Great Sui Storyteller

Chapter 350 349. Dredging
"Not in the house to rest and recuperate, but here to blow the wind. What? Do you want to go back to Luoyang so much?"

Yunhe Pavilion, colorful light and shadow.

After regaining his senses, Li Laodao saw the female Taoist who suddenly appeared... hurriedly said hello:

"teacher."

Then, he pointed in the direction of Yi Que:

"What are those people... doing?"

Xuan Suning followed the direction he pointed, and saw some people standing on both sides of Yique, holding objects such as bamboo poles and wooden rulers in their hands, a total of three or forty people were busy working.

Seeing this, she said:

"We're measuring the depth of the water, and after a while, we'll have to recruit civilians to clear the silt."

"... dredging?"

Li Zhen was taken aback.

Yishui comes from the Luo River, and the Luo River comes from the Yellow River.

In addition, the river section is not long, basically the same as the Luo River.

However, compared to the muddy Yellow River, because of the buffer of the Luo River, the sediment in the water has been purified when it is in the Luo River section.As the sediment settles, when the river water comes into Yishui, it is actually quite clear.

It is not too much to say that there are green mountains and green waters.

And that night by the river, Li Zhen also saw the river.

Frankly, it's pretty clean.

There was no mud.

There is no environmental protection in this day and age. Unless the river is blocked, there is no modern dredging equipment. This kind of project is actually very difficult to implement.

Yang Guang is full?Afraid that not enough of his own people died?
How many days to clear the silt?
Can't the river water in spring freeze to death?
Or do you think that after the upper glaciers melted, the water in the Yique River did not surge enough?

Is there a hole in the brain?
You are going to Jiangnan.

Brother, why don't you go and harm the wealthy gentry and salt dealers in the south of the Yangtze River?

Can you stop harming the suffering people of the Central Plains?

Perhaps seeing the speechlessness on the Taoist's face, Xuan Suning said:
"It's not just this section of the river. From here, all the way to the Luoshui section, everything has to be cleared. It is estimated... at least [-] to [-] people will be conscripted."

"Is he crazy!?...uh...this..."

Li Zhen, who accidentally told the truth, quickly covered her mouth...

But Xuan Suning shook his head, as if he didn't hear his rebellious words, looking at the water conservancy surveying officials below, he said:
"I thought it would start after the spring plowing, but... alas."

"...No matter before or after the spring plowing, from the beginning of the melting of the upstream glaciers to the end of the autumn rainy season...the water in this river will skyrocket. Could it be that these folks are people with water skills?"

After understanding Li Zhen's subtext, the female Taoist didn't say a word.

Until Li Zhen couldn't help but ask:
"Why...why do you want to clear the silt now? Not during the dry season last year? Yang...Your Majesty has already celebrated the eve of the New Year, so how did you start?"

"Because the dragon veins are polluted."

"……What?"

Looking back from the foot of the mountain, looking at the absurd Taoist, Xuan Suning said:
"After you fell into a coma, a monster died from the direction of Luoshui. I don't know who did it. The monster died for less than three hours at most, but his whole body turned into mud, and the stench was incomparable. It floated all the way upstream, and finally... ... came to the emperor. That night... many people vomited, and many people were also scared away. After the body was turned into mud, the dragon veins that guard Luoyang were filthy with the mud, and the people of the Qin Tianjian were terrified It’s unknown, so we need to clear the silt.”

"...Demon?"

Li Zhen was stunned.

Xuan Suning nodded:
"That's right. A monster, a strange, weird monster."

"..."

Li Zhen, who didn't know what to say... stared blankly at the female Taoist in front of her...

"But... but the teacher didn't... come out to protect the dragon's veins..."

"……Ugh."

The female Taoist who understood what he meant let out a long sigh.

"After learning about this, I have already written a letter of request. The theory that the dragon's veins were polluted is actually good. You should have seen that dragon that day. The dragon wanted to use the dragon veins of the jade dragon in western Yunnan to cultivate, but was captured by human immortals. Now, it has been regarded as auspicious. Now in Longmen Mountain, it has become the material of the national teacher's alchemy.

That's the reason.After the human race entered China, they prospered by the dragon veins. Any dragon vein, no matter how big or small, is of great importance to people.But this is true for humans, and it is also true for demons.I... can't quite figure out why that monster suddenly appeared in the hinterland of the Central Plains.I also can't figure out how it is obviously just a descendant of HUAI with a low rank and thin blood, but how it has the power to pollute the dragon's veins.

But God's will is so... 340 miles to the east, it is called Yaoguang Mountain, its yang is rich in jade, and its yin is rich in gold.There is a beast, whose shape is like a human, and it is a mane (ZHI, LIE), which lives in caves and hibernates in the winter.

When the female Taoist spoke, there was also a hint of puzzlement and doubt in her eyes.

"This matter...is very strange. Your Majesty is very angry. Li He has already gone to investigate thoroughly. And I wrote a letter to request an order. I originally planned to purify the dragon's veins starting from Luoshui for half a year. But...the national teacher retreated .”

"..."

Li Zhen didn't need to ask, she gave an explanation herself:

"That dragon, the national teacher wants to use his body to refine a batch of pills. Yesterday, mages above the third rank on Longmen Mountain went out together to collect materials for this batch of pills. And this batch of pills will take at least three months. Made it. Your Majesty will leave Jiangdu at the end of next month, and Luoyang City will not be able to be guarded if there is no one guarding it. So...Compared to me alone, he is obviously more willing to follow the method of Qin Tianjian and let the people go to dredge the silt... . . . and gave a decree."

Li Zhenxin said that I was in a coma for a day.

Why did so many things happen all of a sudden! ?
After thinking about it, he asked:
"The teacher's will..."

"If you were, what would you do?"

"..."

Li Zhen thought for a while and said seriously:

"This decree... I won't listen."

"You want to resist?"

"The hat is too big for me to bear."

Li Laodao shook his head, and after taking a look at the other party, he realized...she wasn't in distress, but was a bit like a school exam.

He was taken aback, as if he understood what the other party meant.

After pondering for a while, he said:

"But... I will ask Your Majesty to let the big guys start dredging from the direction of Luoshui before your Majesty goes out. There are so many high-level people in Luoyang City, and the teacher doesn't care about ordinary things, so you don't have to stand up for the time being. If this is the case, why not How about going out for a stroll? I have a feeling in my heart, and I’m looking for the fate. Hey, it just so happened that I got together with those folk husbands. The teacher is so powerful that he can protect these people, so it shouldn’t be a problem, right?”

The moment she heard these words, the female Taoist finally showed a kind of... If you use words to describe it, no matter how gorgeous the words are, it will be inferior to the smile:

"Then?"

"Then? When His Majesty came to the south of the Yangtze River, the teacher happened to come back. Yue Wang Rende, the people will start to clean up from Yique... This section of the river will have to be cleaned up for at least one to two months? The national teacher will also come out at that time closed……"

The Taoist woman's smile was full of relief.

Obviously, what Li Zhen thought was what she planned.

"Not bad. Shouchu."

"The disciple is here."

"You need to remember that it is true that we cultivators don't care about common things, but our upper body has a heavenly heart, and heaven has the virtue of being good at life. Although the country is important, the people are also important. It is true to ignore common things, and it is true to meditate and have few desires. But if you don’t even have a heart of compassion, then the way you cultivate is an evil way, and it’s not advisable.”

"..."

Not to mention, Li Zhenzhen felt a little bit like being lectured by the teacher when he was in school.

Although he didn't know what was going on with this quiet change.

But...the other party seems to be really preaching to him...

Fulfill the responsibility of being a teacher.

This...how did this suddenly change?
He was a little confused, but his movements were not slow, and he directly bowed and said:

"Disciple knows."

"Well, let's have a good rest. You were in the limelight the night before, and Luoyang during this period is a place of right and wrong for you. I promise Li He that I will take you with me when the corvee begins. During this period , you are not allowed to enter Luoyang again, understand?"

"……What!?"

Li Zhen was dumbfounded.

Hearing his movement, Xuan Suning turned his head and looked over:

"What? You don't want to?"

"Uh...not...teacher...disciple...this...disciple's library...but it is scheduled to reopen on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year..."

"What's the use of that copper stinky thing?"

The female Taoist frowned slightly, and a point of dissatisfaction with the disciple's obsession rose in her eyes.

Did Li Zhenxin say you are not talking nonsense?
My "Jing Ke Assassinates the King of Qin" and "Four Famous Arrests" are still waiting there...

But dare to say this to Xuan Suning?
You can pull it down.

People say "don't speak nonsense", maybe you, Li Laodao, are bald at a young age.

So, faced with this problem...he was ababa for a long time...

With a final sigh:
"The disciple knows."

Hearing this, the female Taoist showed a satisfied look on her face:

"Well. Alright, it's windy on the mountain, go back and rest. Besides, the "Huang Ting Jing" has not been finished copying, so don't use the procrastination that Li He taught you these days. After copying, I will tell you."

After finishing speaking, a gust of breeze blew by, and the Taoist figure turned into light dust.

When the wind blows, there is nothing left.

Only the Taoist with a speechless face remained.

(End of this chapter)