July 27, the second year of the Longqing reign, is a day that the people of Kunshan will never forget.

After a month of hard work in the wind and rain, the Wusong River North Dike Project was successfully completed!

On that day, 380,000 men, women, young and old from the entire county came out in droves and rushed to the Longwangmiao Dam.

There were so many people that day that the long line had already reached the Nanshan Temple embankment section at the front, and hadn't even left the county yet.

On the levee, colorful pavilions were set up, with fluttering flags and clusters of flowers!

There were huge crowds of people under the levee. Who wouldn’t want to witness this great moment that the people of the entire county had been looking forward to for a hundred years?

At the time of Chen, Master Zhao, wearing a two-beam crown on his head, a red silk gown, a silver belt, a medicinal jade pendant, and a brocade ribbon with three-color flowers of a sparrow, appeared on the dike, surrounded by a group of assistant gentry.

When he and Gu Dadong symbolically poured the last bucket of concrete on the levee and on the small hole deliberately left by the laborers, they officially declared that the entire levee was completely closed!

Immediately, deafening cheers rang out from under the levee, and the people threw the flowers they brought into the sky. The colorful rain of flowers enveloped the vision of the people on the levee.

At this point, the great battle that began on June 26th has come to a successful conclusion!

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Mr. Zhao has always been short-sighted. Seeing the people so excited, how could he hold back?

He began to cry as he stood on the embankment. Just as he was about to say that he was blinded by the wind, he heard someone beside him burst into tears.

Zhao Shouzheng wiped his tears and turned around to see that it was Xiong Dianshi Xiong Xiasheng.

The Xiong Dianshi, who was described by the previous magistrate as horrible and always had a dead face, was actually crying and beating his chest and stamping his feet in front of everyone, shocking everyone!

Mr. Zhao was dumbfounded, wondering what had happened to this person?

Fortunately, the people were so excited that they were dancing and shouting, and no one noticed the old bear's abnormality.

County Magistrate He, who was standing by, quickly had someone help Xiong Dianshi down the embankment to prevent the common people from noticing and having wild thoughts.

After the people had vented their excitement, Zhao Shouzheng calmed down, took a look at the cheat sheet hidden in his palm, and then raised the microphone.

When the people saw that their old parents were about to give a lecture, they quickly quieted down until there was complete silence.

“Thirty-one days ago, also here, when the county announced that it would build this levee in a month, no one believed it except us!”

"Thirty-one days later, we built this indestructible levee. Excluding the two days of suspension due to the hurricane, the entire project took a full twenty-nine days. Now, we can announce to the world that we in Kunshan County have done what we boasted about!"

"Oh!" The people cheered wildly again, and it took a while to calm down.

Then Zhao Shouzheng continued loudly: "It just so happens that after a small amount of straightening, the length of the entire river embankment has been shortened to 58 miles. The average daily progress of the project is 2 miles, and six sluice gates and 60 sections of lattice embankments have been built. This is an absolute great miracle in the history of China!"

As he spoke, he pointed to the hundreds of thousands of people living under the dike and shouted, "And you, the great people of Kunshan County, are the creators of this great miracle!"

"Ah! Ah! Ah!" The common people were so excited by Master Zhao's teasing. How could they, the common people who were as light as a feather, have ever been praised like this?

"Kunshan will never forget the 67,371 militiamen who fought here day and night! This long dike was built by you, carrying bricks and stones one by one!"

"Kunshan will never forget the boatmen and boatwomen on the 3,663 boats that traveled between Taihu Lake and Wusong Lake day and night. Every stone of this long embankment was brought back by you one by one from Dongting West Mountain, 160 miles away!"

"Kunshan will never forget the 83,112 elderly people, women and children who worked day and night to weave baskets, ropes and bags for the project! Without your hard work, this long dike would not have been completed on schedule!"

The common people were all dumbfounded. Shouldn't this moment of celebration be a time for the bigwigs to flatter each other? Why did the master keep giving all the credit to them?

But it feels so good! So proud! So damn proud!

At this moment, countless people in Kunshan were willing to die for their magistrate.

"Master, Master, Master!" Millions of people shouted together, and finally gathered into a sound that shook the earth.

Fortunately, the village heads and the headmen held a meeting last night to warn against shouting any slogans that violated taboos, such as "The master is many, many years old". I guess if the common people shouted that at this moment, it would be enough to execute the entire family of Mr. Zhao.

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The earth-shaking sound reached the surface of the Wusong River, causing three people on a luxurious ship to involuntarily stop their conversation.

The three people were Zhao Hao and Wang Mengxiang and Wang Shimao who came to congratulate them.

When the voices gradually died down, Wang Mengxiang smiled at Zhao Hao and said, "Young Master, this greatest contributor, no one knows about it."

"This is what it means to leave after the work is done, and to hide one's identity and reputation." Wang Shimao praised him, saying, "Young Master has the spirit of a hero."

"I have no intention of leaving Kunshan." Zhao Hao laughed and said, "Besides, I won't be jealous of my father."

The two kings also laughed.

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On the dam, Zhao Shouzheng took the opportunity to raise his hand and take another look at the cheat sheet. He had drunk a lot in the past few days, and his memory was obviously impaired.

After the people stopped shouting, he continued:

"You have eloquently proved with facts that although each of us may not be able to change anything, as long as we unite, we can create unprecedented miracles!"

"Unity is strength!" The village heads and headmen immediately followed the instructions and took the lead in shouting slogans.

"Unity is strength!" the people also shouted.

"So I hope that the people of Kunshan will always be united and never divide into southern and northern Kunshan. Together, we will build our homeland into the richest paradise in the Ming Dynasty! Can we do it?"

"Yes! Yes! Yes!" The people were naturally very obedient.

"Okay, now I declare that the first phase of Kunshan County's water conservancy project has been successfully completed!" Zhao Shouzheng did not wait for the people to cheer, and then announced loudly: "The second phase of Kunshan County's water conservancy project will officially begin in seven days!"

After a pause, he said again, "At the same time, this county announces that starting from the second phase of the project, Kunshan Development Company will pay the workers and distribute according to their work!"

The common people were a little confused when they heard this. When would they be able to get paid for doing projects for the county?

At this time, Zhao Shouzheng announced another piece of good news: "Before the second phase of the project starts, the county will give everyone a seven-day holiday. During these seven days, wine, meat and food will be provided as usual. Everyone can enjoy the joy of success!"

This time the people understood and were all very happy. They were dancing and singing! !

p.s. Thanks to the new leader '一毛_yimao', thank you for your support.

ps2. One-eyed dragon is very tired, so I won't write anymore. One-eyed dragon is going to sleep. I hope I will feel better tomorrow. Please give me a monthly ticket