《宋史·列传·卷二十五》
当时已经大发丁夫、将要开始工程，诏令若水从大名骑马前去巡视，若水上言： 绥州从前算内地时，百姓赋税丰厚，还需旁边州郡转运饷银。
时已大发丁夫，将兴其役，诏若水自大名驰往视之。若水上言： 绥州顷为内地，民赋登集，尚须旁郡转饷。
At that time, they had already called up many laborers and were about to begin work on the project when Ruo Shui was ordered to ride on horseback from Daming to inspect it. Ruo Shui said, "When Suizhou was considered part of the heartland in the past, the people there had to pay heavy taxes and grain would have to be transported there from neighboring prefectures.