Song Li took the big front door handed by Lin Hao, took a sip, a flash of hope flashed in his eyes, and sighed: "In my lifetime, if I am lucky enough to see Tongqu, I will not live in vain." ”

As the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, the talent who knows water conservancy best in the entire Ming Dynasty, how can he not know that Lin Hao's genius-like idea, if he can really introduce the water of the Xiangjiang River into Jiangnan Mansion.

It will be so spectacular to build another channel to transport the water of the Xiangjiang River to Beiping along the road, which can be said to be in the present and beneficial in the future.

Therefore, as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, he did not hesitate to support Lin Hao's idea in front of His Majesty.

makes Song Li feel that such an ethereal idea may really have the possibility of becoming a reality.

Before the year of confusion, there may be twenty or thirty years left in life, and it is definitely impossible to wait for this day, but his sons, grandsons, and there will always be a generation that can stand here and go down to Beiping according to the luck.

In the Ming Dynasty, digging mountains and ditches, can only rely on manpower, Song Li has also studied, with the national strength of the Ming Dynasty now, without the cost of the people and money, you can collect 30,000 people, plus the idea of work for relief, 50,000 displaced people can also be used well.

The Luoxiao Mountain Range in front of him, thousands of miles longitudinal and horizontal, according to the map drawn by Lin Hao, the narrowest place is only eighty miles wide.

However, the mountain range is composed of hard granite and basalt, and it will take no less than 20 years to dig through the Luoxiao Mountains and introduce the water of the Xiangjiang and Ganjiang rivers by relying on iron tools.

After digging through the Luoxiao Mountains, a canal was dug at the intersection of Jiangnan West Road and Qianzhong Road, passing through Yingtian to Beiping, which was separated by thousands of miles, and it took decades.

This is still theoretical data, and if it happens halfway, it will be far away.

"Why should Lord Song be so pessimistic, he has a lifetime at every turn."

Lin Hao quipped.

"I don't know how long the construction period can be compressed."

Song Li asked subconsciously.

After all, Lin Hao can't be theoretically normal, normal people, who would have thought that building a water system is such a crazy thing, and who would have thought of such a genius idea as cash-for-work.

In his opinion, no matter how much the construction period is compressed, even at any cost, the entire construction period will never be less than 50 years.

Lin Hao was in the year of the weak crown, maybe he could wait until that day, but he couldn't see it.

"According to me, at most, half a year, or three months, the Luoxiao Mountains can be chiseled, and as for the water of the two rivers to Beiping, it may take three years and two years."

Lin Hao knew that Song Li's thinking was still in the Iron Age, although gunpowder had been recorded in books such as Wu Beizhi, Artifact Spectrum, Ji Xiao Xinshu, and Fire Dragon Sutra.

However, the use of gunpowder in the Ming Dynasty was still on the cannon and fireworks, which was at most the level of firearms that later generations said, and never thought of being applied to engineering buildings.

Song Li also studied firearms when he was serving as a young superintendent, but the firearms he made were extremely bulky and not conducive to marching and fighting.

Moreover, the power is only to pierce the armor, and the loading time of the projectile is long, and the bow and crossbow used in the army can also play the role of piercing the armor.

Relying on hoes and manpower to dig the granite and basalt in this vast mountain, you have to dig until the year of the monkey.

However, Lin Hao used the high explosives made by the 21st century purification process, referred to as C4, coupled with professional knowledge of fixed-point blasting, at most, in a few days, he could cut off the Luoxiao Mountain Range.

"Lord Lin said with a smile, three months to chisel through this mountain range that stretches for hundreds of miles, unless it is a miracle."

Song Li waved his hand helplessly and stepped on the burned cigarette butt, just as Lin Daren was uninhibited and joking.

"Then Lin will let Lord Song see what a miracle is."

Lin Hao took Song Li for half a day, until the sky was hazy, and he climbed to another mountain range near the river.

Although Song Li was confused, he didn't refute it, he also wanted to see what the miracle Lin Hao was talking about.

Lin Hao took out a flashlight and turned the light on the other side of the mountain a few times.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

The earth-shattering loud noise, one after another, accompanied by the firelight rising into the sky, the entire Luoxiao Mountain Range was illuminated as if it were day in an instant.

Xichang Mansion, which was hundreds of miles away, only felt that the mountains were shaking, and Wang Xianzhi even got up directly from the bed, hurriedly picked up the burden pressed under the pillow, and was about to run out of the house.

He had experienced one before, that is, the Battle of Jingyan, which was the scene when His Majesty's army hit Luling County, so he did not resist at all, and directly opened the city gate to welcome the takeover of the Yan army.

Hu Yan also rushed to the palace: "Lord Wang, it seems that this movement is coming from the confluence of the two rivers, could it be that Lord Song has already started construction?" ”

"It's impossible, the official has already sent someone to keep an eye on the post station, Lord Song and Lin Hao have never gone out at all, and the personal guards have been stationed outside the post station."

Wang Xianzhi waved his hand.

"Could it be the remnant of Huang Zicheng?"

Hu Yan thought subconsciously.

Huang Zicheng is the first in the 18th annual examination of Hongwu, a native of Jiangnan Mansion, and has been promoted all the way to the third grade.

When Emperor Hui of the Ming Dynasty ascended the throne, he concurrently served as a bachelor of Hanlin, and met Emperor Hui with Qi Tai, a squire of the military department, to cut down the feudal domain, which led His Majesty to launch the Battle of Jingjing.

After Zhu Di seized the throne, he secretly arrested Huang Zicheng, executed Ling Chi, and connected the nine clans, and the female dependents became official prostitutes for generations.

Several side branches of the Huang family were unwilling to be captured, and relied on the wealth accumulated by Huang Zicheng to form the White Lotus Sect on the Xiangjiang River.

Relying on the warships, the whereabouts were uncertain, and all the warships were equipped with firearms, and the imperial court sent troops to suppress it several times, but they all ended in vain.

The remnants of the Huang family travel around Jiangnan Mansion on weekdays, and almost all the officials turn a blind eye, after all, they are all outlaws, so there is no need to be serious.

At the confluence of the two rivers, the craftsmen of the Ministry of Engineering of Lord Song are stationed at the confluence of the two rivers, could it be that the remnants of the Huang family have done something to Lord Song's people!?

Thinking of this, Hu Yan suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, if he was to change elsewhere, he would have nothing to do with them, but if it came out of the boundary of Xichang, he would definitely not be able to get rid of it.

Together with Wang Xianzhi, they got on their horses and rushed to the outside of the city, but they were stopped by the Imperial Forest Army stationed outside the city, and they could only return to the city.

This move was specially ordered by Lin Hao, the explosives can't be known to Wang Xianzhi for the time being, otherwise what should this grandson do if he runs away, only by making him feel that for a while, he and Song Li can't complete the task at all, so they can slowly deal with it.

Zhu Gaoxu, who rode a horse and rushed to the outside of Xichang Mansion, also immediately turned around and rushed towards the Luoxiao Mountain Range.

What kind of movement is this, only he knows best, he has seen the existence of artificial rain enhancement cannons in Taoyuan before, but the difference is that the sky in the distance is still accompanied by bursts of fire, presumably Brother Lin has come up with something new.

The sound of the explosion sounded for half an hour, and with every vibration, Hu Yan's hearts trembled a little, so that even if the artillery fire hit Ying Tianfu, it should be down.

Those individuals in the Ministry of Industry, how can they survive, this time it is really a big deal.

Looking at the entire collapsed mountain range in the distance, Song Li was also tumbling in his Adam's apple, and he smelled a strong smell of gunpowder in the air, and his heart was extremely surprised.

Could it be that something that can turn a mountain range upside down in an instant is gunpowder!?

But how could gunpowder be so powerful?

Just when Song Li was still surprised, at the bottom of the cliff, one after another sailboats slowly drove out towards the river.

On top of the sailboat.

"Patriarch, it seems that this time the imperial court is playing for real, looking at this posture, we have to destroy our White Lotus Sect, or we should surrender."

"Before, I saw the imperial court's Zhao'an letter, as long as we surrender, not only will we not be guilty of the past, but we can also become the navy of the Ming Dynasty."

A soldier with a white cloth wrapped around his head looked at the cabin where the rocks were blown down and smashed directly out of the huge hole, and his heart palpitated.

"What do you know, our Huang family was not badly harmed by the dog emperor enough, this is clearly a means of fraud, as long as we surrender, that is, the pigs have entered the pigsty, locked up and killed!"

"There is only one way at the moment, which is to fight with them and move the Hongyi cannon out, and the big deal will be broken!"

The middle-aged man's eyes were obviously red, and he yelled at his subordinates.

Before the change, if it was a surrender, with Zhu Di's temperament, he would definitely not stay.

But a few months ago, when Zhu Di visited Taoyuan, he heard about the feat of the sage named Columbus, and he was fascinated by the navigation career.

Regarding the White Lotus Sect, Zhu Di also talked to Lin Hao, asking if there is a way to break the enemy, after all, these rebellious ministers and thieves are like thorns in the flesh, stabbing you from time to time, and they can't be prevented.

Lin Hao told Zhu Di at that time that the matter had passed, and there was no need to kill them all and leave resentment.

There are only a thousand remnants of the White Lotus Sect, and the imperial court sends tens of thousands of soldiers every time, but they are helpless, and they are even chased and beaten upside down, which proves on the other hand that the people of the White Lotus Sect are all first-class good sailors.

If you can recruit An, when the nautical career starts, it will definitely be a great help, after all, what you have learned in the classroom and decades of experience in fighting on the cusp of the waves are completely two different concepts.

Zhu Di also readily agreed, that Huang Zicheng was dead in his mouth, just a third-grade Fengchang and a bachelor of Hanlin, and he had to try to trick Emperor Hui into cutting the domain.

This is not to force himself to death, and there is no benefit to him, after Ling Chi was executed, the evil breath in his heart has already dissipated.

Only then did he have the Zhao'an letter issued by the imperial court later, otherwise with Lin Hao's means, there were 10,000 ways to treat this so-called White Lotus Sect as a pig and put it in the pigsty to be killed.

With the help of the telescope, Lin Hao looked at the lotus symbol depicted on the sails, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but outline an arc, he never thought that he would be able to meet the White Lotus Sect mentioned by His Majesty here.

Just took this opportunity to collect these white strips in the waves.

Lin Hao used a flashlight to send a set of signals to Zhao Xue, and the frogman wearing a diving suit, carrying C4 explosives, dived to the bottom of the river.

"Lord Lin, the one on the ship should be the remnants of the White Lotus Sect, it is said that there is a Hongyi cannon on their warship, and now we are in the range of the Hongyi cannon, why don't we temporarily retreat?"

Song Li said with concern, although the power of the Hongyi cannon was not comparable to the gunpowder in Lin Hao's hand, it was enough to kill people.

It's not that Song Li is afraid of death, but he is worried about Lin Hao's safety, after this explosion, Song Li completely believes what Lin Hao said, and within three years, the water system will be built to complete the idea.

If Lin Hao died at the hands of the White Lotus Sect and built a water system without a problem, then he would be a sinner of the Ming Dynasty.

"It doesn't matter."

Lin Hao waved his hand.

On the sailing boat, the White Lotus cultists lifted the Hongyi cannon covered with oilcloth.

After buttering, it was filled with gunpowder and explosives such as projectiles, stones, and pieces of iron.

Although the cannon in front of him is not a Hongyi cannon in the true sense, but the caliber and charge can be called the king of this era, so it can be seen that the White Lotus Sect is not all a bunch of magic sticks.

Putting the Hongyi cannon on the ship perfectly solved the bulky problem, and it was not difficult for Lin Hao to see that the formation of the more than a dozen sailing ships of the White Lotus Sect was a kind of battle formation.

The so-called battle formation is the meaning of alternate fire, and the perfect staggered time for loading gunpowder is considered to have a good military quality, no wonder Zhu Di's soldiers will be chased and beaten by others.

"Fire!"

At the moment when the White Lotus Sect Leader shouted, the entire river surface set off a raging tide dozens of feet high.

The C4 explosives attached to the bottom of the ship exploded together, and all the sailboats were torn apart in an instant and sank rapidly.

In just a few minutes, the frogman had already calculated the amount of C4, but it only served the purpose of blowing up the sailboat, and the casualties of the White Lotus Sect disciples on board were not large.

Although the White Lotus Sect disciples are all heroes who fight the waves, they can be really blown up by the shock wave of this explosive, and they choke on water one by one.

The desire to survive ignited in the bottom of his heart forced everyone to swim to the shore as if they were desperate.

Lin Hao led Song Li to the shore, facing the black and oppressive White Lotus Sect disciples, Song Li was really a little weak in his heart, how could a person like him who was not diligent in his limbs and did not distinguish between grains and grains be the opponent of such a vicious and vicious person.

There are thousands of people on the opposite side, and there are only more than 20 people on the other side, so it would be false to say that you are not panicking.

Lin Hao took the Shang Fang sword handed by Zhao Xue and stuffed it into Song Li's hand: "Lord Song, the scene may be a little bloody for a while, and I can't take care of you if I really kill you, so let's defend yourself." ”

Song Li took Shang Fang's sword, and the heavy feeling in his hand suddenly made his heart feel a lot more steady, and he was also quite moved by Lin Hao's move, and subconsciously asked: "Lord Lin, the sword was given to me, what do you use?" ”

"Me? Whatever. ”

Lin Hao said as he picked up an AK-47 from behind him, calibrated the aim, and pulled the bolt.