The two Yang Chen brothers really couldn't see any problems from the river embankment. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info It's just that this doesn't mean that they are helpless about it, and can only passively wait for the Li family to make the first move, at least Yang Chen doesn't think so.

The next day, Yang Chen called Huang Xianwu, the scrivener of the workshop who was in charge of the archives of the county government, and asked him to get all the graphic files related to the long causeway of the Puyang River. Although Huang Xianwu was puzzled, since it was the intention of the county commander, he didn't dare to disobey, and in just half a day, he sent dozens of relevant files with a thick layer of dust on them.

These are new or old, most of them are old files with decades of history, Yang Zhen couldn't help but have a little straight eyes: "Big brother, what do you want to do?" Isn't it possible that we can't see the problem on the ground, but can we see the clue through these files? "In his previous life, as a mercenary with rich combat experience, Yang Zhen was the most unacceptable to this kind of paper talk.

But Yang Chen was not swayed by his brother's suspicions, but pointed to the pile of files with great confidence and said: "Don't underestimate these piles of old papers, this is also the painstaking efforts of generations of embankment repair craftsmen, looking at these can make us quickly understand the specific situation of the entire embankment, even more detailed than what we have seen in person." Yesterday I didn't expect this in a panic. ”

When Yang Zhen saw his brother say this, he no longer objected, after all, it was better to look through these files than to do nothing and just wait. Moreover, there will be no major events in the county government because the New Year is approaching, and the elder brother does have a lot of free time to spend looking through these files.

It's just that the development of things after that still surprised Yang Zhen. He thought that his brother would just take the time to look through those files for a while every day, and it would not take much effort, but the result was the opposite. When Yang Chen began to look through these files, which seemed boring and useless in Yang Zhen's eyes, he plunged into them, which can be described as forgetting to sleep and eat.

Every day, after learning about the affairs in the yamen, Yang Chen locked himself in the public room, constantly flipping through those files, as if he really saw something from them. Not only did I have to be sent in three meals a day before I thought of eating, but even at night, I had to be reminded by Yang Zhen to be a brother before I thought of going back to my room to rest. And sometimes, even when it was the second or third watch, Yang Zhen could still see the light coming out of his brother's room, obviously returning to the room, and he was still looking at those files under the lamp.

This made Yang Zhen feel very strange, even when he was taking the imperial examination, he had never seen his brother work so hard, what was the attraction of these boring river embankment files that could make Yang Chen do it so far?

Finally, on the 28th day of the lunar month, it was about to be the New Year, but the elder brother only soaked in the room without asking about foreign affairs as always, which made Yang Zhen's curiosity come to the extreme. He decided to find an opportunity to find out what his brother was looking for or finding in these files.

Since he wants to check, there is naturally a chance. Even if Yang Chen really forgot to sleep and eat, there were always times when he needed to leave his public house, such as out of Gong or something. In the afternoon of this day, Yang Zhen took advantage of his brother's opportunity to enter his public house.

Everything else in the room was the same as usual, except that the bookcase where the county government documents were originally placed was now submerged with piles of old files, leaving only a few feet square on the inside that was still clean. And on top of that, there was a stack of papers with a lot of things outlined on it. On the right hand side of the paper, there is a long, sharpened charcoal bar, and on the left hand side are two triangular pieces of wood, Yang Zhen looked carefully, and felt familiar: "This ...... Isn't this the triangular ruler commonly used in later generations? ”

This time, Yang Zhen was really surprised. Although he didn't know much about the history of science, he also knew that this kind of triangular ruler that only existed in later generations could not have appeared in the Ming Dynasty hundreds of years ago, and appeared in the hands of his brother, who was a county commander. And when he moved his gaze to the stack of papers and saw what was outlined on it, he was even more stunned.

There was a sketch of the river embankment drawn on the paper, which was nothing compared to the Li family's hand, so naturally Yang Zhen would not be shocked. What really surprised him was the strange symbols on the sides of the sketches. If anyone else saw this, they would not be a little shocked, except that they would feel a little strange.

But Yang Zhen is the only one who can see the true meaning of these symbols, those seemingly strange and distorted symbols are the Arabic numerals from 0 to 9, and some English letters representing weights and measures such as length, width, height, volume, and area! In other words, what is marked on this paper is the specific value of the entire embankment, and the formula and calculation method of later generations are used.

Looking at the unfamiliar and familiar series of arithmetic letters in front of him, although Yang Zhen didn't know much about this kind of geometric knowledge even in his previous life, it did not prevent him from believing that these things in front of him should not appear in this era, whether it was these written on paper or the triangular ruler at hand.

"This ...... How could such a thing be? Big brother, why did he use these symbols to mark the embankment? Could it be ......" After a short period of distraction, the thoughts in Yang Zhen's mind quickly turned, and a bizarre but reasonable result was about to come out: "He, like me, comes from that era hundreds of years later!" ”

Although this idea is too bizarre, it is not entirely impossible to think that he himself has traveled through time and space to possess this body from hundreds of years later, and that another soul from hundreds of years later has traveled through time and space to possess his brother.

But even with such thoughts, Yang Zhen still felt that things were too ridiculous, and after looking at the things in front of him that should not belong to this era for a long time, he silently withdrew from the room. He decided to find an appropriate opportunity to test his brother - no, maybe call him Yang Chen now.

It wasn't until Chinese New Year's Eve that Yang Chen did not continue to lock himself in his room to study the drawings and files of those river embankments, but let the back kitchen prepare a table of sumptuous wine and dishes, and ate the first Chinese New Year's Eve dinner after coming to Zhuji with his brother Yang Zhen, as well as Ruan Tong and Wang Hai, who were in a foreign land and had no home to return to. In fact, this is also the first time in two years that the two brothers of the Yang family have gathered together to celebrate the New Year's Eve dinner for the Chinese New Year's Eve.

Although the two Ruan Wang are not those sentimental and delicate people, on the special day of family reunion on Chinese New Year's Eve, they can't help but worry a little about their parents and relatives in Jiangling. The sorrow and longing in their hearts can easily be transformed into the motivation to drink. When the Yang Zhen brothers were not enthusiastic about pushing the cup and changing the lamp, the two of them toasted each other one by one, and they quickly got drunk at the table.

It wasn't until the two of them showed such ugliness that the Yang family brothers, who each had something on their minds, turned their attention back to the wine table. Yang Chen looked at Yang Zhen, who was not too interested, and couldn't help but ask, "Erlang, do you have anything on your mind?" Why do you seem so absent-minded today? ”

Yang Zhen had been thinking about how to euphemistically test his brother's true identity, but now when he asked him this, his expression suddenly tightened, and then he picked up the wine glass and took a sip as if covering his heart: "Oh, I'm just thinking about the river embankment, after all, it's about the future of the eldest brother and the lives of tens of thousands of innocent people." Think about it now, we can still drink here and keep the New Year, but if we really let the Li family do anything on the river embankment, I'm afraid that it will ......"

When Yang Chen heard him say this, he immediately smiled with relief, and then said comfortingly: "I see." Actually, you don't have to worry too much, Erlang. Now that their intentions have been discovered, it is impossible for them to succeed easily. In fact, after this period of time, I have a further understanding of the river embankment, and in the ...... next year," he said, looking at the sky outside, feeling that it was past the third watch, so he changed his words again: "When this year's flood season comes, we will definitely be fully prepared." ”

"Really?" Yang Zhen's face showed a look of surprise, but then he looked at his brother a little strangely: "Big brother, you have only been studying the books of sages since you were a child, in order to pass the imperial examination, when did you even know the way of mathematics?" As he spoke, his eyes stared at Yang Chen for a moment, as if he wanted to see the clue from his face.

Yang Chen's face was obviously tightened, and he also pretended to raise a glass to drink, cutting off his brother's scrutinizing gaze. After a while, he said with some hesitation: "Actually, when I was in my hometown in Jiangling, I also read some books such as nine chapters of arithmetic, so I also have a superficial understanding of the way of arithmetic. In his mind, Yang Zhen only asked out of curiosity, so he casually gave such a reason. After all, he is well aware of his brother's knowledge, so he shouldn't know too much about this matter.

Sure enough, after listening to his explanation, Yang Zhen let out a low sigh and did not ask any further questions, which made Yang Chen breathe a sigh of relief. In order to crack the threat of the Li family as soon as possible, he was indeed in a bit of a hurry, but don't let people see what the problem is, especially his big secret that has been hidden for more than a year.

It's just that Yang Chen didn't know that his nervous performance now made Yang Zhen even more convinced of his judgment. So after being silent for a while, Yang Zhen finally made a decision, only to see him suddenly say: "Big brother, I have a sentence here, I don't know if you can match it." ”

"This ...... You also know that being a brother is not good at this. But since you brought it up, I'll try to match it. Yang Chen was slightly relieved to see that his brother had finally changed the topic.

When Yang Zhen heard this, a strange light flashed in his eyes, and he opened his mouth and said slowly: "The Heavenly King covers the Earth Tiger!" ”