"Mr. Xu, now you have recognized where this is. Please pay attention to the places I draw next to see if there are any mistakes." Hua Zhi took the map she drew last night and used her baton to draw on the sand table. She was very careful not to damage the existing things.
Xu Yangjun didn't understand it at first, but when Hua Zhi drew three places, he reacted a little. He didn't care about losing his composure, and quickly took the map next to him and opened it for a careful comparison. For a moment, he felt his throat tighten. These places were indeed insignificant at ordinary times, but if they could be used now...
"Is there anything wrong?"
"No." Xu Yangjun pushed aside Bo Fan and Yu Tao who were blocking his way and walked closer to Hua Zhi, pointing to a place on the map and said, "There is also this place. When this place was almost dry, people from two villages fought here for the last source of water. Four people died. I remember this very clearly."
Having found the right person, Hua Zhi simply threw away the map in her hand that she had spent countless efforts to draw last night, and drew on the sand table according to the locations on the map.
"Yes, it is here. Did you check it through the county annals? That is not specific. In fact, this river is forty-three meters longer than what is recorded in the county annals."
Hua Zhi glanced at him. No matter what kind of person he was, she could tell that he was an official who did a good job since he could easily name specific numbers.
The two of them cooperated well, one talking while the other took action, and after a while of hard work, seven rivers appeared on the sand table.
"Mr. Xu, do you know the current situation of these rivers?"
"The dried-up rivers were abandoned, and due to limited manpower, no one cared about them."
"I don't know if the water was restored later."
Xu Yangjun smiled bitterly and nodded. He didn't feel that way before, but now that he was asked this question, he was filled with shame. This was his dereliction of duty.
Hua Zhi sighed softly, which meant that her half-night's work might have been in vain. She continued to ask without giving up, "You don't know anything?"
"It's not like I don't know anything." Xu Yangjun took the baton from Hua Zhi and didn't dare to point at the place he was pointing at, for fear of damaging it. "I've been to this place and this place before. The river can no longer be called a river. The river mud is fertile and the people have used it to make vegetable fields. Some of it has been turned into fertile fields. They have dug ditches and ponds, and there is no problem with normal rainwater drainage. It has not been flooded in the past few years. As for other places, I really don't know."
Seeing Hua Zhi remained silent, Xu Yangjun couldn't help but ask, "Miss, do you want to use these rivers?"
"It's not about whether I want to activate it or not." Hua Zhi waved to Xiao Liu, and when someone came over, she patted his shoulder and said, "My child asked me if I had any ideas, so I will try my best to think of one."
The Sixth Prince's nose felt sore and he almost cried because he was so happy, so extremely happy.
Hua Zhi thrust the baton into his hand and said, "Xiao Liu, you go ahead."
The Sixth Prince looked at the newly added rivers and said what he had thought of a long time ago, "Sister Hua, do you want to open up these dried-up rivers to relieve the pressure on the Weishui River?"
"Yes, any questions?"
"Yes." The Sixth Prince pursed his lips. "Are these seven rivers wide enough? How deep are they? Can they play the role we expect? Also, if this really relieves the pressure on Xiangyang, what if it rains downstream? Then..."
"This is the role of water reports. We should inform the downstream of the situation in Xiangyang as soon as possible, even if we have not received water reports from upstream for the time being, and the problem downstream is not entirely a flood."
Hua Zhi opened the map and pointed it out to him. "This is not a completely flat area. There are many mountains. If it rains for several consecutive days, the possibility of landslides and mudslides will increase greatly. Just like you said, if Xiangyang can avoid this danger safely, the pressure downstream will double."
"Is there no solution?" After asking, the Sixth Prince regretted it and said hurriedly: "Sister Hua, I don't have any other meaning, I just said it casually..."
Hua Zhi smiled and said, "I do have some ideas for downstream. There is a small county called Lingzhou here. Have you heard of it?"
The Sixth Prince looked at the place Sister Hua pointed at and shook his head.
"It's not surprising. This place is really small, with a population of only about 400 people. In some places, there are more than these people in a village. Lingzhou is actually quite large, but it is poor and has bad water. A large part of it is swampy, not to mention mountains, but also rocky mountains. It is very difficult to survive. I remember that some people were relocated there in the early years of the Daqing Dynasty, but later almost all of them ran away, and then the court gave up."
The conductor's baton gently drew a line on the map. "If the water is diverted through here, not to mention that Lingzhou itself can handle a lot of it, it can go directly to Shahe from Lingzhou, and then merge into another large river, Jingshui River, through Shahe. The downstream may be safe."
"The question now is what to do with the 400 people in Lingzhou. If the imperial court can give them a place to settle down, they may not be unwilling to leave. No matter how good a hometown is, people will only stay there if they can survive there."
As soon as Hua Zhi stopped talking, the room was filled with the sound of a pin drop. It sounded... It didn't sound too difficult, but why had no one ever thought of this when the Weishui River had been flooding for years
What are four hundred people? We can find a way to migrate four thousand people!
Hua Zhi went back to drink tea to refresh herself. She had a slight headache. This was the best way she could think of to solve the downstream pressure, provided that the problem in Xiangyang could be solved first. As for what to do downstream, there was a prince and several people from the Seven Stars Division here, so she didn't need to worry about it.
The first thing to determine now is the situation of the other five rivers. Frowning, Hua Zhi turned around and said, "Bo Fan, can you find a way to find out the situation of those five rivers? Quickly."
Bo Fan let go of the anger that had accumulated in his heart and nodded, "I'll go right away."
Xu Yangjun didn't even dare to look at Hua Zhi, but his mind was spinning wildly. She was from the capital, her surname was Hua, and there was only one Hua family in the capital. Could it be, could it be...
The Hua family is now headed by the eldest daughter, and the rumor that the eldest daughter is extremely courageous has long been spread among the literati. He also has several friends in Beijing, and when they were communicating, they heard them say that when the mistress of the Hua family passed away, all the affairs of the Hua family were taken care of by the eldest daughter, and everything was done in an orderly manner. She even had someone take back the young lady of the Hua family who was bullied outside. The friends' words were full of praise, saying that she was worthy of being a member of the Hua family.
Xu Yangjun's breathing quickened when he thought of this possibility, and his heartbeat was so fast that it seemed to jump out of his mouth. This must be the girl of the Hua family. Only the Hua family could possibly raise such a powerful girl who knows so much. How open-minded Mr. Hua is. Yes, yes, it must be! There is no mistake!
This guy named Xiaoliu must also be the son of the Hua family. Judging from his age, he is about ten years old, which is exactly the age for exile. The rumor that the eldest girl has a ten-year-old brother is completely consistent!
ps: A lot of sadness, a lot of tragedy, a lot of touching moments, all kinds of emotions fill my chest.