The first prince of Song Dynasty

Chapter 1373 Fan Ruoshui's Picture

"Long time no see, Ruoshui. You are getting stronger and stronger. It seems that you have suffered a lot at this stage."

The first thing Zhao Xu said when he saw Fan Ruoshui was that Fan Ruoshui was flattered that he finally saw Zhao Xu.

"Grassman Fan Ruoshui, see Your Highness, Your Highness is thousands of years old." Fan Ruoshui's current Zhao Xu status is different, so he has to salute.

"Ruoshui, you have always been my brother, why do you do this great gift, you should call me elder brother, otherwise we will have no way to communicate, right?"

"Brother Zhao, Sister Wanwan, I've come to seek refuge with Da Song, and I don't know if you want to take me in or not?"

Fan Ruoshui abandoned the Southern Tang Dynasty and returned to the Great Song Dynasty, which means that Fan Ruoshui will be charged with infidelity and injustice from now on, because the national concept is still relatively heavy at this time.

He seemed hesitant to seek refuge in the Song Dynasty, but in order to find a way out for himself, he finally overcame his ideological contradictions and inner pain, and resolutely returned to the Song court.

Hearing that Zhao Xu was in Jinghu at the moment, he resolutely came to Jinghu. He also learned from Jiang Zheng that his elder brother Zhao was the current prince of Song Dynasty, so he came here very quickly.

In fact, even if Zhao Xu wasn't the crown prince, Fan Ruoshui was planning to join Song Dynasty, because Southern Tang really disappointed him.

His later memoirs also mentioned some reasons why he took refuge in Da Song, which also explained his psychology at the time.

Fan Ruoshui thought it through, he thought that Zhao Kuangyin had established a state in the north for many years, and had successively wiped out southern states such as Jingnan, Houshu, and Southern Han, and his territory was getting bigger and stronger. .

The one who unified the world should be the Great Song Dynasty, especially the Southern Tang Dynasty, who really disappointed him, especially Li Yu, who directly locked himself up because of a woman.

Now the army of the Song Dynasty has begun to understand Nantang, and Nantang has become a turtle in his urn and a fish under his sword. It is only because of the barrier of the Yangtze River that it has not been able to break through this line of defense recently.

So he thought: "There is no bridge to cross the river, and it will be difficult for the Song army to attack the Southern Tang Dynasty. If bamboo rafts and large boats can be used to build a pontoon bridge to cross the army and help the Song court complete the great cause of unification, wouldn't it be an act of fame and reputation for a man? "

Thinking of this level, Fan Ruoshui actively planned, determined to come up with the best bridge-building plan as a meeting gift for his return to the north, and present it to the court.

This is an unprecedented bold idea, but it is not easy to realize.First of all, where is the most suitable place for this pontoon bridge?
This problem once made Fan Ruoshui unable to think about food and drink for several days, and couldn't sleep all night.He finally realized that it was shallow on paper, and he knew that this matter had to be done in person, because he decided to investigate it himself.

Fortunately, he has read many classics on geography, and he has lived along the Yangtze River for a long time, so he knows everything about the Yangtze River ferry, weirs, checkpoints, and fortresses.

So he went directly to the river and started to investigate. After careful investigation and careful analysis and comparison, Fan Ruoshui believed that the Quarry River was narrower than the Guazhou River, so it could be the first choice for erecting the pontoon bridge.

However, when I thought about it again, the surface of the Caishi River was "surprised and three mountains moved together." It is not as easy as it is said to build a pontoon bridge in such a dangerous place where "A is blocked in the southeast", but it is full of difficulties.

To build a bridge, it is not only necessary to measure the exact width of the river in advance, but what kind of bridge do you build without the width? Fan Ruoshui wants to measure the river again.

What Fan Ruoshui wanted to measure was Caishiji, but Caishiji was an important military town in the Southern Tang Dynasty, where many troops were stationed in the Southern Tang Dynasty.

Under the watchful eyes of the Southern Tang garrison, it is necessary to measure the river surface and build floating bridge fixtures. Of course, it cannot be done publicly, otherwise not only will it not be successful, but Fan Ruoshui may also be killed, so Fan Ruoshui can only try to operate secretly.

There is a Guangji Temple next to Caishiji, and there are all monks in it. With the help of Jiang Zheng, Fan Ruoshui donated a sum of money to the Guangji Temple and suggested using the money to dig stones for caves near the river in Niuzhu Mountain. , A stone pagoda was built in the cave to enshrine Buddha statues to protect the safety of passing ships.

Master Miaoli, the abbot of Guangji Temple, heard that this is a good thing, it is a good thing to rebel against the common people, and immediately praised Fan Ruoshui.

At this time, Ran Ruoshui and Fan Ruoshui recommended himself again and personally supervised the construction.It was successfully completed in less than two months.

The completion of this project made all the Buddhist monks in Guangji Temple look at Fan Ruoshui with admiration.But who would have thought that Fan Ruoshui would do this, but they didn't think of the reason why Fan Ruoshui did it.

The lighthouse can not only guide the fishermen, but more importantly, it can guide the Song Army, but no one can think of this at this time.

Fan Ruoshui has done good deeds. He wants to become a monk. Of course this monastery is willing to come to Caishi Guangji Temple to become a monk.

In fact, Fan Ruoshui took a fancy to the location of Guangji Temple. This Guangji Temple is located at the southern foot of Niuzhu Mountain. It has a history of more than [-] years in the Southern Tang Dynasty. It is a famous Zen temple in the south of the Yangtze River.

How could Fan Ruoshui be the right one? He just wanted to use this identity to deceive others so that he could inspect the Caishi River.Master Miaoli, the abbot of Guangji Temple, took great care of Fan Ruoshui, not because Fan Ruoshui donated a lighthouse

He didn't have much to do in the monastery, and he was free to come and go, which gave him the opportunity to often go to Niuzhuji to check the terrain, and secretly draw drawings and mark them.

Sometimes in the name of fishing, he rowed a small boat, took a silk rope, looked for a hidden place, tied the silk rope to the reef under Niuzhuji, and then took the silk rope to the west bank. Measure the width of the quarry face.In order to be accurate, Fan Ruoshui went back and forth on the Caishi River for several months and measured it more than a dozen times without anyone noticing it.

Fan Ruoshui has been secretly active in the quarry for several months. After obtaining the hydrogeographic data on the quarry river, he first presented it to Li Yu, but Li Yu hurt his heart.

Fan Ruoshui presented Zhao Xu with a policy of Pingnan - "Please build floating beams to help the teachers", and presented "Hengjiang Tushuo" drawn by himself.

Zhao Xu slowly opened this volume of "Hengjiang Tushuo", and saw that the twists and turns of the Caishi Hengjiang River were all marked one by one, especially the width of the Caishi River was marked in more detail. Immediately, Long Yan was overjoyed and said happily: "Now I have this The detailed map of the quarrying, Li Yu's children in the Southern Tang Dynasty have all been in my pocket.

"Ruoshui, you are doing well. Big brother didn't misunderstand you. Didn't Li Yu look down on you, so I will appoint you as Cao Bin's deputy general to assist Cao Bin in capturing Southern Tang. By the way, there is one more thing I haven't told you. I was afraid that you would not be able to bear it before, so I can tell you first."

Zhao Xu glanced at it, and was very happy with the "Hengjiang Tushuo" sent by Fan Ruoshui. This was a lot of things that happened to the Song army.

(End of this chapter)