Cai Xiang as Prefect of Quanzhou and Waterworks

Timeline

1. 1046Fuzhou · FujianCai Xiang was transferred from prefect of Fuzhou to Fujian Circuit transport commissioner, governing the entire Fujian circuit and beginning to oversee provincial grain transport, taxation, and waterworks affairs.
2. 1046–1047Putian, Xinghua Army (ancient five ponds) · Xinghua ArmyCai Xiang reopened the ancient five ponds to irrigate farmers' fields, for which the people erected a shrine in his honor; he also petitioned to halve the poll tax on Fujian people dating from the Five Dynasties, easing the burden on Zhang, Quanzhou, and Xing prefectures.
3. 1046Little Wushi Mountain, south of Quanzhou prefecture · QuanzhouCai Xiang arrived in Quanzhou on inspection and discovered a sweet spring on Little Wushi Mountain, instructing local officials to manage it for drinking and irrigation; later generations called it Cai Gong Spring, foreshadowing his later waterworks projects as prefect of Quanzhou.