Chapter 15 Section 7 Jingshui enters Zhengguo Canal to shake the world

It is worthy of summer seeds, and a grand canal-forming and water-releasing ceremony was held at Hukou, Jingchuan. There are green hills on both sides of the strait, and a big white stone ditch runs through the canyon.The east and west mountain plateaus are crowded with tens of thousands of men, women, old and young, with banners and flags fluttering and drums and music blaring.The cloud car in front of the Hukou shogunate came off the stage, and the king and ministers of Yingzheng were all talking at the top of their voices, even though no one could hear anyone, they still spoke cheerfully and loudly.Near noon, the water minister Malai reported that all the intersections of Doumen, aqueduct, falling water, crossing water, main canal, branch canal, and Mao canal outside Hukou have been surveyed again, without any mistakes; the people on both sides of the main canal are in order , just wait for the water to be released.Yingzheng got the reward and waved to Li Si and shouted.Li Si understood immediately, turned around and walked up to the general's stage neatly. With a split of the command flag, he swung the big flag on the cloud cart in front of the stage to the left and right three times, and the noise of drums and music in the mountains and plains gradually subsided.

Qin Wang Yingzheng led all the ministers and stood neatly behind the general platform in a square formation. "The auspicious time has come, the king of Qin beat the drums to tell the sky!" Li Si's hoarse voice echoed. The young king of Qin walked up to the general platform, walked to the drum stand, took a pair of long drumsticks from the shogunate Sima, cupped his hands to the sky, and shouted loudly: "The king of Qin Yingzheng prayed to heaven: lead the Jing into Luo, open the canal Irrigation of the fields is the foundation of the common people's livelihood in the Qin Kingdom. The Lord of Heaven droughts Qin, forcing us Qin people to fight against the sky, fighting to the death with flesh and blood, and then attracting Jingshui to the east. The people of Qin will not fail the heavens, and the heavens would rather bear Qin! May God bless the state of Qin, keep Jingshui surging and flowing, Guanzhong fertile fields, years and years of abundance! Now the Jingshui canal is formed, according to the wishes of the people of the country, and according to the common practice of the world, the Jingshui canal is named Zhengguo Canal!"

Yingzheng's drumstick hit the cowhide drum forcefully, and the rumbling sound shook the canyon. "The King of Qin named it, and cited the Jinghe Canal as the Zhengguo Canal!" Li Si officially announced the name of the canal. "Long live Zheng Guo! Long live Zheng Guoqu!" The shouts suddenly flooded the canyon and plateau. After a moment of silence, Li Si's voice resumed: "The river canal ordered to open the canal to release the water—!" When the call came down, four sergeants carried a couch out of the shogunate, and the people in Shanyuan immediately fell silent.

Three days ago, all channels had been inspected and accepted, and Zheng Guo passed out on the mountain road in the Hukou Canyon before returning to the King of Qin camp to hand over the order.When Ying Zheng arrived with the imperial physician, Zheng Guo had already been carried into the Shogunate of the Hequ Department by Li Si and the officials who had arrived one step ahead.The imperial doctor took a pulse and said that this is the "Jingshui disease" that everyone in the bureaucracy has. All of them are exhausted and comatose due to exhaustion. It's safe.Ying Zheng immediately ordered that the old imperial doctor move from the camp of the King of Qin to the shogunate of the Hequ Department to guard Zheng Guo for diagnosis and treatment.Ying Zheng also put down a heavy sentence: "Report me any time you have any difficulties, even if you want gentian and phoenix liver, I will pick it for you! Without Zheng Guo, this king will want your head!"

Zheng Guo is lying on the couch, and the most important person is missing in this water release ceremony. Although it is not related to practical affairs, there are indescribable shortcomings.Li Si thought over and over again, advocating that King Qin personally ordered the release of the water, as long as he encouraged people to complete the ceremony, it seemed that there was no need to delay the date of release of the water because of one person.The young King of Qin shook his head resolutely: "It is the greatest honor for a plumber to preside over the water release of the canal. Even this king should not replace him. Go and talk to Zheng Guo." When he came to the shogunate, Zheng Guo had just swallowed a large bowl of soup. Guo, so exhausted that he didn't even have the energy to smile, his pale lips moved, and a rare gleam of light flashed in his faint eyes.The young King Qin stood in front of the couch with tears in his eyes.Zheng Guo just looked at King Qin in a daze, the corners of his mouth twitched and he couldn't speak.Ying Zheng said loudly: "Old Ling, without you, there would be no Jingshui Canal! No one can replace you in the ceremony of releasing the water! When the time comes to carry you out, Lao Ling only needs to wave the order, okay?" Li Si could see It was very clear that at that moment, Zheng Guo's dark face with ravines and ravines suddenly burst into tears, and he passed out with a gurgle in his throat.It was at that moment that Li Si deeply felt the rare character of the young king of Qin "rewarding merit without deceiving his heart", and he couldn't stop the tears in his eyes for a moment.In the next three days, seeing the grand ceremony was coming soon, Li Si would visit Zheng Guo several times a day, but every time he saw Zheng Guo was asleep.Today, Zheng Guoxing?

Under the scorching eyes of thousands of people, something miraculous happened. Zheng Guo sat up from the army couch, stood up, supported the iron ruler for exploring water, and walked slowly and heavily towards the platform step by step.Li Si, who was in charge of the ceremonies, was startled and at a loss, and rushed to help Zheng Guo, but felt that something was wrong, so he followed Zheng Guo to the general's platform, but he was sweating profusely first. At this time, the big flag on the top of Zhongshan Peak waved three times in the distance, indicating that everything was ready for the diversion port.I saw Zheng Guo standing on the general platform like a dark dead tree, staring at the dragon's mouth on the peak, slowly raised the slender iron ruler for detecting water, suddenly stretched his arms, and smashed it against the cowhide drum.As soon as the drum sounded, Li Si immediately flew over and embraced the crumbling Zheng Guo with open arms.

"Water! Over the mountain..." Zheng Guo's dark face twitched suddenly. "Lao Ling wake up! The water is coming!" Li Si shook Zheng Guo, unable to tell whether he was crying or laughing. At this time, I heard the sound of horns on the top of Zhongshan Peak, rumbling and heavy thunder falling from the sky, white mist and yellow dust in the Hukou Canyon, and a strong but fresh earthy water vapor rushed into everyone's noses.The ecstatic shouts of thousands of people on both sides of the strait, accompanied by huge snow waves spurting and splashing from the mouth of the dragon, rumbled into the mouth of the gourd and rushed towards the canyon.

Zheng Guo woke up suddenly, stood up suddenly and shouted: "The water and thunder are as usual! Jingshui will come naturally!" Before a sentence was finished, Zheng Guo was on the verge of falling again.Li Sikang supported him, Zhao Gao had already rushed to grab him, and he was about to lift Zheng Guo to rescue him with his hands.Zheng Guo opened his eyes suddenly: "No! The old man still wants to go to the water to check the canal!" Before finishing a sentence, the man had already broken free from Zhao Gao's arms.At this time, Yingzheng rushed over, and when he heard what Li Si said, he immediately ordered loudly: "Little Gaozi, four horses and a king's chariot!"

The bronze four-horse king carriage with a nine-foot canopy came to a halt, but Ying Zheng just strode over and helped Zheng Guo into the spacious carriage without any explanation.The young servant in the car supported Zheng Guo to sit properly, and Ying Zheng said loudly: "Old Ling, you sit in the car and listen to the water. But if there is a mistake, just knock on the copper pillar of the umbrella cover!" Zheng Guo blushed and waved his hands again and again: "King Qin, King Qin, it's very wrong, the old minister can leave..." Ying Zheng laughed loudly: "Okay! Even if Lao Ling can leave, he still has to take a car today!"

While Li Si was talking, Ying Zheng hurriedly waved his hand when Li Si arrived, "I'll go catch the water head, and the guest will check the canal later." Before Li Si had time to answer, the young King Qin had already gone like the wind. Li Si shook his head with a smile, cupped his hands to Zheng Guoyi who was on the king's car and said loudly: "Brother Ling, King Qin has gone to catch the water, so you go first, and I will take the master workers to investigate the canal later." Sweat dripping down, and the water-exploring iron ruler rapped on the carriage: "Okay! The old man will go first, and we will celebrate if we can't catch up with the water head!" With a single word, the King of Four Horses cart started rattling, and the people driving the water on the hillside immediately got out of the way. avenue.When Wang Wan rushed over with a group of young and strong officials, King Qin had disappeared.

Wang Wan became anxious immediately, and quickly chased after him without saying a word. Catch the head of water is another ancient custom of the old Qin people to respect water.The ancestors of the Gaiqin people, the Boyi tribe, were an ancient group of heroes who worked side by side with Dayu to control the water, and they have always had a long-standing admiration complex for "Shuitou".At that time, the tribes of the Qin people spent years and months among the three mountains and five mountains to dredge the chaotic waters in the world.However, a new waterway was opened, and the vast ocean was surging into the waterway. The head of the water flew up and down, and the huge waves stirred up dust and mist, splashing snow-white waves, and a giant dragon soared and roared in the canyon waterway.The Qin people on both sides of the strait cheered and chased the water head, which has always been the biggest ceremony for those who control the water.This long-standing memory has turned into countless legends and anecdotes, which have been passed down among all Qin tribes.Even if nomads later cultivated in the grasslands and mountains of Longxi, and occasionally opened some short canals, and when the canals were filled with water, the old Qin people must have poured out their nests to chase the water head and continue to rejoice.For hundreds of years since the country was established in Guanzhong, Qin people opened very few canals. The only big canal that can be counted is the one that Bailixi opened in the west of Guanzhong when Qin Mugong was in power. custom.Even so, when the Baili Canal is released every spring, there are still black crowds chasing the head of the water and cheering on the bank of the canal, chasing it to the end without eating or drinking. Today, this 400-mile-long Jingshui canal covered with the blood of the Qin people has majestically become the real No. 1 canal in the world.Once the water is released, how can it not arouse the long-term memories and customs of the old Qin people?Except for the head of the family who had to go back to his hometown early to take care of the canal water entering the field, almost every family had someone staying behind to catch the water.The old Qin people are looking forward to the soaring image of the dragon head, which can bring glorious years with the family members who drive the water head.The day before the grand ceremony, all the migrant workers cleaned up their camps, packed their bags, packed them neatly, and prepared to chase Shuitou back home today. The huge dragon mouth on the top of Zhongshan Peak opened, and the clear Jingshui rolled into the Hukou Canyon with huge waves, and the long crowd began to cheer and run gradually from the head of the canal, stretching out of the mountain wave by wave without rush , extending to the vast canal.As soon as Shuitou enters the main canal, the crowd who chased Shuitou had all kinds of fun, laughing and shouting continuously.This Zhengguo Canal is a long canal that is more than 400 miles long, and catching water is actually a kind of foot competition.Although the flow rate of the head of the main canal is not too urgent due to the continuous water diversion to some main branch canals.However, in the end, people have to follow closely to catch up.Most of the people on both sides of the main canal rushed to the border of their hometown and countryside, and then returned to the village to drive the canal water into the fields to celebrate.Only the volunteers in the non-beneficiary areas and the Jingzhuang who live in the lower reaches of the canal are the dedicated long-distance water runners.Everyone in the Warring States period knew about soldiers, and they all said that this was a concurrent march. While chasing Shuitou and cheering, they commented on the ever-changing leaders.Even those who are physically weak, panting and sitting on the bank of Xintu Canal, eating, drinking and resting, watching the crowds passing by, slapping their thighs but yelling at the top of their voices. When Shuitou rushed to the boundary of Yunyang, Qu An suddenly cheered: "King Qin chases Shuitou! Long live!" The old Qin people were suddenly excited when they drove to the water and met the king again. This is what Ying Zheng insisted on when discussing the water release ceremony. The king of Qin said that if he drives the water head himself, he will feel at ease when he sees that the canals for more than 400 miles are not leaking.Li Si opposed King Qin's proposition, and so did the ministers.In the eyes of Li Si and the ministers, this incident has more or less the youthful disposition of the King of Qin, and it has the meaning of joking around.Of course, the most important reason is upright: Ten days ago, the King of Qin rushed to Pinshan to summon the souls of light soldiers and martyrs, and he had already walked more than two hundred miles; this time, he walked more than four hundred miles a day and night, which was actually the most intensive concurrent march. , if there is an accident, how will the state of Qin be?Besides, after more than two months in the decisive battle against Jingshui, the young King of Qin saw that he was so skinny, and all his ordinary-fitting robes had turned into buckets wrapped in "bamboo poles". Who wouldn't feel heartbroken?Although almost everyone has become a gangster, everyone understands that if something happens to this young king of Qin who is extremely decisive and decisive, the current state of Qin is doomed to chaos.Only if this is the case, who can agree that King Qin walked more than 400 miles all the way?So they said up and down, saying that King Qin didn't need it this time, he had to take the king's chariot to check the canal, and he could only see the water clearly from a high place.But Yingzheng said categorically: "Three or five days in a row is the old rule of the Qin army. The old Qin is strong and strong, and anyone can support it, so there is no need to discuss! The guest can only arrange the affairs along the canal, and I will only bring ten iron eagle swordsmen, ten Let a young craftsman drive the water head, and don't follow any old officials." Li Si saw that he could not convince King Qin, so he came to the camp alone at night.Li Si talked with Wang Wan for a while, and then the two came to King Qin's bedroom and study together.Li Si Wang Wan repeatedly stated the reason, but the young King Qin did not speak for a long time.Just when the two thought that the King of Qin had acquiesced and were about to leave, the young King of Qin said: "People must be angry! The country must be angry! After the Changping War, King Zhaoxiang restrained himself and consolidated his foundation. The next two generations of King Qin did nothing. The spirit of people has been low for decades. When I went to Jingshui, I was not only trying to grab water from the canal, but also to inspire the people of Qin! As long as the spirit of the people of Qin is long, even if Ying Zheng's legs are broken, value!" That night, Li Si stayed up all night. The next day, Li Si and Wang Wan, who were in charge of the canal, made a plan and immediately divided up the deployment: First, privately persuade all the ministers to include King Qin's driving of water into the ceremony; Led by Wan Wan, he was in charge of liaison and support; he also deliberately found Zhao Gao, who was always inseparable from the king of Qin, and instructed many emergency assistance methods.But no matter how careful the planning was, Li Siwangwan never thought that King Qin would personally carry Zheng Guo on the king's chariot.As soon as Zhao Gao left the King of Qin, Li Si Wangwan felt uneasy.Both of them had seen Zhao Gao's extraordinary performance many times, and almost instinctively believed that as long as Zhao Gao was by King Qin's side, no accident would happen to King Qin.Today Zhao Gao was driving, Li Si checked the canal, and Wang Wan who was chasing King Qin was extremely anxious. Hearing the cheers in front of him, Wang Wan immediately ordered the good walkers to run after him.At this moment, I heard a rustling sound like an autumn wind passing through the forest behind me.When Wang Wan turned her head, a black shadow was passing by, and at the same time, a sharp voice came: "Don't worry about Changshi, Xiao Gaozi is chasing after you!" "Zhao Gao! Who will drive the king's chariot?" Wang Wan shouted hastily. After all, Zheng Guo can't have any accidents. "There are three drivers in the king's chariot, Chang Shi don't worry!" The shadow was gone, but the shrill voice wafted in his ears. With a long sigh, Wang Wan huffed and huffed and just slowed down, but was surrounded by a group of cheering and running shirtless shirts and was wrapped in a vast crowd.It turned out that when the old Qin people on both sides of the canal heard that the king of Qin was driving the water head, their spirits were suddenly lifted, and the weak people shouted one after another: "I lost my arm! Go all out! Chase the old dragon head of the king of Qin!" Xia threw away the brand-new robe specially worn for the grand ceremony, threw back his shirtless shoulders and chased after him like a tide, shouting wildly.Wang Wan is also from the old Qin, so she naturally knows what the old Qin's "throw it away" means.Those who lose their arms can do it shirtless.Go all out, go all out.Whether it's work or fighting on the battlefield, the Qin people just shouted and threw their arms and went all out, and immediately became desperate to fight to the death.Today is not a battlefield, and the old Qin people are going to throw their arms and go all out, and the words in their hearts are obviously: "The King of Qin is the leader, and the old Qin people will follow closely!" In the frenzy of crowds and shouts, Wang Wan's heart was hot and sweaty, I just feel that the light official uniforms specially prepared have become cumbersome.Embarrassed, Wang Wan also yelled: "I've lost my arm! Go all out!" She tore off her official uniform and left it on the side of the road, before striding forward. At sunset, Yingzheng managed to reach the boundary of Gaoling County with the head of water, which happened to be half the distance of Zhengguo Canal. Although Ying Zheng was not shirtless, he had lost his cloak and cape early on, and his tight shorts looked as if they were being fished out of the water while they were soaked in sweat.Twenty iron eagle swordsmen and strong officials were originally protecting King Qin on both sides.But after Wang Wan and his group caught up, Ying Zheng insisted that only swordsmen and officials be allowed to follow behind, and they were not allowed to cover the hatchback. In this way, Qu An suddenly became a spectacle.The boundless dark and shiny shirtless crowd stopped shouting, just gritted their teeth and watched King Qin and the head of the water, striding away.By the time the water was halfway through, the crowds who were chasing the head of water had gradually formed a tacit rule: if someone caught up lately, the crowd on both sides of the king of Qin would give way; The crowd fell neatly behind the king of Qin and followed closely, so that the godparents could see the demeanor of the king of Qin. As dusk fell, there were thousands of torches on the bank of the canal, spreading mightily on the high slopes hundreds of miles away, like a red dragon winding and flying in the sky.Such spectacular sights deeply shocked the farmers who irrigated the fields at night in Pingchuan and the officials who checked the water, shouting and echoing from afar, with continuous ups and downs.Strong and strong farmers who were able to get away all rushed to the north plain holding torches and shouting.Pieces of torches filled countless field paths, and shouts came and went, and the whole Qinchuan was upset. When the dawn reappeared, the water head, who was called "the old dragon head of the King of Qin" by those who were chased, arrived at Pinshan with a clatter.When passing through the carved stone pine forest that was still shining with blood-red light, Ying Zheng shouted to the north bank: "Brother! I'm back home with water—" Before he could stop, the boundless shirtless crowd suddenly burst into roars and tsunami waves. "Brother! Follow the King of Qin closely and return home with water!" The summer morning sun reflected the blood of stone forests and pine forests, and reflected the tears of thousands of old Qin people. Luoshui entrance. Towards noon, the vast crowd of people rushing to the water finally settled in the mountain plateau and valley of Beiluoshui. Ying Zheng stood still and said only one sentence: "All the people who drive the water will be given food for the battle..." Although it is a custom to drive the water head, there is no fixed rule.For example, the Baili Canal in the west of Guanzhong is short-distance for water, and many people do not eat or drink.It is impossible to drive water for more than four hundred miles without eating or drinking.As soon as they passed Yunyang, Wang Wan had ordered the officers and soldiers to keep shouting along the way: "Catch water on a long road, eat and drink as you please!" Even so, many people still stared at King Qin. King Qin didn't eat or drink, and I didn't eat either. don't drink!Wang Wan could see clearly all the way, the young King Qin only drank water thirteen times in a hurry and ate two pieces of dried meat and pot helmets all day and night.That is to say, most of the water chasers only ate two meals during the 400-mile sprint, and everyone was hungry at the moment.Wang Wan was too weak to move, she just watched Zhao Gao wave the command flag.Without saying a word, Zhao Gao came over to receive the command flag, and then hurried to Zhang Luo. About half an hour later, people driving Shuitou arrived one after another, and ox carts pulled Guokui dried meat to the confluence of canals and Luoshui in an endless stream.At the mouth of the mountain plateau, on both sides of the canal, there are black and shiny shirtless people surging everywhere, everyone is excited and passionate, laughing and shouting endlessly.The most catchy words resounded everywhere: "The King of Qin is doing a real job! Gather your energy!" The crowd was noisy everywhere, but no one patronized the tent shop of the Shandong business traveler who was waiting for the day's big market in Longwei. The deacons of the Shandong Commercial Company went out one after another, standing in front of the restaurants, wine shops, and warehouses, inexplicably surprised, and exclaimed: "It's strange! No one got down on the water for four hundred miles! No one bought food or wine! The old Qin people beat it hard!" No!" In the midst of sweating and clamoring and laughing, the young King Qin came over.Ying Zheng was dressed in sweaty, short-sleeved civilian clothes, carrying a large white cloth sweat towel, and strode up to a large rock on the hillside.Someone shouted that King Qin was coming, and thousands of shirtless men immediately stood up in silence like military soldiers, and stood upright, living in a dense, dark and shiny forest. "Father and brothers! Four hundred miles of water, no one got down! Good!" King Qin yelled. "Long live the King of Qin!" The shiny black arms were raised together, and the roar shook the sky. "The canals of the state of Zheng are formed, and Jingshui flows into the fields. The good days of the Qin people are in sight! Brothers and fathers, let's go back to our hometown after drinking enough. Return to the village to renovate the farmland and rush to irrigate the summer seeds, so that the Qin people's granaries will be filled early! , Nothing can be achieved! The country has no spirit, nothing can be achieved! Qin should be strong! Qin should be rich! Qin people should be more energetic!" "Long live! The spirit of the Qin people!" The roar of the sky was intermingled with the sound of rumbling water, drowning the Luoshui Mountain Plateau. In an instant, thousands of shirtless old Qin people turned into torches soaked in fierce kerosene, and the flames shot up.With a sullen face, he walked to the front of the bullock cart to get a piece of dried pot-knot meat, squatted on the ground, wolfed it down and slapped it clean, and slapped his thigh: "Let's go!" Immediately, they left Luoshuikou in groups of three and four.In a short time, the shiny dark shirtless men all over the mountains and plains disappeared into the endless fields. "Crazy King Qin! Crazy Qin people!" Guarding the shop where no one from Qin has ever patronized, the Shandong merchants were once again astonished. When the sky was full of sunset, Li Si and Zheng Guo finally arrived at Luoshuikou with a group of water workers. Standing on the bank of Luoshui, the King of Qin supported Zhao Gao's shoulders, and asked first, "Old Ling, Keqing, how is the water?" After hearing this, Ying Zheng bumped his head against Zhao Gao and softened before he had time to speak.As soon as Li Si turned around, he ordered decisively: "The camp will stop political affairs, and all the troops will rest all night!" That night, the lights of the camp tent were extinguished early, and the whole camp was snoring like thunder. It wasn't until almost noon the next day, when the summer sun was already burning hot, that the camping trumpets began to whine.In the midst of people shouting and neighing, after a meal of solid pot helmets with dried meat and rice, the ministers and officials rushed to the camp tent with the sound of trumpets.For the officials of the Qin State, it is commonplace for them to sleep less and eat less day and night, but it is a unique luxury to be able to sleep soundly from dark to noon the next night without anything to do.After such a night of sound sleep, all the ministers, workers and officials gathered in the big camp were full of energy, and many strange diseases that could not be named were miraculously disappeared. When Li Si entered the account, he saw the fresh and healthy Zheng Guo, rubbed his eyes and said, "It's so strange!" Zheng Guo, who was frowning, smiled, and a group of officials couldn't help being happy, and the room was full of laughter for a while. At the end of noon, all parties who checked the water and canals gathered the water conditions of the canals, and the result was: the whole line was unbroken, cracked, seepage-free, and all branch canals were flooded smoothly, and no county reported failures.Mr. Zheng Guogui pointed to the iron ruler to explore the water and said firmly: "The Jingshui River is 463 miles away. The whole line is solid and smooth. The entry into the fields is smooth, and the Jingshui Canal is complete!" After Zheng Guo finished speaking, everyone, including Ying Zheng, Everyone let out a long sigh of relief.Li Huan and several old hydraulic workers who had been running around for many years sighed, and even said that the Zhengguo Canal was unimaginably fast and unimaginably good, as if in a dream. Ying Zheng knocked on the book case: "Li Huan, you have a big account, how much is Zheng Guoqu irrigating?" Li Huan snapped his fingers and said in a loud voice: "Zhengguo Canal directly beneficiaries twenty-three counties, and indirect beneficiaries are all Qinchuan; there are more than 4.6 million mu of water-deficient and dry land in Guanzhong, which can be fertile and fertile land with guaranteed harvest from drought and flood! Another two hundred The more than 10,000 mu of saline-alkali flats, after three to five years, can roughly become fertile land! If the saline-alkali flats are used to receive immigrants from Shandong, it can accommodate as many as 50,000 to 60,000 households! In this way, the population of the hinterland of Qin can increase by more than 500,000. Ordinary Under the years, each mu can produce one grain, and the national treasury can accumulate at least 300,000 dendrobium every year. Five or six years later, the wealth in Guanzhong will be the best in the world!" "Old Ling, is that really the case?" "This is the lowest plan of the old minister." "Where is the foundation for ensuring harvest from drought and flood?" "Your Majesty," Zheng Guoyi cupped his hands, "the reason why Guanzhong has kept its harvest from droughts and floods is that the Jingshui River Canal is not just a main canal, but a water network made up of more than 3,000 branch canals. The power of the water network lies in the water network in Guanzhong Most of the Chibei rivers in Pingchuan are connected and communicated. In dry days, the water source is abundant, and the canals will not flow continuously. In floody days, the drainage will be smooth and the water will not be stagnant. This is the so-called canal network for drought irrigation and flood drainage! Qin law is strict, if we can establish another set With the law of water management, Qinchuan is undoubtedly the land of abundance!" "There are also top and bottom rows." Li Si interjected. "That's the only way to deal with saline-alkali flats, and another drainage ditch must be built." Li Huan replied. "Okay!" Ying Zheng immediately took the case, "The law on the management of rivers and canals will be drafted by the old decree." "Hi!" For the first time, Zheng Guo followed the example of the old Qin people and stood up to his orders, which attracted a lot of laughter. Ying Zheng slapped his thigh and stood up: "Okay! Go back to Xianyang from the plateau, and look at the salt-alkali flat along the way." Wang Wan cupped her hands: "The canal has been completed, it's important for you to go back to Xianyang last time, and each county has its own report on the saline-alkali flat." "No." Ying Zheng shook his hand, "Let's go left and right, figure it out once and for all, you can't just listen to reports." "King Qin made a decision!" He raised his tent and shouted in unison. A while later, the camp set up tents and headed south, and a group of chariots and horses rattled down the Luoshui Mountain Plateau.Going west for more than forty miles, entering the boundary of Xiagu County, you can see a series of branch canals extending into the white saline-alkali flat, and the clear water is bubbling to irrigate the white saline-alkali flowers.There are groups of farmers scattered in the salt-alkali flat, apparently urgently digging a drainage channel leading to the Wei River in the south.Ying Zheng got off his horse without saying a word, and walked into a salt-alkali flat beside the road. A ditch has just been dug, and the bottom of the ditch is already seeping clear water.A shirtless burly man jumped into the canal profusely and shouted with a smile: "It is said that the salt-alkaline flat water is salty, but I don't believe that the clear water can be sprinkled with salt? Try it!" He leaned over and held the bottom of the canal He drank the clear water in one gulp, and spit it out again just after entering the mouth, grinning and shouting, "Ah! Salty! Salty to death!" The sweating bare-chested farmers beside the canal burst into laughter.A white-haired old man said: "This canal is not that canal, that canal is Jingshui, and this canal is saline-alkaline soup. After a few years, the saline-alkali land will become fertile, and then there will be sweet water to drink, understand?" Gua (stupid) baby!" The shirtless man nodded and climbed up the canal, ran a few steps and leaned down in the Jingshui Maoqu for a while to drink, then jumped up and shouted: "It's so sweet water! If you don't believe me, drink it!" The crowd shouted: "Who doesn't believe it, only you don't believe it!" So they all laughed. "Old man," Ying Zheng came over and cupped his hands, "You think this salt-alkali flat can really turn into fertile land?" "Yes!" The white-haired old man plunged his iron Lei into the soil, "Saline-alkali flats are not natural, and the accumulated water for many years cannot be drained away, so it is no wonder that the land is not sick! The Jing water is the clearest, and it is a natural medicine for the land. Above Fill it with medicine and drain pus from below, and it will keep the land in two or three years, so it’s no wonder if it’s not good!” "The old man said, is there anyone here for the official position?" "No wonder! The old man wants 300 mu, will the government give it?" "Would the villagers be willing to immigrate to Shandong?" A shirtless young man approached the old man and whispered something, and the old man's eyes widened immediately: "You, you are the king of Qin?" Grabbing the wet soil, weeping and laughing: "God! I missed the water, and I met the King of Qin here! My God, I am destined to die!" Ying Zheng hurriedly helped the old man up, and all the people in the wild had already They rushed over one after another, and the shouts of long live the King of Qin filled the vast saline-alkali flat.The old man stood up and shook his hands, and the people around him fell silent.The old man bowed his hands to Ying Zheng, turned around and said loudly to the people around him: "The king of Qin asked me, if the salt-alkali flats were given to the immigrants from Shandong, would we be willing to wait for the old Qin people? They all said, would they?" "Willing—" the dark and shirtless Siye shouted with all their might. "Why do you want to?" the old man roared. "Farming depends on people! Fighting depends on people! There are many people and power!" The old man cupped his hands with great emotion: "This old man is the patriarch of the Dongbai clan, and the old Qin people will never bully the newcomers from Shandong!" "Yes! The old Qin and the new Qin are all Qin!" Siye shouted excitedly. Including Ying Zheng, the eyes of all the officials and officials who came behind were moist.Especially Li Sizheng Guo and those Shandong scholars who entered Qin in recent years were even more excited, and they almost shouted at the same time: "Long live Qin!" The sound came and went, and the field under the setting sun was burning again. Ying Zheng bowed deeply to the shirtless farmers, and got on his horse without saying a word.The ministers and officials also bowed deeply, and walked out of the salt flat shaking their hands.The campers gathered by the side of the road, Ying Zheng stared at the dark crowd in the field who had been lingering for a long time, and suddenly turned around and said: "Change to the four horse king's chariot, and drive back to Xianyang in the starry night!" In the cry of King Qin's long live, the king's chariot of the cavalry started rattling away, and headed west like lightning. Walking to the official road outside Liyang City, just in time Meng Tian came on a flying horse.In the spacious king's chariot, Meng Tian reported an urgent news: Zheng Guoqu had successfully released water, and the six countries in Shandong were shocked, and they sent special envoys to condemn South Korea for sending such a illustrious waterworker into Qin State, it was a deliberate aid to Qin; Feeling the pressure, the whole family of Zheng Guo has been detained, claiming that if Zheng Guo does not return to Han to apologize, the whole Zheng family will be executed immediately!Meng Tian was worried that South Korea had sent assassins, fearing that Zheng Guo would make a mistake, so he came to the east overnight to report. "Dogs don't eat!" Ying Zheng cursed fiercely.