Chapter 1362： Extra Hirofumi (1)

Mu Bowen walked quickly into the lobby, took off his bamboo hat and scorpion, frowned at the sleet outside, he slowly let out a breath, and asked Li An, the left servant of the Ministry of Engineering, "How about the North? "

Li An rubbed his hands, let out a breath of hot air, and said, "We are so cold in the south of the Yangtze River, and the north is naturally colder. In the past few days, the local reports on the disaster are almost buried in six parts."

Li An had a bitter look on his face, and said, "I don't know what happened in the past few years. There have been natural disasters. Fortunately, Daqi has been recuperating for nearly 20 years and has good seeds, otherwise..."

Otherwise, the natural disasters in the past few years can make Daqi miserable.

Although each disaster is not serious, there are droughts or waterlogging in several places every year, and snow disasters in winter, and according to the statistics of the Ministry of Households, the disasters are increasing every year. It was suspected that it was a man-made disaster, but it was discovered after verification that it was indeed a natural disaster.

And the weather predicted by Qintian Supervising the celestial phenomenon is getting more and more optimistic. The national teacher even said that the next 20 years will be the most difficult time in Daqi, because during this time period, natural disasters will continue in the world.

Sure enough, in the fifth year after the National Teacher's prediction, that is, this year, the country has generally cooled down. In October of previous years, Jiangnan was only cold in autumn, and only jackets were required, but in October this year, he has already put on a coat. , it is still sleet and snow, according to the news of Qin Tianjian, the temperature will drop in the next few days, and then Jiangnan is afraid of heavy snow.

Li An, who is the left servant of the Ministry of Works, is also under great pressure. Because of the abnormal weather, whether the people can have a good harvest now mostly depends on water conservancy, and the Ministry of Works is in charge of water conservancy construction.

The task of building a cold shelter this year was also handed over to the Ministry of Industry. He knew that Mu Bowen had studied it deeply, so he came to visit every night.

Mu Bowen has been traveling between various places and the Ministry of Industry all these years, so he is very familiar with Li An, and he is not polite at this time. He directly brings people into the study and asks: "Is this cold shelter only built in the capital, or is it built everywhere. ?"

The next people were busy adding two braziers to the study, and they bowed down after serving hot tea and snacks.

Li An drank a sip of hot tea, sighed contentedly, and then said: "This time, the Ministry of Household is willing to give money, after all, it is the second year of the new emperor's enthronement, and the emperor's inner treasury also bears some of the burden, so it is the capital of each prefecture and city. Shangxian County can also apply for the construction of one, but Zhongxian and Xiaxian are three neighboring counties jointly building one. Our Ministry of Industry is not only responsible for designing a warm and spacious relief shelter, but also approves various expenses, and then pays It is too busy to appoint officials to check whether the construction in various places is qualified, you know, our Ministry of Industry has a lot of skilled craftsmen, but if we really want to build cheap, safe and spacious houses, I think I still have to find you.”

Li An smiled and said: "You have cleaned up the goods of our Ministry of Industry, and you have traveled a lot in the past few years. In terms of qualifications and abilities, the Ministry of Industry is afraid that no one can compare to you. How about it? Would you like to come to our military department? If you come, I will give you the position of the left servant, and I will be a small official for you."

Mu Bowen couldn't help laughing when he heard the words. He waved his hand and said with a smile: "Forget it, I've been away from the officialdom for so many years, it is absolutely impossible for you to let me go back to be an official now, so let the imperial court hire me as before."

Mu Bowen pondered: "Speaking of keeping warm, there is nothing better than our big kang in the north, but it is too useless, if the sky is really as cold as the national teacher predicted, it will be cold for fifteen years, and the whole big will be burned together. Kang, how much firewood is there enough to burn on the mountain?"

"I wonder if it is possible to build a relief house that saves firewood. Even if it has to burn fire, it must be used in many ways, not just for heating, and safety is also very important," Mu Bowen thoughtfully walked to the desk, "You I don’t know, in the north there is often a case of burning a kang for warmth and then suffocating the family, so I have to think about how to reduce this threat.”

This is a relief house. There may be hundreds of people living in it. If something goes wrong, it will be a big accident.

"The relief house is urgent, but there is one thing that is urgent," Li An said: "The relief house is for those who are unable to build houses or are homeless. We have to think about other people and see if we can relieve them. Especially in the north, it is said that coal has now risen to six cents a pound, which is almost comparable to cornmeal.”

Mu Bowen couldn't help frowning and asked, "It's cold outside, how can we build a relief house at this time? People will freeze into snowmen as soon as they go out."

Li An smiled bitterly, "That's why I said that the Ministry of Household and the Emperor are bleeding a lot this time. The Sage couldn't bear to make the people do hard labor, so he could only pay to hire people. It is said that some places in the north have been out for 50 cents a day, and they even include lunch. "

It should be known that the daily wages are only about 20 cents a day.

Mu Bowen couldn't help worrying about the new emperor.

The Emperor Taishang suddenly settled in the new emperor last year. Although there was a natural disaster last year, it was not as serious as this year.

Since the spring of this year, it has not rained in Sichuan and other places. Thanks to the fact that they started to build reservoirs and canals a few years earlier, the reservoirs and river water can be diverted for irrigation, and the harvest of the people was not very bad.

But in the autumn, the rains began intermittently and continuously in the south of the Yangtze River. If the grain is cut, it will not dry. If it is not cut, it will be damaged in the ground and germinate and grow roots.

But what really made everyone feel that the catastrophe was coming was because of the continuous low temperature and rainfall after the winter in the south, while the snow began to fall in the middle of September in the north.

The area in the south of the Yangtze River is not bad. It is said that there were flash floods in the areas of Guangdong, Guangxi and Guangxi, and there were several documents submitted by the local government to open warehouses and put grain.

At this time, there were faint rumors outside, saying that the new emperor did not get the approval of heaven, so he sent disasters as a lesson.

Folk scholars like Mu Bowen have heard the rumors, not to mention the left servant of the Ministry of Works, which is one of the reasons why he hurried to find a ****.

First, Mu Bowen has a close relationship with Prince Rong’s mansion, and he also supports the new emperor. Such a person will definitely not make a fool of himself at such a critical juncture; secondly, Mu Bowen’s achievements in engineering and construction are only feared in the entire city of Qidu. No one can beat it.

He studied in the Ministry of Industry for six years, and traveled around and looked up county records in various places. He was familiar with all adults who were familiar with water conservancy and powerful craftsmen, and was good at learning. During these years, he was specially hired by the Ministry of Industry while studying. He designed and built 28 water conservancy engineering facilities for Daqi, and also participated in the dredging project of the Yellow River in Taikang from 18 to 25 years, and designed water conservancy projects for irrigation and water storage for this purpose.

Even their Master Shang Shu could only sigh when he heard his vision back then and said that the waves behind the Yangtze River pushed the waves ahead.

It can be seen that Mu Bowen is powerful.

People in Beijing and ministers in the DPRK may mention Mu Bowen more as "Prince Rong's brother-in-law", "Prince Rong's eldest brother" and "General Mu's eldest son", but officials from the Ministry of Industry, up to the Shangshu, Down to the clerks, Mu Bowen mentioned in a courteous manner, "It turned out to be Mr. Qinghe, and his "Sangtian Water Conservancy" can be described as a masterpiece through the ages."

This shows Mu Bowen's reputation in the water conservancy construction industry.

Once a person is persistent and serious about something and has talent in this area, his achievements will be immeasurable.

Even if Mu Bowen has no official position now, Li An is sure that in a hundred years or a thousand years, he will definitely be famous in history, not because he is the brother-in-law of Prince Rong, and not because he is the eldest son of General Mu, but because he is the eldest son of General Mu. His water conservancy buildings and his contributions to the people of Daqi.