Before dawn, the pedestrians packed their luggage, put it on the donkey cart, and set off as a team.
Pedestrians, levies, and levies actually all mean the same thing, that is, soldiers going out for an expedition.
Liu Renyu took the last bite of Hu Pancake, wiped his hands, picked up the horizontal knife, and escorted these people on their way.
"Be honest, don't let your imagination run wild." Liu Renyu looked at his escort and reminded him.
"You guys have never been so noisy before." A sergeant scolded: "You are not going to die, how can we cause trouble?"
"Liu Renyu was lucky enough to still hang out in the state army, and now he is very proud."
"His daughter has become a widow and his family has plummeted. I want to see how he can maintain his dignity in the future."
"I am going to be a yamen soldier, why should I be angry with this person?"
The soldiers were all chattering and having strange annoyances.
Liu Renyu shook his head and refused to care about them.
There were fully 20,000 surrendered troops in Luoyang. The commander-in-chief's office, Shaanxi Province, sent people to rectify the situation. After a few months, everyone was almost honest.
After receiving the mission this time, Liu Renyu led 300 state soldiers to escort 2,000 people eastward to make up for the battle losses.
In fact, it's not just Lao Liu. In the next period of time, a large number of troops will continue to descend eastward, and the Shaanxi Province Academy will also allocate a group of well-trained recruits to Yuncheng to complete the organization of various ministries.
After walking a few miles eastward, Luoyang was already in sight.
The construction site of Qianjinchi was crowded with people. At dawn, more than 3,000 people from Yanshi County had already gathered here to dig Pichi and ditches.
Qianjinchi is a semi-artificial lake located at the intersection of valley water and stream. It was originally a low-lying wetland. In the past half year, Henan Prefecture recruited Yanshi Fuzi to dig it into a lake.
It flows eastward through the channel, flows into the Jiuzhou Pond in the palace city, and then flows out through the channel.
The Jiuzhou Pond is ready-made and does not require much trouble. As early as last winter, Feng Wei, the deputy envoy of Rujiedu in the east capital, mobilized Confucius from Henan County to carry out dredging, which basically restored the old appearance and even slightly expanded the reservoir capacity.
.We plan to plant lotus this year. In this way, Jiuzhou Pond can not only be used as a source of water for the palace, but also a good scenic spot.
There is also a reservoir to the south of Qianjin Pond. The original Yanggong Old Pond (Qiu Pond) was formed by diverting valley water and Luo water. It has not been taken care of for many years and is dilapidated. When Shao Shude first met, he saw that the channel was blocked, the pond was dry, and the bottom of the lake was filled with water.
There were dead branches and leaves, and there were even many skeletons, so he ordered them to be sorted out.
After Feng Wei took charge of the construction of Luoyang, he always kept in mind the highest instructions of the King of Xia and made the restoration of Luoyang's urban water system his top priority. Therefore, he recruited Confucius from Luoyang County to clean and dredge it, and now it's almost done.
There is actually a Wei Wang Pond in the center of the city, now called Xia Wang Pond. This lake has not dried up, but it has not been dredged for many years. Together with the surrounding ditches, they were all cleaned up by the concubines recruited from Gong County.
Luoyang was once a garden city with a developed water system and numerous flowers, plants and trees.
Taking Shangyang Palace as an example, Wang Jian once wrote a poem: "The flowers and trees in Shangyang never fall, and the Luo River flows through the palace everywhere."
There are a large number of evergreen pines and cypresses in the palace, and southern plants such as osmanthus and orange are also transplanted, so it is "never autumn".
Yuan Zhen also wrote a poem: "I can hear the sound of Luo River on a moonlit night, and the autumn pond is dark with the wind and lotus atmosphere."
In the Shangyang Palace, you can hear the rushing sound of the Luo River, and the Qiuchi Reservoir is filled with lotus flowers, and you can smell the fragrance.
This is a famous waterscape palace complex, which Emperor Gaozong ordered to build. Because the scenery was too beautiful and the palace was too gorgeous, Wei Hongji, who presided over the construction, was impeached and resigned after the completion.
Renovating Qianjin Pond, Jiuzhou Pond, Qiu Pond, Xia Wang Pond and many ditches has been the main work in the past year. It is expected that we will continue to work hard this year and restore the plant landscape beside the lakes and canals.
When Sun Ru attacked Luoyang, the towering trees in the city were seriously damaged. Feng Wei planned to transplant the trees from the Forbidden Garden in the west of the city to make a quick move.
The Forbidden Garden is actually the royal hunting ground, located in the west of Luoyang City. It consists of a vast area of forests, pastures, rivers, and wetlands, and the scenery is also very beautiful.
Pedestrians walked eastward through the ruins of Luoyang.
Liu Renyu looked to both sides and saw that the dredging work of the canal was still going on. There were already ships sailing on the cleared river section, laden with broken bricks, tiles, and rotten wood, and transported them to the outside of the city.
Broken bricks and tiles can be used to build roads, and can also be used to strengthen river embankments and ponds. Luoshui, Yishui, and Gushui are not very docile. Floods often occur and cause disasters in Luoyang City. These water conservancy projects are still very necessary.
It is really not easy to rebuild Luoyang. It is better to build a new one at a different location. Liu Renyu knew that Luoyang City of the Han, Wei and Wei dynasties was in the east and was not in the same place as the Luoyang City of the former Sui and Kingdom dynasties. With such trouble, the corvee service of the people of Henan Prefecture was cut off.
If that didn't work, people from other states and counties would even have to be recruited to serve.
No wonder after a year of fighting, the masters from Henan Prefecture and Ruzhou did not receive conscription orders, and even some of the masters from Zhengzhou who participated in the reconstruction of Luoyang were not drafted.
New buildings have appeared in the cleared area, but they are few. What caught Liu Renyu's attention was a palace with a strange style.
This hall is located on the south edge of the Shangyang Imperial Palace. There is a large stone platform and steps at the front entrance. There are walls on both sides of the steps, and there are craftsmen under the walls, as if they are preparing to carve something.
At the top of the steps is a square dome building, which is not big. There are stone pillars in front of the building. It is not known how much manpower was spent on the building. Liu Renyu had a vague impression that Tang and Deng followed the Jiedu envoy Zhe Zongben and ordered the captured Huai army to descend and dig the mountain to collect stones.
, transported by ship to Luoyang. Because the construction period was too demanding, the Huai people suffered terribly, and many people fled into the mountains.
Alas, they are all helping poor people.
There are many stone pillars, and some people are carving patterns. There is a tower at each corner of the hall, and there are colonnades between the towers. There are many windows in the hall, and the upper edges of the windows are also arched. There seem to be gardens, pavilions and other annexes around the hall.
The architecture and style are very weird.
Liu Renyu is not an ignorant person. As the largest metropolis in Guandong, Bianzhou has many barbarians. As for the Sogdians, their appearance, clothing, and houses certainly have their own characteristics, and even their tombs are different from those of the Han people.
In Liu Renyu's view, this small palace was fortunately located in a corner, otherwise it would have affected the overall beauty too much. Could it be that the Xia king used it to secretly hide Sogdian, Uighur, and Tatar beauties?
Pedestrians continued to move forward, and in the palace that Liu Renyu had just complained about, Master Mani was "preaching" to a group of disciples.
"I call this the circumsection of a circle." Master Mani pointed to a window and explained patiently.
He was followed by an assistant, holding a roll of paper in his hand. Many patterns were drawn on the paper with a quill dipped in ink, and numbers were written next to it. King Xia said that these were Tianzhu numbers, which were very easy to use. Master Mani did the same.
I think these numbers should be used when teaching students.
What Master Mani is best at is actually religious knowledge about gods and ghosts, but King Xia wouldn't let him talk about it.
The second greatest skill is to be familiar with the languages of Dashi, Turks, Persia and other places. This can be taught, and some people are currently learning it.
But what King Xia valued most was actually geometry knowledge. He compiled a textbook. After King Xia reviewed it, he changed some of the terms and fixed them, such as points, straight lines, parallel lines, triangles, polygons, etc., and then published it in a book.
, teach students.
A total of more than ten people participated in learning geometry knowledge, many of whom were descendants of the "Hongui Group" in Kansai. Master Mani taught them very attentively. At the same time, he was surprised to find that King Xia also knew a lot about these things he called "plane geometry".
Knowledge, what did he do before? It was definitely not as simple as a martial artist.
Geometry knowledge can be used in all aspects of life. For example, this building, which borrowed the name of Weiyang Palace ("Hehuan Hall") from the Han Dynasty, uses a lot of plane geometry knowledge. It is also a valuable internship opportunity for students who have studied for several years.
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Straight lines, circles, arcs, triangles, polygons, etc., are all particular about how to design, calculate, and combine them. If one thing is not done right, it will lead to quality accidents, so we need to repeatedly calculate and modify the design until it is finally perfected.
King Xia really had good intentions in promoting geometry knowledge. Hehuan Hall was definitely not for his enjoyment, as Master Mani can testify.
Feng Wei, the deputy envoy of the Eastern Capital Festival, was standing outside the palace with his brows furrowed.
He was not interested in this palace and thought it was too ugly. For this reason, he even found reasons to delay the allocation of manpower and materials.
However, under the intervention of the King of Xia, it was finally continued. The entire palace has entered the final stage, and glazed tiles are currently being put up. Painters have been stationed on the inner walls to start painting murals, and reliefs are carved on the outer walls. The surrounding gardens and pavilions are also
Construction is slowly starting.
"The forest to the north of the Hehuan Palace needs to be enlarged slightly, and a small river must be dug to separate this broken palace. It is really ugly." Feng Wei looked up at the four spire towers and almost covered his face.
The martial artist's aesthetics are really weird. But they still control the handle of the knife. Who dares to laugh? He wants to be willful, and others can only accompany him to be willful, and they have to say yes with a smile.
"Alas!" Feng Wei stamped his feet, left the Hehuan Hall construction site, and went to inspect the culvert excavation project.