I was engaged in infrastructure construction in the Han Dynasty [Transmigration Book]

Chapter 366 [1 More] 366

When Huo Guang heard that Liu Tan was going to start digging canals, he was really relieved, as long as his Highness stopped doing those weird things.

Although he can tinker with interesting things every time, the problem is that there are too many derivative problems that follow.

He doesn't object to Liu Tan's tossing about these things, he just hopes that His Royal Highness the King of the Northern Realm can take his time, otherwise he won't be able to bear it.

Every time Huo Guang comes to get a new task, of course he can not do it, but the price of not doing it may be that he needs to clean up the mess, so he would rather take over by himself from the beginning, so as not to waste time and effort.

When Huo Guang left, Liu Tan asked Zhu Shanzhang to go with him and invite Xu Lin to come over.

When going out, Huo Guang asked: "Is there any gain from following His Highness these days?"

Zhu Shanzhang suddenly tensed up, he just heard how strict the students in the National Academy are, and at the same time he is also glad that he is the number one scholar, otherwise even if he enters the academy, he will be very difficult to endure.

He said cautiously: "I did learn some, but..."

Huo Guang tilted his head slightly and raised his eyebrows: "Just?"

Zhu Shanchen smiled wryly and said, "Your Majesty finds it a bit difficult to do things with His Highness."

Huo Guang asked, "Which aspect?"

Zhu Shanchen said anxiously: "Any aspect."

In fact, he didn't want to say it so clearly at first, but even if he didn't say it, maybe the Prime Minister of the country knew it well, so it's better to be more frank.

After hearing this, Huo Guang smiled and said, "You have a big heart."

Zhu Shanqian looked at Huo Guang in surprise, and Huo Guang suddenly asked: "If you were placed in the position of His Highness, facing the northern border country with nothing, what would you do?"

Zhu Shan was dumbfounded, he had never thought about this question, or he didn't dare to think about it.

In his position to seek his own government, generally starting to think about these means that he has a certain ambition.

Regardless of Zhu Shan's character, his current situation obviously cannot support such an ambition.

Seeing his shocked expression, Huo Guang said, "Don't think too much, just say it."

Zhu Shanzhang thought for a while before saying: "Your official... my official is dull, I don't know."

Huo Guang walked out with his hands behind his back and said: "Don't talk about you, even I don't know where to start, but look... Maybe the northern border country as a whole has not changed much now, but the capital is getting better. It's getting better too, isn't it?"

Zhu Shanqian understood Huo Guang's meaning, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness is indeed a genius in heaven."

Huo Guang said: "So what you need to do is to help His Highness as much as possible, and don't put your mind on trying to figure out what His Highness means. Your Highness has always been lenient. As long as you do your job well, you will not be harsh. If you are outstanding, you will not hesitate to reward. See Look at Gong Shucan, you know what to do."

Zhu Shanzhang was in a cold sweat when he heard it, and then he realized that he had taken a detour before, because he wanted to get ahead very urgently, so he tried his best to make a good impression on the King of the North.

But the things he is doing now are very ordinary, sorting out paperwork, running errands to pass orders, which makes him feel that it is not enough, so he starts to figure out the mind of the king of the northern border, and even deliberately flatters him at certain times.

If Huo Guang hadn't woken him up suddenly, he might be no different than those jesters.

He stopped in his tracks and bowed to Huo Guang: "Your Majesty, thank you Guoxiang for your reminder!"

Huo Guang kept walking and said lightly: "Your Highness has high hopes for you guys. I don't want to see His Highness disappointed. This is just a reminder. However, there will be no next time. If I feel that you are really unusable, I will also remind His Highness to replace you." you."

Zhu Shanyan stabilized his mind and said calmly: "President of the country, don't worry, I know what to do."

Huo Guang slapped him: "Go, don't keep His Highness waiting."

Zhu Shanzhang stood there watching Huo Guang's back disappear around the corner, and then walked in the opposite direction to Huo Guang.

When Xu Lin came over, Liu Tan was looking at the design drawings he presented earlier.

He looked up at Xu Lin, and found that after a winter's recuperation, Xu Lin's cheeks finally had some flesh, and his complexion looked much better, so he couldn't help but smiled and said, "It seems that you've had a good year."

Xu Lin slightly lowered his body and said, "Thanks to Your Highness, otherwise Xu Lin might have become a lonely ghost at this moment."

His words were not out of politeness. According to his previous situation, he might not be able to withstand the harsh winter weather in the northern border country. He was already plagued by illnesses, and with no fixed place to live, he might not live to spring.

He had already expected this when he came to the northern border country, but he was not afraid of death, the only thing he regretted was that he could not fulfill his master's wish.

But he didn't expect the twists and turns. Not only did he have the hope of fulfilling his teacher's wish, but he was even properly placed.

Liu Tan ordered directly: "Put Mr. Xu by my side."

Xu Lin quickly said: "Your Majesty, I can't be a gentleman."

Liu Tan waited for his chair to sit next to him before he said: "Mr. Xu is good enough to be a teacher in water conservancy, why can't he be a teacher? In fact, I should leave this matter to you to handle it, but I don't know how to deal with it." Very interesting and would like to hear more."

Xu Lin said in a low voice: "If the master is still alive, he will certainly introduce His Highness as a confidant, and...the water system in the northern border country is complicated, and you need to walk around. I can only judge based on what I have seen before. If Your Highness really wants to To improve, I can only show what I have learned all my life at most, the rest is just..."

Xu Lin's eyes darkened a lot as he said that, he would have to be served wherever he went, and if he really wanted to improve the water system of the northern border country, he couldn't afford to be such a leader.

After hearing this, Liu Tan asked in his heart, "Are you interested in accepting disciples?"

Xu Lin was taken aback: "Your Highness means..."

Liu Tan said: "Nowadays, you know that there is a school in the royal capital. The students there are all tribute students who have been admitted before. It's hard to say about their character, but their cultural accomplishment is not bad. If you don't mind Just open a class in the past, if you meet someone you like, it’s not bad to accept him as a closed disciple.”

After hearing this, Xu Lin was very moved. He looked at his legs and said with low self-esteem: "It's just that I am like this now..."

"You have walked all over the mountains and rivers like this. As long as you don't look down on yourself, no one can look down on you. What's more, what you teach them is knowledge, which is based on the brain and not the body."

After Liu Tan finished speaking, he felt that he had to formulate a code of conduct for the school later, and respecting teachers must be placed first.

Xu Lin lowered his head and blinked, suppressed the enthusiasm in his eyes and said with a smile: "Since His Highness said so, then this official... is disrespectful."

Liu Tan nodded in satisfaction: "That's right, come on, let's take a look at this picture."

Xu Lin knew the situation of this picture at a glance. This picture was drawn by himself at the beginning, so it can be said that he is very familiar with this picture.

So at a glance, he could see that there were a few more red marks on it, and he couldn't help asking: "Your Highness, these red dots are..."

Liu Tan said with a smile: "These lakes have already been dug. They were dug before it was not too cold. The next step is to dig canals to divert water."

Xu Lin's eyes lit up, but soon he realized something was wrong, he couldn't help pointing to those red dots and said, "These places are too scattered, I'm afraid it's not easy to coordinate."

Liu Tan sighed and said, "That's true, so in some places we can only dig a section of canal first."

Xu Lin was hesitant to speak, and Liu Tan said, "I know what you are worried about. Do you think you should dig out after planning?"

Xu Lin was a little embarrassed: "Yes."

Liu Tan bent down and circled a few pieces of land on the map, and then said: "These places are medium-sized fields, and they need water resources the most."

Xu Lin understood Liu Tan's meaning at a glance, frowned slightly and said, "These fields are very scattered, I'm afraid it will be more difficult in the later stage."

Liu Tan responded: "So what we need is to design the whole first, and then start the division of labor."

While talking, he sighed: "There is no way, there are few people in the northern border country, so we can only come a little bit first."

Xu Lin said with some shame: "It's my minister's problem. I was too eager for quick success and I forgot to take into account the actual situation of the northern border country."

He recalled that when Xu Bo was dying, what he was most worried about was not that he did not study well enough, but that he would not be able to adapt to local conditions, so he was urged to think more about it.

Xu Lin thought that he had thought a lot about this picture, but unexpectedly, he still overlooked many problems.

Liu Tan patted him on the shoulder: "Don't be so stressed, even if your master is still there, you may not be able to take this into consideration. After all, your master was ordered by the emperor to control the floods before, so it wouldn't be like this if you don't say what you want. It's a pity that the northern border country can't be so presumptuous now."

Xu Lin pondered and said, "Since this is the case, this picture is not applicable. Please give me two days to change it, Your Highness."

Liu Tan said: "Don't be in a hurry to change the map. I just looked at it and found that the river bed is high in some places, but the selected water storage lake is a bit low, which can easily cause river backflow."

Xu Lin seemed to have thought about this problem, and said directly: "This is not difficult, but it needs to consume a certain amount of manpower and material resources."

Liu Tan laughed and said, "Are you trying to talk about building dikes?"

Xu Lin nodded: "Exactly, it's just that a lot of mud, sand, bricks and stones are needed, and I'm afraid it will require a lot of manpower and material resources."

Liu Tan said, "Sand and masonry? No, we don't need that, we use cement."

Xu Lin was stunned for a moment: "Is cement... just like a city wall?"

Liu Tan said: "The mixture of cement and iron bars is stronger than sandy bricks and stones, and it is easy to mold."

Xu Lin pondered: "I don't know much about cement, this... I need to look more."

Liu Tan took out a few sheets of paper from the side and said, "Now that you've read it, let's take a look at these again."

Xu Lin lowered his head and found that these were actually three blueprints. The things drawn on the blueprints seemed to be dikes, but they were different from the ones he had seen before. Are you drawing a dike?"

"Correct."

Xu Lin looked blank: "Where did this... come from? I have never heard of it before."