People look up at the sky and see luminous objects, which are "stars". The stars are not isolated, people use their imagination to organize them into various shapes, and so there are "elephants". "Zhou Yi Zhi Ci I" said: "Formed in the sky, formed in the earth, and changes can be seen." ”

The change in the sky was originally due to the stars.

When human beings look up at the starry sky, observe the stars, and contemplate their periodic changes, they will find that the sun rises in the east and sets from the west every day, and they will find that the moon is round and missing, and missing and round; If you are in the Northern Hemisphere, you will find that the North Star above your head is forever twinkling, while the other stars are in a weekly motion; A persistent observer will find that the movement of the sun and the moon is somehow related to the seasons, which in turn are related to the agricultural harvest, and that distant celestial phenomena are not indifferent to the fate of mankind and human production.

However, in the same way of observing the starry sky, different people see different worlds and get different experiences. Some people strive for the accuracy of their observations and explain them mathematically, and astronomy is formed. Others play the role of imagination and explain it in words, thus forming starry sky myths, which often evolve into legends, stories and folk customs.

In ancient China, astrology was astronomy, which was an ancient and magical science!

Astrology has been in China for at least a few thousand years, but the real history may be even more distant. In essence, it and "Taiji", "Hetu", "Luoshu", "Zhouyi", "Bagua" and so on are all derived from prehistoric civilizations.

The ancients believed that "heaven and man are induced" and "heaven and man are one", and from the changes in the heavens, we can deduce what will happen to human beings. People walk along the sky, "heaven" will appear auspicious, the world will be abundant, the wind and rain are smooth, the country and the people are safe. If people go against the sky and do bad things, the "heavens" will send bad signs, and there will be drought and lack of rain, floods, mutiny, civil unrest, etc., so the ancients attached great importance to the observation of celestial phenomena.

During the Tang Dynasty, the imperial court set up the "Taishi Bureau" and "Qin Tianjian", which were specially responsible for observing celestial phenomena and predicting good fortune and evil.

Li Zexuan, whether in his previous life or in this life, has never been in contact with the science of astrology, and his first reaction is naturally not to believe it, but the person in front of him is Li Chunfeng, and this prophecy is completely consistent with history, so he can't help but have admiration and reverence for this science!

"The study of the stars, mysterious and mysterious, just by virtue of the words of the Taoist chief, Your Majesty may not believe it!"

Li Zexuan pondered for a moment and said.

Li Chunfeng's eyes sank slightly, and he said word by word: "Your Majesty will definitely believe it!" Because according to the observation and estimation of the astronomical telescope over the past few days, there will be a tengu eclipse in three days! According to ancient records, the solar eclipse of the first lunar month causes many people to be sick; February solar eclipse, mourning; March solar eclipse, big water; And the solar eclipse in April and May will cause a great drought and a great hunger! If Lord Hou and His Majesty don't believe it, just wait for the Tengu Eclipse Day in two days! ”

Li Zexuan was shocked in his heart, a solar eclipse, this may be a very normal astronomical phenomenon in the eyes of modern people, but in the eyes of ancient people, it is not unusual at all, many times, a solar eclipse often means a great omen, indicating that there are traitors in the country, there are faint kings, or there will be a catastrophe! If someone among the people takes the opportunity to confuse the public into doing something, it will be very easy to succeed!

Thinking of this, Li Zexuan looked at Li Chunfeng with a serious face, and said: "The matter of the Tiangu eating the sun is very important, and Your Majesty must be allowed to prepare early, otherwise if it is used by someone with a heart, Chang'an City will definitely be in chaos!" Please go to the palace as soon as possible! ”

Li Chunfeng nodded, and arched his hand: "Then the poor Dao will go to the palace and ask to see Your Majesty!" Thanks to the astronomical telescope provided by Hou Ye for Poor Dao these days, otherwise, Poor Dao would not be able to conclude that there will be a Tengu Eclipse Day in three days! ”

"Huh! The Taoist is polite! ”

Li Zexuan arched his hand and said with a smile.

Li Chunfeng clasped his fists and turned away.

Li Zexuan in the office, his face suddenly became grim, he turned to look out the window, looking at the busy farmers at the foot of Yunshan, thinking that in the next few months, there will be no rain, and after the drought, there will be a big locust plague, thinking of this, he felt a little sorry for the people who were working in the fields, and then he hesitated for a moment, and turned around and went out directly.

"Mountain chief, where are you going?"

The sound of the ink bell came from outside the door.

"Go to the dam!"

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In this era, there is no artificial rainfall, there is no pumping machine irrigation, and if you want to fight drought, the most direct and effective thing is the dam and the water wheel! For example, Dujiangyan in the land of Bashu has guarded and nourished the people of Bashu for nearly a thousand years, and created the reputation of "the land of abundance"!

The current Bahe Dam was specially built by Li Zexuan to protect the people of Lantian County!

It has been more than four months since the construction of the Bahe Dam, tens of thousands of craftsmen and people have been mobilized, and the progress of the construction of the dam has advanced by leaps and bounds after the key problem of interception has been solved, but to what extent, Li Zexuan really doesn't know, on weekdays, he still pays little attention to the dam!

Coming to the dam construction site next to Meicun, Li Zexuan saw a wide embankment, traversing the north and south of the Bahe River, looking very majestic and majestic, Li Zexuan saw this scene, and couldn't help nodding secretly, obviously, now the main project of the dam has been basically completed, and the rest is the details!

"Mountain Chief, are you here?"

As soon as Li Zexuan came to the construction site, someone went to report to Mo Huai, who heard the news and hurriedly rushed over, his clothes were also stained with a lot of muddy water, which looked completely different from the image of the cultural person of the academy professor.

Li Zexuan nodded and asked, "Mr. Mo, how is the dam being built now?" ”

Mo Zhong pointed to the embankment on the surface of the river and said with a smile: "Chief, you see, the main body of this embankment has been built, and now it is mainly in preparation for the installation of generator sets in the dam in the future, such as the power generation warehouse, control room, as well as various switches, gates, etc. ”

Li Zexuan nodded with satisfaction, and then said, "Well, this speed is very good!" I just don't know if the current dam can lower the sluice gate and block the diversion canal to store water? As for the power generation warehouse and control room, can they be built while storing water? ”

Mo Zhong didn't know why Li Zexuan was so eager to store water, but since Li Zexuan proposed it, he had to consider the feasibility of such an approach, and after thinking for a while, Mo Zhong nodded and said: "It is indeed feasible to store water first, and then build the parts related to the generator!" However, in this way, it is bound to slow down the construction progress of hydropower stations a little! ”

Li Zexuan smiled and waved his hand: "It's okay, it's okay!" Hydropower stations don't have to be in a hurry, as the so-called slow work is done carefully! ”

Mo Zhong nodded and said, "In that case, Mo will order people to prepare for a good life, and by tomorrow morning at the latest, this dam can start to be officially stored!" ”

Only then did Li Zexuan notice the little mud spots on Mo Zhong's body, as well as the shoes that had long been soaked in the muddy water in the river, he couldn't help but be greatly touched in his heart, and then arched his hand:

"Mr. Mo has been working hard for the construction of the dam in the past few months, but the kid is entangled in mundane things and rarely comes here to help, which is really ashamed! The reason why this Bahe dam can be built so quickly is absolutely inseparable from Mr. Mo's day and night efforts, and tens of thousands of people in Lantian County will thank Mr. ”

After that, Li Zexuan bowed solemnly to Mo Zhong and saluted!

"Hey! I can't help it! The mountain chief can't help it! ”

Mo Zhong was caught off guard by Li Zexuan's salute, and after reacting, he hurriedly stepped forward and helped Li Zexuan up, saying:

"Mountain Chief, the Bahe Dam has condensed your wisdom and the energy of tens of thousands of craftsmen on this construction site. What's more, the Holy Ancestor of the Mo family took pity on the suffering of the people in the world, just to rely on his talent in siege equipment to make the people no longer have "difficulties in farming" and live a good life.

Once the construction of this Bahe dam is completed, it can definitely ensure that the people of the entire Lantian County are no longer afraid of drought, so Mo Mou also has to thank the mountain chief, thank the mountain chief for giving the Mo family such an opportunity to use what they have learned to benefit the people, otherwise, with the Mo family that is gradually declining, it is even more difficult to benefit the people of a county! ”

Speaking of which, Mo Huai also bowed to Li Zexuan very sincerely!

These words are completely from his heart, although Yanhuang Academy teaches engineering, but its concept of helping the world, completely similar to Moxue, in Yanhuang Academy, under the command of Li Zexuan, the disciples of the Mo family can use what they have learned, practice Mozi's original concept of helping the world, it can be regarded as a disguised carry forward Moxue!

Without Li Zexuan's strong financial support, it would be basically impossible for Mohuai to participate in and complete such a huge project as the Bahe Dam for the benefit of the people!

"Mr. Mo, please get up!"

Li Zexuan was greatly touched, and hurriedly helped Mo Huai up, and he said affectionately: "Mr. Mo has high moral character, is dedicated to the people, and admires Zhiyuan!" The people of Lantian County will definitely appreciate Mr. Mo's dedication and great kindness! Alas! To tell you the truth, Shi Lang Li Chunfeng, the head of the Taishi Bureau, told me that he watched the stars at night and predicted that my Datang was about to suffer a very serious drought, so Ben Hou was in a hurry to ask Mr. Mo to quickly lower the dam gate and start storing water! ”

"What? Will there really be a big drought? ”

Mo Huai's face changed, and said: "No wonder since the beginning of the year, there have been only a handful of rainy days, Mo thinks that Li Shilang's prediction is very likely to be true, no, Mo will go and let the craftsmen and people continue to speed up the progress, and the dam of the Bahe River must be stored as soon as possible!" Otherwise, when it comes to hot weather, there is no water to store if you want to! ”

With that, Mo Huai arched his hand towards Li Zexuan and turned around and left directly.

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The Royal Palace, the Hall of Ganlu.

Li Er walked around the hall with a gloomy face, thinking back to what Li Chunfeng said, his brows wrinkled deeper and deeper, and from time to time he let out a lament, Zhao Song in the hall was calm and condensed, not daring to make a little movement, for fear of disturbing Li Er, who was in a bad mood now!

"Pedal Pedal Pedal T

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside the main hall, and after a while, I saw Empress Changsun walking in with a few palace maids.

"Your Majesty, the weather is very hot, the concubine has made a cold mung bean soup for you, can you taste it?"

Empress Eldest Sun took the food plate from the palace maid behind her, walked up to Li Er and said.

Li Er waved his hand and said, "Guanyin, put it down!" I'm not in the mood to eat it right now! ”

Empress Eldest Sun looked stunned, she had been a husband and wife for so many years, how could she not see that Li Er was worried at this moment! She turned around and waved her hand, "You all go down!" ”

"Yes! Empress! ”

Everyone in the hall, including Zhao Song, all withdrew from the main hall.

Empress Eldest Sun stared at Li Er with her eyes and asked softly, "Your Majesty has encountered trouble?" ”

Li Er sighed, hesitated for a moment, and said: "Guanyin doesn't know, Li Chunfeng from the Taishi Bureau came to find me, and he told me that Jupiter entered and exited the east gate from Taiweiyuan last night, and the Big Dipper is dim and lightless, and the floating light covers the disadvantages, indicating that there will be an unprecedented drought in my Datang!" Moreover, he also told me that in three days, there will be a tengu eclipse day! ”

"A great drought? Tengu Eclipse Day? ”

Empress Changsun opened her mouth in surprise when she heard this, and said in a panic: "Last year, the Marquis of Yong'an said to His Majesty that this year there will be not only a great drought, but also a big locust plague, but as soon as the dog eats the day comes out, the people are afraid that rumors will spread, right?" ”

Li Er shook his head and said, "I'm not worried about rumors, since I ascended the throne, I have always been diligent in government and love the people, and the lives of the people of the Tang Dynasty have been significantly improved. I'm worried that the drought is coming! Last year, Li Zexuan's prediction made me feel a little lucky, but now even Li Chunfeng said so, then this year's drought will definitely happen!

At that time, after the great drought, there will be another big locust plague, and the people in many places in Guanzhong will have no harvest, and my heart will be very painful! If this is God's punishment for Datang, I would rather bear it with all my strength than thousands of people suffer from this catastrophe! ”

"Your Majesty! Never! Don't be so depressed! ”

Seeing Li Er's frowning appearance, Empress Eldest Sun couldn't help but feel distressed:

"Your Majesty, have you forgotten the Marquis of Yong'an? From last year's reduction of chicken raising, to the later prompting the imperial court fleet to go south to exchange grain, and then to the construction of the Bahe Dam this year, although he knew that there would be a big drought and a big locust plague in my Datang this year, he never gave up, and he has been fighting against natural disasters! He is a child of the gods, with him, the concubine believes that my Tang Dynasty will be able to withstand this catastrophe, and I hope Your Majesty will not worry deeply! It's going to hurt the dragon's body! ”

Li Er was stunned, then patted Empress Changsun on the shoulder, and said with emotion: "Yes! How did I forget that kid? With the granary full of Datang now, even if there is no harvest in the land of Guanzhong, Datang can resist this natural disaster! That kid is really a lucky star given to the Tang Dynasty by God! ”

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