The prelude to the drought became more and more obvious, and Zhu Di became more and more convinced of what Hu Ye said, so he had to keep urging Ruan An to start building the dam as soon as possible. If it's late, the water in the two rivers will run dry.

"Your Highness, this matter is not in a hurry, the dam is related to the livelihood of Beiping, and it is naturally of great use to build it. But if the construction starts hastily, and the dam is built with tofu scum, it is better not to build it. If the quality of the Yellow River is not up to par, or if there is any mistake during the construction, it may lead to the danger of the dam bursting, and then it will be a disaster for the people of Beiping. ”

"Therefore, no matter how anxious Your Highness is, you will have to wait until I finish the sketch. If His Highness can't wait, you can ask for another master. Ruan An was drawing a sketch while saying to the anxious Zhu Di without hurry.

"Hu Ye, you have a lot of ghost ideas, but it was Grandpa Ruan who came up with an idea. Now it has not rained, and the millet that the people have just planted has not yet been irrigated. If we don't start building soon, I'm worried that we won't even be able to harvest the millet. Zhu Di is indeed a little anxious, and the reports of his subordinates these days have made Zhu Di anxious.

What used to be a small stream is now basically cut off. The old wells have also dried up, but fortunately the deep wells that have been dug recently can still provide water. However, the only way to use water for irrigation is to divert water from a few small rivers.

When the water of these small rivers also dried up, the only way to divert water was to the two big rivers of Wuding and Chaobai. However, if the dam is not built as soon as possible, the water of these two rivers will definitely not be enough to supply the whole of Beiping. When the time comes, for the sake of water, the people will inevitably have a fight, which is definitely what Zhu Di does not want to see.

"Your Highness, just as Gonggong Ruan said, this matter is really urgent, if you are in a hurry, it will become a disaster in Beiping. However, His Highness can first order someone to transport the bamboo baskets, stones, cement, and explosives used for the construction of the dam to the two rivers first. At the same time, the diversion canal is excavated on both sides of the dam site, and the diversion canal can be opened on the day of construction. This saves a lot of time and can be completed in about a month. Hu Ye looked at Ruan An's drawings and said with Zhu Di.

In fact, Hu Ye also wants to start construction as soon as possible, but this matter is really urgent, otherwise it may become a tofu scum project. This kind of painful lesson is not uncommon in the 21 st century, and how many innocent lives have been lost on the heads of those who are in a hurry to achieve results and cut corners. Hu Ye felt that this was his first major project in the Ming Dynasty, and he would never allow mistakes.

However, Hu Ye is an illiterate architectural, looking at Ruan An's drawings, confused. However, it is not wrong to transport the materials first, and the preliminary works can also be done, especially the aqueduct used for diversion. Hu Ye learned all these things from watching the news about the Three Gorges Dam back then, especially now that there are explosives, it is much more convenient to dig diversion canals.

"Come, order the craftsmen of the whole city to start building bamboo baskets day and night, and the factories will work day and night to produce cement and explosives, and let the garrisons also mine stones for me. Be sure to build two dams within a month. After listening to Hu Ye's words, Zhu Di hurriedly gave orders to his gang.

"Boy, how about digging the diversion canal here? If you dig here, it will not affect the mountains near the dam. However, it is all rocky structures, and a lot of gunpowder will have to be used to dig through. Ruan An pointed to his sketch and said to Hu Ye that he had regarded Hu Ye as an existence at the same level as himself.

Hu Ye looked at the place Ruan An pointed to and found that this Ruan An's drawing was simply exquisite, the length, thickness and width of each dam were accurately marked on the drawing, as well as the schematic diagram of the diversion canal next to it. That handwriting is also very exquisite, this is definitely not a talent that a eunuch can have, and it is more than enough to pull it out as a secretary of the Ministry of Works.

Looking at this exquisite sketch, Hu Ye suddenly thought of another factor in the fall of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the dictatorship of eunuchs. And the beginning of the eunuch dictatorship was started by Zhu Di's grandson Ming Xuanzong, who taught eunuchs literacy and eunuch culture.

There is a saying that eunuchs are not terrible, but they are afraid that eunuchs are educated. But Hu Ye felt that it was extremely incorrect for later generations to put the reason for the fall of the Ming Dynasty on the eunuchs.

The eunuch in front of him is an extremely literate eunuch, but I haven't seen any signs of eunuch dictatorship in Zhu Yuanzhang's court.

So the biggest reason is still in the rulers, they have no enterprising mind, and naturally there will be people who want to replace them to exercise the power to rule. Even if there is no eunuch dictatorship, there will be a cabinet dictatorship, and there will be a ** dictatorship. But because the eunuch is an incomplete existence, he has become a scapegoat in the historian's pen.

Hu Ye looked at Ruan An, and suddenly felt a trace of sadness for him and his latecomers.

"Hey, boy, what are you thinking, I said how about digging this flood channel here?" Ruan An saw that Hu Ye was in a trance, so he kicked over and pulled Hu Ye out of his deep thought.

"Ahh Awakened by Ruan An's kick, Hu Ye was a little embarrassed, quickly cleared his throat, and said very modestly, "Father-in-law Ruan, these things really don't understand, this room is full of you are an expert, what you say, you can practice according to the law." ”

"Hmph, stinky boy, your mouth is so tight, it's strange if you don't understand. As you told me about Newton that day, I felt more and more that it existed, like building this dam, it seemed to exist in the mountains on both sides of the river, but I couldn't fathom it, and I couldn't write it down if I wanted to. But I don't think this thing is as untraceable as you say, there must be something that can make it show. Ruan An said to Hu Ye with certainty, obviously these days, he was troubled by the Newton that Hu Ye talked about a few days ago.

"Well, I don't know about this, I didn't listen carefully when the master gave a lecture, and if I was more detailed, I wouldn't know." Hu Ye said embarrassedly.

"What a loser, there are such haode resources that are not well utilized, I really don't know why your master chose you as an apprentice." Ruan An said angrily, and then came to Zhu Di with the drawings.

"Your Highness, the sketch is probably like this, but the actual construction is very variable. Therefore, during the construction period, someone had to take care of the two dams, and the construction had to be carried out according to the standards on the drawings. Ruan An said to Zhu Di.

"Well, without further ado, construction will begin tomorrow. Gonggong Ruan, you will be responsible for overseeing the construction of the Guanting Dam. Hu Ye, you will be responsible for supervising the construction of the Miyun Dam. If anyone does not build according to your command, you have the right to dispose of it. Zhu Di said to Ruan An and Hu Ye.

Ruan An was naturally very happy, in addition to building the palace, he had not supervised the construction of such a large project, so he was naturally a little excited.

Zhang Fu and Zhu Neng looked at Hu Ye with envy, they had taken on such a big burden at such a young age.

Only Hu Ye was sullen, in fact, he didn't know anything about building a reservoir, just because he told Ruan An the story about Newton, in the hearts of these people, he became an engineer as powerful as Ruan An.

But now that he has no power and no power, he has built the dam, and Zhu Di praised it at most. If you mess up, there will be absolutely no good fruit to eat, and this is completely a big pit, and this big hole is still dug by yourself. Hu Ye now finally knows what a real self-digging grave is.

But the matter has come to this, so I can only bite the bullet. This matter is related to the people's livelihood plan of the whole of Beiping this year, and it must not be sloppy at all.