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More than 600 years ago, the political center of the Central Plains Dynasty was not Jiankang or Luoyang, but Xianyang Beiyuan.

This area goes west from the Jingwei confluence, crosses the Xianyang Plain, reaches the Xingping boundary in the west, reaches the Jing River in the north, and reaches the Weishui River in the south.

Xianyang Beiyuan, once the political center of the Qin Dynasty, used to be a palace of saga, row upon row.

It's a pity that when Qin died, Xiang Yu turned Qin's capital Xianyang into scorched earth with a fire.

It is said that the fire burned for three whole months......

It is easy to destroy, but it is difficult to build.

After the birth of the Han Dynasty, they could not enjoy the palace of the Qin Dynasty, so they had to move the capital to the south.

It descended from Xianyang Yuan to the south bank of the Wei River, which is now Chang'an.

However, how can this treasure land of Xianyang Yuan be left barren?

Emperor Liu Bang of the Han Dynasty was the first to choose his mausoleum on the Xianyang Plain, and it was facing the northern gate of Chang'an, to ensure that he would continue to pay attention to and rule his dynasty in the other world.

Since then, a total of nine emperors of the Western Han Dynasty were buried in Xianyang Plain, and they were from east to west: Jingdi Yangling, Gaozu Changling, Huidi Anling, Wai Di Yiling, Yuan Emperor Weiling, Ping Emperor Kangling, Chengdi Yanling, Zhao Emperor Pingling, and Wudi Maoling.

In addition, it also built five imperial tombs, Jangneung-eup, Anneung-eup, Yangneung-eup, Pyeongneung-eup, and Maoryeung-eup, and moved the wealthy families of Kanto to settle in, enriching the population and prospering the city.

Since then, Xianyang originally had a resounding name - "Wuling Plain".

The rulers of the Han Dynasty wisely used the Wuling Plain and built the Imperial Tomb on the Plain in the northwest of Chang'an, which was a good barrier to defend against the Xiongnu; Moving the wealthy families of the six countries under the emperor's nose, and by the way, returning them to the Han Dynasty to guard the ancestral tomb, can be described as the best of both worlds.

On the one hand, it is convenient to monitor these nobles, and on the other hand, it is necessary to make them serve the royal family.

Therefore, at that time, the children of the high-ranking cadres were called "Wuling Boys".

The so-called "Wuling boy is now in the east of the city, and the silver saddle and white horse spend the spring breeze," so the scenery is chic.

In order to develop agriculture on this fertile soil and nourish Chang'an, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also dug the Chengguo Canal and implemented artificial irrigation.

From the north bank of Weishui in Meixian County, the Weishui flows eastward, passes through the south of Fufeng, Wugong, Xingping, and Xianyang in the north, and flows into Weishui in the east at the confluence of Ba and Weishui.

From the ruins of the Qin capital to the Han family mausoleum, Wulingyuan has undergone a rebirth.

By the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in turmoil; In the last years of the Wei and Jin dynasties, the five were chaotic.

At the beginning of today's Northern and Southern Dynasties, the once prosperous Wuling Yuan has become a lonely scene of "the west wind is still shining, and the Han family mausoleum is gone".

In order to rejuvenate Xianyang Beiyuan, as soon as King Yong entered Chang'an, he proposed to rebuild the national canal and revitalize Guanzhong.

At that time, the Chengguo Canal had been blocked for a long time, and the channel was narrow, and it could only irrigate tens of thousands of farmland at most.

In order to dredge the Chengguo Canal, starting from the end of May, the government invested nearly 600,000 yuan in money and hired more than 30,000 young people.

After nearly four months of intense construction, it is finally coming to an end, and the whole of Hexi attaches great importance to this matter.

Under the leadership of Yongwang Weishuo, hundreds of civil and military officials, led by nine cabinet scholars, gathered in Weibei to participate in the completion ceremony of the canal.

Nowadays, the irrigation area of Xinchengguo Canal has completely surpassed that of Zhengbai Canal, and has become the water conservancy project with the largest irrigation area and the longest channel in Guanzhong.

In order to completely solve the problem of insufficient water source of Chengguo Canal, the river workers built a lake in the cofferdam west of Wugong, that is, built six weirs.

Liumenyan brings together the rivers north of the Wei River to replenish the water of the Chengguo Canal, so that the Xinchengguo Canal can cross the Qishui.

In addition, the function of Liumen Weir is equivalent to today's canal-reservoir combination project, with the function of ditching and drainage, and it is the throat project of Chengguo Canal.

Among them, the weir is used to connect the channel through the ditch, and the door is used to drain the paint water, and the completion ceremony of the Chengguo Canal is held on the side of the Liumen weir.

There is a high platform built in the open space next to it, on which are placed three animal sacrifices, and the surrounding area is full of guards and government soldiers.

On both sides of the high ground, a white stone cement ditch passes through the valley.

The east and west hills are crowded with thousands of men, women, and children, waving flags and drumming and making noise.

Everyone was talking at the top of their voices, and even though no one could hear anyone, they were still talking loudly and cheerfully.

At nearly noon, the flying horse came to report: all the intersections of the doumen, aqueducts, water falls, water crossings, trunk canals, branch canals, and hair canals along the way have been surveyed again, and there is no error.

The people on both sides of the main canal are in good order, just waiting for the water to be released.

Wei Shuo got the report, that is, he led the ministers of civil and military affairs and stood neatly in front of the high platform.

"The auspicious time has come, and the king beats the drum to tell the sky!"

The young King Yong walked to the drum rack, took a pair of long drumsticks handed by the guards, arched his hands to the sky, and said loudly: "King Yongwang Weishuo prayed to heaven: lead Wei and Jing into Luo, open canals to irrigate the fields, and the livelihood of the common people is also the foundation." ”

"May the Great Heavenly Venerable protect China, protect me from the surging waters of Weishui, the continuous flow of the long stream, the fertile fields in Guanzhong, and the years are abundant!"

After praying, Wei Shuo beat the cowhide drum vigorously, and suddenly the rumbling sound shook the field.

"Long live King Yong! Long live Chengguoqu! ”

The roar suddenly flooded the canyon and hills.

At this time, the big flag in the distance is waving three times in the distance, indicating that the water diversion is all ready.

I saw King Yong on the stage staring at the dragon's mouth at the top of the peak, slowly raising the mallet, and suddenly stretched out his arms and smashed the cowhide drum.

As soon as the drum sounded, Wei Shuo's voice spread again: "Open the canal and release the water......"

"Water! Over the hills......"

"The head of the water is coming!"

Suddenly, there was a roar, like rumbling thunder falling from the sky.

The white mist and yellow dust stirred up the sky, and a strong and fresh earthy water vapor immediately hit everyone's nose.

The heartless shouts of thousands of people on both sides of the river, accompanied by the huge snow waves splashed by the dragon's mouth, the water rumbled into the Liumen weir and rushed towards the channel.

"I'm going to catch the water alone, and I'll wait to inspect the channel later."

After shouting, Wei Shuo led a group of guards to turn over and get on their horses and leave.

Song Miao shook his head with a smile, and said loudly to the people around him: "King Yong has gone to the head of the water, and I will be in charge of checking the canal later." ”

Catch the head of the water, is an ancient habit of respecting water, from the beginning of Dayu's control of the water, the Chinese people have a long-standing admiration complex for the "water head".

At that time, King Dayu channeled the world's turbulent waters between the three mountains and five mountains for many years.

But new waterways were opened, and the ocean of water flowed into the waterway, the head of the water fluttered high, splashing snow-white waves, and a huge dragon soared and roared in the canyon waterway.

The sight of the crowds on both sides of the river cheering and chasing the head of the water is the biggest festival when the river is completed.

This new Chengguo canal embodies the efforts of countless people in Guanzhong, and on the day of the canal release, the people are pouring out of their nests, ready to catch up with the water today.

When the huge dragon's mouth opened, the clear Weishui rolled the huge waves into the canyon, and the crowd began to cheer and run from the head of the canal, not hurrying or slow, stretching out of the mountain and stretching to the vast trunk canal.

As soon as the water head entered the main canal, the crowd of people rushing to the water head had all kinds of joys, and the laughter and noise continued.

Although the water is constantly diverted to some of the main branch canals, the flow rate of the main canal head is not too rapid.

Most of the people on both sides of the canal rushed to the boundary of their hometown and countryside, and followed the canal into the field to celebrate with their families.

Only the river workers sent by the government and the elite guards led by Wei Shuo were dedicated to catching water all the way.

The crowd chased the water and cheered, while shouting and commenting on the ever-changing leader.

Along the way, the people watched the crowd flowing by, jumping to their feet, but shouting happily.

When Wei Shuo appeared in everyone's sight, there was a burst of cheers.

"Long live King Yong, King Yong is here!"

Personally catching the water head throughout the whole process is one thing that Wei Shuo insisted on when he discussed the water release ceremony.

Only by personally catching the head of the water, only by seeing that the hundreds of miles of trunk canals do not seep or leak, can he be considered steadfast in his heart.

Of course, for Wei Shuo's proposition, Song Miao and Cui Hao are opposed, and others are also opposed.

In the eyes of everyone, this matter is more or less risky.

After all, the process of catching the head of the water is very chaotic, and no one dares to guarantee that there will be no accidents.

But Wei Shuo insisted on his opinion, and in the end, everyone had to let Kang Long take three hundred elite horsemen to support him all the way.

At sunset, Wei Shuokan rushed to the boundary of Gaolu County, which was exactly half the way through the Xinzheng National Canal.

Seeing the twilight falling, there were thousands of torches on the bank of the canal, spreading out on the high slopes of hundreds of miles, like a red light dragon winding and flying in the sky.

Such a magnificent spectacle deeply shocked the farmers who irrigate the fields at night in Pingchuan and the officials who checked the water, shouting and echoing from afar, and the ups and downs continued.

Some of the sturdy peasants who could get out of the way rushed to the north hill with torches and shouts.

Pieces of torches filled countless field paths, and bursts of shouts came and went, and the entire Qinchuan was overturned......