The poorest member of the Imperial Guard, the Empress begged me to embezzle.

"Everyone, please be quiet."

"Listen to me."

Chu Xiu smiled slightly and addressed the villagers of Li Family Village.

Upon hearing this, the villagers of Lijia Village immediately suppressed their anger and fell silent.

"The members of the Yellow Heaven Sect will all receive their due punishment. I have already recovered the money they stole, so the water conservancy project will not be affected in any way. There is no need for everyone to be angry."

"If any more members of the Yellow Heaven Sect come to spread their doctrines in the future, we will accept whatever they offer."

"All we need to do is sneak into the county town and report this news to the county government."

Chu Xiu smiled gently and addressed the villagers of Li Family Village.

"Thank you, Lord Marquis."

The village chief of Lijia Village, along with more than a hundred villagers, expressed their gratitude to Chu Xiu.

"Besides telling you this, I have another piece of good news to share with you all."

Chu Xiu pondered for a moment, then addressed the villagers of Li Family Village.

"good news?"

The villagers of Lijia Village looked at Chu Xiu with puzzled expressions, wondering what good news Chu Xiu could possibly have that warranted his personal visit to tell them.

"Our Embroidered Uniform Guard eliminated the leader of the Yellow Heaven Sect's branch in Qingzhou, Zhao Mingzhang, the county magistrate of Licheng County, and his faction."

“A lot of fertile land was discovered in their home.”

"Among them, there are 397 mu of fertile land near Lijia Village."

"These 397 mu will be allocated according to the population of each household in Lijia Village."

"Those with large populations will receive more, and those with small populations will receive less."

"But I can guarantee that every household will be allocated at least two acres of fertile land!"

Chu Xiu said with a serious expression.

"What? The Marquis is going to allocate fertile land to us?"

"God, are we going to have fertile land?"

"We barely make ends meet with just a few acres of barren land. We never dreamed of owning fertile land. Your Excellency is truly a sage reincarnated!"

"That's right, I never dreamed I would own fertile land that I could pass down through generations!"

"..."

Chu Xiu's words caused an uproar among the more than one hundred villagers of Lijia Village. They shouted excitedly, unable to believe it was true and wondering if they were still dreaming.

Compared to the fertile fields Chu Xiu gave away, what are a few eggs given by the Yellow Heaven Sect members?

These two are completely incomparable!

After a while, the more than one hundred villagers of Lijia Village calmed down, their eyes burning with anticipation as they looked at Chu Xiu.

"My lord, are you really going to allocate fertile land to our Li Family Village?"

The village chief of Li Family Village took a deep breath to calm his excited emotions, and looked at Chu Xiu with a trembling voice, asking.

"coming."

Chu Xiu smiled and said.

"coming?"

The village chief of Lijia Village paused, looking at Chu Xiu with a puzzled expression.

The villagers of Lijia Village also did not understand Chu Xiu's meaning.

but!

They quickly understood what Chu Xiu meant.

A group of people are galloping towards us from afar!

The leader, dressed in the official robes of a county magistrate, was none other than Yu Wenyuan, the county magistrate of Licheng County.

Because Yu Wenyuan undertakes water conservancy projects every year, even the villagers of Lijia Village know him.

Not long after.

Yu Wenyuan and his men rode their horses to Chu Xiu and his group, dismounted, and bowed respectfully to Chu Xiu, saying, "Greetings, Lord Marquis."

Dugu Yanyu did not ride a horse; he seemed to appear out of thin air behind Chu Xiu.

"No need to be polite."

Chu Xiu waved his hand and said to Yu Wenyuan.

"Thank you, Lord Marquis."

Yu Wenyuan said with a respectful expression.

"Are you all ready?"

Chu Xiu nodded slightly and looked at Yu Wenyuan.

"Reporting to the Marquis, everything is ready."

Yu Wenyuan nodded and said, "I have brought the land deeds and official seal with me. We can complete everything now so that the villagers of Lijia Village can become the owners of these land deeds without having to go to the county government."

"That's good, let's start distributing the land."

Chu Xiu nodded slightly and said to Yu Wenyuan.

"Yes, begin distributing the land!"

Yu Wenyuan said to the registrar of Licheng County.

"Yes."

The registrar of Licheng County immediately took the land deeds and registered the population of each household in Lijia Village, and then allocated the land according to the number of people in their households.

In fact, the Licheng County government already had detailed information on every household in Lijia Village, and the current registration was just a confirmation process.

The clerk of Licheng County, along with a group of constables and constables, was responsible for maintaining order and ensuring that the allocation of land was carried out in an orderly manner.

"Magistrate Yu, come here for a moment."

Chu Xiu turned and walked towards a spot not far away, saying as he went.

"Yes, Your Excellency obeys."

Yu Wenyuan responded and followed behind Chu Xiu.

"I have heard that Magistrate Yu is proficient in water conservancy engineering techniques for flood control and river management."

"It is precisely because of this that the impact of the Yellow River floods has been greatly reduced since Magistrate Yu took office as the magistrate of Licheng County."

Chu Xiu led Yu Wenyuan for several dozen feet before stopping. Looking in the direction of the dredging of the river and the construction of dikes in Licheng County, he said, "This time, the water conservancy project in the Licheng County section of the river was personally overseen by the county magistrate."

This lord would like to know how Magistrate Yu plans to govern the county next.

"Your Excellency flatters me. I only have a little knowledge of this subject."

"I have always wanted to completely solve the problem of Yellow River flooding in Licheng County, but I have always lacked funds."

"The only way to prevent the river from overflowing is to build and reinforce dikes along the banks."

"The problem cannot be completely solved."

"With the support of the Marquis, I plan to dredge the Yellow River regularly while building and reinforcing the dikes, removing silt and sand to keep the river flowing smoothly and reduce the rise of the riverbed caused by siltation."

"Wide the river channel where appropriate to increase the river's flow capacity and reduce the likelihood of flooding."

"Construct flood diversion channels to divert floodwaters from the Yellow River into other rivers or lakes, thereby reducing the pressure on the main channel of the Yellow River."

“Flood storage areas will be set up along the Yellow River. When floods come, some of the floodwater will be diverted into the flood storage areas to reduce the flow in the main river channel.”

After a moment's consideration, Yu Wenyuan said, "To sum it up, there are three points."

First, build dikes.

Secondly, dredging of the river channel.

Thirdly, construct flood diversion projects.

If these three things can be accomplished, Licheng County can be spared from the impact of Yellow River floods, even during seasons when Yellow River floods are prone to occur.

At the same time, the floodwaters of the Yellow River can be used to irrigate farmland, increasing crop yields.

Upon hearing this, Chu Xiu exclaimed with amazement, "Magistrate Yu is indeed a man of great talent. It is a waste of his abilities for him to serve as a mere county magistrate."

"Your Excellency is too kind. I am unworthy of such praise."

Yu Wenyuan said with a humble expression.

“Magistrate Yu, I don’t know if you only have some experience in managing the Yellow River floods in Licheng County, or if you have ideas about managing the Yellow River floods in general.”

"I want to hear the truth!"

Chu Xiu gave Yu Wenyuan a deep look and said in a deep voice.

"Your Excellency, I have some immature ideas about the management of the Yellow River floods."

"In fact, even if the section of the Yellow River in Licheng County is managed very well, it is still only a part of the Yellow River."

"If problems occur in other places upstream, they will still affect Licheng County, and the impact of the Yellow River floods will still be unavoidable."

"People may still suffer from the effects of the Yellow River floods, ultimately leading to the destruction of their families and the separation of wives and children."

Yu Wenyuan hesitated for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said, "To truly solve the problem in Licheng County, we need to address it not just in Licheng County, but along the entire Yellow River!"

"I understand what the magistrate means!"

Chu Xiu said meaningfully, "If His Majesty were to appoint Magistrate Yu to be in charge of flood control along the entire Yellow River, would Magistrate Yu have the confidence to do so?"