A heavy rain filled the big rivers and streams, and also swept away the dryness in people's hearts. The frog that came out of nowhere crawled in the puddle and sang happily.

Although a rain could not solve the drought caused by such a long drought, it at least gave people some hope, so even those affected people who could not benefit from Ye Xiaotian's water diversion project have become very different from the past, just like those leaves that have been watered and washed by rain, the water is standing upright.

People in the streets and alleys are talking about this heavy rain, and if it is just a heavy rain after a long drought, it may surprise people, but it will not cause such a big shock and make people talk about it so much.

But this year, the platform was built to pray for rain, and the generals were changed halfway, but as soon as the people were replaced, the heavy rain made this heavy rain full of magical colors. Xu Xiancheng went on a hunger strike for nine days, and before the rain fell, Ye Dianshi went to the stage to sleep for a night, and the rain came down, what does this mean? It shows that Ye Dian Shi is devout to heaven and earth.

The waterwheel can lead the water from the low to the high, which many people understand, the waterwheel is not a new thing, there have been since the Han Dynasty, the hydraulic waterwheel, the keel waterwheel, the type is not only the same.

In fact, during the great drought in Huxian County, some disaster-stricken areas used water trucks to divert water from low-lying places to high-lying places for irrigation to alleviate the drought, otherwise large areas of land would have to be watered buckets by buckets, which would really exhaust people to death.

But no one would have thought of diverting water from the big river beyond the five mountains to the cliffs dozens of zhang high, and then digging a canal along the ridge to lead the water to the two villages of Gaoli. Ye Dianshi can come up with such a method, and he dares to come up with such a method, is this just that he has the courage and courage that ordinary people can't reach?

So some old people who believed in ghosts and gods began to tell stories vividly, and at first I don't know who came up with this idea, maybe it was just a joke, but after a few people's mouths. It became such a story:

Ye Dianshi is the reincarnation of the third prince of the Dragon King, so the flood has to be obedient in front of him, and the wind god rain master also has to give him some face. Even Ye Xiaotian bulldozed a land temple when he built a house on the mountain in the city, which has become a strong evidence of this legend.

No matter how small the land lord is, it is also a god, if it weren't for the third prince of the Dragon King, if he was a mortal who dared to push his temple to try, he would have been retributed a long time ago. But the status of the third prince is higher than that of the land lord, and the third prince fell in love with that place, of course the land lord had to move.

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Because of this heavy rain, the progress of the next day's work was affected. It was not until the third day that a comprehensive finishing work began, and the water diversion to Gaoli and Li villages officially began.

On this day, Ye Xiaotian and Hua Qingfeng both left the county seat to preside over the launching ceremony of the water conservancy project that spanned the five mountains like a dragon, but the two went to the dragon's head - the Grand Canyon and the dragon's tail - Gaoli Village.

Hua Qingfeng led the gentry and wealthy businessmen of Huxian County to the Grand Canyon to preside over the launch of this grand project, while Ye Xiaotian rushed to celebrate this grand event with the people of Gaoli and Li Villages.

Xu Boyi is not pretending to be sick this time. He even held his breath and caught fire, plus he had been tossed for eight or nine days before, he was really sick. Even if he wasn't sick, he wouldn't have shown up on such an occasion. Because he's a big joke right now.

From officialdom to the people, no one is not laughing at him in secret, because of this ugly incident, others have also turned over the ugly things he did before. Such as clinging to the powerful, abandoning the wife, and so on. And hating the poor and loving the rich is what the poor hate and the rich despises, what is he doing when he comes out at this time?

Hua Qingfeng actually wants to go to Gaoli Liangzhai to host the event, and the icing on the cake is not as good as sending charcoal in the snow. Seeing the river flowing with their own eyes, and being worshiped and loved by the grateful people, was more satisfying than being complimented by the rich merchants and gentry.

But Hua Zhixian, who has only been cautious all his life, just moved this idea, and immediately thought of a very strict question: "If the water diversion fails, won't I be torn apart by those angry mountain people?" ”

Therefore, Huazhi County wisely chose the Grand Canyon and handed over this potentially more glorious, but also more dangerous matter to Ye Xiaotian.

On both sides of the water dragon, which is connected by ridges, people are arranged to keep an eye out for any problems that arise during the diversion process, and at the same time there is a flag bearer at each peak, who can always transmit signals to other places through the guò flag.

Hua Chi County stood on the cliff, and the wind blew his official robe so loud that he had to hold on to his official hat in order to continue his impassioned speech: "As soon as this canal is opened, day and night will win the decisive battle against manpower......

However, everyone did not seem to be very interested in his speech, and only the gentry welcomed him with sparse applause from time to time.

The tycoon pouted with a fat face, stood in the crowd and kept muttering: "Can you let out a few fewer farts, people are still waiting to see the water dragon absorb water." After being glared at fiercely by his father Hong Baichuan several times, the tycoon reluctantly closed his mouth.

Hua Zhixian's speech was finally over, he turned around, looked at the big river under the cliff, and waved his hand proudly: "Start the waterwheel!" ”

He waved his hand in a forgetful manner, forgetting to protect his official hat, and as soon as the wind blew, his official hat was swept into the air.

The black gauze hat was still hovering in mid-air, and the craftsmen under the cliff pulled up the disposable sluice gate that was temporarily useful during the construction of the waterwheel, and the river water, which had been separated by the baffle to one side, rolled down, and fifteen waterwheels started one after another, and the speed changed from slow to urgent, faster and faster.

The river was sent to the first water by the water wheels, and then the water wheels on the second cliff platform began to start, and when the river water rolled into the river channel at the top of the cliff, the cheers resounded above and below the cliff.

However, it didn't take long for two waterwheels to break down, but fortunately, the craftsmen were prepared for this and immediately repaired the broken waterwheels, and during this time, the other waterwheels continued to play a role and did not affect the water transfer.

Soon, a red flag was planted at the top of the first hill and waved towards the cliff, which meant that the water had reached the first hill along the way.

When Hong Baichuan saw this scene, he couldn't help but smile and said to himself: "This kid, dare to think and dare to do, he is a character!" ”

The tycoon's fat face appeared in front of Hong Baichong, and said shyly: "Dad, for no reason, what are you praising me for?" ”

Hong Baichuan glared at his son. After staring for a long time, he suddenly laughed, patted the tycoon on the shoulder and said, "You are not bad, at least a person with this kind of eyesight, you will not be too bad in this life, haha......"

The tycoon said blankly: "Dad, what are you talking about?" ”

Hong Baichuan said with a smile: "It's nothing, my father just told you about the daughter-in-law, who is the second daughter of Lin Lu Yao in the neighboring county, and my father has already seen it." A very beautiful and virtuous lady, Ming'er, you and your father go to see each other together. ”

"Huh?"

When the tycoon heard this, a fat face suddenly fell, and he hesitated to say something to him, but Hong Baichuan had already smiled and greeted Hua Qingfeng, and went to congratulate Hua Qingfeng with other gentry.

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Ye Xiaotian and Gao Li were the owners of the village, the young village owners, and many elders stood on the mountain peaks, and there were countless villagers standing at the bottom of the slope. Ye Xiaotian didn't know whether the Grand Canyon was going smoothly or not, and he was very anxious. But he had to pretend to be calm on his face, not showing the slightest anxiety.

The initial transfer of water from the river is not very fast, and with a newly built channel, some water will be absorbed by the soil through which it flows. But this water is endless, from the Grand Canyon to Gaoli Liangzhai The entire terrain is constantly inclined from high to low, so the water flow is still getting bigger and bigger, and the speed is getting faster and faster.

At the time of passing the third ridge. A hastily erected levee was flooded and collapsed, but it wasn't a big problem. The people who were patrolling to inspect the condition of the river were quickly repaired, and the river continued to flow continuously.

When Ye Xiaotian and the others stood on the high place of the valley where Gaoli Liangzhai was located, and saw a bright red flag waving at the peak in front of them, everyone could not help but cheer.

The people standing at the bottom of the slope forgot their humility and humility, and ran up the hill with joy, and when they saw it, it was still a fresh dirt river, but the people on the slope were all happy, and immediately like them, they extended their expectant eyes along the river.

A stream meandered along the river like a small snake full of slurry, followed by the rolling river that swallowed the little snake and rushed forward merrily. The little snake seemed to have escaped from the flood, still covered in mud, and continued to run forward, continuing to be swallowed by the flood.

The river water poured to Ye Xiaotian's feet, and when the river poured down, along a herringbone river, it flowed to the terraced fields of Gaoli and Li villages, and the whole valley was thunderous, and many people were crying happily, jumping, and hugging others, and they didn't even see whether the other party was from their own village or the person in the opposite village.

The herringbone water divider is the closest to Gaojiazhai, and the grand celebration banquet is set up in Gaojiazhai, and the owner of Li Zhai is also a distinguished guest who was invited. The people in the mountains are bold, drink in a big bowl, and are especially enthusiastic about the guests, Ye Xiaotian only sat down for a moment, and he was top-heavy.

At this time, the lord of Gao Zhai and the master of Li Zhai came to him with a cup, and the lord of Gao Zhai said loudly: "Ye Dianshi, now there is this high mountain waterway, which not only solves the danger of this great drought, but also saves many crops. And this water comes from the mountain, many of our clansmen don't have to work hard to carry the water up the mountain in the future, this favor is too heavy, my old Gao is a rough person, I don't know how to thank you, this glass of water and wine, please adults you must drink. ”

Ye Xiaotian raised his glass and stood up, and said to the two village owners: "Two village masters, this high mountain waterway, the idea is what I thought, but it was you two villagers who made a big effort." If you hadn't done your best, our waterway wouldn't have been delivered so quickly.

It's just that fighting drought is like fighting a fire, in order to transport water as much as possible, in fact, many of our places are built in a hurry, such as those waterwheels, some of which are not very strong, and after the drought is resolved, they must be strengthened and repaired; For example, the base of the suspended water wheel is not very fixed now, but it is only temporarily supported by large logs between the rock walls, which also needs to be repaired; In addition, the whole water dam is only a temporary pile of earth, which can be washed away in two heavy rains, and it needs to be reinforced with stones, preferably with trees......"

The two village owners patted their chests and said, "Lord Ye, you can rest assured." You have come up with a good idea for us, and we have solved this difficulty, and we will do the rest of the things ourselves, rest assured, this river is our lifeblood, and we will cherish it as our own eyeballs, and there will be no problems. ”

Ye Xiaotian said: "That's good." It's just that Ye still has something to say to the two village masters. ”

The lord of Li Zhai said heroically: "My lord, please speak, now the river is surging, and my old Li has water to use, so I can listen to it." ”

Ye Xiaotian smiled slightly and said, "Two village owners, I want to ask you, if this time the official doesn't come up with this way to solve the drought, what will happen to the two of you?" ”

The two owners of the village were stunned for a moment, and fell into deep thought at the same time.

Ye Xiaotian said: "Gaojiazhai builds embankments every day, Lijiazhai digs embankments every day, even Brother Gao Ya is seriously injured, if no one stops it, how many people in your two villages will lose their lives because of this river now, and the result?" In the course of the ongoing battle between building and destroying the embankment, the drought has not been resolved, but then you will grieve not only for the dead crops, but also for the loved ones you have lost......"

The two owners looked at each other and hung their heads in shame.

Ye Xiaotian said in an accentuated tone: "I hope that the two village owners can learn this lesson, and when disaster comes, they should be in the same boat, and don't use some reckless and wrong ways to make you suffer more disasters, and then fill in man-made disasters under natural disasters!" ”

The two village owners raised their glasses to Ye Xiaotian and said, "Lord Ye, you're right!" We listen to you! ”

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In the middle reaches of the Laodao River, a place where the current is slightly slower. The lord of Gao Zhai and the lord of Li Zhai led the elders of the two villages and their children and grandchildren, as well as many clansmen to stand by the river, and among them stood Ye Xiaotian, and Ye Xiaotian and the two patriarchs had an incense case in front of them.

In the river, there are seven or eight big men wearing only crotch pants standing in chest-deep water, nailing a tall stone tablet engraved with the names of Ye Xiaotian and the three owners of the two villages and the oath into the bottom of the river inch by inch, when the stone tablet is erected, the top of the stone tablet is still more than two feet away from the water surface.

Because of the great drought, the river water in this position is actually the same height as this monument, only because of yesterday's heavy rain, and some water sources were allowed to come in, so it was submerged two feet, if it is normal season, the river is more than two zhang deep, this stele will be buried deep underwater.

Ye Xiaotian grabbed a silver knife on the case, swiped it on his fingertips, and poured blood into the three wine bowls on the case.

"I, Huxian Dianshi Ye Xiaotian!"

"I, Gao Yang, the owner of Gaojiazhai!"

"I, Li Jianwu, the owner of Lijiazhai!"

"I wait for three people, here to heaven and earth swear: I am equal to the 'water tablet' here, from now on, but in the event of a great drought, up and down the flow of the river, the river falls, when the word 'water' on the tablet appears, the people of the two villages will be in the same boat, together through the difficulties.

No one is allowed to use embankments, waterwheels and other methods to extract the water of this river to the fullest, and cut off the livelihood of the people downstream! All the people and descendants of our two villages must abide by it as one, but those who violate this oath will be punished by heaven and destroyed by the earth! ”

Ye Xiaotian looked at the stele in the water with a smile: "Thousands of years later, but someone fished out this stele from this river, when you can see my Ye Xiaotian's name, brother, although I don't write a book to speak, but I can also be famous through the ages, not too fast!" ”

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(To be continued......)