Chapter 27 Water Control
Qi Jiang summoned Fang Wei, the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, in the study. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Jiang Qiao was silent on the sidelines, listening to Ah Jiang and Fang Wei talk about the current situation in Weicheng.
The Wei River is like the Yellow River in Chinese history, almost across the entire territory of the Great Qi, and the Weicheng City is just built in the middle of the Wei River, so it is named after Wei.
Weicheng was only a small city, and it was not enough for the emperor to take it too seriously, but it was close to Wanzhou, the richest city in Daqi.
Most of the Qi people's grain came from the exchange with Nanban, and the remaining small part was almost entirely produced in Wanzhou. Its status is second only to Nakashu, where Kyoto is located.
Wanzhou is extremely low, and Weicheng is the only barrier between the Wei River and Wanzhou, if Weicheng falls into a flood, Wanzhou must be an ocean.
The grain exchanged from the Nanban to feed the common people, and the grain grown in Wanzhou was supplied to Kyoto, which had long been an agreed matter. This year's spring ploughing has just ended, and it is impossible to give up Wanzhou anyway, so even if he knew that there would be problems with the 20,000 conscripts in a row, more than half of the courtiers still insisted.
The heavy rain was unexpected, but the civil unrest had been prepared for a long time, after all, the 30,000 soldiers and horses in Liaoyang were not trained for fun.
It's just that now the civil unrest has not yet occurred, but the rainstorm came suddenly, and Princess Yining intervened halfway, which made the situation stalemate.
Fang Wei is about forty years old, his face is square and rigorous, and his beard is not angry and arrogant: "The husband who stayed in Weicheng has already arranged a residence, two meals a day, and those infected with the plague are also being treated, but they are ......"
The medicinal materials for the treatment of the plague are really limited, and the number of infected patients is increasing day by day, and one day it will become uncontrollable, and eventually they will be left to fend for themselves.
Qi Jiang raised his sleeve and wrote something, paused when he heard the words, and ordered: "Hurry up and ask Wanzhou for medicinal materials, and then draw a few more folk doctors, so that the accompanying imperial doctors can carefully teach the treatment method,"
Fang Weiyi continued: "The Weihe embankment has almost been washed away, and the rainstorm has not stopped, and the flooding of Weicheng is just around the corner. ”
Rather than bothering in vain in Weicheng, he hoped that His Highness could return to Beijing. This situation is no longer out of her control, staying here will not only be in danger at any time, but also likely to be used by the courtiers to impeach His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
Qi Jiang kept writing, buried his head in a "hmm", and asked, "Where did the river rise?" ”
"The suburbs are almost entirely soaked in water." Fang Wei frowned.
Dipped in ink, Qi Jiang's fine white fingertips twisted the pen in a circle, thought for a while, and ordered: "The main hall will leave for a few days, the guard in the city will be handed over to the lord, you are responsible, let Hui Yan keep an eye on the matter of sending food for healing, when General Wen arrives in the city, if the main hall does not return, it will be handed over to him with full authority......"
"Where is Your Highness going?" Jiang Qiao asked first.
He really didn't like Ah Jiang's appearance of explaining the aftermath.
Ah Jiang smiled lightly, hung up the pen, and winked at Jiang Qiao: "You go with me." ”
"The minister cannot obey." Fang Wei knelt on the floor, hugged his fists and said: "The duty of the minister is to guard the safety of His Highness, that is, the entire Weicheng is in flood, and the minister is also ......."
"Commander Fang!" Qi Jiang snorted, "Don't let this hall hear such words again!" ”
Fang Wei held his head high and never retreated: "The ministers want to protect His Highness!" ”
The two parties were deadlocked, Jiang Qiao looked straight and sighed, and Lala Jiang, whose eyes were round, asked her softly: "Where are you going, what are you doing?" ”
Ah Jiang brushed Jiang Qiao's hand away, rubbed the piece of paper that had been writing and drawing for a long time, and handed it over.
Jiang Qiao stared at it for a while, ignoring the incomprehensible markings, and his gaze stopped at the part that was deliberately circled.
Mountain?
Looking down that part, Jiang Qiao was sudden, and the winding and rugged trend next to the mountain was the Wei River! If it weren't blocked by mountains, the Wei River would have flowed directly into the sea, instead of the current nine-curved ileum.
A crazy thought flashed through his mind, and his eyes were full of surprise when he looked up at Ah Jiang.
"You guessed it?" Ah Jiang's eyebrows and eyes are crooked, and a small dimple is exposed on the side of his cheek. She knew that Jiang Qiao was a talented person!
Jiang Qiao lowered his eyebrows and pondered, and asked hesitantly, "Your Highness has explosives?" ”
If Daqi already had explosives, why would he still be blackmailed by the Nanban and beaten by the Beidi?
Qi Jiang was stunned for a moment and asked, "What is explosives?" ”
She instinctively knew that it must be something as important to Daqi as "sweet potato" and "potato".
Jiang Qiao rubbed his eyebrows, did he think wrong?
"Isn't Your Highness going to blow up the mountain?" He asked.
Ah Jiang didn't answer, but asked him: "Explosives are things that can blow up mountains?" ”
Seeing the desire in her eyes, Jiang Qiao rubbed her hair smoothly: "I don't have that." ”
Seeing her look disappointed, he added, "Maybe there will be later." ”
Looking at the eyes that lit up like stars, Jiang Qiao sighed slightly: Some beauties breed desire, just like Zhu Cuicui and Lord Wen'an; But some of them are beautiful and people can't help but pity and care for them.
A-Jiang is beautiful. When she was a princess, she was beautiful and majestic, when she was A Jiang, she was beautiful and cold and elegant, and when she was facing him, she was beautiful with her teeth and claws.
This is his little girl.
Fang Wei was stunned, not knowing whether he was shocked by His Highness's terrible thoughts, or surprised by His Highness's intimacy with that villager.
Jiang Qiao stepped back a little and asked, "How does Your Highness plan to blow up the mountain?" ”
"We piled up the timber and burned it by the stone wall for a few days, and then poured cold water on it." Ah Jiang touched his chin, "This mountain range goes all the way to the border of Leizhou, Leizhou is dry all year round, and it will not be affected by heavy rains and cannot be ignited." Let's go to Leizhou. ”
"Your Highness!" Fang Wei interjected in time, "It's too dangerous to blow up the mountain, how can the son of His Highness's daughter, how can he risk it?" ”
Qi Jiang sighed: "If the main hall doesn't go in person, Lei Zhoumu will not cooperate." ”
Leizhou is all under the control of the Liu family, and they will not do anything second except to try their best to make trouble.
Jiang Qiao didn't know the complicated inside story, but Ah Jiang's attitude could already make him deduce many things. Ah Jiang went to Leizhou, and there were many hidden crises.
He stared at the picture and looked at it carefully, and suddenly said, "I'll go for you." ”
"Jiang Qiao?" Ah Jiang disagreed.
Jiang Qiao didn't look at her, and said to Fang Wei to himself: "That General Lin is good, let him go with me." ”
"Jiang Qiao!"
Jiang Qiao plucked out his ears, "I'm going to be deaf, Miss!" ”
"You don't have an official position, you go ......"
"I don't have you?"
Ah Jiang's eyelashes trembled, and his ears turned red without warning: "What, what? ”
"Give me a temporary appointment, make a special envoy or something......" Jiang Qiao said casually, as if the official position of Daqi was a worthless cabbage.
Fang Wei knelt on the ground and didn't want to speak anymore.
He always felt that this person would bring their noble princess to ruin!