A slogan from later generations, Mao Geng heard it, and the slogan was "If you want to be rich, build roads first." Unexpectedly, when he came to the Song Dynasty, the first proposal he proposed to Xu County Magistrate was about building roads, but it was not by land, but by water.

Since ancient times, transportation issues have been the top priority. Although County Magistrate Xu did not believe that more than one million kilograms of goods a day would be a good deed for benefiting the people if the water transport was smooth. The reason why Meishan Barbarians were able to become Meishan Barbarians was because the water transport was dangerous. Meishan Barbarians only had to block dangerous shoals in the upper and lower reaches. The rest were continuous mountains, which were easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the government army was difficult to supply. Therefore, the great Song Dynasty official army could not do anything to even the Meishan Barbarians. As long as the water transport was smooth, Meishan Barbarians would not become Meishan Barbarians, and Xinhua could also take off the hat of poor mountains and bad water.

It is precisely because there are too many rapids and dangerous shoals, which has caused many ship owners to die in dangerous shoals, and countless incidents of water ships being destroyed and killed. After the shipwreck loss and life are spread, the cost of water transportation can be imagined.

The rosy boats only reduce the losses of the wreckage ships and have not solved the safety of the rosy boats. County Magistrate Xu also understood that the disposable rosy boats transported downstream cannot solve the problem of rosy boats against the current. There is no such thing as the world that can only go out but not enter. If Mao Geng's approach can greatly improve the problem of rosy boats, it will definitely benefit the virtues of a hundred generations. This is much more meaningful than the Sudi in West Lake.

Whether it is from promotion or from the historical record of making achievements, County Magistrate Xu felt it was worth a try. County Magistrate Xu felt that it was uncontrollable and the more he looked at it, the more he felt it was pleasant. No wonder the gang of robbers in Qujiadong had to force Mao Geng to be his son-in-law. Well, Mao Geng was actually his lucky star. County Magistrate Xu couldn't help but be grateful to Chief Guard Guo. If it weren't for Chief Guard Guo's crime last time, he gave him a chance to show kindness to Mao Geng, otherwise he might have to follow the example of Qujiadong and performing vulgar actions such as recruiting a son-in-law. County Magistrate Xu thought about it so dialectically, and finally felt that he had a unique vision and should go to another level in the officialdom.

Since County Magistrate Xu recognized that this matter was a good deed that could be recorded in history, he immediately made a decision to make way for Zishui shipping transformation.

County Magistrate Xu took charge of the command, and the land in Linjiang was naturally easy to deal with. County Magistrate Xu was not worried about the others, so he ordered Mr. Luo to implement the location of the model project. Mr. Luo was not vague and immediately decided on a dangerous shoal near the county town and asked the yamen runners to buy the land with the owner of the land. In three days, Mao Geng could start construction of the model project here.

County Magistrate Xu was not a show this time, but he wanted to do something practical for Xinhua. However, Mao Geng's pressure suddenly increased.

Mao Geng proposed this plan, but according to the current conditions, there is no shortage of money, but Mao Geng does not have a team to rely on, and there is a lot of things to do. It is really a lot of things. According to the principle, we should not be eager to achieve success, especially we should not take the initiative to take on such a time-consuming, labor-intensive and heavy responsibility.

Mr. Luo took Mao Geng to the spot to see the dangerous shoal. There was a forest beside the dangerous shoal. It was about no cost to buy the land that Mao Geng had a fancy to. Mao Geng looked at the terrain and the available hydraulic power, and had a basic design idea in his mind. Then he said goodbye to Mr. Luo and rushed back to Baixi.

This time, Mao Geng took Xu County Magistrate’s nephew all the way. The news that Mao Geng received his disciples had long been heard of. It just so happened that Wu Yixin, the nephew of Xu County Magistrate, did not like to study. It seemed that there was no hope for the imperial examination. Xu County Magistrate felt that it would be better to let Wu Yixin learn from Mao Geng. I believe Mao Geng would also sell his face.

Mao Geng was also happy to accept Wu Yixin. He had to maintain some interests between himself and County Magistrate Xu. Since he was disdainful of bribery and cooperated in small business, it was a good choice. Mao Geng was not so pedantic that he was not as pedantic as being unkind. Mao Geng imagined that Wu Yixin would be engaged in a pencil business. In this era, all the officials in the Song Dynasty were doing business. Mao Geng had no intention of having any intersection with County Magistrate Xu in bulk business, but the pencil business was not a big business, and the pencil business was not difficult to operate. If it was well, the profit would be considerable. Let this guy who claimed to be Wu Yanei do this simple business, which should not be inconvenient.

Mao Geng returned to Baixi in the evening. Xiang Yixuan had been waiting for a long time. Xiang Yixuan came here to inform Mao Geng that Qu Jiadong accepted Mao Geng's conditions in full. Mao Geng thought that we were busy again. The two parties agreed to sign the contract in three days. Of course, the signing of the contract was Mao Geng, and Qu Jiadong had no objection. Mao Geng thought about it and would take office as the CEO of Qu Jiadong's enterprise in three days. This time he had to manage four places and more than one project. The four places were his own Baixi River base and Youxi base, as well as brick making workshops on the Zishui Riverside of Qujiadong, and the dangerous shoals of the government's construction of Zishui sample projects. It can be called "three waters, two sides of the straits, and four places". It seems that he is exhausted. Are you too aggressive?

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Su Zhiyi was unhappy about Mao Geng marrying Ling'er, but this was a marriage that Mao Geng got forced, so it was hard to blame Mao Geng. He thought that Mao Geng would go to see Su Zhiyan immediately after returning to Baixi. Although Su Zhiyan was jealous, she actually looked forward to it so much. But after Mao Geng came back, she seemed to have forgotten Su Zhiyan, which made Su Zhiyan secretly angry. Judging from the girl's attitude, she was afraid that her marriage with Mao Geng was very lingering.

However, Su Zhiyi still had a glimmer of hope for Mao Geng to marry Su Zhiyan. Su Zhiyi did not join in the fun that day to suppress Mao Geng, but wanted to talk to Mao Geng alone.

When Mao Geng saw Su Zhiyi, he felt that Su Zhiyi looked bad. Mao Geng sighed in his heart, and it seemed that he and Su Zhiyan were destined to be together.

Su Zhiyi said:

"I heard that Brother Yi Sheng was going to do a big thing and wanted to transform the water supply and shipping. I also heard that Brother Yi Sheng took the full management of Qujiadong. How old is the fool? I remind me, I can't eat too much. I don't have three heads and six arms, so I should do it within my ability."

Mao Geng wanted to build the first set of water-piloted water-piloted ships as soon as possible, so he transferred Tan Chengzhu and Tan Xiaochun and his son to come over. However, the Su family was already rushing to build hydraulic mechanisms day and night to increase cement production capacity. Tan's father and son were the absolute main force. After the two fathers and sons left, the progress was greatly affected. Mao Geng transferred Tan's father and son, but Su Zhidao did not dare to have any objections, so he had to report Su Zhiyi, so Su Zhiyi naturally came to Mao Geng.

Su Zhiyi made sense. The Su family's cement production capacity must be increased as soon as possible. Now that we have money, we cannot buy cement. As soon as the production capacity increases, it means that wealth is coming. Therefore, the Su family's anxiousness is self-evident. Mao Geng also has half of the interests in cement, but at this critical moment, he has transferred key personnel to what the government is anxious to do. This is obviously meddling in other people's business!

Before Mao Geng could explain this matter to Su Zhiyi, he saw that the mother-in-law came in. Mao Geng thought to himself, "Okay, I've invited strong support to be a lobbyist."

When the mother-in-law met Mao Geng, she scolded her:

"I said Mao Geng, you have been back for so many days, why didn't you go to see that girl Su Zhiyan? What's the matter if you marry a Ling'er? The Ling'er that Qujiadong forced you to marry is at most a concubine, and you can't even be a concubine. You can be considered a maid. Go and see Su Zhiyan and talk to others. This girl Su Zhiyan is also a lady from a wealthy family. Can you still have to see you? I heard that you are going to help County Magistrate Xu to do something about Zishui shipping, you don't know that Zishui can do anything. You are young and don't know the importance of it. If you listen to your old man, don't do such a thankless thing."

When the mother-in-law saw that Mao Geng was dissatisfied, she said with great sincerity:

"You are young and energetic, which is a good thing and a bad thing, alas! Su Zhiyan's girl is also a little arrogant. I said Mao Geng, you have taken too many things. Are you afraid of seeing Su Zhiyan, and you deliberately took on so many things?"

Haha! Mother-in-law actually thought that Mao Geng had a psychological problem. She was afraid that she would work hard to numb herself when she saw Su Zhiyan.

Mao Gengxin said, "This is not the same as it is!" But after thinking about it carefully, it seems that there is a point in trying to use work to numb yourself, but that is not the mainstream."

Mao Geng said calmly:

"Help Mother-in-law and Brother Su, Xiaoke understands that what you said is good to me. Xiaoke has no three heads and six arms. It is a bit of a mistake to do so many things at once. However, a real man does not do anything, and does what he must do. Xiaoke is determined to do to improve the boating of the water. If you can let go, it is urgent. Every time you postpone it, the water may sink one more ship and kill more people. It doesn't matter if Xiaoke makes more money, but this is a good deed that accumulates good deeds. Is it wrong to support Mother-in-law and Xiaoke want to do a good deed?"

When Mao Geng said this, Fu Da Po and Su Zhiyi looked at each other and suddenly felt that Mao Geng seemed to have changed his own person. The two also knew that Dun Erbao lost a rosy boat and a ship of charcoal last month. Fortunately, everyone was fine, but Dun Erbao was lucky, and it was not always so lucky. There were countless ships in Zishui that were sunk and killed, but it wasn't just that Dun Erbao's turn. If Mao Geng could make the ship safer, it would be a great act of kindness.

Mother-in-law sighed and said:

"If you have this kindness, what else can the old woman say! Alas! I can only say that Mao Geng, the one I admire in my family, is a responsible man. Since you have such kind thoughts, the old woman has to talk to Su Zhiyan that there will be no mistake in marrying such a affectionate and righteous man."

Mao Gengxin said that this is nothing. In fact, he just thinks that Zishui is taking risks with his own lives, and he just wants to do something humanitarian. Every person with love will not watch the living lives swallowed up by Zishui. And now he has finally met the pioneering county magistrate Xu, who dares to think and do it, and just takes the time to get on the horse. If he slows down, once County Magistrate Xu is promoted to another place and has changed to other county magistrates, he might not be able to do this.

When Su Zhiyi heard this, he felt something. He was about to make a positive statement. Wen Yuan hurriedly walked in and said as soon as he came:

"Brother Geng, something happened on both sides of Baixi River and Youxi River. An accident occurred on Baixi River. Two people were burned. The corrected people on the other side of Youxi River started fighting and injured two. Brother Geng, I can't deal with it alone, and you have to go out to move too."

Mao Gengxin said, what's the matter? The busier you are, the more chaotic you become. But it would be strange if you don't have so many things and so many clues.
Chapter completed!