Chapter 123: It's better to be blocked than to be sparse
"What do you think?"
"I think...."Sui Yiyi put the fingers of her left hand against her chin, walked around and thought for a while, she had observed the terrain here last time, and knew that the main thing here was that it was not dredged, rather than building a dam such a draining thing, it was better to build a few more drainage canals, maybe the effect would be better, and it could also drain to the nearby crops, which could have the effect of killing two birds with one stone.
Sui Yiyi thought for a while before stopping, Zhang Yun saw that Sui Yiyi was moving, and quickly looked at her with bright eyes.
Qi Hengchuan coughed lightly and motioned for Zhang Yun to converge.
Looking at the appearance of these two people, Sui Yiyi smiled and said to Qi Hengchuan, "King Shuo, it takes a year and a half to build the dam, and the courtiers feel that it is better to be blocked." ”
"It's better to be blocked?" Qi Hengchuan was puzzled.
Sui Yiyi said lightly, "No matter what you say about Lizhou, the place is not big, it is not small, and the floods are not frequent, this moat to Lizhou is a direct entry, we might as well use the principle of blocking rather than dredging, build drainage canals, and disperse the water of the moat to various crop rivers, so that the flood will be dredged in the future, and it will naturally not rush straight into the river outside the city." ”
As soon as she told Qi Hengchuan about her plan, Zhang Yun next to her was shocked, how could he feel that this method was very familiar?
Sui Yiyi saw Zhang Yun's thoughtful appearance, so he said with a smile, "Mr. Zhang, I'm afraid you're not thinking about the story of Dayu's water control?" ”
"Yes, yes, yes! How do I feel so familiar, Miss Sui, you are really ice and snow smart, the water flow and terrain of this Lizhou are indeed very suitable for dredging, and the construction of drainage canals must be more effective than dams! ”
Zhang Yun said happily, he wondered why he couldn't think of this way?
Seeing Sui Yiyi say this, Qi Hengchuan naturally knew the story of Dayu's water control, he thought about it and nodded, "It is indeed a feasible way." ”
Hearing Qi Hengchuan's words, Sui Yiyi quickly went back to draw the design of the drainage canal, but fortunately, the topography of Lizhou was quite simple and easy to understand, so she didn't spend much time.
After getting Sui Yiyi's design drawing, Qi Hengchuan and Zhang Yun went to discuss with those craftsmen, and the craftsmen were quite surprised to see this design drawing, they didn't expect that this method could still be used.
Because of the last stone bridge incident, everyone originally wanted to watch Sui Yiyi's good show, but they didn't expect that the stone bridge was not broken, but blocked the new flood, which made the craftsmen have a much better impression of Sui Yiyi, and they also added a little admiration in their hearts.
The design was quickly approved by the craftsmen, and once it was finalized, preparations began in full swing.
Qi Hengchuan took the lead in digging and dredging the river with the craftsmen, but after all, because of the example of killing chickens and monkeys before, there was not enough manpower at this time, so the speed was not ordinarily slow.
Just when digging and dredging the river channel as usual, in the middle of the river, many workers were washed away by drinking water because they could not stand steadily.
Qi Hengchuan's face changed drastically, and he asked the guards to go down to find someone, while thinking of ways to reduce the harm of the workers.
Sui Yiyi watched from the shore, she knew that the river was too fast, and if it went on like this, the craftsmen were really too dangerous.
"Miss, what should I do now? If King Shuo goes down and is washed away, it will be over. Xia Ling was very scared, she saw that the scene when the craftsmen were washed away was really terrifying, and the whole person was pushed away by the river without gravity.
Seeing Xia Ling say this, Sui Yiyi hurriedly looked over and saw that Qi Hengchuan was about to go down to the river to check the situation.
"Wait!"
Sui Yiyi hurriedly came to Qi Hengchuan's side and grabbed his hand, and said eagerly, "You can't go down, it's too dangerous, I want to find a way." ”
"You care about me?" Qi Hengchuan was very surprised, and his heart was warm.
Sui Yiyi didn't have time to flirt with Qi Hengchuan at this time, she said lightly, "I'm afraid that the emperor will blame me." ”
Hearing Sui Yiyi say this, Qi Hengchuan's face was obviously displeased, and Sui Yiyi quickly thought of a way and said to him.
"Prepare your body, you all tie the rope around your waist so that you all have gravity, and the other end of the rope is tied to the tree!"
As he spoke, Sui Yiyi pointed to the banyan tree that looked strong.
Qi Hengchuan nodded, and asked Dongming and the others to find a thick rope to come over, and soon tied the craftsmen to a rope, and those rivers rushed over, and due to the force of the rope, the craftsmen were not washed away.
Everyone was grateful for Sui Yiyi's ingenuity.
After everything was ready, the craftsmen continued to dig the drainage canal in full swing, while Sui Yiyi and Qi Hengchuan returned to the shore and continued to supervise.
Chunzhi Xia Ling brought tea to Sui Yiyi, seeing that the weather was really hot, Xia Ling said to Sui Yiyi with some distress.
"Miss, why don't you go back and rest, I can keep an eye on it here, it's too hot."
Sui Yiyi knew Xia Ling's care, she smiled and shook her head, "No, these craftsmen have worked so hard, so naturally I can't just go back to rest." ”
"Miss!" At this moment, Haruka exclaimed.
Everyone looked there with the shouts of Haruka, and found that a big crocodile suddenly rushed out of the water.
Sui Yiyi couldn't help but be stunned, but crocodiles are things that can eat people, of course she can't be stunned, and she quickly came back to her senses.
At this time, the crocodile had already begun to rush towards those craftsmen, and at the last moment, the dark guard used arrows to shoot the crocodile, and seeing that the crocodile sank into the river with arrows all over its body, Sui Yiyi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, no one died, but at this moment, more crocodiles suddenly crawled out of the river, one by one looked so infiltrating, Sui Yiyi's face changed, knowing that things were not simple.
Qi Hengchuan didn't care about anything else, and asked the craftsmen to retreat immediately, the craftsmen were also scared enough at this time, and they didn't care about anything else one by one, they ran back to the shore and untied the rope and fled, Qi Hengchuan and Dongming and others stepped forward to block it.
But there were so many crocodiles that they couldn't resist them, and they were worried that the crocodiles would rush into the village and hurt the people, so they couldn't go.
At the moment of crisis, Qi Hengchuan pushed hard at Sui Yiyi, "Let's go!" ”
"Miss, let's go, this crocodile is too dangerous." Chunzhi Xia Ling also knew that it was impossible to fight such a dangerous beast with human ability, so he pulled Sui Yiyi and turned around to escape.
Just at the last moment, Sui Yiyi suddenly remembered something in her mind.
"Your Royal Highness King Shuo, quickly cover the crocodile's eyes with a cloth!"
Qi Hengchuan didn't understand, but he knew that Sui Yiyi must have his own ideas, so he didn't think too much, and asked Dongming and the others to immediately cover the crocodile's eyes with a cloth.