Madam Xu watched the old lady and the people in the big room coldly, and sighed in her heart.

As everyone moved to the flower hall, she quickly left. As soon as she left the second door, she saw the butler waiting there.

Butler Chen came over and said, "How is it?"

Madam Xu said with a serious expression: "You might as well send a message to the eldest master. You can't hide this from the eldest master."

After that, I told you what happened just now.

Butler Chen frowned and said, "Do you want to report a letter to the Crown Princess first?"

Madam Xu shook her head and said, "No, the Crown Princess may not be able to contact her recently, but you can write a letter and hand it over to the Chief Xiao. He will definitely find a way to hand it over to the Crown Princess."

Butler Chen nodded: "Okay, I'll go and prepare now, you can go back to the old lady."

The old lady was happy today and did not notice Madam Xu's little movements.

When she didn't know, a pigeon was released from the backyard of Xiao's family, and a servant also left from the back door to Juxiangyuan with the letter given by Butler Chen."

*

At this moment, Xiao Chenrui was standing on a mountain not far from Lucheng, looking at the planning map in his hand, and making a final argument with Lord Yao and other colleagues beside him.

Xiao Chenrui looked at the gully at the foot of the mountain: "Dear sirs, I think that although the construction period may be extended, the bottom is full of rocks, and there will be no hidden dangers in the future. It can be said that it is beneficial without any harm.

If you choose two other locations, although the construction period can be advanced, you will not only occupy arable land, but in the future, if there are special circumstances, you may still be backflowing into the farmland, which may more likely endanger the people. I wonder what the adults think?"

Master Yao from the Ministry of Works first agreed: "What Mr. Xiao said is that digging the river is a big deal. Although it is to go to the other two places and irrigation on both sides of the straits is a waste of time, the project volume is not small at that time.

After all, the rivers have to be dug out, but they are all loess layers. As Mr. Xiao said before, it is likely that over time, it will cause soil erosion and will inevitably lead to a reduction in the arable land area on both sides of the strait. It will be awesome if it goes on for many years.

But if you want to solve the loss of arable land, you have to build a dam, which will be more expensive. But if you open a mountain, it will be different. At that time, we just need to build a few more water canals when entering the mountain in front, and release the barrier when using water, and block it when not using it."

The officials who followed the field inspection also said that this is true. If you think about it in the long run, it will definitely be a good idea.

In fact, if you walk the other two places, you have to build a dam in addition to digging the river. It is probably not shorter than the construction period of the mountain. Besides, this area has more people and less cultivated land. If you occupy more cultivated land, the people will probably not be willing.

So things were settled, and the memorial was quickly written and sent back to the capital.

After just waiting for the imperial instructions above, you can dig it. After all, you can do the work of opening mountains in winter, and in winter, people in the countryside will rest at home. If the construction site manages two morning meals, the wages will be appropriate. I believe someone will definitely be willing to go to work.

Xiao Chenrui looked at the planning map on the table and sighed: "I can't blame the Wei River for being managed every year, but it can't be cured every year. All the money from the court was poured into water.

It is not fundamentally solved, but it is repaired every year, and it will never be managed well. The money given by the court every year is probably not all used to build river banking.

But then again, even if the money given by the court is all used to govern the Wei River, it is probably a drop in the bucket. If the Emperor and His Royal Highness had the courage, they would probably not have been able to do this."
Chapter completed!