Seeing that the boatman knew the details, this time not only Lin Ling was curious, but even Guo Quan, who had been drinking tea, was also interested, after all, this Kyoto is still a short distance from Xingshan, if you don't find something to do on the way, this journey is really boring.

And in the unanimous voice of everyone's advice, I only heard the boatman clear his throat and began to tell from a different perspective.

It turned out that the Guangji River was just like the boatman said, and it had been very smooth ten years before Qingli, but in the end, because the economy on both sides of the river was expanding more and more, the wide river channel also became crowded.

The sinking of the official ship mentioned by Zhang Lun was actually just a fuse, the official ship was not big at that time, but because it was an official ship, it only needed to take the best regional river under the banner.

But it didn't work out, and it happened that day that a group of merchants came from the south, and there were as many as seven or eight large ships connected together, and from the high-rise buildings, they were almost across the length of two streets.

Originally, the various fleets were at peace with each other, but when the caravan passed through Hongqiao, for some reason, the head ship of the caravan had a problem, and the tall mast did not have time to retract, so it directly hit the solid Hongqiao.

At that time, the official ship that was about to anchor happened to be on the side of Hongqiao, and the accident came suddenly, and the personnel on board, including the family members of the guards, had no chance to react, and all of them were buried at the bottom of the Guangji River.

Originally, this collision incident was dispensable, but unfortunately, the official on the official boat happened to be Ye Zeqiu, the governor of Wujiang Town, and this time he went south to solve the river trouble on both sides of the river.

This Ye Zeqiu is not an unknown person, although this person was born in the north, he has a very sensitive insight into the management of waterways, and has written many times to ask for the governance of the Guangji River, but because of the sudden flood in the south, he was specially appointed to an important position.

Ye Zeqiu, formerly known as Ye Fengzi Zeqiu, won the championship in the palace examination in the 14th year of Qingli, and since then he has entered the center of the government and has been active in the Ministry of Industry for three years.

Although it is a pity that the sacrifice of Dacai is a pity, after such a troubleshoot as the shipwreck, the imperial court has finally recovered, and while appeasing the Ye family, on the other hand, it has also begun a drastic campaign to clean up the river.

After a year-long remediation work, the result of the rectification is what Lin Ling sees now, the width of the river remains the same, but the depth of the river has changed from five meters to three meters, and even many places are paved with silt, and slightly larger boats will feel very difficult to walk.

In order to better control the tonnage of the ship, the designer of the Ministry of Industry has added a semi-arc pallet at the bottom of the water gate, and the materials are all made of Qinggang marble, which is very tenacious.

If the passenger ship wants to enter and exit through the Anze Gate, the hull must not float more than two meters, otherwise the bottom of the ship will scratch the marble slab that is submerged underwater, and it will be stopped by the soldiers on duty and ordered to withdraw from the city.

After listening to the boatman's explanation, Lin Ling let out a long breath of turbidity, and turned his head to look at the open river, although there would be a little light boat rowing from time to time, but it did not seem crowded at all, but made people feel a little poetic.

"Actually, this is very good, you don't know the previous river, even if you go back five years, except for us fishermen who live by the river all the year round, it is difficult to find a place to anchor in this river."

Speaking of this, the boatman's uncle smashed his mouth, shook the oars up and down with great effort, and then sighed: "See, the arched stone bridge not far ahead, that is the new Hongqiao, the old Hongqiao has already been demolished in the accident that year." ”

"But what we pay attention to is a new scenery and new atmosphere, and now this is the fifteenth year of Qingli, according to the inherent blueprint, some rectification has been made on the old Hongqiao, and the old Hongqiao has been rebuilt."

In the time of everyone's chatting, the light boat had already approached the new Hongqiao infinitely, because everyone was far away just now, and the river was often filled with a layer of mist in winter, so everyone didn't really see it.

However, when everyone got closer, Lin Ling saw the structural design of the Hongqiao, the boatman said well, the new bridge adopts the arch design, but the back and forth span of the arch bridge is obviously much wider than the normal one.

Speaking of which, this Hongqiao is also a scenic spot in Kyoto, the ship's uncle is sharp-eyed, looking at the dress of Lin Ling and the others, he has already guessed in his heart that everyone is out to play.

Therefore, when the light boat passed by Hongqiao, the boatman deliberately slowed down the boat, in order to allow time for everyone to take a closer look at the prosperity of Kyoto.

With the help of Lin Ling's gaze, I saw that the horizontal width of the rainbow bridge was about nearly 30 meters, and the longitudinal bridge was connected to both sides of the river, and the bridge was divided into six substrates to support the bridge body, forming four small and one large fan-shaped bridge holes.

And when the light boat rowed into the bridge hole, this is more clearly seen the decoration of the bridge, only to see that the bridge body is covered with exquisite murals, and the side of the bridge wall, is corresponding to the stone lion on the bridge railing, a row of everlasting lanterns are placed in a row.

Presumably at night, at the moment when the ever-bright lights are on, the Hongqiao must be very beautiful.

When the light boat crossed the Hongqiao range, the speed of the boat also increased, but Guo Quan looked back at the Hongqiao that was getting farther and farther away, as if he was aroused, and muttered with emotion: "This is really a huge project..."

Probably hearing Guo Quan's whispered muttering, the boatman pinched his nose and said: "What is this, if the son comes at night, then it is really a spectacular, it just so happens that there is a glass lantern festival tonight, and then you will know what it means to call an empty alley." ”

Lin Ling, who was about to take a sip of hot tea at this time, suddenly heard that the boatman was also talking about this glass lantern festival, and his heart was immediately aroused, and he immediately put down the teacup in his hand and asked the boatman.

"Speaking of this glass lantern festival, it can be said to be the most lively festival in Kyoto except for the Spring Festival, but I see the two sons face to face, but I'm afraid that the two sons are not locals, and they shouldn't know what this glass festival means."

Originally, Lin Ling had already been aroused by his curiosity, where was there still that idle time to listen to the boatman's nonsense here, and he couldn't help but urge:

"Boatman, I said that you don't have to beat around the bush to hang our appetite anymore, although we are not locals, we still understand a little bit about this day, so you should just say it all directly, and save me from asking one by one."

The boatman, who originally wanted to show off again, heard Lin Ling say this at this time, and he didn't want to say anything more, but he just laughed at Lin Ling twice, and then he started talking again.

"Actually, it's very simple, this glass lantern festival is the most beautiful place for love confession, whether it is the youngest daughter's family in the boudoir, or the half-sized guy with strong blood, you can confess to the object of your admiration on this day."

"And the main thing is that, because of the tradition of the festival, all the two parties who confess on this day will not invite gossip, because confession on this day is a sacred act."

Speaking of this, the boatman paused, only to see him turn his head to look at the east with admiration, look at the place of the imperial city, and muttered: "I think that the first emperor and Concubine Xian Niangniang knew each other back then, and it was also because of the Glass Lantern Festival that year that the two came together." ”

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