Chapter 291: Dredging and Maintaining the Spirit Channel

Every day, I reported to my father the new things in Xianyang, and by the way, I reported the things I couldn't make up my mind.

Zhao Qingrui handed over all the things to Li Si and them to arrange, she had already taken the test several times, she only needed to do the final checks.

This year's assessment is more difficult than last year's, and many people who got the test papers are a little dumbfounded.

In the past few years, there have been a lot of previous assessment papers in the bookstore, as well as various mock exam questions, and they have done a lot.

Those who can come to Xianyang to participate in the assessment are all full of confidence in themselves.

But now that they got the test papers, they suddenly didn't have much confidence in themselves.

Zhao Qingrui looked at Lu Pheasant's finished reading and looked at it, and suddenly, Zhao Qingrui's eyes froze.

Now that the various parts of Daqin are gradually stable, it is just that the Ling Canal built before needs to be maintained again, and the officials near the Ling Canal have written to request the issuance of an edict of conscription to dredge and maintain the Ling Canal.

Conscription, the Lingqu is extremely important to Great Qin.

The Ling Canal connects the two major water systems of the Yangtze River and the Pearl River, forming a water transportation network throughout East and South China.

Moreover, it has played a positive role in consolidating the unity of the country, strengthening political, economic, and cultural exchanges between the north and the south, and strengthening exchanges between the people of all nationalities.

The maintenance of the Lingqu is very necessary, and this maintenance, she wants to maintain it carefully, so that there will be no problems in ten years, and she does not want to be requisitioned every year to repair it.

At the court meeting on the second day, Zhao Qingrui sat down with a cold face, "Everyone, now that the spiritual canal is silted, the riverbank also needs to be maintained, and the importance of the spiritual canal does not need me to talk to you in detail."

Zhao Qingrui looked at the hundred officials below, there was still not enough manpower, and even the manpower of Yushitai was too small.

The annual assessment is not frequent, but there are a lot of times, and the situation of Daqin officials is still not much improved.

"Your Highness, the maintenance of the Lingqu is urgent, please give an edict to Your Highness." Li Si said respectfully, if something happened to the Lingqu, it would be a huge loss for Daqin.

"The minister seconded the proposal." The others also hurriedly said.

They can be stable officials, but also because of the stability within Great Qin, if Great Qin is unstable, they will naturally not have a good life.

"In this case, the edict will be issued in a moment, who has the experience to govern and maintain the spiritual canal, but who is willing to go?" Zhao Qingrui glanced at all the people in a circle.

She remembered that the Lingqu was built by Li Bing's father and son, and now that Li Bing has died, his son is still in this court.

In this era, probably no one knows more about Lingqu than them.

"Back to His Royal Highness, the minister is willing to go, the Lingqu was dug by the minister and his father, and the minister knows more about the Lingqu." Li Yu took the initiative to stand up, and Li Yu was the original Li Erlang.

Seeing Li Yu, Zhao Qingrui was very satisfied, Li Yu was able to take the initiative to stand up, and she didn't need to lobby more.

"In that case, Lord Li is responsible for this matter, and I will choose two more deputies for you, so I can't be tired of Lord Li." Zhao Qingrui said solemnly.

"Thank you, thank you." Li Yu said respectfully, he is getting older, and he can't be compared with when he was young, if it all is handed over to him, he needs to be busy with more things.

The descendants of the Li family don't have many talents, and they still need his support, and he can't die early.

Then, Zhao Qingrui sent two young people to Li Yu who were steady.

After getting off the court meeting, Zhao Qingrui called Li Yu and a few of them to Zhangtai Palace.

"This time, I asked you to maintain the Spirit Channel, and there is a very important thing for you to do." Zhao Qingrui looked at a few people seriously.

"Your Highness, please command, the ministers are willing to share your worries for Your Highness." Li Yu said quietly.

Since Zhao Qingrui took the throne, Lingqu has also been maintained several times, but it has not been as solemn as this time.

"A few of you should know about cement, those houses on the outskirts of Xianyang are all made of cement."

"Yes, cement is a sacred object related to construction." Li Yu

Said respectfully, this thing is indeed a good thing, and it was taken out by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

"I want to dredge the Ling Canal, and change the maintenance of the bank to cement, I have asked the people who will be the Shaofu to make cement with all their might, and then give priority to the maintenance of the Ling Canal." Zhao Qingrui said calmly.

"It is said that the cost of this cement is high, and it is used to maintain the embankment, so the loss of the national treasury is too great?" Li Yu hesitated.

Of course, he wanted to use such good materials and cement to maintain the embankment, so that he would not have to worry about the dam being washed away by a large flood.

"It's not a difficult thing, the people who will be the Shaofu have already worked out ways to reduce costs, you can use it with confidence." Zhao Qingrui said seriously.

"By the way, there is one more thing, you have to do a good job of measuring the water level, and you will ....... it when the time comes." Zhao Qingrui told Li Yu about the importance of water level measurement, and asked him to tell people near the water area about this common sense when he was maintaining it in various places.

Li Yu's eyes widened, he didn't expect it to be like this, if the water level measurement is done well, the flood can also be prevented and controlled in advance, and the loss of the flood can be reduced.

"Your Highness Bingxue is smart, you admire, Your Highness can rest assured, your Highness will promote this method and benefit the Qiantou near the waters." Li Yu said with a serious face.

He used to know that this highness was smart, but he didn't expect her to be so experienced in water control, it's really good, don't worry that the monarch doesn't know how to pretend to understand and command indiscriminately.

"It's not something I came up with, I also heard from others, you make a maintenance plan in the next few days, and it will take a little time to prepare the materials for the Shaofu, before the things are ready, make the plan first, so as not to miss anything when you get it." Zhao Qingrui waved her hand, but she didn't take credit.

"Your Highness Shengming, the minister will go back and make the plan well, and show it to His Highness when the time comes." Li Yu nodded seriously, this highness is methodical and modest, and the future of Daqin is bright.

After sending Li Yu away, Zhao Qingrui took out a map, and the Lingqu communicated the Xiangjiang River and the Li River, opening up the north-south water channel.

This is just the original Ling Canal, which has not been expanded through successive dynasties, but is just an artificial canal connecting the Xiang River and the Li River.

However, there are still many places in Daqin where there is a shortage of water, and the construction of artificial rivers needs to continue, and the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal in later generations is very necessary.

It's just that there are still too few Qiantou now, and the national strength still needs to continue, and we must continue to recuperate.

Of course, if you can get more tools, like excavators or something, you can reduce a lot of things.

However, this can only be thought about, at least not realistically for now.

There is also a system mall, but she can't afford it now, and buying two mobile phones has depleted her small coffers.

Even if she has points, she won't buy it, such a thing will be able to be made sooner or later in the future, and there is no need to spend this unjust money.

She really wants to build infrastructure now, but Daqin's situation doesn't allow her to do it too much, otherwise the stable Daqin will fall into the state of collapse before her father, so isn't her efforts in vain.

Alas, it can only be taken slowly.

There are still a lot of things she wants to do, and the current money in the treasury can't support her to engage in infrastructure construction on a large scale, and the head of the Qiantou is not enough.

Thinking about this, Zhao Qingrui's whole body became uncomfortable.

I hope that Daddy can defeat these tribes of the Xiongnu Yue clan as soon as possible, so that there will be a large number of prisoners of war and slaves.

When the time comes, they will distribute all these people and build everything they want to build.

silently cheered up his father, and at this time, Shangjun, because of the victory, still won more with less, and his morale was very high, and even Yingzheng was very happy.

Walking on the Great Wall with Meng Tian and Li Xin, looking at the grassland outside the Great Wall, and when those tribes are defeated, they must enclose this place, raise more cattle, sheep and horses, and make Hetao a base for raising horses, and raise countless war horses for Daqin.

Touching the sword at his waist, if it weren't for Meng Tian's persuasion, he would have wanted to lead the army towards the Xiongnu tribes.

"Your Majesty should not be careless, today's Xiongnu Shan Yu is the son of Touman Shan Yu, which is different

Tou Man Danyu, this Mao Dun Shan Yu is definitely a bad wolf." Meng Tian still attaches great importance to this Mao Dun Shan Yu.

"I know how good it would be if such a person was born in my Great Qin." Ying Zheng sighed.

"Your Majesty, now that Great Qin is also full of talents, why should Your Majesty worry." Li Xin said respectfully.

Since he came to Shangjun, he found that there were many excellent generals in the army, and even he couldn't help but admire.

That General Han Xin, his wisdom and courage are unparalleled, Chu Yan is brave, and the Fenghai City that was transferred from Lingnan killed the Huns, one by one.

There are still many such talents, and when the war officially starts, this battlefield will be their world.

It's old, it's not okay if you don't accept the old, Li sighed confidently.

Fortunately, such generals are all from Great Qin, and if they are enemies, it will be troublesome.

However, since practicing that physical training method, he can also feel his own improvement, and when His Majesty agrees, he will also be able to lead the army to attack the Huns.

"What Li Qing said is true." Looking at the soldiers on duty, Yingzheng's mood is better, with such Qin Ruishi, what is the difficulty of unifying the whole world.

"Newspaper." As they spoke, the scout rode back at a gallop.

"What did you find?" Meng Tian immediately walked over and asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, General Meng, I have found traces of the Huns, and they have a small wave of people who are sneaking into the border of the Great Wall, with unknown intentions." The scout said respectfully, and hurriedly reported the information he had discovered.

The Huns are going to infiltrate the Great Wall? What do they want to do? Meng Tian frowned unconsciously.

"Keep exploring, and report any information immediately." Meng Tian looked at the scout solemnly.

"No." The scout took the order and left.

Meng Tian came over and reported the information to Ying Zheng.

"Order the soldiers on duty on the Great Wall to strengthen their vigilance and increase the number of guards so as not to be raided by the enemy." Ying Zheng said in a deep voice.

The situation on the Xiongnu side is not very clear, Sui Shicong has not sent much news back, and the Xiongnu side is also under martial law, and it is more difficult for him to pass on the news.

Now it has only officially tested a wave, and there have been a few small fights, and there has been no formal confrontation between the two armies.

In the evening, a sharp sword was shot over the city gate, and a roll of sheepskin hung from it.

Meng Tian sent this sheepskin to Ying Zheng, "Your Majesty, it is a war letter, and it is agreed that the two armies will face each other in three days."

"In three days, from now on, the whole army will be under martial law to prevent a sneak attack." Ying Zheng glanced at the parchment roll, and his face was cold.

"No."

"Your Majesty, I would like to be the striker." Li Xin hurriedly stood up, and if he didn't show it, the opportunity would be snatched away, and he still needed to make meritorious contributions.

Ying Zheng looked at Li Xin quietly, his eyes were deep, "Quasi, Li Xin leads an army of 50,000 people, and for this battle, Wang Yuan, Han Xin and Chu Yan are assisted, this battle must be for my Great Qin."

"The Minister's Command." Li Xin was overjoyed, His Majesty actually gave him this opportunity, he is still the main general, this time, he will not let His Majesty down again.

Wang Yuan and the others were also very excited, and the opportunity to make meritorious contributions was close at hand.

All of them had no fear, and from the first tentative encounter, they could feel that they were much stronger than the Hun soldiers.

Strength brings strong self-confidence, one by one sharpening knives, just waiting to fight with the Huns, this is a good time to make military achievements.

Now that Daqin's military merit system has been partially modified, it is still mainly based on killing the enemy, as long as they dare to go to the battlefield, they will definitely be able to get their military merits.

The veterans are very excited, and the recruits are a little envious, and they want such an opportunity.

With a huge momentum and high morale on Daqin's side, and with millions of troops stationed on this border, it is not a simple matter to win the battle.

Zhao Qingrui also knew about it from her father's call.

"Little sister, are you happy?" Fusu came over with a stack of test papers, these are the best ones that have been reviewed after the exam

Divide.

"Yes, the review was completed so quickly, Li Xiang and Feng Xiang worked hard." Looking at these test papers, Zhao Qingrui's conscience still hurts a little for Daqin, the two conscientious ministers.

"Yes, they're tired now, so I'll let them go back and rest first, and I'll bring the test papers, you can take a look at them first." Fusu said gently.

"Okay." Zhao Qingrui looked at the stack of test papers, and there were several stacks of books next to it, and the whole person was a little weak.

Fortunately, Lu Pheasant has already reviewed the book, and she only needs to read it.

"What is the little sister happy about? But what happened to you?" Fusu asked curiously.

"I'm thinking about my father, the first battle was a big victory, and when the war officially starts, my father will set foot on the Huns, it will definitely not take long." Zhao Qingrui said happily.

There are so many powerful generals on the border, almost all the senior generals of Daqin have been transferred, and if they can't defeat the Xiongnu, then they will all commit suicide.

Fusu was silent for two seconds, "Little sister, can't you stop fighting? Every war has to shed countless blood."

"The eldest brother is the eldest son of his father, he has never suffered since he was a child, and the eldest brother thinks that those Huns are pitiful, so does the eldest brother know what kind of life the Qianshou on the border lived?" Zhao Qingrui said speechlessly, I don't know how Chun Yuyue taught that dog thing, Fusu's problem hasn't been changed yet!!