Chapter Ninety-Two: The Great Water

Originally, King Yan wanted to stay in Nanjing for a few more days.

After all, King Yan understands that after he leaves today, he wants to come to Nanjing again, and he doesn't know when.

But after experiencing this incident, King Yan was even more convinced of one thing, that is, Nanjing was a land of right and wrong, and King Yan had no attachment to Nanjing at all. Immediately went to see Zhu Yuanzhang, there was no other request, that is, to strive for better conditions, and to take up the vassal as soon as possible.

King Yan said: "Father, Mobei is different from the Central Plains, the winter is long and the summer is short, and the spring and autumn are almost none, and the snow flies in August. The world that can move, but for a few months, Erchen naturally misses his father and wants to be happy, but he is just a manly man, and he should focus on big things. Erchen was worried that he would be late to go back. It's a year of mistake. Please also ask for your father's permission. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang naturally knows why?

Even if the prince blocked the news, this blockade was for outsiders, not for Zhu Yuanzhang.

In the palace, there is no one who can block the news of Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, didn't know what he was sighing, and said, "What do you want?" Go ahead. ”

King Yan's eyes lit up, and he said: "Father, today's Yan Kingdom is in ruins, there is nothing, everything is needed, and I also ask my father to watch his sons and ministers work hard, pitiful." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang felt sorry for his son in the end, perhaps because he felt that the prince was wrong, and had the intention of compensating King Yan, and said: "You make an order, as long as it is not too excessive, I will allow it on behalf of the household." ”、

King Yan was overjoyed and said, "Thank you father, thank you." ”

He Xi must know that King Yan made Zhu Yuanzhang nod so smoothly, and he would definitely have a headache. Building the city of Beijing is hard enough. In addition, it is even harder to build Yan Kingdom.

It's just that God, it never makes people so happy.

King Yan originally wanted to go, but it rained heavily in Nanjing, so he naturally couldn't ride a horse, but there were some dangers in taking a boat and taking the sea route, so he could only stay in Nanjing for a while.

And where it rains, it's not just Nanjing.

And many more.

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Yangwu County, north of the Yellow River.

During the Hongwu period, the Yellow River inherited the disadvantages of the Jin Yuan, and the river duel was very frequent. And Yangwu County is the hardest hit area, and this time, it is Yangwu County's turn.

I saw that the sky was dark, and the clouds covered the top, and it looked like the day was like night. The turbulent water of the Yellow River is hitting the dilapidated dam one after another. There was only a roar, and the north bank of the Yellow River was forced to break open a gap.

The surging water of the Yellow River rushed out.

Looking down from the sky, it seems to blur the boundaries of the river embankment, and at a glance, it is all floods, a vast ocean.

When the Yellow River burst its banks, the new city of Beijing was also in trouble.

As mentioned earlier.

The new Beijing city is not as good as the site of the original capital, there is the North Canal, the Chaohe River is connected by two rivers, and the north is Yanshan, which meets the intersection of cold and hot air, and it is easy to rain heavily. At this moment, on the construction site in the middle of Beijing, the ravines are vertical and horizontal, and the entire construction site is soaked in water after a heavy rain.

That's it, after all, the foundation has already been built. Soak for a few days, soak for a few days. But the question is, what about people.

A lot of workers are in their shacks, and if it rains for a day or two, nothing will happen. However, after a long time, if the progress of the project is delayed, it is very likely that there will be a plague, so it will not be easy to do.

Of course, this is also a small matter, and if the whole city of Beijing is flooded, this is the real big thing.

This location, although it was the prince who started it, but He Xi was also involved in it, if it was really a choice, there would be a problem. He Xi also has to take responsibility.

So, in the midst of heavy rain. He Xi was not at ease, and took people to inspect the construction site of Beijing.

The people around He Xi were all carrying whale oil lamps. He Xi is even more, wearing a hat on his head, wearing a coat, and holding a black oil-paper umbrella, walking in the streets of Beijing.

Looking at the ground, although there was some water, there was almost no standing water, which made He Xi feel at ease.

Kuai Dagong also followed behind him and said, "My lord, you don't really need to come. On both sides, there is a culvert one foot wide, in which people can ride horses, not to mention, this rain. No matter how heavy the rain is, there will be no problems, this is your request, my lord. Adults don't remember. ”

He Xi naturally knew his requirements. But what you know is what you know. I don't know what the people below will look like.

At this moment, it is naturally impossible to see how much water is in the sewer.

But looking at the current situation, you know that there is not much of a problem in the city.

He Xi said: "Kuai Dagong, where do you think there is a problem on the water?" ”

Kuai Dagong was silent for a while, and said: "I know the location of Beijing City, below us, there are stones several zhang deep, but the remaining veins of Yanshan, so the terrain is slightly higher than the two places. Make a detour of the North Canal and the Chaohe River. In general, there is no possibility that anything could go wrong. If there is really a problem, the problem is not in the North Canal, nor in the Chaohe, but in Tianjin. ”

He Xi said: "Tianjin? ”

Kuai Dagong said: "Yes, several rivers such as the North Canal and the Wei River all enter the sea in Tianjin, and the whole Hebei is like a bowl, and Tianjin is the bottom of the bowl." And once there is a big flood, Tianjin will not be able to drain at all. When the time comes, the more water accumulates in various places, the flood in Tianjin will be poured back, and when the time comes, it can be connected with the river such as the Triangle Lake, and when the time comes, the flood will pour along the canal, and the situation in Beijing will not know what to do. ”

He Xi couldn't help frowning.

What Kuai Dagong said is a very extreme situation.

This happened, and almost the whole of Hebei was soaked in floods. It is also normal for the city of Beijing to be affected. But it doesn't mean that such a flood will not occur, although I dare not say that it will happen once in a century, but if the water conservancy is not repaired. It is normal for such a situation to happen once every ten years.

At this point, we can see the advantages of Yuandadu's location.

Outside the capital of Yuanda, there is only one Lugou River, which is far away from the river downstream. Even if there is a problem in Tianjin, it will not be affected for a while.

Kuai Dagong frowned when he saw He Xi, and said with relief: "Please rest assured, today's situation is unlikely to be a problem." If you are really worried, you can go to the south of the city. ”

He Xi said: "Then let's go." ”

The south of the city is the lowest place outside Beijing, and it is also the time when Kuai Dagong dug out an artificial lake here, so that the water discharged in the city of Beijing can flow into the south lake. It flows from the South Lake into the North Canal.

This is the reservoir of the city of Beijing.

Perhaps in the future, it will also become a place of interest in Beijing. But today's South Lake is just bare. There's nothing to see, just water. However, after a few days of heavy rain, the South Lake has expanded by an unknown amount, submerging the original embankment.

Looking at it from a distance, the entire South Lake is like a mirror, level with the ground. There are no lakes that exist.

He Xi couldn't help frowning and said, "The scale of this South Lake is still too small. ”

Kuai Dagong said: "This is easy to do. After this period of time, I immediately asked people to dig the South Lake deeper and expand. ”

He Xi said: "Beijing is the capital after all, and I am really going to soak in the water, and I am a sinner for the ages." In terms of water conservancy, it can't be perfunctory, and this South Lake has tripled for me. ”

Kuai Dagong said: "This ------"

He Xi asked, "Is there a problem?" ”

Kuai Dagong secretly said in his heart: "With this sentence, I don't know how many fertile fields have been submerged. I don't know how much manpower and material resources to invest. Just in the face of He Xi's words, Kuai Dagong had only one answer, that is, there was no problem.

He Xi didn't say anything more, in his heart, Beijing City is not a companion capital, it is likely to be a new capital. More importantly, it is not only for the capital of the Ming Dynasty, but it is likely to be the capital of the next six or seven hundred years, or even a thousand years. So in many places, He Xi has made a bloody investment.

Simply at any cost.

The more he does here, the less people will need to repair in the future.

In short, He Xi turned around, and there was no problem in water conservancy, but He Xi also had to admit that if he wanted Beijing to be safe and sound, the most important thing was not the water conservancy in Beijing, but the water conservancy problem in Hebei as a whole.