bastard seizes tang

Chapter 264

I don't know if it was because of the rain, or because it was still early, but when Li Ke went out to the Huai River, the sky was still dark, not even a trace of fish-belly white, only a slight ray of light.

Sure enough, just as Yuan Chengfan said, Li Ke rode his horse to the Huai River, and when he stood by the Huai River, he found that most of the newly built embankment yesterday had been washed away, and the Huai River had risen significantly, almost reaching the embankment. Even.

"Your Highness, be careful, don't go near the water." Li Ke stood on the shore and couldn't look carefully enough, so he wanted to take a closer look. Li Ke had just got off his horse and before he reached the shore, Xi Junmai, the guard behind him, reminded Li Ke road.

At this time, the Huai River was getting higher and higher, and it was even higher than the ground level. If you were not careful, you might break the embankment, and Li Ke would be in danger of being washed away by the flood when standing on the embankment.

Li Ke looked at the embankment, and said to Mr. Xi: "It's okay, this embankment won't be broken anytime soon."

Li Ke said, walked forward again, and stood on the bank of the Huai River.

"Chengfan, in your opinion, how long can this embankment last? Is there still time to repair it?" Li Ke looked around at the army and servants who were busy repairing the embankment. Yuan Chengfan who followed behind asked.

Yuan Chengfan thought for a while, then frowned and said, "If it's just the Bianshui that broke the embankment, it's not impossible to rush to repair the embankment at this time. I'm afraid it's not Bianshui that broke the embankment, but Jishui."

The Bian River is just a tributary. Although the amount of water suddenly bursting is large, the amount of water will not last for a long time. It will stop within two days at most. As long as we speed up the mobilization of manpower and material resources, we will not be able to survive these two days. Not impossible.

But at this time, I don’t know if Bian River is the only one that breaks the water in the north. If Ji River also breaks the embankment, the flood will be ten times worse in the near future. Xuyi City may be razed to the ground by the flood. Here is a dead end.

Listening to Yuan Chengfan's words, Li Ke felt as if a mountain had been crushed in his heart.

If the Huai River and the Ji River burst their embankments at the same time, the entire Jianghuai River and half of Shandong Province will suffer from floods, and half of the Tang Dynasty's granaries will be flooded into Zeguo. Li Ke can't even imagine the consequences.

Li Ke weighed in his heart for a moment, and said to Yuan Chengfan: "Since the king has decided to stay here, he has no choice. Shandong is not under the jurisdiction of the king, and the king can't control it, but the Huai River will definitely break the embankment. No, pass down an order to mobilize the strength of the people, and no matter what the cost, the Huaishui embankment must be repaired within one day."

Yuan Chengfan heard the words and said: "Your Highness, the amount of work to repair the embankment is huge, and the current manpower alone may not be enough."

The previous river embankment was the result of people rushing to work for several days. Now that the flood is imminent, it is indeed a bit difficult for Li Ke to complete the project within one day.

But Li Ke thought for a while, but said: "This matter is easy to hear, you issue a notice in the name of this king, and all those who volunteer to work on the embankment will be registered by this king, and all those who are registered will be exempted from tax next year." Fu."

A year's tax is not a small figure for ordinary people, and they are naturally enthusiastic when they hear the news.As far as Li Ke is concerned, if the Huai River is preserved, what is the tax of a mere Xuyi place compared to Huainan as a whole?It is not difficult for Li Ke to play Li Shimin.

"Promise." In order to control the water, Li Ke had already made a great determination, Yuan Chengfan got the order and immediately complied.

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Li Ke was supervising the water outside Xuyi City, and at the same time, Xiao Yuexian was not idle either. Xiao Yuexian immediately left the door after receiving a message from the county government office.

In the south of Xuyi City, in an unremarkable folk courtyard, Xiao Yuexian left the county government office on the pretext of going out to buy some clothes for Li Ke, and went here several times.

"Miss, is there anyone following you here?" Xiao Yuexian went to the gate of the yard and pushed it open. Wen Qing'er was already waiting in the yard and asked Xiao Yuexian hastily.

Xiao Yuexian replied: "Don't worry, I took some detours when I came here, and there is absolutely no one following me. Where is Master now?"

Wen Qing'er pointed to the door of the inner courtyard, and said to Xiao Yuexian, "Master is now inside."

Hearing this, Xiao Yuexian went straight to the inner courtyard and pushed open the door. At this time, a man in a Taoist robe was sitting in the room. If Li Ke was here, he must be able to recognize the identity of this person. Guangyangzi whom Ke met outside Xuyi city.

There is no doubt that Guangyangzi is a Taoist priest, but the Guangyangzi in Li Ke's eyes is not Guangyangzi, but Xiao Yuexian's master, so the best friend of Emperor Xiao Liang Xiao Xian - Zuo Youxian.

"Master." Xiao Yuexian entered the room and said to Zuo Youxian.

Seeing Xiao Yuexian entering, Zuo Youxian hurriedly got up and said: "Poverty Zuo Youxian pays respects to the princess."

Zuo Youxian is Xiao Xian's old friend, Xiao Yuexian worshiped Zuo Youxian as his teacher when he was still a princess, and Zuo Youxian called the princess for more than ten years.

Xiao Yuexian said to Zuo Youxian: "Master suddenly ordered someone to take the risk of delivering my message, why?"

"A white rainbow pierces the sun, causing disaster to the southeast. Princess, the opportunity we have been waiting for for ten years has come." Zuo Youxian said, rubbing his palms lightly, with an excited look on his face.

Xiao Yuexian heard the words and asked: "Baihong Guanri, could it be that the good opportunity that Master said at the beginning was the danger of the Huai River bursting its embankment?"

Zuo Youxian nodded and replied: "That's right, the Huai River broke the embankment, the southeast is unstable, the granary is no longer there, and the whole Tang Dynasty will be in turmoil. Is there any better opportunity than this?"

Huainan is in danger of flooding, and now Xuyi, Chuzhou, and even the whole of Huainan are in panic. Naturally, it is a good opportunity for them like Xiao Liang to fish in troubled waters.

Xiao Yuexian asked: "Listening to Master's words, I must have a good plan."

Zuo Youxian said: "I am waiting for the current situation to be weak. If I want to succeed, I must get the prince's golden seal and the envoy's Jieyue in Li Ke's hands. If I want to find the golden seal and Jieyue in Li Ke's hands, the current situation alone is scary." Still not enough."

Although people in Xuyi are currently in panic, the overall situation can barely be stabilized with the presence of Prince Li Ke. At this time, it is naturally difficult to get the golden seal and Jieyue from Li Ke's hands.

Seeing that Zuo Youxian seemed to be worried, Xiao Yuexian then asked, "I don't know what Master means?"

Zuo Youxian replied: "Today's Xuyi is not chaotic enough, we still need to find ways to break the embankment of the Huai River and flood Xuyi, then Li Ke's guards will be the most lax, and that will be a good opportunity for us to cooperate With our internal response in the government, great things will be accomplished."

Decide on the embankment of the Huai River!
Xiao Yuexian froze on the spot when he heard Zuo Youxian's words.

On the way here, Xiao Yuexian thought of many possible ways, even leading people to rush to the county government, but the only thing she didn't think about was breaking the embankment of Huai River.

In Xiao Yuexian's memory, her master has always boasted of benevolence and righteousness. In Zuo Youxian's description, her father is also the emperor who just left the city to descend to the Tang Dynasty in order to save the Tang army from slaughtering the city and save the lives of the people in Jiangling. But now, she heard these words from Zuo Youxian, how could she accept it for a while.

She knew what Li Ke was doing now, and she decided to patrol the embankment on the Huai River, trying her best to keep the people of Huainan alive.But they, who claim to be benevolent and righteous, are secretly thinking about how to break the river and destroy the embankment for the sake of power and the lives of millions of people in Huainan as their bargaining chips.

Black and white, right and wrong, in Xiao Yuexian's heart, seemed to be blurred and confused all of a sudden.

(End of this chapter)