Qin Emperor Ziying

Chapter 378: On the Right Track
"There's no need to be so troublesome." Ziying waved his hand and gestured at Shi Lu's plan. "If the terrain allows it, just go straight there."

"It's absolutely impossible for a giant, such a canal is useless!" Shi Lu immediately retorted: "If it can't be bent, although the amount of work can be greatly shortened, the water level difference between the two sides is relatively large, and the water flow must be very fast. Maybe sail on again.”

Although Ziying's status is there, Shi Lu will not give in to this professional problem. If he followed Ziying's order to open such a channel, it would be useless.

"It's nothing more than a large drop in water level, so we can solve this problem." Ziying said confidently.

While talking, he took out another roll of bamboo slips and began to draw on it.

If it wasn't for Ziying's identity as a Mohist giant, even if he was the king of Qin, Shi Lu would have scolded him long ago. This is no longer a matter of common sense, it is obviously a bit of a joke.

It is precisely because Ziying is a Mohist giant, his identity means that he must be very proficient in mechanism, and after understanding a few days ago, Ziying should also have a deep knowledge of hydraulic engineering.

This allowed Shi Lu to be patient and see what Ziying would come up with.

You must know that water flows downhill is common sense for seven-year-old children. If you want to sail against the current to connect two rivers, you must extend the waterway as much as possible to make the water flow as smooth as possible.

After a while, a simple sketch of Doumen was drawn by Ziying.

"This thing is called Doumen,..."

Before Ziying finished speaking, Shi Lu snatched the sketch from Ziying's hand. Learn how to use the steep door.

"So that's how it is, that's how it is..." Shi Lu said to himself as if he had lost his mind: "Such a Doumen can make a ship go upstream, it is really a skill of a god and a ghost."

Looking at Shi Lu who was a little lost, Ziying was a little confused, isn't it just a very primitive sluice, why is it so!
Suddenly, Shi Lu saluted Ziying with a big gift, and said solemnly: "Juzi, please let me preside over the construction of this canal. Shi Lu swears that with this sharp weapon, it will be completed within five months at the most." This canal runs through."

For a person like Shi Lu who is obsessed with water conservancy, it is undoubtedly the most glorious thing to make this unprecedented structure appear in the world.

At this moment, he was afraid that Ziying would change his mind and let others take charge of the construction of this artificial river.

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After the "construction plan" was finalized, the first thing Ziying did was to send tens of thousands of troops to serve as guest loggers to cut down all the trees on the several hills on both sides of Lingqu.

Not to mention the need to prevent South Vietnamese troops from harassing the canal when building the canal. After the construction of the Lingqu canal is completed, this canal will also be the lifeline for the Qin army to go south, and it must not be disclosed at all.

Although the empty hilltop looks unsightly, it can also prevent the Nanyue people who are elusive in the mountains from attacking the Qin army.

After the preliminary preparations were completed, Ziying ordered that in addition to the necessary defensive forces stay in Lingling City, hundreds of thousands of troops were densely scattered over the entire project according to the generals they belonged to.

Although there is a lack of tools, many soldiers are even digging with their own weapons, but no matter how difficult the project is, it can't stop the crowd. The progress of the whole project can be said to be very smooth.

Shi Lu was in charge of the entire canal repair and siege, while the elites from the Mo Sect played the role of small foremen, responsible for implementing Shi Lu's arrangements.

In order to arouse the enthusiasm of the soldiers, Ziying also went down to the grass-roots frontline from time to time to dig the soil himself in various "work sections".

Its driving effect is naturally extremely significant. Even the king of Qin has come to do it, so we have no reason to spare our efforts.

What's more, after King Qin arrived, the army's food immediately improved to a higher level. Even the soldiers at the lowest level could see a little bit of meat in the food here and there.

Seeing the accumulation of more and more soil, Ziying simply did nothing but design the appearance of later generations pushing a wheelbarrow.

At this moment, there is no shortage of craftsmen, and the wood from several hilltops has been cut down, which is even more abundant. The structure of the wheelbarrow is also extremely simple, and the difficulty is only the initial invention.

After making one, everyone immediately saw the "milestone" significance of this invention.

It turned out that when the military rations were transported on narrow paths, they had to rely on people carrying horses on their backs, and the inefficiency was simply outrageous.

However, although this wheelbarrow is small, the materials that can be carried by a single person are multiplied.

The most important point is that the unicycle is small and flexible, and it can go where most people can go.

It is a great tool to transport the excavated soil here.

Sharpening knives and chopping firewood, Shi Lu immediately mobilized some resources and began to produce a large number of wheelbarrows on a large scale. With the help of wheelbarrows, whether it was transporting soil or stones inward, the progress was more than a step faster.

Seeing the Lingqu construction project on track, Ziying finally let out a long sigh of relief.

(End of this chapter)