Chapter 59: Slaying the Dragon

"This is it." Zhang Zhen said: "In this area, there are a lot of fish, and many people come here to fish. ”

Zhang Xuan stood on the shore and looked at it, and it was obvious that this was a river bay. Yingshui makes a big bend here, the water surface in this area is open, the water flow is slow, and the upstream and downstream are sharply narrowed, and it is easy to start construction. Zhang Xuan pulled out his long sword and stabbed two swords on the ground, and found that the ground was all dirt and there were no stones. Zhang Xuan said: "That's it, set up camp." ”

Zhang Xuan almost got up close to the young and strong in the city, took Wang Jincai, Deng He's department, the Wu brothers to maintain order, and there were about more than 10,000 people, all of whom were here, this was already all the young and strong people in the city, except for Zhang Xuan's remaining more than 1,000 people, there were almost no men left.

It was Zhang Zhen who presided over this matter.

Only then did Zhang Xuan realize that he had underestimated Zhang Qian.

After all, he is a person who has been a pro-people official, and when it comes to playing water conservancy, it is also the right way.

In Zhang Xuan's view, the root of Zhang Qian's work is a small project of cutting and straightening.

Zhang first planned a river channel to connect the upstream and downstream directly, and then asked people to dig only in this river, but the two places that connected to the river were not allowed to be dug.

Then he arranged for the people to weave some bamboo baskets, which were filled with pebbles by the river. Fill the river first, until it goes deep into the river, and the efficiency of filling the soil is not high at the moment, and a basket of soil is poured into the river, and half of it is washed away by the river. Now it's time for the pebbles to come on. A basket of pebbles was smashed into the river.

Yingshui is not too deep, the deepest place is about a few meters deep, and Zhang Zhixuan's place is a shallow, plus although Yingshui has sludge, but the bottom is still sandy. It is relatively strong, Zhang Zhen seems to have obsessive-compulsive disorder, and the bamboo basket must be placed neatly, and after the bamboo basket filled with pebbles is the base, it is not so easy to be washed away.

The upstream and downstream started work together, more than 10,000 people worked together, and Zhang Xuan arranged craftsmen to assist. In addition to Deng He's subordinates maintaining vigilance, even Wang Jincai's subordinates participated in the project.

There is strength in numbers.

It took three full days for two nearly 200-meter-long dikes and a ditch 300-meter-long and more than 10-meter-wide to be dug.

Zhang Zhen gave an order, and the newly dug channel immediately opened the two ends, and Yingshui immediately flowed into the new canal.

After the diversion of Yingshui, the two embankments above the Yingshui River can also be closed.

The first to share is downstream.

The embankment downstream is actually not completely closed, put a huge iron box that Zhang Xuan had built a long time ago, in fact, Zhang Xuan's original intention was to put down a few fishing nets, but I am afraid that the strength of the fish struggle is too great. The battle was broken, and Zhang Xuan never believed in the quality of the fishing nets in this era, in this iron box, there were iron nets on both sides, and dozens of iron rods in the middle, and they were stopped in the middle of the iron box. It's like an old-fashioned burglar-proof window. The two sides of the iron box are opened, which is a filter.

As soon as the dragon was closed downstream, the water flow in the newly dug canal immediately became turbulent. After a while, the upstream also closed the dragon, and the newly dug channel was even more splashing, and the nearly 100-meter-wide river channel was bound into a channel more than ten meters wide, and these currents were naturally unconvinced.

However, this is only a temporary measure. When it's done, I'll recover.

The rest of the matter is to release the water, and wait for the water area that is more than 100 meters wide and hundreds of meters long to be released. All that's left is to catch fish.

Zhang Xuan was apprehensive in his heart. If he had done so much work and had gotten so much fish, Zhang Xuan didn't know how to explain to these people.

One night later, as soon as Zhang Xuan came to the river, he heard Zhang Zhen say loudly in a changed tone: "Fish, fish, fish." ”

In order to prevent someone from sabotaging, Zhang Xuan stationed Wang Jincai's troops on the edge of the river, Zhang Zhen seemed to be more worried about the harvest than Zhang Xuan, he stayed on the river, and at this moment Zhang Zhen could no longer see the gentle and elegant that he had always maintained. The face was flushed with excitement. Zhang Xuan immediately stood on the river bank and looked over.

The water has not been completely drained. At this moment, the river is already very shallow, shallow enough to see the bottom, countless fish are trapped in this water area that is about to dry up, especially near the iron box, it is the big fish pressing the small fish, although there is no deep-sea fish in the TV can not see the edge at a glance, but in every square meter, there must be a lot of fish.

Zhang Xuan's eyes moistened instantly.

This is not a fish, it is life, it is the life of the people of Linyingju City.

Zhang Xuan was still able to hold himself, but more people went crazy and threw themselves into the river, desperately catching fish, regardless of the knee-deep water in many places. It took Zhang Xuan a while to maintain order.

The harvest has officially begun.

First, the fish were packed in bamboo baskets, and there were still a lot of leftovers in the bamboo baskets with pebbles, but they ran out after a while. Then the people began to weave straw ropes, and the straw ropes were lifted above the gills of the fish, and then the straw ropes were tied together, and dozens of fish were lifted at a time. Zhang Xuan looked at the hot situation, but gradually cooled down.

Without him, there are a lot of fish, but in fact there are not too many, and there are other things besides fish, such as turtle turtles and turtles. Zhang Xuan will not estimate the weight, but definitely this harvest may not allow the people of Linying to survive this winter. Because Zhang Xuan knew very well that after Li Zicheng's westward expedition, he would inevitably attack Kaifeng, and at that time, Zhang Xuan would probably have to supply some grain and grass.

So, no matter what you say, more food is always better, especially in this year.

"Fortunately, this time it proved that this method works." Zhang Xuan thought to himself: "This time is not enough, next time I can dig other rivers, I don't believe that I turned Yingshui upside down, and I can't let the people of Linying not survive a winter." "As for whether there will be any ecological disaster in Yingshui, how many species will be eaten out. Even in the next few years, there will be no fish, and Zhang Xuan can't care about it. When things come to an end, look at the present.

"Dragon---, dragon ---" Zhang Xuan was thinking about it when he heard a person shouting in the river. Zhang Xuan immediately looked over, what a big catfish. Half of his body is hidden in the water, half of it is exposed, his head is flat, and his eyes are wide open. At this moment, it was constantly tossing in the shallow water, and all the people were far away, not daring to approach, and some even knelt on the ground and said: "The dragon lord forgives the sin, the dragon lord forgives the sin." ”

Even the soldiers were shocked.

Zhang Xuan was immediately furious, he was not angry with these people, after all, it was normal for the people to be ignorant, but the soldiers under his command did not dare to do anything to this big fish, not to mention, Zhang Xuan was ready to copy such a technique. If the people are so afraid, it will not be easy for Zhang Xuan to try his best to fish.

Zhang Xuan pulled out his long sword and said, "Is it just a fish, what is there to be afraid of." He waded to the head of the fish, pointed his sword at the fish's eye, and stabbed it down. The catfish, which had been quiet, was stabbed like this, and suddenly began to struggle again, and the fishtail smashed hard at Zhang Xuan, and Zhang Xuan suddenly fell into the water.

"General." Qin Meng immediately blocked in front of Zhang Xuan, and Zhang Xuan's personal guards also woke up like a dream and hurried to protect Zhang Xuan.

Zhang Xuan was a little annoyed and angry, he grabbed a spear, he knew at this moment that against such a big guy, the long sword was useless at all, and said secretly: "I came to this era to eat grass, it's bad enough, are you still bullying me?" He shouted, and the spear was aimed at the catfish's open mouth, and he stabbed it with all his might, stabbing the whole spear in.

As a result, the catfish struggled even more frantically. Qin Meng followed Zhang Xuan with a few guards and stabbed the catfish with a spear. It took a while for this catfish to settle down. Dead.

Zhang Xuan was embarrassed up and down, covered in mud and water, a pair of shoes, and he didn't know when it fell, he said loudly: "What a dragon, it's just a big fish, even if it's a real dragon, I dare to kill it for you." ”

The ancestors lived in Linying, seeking food for the people, and fishing in the water. Seeing a dragon, there is more than a foot long, the color is black, and there is red sand on the forehead, everyone thinks that it is a god, and does not dare to move. Sejo drew his sword and killed him. At night, there was a dream, an old man's cloud: "I am the dragon of the Huaihe River, if you kill me today, there will be retribution." Shizu said: "The golden crow is in chaos, Hou Yi shoots it, the crocodiles are in trouble, Han Yue chases it, you think I am not as good as both." Go quickly, and if you say it again, you will be killed. The old man said: "It is the true son of heaven." "Disappeared in an instant. ---- "Strange Chronicles of the National Dynasty" Pu Songling.