"Who is this? Is it the little thief's parents?"

At this moment, Wang Yan came from the backyard and saw the Sun Fengnian and his wife standing in front of Xu Ping, shouting loudly.

Xu Ping frowned and looked back at Wang Yan: "Deputy Envoy Wang, if you have something to ask, can you ask him after I finish asking here?"

After hearing Xu Ping's words, Wang Yan blushed. This is basic politeness. Don't say that Xu Ping's official position is higher than that of him, even he can't be so unreasonable to his subordinates. Wang Yan was anxious and even forgot about this.

After being interrupted by Wang Yan, especially the word "little thief", the hearts of Sun Fengnian and his wife who had just calmed down suddenly became raised. They looked at Wang Yan tremblingly and Xu Ping, but they didn't know what to do for a moment.

Xu Ping was extremely angry, and he couldn't turn against Wang Yan directly, so he could only suppress his anger. The opponents were helpless and Sun Fengnian and his wife said: "Let's relax. As long as you tell the truth, your son will be fine."

After saying that, seeing that the couple were still in shock, they turned to Lu Fang next to them and said, "Go and bring Sun Erlang here to reunite their family so that they will not worry about each other."

Lu Fang turned around and headed towards the backyard.

The mistress in the inn brought a chair over, Wang Yan looked at it, and sat quietly.

Xu Ping was too lazy to pay attention to him and just thought he didn't exist.

Not long after, Lu Fang brought Sun Erlang over and returned his life to Xu Ping.

When Wu Liuniang saw her son, she could no longer hold back and tears flowed down her face, and she couldn't stop it. Sun Fengnian patted her shoulder, sighed heavily, and tears also appeared on the corners of her eyes.

Xu Ping signaled Lu Fang to let Sun Erlang go, allowing him to pounce on his parents' arms.

After letting the family vent their suppressed feelings for a while, and the fears and fears of the past two days flowed away with tears, Xu Ping said to Sun Fengnian: "Your son is back, don't worry anymore. Now tell me what is the situation of the Yellow River waterway in Heyin County? Is it really rolling so much to the north?"

Sun Fengnian turned around and secretly wiped the tears hanging from the corners of his eyes, turned his head and said, "Reported to the official, if it were said that the river channel would not have changed so much this year, and it has been accumulated over the past few years. However, the Yellow River flowed along the foot of Guangwu Mountain before, and it seemed that the water was just shallow, and the river channel had not changed much. This year, the water reached the bottom of the beach, and the bottom of the river to the south was extremely flat, so it suddenly retreated for seven or eight miles."

Xu Ping thought for a while, nodded, and understood the truth.

In the past few years, the river water became shallower, and the water level of the entire wide river surface dropped together, so it did not look conspicuous. By this year, the previous water level had reached the bottom of the southern half of the river. The bottom of this half of the river was filled with silt silt sand, wide and flat, and the river channel quickly shrank to the northern half.

So it seems that half of the river was dry all at once, but in fact the amount of water was not much. Except for the residents on both sides of the river, the feeling of upstream and downstream was not obvious. Otherwise, if the amount of water in the Yellow River was really half reduced, it would have been alarmed by the court, and it would not have been possible that I would have known it until this time.

After understanding this, Xu Ping basically believed what Sun Fengnian said and breathed a sigh of relief. With this nearly ten miles of waterless river, there was enough space to open a canal on it. The silt mud and sand of the Yellow River was soft and delicate, which was convenient for digging and maintenance.

As for how to fix the river bank that opened, we need to use the method of Chen Yaozuo, who is now the judge of Zhengzhou. Chen Yaozuo is one of the most outstanding water conservancy experts among the officials of this era. When he was an official in various places, he once managed many large rivers. The river embankment in the lower reaches of the Yellow River was built by his method.

Simply put, it is to use branches and plants to form fences on the river bank, and then fill them with sand and stone. The mud and sand in the Yellow River reach the gaps on the embankment and stay, which strengthens the river bank. This kind of river bank is easy and quick to repair, and can last for a long time. It has excellent results and is much lower than other methods. Even if Xu Ping has cement in his hand, it is far inferior to this method in combination. Of course, if the cement is cheap and large, it is another matter.

The three places where the Luo River is diverted into the Bian River, Xijing Henan Prefecture, Mengzhou and Zhengzhou, are all important places close to the capital, and the chief officials are all placed here as ministers. The envoy Chen Yaozuo was appointed as the Grand Secretary of the Zizheng Hall, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue was appointed as the Grand Secretary of Zhengzhou, the Minister of the Minister of the Secretariat Li Di was appointed as the Grand Secretary of the Zizheng Hall, the Left Chief of the Shangshu was appointed as the direct scholar of Mengzhou, and the head of Henan Prefecture was appointed as the direct scholar of Longtu Pavilion, and the chief minister Li Ruogu was appointed as the important minister in the court without exception. In particular, Li Di and Chen Yaozuo were both formerly appointed as the prime minister and now they also enjoy the treatment of the prime minister (Zizheng Hall).

There are two types of Grand Secretary: One is called footnotes, which means that the person who enjoys the treatment of a priest, and the person who does not have footnotes is only a bachelor), which is far from the ability of ordinary state officials to compete with the current Censor Han Yi to take the exam. His son Li Shu is now a master in the court and his identity is extraordinary. His identity is slightly worse, and he has no room for talking in front of these people. Although most of the specific affairs below are handed over to the magistrate, and they basically don’t care about them, such major matters cannot be ignored.

All the way, he faced such a big shot, and Xu Ping himself was cautious. Wang Yan was so stupid that he only wanted to cause trouble, which made him even more annoyed. After hearing Sun Fengnian's words, he couldn't help but have a scheming in his heart.

He raised his head and said to Sun Fengnian: "I'm going to patrol the waterway of the Luo River. What you said just now is very useful. Let's go back to Heyin County with me. I will do my best to preside over the matter you have not done before you come out and will never treat you badly. If you still don't want to stay in Heyin County afterwards, I will find a way out for you. Whether it's a wealthy family mansion in Kaifeng Prefecture or a farmyard business, it will be as you wish!"

"Can you go to the field business?" Hearing Xu Ping's words, Sun Fengnian's eyes lit up suddenly.

Xu Pingqi said: "What, do you want to go there? It's under my control of the Sansi, so I can go there naturally!"

"I want to go, I want to go, of course I want to go!" Sun Fengnian nodded repeatedly, "I heard people on the road that the camp and field affairs are hiring people, and there are food and accommodation. No major families can compare with them. Of course I want to go!"

"Okay, then after exploring the river, I will let your whole family go to the field steward!"

Sun Fengnian didn't know what Xu Ping was, but seeing so many officials, he was the highest in status, and he thought he could count his words. He was frightened and didn't expect that this result would end up with the whole family burst into tears.

Wang Yan was calm and looked at Xu Ping talking to such a farmer. He was already impatient. When he heard that he was going to Heyin County again, how could he bear it?

Tengdi stood up and Wang Yan said to Xu Ping: "Deputy Envoy Xu, although we are mainly about you and I am just a deputy, we must discuss with me the major issues of changing the inspection route!"

Xu Ping said lightly: "Didn't you discuss it just now?"

"What? Then I have discussed it?" Wang Yanbong opened his eyes and could no longer bear it. "Then I have already said it just now, I don't agree. I insisted on going to Gongxian County to check the Luo River water diversion outlet first!"

"Okay, everyone knows this. I go to Heyin County, you go to Gong County, and we are divided into two groups, and we go our separate ways here, and each of them takes care of each other. You walk from Gong County toward the Bian River, and I walk from the Biankou of Heyin County toward the Luo River, and meet in the middle. We check the waterways we have investigated, discuss in Fanshui County, and return to Beijing to return to Beijing. Deputy Envoy Wang, you are going to Gong County to see the water diversion outlet, but I didn't stop you. If you want to go, just go!"

Wang Yan was stunned: "Do your actions separately?"

Xu Ping sighed: "Yes, what else should I do? As a deputy, you don't listen to me as a regular person. Are you staying in Zhongmu County without separation? Anyway, one month is an urgent matter. It saves a lot of effort to avoid time and we cannot get the job. Isn't it the best of both worlds!"

Wang Yan was still confused and murmured: "I didn't say that I just did things separately-"

"Wow, Deputy Envoy Wang, I asked you to go all the way, but you don't want to. Now you are separated from you, but you don't want to. What do you want? I am the official in this trip. Do you have to listen to you?"

Wang Yan shook his head vigorously and tried hard to figure things out, but he really didn't know how to answer Xu Ping.

After a while, Wang Yan said, "Since Deputy Envoy Xu said it, separate it. But what should we do if the entourage we brought? Could it be divided into two groups of people?"

Xu Ping smiled and said, "When you left the city, you said that Liu Han didn't arrange your entourage for you. I went back halfway. Didn't I have already arranged it for you? I have been with us for a day!"

"Then-the two followers!" Wang Yan's eyes suddenly glared, "Deputy Envoy Xu, don't pretend to be stupid. I'm talking about the people of Qiaodaoxiang Army! Are they all following you?"

"Of course it's with me! This is the manpower of the Privy Council to the Salt and Iron Department. I took them out not only to patrol the river, but also to have other important things, just to go along the way! Deputy Envoy Wang, we only have those two followers to travel. This is the rule of the court, you won't know? When you arrive at the place, naturally, there are prefectures and counties who will send people to wait for the command, and there is no shortage of manpower!"

Only then did Wang Yan know what Xu Ping was thinking. He stared at him, as if he didn't know him, but he didn't know what to say. In terms of system, what Xu Ping said was the truth. Without special circumstances, there were a large group of people to give you when the official went on a patrol, and the food and drink costs on the road were not calculated. If you need a manpower, you naturally need it from the local yamen. Whenever you go on patrol, you have the responsibility of inspecting officials. This is a routine, and under normal circumstances, no local official dares to disobey.

However, it is hard to say whether the local officials will think so if they are in the prefecture and two states.
Chapter completed!