Mohist Tang

“Tick tick!”

“Dang dong dong!”

“dang dang dang!”

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A sound of gongs and drums came from a distance, attracting the attention of Mo Dun and Fang Xuanling. A long line on the official road was slowly coming.

“What is this?”

Fang Jun curiously looked at the team that gradually walked in. It was so lively that it was like getting married, but it was almost noon now, there was no one. Married couples will pick up at noon.

As the team got closer and closer, the sound of gongs and drums became louder and louder, attracting a lot of people who came to buy waterwheels to watch. I saw the team’s colorful flags and an instrument team walking in front of the team. , The sound of gongs and drums, deafening, playing very hard.

Behind the instrument team, seven little girls with their heads and bare feet, carrying a triangular yellow dragon flag, and eight robust men carrying a huge dragon king clay sculpture followed behind them, followed by a large number of people.

“Sacrifice to heaven and pray for rain!” Mo Dun said solemnly.

The seven little girls in the front symbolize the seven women praying for rain, while the dragon king sculpture at the back means offering sacrifices to the dragon for rain.

Fang Xuanling looked at the team begging for rain in front of him, his face was embarrassed. He didn’t expect the drought to reach such a serious level. Many people have begun to pray for rain.

And these droughts have not been reported by County Magistrate at all. If it were not for Mohist Periodical, they might not have known that the situation has become so serious.

Whenever the Dragon King’s clay sculpture stopped, all the people fell to the ground one after another, a lot of sandalwood incense was lit, and the air was filled with a good smell, which was obviously valuable.

A hair grey-white old man knelt at the forefront and bowed his head to the clay sculpture dragon king three times, shouting: “This small citizen usually neglects the dragon king, and now he specially offers sacrifices, and also asks the Jinghe Dragon King to show grace , Please give me a rain.”

“Please be kind to the Dragon King of Jinghe.” All the people shouted.

“Then why did they ask the Jinghe Dragon King!” Fang Jun puzzled.

Mo Dun explained in a low voice: “This years drought, the most serious is on both sides of the Jinghe River. The water level of the Jinghe River directly exposed the riverbed. The people in Guanzhong rumored that this years drought must have offended Jinghe River. Dragon King.”

The most severe drought is the counties and counties near the two banks of the Jinghe River. In some places, the water level of Jinghe River has dropped to the lowest point in history without rain for a month and a half.

“Oh!”

Fang Jun suddenly realized that he has always been in Chang’an City. Where did he see the scene of praying for rain, he couldn’t help but look curiously at those people strange Move.

Burning incense, bowing, offering sacrifices, seven women kneeling to pray for rain, apart from this, this rain-seeking team even invited a Taoist priest to dance there, almost all the means of praying for rain that can be thought of Use last time.

“Hey! Mo Dun, did you say that the Jinghe Dragon King forgave them for rain?” Fang Jun touched Mo Dun’s shoulder and whispered.

“Poor day and a half ask for the Dragon King, dont ask the heavens to ask Ghost God.”

Mo Dun sneered, if asking God to be useful, then this god is too cheap and easily The pig’s head and sheep’s head were bought.

Fang Jun silently looked at the child of other peoples house in front of him, can he not just scribble poems if he disagrees, dont you see that the parents are still in front of you!

“Well, don’t ask the heavens to ask Ghost God!”

Loudly shouted came from behind Mo Dun, shocked Mo Dun, and quickly looked back and saw Li Eryi looked at the rain-seeking team in front of him with a gloomy look. The drought was coming. Not only did these people not want to water the fields, but they worshipped the dragon god here for rain. If they worshiped the divine ability to beg for rain, then the four-year-old Zhenguan The drought will not happen.

“Ghost God!”

Li Shimin closed his eyes in pain, despairing of him as early as four years in Zhenguan.

“Your Majesty!”

Fang Xuanling exclaimed in a low voice. He didn’t expect Li Shimin to come here with a private visit from Weifu.

Fang Jun and Mo Dun are also startled. They didnt expect Li Shimin to be behind them. Fang Jun roared in his heart. It was a real trip. It was indeed the right choice to follow Mohist Family Son, even rarely. Seen His Imperial Majesty can meet.

The three wanted to salute, but saw Li Shimin wave their hands slightly to stop the crowd, obviously not wanting to reveal their identity.

Mo Dun and Fang Jun had no choice but to give up and bowed their hands slightly to show courtesy.

“Your Majesty body worth a thousand gold, how can you take a white suit and commit a danger with your body.” Fang Xuanling whispered, although this is outside Chang’an City, if Li Shimin is there There is a problem here, no one can bear the responsibility.

“Don’t worry, I have made arrangements!”

Li Shimin shook his head.

Fang Xuanling all around I looked around, and I realized that there were many people in disguise around me. Although these people looked like other people, they always kept their gazes like nothing. On Li Shimin’s side, and the leader was a familiar face-Li Junxian, and then he was relieved and stopped admonishing.

“Besides, letting my prime minister leave the government affairs in his hand and clear the way with an official card. It must be an urgent matter. How can I not come and see!” Li Shimin said.

He was originally outside Chang’an City, investigating peoples conditions and checking the situation of the drought, but he accidentally discovered that Fang Xuanling was leaving from the south city gate. He followed up out of curiosity and found Fang Xuanling and Mohist Family Son It’s all in one piece.

“Mo Dun, it seems that you are indispensable everywhere!” Li Shimin coldly snorted, looking at Mo Dun with a bad look.

Mo Dun suddenly felt a chill in his back, and he lowered his head with a guilty conscience.

Fang Xuanling hurriedly said in a low voice that Mo Dun said that it could use the ubiquitous groundwater irrigation tool, Li Shimin’s eyesight suddenly brightened, and his heart was upset.

The new waterwheel in Mohist Village really shocked Li Shimin. If this new waterwheel is promoted, it can at least reduce the damage of drought by 10%, but he did not expect that Mohist Village would actually I hit the problem of watering the land far away from the river.

“I originally thought that the improved new waterwheel in Mohist Village had already given me enough surprises, but I didn’t expect another surprise awaiting me!” Li Shimin took a deep breath, calming down. If it is someone else, Li Shimin might still suspect that he is still very confident in Mo Dun, this youngster will always make something unimaginable.

Well water! Li Shimin is certainly no stranger. In Chang’an City, there are centuries-old wells everywhere. No matter how dry they are, these ancient wells will never dry up.

It can be imagined how much water is buried under the land. If this water can be used for irrigation, then it will really be a unique weapon that can solve Great Tang’s agriculture.

Generally speaking, as long as it is not in a low-lying area, more rain will have little effect on the harvest of agriculture, but drought alone is the biggest natural disaster in agriculture. Often, together with drought, the land is thousands of miles away and hungry is everywhere.

“If you can really solve the problem of dryland irrigation, I will write off the collusion between you and Gaoming, and I will leave it alone.” Li Shimin coldly snorted and said.

Mo Dun sighed, that incident really happened, and he was like a tiger. Although Mo Dun had good intentions and was already very euphemistic, Li Shimin still inevitably felt that he lost face. .

“Your Majesty, please move to the Mohist Family test field, and let the youngster personally show it to Your Majesty.” Mo Dun said confidently.