Su Jinxi saw Li Shan and hurriedly ran over and said, "Xianggong, it seems that something happened on the other side of the river embankment." Li Shan saw that there was another person who came with Su Jinxi, dressed as an official messenger, who should have been sent by Zhao Jun, and came up and said, "Lord Li, Lord Zhao asked me to invite you, hurry up to the river embankment, there is something important to discuss." Li Shan said: "Something happened, is there something wrong with the river embankment?" You say be detailed. The official said: "Everything is as usual on the river embankment, and there is no abnormal situation, but Lord Zhao is very anxious, and if you want a small one, you must quickly ask Lord Li to come over." ”

At this time, Zhang Yanzhao also came out and said, "Brother Shan, what's wrong?" Li Shan turned around and arranged: "You don't have to worry about the affairs over there, you keep an eye on this side, first ensure the safety of this side." As for those two people, they will do as I say, bite me to death, and we must dig out the people behind them. After speaking, Li Shan went out and got on the horse and went straight to the river embankment, leaving Su Jinxi shouting behind: "Be careful." ”

Riding a horse to the embankment, he watched Zhao Jun and Lord Zhao spin around in front of the door like ants on a hot pot. Seeing Li Shan coming, he hurriedly greeted him and said, "Brother Li, you are here, you are in a hurry." Li Shan stabilized him and said, "Lord Zhao, don't worry, something happened, you say it slowly." The two entered the house while talking, and Zhao Jun sighed and said: "It's really better to be a human being, the stones we used to repair the river embankment were mined and transported from Songzi County." But yesterday I received a report that the mountain where we quarry has collapsed violently, and the rocks have fallen down and directly blocked the road for transportation, so that the stones cannot be delivered on time, and the construction period will be delayed for a month or two when the road is cleared. ”

Li Shan frowned when he heard this, this matter was really tricky, and asked, "Do we have any other quarrying channels?" Can you consider bringing in the stone from somewhere else? Zhao Jun shook his head and said, "That's not going to work, the stone in Songzi County is the closest to us." You know that it takes a lot of money to repair the embankment, and if it is transported from other places, it will take a lot more time, manpower and material resources, and it will not help. Li Shan couldn't think of a good way for a while, and said, "I don't think it's useful for us to be in a hurry here, so let's do it." It's still early, you and I hurry up and go to Songzi to see the situation over there, and then make plans? ”

Zhao Jun couldn't think of a good way now, so he could only listen to Li Shan: "It's okay, without further ado, let's hurry up." It's half a day's walk from the quarry. The two traveled lightly and rode all the way to Songzi County. Li Shan was quite surprised by Zhao Jun's performance, but he didn't expect Zhao Jun to be weak on the surface, but he was actually superb in equestrian skills, and such a vigorous and resolute way of doing things also made Li Shan appreciate it.

Finally, at the beginning of the Shen time (3 to 5 o'clock in the afternoon), we arrived at the quarry site. It turned out to be a mudslide, Li Shan looked at the scene in front of him, the mud and gravel poured down from the mountain directly flooded the mountain road in front of him, with the current level of engineering, it really takes a month or two to clean up these mud and sand. The local county magistrate also brought an official messenger to check the situation, and Li Shan stepped forward and said, "Under Li Shan, this is Lord Zhao, the judge of Jingzhou." The county magistrate obviously knew Zhao Jun, and hurriedly saluted: "It turned out that Lord Zhao was here, and the lower official Songzi County ordered Kong Youde to miss the distance, please forgive me." Presumably, Lord Zhao came here for the matter of the stone of the river embankment, right? Xia Guan also thinks again, there are unforeseen circumstances on this day, and it is really helpless to have such a natural disaster. ”

Li Shan asked, "Is this the way up the mountain?" But is there any other way out? The county order replied: "There are two roads up the mountain, and the other road is from the north of the mountain." However, the terrain in the north of the mountain is steep, and most of the rock masses are whole boulders, so it is extremely difficult to mine, and if you want to transport the stones from the east side of the mountain to the north of the mountain, you have to turn over this mountain, and it is also very difficult to transport. The lower officials don't know what to do, but now the lower officials have gathered all the available manpower to work day and night, and strive to clear this mountain road within a month. Zhao Jun's anxious tone was inevitably too heavy, and said: "A month, where did I wait for a month." Songzi County Ling Wei Wei said that he did not dare to refute.

Li Shandao: "You can take us to Shanbei first." I'm going to see what happens in Shanbei. Kong County Ling hurriedly led the way, around to the north of the mountain, Li Shan looked at the place is closer to the Yangtze River, the mountain road is a little rugged, but it is not impossible to quarry and transport, said: "If you quarry from the north of the mountain, how long will it take to complete the amount planned before?" Kong County ordered: "This lower official is really difficult to estimate, because the stones in the north of the mountain do not want to be in the south, the stones are loose and easy to mine, and the mountain here is a whole boulder, and it is useless to simply shovel and chop axes and chisels." ”

Speaking of quarrying, Li Shan's first thought was explosives, how could he get such a high-level thing. Most of the buildings in ancient China were based on civil engineering, and there were very few places where stone was used, so people were not proficient in quarrying. Li Shan remembered that people after the Song and Ming dynasties also had a method of quarrying, using the principle of thermal expansion and contraction, as well as the brittleness of stones, so he said to the county order: "I know a method of quarrying, you ordered someone to cut trees on the mountain to make a fire, heat the rocks, and then use cold water to stir up, and the boulders will naturally explode." The county magistrate didn't know who Li Shan was, and he didn't look at Zhao Jun with half a suspicion of Li Shan's words. Of course, Zhao Jun believed Li Shan, and drank: "Look at what you are doing, don't hurry up and do what Master Li said, you can't afford to pay this responsibility if you delay things." Kong County Ling hurriedly said yes, and trotted all the way to arrange.

Li Shan said: "Lord Zhao, let's go and have a look, I'm not at ease." If this method can work, then the time taken to quarry in the north of the mountain should be shorter, and I believe it will not delay the matter. Zhao Jun also said: "I hope Brother Li's method can work, I really have no way at all." ”

Li Shan also studied civil engineering in college before, and he knew a lot about the construction industry, and he also personally commanded the battle, and ordered someone to set up a bonfire and start burning stones. Also do a good job of isolation belt. So as not to cause a fire, after all, although there are many rocks on this mountain, there are still many trees. Kong Xian Ling saw that Li Shan was personally commanding, of course, he let go, and hurried to greet Zhao Jun, in his eyes, serving this Zhao Da talent is the most important thing.

Li Shan found a huge rock that stood prominently, measured the angle and position, set up a fire and began to burn, until midnight, Li Shan felt that it was almost over, and he had already found someone to carry water from the bottom of the mountain to prepare. Li Shan stood on a high place and commanded a team of people, ready to water and extinguish the fire. Li Shan said loudly: "After a while, listen to my unified order, I shout one, two, three, you will pour water on it, everyone is optimistic about the position, and the stone must be cold in the shortest time." Everyone under this stone should stay away, a rock explosion may cause a collapse, so be careful and stay away. ”

Lord Zhao and Kong County Ling also rushed over to see this magical scene, Li Shan took a deep breath and said, "One, two, three, splash water." More than a dozen people took turns to splash buckets of water on it, and the bonfire that had been gradually extinguished was not extinguished instantly, only the black charcoal on the stone remained, accompanied by the sound of "hiss, hiss", a large amount of water vapor gushed up, and the huge smoke of the trip, and everyone could not see what was happening inside.

In the middle of the night, the smoke cleared, but there was no movement. Lord Zhao and Kong Xian Ling looked at each other and asked, "Brother Li, is this considered a success?" Li Shan also wondered in his heart, why didn't there be any movement at all? No, this should be the right way. At this time, Li Shan doubted himself for the first time, after all, this method was also the first time he used it, and he had no experience. Li Shan estimated that he had failed, and said a little embarrassed: "Well, it seems to be a little ......" Before he finished speaking, he heard a loud "click", and then there was a chain reaction, and the entire protruding boulder cracked and shattered into dozens of petals. Zhao Jun was ecstatic and said: "It's successful, it's magical." Li Shan also quickly changed his words, turned back to a confident look and said: "It's that simple, okay, Kong County Order, the future will be handed over to you." I believe that our stone can be delivered on time. Kong County Ling naturally agreed: "Wrap it up on the lower officials, and the lower officials will definitely go all out." ”