Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1398 Leverage the Earth
"His Royal Highness, that is because we don't want to do it, but we can't do it, and there is nothing we can do."

Don't drive He Bu to look aggrieved.

As officials of Bazhong City, if they can help the people to get rid of the flood, can they not do it?

After all, if the disaster here continues to be serious, the imperial court will punish them for a crime of inaction.

As an official, the biggest sin is incompetence.

Hearing He Bu's words, both Li Chengqian and Ma Zhou were a little puzzled.

"Since we have found the problem, why can't we do it?"

Ma Zhou asked, and He Bu quickly said: "Your Highness, Ma, after you have seen it, you will know why you can't do it. The huge rock is blocking the cliff entrance of the mountain road, and it is huge. Our people can't get close at all. Even if you get close Yes, when we push back the stone, the flood will wash our boats off the cliff, and many people will die at that time, not to mention that the boulder is too big for us to even push it.”

Hearing that the boulder couldn't be pushed, Li Chengqian showed a suspicious expression. If there are many people and strength, no matter how big the boulder is, it can be pushed, right?
However, now that he knew the reason, he didn't express much opinion, saying: "Lead us to have a look."

He Bu didn't dare to hesitate, and quickly led Li Chengqian and Ma Zhou to check.

There is a lot of water in that place, Li Chengqian and the others went there by boat.

However, after arriving at the place where the boulder was, He Bu led them up the mountain, because it would be more intuitive to look at it from the mountain.

After climbing the mountain, Li Chengqian looked down, and after this look, he was a little shocked.

There was a huge boulder blocking the mouth of a valley several feet wide. On the side of the boulder, there was continuous beating rain, and the rain was so long that it encroached on the entire valley.

On the side of the boulder, about one or two meters away from the boulder, is a cliff.

Originally, a knife waterfall could be formed in this place, and after the formation of a waterfall, the water in Bazhong would no longer exist, but now, because of the blockage of huge rocks, the water flow here is almost cut off.

The water in the upstream is blocked, but there is no water in the downstream. Even if you want to irrigate crops, it is also difficult.

But this is different from Dujiangyan over Jincheng.

Dujiangyan is blocked by rocky mountains. At that time, Li Bing and his son used fire to smash the stones of the rocky mountains and built Dujiangyan.

But this is just a boulder blocking it.

But here, it is impossible to use the method of burning, because they have no place to set fire to burn, and they can't even cut off the water.

It cannot be burned with fire, and the boulder is particularly huge. Once it is pushed down, the flood will flow down, and all those who push the stone will suffer.

They were too close to the cliff.

And what's more, they couldn't push that boulder at all.

Originally, Li Chengqian and the others thought that the strength of a large number of people was greater, and perhaps with a little more people, the boulder could be pushed, but now after seeing the shape of the boulder, he also believed He Bu's words.

They are afraid that they cannot be pushed.

"His Royal Highness, Mr. Ma, the situation is like this. If it could be done, we would have done it long ago, but we have no other way."

At this time, He Bu still had an aggrieved face, as if he was scolded by Li Chengqian and Ma Zhou before, and he couldn't accept it.

Now that Li Chengqian knew the situation, he naturally understood He Bu's difficulties.

"Okay, the Crown Prince didn't mean to blame you either,"

After Li Chengqian said this, he frowned again.

"Oh, things are difficult, difficult, tsk tsk..."

The others also found it difficult. They couldn't think of any good solution at all, but at this moment, Ma Zhou said: "Your Highness, it may not be difficult to push down the boulder."

Hearing this, Li Chengqian's expression was greatly moved, and he asked, "Master Ma, what's the best way?"

Ma Zhou said with a smile: "His Royal Highness, Young Master Qin once said a word, give me a fulcrum, and I can lift the whole earth. Although I don't know what the earth is, I understand the meaning of what Young Master Qin said. A little."

After listening to Ma Zhou's words, Li Chengqian and others are completely in the fog. Why give me a fulcrum so that I can lift the entire earth?

However, even though they were puzzled, because Qin Tian said this, Li Chengqian and others felt that this method must work.

"Master Ma, please explain to us all, what exactly does this mean?" Li Chengqian asked.

Ma Zhou thought for a while and said, "His Royal Highness, let me do an experiment for you."

"it is good."

After Ma Zhou nodded, he looked around, and then saw a stone, which was as big as a sheep.

"Someone try to lift this rock."

After the words fell, a guard ran over first: "Let me try."

There is a chance to show it in front of the prince, and he still wants to show it.

I saw that the guard came to the stone, took a stride, and then hugged the stone, trying to hug the stone, but the stone was very heavy, and it felt a little embedded in the soil. No matter how hard the guard tried, he couldn't lift the stone up.

The guard's face was a bit ugly, and he smiled wryly after giving up: "Master Ma, this stone is too heavy for me to hold."

After the guard finished speaking, the others were still puzzled. What exactly is Ma Zhou going to do?
And Ma Zhou didn't hold back, and continued, "Find a strong wooden stick."

There were still a lot of sticks on the mountain. Not long after, someone found a stick. After the stick came, Ma Zhou found another stone as a fulcrum, and then used that stick on the fulcrum to lift his weight. that rock.

Ma Zhou, a scholar, is not very strong, but after doing this, he didn't use much force, so he lifted the stone away. After a bit of rolling, the stone rolled to the side.

Everyone was stunned for a moment when they saw it, and then they were a little dazed.

They have seen things like this more or less in their daily lives, but they don't understand the principle, and often they can't remember it.

"His Royal Highness, if the wooden stick is long enough, as long as there is a fulcrum, no matter how big the boulder is, it can be moved. The boulder below is indeed huge, but if we can throw another stone in front of him as a guide, and then If you find some long pieces of wood to pry, you will definitely be able to pry the stone down."

Now, everyone has understood what's going on, and after hearing what Ma Zhou said, they feel that this method is feasible.

Li Chengqian nodded: "Okay, okay, let's use this method. After we go back, let people make preparations. Tomorrow, we will pry this boulder."

(End of this chapter)