Fan Shunbao said: "My surname Fan is not as good as him, but the work under my hands is real." ”

"I heard that it is very important to open a canal and choose a canal~~" Song Youliang looked at the two masters coldly, "I heard that Master Fan has already selected the canal?" ”

"Exactly~~" Fan Shunbao replied

"Those two masters will accompany me to take a look~~" Song Youliang and Song Qianjin walked in front by themselves, and behind them were the ten members of the Song family, Yin Ruli and Fan Shunbao followed closely

Soon, the group arrived at the mouth of the upper ditch, where there was a mark made by Fan Shunbao, but there was no excavation. Yin Ruli sneered: "Is this canal mouth newly opened, or is it an old estuary?" ”

Fan Shunbao replied: "Old Hekou~~"

Yin Ruli said in a strange manner: "Then you have to take a closer look, why is the direct flow of the Huanglei River flowing downstream?" It must be the wrong direction of the estuary, forming siltation, and finally blocked, if it is still open in the old place, it will be a waste ditch if it is dug in the future~~"

Fan Shunbao said loudly: "I don't think it's the same as you think, these small tributaries can be formed naturally in the past, which shows that there is a reason for them in the topography or direction. The estuary is open here and not there, which means that the conditions here are better than elsewhere, otherwise it would not become a tributary~~"

"Yo~~Hahaha~~" Yin Ruli laughed, "Then anyone can find a trench by the Huanglei River, and dig the old estuary into a new canal, why do you need a special canal master?" ”

"After the diversion of the Huanglei River, the small river disappeared, and there were many changes in the new river bank and the original estuary of the small river.

Yin Ruli was speechless for a while

"Master Yin~~~" Song Youliang had no intention of listening to their mouths again, and said: "Just say that this ditch mouth is not good~"

"There are earth gods in this land, and water has water souls, and these are two immortals. Nowadays, the canal is opened for irrigation, which is to invite the god of the earth and the god of water to worship together. How sacred is this? The person who does this thing needs to have the five blessings of the parents, wife, son and daughter, and the eyes, nose, ears, mouth, and eyebrows are correct, otherwise it is blasphemy~~ Besides, he is a one-eyed dragon, and he looks at people partially, and this ditch can be dug accurately?? Yin Ruli gushed endlessly

And Song Youliang clearly saw that Fan Shunbao's face was pale, and his fists were clenched

Song Youliang scoffed at Yin Ruli's words, and he said: "You say that the public is reasonable, and the mother says that the mother is reasonable, then you will compare, you say that Master Fan's eyesight is poor, then you will compare your eyesight." ”

"Than eyesight?" Yin Ruli knew in his heart that Fan Shunbao's canal was above himself whether it was measuring and selecting the canal mouth, "How can it be compared to ~~~" Yin Ruli replied a little unfavorably

Song Youliang said: "I came all the way and saw a lot of things like barrels, what are they? ”

"That's called a water bucket~~" Fan Shunbao replied, "By looking at the height of the water bucket, you can judge the unevenness of the ground, and then you can find out the height of the water surface~~~ It is very important to dig a ditch~~"

"You~~" Song Youliang pointed at the family, "Take ten buckets of water~~" Those family members are all Song Qianjin's subordinates, they agreed with each other, but they still looked at Song Qianjin in unison

"Why are you stunned?" Song Qianjin shouted

After a while, the family came back with the water bucket, and Song Youliang said: "Put ten water buckets in a place a hundred zhang away, and then line them up, one for every five feet, and put them high and short~~." ”

"Obey the order~~ Put ten water buckets in a place 100 zhang away, and then line them up, one for every five feet, and put them tall and short~~"

The family members quickly set up the bucket and waved their hands in this direction

"The two masters are optimistic~~ The five water buckets on the left are Master Yin's, and the five on the right are Master Fan's~~ You can talk about it, which one is higher and which one is lower, and the one who says the right one wins."

Yin Ruli looked into the distance, where could he see clearly, the water bucket was small and blurry, not as big as an egg

"Master Yin, you say it first~~" Song Youliang urged

"Low~~High~High~~Low~~Low~~" Yin Ruli's lips trembled

"Master Yin, you have said seven~~ That's good, even if it's low, low, high~~" Song Youliang waved his hand, and said to Fan Shunbao: "Master Fan, it's your turn~~"

Fan Shunbao's one-eyed eyes widened and became smaller, and five words were squeezed out from between his teeth, "low, high, high~~"

Song Youliang beckoned Jia Ding to come back, and asked Jia Ding, "Master Yin, you are right one~" Song Youliang said, and then faced Fan Shunbao and said: "Master Fan, you are all five right~~"

"I'll kill you bastard~~~" Fan Shunbao, who had been holding back the fire for a long time, picked up a wooden stick from the barren beach and smashed it on Yin Ruli's head with a chirp, Yin Ruli was defenseless, snorted and fell headlong, and lost his breath after a few convulsions

The Song family's family members hurriedly drew their knives and surrounded Fan Shunbao

Fan Shunbao threw the wooden stick in his hand, arched his hand to Song Qianjin, and said: "Lord Baihu, I hate people to say bad things about me the most in my life, today I killed this bastard, and I won't escape, I will dig a ditch for you here for the rest of my life." If you don't like it, slaughter me and give him his life~~"

Song Qianjin laughed and said, "I saw that this person was a mixed eater and drinker, and it was cheaper for him to fall to death today." What do you have to do with Master Fan? Come on, bury him~~~"

Subsequently, Song Qianjin immediately selected an auspicious day for Liangcheng, and Haiyang officially began to dig a ditch. Song Qianjin likes to put on music, and the groundbreaking ceremony is very grand. The hired men led by Fan Shunbao and some of the military households who opened the canal provided for a hundred people, each with a brand new shovel in his hand. First, find someone to spread the ground flat, put down a square table, there is an incense burner on the table, there are various tributes and tablets of the river god and the earth god. Fan Shunbao lit three sticks of incense, raised them high above his head, bowed three times facing the south, and then solemnly put the incense ** incense burner.

Then, Fan Shunbao pried up the first shovel of soil, raised it high, and shouted loudly: "Open the ditch~~~~" The loud voice came out from afar. With Fan Shunbao's roar, all the river workers started together, only to see the shovel flying up and down, and the soil was constantly dug out of the ditch.

Fan Shunbao digs ditches by himself, and others dig ditches as much as possible to cut and straighten, so that the amount of work is also small and the cost is cheap. Fan Shunbao came on the contrary, and the direction of the canal he painted was meandering and turning like a snake. Fan Shunbao has his own saying, he said: "The water flow has three bends, and its momentum is naturally urgent. But if you ask him to explain why this phenomenon happens, he can't say that he is ugly. In fact, the flow of water from a high to a low level is appropriate, and the speed of the water flow is naturally accelerated by gravity. When the slope of the channel is too steep, the water flow velocity is very high, and the water jump will occur; If the dam is built to hold back the water, it will also raise the water level and be used to water the high ground. If the turning point of the channel on the plane is uneven or there are too many curves, the water flow will wash away the back of the channel and cause a breach; The second refers to the local sudden rise and fall on the longitudinal section of the channel, and the water flow will have a destructive effect on the channel building; The third refers to the fact that under certain circumstances, the curved Yonggao head can also be used to divert water to irrigate the ground; Fourth, the head loss of the curve can also be used to correct the slope of the channel.

Fan Shunbao also has his own set of canal mouths, he diverts water from the original canals, and the canal mouths are generally selected in the place below the convex bank, so that the sediment into the canal is less, which is very in line with scientific principles. In addition to selecting the water intake, it is also necessary to find a way out of the water retreat below, adjust the slope, and form a hydraulic scouring system of "up and down", so that the canal water can automatically wash the sand and silt while irrigating, and keep the flowing water smooth.

Song Youliang also admires Fan Shunbao's self-taught water conservancy knowledge, but there is a problem, that is, the canal project designed by Fan Shunbao is large, and the men in Haiyang are very limited. Even Song Youliang's relatives Xu Erduo and Zhang Shi were sent to dig earth, and since the autumn of this year, it has never rained in Haiyang. Song Youliang knew that this was the beginning of the famous Chongzhen drought at the end of the Ming Dynasty.