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Chapter 976 The general trend

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    Hearing this, Pan Jixun glanced at Zhu Heng, wondering what kind of medicine this old man was selling in his gourd?

    "Don't worry too much. How can you make assumptions about such a major matter without seeing it with your eyes and ears?" Zhu Heng walked towards the breach with his hands behind his back.

    Pan Jixun followed and heard Zhu Butang continue: "When I came, I was catching up with the peak of the flood, and the water was at its strongest. When the flood came out of the weir mouth, I witnessed a spectacle. I saw the turbulent Yellow River water flowing at a very fast speed.  Suddenly, the water surged several times. The powerful water force, like hot water and snow, quickly dissolved and took away the sediment on both sides of the breach, and soon broke out a deep groove that reached the canal in the distance.  "

    While talking, the two of them came to the breach and went down to the edge of the yellow water.

    "Now that the water has slowed down, the scene at that time can no longer be seen." Zhu Heng said and waved his hand. Wailang, the official of Dushui Qingli, quickly ordered the soldiers to insert a long probe into the water.

    When the bottom of the pole touched the ground, the top of the three-foot-long probe pole was almost gone.

    "Look, this place was originally flat, but it was attacked three feet down." Zhu Heng sighed: "The power of heaven and earth is so terrifying!"

    It is impossible for an old man like Zhu Heng to apologize if he wants to save face.  Pan Jixun knew that this was a sign of admitting his mistake.

    Pan Zhongcheng snorted contentedly and explained: "It was only after I saw this scene before that I realized that there is such a clever restrictive relationship between water flow and sediment. After repeated trials, I came up with the idea of ??'  The idea of ????beaming water and attacking sand."

    "Yes." Zhu Heng nodded and sighed: "I am old, and Weng Rushen is also embarrassed to take on the important task. The important task of managing the Yellow River in the future will definitely fall on your shoulders."

    "Butang is only nine years older than Xiaguan, and he is far from old." That's how Pan Jixun is. I am soft when others are soft, and I am hard when others are tough.  He said politely: "The river work still needs to be supervised by the ministry, otherwise it will never be completed."

    "Well, speaking of it, you are not yet fifty, but you look like an old man in your sixties." Zhu Heng was very satisfied with Pan Jixun's attitude. He looked at him deeply and sighed again: "  Isn¡¯t this the case for me? In the previous life, we could only work on the river without practicing cultivation. We have committed evil in three lives and have been dealing with the Yellow River all our lives.¡±

    "There is no way, someone has to do it." Pan Jixun said with a smile: "We don't trust those two knives to manage the river work."

    "Yes." Zhu Heng nodded and lowered his voice: "It was my mistake to replace you with Weng Rushen. In fact, he has been working hard in the past few years. I should give him a hand, but what happened this time  Too big, he has a responsibility that he cannot shirk. If I can help him get dismissed from office and return to his hometown, that would be the best outcome."

    "Yes." Pan Jixun nodded. Although he knew that Weng Dali deserved his punishment, he still felt a sense of sadness in his heart.

    "But the river work cannot stop." Zhu Heng said, took a deep look at Pan Jixun and said: "The next prime minister of the river is none other than you. I will take the opportunity to fight for you again and see if I can be the right capital emperor.  Shi title, this way I will at least be on an equal footing with the governor of Cao, so that I won¡¯t be suppressed again.¡±

    Pan Jixun knew that this kind of matter was not something that the minister of the Ministry of Industry could decide, so he just treated it like a cakewalk and gave vague responses.

    "Anyway, let your ideas go, I will fully support you." Zhu Heng patted Pan Jixun on the shoulder, completing the attitude change.

    ??~~

    Almost the same day, the news that the Yellow River burst its banks for the second time also reached Beijing.

    After hearing the bad news, Emperor Longqing was so angry that he impulsively broke his beloved Yansheng porcelain.

    "What idiots are ruining the country! Even if they did nothing, they would have saved a few states and counties from being flooded and lost a hundred thousand kilo of grain!"

    The emperor started the biggest fire since Yu Yu. When he saw the broken porcelain pieces on the ground, he became even more furious.  "I'm sorry if I don't chop off their headsI'm sorry for my people!"

    He immediately sent an order to the Jin Yiwei, and immediately locked Weng Dali and Zhao Kongzhao into the capital. Long Qing wanted to pry open their heads to see if they were filled with yellow mud soup.

    In addition, they must pay for their beloved porcelain.

    Once one of them is broken, the set will no longer be complete, do you understand?

    ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? We feel distressed.

    ??~~

    The news of the Yellow River breach quickly spread like wildfire, spreading throughout the capital, and there was an uproar!

    Now even ordinary people know that water transportation is over, and they can¡¯t even hope for a Grand Canal within a few years.

    As a result, the price of rice in Beijing, which had been suppressed with great difficulty, began to rise again.  If the second batch of 100 ships of grain shipped north had not arrived in Beijing in time, grain prices would have reached a new high again.

    But the scale of shipping is too small. As the Marquis of Zhenyuan said, 30,000?Certificate deposit deduction.

    The imperial court only had to pay 20% of the total amount of grain transported as freight.  And grant Jiangnan Group the right to trade by sea, allowing it to traffic goods from the north to the south to make up for the losses incurred in shipping!

    Zhao Hao also promised that Jiangnan Group was willing to bear no less than two million shi of grain a year during the period when water transportation was blocked.  When water transportation resumes, the transportation volume can be gradually reduced according to the requirements of the court, as long as it is not less than 100,000 shi a year.

    Ma Sen was extremely satisfied with the plan that Mr. Zhao came up with.  Can he be dissatisfied?  The conditions offered by Zhao Hao were absolutely generous and unexpected, making him feel embarrassed!

    ps. The feeling of starting over is too painful. My mind has been filled with thoughts about who am I and what am I doing for the whole day?  It was only at night that I found the feeling of writing again.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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