Peng Keng's ministry contributed manpower and material resources to requisition and provide food, livestock, and vehicles, and fully supported and cooperated with Bo Yu to control the water, but this matter was not of any benefit to them at the moment. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info and Bo Yu can't let Peng Keng's department suffer, his plan is the same as when he was in Xiangliu Department, gathering the leaders of various tribes in the Huaize area to discuss the matter, first pointing out what benefits and gains will be after the success of water control.

After the Huaize water recedes, many places on both sides of the Huaishui River and the large area between the Huanghuai River will be turned into fertile plains, and the tribes can divide the future benefits according to how much they contribute to water control on the basis of the original territory. If the Huaishui River is successfully controlled, it will mean that the Central Plains will naturally extend to the south and connect with the Great River Basin.

This area is different from the situation in the Great River Basin, which used to be densely populated, with many sub-tribes, and relatively small territory, but it has been developed for a long time and is relatively rich, so it is more affected by floods. Many of the smaller tribes' territories had been completely submerged, and they had to move to other tribes' territories for temporary support.

In the course of more than a decade of disaster, the total population of the various ministries has continued to decline due to various losses, and now it is less than two-thirds of what it was in its heyday, and only half of the land available for housing is still available. According to Boyu's water control plan, there will be a large area of new fertile land on both sides of the Huaishui River and between the river and Huai River in the future, which can be used for people to rebuild a better home.

However, the result of the discussion was not complete, and it was not even as good as the result of Bo Yu's discussion with the leaders of various tribes in the Xiangliu Tribe, and the reasons were very complicated.

The first is that there are some small and medium-sized tribes that have disappeared, and in the process of relocating they have almost completely integrated with other tribes, or have been swallowed up by others. When Bo Yu mentioned that the people who had lived in the flooded areas could return to their homes in the future, the kings who had annexed the populations of other tribes would certainly not give up the benefits they had already received and let the new tribesmen leave.

The flood has been raging for a long time, and many situations have changed, so Bo Yu had to order Bo Yi to recount the local tribes, because many of the previous tribes now exist in name only, and even in the mountains and wilderness, there are still many displaced people who have left the tribe. Mi Lian helped a lot, and he was more familiar with the situation around Peng Keng's department.

Bo Yu slightly revised the plan, based on the existing local tribes, whoever contributes more to water control will get more benefits in the future, but the response is not enthusiastic. It used to be a trick that was very useful in the river basin, but it is not very easy to use here.

Bo Yu is to let everyone use the long-term benefits of the future in exchange for today's contributions, and many of the clan leaders here are very "shrewd", and they are not willing to take the initiative to accept too many responsibilities.

If Bo Yu is not successful, no matter how much they do, it will be in vain, if Bo Yu succeeds in controlling the water, Huaize will retreat into fertile land, and some interests can be occupied, and the stronger the tribe, the more they can occupy more. In fact, the more important reason is that everyone doesn't believe that Bo Yu can really fulfill his promise and transform the Huaishui area into what is displayed on the sand table in front of him.

Of course Boyu can't, they have to do it themselves, and that's exactly the problem.

In fact, all the ministries in the river basin questioned whether Bo Yu could succeed in water control. However, there is a premise for controlling the water of the great river, which is to split the Wuyun Mountain Range to divert the flood downward, and use the flood to wash and silt up a large area of fertile land. Bo Yu had an agreement with the ministries in advance, he got this matter done first, and then the ministries acted according to his water control strategy, and he really got it.

It is said that the control of Huaishui is not as difficult as the control of the big river, first of all, there is no need to deal with such an unimaginable thing as splitting Wuyun Mountain, but the situation is more complicated, and it requires the cooperation of many scattered forces, unlike the big river basin to do their own thing. Perhaps it was the deterrent effect of splitting Wuyun Mountain in the Great River Basin that the tribes didn't seem to believe that Bo Yu would succeed.

Yushan, the place where Chongbokun died, is actually not far east of Huaize, and the local tribes are very familiar with Chongbokun. Even Lord Chongbo can't do it, and the ministries obviously won't easily believe that the younger Bo Yu can do it. But also because of the relationship between Chong Bo Kun, everyone present has a respectful attitude towards Bo Yu.

Almost more than half of the tribal leaders convened by Bo Yu were unwilling to take the initiative to receive the task, or the task they were willing to receive was far from meeting the requirements of Bo Yu's plan.

It is precisely because of the support of these people that even if the other tribal leaders do not support Bo Yu in their hearts, they will not openly oppose it, and the discussion will not break up unhappily, but the water control plan still cannot be implemented as planned.

After everyone dispersed, Xiao Zheng said: "Today, there are fifty-six tribal leaders or their representatives, and there are eleven Chinese princes, which is really lively. Most of them are not opposed to water control, but are skeptical.

After suffering for a long time, the people's livelihood has withered to this day, and if you still have to gather manpower and material resources to come out like this, if you are still like Lord Chongbo, then they will not be able to live in the future! It is better to seek stability in the place where they live, and then slowly recover their vitality in the future. The current situation in Huaize is like this, and it will not be worse, just put it there, this is what many people think.

There are also a few tribes, the original place of residence is not bad, the flood is not heavy, there is a lack of more people to reclaim, and they took the opportunity to absorb the migrated tribes, but they don't care about whether Lord Boyu can cure the water or not.

What's more special is that the Hongmeng Department, the Shangzhang Department, the Douhu Department, and the Lilou Department have not yet arrived, and they have only sent one clan elder each, and what those clan elders say is on behalf of the meaning of the prince, and they are not willing to take the initiative to cooperate with the adults to control the water. They themselves did not agree with Bojun's decision, and were secretly resentful, but they were also afraid of the matter of controlling the water, and feared that it would lead to another disaster. ”

Bo Yu frowned and said: "It's strange to react like this! Those four Bojun didn't want to come to see me in person, but they each sent a clan elder as a representative. And the clan elders they sent were not only dissatisfied with Bojun's decision, but also worried about the water control, what was going on?

Shancha explained: "They are afraid that this move will anger the Huai God, if you can't control the water, Lord Bo Yu, you may just leave, but their tribe is here, and they will have to bear the wrath of the Huai God."

However, those clan elders were also dissatisfied with the king's sacrifice of the lives of the clansmen and serving the Huai Shen, both dissatisfied and helpless, and dared to be angry but did not dare to speak, because they were also afraid of the Huai God and had a very complicated mood. ...... There is only so much I know, but I don't know where that Huai God came from, because the elders themselves don't know. ”

Before Bo Yu could speak, Wu Zhi appeared and said: "Yes, yes, good observation, there are some situations, you know more than me!"

Shancha said modestly: "How dare you compare with Mr. These are not known to me, but I have heard them. ”

Wu Zhi: "Seeing and hearing first, and then remembering and thinking, is what people know." In fact, I have already seen the thoughts of the tribal leaders today. The so-called Huai God should be an aquarium demon, and of course there are in Huaize.

The water is flooded, the river is continuous, and the water demon is likely to take the opportunity to make waves and threaten the people to worship. All the ministries in the world have been taking care of themselves all these years, who can manage Huaize......"

Ao Guang interrupted him and said, "Immortals, the water tribe demon cultivators are not as unbearable as you said!"

Wu Zhi waved his hand and said, "I'm not talking about you! But then again, you didn't have a chance to make waves back then, and you were subdued by Chiwangqiu as soon as you appeared." In another situation, if you encounter such a big flood and the East China Sea is overflowing, you will not have to take the opportunity to jump to the sky!

I've heard about the past of the ancient dragon of Ba Yuan, if it weren't for the different chances, how can you guarantee that you are not another troublesome dragon......"

Bo Yu got up and said: "Sir, don't talk about Ao Guang, just talk about the demons in Huaize in front of you, I don't know how much you know?"

Wu Zhi: "There must be water tribe demons in Huaize, maybe there are powerful monsters gathering and ordering all the water demons, even if there were no in the past, there should be one today." If there is a disaster in the country, there will be evil, not to mention that today's disaster is such a flood. But I don't know the specific reason, although the surrounding people have a lot of discussion and awe of the demons in the water, but they don't know the details. ”

Bo Yu: "Can I ask Mr. Wu Zhi for a favor to find out if there are demons in Huaize, what kind of water demons they are, and then find out what kind of relationship the surrounding departments have with the water demons, and what has happened over the years?"

Wu Zhi groaned: "I was ordered by Emperor Xuanyuan to follow you, just to supervise how you can retrieve Xuanzhu, but I didn't say that I should take care of it!"

Bo Yu smiled bitterly: "Then ask Mr. Wu Zhi to find out whether Xuanzhu was left in Huaize, whether it was obtained by the monsters in this place, and whether the people in the surrounding departments know the relevant situation? ”

Wu Zhi: "Is that so? Then I should go there...... Shancha, Shanzha, go with me. ”

Now that they have achieved true immortals and ascended to the immortal realm to live in peace, if they are not bound by the law, many immortal families are not willing to take the initiative to meddle in the affairs of the world. Wu Zhi was sent to the lower realm by Emperor Xuanyuan in the name of searching for Xuanzhu, so he followed Bo Yu's side, but he was not Bo Yu's subordinate, although he talked a lot along the way, he himself never took the initiative to meddle in anything.

Bo Yu asked him to investigate the situation, and the excuse was a little reluctant, but Wu Zhi also recognized it, and brought two Rui beasts to help. Because of the presence of the hedgehog and the Qian, the habits of the witch know have changed slightly, and the immortals are not in a hurry to say anything, often waiting for the two Rui beasts to introduce what they have noticed, and the witch knows to make another high argument.

Shanzha was still muttering when he left: "There are more than 50 tribes, large and small, and there are more than a dozen Chinese princes, I don't believe that there are no masters in the clan, and they are actually afraid of the demons in the water, and they are afraid of becoming like this! Lord Boyu summoned them to discuss the matter, but no one dared to openly speak out about this matter and discuss how to kill the demons. I'm going to investigate, and if I find a demon, I'll catch it!"

At the time of today's deliberations, some people were secretly worried that the control of the water would anger the "Huai Shen", and they were dissatisfied with the matter of the monarch's service to the Huai God. And when Mi Lian introduced the situation in the Huaize area to Bo Yu before, he didn't even mention this matter!

The so-called Huai Shen has actually existed and not existed since ancient times, or it is a conventional default concept. How do you understand this? A more typical, analogous example is the god of water.

In the place where the ancient tribes lived, the mountains had mountain gods, and the water gods had water gods. The worship of nature gods is an ancient and primitive custom. This does not mean that there must be a mountain god in the mountains and a depth in the water, or that what people worship and revere at first is not necessarily a specific god, but the "symbol" of the mountain and the water itself, and the nature that they do not know.

The worship of natural gods is one of the symbols of the birth of human civilization, symbolizing the process of opening the mind from chaos to clarity. This is a very serious and important matter, and future generations do not need to laugh at the ignorance of the ancients, and if it were not for the ancients, there would not be the wisdom of future generations.

From this, it can be seen that there was man first, and then there was the so-called God. However, after the primitive worship of nature gods appeared with sacrificial activities, there were gradually concrete personality images that replaced the abstract concept of nature gods, and then evolved into later gods, and then some people may play the role of these gods.

Masters like Huwa, who are proficient in the mysteries of pure yang techniques, know that the worship of devout natural gods will even give birth to and conceive spiritual objects or spirits that do not exist in the first place, and some people can cultivate through this. For example, Li Qingshui was once a mountain god in the northern wilderness of Bayuan, and Taiyi was a sacred tree worshiped by the local tribes. More often than not, it was the priests who took advantage of the concepts created by the people and claimed to carry out the will of God.

At that time, Emperor Zhuan issued the order of "Jedi Tiantong", which was not only to unify the sacrificial rituals, but more importantly, to rectify this chaos, so that "its ghosts are not gods". However, the order of the "Jedi Heavenly Pass" does not interfere with the folk customs. For example, on both sides of the river, many villagers will worship the god of the water and throw sacrifices into the water on a special altar.

I don't know when this custom began, but it started before it turned on its mind, and when it was a small water demon, it often sneaked into the water under the altar to eat those sacrifices. Later, he realized that people were worshipping the god of water, and it was a demon cultivator living in the water, but he had never seen any god of water.

In fact, those people on the shore had never seen the god of water, and they were not even sure whether the god of water existed, or what kind of existence it was. Worshipping the god of water is just a traditional custom, representing a certain kind of good belief and expectation, and if there is a god of water, people hope to be blessed by it.

It took him a long time to figure out what was going on with the god of water, so he had a wish - maybe he could become the legendary god of water? Anyway, most of the sacrifices in the villages on both sides of the strait over the years were fed to him.

Later, Xiantong Jumang finally gave Yunli a chance to lead Hongfeng to cross. When the people on both sides of the strait saw the golden carp surging towards the head, they all thought that it was the god of water. So from this day on, many people were saying that there was a god of water, and that was what it was! The abstract gods finally corresponded to the concrete existence......

Almost all of the main rivers in the populated areas have so-called water gods, which depends on what form of existence. Since ancient times, of course, there are also "Huai God" in Huai Shui, and the people of the surrounding departments will also worship Huai God.

People's lives are inseparable from sufficient and convenient water sources, but on the other hand, floods are the most common and terrible disasters in people's impressions. Regardless of whether the real Huai God exists or not, this great flood will make many people here not only hate Huai Shen, but also pay more attention to worshiping Huai Shen.

Some clan elders were worried that controlling the water would anger Huaishen, and there were four Bojun who did not come to see Bo Yu because of this, and Bo Yu felt that this was a little unusual. Wu Zhi is well-informed, and immediately asserted that it was the water demon who made a monster and coerced the people with the flood, that is to say, there is really such a water demon in Huaize who not only claims to be the god of Huai, but is really worshiped as the god of Huai by some surrounding tribes.

Bo Yu not only knows the "God of Water" Yunli, he also inherited the first insight of Chong Bo Kun, and is a disciple of Mr. Cangjie, how can he not understand these truths, and he understands them far more deeply than ordinary people.

The concept of a deity comes along with people's own needs and desires, but when it corresponds to a concrete being and becomes a "deity", the problem becomes very complicated. If the behavior of a "god" deviates from the original intention of creating a god, or even becomes an obstacle to survival and development, then there is no need for the "god" itself or the sacrificial system that proclaims it.

All things in heaven and earth should not exist because of man, but "God" should be so, because he himself was "created" by man.

Bo Yu is not worried about what kind of demons, no matter how powerful the demons can be, the group of people in the Southern Wilderness back then, wasn't they killed by Lord Bo Yi! But this matter is related to the Huai God worshiped by the people of various departments, if you don't know the inside story and deal with it carelessly, it may be very troublesome, and it may even provoke a civil uprising, Bo Yu will inevitably think about it.

Mi Lian shouldn't have deliberately hidden it from him, since he didn't mention the matter of Huaishen, either he really didn't know, or he didn't take it seriously. Even if Mi Lian heard some rumors, he thought that it was just a custom since ancient times, and it was just a word of mouth and became a little exaggerated. And Chongbokun didn't know about it back then, which is a bit strange.

Either the Huai God does not exist at all, it is made up by some people, or it has ulterior motives to hold the people hostage. Either this demon is very good at using the flood to lurk and operate, once it becomes the climate, it is very difficult to deal with. Bo Yu convened the people of all ministries to discuss the matter of water control, and those in the know did not dare to say it publicly, which is probably a big trouble......

Bo Yu finally found an opportunity to take Wu Zhi away from his side, but he felt depressed in this rare quiet.

It was night, Bo Yu was still worried, and climbed a mountain next to the camp alone. The top of the mountain is less than 200 zhang high, but it is a large hill in this generation. Looking at its situation and the direction of the surrounding hills and rivers, if the so-called feng shui family is said in later generations, it can be called the land of dragon prosperity where the earth's veins converge.

Of course, Bo Yu didn't come to enjoy it, he climbed to a high place to look at Huaize from afar, thinking about water control. Water control is not only about controlling water, but also about calming the evil spirits, and leading and educating all the people.

If anyone fails to control the waters, he should be punished, but he cannot punish so many people. After all, water control is not Bo Yu's business alone, but everyone's own business here. Looking at Huaize for a long time, Bo Yu sat down again, looked up at the starry sky to relax his chest, and couldn't help but sigh.

At this moment, a slender girl Shi Shiran walked up from the mountainside, holding a wooden vessel with a handle, like a barrel, like a box and like a box, with a lid under the handle and exquisite lacquer.

Bo Yu lives in the territory of the Tushan tribe, the largest tribe in the local area, and it seems to be very casual, but the surrounding guards are also very tight, not only the guards of the Tushan tribe, but also Bingchi and Dingchi are on guard. This girl actually came to Bo Yu's side silently, and looked at Bo Yu's appearance as if she didn't notice it.

"Lord Boyu, why are you sighing at the night alone? Is it because the matter of discussing the water control is not going well, or is it because the situation of the demon in Huaize is unknown? Hearing your sigh, the little woman is very emotional, so I come to worship in the starry night, please forgive me for taking the liberty!"

Bo Yu looked at the starry sky and sighed, and suddenly saw a pleasant voice coming from the side and back, he quickly stood up and turned around, and when he saw the comer clearly, he couldn't help but lose his mind for a while. (To be continued.) )