prosperity is also the Yellow River, and defeat is also the Yellow River!
Now that we manage the Yellow River by ourselves, we must make the embankment of the Yellow River impregnable and prevent diversions from occurring.Then the existence and prosperity of Daming Mansion should be able to continue forever!This can also be regarded as doing something good for the Great Song Dynasty. The Great Song Dynasty's accompanying capital established by the emperor's own decree, naturally cannot let him decline.

However, one of the most important reasons why the Daming Mansion is so prosperous on Hebei Road is that the Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures are in the hands of the Liao Kingdom.If Yanyun can be regained in the future, whether the Daming Mansion can compete with Youzhou, it is beyond his control!
let it go!
Lin Zhao's minister of honor had already arrived at the Daming Mansion first. After Lin Shilang appeared in Bozhou, there was no point in procrastinating.Now that he has moved into the Daming Mansion Yamen, he just needs to wait for Lin Zhao to go directly.Han Qi had already left, so Feng Kai, the magistrate of the Daming Mansion, could finally raise his back and welcome Lin Shilang as the highest official of the Daming Mansion.

Although he is the magistrate of a daimyo and Han Qi is the general judge, Han Tongpan has another status, Hebei Road Xuanfu envoy, who happens to be the immediate boss.He is also the elder of the three dynasties and ranks as the prime minister. How can he compete with others for the length of the day?Therefore, Feng Kai's status is very embarrassing. During the past few years in the Daming Mansion, he was simply a puppet.Coupled with the fact that Han Qi is a strong person, he did not decentralize Feng Kai's power at all, so the encounter can be imagined.

Now that Han Qi left in disgrace, the political affairs of the Daming Mansion were temporarily handed over to him, so he could justifiably be the magistrate for a while.It may only be a few days, but it can be regarded as an elation.After the new Hebei Road Xuanfu envoy arrives, his good life may come to an end.

However, the newcomer Wen Xianggong has a good reputation. I heard that he is more gentle than Han Xianggong. Maybe his situation will not be as bad as before!No matter so much, at least the last few days can be comfortable.All this is due to Lin Shilang, if Lin Shilang hadn't taken action to drive Han Qi away, I don't know how long I will be suppressed, and I am afraid that I will never have a bright future.

Feng Kai had been dissatisfied with Han Qi for a long time, but he was not at the same level at all, so he dared to be angry but did not dare to speak out.Now that Han Qi has encountered such a situation, Feng Kai is naturally gloating.Of course, a skinny camel was bigger than a horse, so he didn't dare to mock Mr. Han in public for making himself unhappy.

Don't talk about it, but it can be implemented in concrete actions.

For example, the grand welcome to Lin Shilang. Although Lin Shilang has great power, he does not pose any threat to himself.In this way, it can be regarded as repayment, and secondly, it can be regarded as closer relationship.

Although Lin Shilang is young, his strength and influence are extraordinary.He is a rookie in the dynasty, he is favored by the emperor, and he is able to do something like Han Xianggong. After doing some shocking things, he is safe and sound, which is enough to explain the problem.To curry favor with Lin Shilang is to curry favor with the emperor indirectly, which will be beneficial to his future career.

It is self-evident how powerful Lin Shilang will be in Hebei in the coming period of time.Especially since the project of harnessing the river is about to start, if you can perform well in it, you will make an extra credit for yourself at that time, and a bright future will come naturally!Look at Li Ru from Bozhou, who is in exactly the same situation as himself. After helping Lin Shilang, he is now an old man, gaining both fame and fortune!

It is precisely because of this that Feng Kai was quite polite to Lin Zhaona, and there was already a bit of flattery in some places.As soon as Lin Shilang's guard of honor arrived at the Daming Mansion, he immediately arranged to live in the mansion.And get ready for Lin Shilang's arrival, anyway, Han Qi has already left, so don't worry about any embarrassment!
A few days later, when Lin Zhao arrived, Feng Kai was attentive in many ways and served him very well.Lin Zhao had a rather special feeling in his heart. Once upon a time, he would be flattered by others, which was really funny.

But Di Qing said that this is a good thing, and he can take advantage of this opportunity to gather all these people under his command.Not to mention letting him use him for himself, but he can help a lot with some small things, at least to strengthen his strength.As long as it is someone who has had close contact with Lin Zhao, Zhao Xu will definitely not dare to use it in the future.

And these people themselves are helpless, how to stand in line seems self-evident.For Lin Zhao, although Hebei Road is not a place of foundation, it is always good to form a good relationship with the officials here.Therefore, Lin Zhao also took good care of Feng Kai, with a humble attitude, a lot of praise in his words, and revealed the meaning of reuse.Not to mention how excited Feng Kai was, he was even more attentive in front of Lin Shilang and others.

Since Feng Kai cooperates, Lin Zhao is not polite, and the matter of river governance has long been arranged.Whether it is the production of cement, or the production of Iron Claw Dragon and Junchuan Loquat, they have already achieved fruitful results, and the preparations are about the same.These things are related to river governance, which is the country's major plan, so Han Qi didn't feel embarrassed before.

On Lin Zhao's first day at Daming Mansion, Yu Xuan rushed to report that everything was going smoothly.Lin Zhao was very pleased with this, and immediately started to implement it, and Feng Kai also cooperated very well.Although Wen Yanbo, the new Hebei Road Xuanfu Envoy, has not yet arrived, the river control project has already started in an orderly manner, and it is gradually gaining momentum.

The first important thing is to close the breach of the Yellow River, so that the situation of flooding Hebei is alleviated.It's already autumn, and the northern border of the Great Song Dynasty is completely immersed in the river water, so it's a bit unreasonable.Because the flood has not receded before, the water level is high and the water flow is fast, so there is no condition for blockage.

However, after the rain stopped, the water potential was significantly reduced, and now there is a possibility of construction.

The method used to block breaches in the Song Dynasty was relatively traditional, mainly using materials such as bamboo, wood and rattan, weaving them into basket shapes, linking them together, and sinking them into the bottom of the water together with stones.In fact, this is very similar to the method of reinforced concrete in later generations, but the material is slightly different!

This time, since it is going to be impenetrable, it will naturally be improved.It's just that in this era, it is really difficult to cast steel bars with sufficient length and good toughness.Therefore, Lin Zhao could only use iron cables instead to form a steel network.Then a section was loaded on a boat, driven into the river at the breach, and then the ship was artificially sunk.

The boat itself is equipped with heavy boulders and even metal, which become fixed objects in the river and play the same role as bridge piers.Then fill in the big stones as the cornerstone, and pour cement at the same time, so that the iron chains and stones are completely intertwined to form a strong network.

There is no doubt that the iron chain is much better than the original bamboo, wood and rattan.With cement as the adhesive, the various components of the entire dam are completely integrated, and the degree of firmness is naturally much stronger.However, in more than ten days, the breach in Daming Mansion was successfully blocked.

When the news came out, it was immediately exciting.This time, it set a record for the shortest time to repair the breach in the Great Song Dynasty.You know, in the past, the Yellow River burst and could not be blocked for months or even years, and the floods were allowed to rage.When Lin Shilang made a move, it was really extraordinary.Especially the emergence of a series of new materials is undoubtedly getting twice the result with half the effort!
Maybe this time the Yellow River can really be cured, and it can be as solid as gold as Lin Shilang said!

It is not easy to achieve this, and Lin Zhao knows very well that the cost and time of pouring all the Yellow River dams on this Hebei Road can not be achieved overnight.What can be done now is mainly based on the survey data to reinforce the more important or seriously damaged river sections to prevent the occurrence of dam breaks.

The focus of Yellow River governance is to dredge the river so that the river can flow eastward into the sea smoothly. As long as this is done, there will be no more flooding problems.While closing the levee, Lin Zhao began to build a semi-cofferdam in the river. The water level of the river was too high, and he used the method of beaming water to flush the sand to accumulate sediment.

Thousands of dredging loquats and iron claw dragons can also be put into use to dredge the settled sediment.The Ergu River is still there, and the Yellow River is still flowing eastward and northward.

Lin Zhao focused on cleaning up the Dongliu. When the Dongliu was completely normal, the day of the Beiliu would also end.The big river flows eastward, which is what everyone expects.

Hurry up, everything is going smoothly, Lin Zhao is waiting for Wen Xianggong's arrival in such a busy schedule.But Wen Yanbo hadn't come yet, but someone else came to the door
(End of this chapter)