Han Hai Tang Ergui

Chapter 872

On the Kanto Plain, Kinugawa River, as the last section of the embankment was closed, the sky-shattering cheers rang out.

On both sides of the river, everyone is dressed in coarse linen clothes, but you can easily tell from the jade plaques on their waists and the flags on the river bank that many of them are not ordinary people.

On both sides of the Kinugawa River, there is Murong Nobunaga, the king of the Yan Kingdom who ruled the three provinces of Asahi, Korea, and Penglai.There is Zhao Kuangyin, the lord of Xiantai, Wang Tingyi, the son of Wang Jing, the lord of Yuezhong, and Fang Bohai, the Tuzuo, who offered his loyalty.

As for other gentlemen, princes (male), patrol envoys, commanding envoys of the big government soldiers, commanders-in-chief, etc., there are countless others.

Of course, the most eye-catching thing is a golden sun and moon banner with a silver and white background representing the emperor's presence.

Under the big banner, a half-aged lady who still has charm is standing majestically, and even King Murong Nobunaga of Yan Kingdom has to wait on him carefully.

Of course, it took almost a year for this person to arrive at Yannai, Cao Sanniang's daughter of Chaoyang Dongning, from Luoyang, the capital of the gods.

. . . .

The Kanto Plain in the Asahi Province is a rainy area, with annual precipitation of at least 1500 millimeters, so floods occur every year during the rainy season.

The Tonegawa and Kinugawa rivers are meandering and have limited flood discharge capacity, which often leads to rampant floods, forming a large number of swampy areas downstream.

At the same time, the offshore area of ​​the Kanto Plain is formed by the accumulation of sediment brought by the Tone River and the Kinu River. The overall formation will not exceed 1000 years, and it is still unstable.

As a result, the terrain of Edo Bay in later generations is very low-lying. Many places will be soaked in seawater during high tide, and will only emerge from the water when the tide ebbs. It looks like an endless plain, but in fact it cannot be used for farming at all.

What a headache!Compared with these two major problems, other problems such as soil acidification are minor problems.

This is why for a long period of time in the Kanto Plain, although there was abundant precipitation, convenient water transportation, and a warm climate, the grain production and population could not increase.

Historically, the Wa country has never had the manpower, material resources and technology to solve this problem until Tokugawa Ieyasu was thrown to the Kanto by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

What does this look like, like the feeling that Xiang Yu sent Liu Bang to Hanzhong after he entered Xianyang? It was a pure insult.

But the old tortoise is really very human. He stopped his retainers from trying to find Toyotomi Hideyoshi desperately. First, it took a few years to manage the Kanto Plain in a good and colorful way, accumulating a large material base for the unification of Japan.

After ascending to the throne of General Conquering Yi, it took 50 years to completely build the Kanto Plain into the most affluent place in Japan.

At this time, Murong Nobunaga was much luckier than Tokugawa Ieyasu, because he had a huge country behind him and the support of a foster father who loved him.

Of course, with such a distance, Zhang Tie's own pockets are empty, and there is not much material support left.

But there is one thing, the talents who manage this kind of flood are absolutely enough.

Zhang Tie directly packed water conservancy experts such as the right minister of the Ministry of Industry and Dushui Envoy Chen Chengzhao and his team to the Kanto Plain.

After Chen Chengzhao examined the specific conditions in the Kanto region in detail, he adopted a method similar to that used by Li Bing to manage Dujiangyan.

That is to straighten the curved river, excavate canals to divert the flow, and adopt strategies such as building embankments step by step at the seaside, piling up soil to raise the terrain, and digging offshore canals to divert high-tide seawater to prevent seawater backflow.

This will cause everyone to cheer, that is, the governance of Kinugawa is completely over.

As long as Kinugawa no longer "runs around", the Kanto Plain will have at least another 800 million mu of paddy fields.

Although the problem of soil quality still exists, it is a minor problem given the amount of precipitation in the Kanto Plain and the dense distribution of river channels.

People say that reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles, and Mrs. Cao San is now intoxicated by the beautiful scenery of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains.

She also finally fully believed that Zhang Tie did not lie to her, that Zhang Shengren really chose a rich land for Nobunaga'er.

However, Mrs. Cao San was still not satisfied. Mother, how can she think that her son has less good things? She smiled slightly and looked at Murong Nobunaga and said:

"Nobunaga, you can report the matter about the Ishijian silver mine now."

After finishing speaking, Mrs. Cao called Chen Chengzhao to the front. As the emperor's friend in need and the concubine of the Zhang Zhou court, Mrs. Cao had a stronger command ability than Murong Nobunaga to those who came from the court.

For example, Chen Chengzhao, as Zhang Zhou’s leading water conservancy expert, his ideal is to become one of the prime ministers with the title of a political adviser, and then serve as Shangshu Youpushe and Minister of the Ministry of Industry. Wait for the honorary title, and then get a beautiful posthumous title.

Regardless of the above, Murong Nobunaga, as a foreign vassal king, no matter how noble his status is, he can neither help nor cause trouble.

Therefore, for Murong Nobunaga, Chen Chengzhao will respect him, but he will not 100% do his best and work tirelessly for him.

Only Mrs. Cao, relying on Cao's influence, his relationship with the emperor and his status as a noble concubine, can really influence Chen Chengzhao in these aspects.

This is actually the most important reason why Mrs. Cao San must come to Chaori for a few years. She wants to help Murong Nobunaga drive the court officials.

After Chen Chengzhao came over, he pointed to Dahe Tonegawa on the map and said to Murong Nobunaga: "Your Majesty, I have spent two years visiting, and I have already determined the next governance plan.

Your Majesty, please look here. There is only a small hill and a canyon about ten miles long between the Tone River and the Kinu River. If you can dig through this place and let the water of the Tone River flow from the Kinu River to the sea from the east, then the Tone River’s impact on the downstream can be completely relieved. Flood threat in offshore areas.

At that time, at least tens of millions of acres of fertile land can be developed in this bay area, and millions of people can be raised. This is the foundation of Yan Kingdom forever! "

The governance plan mentioned by Chen Chengzhao is the ultimate move of the Tokugawa shogunate in governing the Kanto Plain in history.

By digging artificial canals, the Tone River flows eastward into the Pacific Ocean through the river course of the Kinugawa River, making the lower reaches of the Tone River flooded by the Tone River into a fertile field with dense water networks.

The price paid was nothing more than the flooding of some insignificant woodlands in the hills downstream of the Kinugawa River.

Murong Nobunaga was having a headache about how to deal with the flood in the Tone River. Seeing Chen Chengzhao's design, he was suddenly enlightened. He grabbed Chen Chengzhao's hand excitedly and was about to bow down.

"Chen Gong's strategy is so ingenious, it should be worshiped by a certain family!"

How could Chen Chengzhao dare to ask Murong Nobunaga to bow down, so he hurriedly bowed down first, calling him Zhesha.

Murong Nobunaga took advantage of the situation and stood up, but he said sincerely: "I know that Chen Gongzhi is in the center to ensure the safety of the people, so he dare not use a mere post in the frontier vassal state to persuade him to stay.

But I beg Chen Gong to leave a descendant in this Guandong, and I would like to reward each other with three thousand households and the title of a gentleman. "

Chen Chengzhao was greatly moved. He knew that the Guandong land would be under the direct control of King Yan in the future, and he didn't plan to make any vassals.

But today, in order to reward him, His Royal Highness King Yan is willing to make an exception and confer the title of gentleman here, which is indeed a very heavy gift.

Immediately, Chen Chengzhao called his third son who had been following him to come forward and ordered him to kowtow to Murong Xinchang.

"Your Majesty, the third son of your class is intelligent. Although he is not brave enough to fight the enemy, he loves mountains and rivers the most. He is proficient in geology and geography. Let him stay in the Kanto region and do his best for your majesty."

Murong Xin grew up very satisfied, the reason why he was willing to appoint a gentleman in the Guandong Plain was to let Chen Chengzhao do his best.

Secondly, this kind of water conservancy project must be maintained. The two sons brought by Chen Chengzhao this time are proficient in this, leaving one here as a vassal, so that it can be maintained and expanded in the future.

Of course, Murong Nobunaga also knew why his mother, Mrs. Cao San, wanted him to report the matter of Shijian Silver Mine.

This project is easy to say, but it requires a lot of manpower and material resources to manage it. It is not easy to excavate the hills of more than ten kilometers.

With the current state of Yan's family background, it is still difficult to deal with it by yourself.

Moreover, this large-scale project of recruiting 10,000+ people is likely to cause domestic instability. After all, Murong Nobunaga has not ruled for a few years, and not all the Japanese below are convinced.

But if the Iwami Silver Mine is reported to the public now, given the current situation where the imperial court is so short of silver, there is a high probability that the imperial court will send officials and troops over.

There are at least tens of thousands of people from the Central Plains who come to pan for gold, which can have a good deterrent effect objectively.

And when such a large silver mine was discovered, if Yanfan Kingdom, as the landlord, used the share of the silver mine as collateral, it would be able to obtain a loan of at least 40 to [-] guan.

No!If you are still willing to exchange these loans for materials purchased from the Central Plains, you can get 70 to [-] guan.

In this way, there will be money for the construction of the Tonegawa-Kinugawa Canal.

At the same time, people who can travel across the ocean to seek gold are definitely not good people, even if they look honest, they are honest and ruthless in their bones.

There are tens of thousands of people in Iwami Mansion, if there is any change in the Japanese, Murong Nobunaga just calls, even tens of thousands of sturdy troops can be recruited, which is enough to wipe out any rebellion.

"Mother, why don't you write a letter to the imperial court? Anyway, the most important thing for the imperial court is not how much silver the Iwami Silver Mine can produce."

The implication of Murong Nobunaga's words is that the taxes and fees of the Iwami Silver Mine must be shared by the imperial court and the Yan Fan Kingdom. Fight for it.

Because, as he said, although the Iwami Silver Mine reserves are large, the explosive power of gunpowder and road traffic are still insufficient.

Therefore, the foreseeable mining volume every year is about 150 to 200 million strings.

With the size of the Great Zhou court, even if you get all 200 million guan in one year, that's all.

Therefore, the most important role of the Iwami Silver Mine to the imperial court is its silver storage of hundreds of millions of guan, which can provide sufficient confidence and guarantee for the imperial court to issue silver bills worth three coins and five coins.

At the same time, taking advantage of the east wind of the Iwami Silver Mine, vigorously promoting the development of navigation, gunpowder, blasting and other technologies, as well as completely pulling the two provinces of Asahi and Penglai into the Central Plains economic circle, are also valued by Zhang Shengren.

Indeed, in the face of these two grand strategies that have greatly promoted the country and the nation, the income of a mere one million yuan a year is not so important.

But for Murong Nobunaga's Yanfan Kingdom, even if there is an extra 20 guan worth of silver every year, after various processes are made into silver collars, there will be at least a dozen or so income close to [-] guan, which is quite a lot.

Mrs. Cao San took a look at her son, and said with a serious face: "This is for my mother to coordinate, and it can even increase your profit by [-]%, but this is conditional.

If you only ask for tens of thousands more taxes a year, it's not difficult, your father will definitely be willing to give it, but if you want to get more, Penglai Island may have to give it up. "

Penglai Island is the Kyushu Island in Japan in history. If it is given up, only Fangzhang Island (Shikoku Island) will remain in the Penglai Province under the control of Nobunaga Murong. However, Nobunaga Murong thought about it lightly and nodded.

Seeing that her son agreed without much thought, Mrs. Cao San went on to say:

"Your fourth brother is 12 years old this year, but the saint is still in good health. From spring to autumn, no matter whether it is hot or cold, Aniang has never seen him suffer from illness. His good health is like a god or Buddha.

This is a good thing for the imperial court and the world, but it is not necessarily a good thing for your fourth brother. This represents 30 or even 40 years of hard work! "

The fourth younger brother Cao Yannai mentioned is Zhang Xianjing, the fourth son of the emperor who is not actually a prince now, but is being trained as a prince.

Murong Xinchang sighed empathetically. He had actually thought about whether he could change his surname to Zhang and become the prince.

But the moment this thought arose, it was immediately shattered by another matter, and I never thought about it again.

That is Murong Xinchang and his adoptive father Zhang Shengren, but there is only a seven-year difference between them!

Looking at it now, it was right to suppress the desire in my heart at that time. Let alone the difference of only seven years, even the fourth brother Zhang Xianjing, who has a difference of 21 years, may not be able to survive to the succession.

Murong Nobunaga asked in a low voice: "Is Penglai the retreat route chosen by Aunt Nineteen for Fourth Brother?"

Mrs. Cao San nodded, "That's right, Yanxi has already decided that if things don't change after the age of 25, she will write to the sage, requesting that Brother Jing be sealed in Penglai."

"That's good!" Murong Nobunaga took a deep breath, "Although the Wa Kingdom is divided into two provinces, the interior is still very closed. There will definitely be no problems if there are children here, but what will happen to the future descendants is really difficult." expected.

If the fourth elder brother can go to Penglai and become a vassal, it will be like opening his mouth in the country of Wa, and maybe the future generations can save the lives of the descendants of the Murong family. "

Mrs. Cao San looked at Murong Xinchang with relief, "My son is indeed a good boy in the eyes of the saints. Seeing that you are so clear-headed, my mother is relieved."

Murong Nobunaga grinned, "That's right, Nobunaga was taught by his own hands.

Personally suffer a little loss, but it can benefit the country and the nation, and by the way, it can also relieve disasters and difficulties for future generations. Why not do it.

When A Niang went back, she also asked Yeye for the boy, and the boy thought that after a hundred years, Hutou's surname would be Zhang.

In the future, it will become a custom that among the children's heirs, the line that inherits the king of North Korea and the king of Yan is all surnamed Zhang, and the collateral line of the clan is surnamed Murong. "

The third lady Cao nodded with tears in her eyes, the biggest worry in her heart was finally completely dispelled at this moment.

. . . .

Above the pitch-black sky, lightning tore apart the world suddenly.

A brilliant electric light suddenly rushed from the nine heavens to the distant ocean that seemed to be the end of the world.

The long-lasting white light in the eyes of this Taoist seems to be guiding believers to the other shore.

"Thieves, thieves, thieves, thunder doesn't rain, right? Light thunder doesn't rain, right! I'm going to die of thirst, right!"

At the bow of the ship where the waves rise and fall, a strong man who is almost naked raises his head and roars to the sky.

His two thick thighs seemed to have taken root, no matter how the ship shook, they were firmly nailed to the deck.

Cursing and cursing, still not relieved, the strong man suddenly pulled out the long pin that had been inserted into the ship's side, and then pointed the ten-jin-heavy weapon to the sky with one hand. The several-foot-long blade shone like lightning glow.

"Thief damn! If it doesn't rain again, you asshole, I'll fuck you up!"

Helian Hailong is now as tanned as his former partner Yan Kunlun, his lips have dried up and turned pale as lead powder, and there are deep and shallow scars covered with cracks.

He tried his best to turn his head to look at Master Cixian, who was already in a state of anger, his face showed a bit of nervous madness because of the extreme pain.

He looked at the mage he admired the most in the past, and chuckled lowly, his voice seemed to be eerily coming from the bottom of the sea.

"Master, Zhao Siwan is crazy, he's going to poke God's ass, hehehehe!"

Plop!Someone was so frightened that he knelt down amidst the eerie laughter, and his whole body began to tremble unceasingly.

This is not because of Helian Hailong's laughter, but because Zhao Siwan's triangular eyes that symbolize death are looking at this person.

Everyone on this ship knew why this crazy guy still had the strength to roar when everyone was about to die, because he was eating people!
Cannibalism is actually not uncommon. Among the 88 people on the boat, 39 were brought by Zhao Siwan from the beggars. They all have more or less cannibalism.

But Zhao Siwan is the only one who can eat and still be so lively.

Along the way, due to the shortage of firewood, everyone has been eating raw food for at least half a month. From raw meat to raw fish directly from the sea, everything is raw.

If you are thirsty, drink the blood of the fish with the water that is about to stink. If you are hungry, you can just hold the live fish and eat it.

While eating, some people's teeth began to fall out, their eyeballs protruded, some people's bodies festered until there was no good skin on their bodies, some people had vomiting and diarrhea, high fever and coma, and lost their lives in palpitations and convulsions.

Only Zhao Siwan, who has nothing to do, is more proficient in drinking fish blood and eating raw fish than civet cats.

And the subordinates who chose to use the simplest method to solve the problem like him, soon began to go crazy for no reason, and even jumped off the boat directly.

Up to now, he is the only one who chooses the same "easy" guy as Zhao Siwan.

At this moment, as Zhao Siwan turned around, a thicker bolt of lightning split the sky again, followed by the roar of huge thunder resounding through the sky.

Helian Hailong suddenly felt a gentle touch on his face, he suddenly opened his eyes, and turned his body to the sky.

The feeling of moistness followed, and Helian Hailong stuck out his tongue and licked the air. It was neither bitter nor astringent nor salty. It was not splashed sea water, but real rain.

"It's raining! It's raining!" The more than thirty people on the ship seemed to come to life in an instant, and they got up from every corner of the ship.

Helian Hailong also saw many sailors who he thought had died a long time ago also appeared on the deck.

Everyone is in the same posture, that is, raising their heads and opening their mouths to look at the sky, like plants enjoying the nourishment of rainwater, greedily sucking the small raindrops.

Suddenly, a gust of wind blew, as if someone was suddenly pushing behind the warship. The warship, which had been walking unhurriedly following the deep water, rushed towards the extreme east like an arrow.

As the wind came, so did the heavy rain, and even the emaciated and vigorous Master Cixian came back to life.

"What's over there? What's over there? It seems to be a mountain! It seems to be a mountain!" In the strong wind and heavy rain, the sailors who climbed onto the mast howled crazily.

boom!Lightning once again illuminated the sky, and suddenly, in the extreme distance, the mountains and the dark cliffs of the sea were so clear that they appeared in everyone's eyes as if they had just flown over.

"It's here, it's here, Dongshengshenzhou is here, Dongshengshenzhou is here!" Helian Hailong howled wildly, tears splashing everywhere along the rain.

Countless people rushed to the bow, and hugged together, crying and howling.

Three and a half months, three and a half months, a full hundred days!They finally arrived, and finally found Dongshengshenzhou.

"The supremely merciful Dharma king knows my heart, knows my pain, knows my injury, pities me how difficult it is, and points out all dharmas for me."

The loud chanting sounded, the sound was so loud that it overwhelmed the cheers of the crowd.

Helian Hailong turned his head and saw that the one who chanted the Compassionate Heart Mantra of the Great Compassionate Dharma King was the compassionate Dharma Master who he thought was about to pass away.

But at this moment, apart from his beard and hair almost covering his appearance, Master Cixian doesn't look like he is dying.

On the contrary, when he chanted the scriptures, his voice was extremely majestic, and he seemed to be healthier than all of them. The beard and hair that covered his entire head and coiled like a dragon made him full of mysterious majesty.

Of course, Helian Hailong and the others don't know that Tianzhu has an ascetic method called Yug, which can make people feel like a tortoise, and they can't move without moving, so as to greatly reduce consumption.

They just felt that it was the Supreme Heaven that was guiding them. When Dongshengshenzhou was in front of them, even the dying people were resurrected.

"Leave half sail, lookouts quickly find a bay, don't let the boat hit the cliff, light the pear blossom gun flame and tell the boats behind to follow!"

In an instant, Helian Hailong regained all his vitality.

Dongshengshenzhou has finally arrived, but I don't know if I will see Master Yanshou who has already entered the Buddhist kingdom.

(End of this chapter)