Otherwise, he will die without a place to bury!" ’

He's going to die without a place to bury!' ’

'There is no place to die! ’

Zeng Bu's words were repeatedly reflected in Chen Ke's mind, making him lose sleep again: 'Hell, Lao Tzu is here for the exam, not to be Jesus!' ’

The pain of the prophet, and the feeling of insignificance and powerlessness, overwhelmed him, and he really wanted to escape from this bustling city and return to the carefree hometown of the green gods"...

Even Chen Xiliang saw that his abnormality was coming, and he was at home the next day, and asked with concern: "San Lang, are you sick?" ”

"Nope." Chen Keqiang smiled: "I can kill a cow!" ”

"Why do you look so bad?" Knowing his son Mo Ruo's father, Chen Xiliang said: "No, you must have something on your mind!" ”

"I'm just a little bothered." Chen Ke gently spat out and said: "There are some things that I strongly want to do in my heart, but they are far beyond my ability......

"What kind of thing?" Chen Xiliang asked.

"The Liuta River will definitely force the Yellow River to burst its banks." Chen Ke pressed his forehead with his hands and said astringently: "This feeling of watching and being powerless is really bad. ”

"This matter," ,..." Chen Xiliang said softly: "This morning, the king of Runan County reported the results of the investigation. ”

"How?"

"The Liuta River is indeed in the northeast and northwest of Bianjing, and the orientation will not hinder the Holy Sacrament." Chen Xiliang snorted coldly and said, "Let King Runan investigate, there is no second result." ”

"Why?"

"Even if it's for his son, he won't offend your ministers." Chen Xiliang sneered.

"Yes." Chen Ke let out a long breath and said, "So, no one can pull it out?" ”

"No" Chen Xiliang said lightly: "The official family didn't say anything on the spot, they just accepted the book..." ”

"So what should I do?" Chen Ke looked at Chen Xiliang with a hesitant gaze.

"Ask yourself!" Chen Xiliang also looked at Chen Ke, his eyes bright: "If you feel that you have to do it, if you don't do it, your conscience will be difficult for the rest of your life, then do it!" ”

"I'm afraid I'll affect you," Chen Ke said softly.

"Hahaha" ,..." Chen Xiliang said with a smile: "Back then, I was in Hengyang, investigating the military case, and I also thought about whether it would affect you, but I still did it." ”

"You were very uneasy that time." Chen Kebai glanced at him and said, "I'm embarrassed to say it." ”

"Stinky boy, no big or small." Chen Xiliang gave him a violent shudder, and said with a straight face: "At that time, I thought that you could have no worries about food and clothing in Meizhou at worst, so I have no reason not to open that black curtain!" After a pause, he said, "Now you are the same." Although as a father, I don't want to see you go on an adventure, but you are already a civil official, and you will definitely not die. So, be bold and let it go! ”

"Of course I don't care", Chen Ke smiled bitterly, "I'm afraid that your future will be implicated." ”

"If the court reverses black and white, it will not even tolerate those who tell the truth. This kind of official is not deserved! Chen Xiliang said categorically: "It's a big deal, let's go back to Sichuan, enjoy our family fun, and we won't feel uneasy!" ”

"Good attitude!" Chen Ke gradually showed a bright smile that he hadn't seen for a long time, he suddenly hugged Chen Xiliang, and said with both arms: "Thank you, Dad!" He let go of his hand, laughed and ran away.

"Stinky boy, such a big ......" Chen Xiliang rubbed his chest and smiled bitterly: "Pay attention to safety" ,..."

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Running to the teahouse in one breath, Chen Ke asked his guard, Lao Qian, to call Zhao Zongji from the palace.

As soon as they met, he asked, "Have you given up?" ”

"Nope." Zhao Zongji shook his head and said in a deep voice: "Like you said, until the last moment, you will never give up easily!" ”

"That's what I thought, too." Chen Ke nodded and said, "So we have to fight again!" ”

"It's no problem, but to ",..." Zhao Zongji's breath was a little rough and said: "I have already said everything that should be said in the last recital, what effect can it have when I play the old tune again this time?" ”

"You're right, we've got to come up with something new." Chen Ke said in a deep voice: "I have reflected on the last recital, why didn't it impress the official"... Just because it's all theories and speculations, and there is no real evidence! ”

"Yes." Zhao Zongji nodded and said: "Everyone has a reason, and we can't overwhelm the ......truth of others just by using reason, let alone the great reason of the two prime ministers." ”

"So this time, we're going to speak with the facts!" Chen Ke lowered his voice and said: "Please measure the terrain from Shanghukou to Henglong's old road!" ”

",..." Zhao Zongji smiled bitterly: "If you want to say that there is no problem in measuring the distance, I can do it with a rope." But how to measure the height of this terrain? "If this can be measured, there is no need for everyone to argue, as long as it can be proved that the terrain of Henglong Ancient Road is higher than that of Shanghukou, even if it is only three feet and five feet high, it is enough for the official family to stop the Liuta River project.

"I have a solution." Chen Kexin said I'm sorry, Shen Da Scientist, I will use your invention, it's a big deal to meet in the future.

I'll give you my dictated book on physical chemistry. I can't lose you anything. So he calmed down: "You can measure the drop of the river!" ”

"Really?" Zhao Zongji said: "There is this method, why didn't you say it earlier?" ”

"If the final result comes out and proves that the two ministers are wrong, where will they put their faces?" Chen Ke still has the second half of the ...... in his words, the Liuta River project is the imperial approval of the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, if it is proved to be fundamentally wrong, where will the official's face go?

"I can't care about that much!" Zhao Zongji said categorically: "Is the lives and property of the people in several states important, or is the face of some people important?" ”

"Okay, this method is called 'layered weir construction method,'!" Chen Ke told him the method.

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"The water of the Yellow River has been three parts of water and seven parts of mud since ancient times, and a large amount of sediment has been deposited in the gentle place downstream, and the riverbed has gradually increased due to disrepair. Below Shanghu, many riverbeds have risen three or four zhang above the ground outside the embankment to form an 'above-ground river' where the water flows lower, and if the downstream riverbed is higher than the upstream, the flow will definitely slow down, stop, or even reverse the flow.

Then at the lower level of the upper reaches - Shanghukou broke the embankment again! "When he faced the saint again, Zhao Zongji asked for a second discussion of the 'Liuta River'" and said loudly: "So the child thinks that it is extremely irresponsible for the water minister to return to the river without understanding the difference in the river before!" ”

"Hehe" ,..." The official smiled: "Why didn't you measure?" Before each project, they measure the height with a benchmark. ”

"Standing on a mountain, how do you measure the height of a mountain with a benchmark?" Zhao Zongji said: "The riverbed is also a truth, and the height of the terrain cannot be measured by the tree benchmarking method!" ”

"Oh......" the official asked with a smile, "How do you listen, you seem to have a way?" ”

"Someone taught the child a way." Zhao Zongji nodded and said, "The child feels that it makes sense." ”

"Tell me about it." The official said with interest.

"You can use the natural level of the water surface to measure the height of the terrain. I know that in some sections of the river with a large drop, there are several locks to get the boat up the river. After the ship enters a gate, the gate falls, the water rises, and the ship is high, and the ship can sail upstream; Then behind the boat, the second gate is lowered, the water level rises again, and the boat can go up a section of the river again, so that from one lock to another, the water surface rises again and again. When you add up the height difference of each section, it is exactly the difference between the two places. ”

“……。” The official pondered for a moment, nodded and said: "The reason is good, but although the Liuta River is narrow, it is also forty steps wide, and you want to build so many gates, it's unrealistic, right?" ”

"As far as the child knows, it takes a lot of soil and stone to repair the embankment, and the people often take soil from the nearby side of the embankment to form a basically continuous soil ditch, which can be opened without much effort, forming a small river parallel to the Liuta River, and then at the end of Shanghukou, build a that crosses the small river." Zhao Zongji explained as simply and clearly as possible:

Then water was poured into the lower reaches of the Liuta River, so that the water flowed to the area around Shanghukou. When the water surface of the small river is flush with the embankment, the dam is built at the bottom of the ditch just above the water surface in the upstream, and then the water is irrigated, and then the embankment is built downstream, and the height ......of such a dam to hold water adds up, which is the terrain difference from Shanghukou to the old road of Henglong. ”

The official pondered carefully, and after a while, he smiled and said, "This is a good idea, who came up with it?" ”

"It's a friend of the child." Zhao Zongji said: "His name is Chen Ke, and he is a student. He discussed with Chen Ke that what happened in the capital could not be hidden from the eyes and ears of the officials, so it was better to confess it.

"Chen regrets", "Guan Jiaqi said: "Is it the one who compiled the dictionary?" ”

"Yes." Zhao Zongji nodded.

"No wonder." The official suddenly smiled, sat up straight and said, "It's hard for you to come up with such a method, the widow is approved!" ”

"Thank you, uncle!" Zhao Zongji moved.

"Since it was your idea." The official squinted and smiled: "It's up to the two of you to do it, I'll give you two thousand forbidden troops, and in the shortest possible time, the results will be presented." ”

"Yes!" Zhao Zongji sang a fat song.

"Ji'er..." The official asked him to get up, looked into his eyes, and said softly: "Do you know, will this offend a few ministers?" ”

"Uncle, I'm not afraid of offending them." Zhao Zongji's eyes were clear and said: "Even if I offend them, I can still be my rich idler, right?" ”

"Oh...... Hahaha", "The official laughed, and the laughter became more and more serious: "Not bad, yes, just think about it this way!" ”

The eunuch Hu Gonggong on the side said in his heart, how long has it been since the saint has laughed like this.......

(To be continued)