After the Yellow River flows through the Shanxi-Shaanxi Gorge and Hukou Falls, which have dangerous terrain and cliffs on both sides of the river in the past, it is clamped by Longmen Mountain and Liangshan Mountain. The narrowest part of the river is only more than 100 meters, and this has become a ferry the only way.
As the Yellow River continues to flow into the middle section, after exiting the Shanxi-Shaanxi Gorge, it passes through the Shanxi-Yu Gorge in the previous generation, and then enters Luoyang City in Henan Prefecture, a large section of land with gentle water flow. Because this large section of the river is wide and has obvious beach troughs, Coupled with the fluctuation of the main stream, many main streams such as Luohe River and Yihe River were formed.
Therefore, the saying "thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi" has spread.
Now Li Hong and the others are standing on the hill overlooking the Yellow River. The entire river surface is sparkling under the sunlight. Except for some exposed silt, the entire beautiful scenery of nature can be seen at a glance.
The Yellow River, like a long dragon, flows quietly. As the mother river by the Chinese, she rarely showed her gentle side after Li Hong and others arrived.
"Your Highness, even though the Yellow River looks gentle now, if there is a heavy rain, the river will immediately become wider and the waves will surge. Most farmland on both sides of the river is likely to be attacked by wild beasts and suffer disaster. But this year I don’t know what happened, but it’s strange that even the river bed is exposed.” Fang Xianzhong wiped the sweat from his forehead and said breathlessly.
"This is normal. Although the drop in the water here is very small, as the saying goes, water and fire are ruthless. When angry, it is not something that our manpower can contend with."
"Then... could it be that I, Datang, have some grievances that caused God to punish us?" Wu Chengsi handed the kettle to Yang Wu diligently, and watched Yang Wu hand it to His Highness the Crown Prince with caution. said.
"Nonsense. Even if we, the Tang Dynasty, have any grievances, it's because I put you two in the Ministry of Industry for not doing anything. This is probably the biggest grievance of the people of our Datang Dynasty." Li Hong glared at his face. Laughing, Wu Chengsi said as he nodded and bowed as he scolded him.
These two goods were good enough. Fang Xianzhong asked them to personally go to the upper reaches of the Yellow River, that is, the Yunzhong Protectorate and other places, to check whether the cold flood in the upper reaches caused the water level in the middle reaches to lower, but The two of them actually just left Luoyang and wandered around, found a place to hide for seven or eight days, and then hurriedly came back and said it was okay, everything was normal.
Li Hong put up an awning and looked into the distance. Even in his last life, he didn't know where the Xiaolangdi project was built, but he thought it shouldn't be far from Luoyang. Anyway, he vaguely remembered that the relationship between Xiaolangdi and Luoyang was very close. close.
It was precisely because of the incomplete design of the Sanmenxia Dam on the Yellow River in the previous generation that led to the failure of the project that Langdi was born. After summing up the pros and cons, Xiaolangdi had to combine floods and droughts.
Looking at the river connecting the end of the sky, there is so much water, but because there is no mechanism like a gate, it is often unable to irrigate the fields.
The ditches looked like fish that were about to die of thirst, breathing hard with their mouths open, waiting for the river water to soothe them.
After thinking about it, Li Hongsi felt that this was not caused by drought. Don't forget, the freezing floods in the upper reaches of the Yellow River were the most terrifying. In the previous life, the upper reaches of the Yellow River had thawed, but the lower reaches were still wintering, which led to the upstream floods. The river water accumulated more and more in the unfrozen downstream, eventually leading to freezing floods and flooding large areas of farmland.
As the upper reaches return to normal, the river water in Henan Dao and Guanzhong areas can return to normal. That is because the freezing floods in the upper reaches will also cause the place where I am standing now. With the rapid flow of water, it begins to flow here. Buffering has caused too many troughs and tributaries to appear.
Looking into the distance can not only appreciate the beautiful scenery of the mountains, rivers and land, as well as the miraculous craftsmanship of nature, but it does not help the drought at all.
In the distance, a group of more than a dozen 'farmers' were walking back and forth on the bank of the Yellow River. From time to time, they used their long rulers to measure some water surfaces, etc. Their shouts could be heard vaguely, just like archaeological workers.
"Go over and have a look." Li Hong saw that it was still early and then walked down the hill first, preparing to walk to the river bank.
"Your Highness is in danger. The soil on the river bank is soft. If you get too close, you may easily fall into the river beach." Wu Sansi, like Wu Chengsi, was a famous flatterer in history. At this time, when he heard that Li Hong was going to the river bank to check, he He hurriedly reminded him.
"Everyone is fine, how can I be fine? Come and take a look." Li Hong took the lead, followed closely by Yang Wu. A group of dozens of people raised a puff of smoke and dust and ran quickly on the bumpy road.
Along the way, cracks began to appear in the crisscrossed farmland. The waterwheels originally developed by the students of Chongwen Hall stood there motionless like ornaments.
The dozen or so 'farmers' looked at a group of people approaching on horseback, with waves of thick dust rising behind them. They just looked up strangely, and then immediately began to bend their backs to continue their work.
"Ask them what they are doing?" Li Hong got off his horse and did not walk directly in the direction of those people. Instead, he walked slowly forward along a ditch not far from the river embankment.
In early spring, the green grass that has grown out of the soil lies lazily on both sides of the ditch, basking in the sun. A trodden path on the ditch stretches straight forward, turning as the ditch turns. .
In addition to the thick yellow sand accumulated by the river during irrigation, there are also some green weeds lazily basking in the sun.
"Your Highness, they are students from your Chongwen School. They are recording the lowest water level of the river. They say they are going to...what are they talking about? I don't understand what they are saying." Fang Xianzhong did it himself. His Royal Highness even went to the Yellow River in person. If he continues to instruct his subordinates, it might be inappropriate, so he can only go ahead and ask questions in person after Li Hong's instructions.
Li Hong had just vaguely guessed that it would be the people from the Chongwen Hall. Now that they have sufficient funds, there are many people who are 'doing nothing'. Some of them are even often criticized by the Imperial College and the Hongwen Hall, saying that they have lost their status as students.
But after Shangguan Yi was informed of this matter, Shangguan Yi just smiled and stroked his beard: "I will take good care of you, thank you very much."
Then it was as if nothing had happened. When Yan Zhaofu met him and asked again, Shangguan Yi had a look of surprise on his face, and then he suddenly realized: "Ah? Is this really happening? Thank you very much, I will definitely investigate it. Be clear and give an explanation to students all over the world!”
Yan Zhaofu was so angry that he scolded his mother in the Imperial College, but the students in Chongwen Hall still had to climb walls and wade in water. Even if they were away from Chongwen Hall for a month or two, no one would be anxious.
What makes Yan Zhaofu most angry is that each of these students has the problem of spending a lot of money on their so-called academic journey. They have let the sky lantern fly and can only see a small dot, like a star. They are still not satisfied. I'm going to catch a rabbit and see if I can't fly up to the sky on a sky lantern.
An angry Yan Zhaofu went to Shangguan Yi again, but Shangguan Yi didn't even see you this time, and the Kongming Lantern also became bigger. He really sent the rabbit to the sky, but as for whether it entered the moon palace, Shangguan Yi just smiled mysteriously without telling him the answer: "Guess."
The dozen or so students in front of Li Hong are all tanned and lean, but their eyes are bright and energetic. Compared with the traditional education in the Imperial College and Hongwen Hall, they prefer such a free and unfettered education. Study what you like to study.
From the last flood in Chang'an to last year's famine and this year's drought in the beginning of spring, they have traveled to Guanzhong, Henan and other places. For those places where the fields can be irrigated, those places can only wait to die from drought. Even which fertile lands need to be protected at all costs have been analyzed in detail.
Today, I came to the Yellow River embankment to measure the water level and see if the river here can withstand the floods in the upper reaches, and whether the embankments need to be strengthened to prevent floods from spreading to thousands of hectares of farmland.
Fang Xianzhong shook his head after hearing this: "There is no water at all now. Are you studying scourges?"
"This is a precaution. The students have calculated that if it doesn't rain, as long as the crops are planted in the ground and can persist for about a month, they will basically be able to receive irrigation in a large area. Of course, if God is kind and can provide a It would be better if it rains in time." A student saluted Fang Xianzhong and then talked eloquently.
"Are you sure it's caused by the severe floods that may break out in the upper reaches?" Li Hong did not want to oppose their ideas. No matter what his ideas were, it was already this time. They were no longer responding to calls from day to day and ignored by the ground. And this persistent belief is enough.
"Sir, some of my classmates went to Yunzhong, as well as Yuanzhou and Lingzhou on Guannai Road just after the Lantern Festival. Judging from the news they brought back, this is indeed the case, especially the Yunzhong Protector. The area under the jurisdiction of the government has begun to order them to evacuate herdsmen and stay away from places where rivers may burst their banks." This student knew Li Hong, and his attitude was much more respectful than before.
"How many students are there in Guanzhong and Henan now? What measures will you take if it doesn't rain?" Li Hong looked up at the sky. Unfortunately, he was not a reliable weather forecaster in his previous life. He really didn't know if it would rain today. .
"Now there are about three hundred students scattered in Guanzhong and Henan. Basically, there are students in all dry areas. When you were in Anxi, you used the method of sky lanterns and thunder to explode the clouds. We want to try it now, but we have no choice. The control of Tianlei in the machine camp is too strict. We asked Taiyi City for help, but we couldn't get Tianlei." The student was a little helpless, but he didn't know whether he was helpless because he couldn't get Tianlei, or because he was helpless because of the cloud above his head. blue sky.
"Don't you know that's dangerous? That can kill people." Li Hong asked seriously.
"Didn't you once say that you need to be dedicated to these knowledge? You dared to try it in Anxi back then. What do we have to be afraid of? At worst, we will be a good man again in twenty years." After finishing speaking, I felt A little embarrassed, a little honest and laughed.
"It seems that you have been thinking about this for more than a day or two. I can promise you, but you must pay attention to your own safety. Also, is Shangguan Yi leading you to do this field research now?" Li Hong asked again.
"Yes, sir, it is Mr. Shangguan who is personally leading our research." At this moment, a homing pigeon fluttered its wings and, with its cooing sound, slowly landed on the hand of a student. .
"This is...?" Li Hong didn't expect that their equipment was so advanced that they even used homing pigeons.
"We transmit information between each other. The weather conditions change rapidly and urgently, so we use this carrier pigeon to communicate in a timely manner. Mr. Shangguan agreed."
"Okay, work hard, I hope your sincerity can move God." Li Hong patted his shoulder and motioned for them to continue, and his top priority now was to ask his father to allow his students to use Tian Lei.
(End of chapter)