Chapter 237: Winning People's Hearts
Chu Xingze was extremely smart, and instantly understood what An Lan meant. She wants to follow Dayu's method of water control, not blindly blocking the flood, but channeling.
"Your solution is very good, but it may take some time to implement, but for now, we can only try, I hope those floods can flow more slowly, and we will buy more time to clear the floods."
Chu Xingze sighed in his heart, he could only think like this, and there was no other way.
An Lan discussed with Chu Xingze, and they decided to find a relatively large lake to channel these floods according to Dayu's method of water control, so that they could stay in more canals to reduce flooding.
"Lord, this is a rather large project, we must play the emperor first, only in this way can they hurry up the construction of ditches, so as to make unified changes to the rivers across the country. In this way, we can ensure that such natural disasters can be avoided and play a role in preventing disasters before they occur, and I hope that the prince will repair the book to the emperor as soon as possible. ”
An Lan first stated his intentions, and it is not a simple matter to unify the revision of the river across the country, and if it is not supported by the emperor, it is impossible to succeed.
After listening to An Lan's opinion, Chu Zi agreed to this matter. The book was immediately repaired to the emperor, and at the same time the emergency evacuation of the flood began.
An Lan and Chu Xingze had breakfast that day and began to look around to see if there were any large river areas.
Until it was almost dusk, a relatively open body of water finally appeared in front of An Lan and Chu Xingze.
"Lord Prefectural, where does this body of water lead? Why is the water yellow? An Lan looked far ahead and found that the water here was flowing quite fast.
And mixed with mud and sand, it looks like a galloping yellow dragon.
"Princess, this is the Yellow Sea, this Yellow Sea stretches for thousands of miles, almost throughout the country." The county magistrate quickly replied to An Lan's words.
Hearing his answer, An Lan's heart instantly fell into excitement.
Since the Yellow Sea can run through the whole country, if it is diverted together with the floods, it will certainly play a good role in diverting the water.
They had previously told the emperor that they would build many large and small canals to form a strong and dense network of rivers to ensure that floods would not flood for many years, and this Yellow Sea seemed to meet their requirements.
An Lan and Chu Xingze glanced at each other, and the two of them reached a consensus and decided to use this Yellow Sea as the main channel.
"Lord Wang, our most critical issue at the moment is to extradite the overflowing flood into the Yellow Sea, you watch the Yellow Sea flow endlessly, even if there is more flood injection, I am afraid it doesn't matter!"
An Lan could see the mystery at a glance, the current of this Yellow Sea was very fast, and it flowed eastward, which was consistent with the direction of the flood flow, and the area of this Yellow Sea was thousands of times larger than the great river that flooded.
Regarding An Lan's meaning, Chu Xingze understood it.
"Don't worry, Princess, the distance between them is not too far, only a few miles. We just need to gather all the workers and we should be able to connect them in a few days! ”
Hearing this, An Lan fell silent for the first time. If you remember well, when Dayu was controlling the water, he dug a small cave in a place, and then gradually expanded the cave with the help of the power of the flood.
An Lan's face was a little more excited.
"Why don't we have all the people dig a cave underneath, so that when the flood rushes in, it will automatically ......enlarge the cave," An Lan recounted.
Chu Xingze immediately praised her, and even the county magistrate on one side did not hesitate to agree with An Lan's plan, and the three of them reached a consensus in this regard, and soon began to gather all the workers to dig holes.
It only took three full days to dig a passage. When they opened the flow valve, the flood water rushed up the cave and burst through the cave with great speed, forming a relatively large river in a short time, which flowed directly into the Yellow Sea.
An Lan and Chu Xingze personally led the people to watch from the side, and when they saw the swift river flowing into the Yellow Sea, they all cheered.
"Lord, it seems that the princess's method is really useful, you see that those floods have become so docile after entering the Yellow Sea......" The county magistrate sighed beside him.
If before the flood it was a swift tiger, now it is a rather well-behaved and cute puppy, which has become quite gentle after entering the Yellow Sea.
A calm and smug smile appeared on the corner of An Lan's lips, and she saw these things a lot naturally. If a larger river meets a small river, then the small river is naturally insignificant in front of it.
Just when they were about to go back, these people knelt directly in front of Chu Xingze and An Lan, kowtowing to them and thanking them.
"Thank you princess for saving us from fire and water, we are unforgettable, please accept our worship!" One of the leading civilians suddenly shouted.
The other people were also shouting loudly there, and all the words they said were thanks to An Lan and Chu Xingze, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing continuously.
Looking at their actions, An Lan was happy in her heart, and she understood that these people had regarded them as saviors, and she and Chu Xingze were the great benefactors here.
For their kindness, An Lan and Chu Xingze were excited, at least much stronger than the vegetable leaves that were thrown before.
"We are all the emperor's people, and sharing the worries of the country is also our most basic duty. As the emperor's son, this is what this king should do, you don't need to thank me, if you want to thank you, you should thank your father......"
Chu Xingze said impassionedly, between his words and deeds, he hoped that everyone would praise his father, and almost all the credit would be put on his father.
But right now, for these people, what they want to thank is only Chu Xingze, not the emperor at all. The emperor has a long way to go, so naturally it doesn't mean much to them.
Listening to their thanks, Chu Xingze and An Lan went back proudly. I just sat down and saw that Red Rose had caught a lot of fish and stewed fish soup for them.
"Lord and Princess, you are finally back. I've heard that you're very effective at controlling the floods, so I went out of my way to catch a few fish, and we should celebrate them. ”
As Red Qiang spoke, she held a jar of wine she had found, which she had found with great difficulty.
Seeing this delicious food and wine, An Lan and Chu Xingze were a little touched in their hearts and were willing to celebrate.
"I salute you for this glass of wine!" Chu Xingze sent a glass of water and wine to An Lan first, he didn't care about the identity of the prince at all, he was like a little fan brother at this time, worshipping An Lan.