Yi Gong on the side interjected: "This matter is not difficult. Luoyi is a gathering place for merchants from all over the world, and there are countless travelers from the north and south. It should not be difficult to find these two things carefully. I will set off now, and we can do it in two or three days.

turn around."

E Kun's eyes filled with tears, and he bowed deeply: "Kun is now a useless person, and Sister Shuju's life has to fall on my brother. From now on, whenever my brother has orders, Kun will obey them."

Three days later, Yi Gong came back as expected. It is said that she bought these two highly poisonous substances from a big drug dealer for a shockingly high price of two thousand gold. The female doctor put the poison into wine, and then used it to make people's eyes change.

Use wine to cleanse the wounds overflowing with poison and pus, cut off the rotten flesh, and then use the concoction made from gelsemium to bandage the new flesh wounds with a cloth soaked in it.

After more than a month of this, Shuju miraculously came back to life.

After the autumn harvest, the whole area of ​​Guanzhong became very lively.

From the mountains in the upper reaches of the Jing River in the west of Guanzhong to the estuary where the Luo River flows into the Wei River in the east, there are oxcarts, people and horses flowing everywhere, and smoke and fluttering flags are everywhere. It is like a battlefield with continuous military camps that has never been seen in ancient times. People wield shovels.

Drilling and hammering, fighting against the sky and the earth, took advantage of the slack farming season in early winter to repair the rough canals and main canals of the mine fields that had not been repaired for hundreds of years.

Rongyi was in charge of the overall water conservancy situation in Guanzhong in name only. In fact, he was only responsible for recruiting people's power, mobilizing food and grass, repairing tools, assisting with logistics and other civil affairs. As the chief hydraulic engineer, Si Yu became the real chief engineer, issuing orders and returning home.

Always make decisions on all matters related to rivers and canals.

In mid-October, King Haojing held a small court meeting in order to revise the specific matters of water conservancy in Guanzhong. The theme was only one: civilians worked in the canals. Although they were serving, how should we raise the food and grass chewed by horses?

Zhou Gongding was the first to speak: "I think back then, when Dayu controlled the floods, the people who controlled the floods brought their own dry food to do it. Now, we can follow this example. What's so difficult about it?"

"No!" Zhao Bohu was the first to object: "What was the situation like when Dayu controlled the floods? The floods were overwhelming and the land was devastated. The situation was critical. The people voluntarily brought food as a last resort. But now, the flood control is only for prevention.

The trouble is in the bud, but there are no immediate worries, and the people have to raise their own food. If the people are hungry, how can there be enough food to go to work? In this way, who is willing to go to the canal to control the water? Your Majesty has planned a plan, so why not pay it forward in one fell swoop?

Eastward flow?"

After saying this, the whole hall was silent, no one dared to express their opinion casually. This amount of food is not a small amount! Who dares to touch this hard nail?

The young King Zhou Li responded with enthusiasm and spoke out the migrant workers' military system and the countermeasures for the government's food supply in one breath. After Ji Hu finished speaking, all the eyes in the palace turned to the old Sikou - this iron man in charge of the prison.

If he objected to the grain supply from the official warehouse, he was afraid that the King of Zhou would also retreat. Ji Hu, however, did not look at anyone. When the case was called, Lao Si Kou was the first to speak.

Unexpectedly, the old Sikou seemed to have already made up his mind. He stood up and cupped his hands and answered sonorously: "The foundation of the law is to emphasize agriculture and war. Farming requires war, and war protects farmers. Farming and war are one. In Guanzhong to control floods, the people's power is controlled by the military.

The construction of river canals is partly for farming and partly for war. It is funded by military provisions. It is different from the ordinary opening of warehouses to help the poor. I think it is in line with the essence of Zhou etiquette and is feasible!"

The ministers were still surprised, but Rui Liangfu had already agreed: "Gathering the power of the country to open warehouses to control floods is exactly what Zhou Li admires as the great virtue of kingship! I think it is feasible!"

Seeing this, the ministers responded in unison without waiting for the emperor to ask: "I agree, the army will provide food to control the water!"

Ji Hu didn't have any more words to say, and nodded happily, and the plan was finalized. All departments were excited, and the palace immediately approved the number of people, decided on the order of opening warehouses, the mobilization of vehicles, the number of various craftsmen, the repair of tools, and other matters.

There was a meeting at Mao Shi, and by noon everything was ready.

The next day, Wang Shu flew to various places in Wangji, and the whole Guanzhong immediately became excited.

Opening official warehouses to control floods is a crucial move. It was just after the autumn floods, and the people's food storage was out of ten. Opening official warehouses to control floods undoubtedly gave the people the best way out. The most important one was the people's power this time.

As an exception, there is no distinction between men, women, old and young. In this way, ordinary people can go to the construction site with their families and eat freely. Isn't it a great thing?

Secondly, the construction of river canals is counted as the period of corvee that must be collected every year. However, the old rule has always been that water control projects that benefit the people are never included in the official corvee.

Thirdly, this time the river

The canal project is being carried out in autumn and winter, so it will generally not miss the farming season, and the people are not worried about it.

So on and so forth, there are simply a lot of benefits when the people's power goes to the canal. This is just the thinking of the people who will not benefit from the canal in the future. If we talk about the people in the benefited areas, they are even more grateful and don't know how to be grateful to the government.

Only like this, the river tide in the hinterland of Guanzhong suddenly erupted. Even Rongyi, who was responsible for recruiting people, did not expect that the main recruitment areas originally planned were only in the villages and towns that benefited from the flooded rivers, and the rest of the places were only considering recruiting volunteers.

No matter how much you come, you don't have to think about it. As soon as Wang's letter was published, the whole Guanzhong burst into cheers, and various places rushed to send migrant workers away. One camp after another was very happy.

In less than a month, thousands of migrant workers’ camps were spread out in darkness, turning the entire floodplain into a sea of ​​people.

Faced with the huge flow of people, Rong Yi originally wanted to eliminate the old and weak, leaving only the strong and strong. But Si Yu's words made him feel uncomfortable and he had to give up.

Si Yu said with a black face: "You are not old enough. What do you teach the old, weak, women and children to eat when they go back? The young and strong are gone. The old, weak, women and children cannot walk in the mountains for hunting, so they have to starve to death? In my opinion,

, as long as nothing happens to the canals and there are a few more idle people to eat, we can just turn a blind eye."

Rong Yi did not have such compassion at first, and he knew that as long as he raised objections, Zhou Wang Jihu would definitely support him. However, what Si Yu raised was a grim fact that no one could avoid: If because of this

And if it causes public riots, isn't everything in vain?

After thinking about it over and over, he could only nod with a wry smile.

In this way, the common people took it as the government's acquiescence that "anyone is wanted at the waterlogged construction site, and no one will be refused." They were moved to tears, and everywhere there was an earth-shattering cry of long live.

Rong Yi and Si Yu, the leaders of this major water conservancy project, suddenly felt indescribable and powerful pressure.

The pressure on Rongyi lies in the insight into handling the overall situation. All the people in the hinterland of Guanzhong pressed onto the river, which meant that the Zhou Dynasty no longer had any room for maneuver, and could only succeed but not fail. At this time, Ruo Xun and other Rongyi invaded

Zhou Jing and Guan Zhong Wang Ji are unable to support even the heavy supplies and people. This is the greatest danger.

In order to avoid this greatest danger, the young King Zhou Li, Ji Hu, had already sent Kui Duoyou, who had arrived in Beijing urgently, to rush to the north without even having time to say goodbye to his friend Zhao Bohu.

The second danger is the construction site itself.

People's hearts and minds are precious at present, but with such a huge manpower gathered closely on continuous construction sites, any incident may be magnified for no reason. Regional prejudice, tribal prejudice, family prejudice, Liting village prejudice and all kinds of hatred and grudges will inevitably not

Taking advantage of the opportunity. However, if there are riots, fights or accidents, the canal construction schedule will be delayed. This is a crime that no one can bear.

King Zhou Li obviously placed the burden of controlling the overall situation on Rongyi's shoulders. Fortunately, Rongyi was very capable as a director. He saw that this situation could only be nipped in the bud, so he led a team of capable officials every day.

Inspecting the migrant workers’ camps and solving all problems immediately, no matter how big or small, without accumulating sparks.

After two or three months of this, Rong Yi became a dark, lean man.

As a world-famous hydraulic engineer, Si Yu faced two major problems:

The first is how to arrange the huge labor force so that the water diversion Hukou and the Baili main canal can be completed at the same time. The second is how to conquer the bottleneck canyon of Hukou as quickly as possible.

If you want the project to go smoothly, you must sort out all the difficulties of the project in advance and prepare construction drawings in advance. Otherwise, the more than a hundred leading engineers will have nowhere to start. However, for a large canal of more than 100 miles, there are 45

Doumen, six aqueducts, and five sections of sand and soil channels must all be mapped in advance, but it is not easy! However, this is just a matter of desk work.

The real difficulty is that the Hukou that leads to the flood water is actually a large canyon that passes through a green mountain. As long as you pass through it, the flood water will enter the main canal. This mountain is not high or dangerous, but it is difficult to find in the north.

Once the rocky mountain is dug into a canal, it will stand firm and upright and will not be afraid of being washed away by rapids, and the water volume at the head of the canal can be easily controlled.

This canyon originally had a mountain stream flowing through it, with thick forests and numerous tall rocks standing in the middle of the canyon like majestic giant elephants, which most hindered the flow of water. Now, in order to open the canyon as soon as possible, the difficulty lies in chipping away these huge "stone elephants" one by one.

.If you don’t have a good gravel

If we just rely on masons hammering and chipping away at the plan, it will be a long way to go.

After the New Year's plowing ceremony, the young King Li of Zhou decided to go to the Laoshui River Canal to see for himself.

Since the floodwater canal project was launched, Ji Hu's royal carriage has been flying day and night in autumn and winter. Ji Hu's troops are extremely capable: one Rui Liangfu, one Qi Zhong, and a team of thirty people from various fields.

At the office of the high official, there is a centurion of twenty flying messengers.

Rui Liangfu rode with him in the king's chariot, and the rest of the people were lightly equipped with fast horses. Whenever something happened, he would immediately decide the matter and write the king's letter, and then it would blow away like the wind. Ji Hu's idea coincided with Rongyi's, and Luo Shui

If the canal is not completed for one day, it will not cause a spark to burn in Wangji.

Ji Hu's first step was naturally to guard against the very likely sudden invasion of the wolves at this time. Therefore, Wang Che first came to the border army camp that had just begun to be formed in the north.

This is the upper reaches of the Jingshui River. A line of river valleys passes through the vast mountain plateau, and the mountains are extremely steep.

In the large tent of the shogunate, Ji Hu asked Wei Duoyou carefully about his strategy for fighting against the yang. He expected to hear a burst of impassioned speeches, but unexpectedly, Wei Duoyou only handed him over: "Your Majesty, I thought that our frontier army was going to fight against the yang."
Chapter completed!