The skinny miser became an official, a telegram came directly from the Qin Palace.
Not because he donated 10 million stones.
It's that this kind of guy can actually preserve potatoes for nearly a year. Not to mention Li Yuanxing, even the cabinet master thinks it's a miracle. You know how many people have studied it in later generations, the preservation time is only four months, and the preservation time is only half a year. This
This guy's potatoes have been stored for almost a year, and they haven't turned green or sprouted yet.
Let’s talk about corn again. You must know that corn is one of the grains that is difficult to preserve in later generations.
Li Yuanxing's Qinwangzhuang granary stores a large amount of corn kernels, so a lot of effort can be put into the grain planting part.
What's more, Chang'an is in the north, and the royal family is already typical of the south. The air temperature and humidity here are much higher than in the north. But this guy's corn is better preserved than Li Yuanxing's using many later technologies.
Special personnel were sent to inspect the cave he used as a granary.
I don’t know how many generations and years he spent to hollow out two mountains and connect many primitive caves together, which are fireproof, waterproof, and moisture-proof. They also have natural ventilation and cooling conditions. The most powerful thing is that he
Even the mice were guarded. In the granary, there were many fruits that the locals didn't know, as well as many branches, grass and other things.
That guy has a classic theory: a grain of food wasted can cause heartache for a whole day.
Therefore, protecting his food was something he spent all his time researching.
Ten million shi of grain, although most of it is potatoes and a small part is corn, less than 200,000 shi is rice. The reason for this is simpler. He will plant whatever has a high yield. He has not yet obtained the seeds of sweet potatoes.
, if he could get it, he would definitely plant more.
He is a talented person. But Li Yuanxing can't take care of him right now.
The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal in the Sui Dynasty almost disappeared in later generations, but now it is of great use. It is not a difficult task to forcefully open a hole in the Jiaxing section and directly lead it into Hangzhou Bay, which is the Qiantang River in later generations.
"Do we need to consider post-disaster reconstruction?"
Wu Zhao saw Li Yuanxing thinking. He walked closer and asked.
"Rebuild?" Li Yuanxing smiled and shook his head: "Why rebuild?"
"Why not rebuild?" Wu Zhao didn't understand. So many people's homes were destroyed. How could they live without rebuilding?
Li Yuanxing pulled the map, pointed at it and said: "Look, in the Yangtze River at that time, there were only two lakes directly connected to the Yangtze River. The Yangtze River in the Tang Dynasty had three large lakes and dozens of small lakes directly connected to the Yangtze River.
connection, that is to say, these lakes have sufficient flood discharge capacity."
"That's right. If it weren't for these lakes, with such a large flow of water, I'm afraid hundreds of thousands of people would have died in just a few states and cities."
Wu Zhao agreed with Li Yuanxing's statement,
"The amount of water is so large that if it is blocked everywhere, it will naturally break through the dams. Now, we should take this opportunity to return the Yangtze River to nature. There is no need for dams. It is only in several major states and counties to build river embankments. I think,
In this way, the river embankments can hold back the water, and the excess water will flow into several large lakes."
Li Yuanxing drew directly on the map.
According to Li Yuanxing's annotation, the area of the lake area is three times that of the original map of the Tang Dynasty. It is even more than ten times that of later generations.
"With such a large scope, what will the original people do?"
"It's very simple. Some fishermen want to stay. You know there is a saying about living on a boat in the lake area. You can live on a boat. There are several very special docks in each great lake area, which can be used in both the rainy season and the dry season.
Piers. These piers will become special commercial areas in the Lake District."
Li Yuanxing was talking. Wu Zhao slowly understood.
Datang did not have such a large population at all, leaving more space for nature. When floods come, nature will solve the flood problem.
No matter how you build a dam by force, no matter how clever it is, there is always a limit. When this limit is exceeded, the flood will no longer be a minor disaster.
But all the water is divided into several lakes, so no matter how big the water is, there will be no problem.
Li Yuanxing continued: "I have thought before that the Yellow River can use Xiaolangdi to form a semi-artificial, semi-natural lake area. This is also to consider the problem of the rainy season, but the amount of the project is too large. At present, many places on the Yangtze River are
With a primitive lake area, expanding the lake area is not a problem.”
"Where's the boat?" Wu Zhao asked another question.
Li Yuanxing smiled confidently. Apparently he had found a solution to the problem.
The rain is still falling and getting heavier.
In the past few days, Master Cabinet's expression has become more and more serious. When the news came that the river had risen three feet, Master Cabinet sighed heavily. This was the first time Master Cabinet had sighed since he arrived in the Tang Dynasty.
Don't complain, this is the regulation given to Tang Jun by the cabinet master.
There is nothing that a man of the Tang Dynasty cannot resist, so he must not complain. But the cabinet master himself sighed.
Li Shentong came over immediately: "Uncle, don't be depressed. Reports have been reported from all states and counties. Although some fields have been soaked by water, the rice can't be picked up again. Now, except for a dyke upstream, there is nothing else
Due to the excessive danger, some people have died in several lake areas, but in the past four days, there has been no news of any villages being flooded."
Li Shentong is in Master An's heart.
He actually didn't know why the cabinet man was sighing, he just thought it was for the heavy rain and the people.
Li Shentong continued: "The food is not bad. At least 30 million shi of food can be transferred from Nanyang, so no one will starve to death. The canal will be able to release water in one day at most. We will see when the time comes.
Let’s see if the river water will fall.”
The cabinet master nodded: "Everyone has worked hard, let's hold on for a few more days."
"This is my duty!" Li Shentong replied and went back to continue his work.
However, Li Yuanxing knew why the cabinet master sighed. He approached the cabinet master and said softly: "This water is not small, it is bigger than that time. But it was so terrible that time, so people still hurt themselves."
Li Yuanxing said it very straightforwardly. The Yangtze River is different from the Yellow River. The Yellow River changes its course at every turn, and there is no pattern at all. Some floods that year will not surprise people. Floods can occur at any time or in any place.
Said it was normal.
But the Yangtze River is different. The real cause of subsequent major floods in the Yangtze River is humans.
They surrounded lakes to create farmland, built high dikes along the Yangtze River, and then built residential areas. You must know that under normal circumstances in the Tang Dynasty, the maximum width of the Yangtze River in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River is more than one kilometer, and the Yangtze River estuary is almost more than 200 kilometers wide.
Hearing Li Yuanxing speak, the cabinet master also spoke.
"Taihu Lake, at that time, had 4.4 billion cubic meters. In recent days, I have calculated it in a stupid way, and I still estimate that the current water volume in Taihu Lake has reached 40 billion cubic meters. And judging from the current situation, that's it
If it rains for another three to five days, even without the flood discharge canal, Taihu Lake will be able to store some more."
"I wonder if this flood will affect the hairy crabs!" Li Yuanxing suddenly said something irrelevant.
The cabinet master was stunned, then smiled and shook his head: "We have to wait for the Mid-Autumn Festival."
"Who will be the first to eat this?" Li Yuanxing asked, purely as a job. In order to prevent the cabinet master from thinking about useless things, now that he has come to the Tang Dynasty, many future generations do not need to worry.
Who would have thought that the cabinet master really knew: "It is rumored that that person's name is Ba Jie."
Who is Ba Jie? Li Yuanxing didn't bother to think about it. In the eyes of Li Yuanxing and Li Lanshan at the time, it wouldn't be a disaster unless tens of thousands of people died. But now, according to official records in the Tang Dynasty, all states
Since returning to the county, including the missing villages that have not been found, the population has only exceeded a thousand people.
It is also possible that these missing people can save themselves and maybe come back alive.
The next day, 800,000 people who worked hard for several days and nights finally dug out a canal that was one foot and three feet deep and almost ten feet wide. At this depth, a large ship with a load of 500 tons could go directly here.
Sailing.
A ton of explosives was piled up. After continuous explosions, a river embankment in Taihu Lake was blown up. Water poured directly into a specially repaired section of the Suzhou section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal. Then it followed the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.
, rushing towards Hangzhou.
When you can bypass Jiaxing, there is an artificial lake with a direct distance of one kilometer.
The original design here was a bifurcated waterway, but many craftsmen believed that the water would flow directly into Hangzhou City. If the river embankment could not stop it, it would be a huge trouble, so an artificial lake was built here as a
After creating a buffer, it then diverted the canal and added a temporary dam to the canal on the Hangzhou side. The water then turned directly from the southwest of Jiaxing and rushed straight into Hangzhou Bay.
No matter how much rain or water there is, it is impossible for the sea level of the sea to rise much.
In Jinling City, several officials from Zhenjiang City were standing on the river embankment. Everyone's eyes were fixed on the stone statue standing in the river.
The erection of stone statues was originally to honor the river god and was also an ancient method of measuring water levels.
At the moment, I can only see the top of the stone statue's head, and it feels like the top of the stone statue's head is not visible at any time.
Half an hour passed, and the water level seemed to have risen a little higher.
Many people's hearts sank. It took so much effort to open a canal, but it didn't work.
But an old man said: "Do you think of this big river and big lake as your own bucket? How many feet of water can go down just by opening it?" Such words still made people feel uneasy.
According to the method taught by Li Yuanxing, place a basin in the open space and measure the precipitation.
A special person went to see it. After seeing it, his face was ugly: "Today's rain is heavier than yesterday. Looking at this day, it will rain for at least another three to five days. There is no problem. A clear sky can also make people feel at ease."
some!"
"Look, I can see the eyes."
What eyes, many people don’t understand at the moment.
But following the person's finger, the water level seemed to have suddenly dropped, which meant that the plan was successful.
From the upper reaches of Jinling City to the location of Hezhou, follow a river there to divert water to Taihu Lake. This section is only dug for a few miles. It only connects the Yangtze River to the river, and then flows into Shiyang Lake and Shuiyang Lake.
.Of course the people in these two lake areas have already moved away.
From this lake area, we pass through several small rivers such as Shangxing River and Nanhe River, and then through several small lakes before entering Taihu Lake.
It is equivalent to adding an extra wave to the Yangtze River, flooding a lot of places, and leaving many people without their homes.