Chapter 276: She Has a Way to Prevent Floods
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When the queen heard Huang Manxi speak like this, she asked with interest: "Is there any good way for the girl Manxi?"
Huang Manxi saw that the queen noticed her, stood up excitedly, and replied with a smile: "Yes, the little girl also has a good way." โ
The queen nodded: "Let's hear it." โ
Huang Manxi nodded obediently, and his expression became serious: "The continuous flooding of the Lancang River is because the river is blocked by silt and the flow is not smooth, so the heavy rain in summer is the high incidence of floods. Therefore, the emperor only needs to send the local people to dig up the silt and dredge the river. โ
Hearing this, the emperor nodded approvingly: "I have also thought about this method you said, but in the first few years, I could still send people to dredge the river, but in the past few years, the number of people has become smaller and smaller, and the dredging of the river is a big project, and it cannot be completed by their hands alone, let alone completely eradicate the flood." โ
Huang Manxi is also opportunistic, this method, many ministers present don't know how many times to mention it, it is not a good method at all.
Huang Manxi saw that the emperor was not very satisfied, and proposed again: "The emperor can also build a dam, the dam has the ability to store floods and can play a role in flood control." โ
When the emperor heard this, he shook his head with a gloomy face, and said solemnly: "I don't know how many times I have ordered people to build a dam, but the flood is too fierce, and every time it breaks the dam. Therefore, the dam was built and built, and it was repeated back and forth countless times, which cost the people and money, and the people complained of misery. โ
Hearing this, Huang Manxi had nothing to say.
Her brain can come up with these two methods, or because she often listens to her father in front of her, so she has heard and written down some, if such a good method can't prevent floods, it is estimated that no one can come up with other methods.
Although Huang Manxi was disappointed that she couldn't solve this problem, she thought that others should not be able to surpass her answer, so she was relieved, and waited with a smile on the corner of her mouth for the queen to announce the result.
At this time, Concubine Hui, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly turned her gaze to Su Moliang and asked softly, "Miss Su, this palace wants to hear your thoughts." โ
When Huang Manxi heard this, he couldn't help but sneer, and mocked: "Hehe, a pariah of the Southern Sui Kingdom, what can she come up with." I heard that the people of the Southern Sui Kingdom are not only poor in strength, but also stupid in their brains, so Concubine Hui is afraid that it will be difficult for her. โ
Su Moliang didn't want to come out, but when she heard Huang Manxi say that she was a pariah in the Southern Sui Kingdom, she had been resentful for a long time, which made her a little angry.
Therefore, she unexpectedly stood up this time and retorted loudly: "Miss Huang, you said that our Southern Sui Kingdom is weak, I admit it, but you insult the stupidity of our Southern Sui Kingdom, I don't agree with this." โ
"Drink, you still dare to talk back! Shut up if you can't do it, there's no part for you to say here!" Huang Manxi roared sharply, not giving Su Moliang a chance to defend himself at all.
When Su Moliang heard this, he sneered: "Miss Huang, if I have a way, what will you do?"
Huang Manxi saw that he was another person who was not ashamed of his words, and immediately sneered: "Hehe, it's up to you?" Okay, if you really have a way to satisfy the emperor, I will apologize to you and admit your mistakes, how about it!"
Su Moliang nodded slightly: "Okay!"
After that, she turned her head to look at the emperor above, and spoke loudly, and her loud and crisp voice sounded in the hall like a jade bead on a plate: "Your Majesty, flood control is the same as seeing a doctor, if you want to completely cure the flood, you must find out the root cause of the flood." As far as I know, there are four main causes of flooding. First, the Lancang River basin is wide, with abundant precipitation, a long flood season and a large amount of water in the main stream. Second, the Lancang River originates from the northernmost part of the Cangyuan Kingdom, and it passes through many small towns on the way, meandering down, the river is bent, and the sediment is easy to silt, so the flow of water is not smooth. Third, in recent years, the emperor has seen that floods have destroyed many crops, so he specially ordered to promote agriculture. As a result, the people surrounded the lake to make farmland, and some ecological lakes were reclaimed into farmland, which in turn destroyed the lake's storage capacity and lost its ability to resist floods and disasters. Fourth, the emperor built a large number of buildings, and the people cut down indiscriminately, destroying vegetation and trees, and losing a lot of water and soil. All of the above points are the main culprits of the floods!"
Hearing Su Moliang's tirade, the women present were ignorant and couldn't understand it, but the ministers and officials present seemed to be woken up by a stick, and suddenly realized.
These reasons have never been carefully considered, let alone sorted out in such a systematic way.
Now that Su Moliang said it, everyone felt that it was right, and nodded hurriedly.
When the emperor heard this, his face was also full of shock, and his eyes, which were still a little contemptuous just now, suddenly became serious and serious.
He really didn't expect that the little girl from the Southern Sui Kingdom in front of him would have such an opinion, which was really shocking.
Huang Manxi saw that everyone was shocked by Su Moliang's words, and immediately retorted unconvinced: "Cut, what's the big deal about knowing the reason, now the emperor is asking you to tell the solution, you said a bunch of reasons, it's not the right thing to answer." โ
Su Mo glanced at her coldly, and chuckled: "Don't you know that Miss Huang has to look at the doctor to see a doctor, and if you don't even know the root of the disease, how to start treating it? If you don't even know the cause, just do it blindly, not only will you not be able to cure the disease, but it may aggravate the disease! Just like the two methods you just used were ostensibly ways to stop the flood, but on the contrary, instead of curing the flood, it also cost people and money, and suffered heavy casualties!"
"You-" Huang Manxi was suddenly speechless by her, and her face was red.
The emperor had never seen such a well-organized and sharp-toothed girl, so he couldn't help but be a little more interested, raised his eyebrows and asked: "Su Moliang, don't go around in circles with me, you can directly tell me how to prevent floods." โ
Su Moliang saw that the emperor couldn't wait, the corners of his lips hooked, and a light smile was raised: "Since we already know the reason, it is the right medicine." First, it is necessary to close mountains in river basins for afforestation, restrict logging, conserve water sources, and stop soil erosion, which is the source of flooding. Second, we should do a good job of soil and water conservation in mountainous areas, plant trees and quilts, plant pasture grass, build terraces, and dig water storage pits and reservoirs. Third, it is necessary to build embankments in the middle and lower reaches, open ditches in depressions, and regulate water storage, so as to prevent both floods and droughts, thus killing two birds with one stone! Fourth, dredging rivers in the middle reaches, cutting bends and straightening them, prohibiting the enclosure of lakes for farming, and ordering the return of farmland to lakes. If these points are achieved, there is basically no need to be afraid of floods, and the emperor can rest easy. โ
Hearing this, the hall was still a little noisy, but at this moment it was so quiet that only the shocked gasps of everyone could be heard.
Everyone stared at Su Moliang in amazement, and even Gong Moyu looked at her in disbelief.
He never knew that the problem that had troubled his father for so many years had become so simple and clear when it came out of the mouth of the woman in front of him!