Datang first village

The skinny miser has become an official, a telegram directly from the Qin Palace.

Not because he donated 1000 million stone.

It's that this kind of guy can keep potatoes for nearly a year. Not to mention Li Yuanxing, even the cabinet master thinks this is a miracle.To know how many people in later generations have studied it, the freshness is only four months, and the preservation is only half a year.This guy's potatoes have been preserved for almost a year, but they haven't turned green or germinated yet.

Besides corn, we must know that later generations corn is one of the most difficult grains to preserve.

In Li Yuanxing's Qinwangzhuang granary, a large amount of corn groats are preserved, and a lot of effort has been put into the grain part.

What's more, Chang'an is in the north, and the royal family is already a typical 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.

Specially sent someone to check the cave he used as a granary.

I don't know how many generations and how many years he used it to hollow out the two mountains and connect many original caves together to prevent fire, water and moisture.Moreover, there are natural ventilation and cooling conditions. The most powerful thing is that he can even prevent mice.In the granary, there are many fruits that the local people don't know, as well as many branches, grass and other things.

That guy has a classic theory: if a grain of food is wasted, it can make your heart hurt for a day.

Therefore, protecting his food is what he spent his time researching.

Of the 1000 million shi of grain, although most of it is potatoes, a small part is corn, and less than 20 shi are rice.The reason for this is simpler, whichever yields the most will be planted.He hasn't got the sweet potato seeds yet, but if he does, he will definitely plant more.

It's a talent, but Li Yuanxing still can't take care of him right now.

The Sui-Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal almost disappeared in later generations, but now it is of great use.It is not difficult to forcibly open a hole in the Jiaxing section and directly lead it into Hangzhou Bay, which is the Qiantang River in later generations.

"Is it time to consider the issue of post-disaster reconstruction?"

Seeing that Li Yuanxing was thinking, Wu Zhao walked up to him and asked.

"Rebuild?" Li Yuanxing shook his head with a smile: "Why rebuild?"

"Why not rebuild?" Wu Zhao didn't understand, so many people's homes were destroyed.How to live without rebuilding.

Li Yuanxing pulled over the map.Pointing to the map, he said, "Look, in the Yangtze River at that time, there were only two lakes that were directly connected to the Yangtze River. The Yangtze River in the Tang Dynasty had three major lakes, and dozens of small lakes were directly connected to the Yangtze River. That is Said. These lakes have sufficient flood discharge capacity."

"That's right, if it weren't for these lakes, with such a large water flow, I am afraid that tens of thousands of people would die in a few states and cities."

Wu Zhao agreed with Li Yuanxing's statement,

"The amount of water is so large. If it is blocked everywhere, it will naturally break through the dams. Now, take this opportunity to let the Yangtze River return to nature, without the need for dams. It is just to build river dykes in several major states and counties. In my opinion, This way the embankment can hold back the water, and the excess water will flow into the Great 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 area, what should the original people do?"

"It's very simple. Some fishermen want to stay. You know that there is a saying of living on boats in the lake area. Just live on a boat. Every big lake area has several very special piers, which can be used whether it is rainy or dry season. The piers. These piers will become special commercial areas in the Lake District.”

As Li Yuanxing spoke, Wu Zhao gradually understood.

Datang did not have such a large population to conspire, leaving more space for nature. When the flood came, nature would solve the flood problem.

Forcibly building dikes and dams, no matter how they are built, no matter how clever they are, there is always a limit. When this limit is exceeded, the flood at that time is no longer a minor disaster.

But all the water is diverted by several lakes, no matter how big the water is, there will be no problem.

Li Yuanxing added: "I thought before that the Yellow River could use Xiaolangdi to form a semi-artificial, semi-natural lake area. This is also to consider the problem of the rainy season, but the project is too large. Right now, many places in the Yangtze River With a pristine lake area, expanding the lake area is not a problem."

"Where's the boat?" Wu Zhao asked another question.

Li Yuanxing smiled, smiling confidently.Apparently he has found a solution to the problem.

It was still raining, and it was getting heavier and heavier.

In the past few days, the cabinet master's expression has become more and more serious.When the news came that the river had risen another three feet, the cabinet master actually let out a heavy sigh.This is the first time the cabinet master has sighed since he came to Datang.

Don't complain, this is the regulation given to Tang Jun by the cabinet master.

There is nothing the Tang man can't resist, so he must not complain.But the cabinet master himself sighed.

Li Shentong came over right away: "Uncle, don't worry. All states and counties have reported that although some fields have been flooded, rice can still be picked up once. Now, apart from a broken embankment upstream, there is nothing else. The danger is too great, and some people died in the Great Lakes area, but in the past four days, there has been no news of any village being flooded."

Li Shentong is in the heart of Lord Angui.

He actually didn't know why the cabinet master sighed, he just thought it was because of the heavy rain and the common people.

Li Shentong continued: "The food is not bad. At least 3000 million shi of food can be transferred from Nanyang, so no one will starve to death. The canal can be filled with water in one day at most. Let's see it then." Will the river water fall down?"

The master of the cabinet nodded: "It's been hard work up and down, let's stick to it for a few more days."

"This is my duty!" Li Shentong replied, and went back to continue working.

Li Yuanxing knew why the master of the cabinet sighed, and approached the master of the cabinet and said softly: "The water is not small, it is much bigger than that time. But that time was so terrible, so people still killed themselves."

What Li Yuanxing said is very straightforward, the Yangtze River is different from the Yellow River.The Yellow River diverted its course at every turn, and there was no spectrum at all.Some floods in that year are not surprising. Floods in any place at any time can be said to be normal.

But the Yangtze River is different. The real cause of the great floods in the later generations of the Yangtze River is people.

Encircling lakes to reclaim fields, building high embankments along the Yangtze River, and then building residential areas.We must know that under normal circumstances in Datang, the upper reaches of the Yangtze River are more than one kilometer wide at its widest point, and the mouth of the Yangtze River is almost 200 kilometers wide.

Hearing Li Yuanxing speak, the cabinet master also spoke.

"Taihu Lake, at that time there was 44 billion cubic meters. In the past few days, the girl has a stupid way to calculate it. It is estimated that the current water volume of Taihu Lake has reached 400 billion cubic meters, and judging from the current situation, just like this rain, no more Three to five days. Even if there is no flood canal, Taihu Lake can save some more."

"I don't know if the 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 is the first to eat this?" Li Yuanxing asked, purely on errands.In order to prevent the master of the cabinet from thinking about those useless things, since he has come to Datang, there is no need for many future generations to worry about it.

Who would have thought that the cabinet master really knew: "It is rumored that that person is called Ba Jie."

Who is Ba Jie?Li Yuanxing didn't bother to think about it anymore. From the perspective of Li Yuanxing and Li Lanshan at the time, it wouldn't be a disaster if tens of thousands of people didn't die. But according to the official records of the Tang Dynasty, all states and counties came back, including The villages that are missing and have not been found have just exceeded a thousand people.

It is also possible that these missing people have a way to save themselves, and maybe they can come back alive.

The next day, 80 people who worked hard for several days and nights actually dug a canal that was three feet deep and almost ten feet wide.According to this depth, a large ship with a load of [-] tons can sail directly here.

A ton of explosives was piled up, and after a series of explosions, an embankment of Taihu Lake was blown up.The water poured directly into a specially repaired section of the Suzhou section of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.Then along the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, it rushed towards Hangzhou.

When you can bypass Jiaxing, there is an artificial lake with a direct distance of one kilometer.

Originally, the design here was a bifurcated waterway, but many craftsmen believed that the water would flow directly to Hangzhou City. If the river embankment could not stop it, it would be a great trouble, so an artificial lake was built here as a After a buffer was created, the flow was diverted again, and a temporary dam was added to the canal on the Hangzhou side. The water turned directly from the southwest of Jiaxing and went straight to Hangzhou Bay.

No matter how much rain there is, no amount of water can make the sea civilians rise much.

Several officials in Jinling City and Zhenjiang City were standing on the river embankment, and all eyes were fixed on the stone statue standing in the river.

The standing stone statue was originally a respect for the god of the river, and it was also a method of measuring the water level in ancient times.

The stone statue, right now, is just seeing the top of its head, and it feels like it will be over the top of the stone statue at any time.

Half an hour passed, and the water level seemed to rise a little higher.

Many people's hearts sank, and a canal was built, and it took so much effort, but it didn't work.

But an old man said: "This big river and lake, you can treat it as your own bucket, and you can just open a hole and get a few feet of water down?"

According to the method taught by Li Yuanxing, place a basin on the open space and measure the precipitation.

There are special people to see it.After seeing it, his face was ugly: "Today's rain is heavier than yesterday. Looking at this day, at least another three or five days will not be a problem. A clear sky can also make people feel relieved!"

"Look, I see the eyes."

What eyes, many people do not understand at the moment.

But looking at that person's finger, the water level seemed to drop suddenly, which meant the plan was successful.

Upstream from Jinling City, the location of Hezhou.Along a river there, the water was led to Taihu Lake. This section was only dug for a few miles, just to connect the Yangtze River with the river, and then flow 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 several small rivers such as the Shangxing River and the Nanhe River, pass through several small lakes, and then enter Taihu Lake.

It is equivalent to saying that there is an extra wave of water in the Yangtze River, flooding many places, and leaving many people without homes. . )