The first legitimate son of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 261 Artificial Rain
"Your Majesty, Highness An is here!"

At about noon, Li Shimin summoned Li An into the Manna Hall. Seeing Li An coming, Li Shimin smiled first, then waved for Li An to come to him. When Li An came closer, he heard Li Shimin say: "An'er, your high-spin cart is really another weapon of great significance to Datang's agriculture. I have decreed that we will make every effort to make high-spin carts, and each village will erect a high-spin cart for free. car."

"Your Majesty, in this way, as long as we wait for a while, the problem of water shortage in Guanzhong should be solved." Li An felt a little relieved when he heard that Li Shimin paid attention to this high-speed trolley. As long as Li Shimin paid attention, there would be no problem question.

But just when Li An showed a smile, Li Shimin frowned and said, "But the people can't wait any longer."

"What does your Majesty mean by this?" Li An asked: "Why can't the people wait?"

"Because the people are short of water, they will not wait for the high-roller trucks. They need water now, so we must have a heavy rain, so that the people can have the confidence to wait. If there is no rain, The common people will definitely not believe in the high-drum car, and they will fight again for water."

As he said this, Li Shimin brought several copies of the above tables to Li An to look at. These tables recorded the situation in which people around Chang'an were fighting for water during this period, which horrified Li An. During this period, many people had been fighting for water. There were nearly thirty armed fights, and more than a hundred people died as a result.

"Why are there so many gun fights, and the most recent one was yesterday. Why are we still fighting for water if we have already explained the capabilities of the high-rotating drum car?" Li An was a little at a loss.

My high-rotating drum car has been promoted by the imperial court, so the people should calm down and wait, but what I didn't expect is that I just looked at the watch and found that there was actually a fight with weapons yesterday.

The reason is that Xian Chaozuo, a villager in Xian Village, blocked the waterway and diverted the water to his own fields because of the lack of water in the fields.

At this time, Yao Ximeng, a villager from Yangji Village downstream, was watering the ground. Suddenly there was no water. So he went up the river to check and found that it was the people from Xian Village who had blocked the water.

So Yao Ximeng was about to dig a channel. At this time, he was surrounded and twisted by Xian Chaozuo and other people from Xian Village, and they also sent Yao Ximeng to the government.

After the people of Yangji Village learned the news, of course they would not let it go easily and waited for an opportunity to retaliate.

At this time, there was a villager in Xian Village, Xian Yisheng, who was working in Chang'an City. When he passed by Yangji Village on his way home, he was grabbed and beaten by Yao Guangkai and others from Yangji Village.

A few days later, the villagers of Yangji went to dig the canal in the middle because there was no water flowing down. After being known by the villagers of Xian Village, Liang Zhouyi of Xian Village rang the gong and summoned Xian Huzuo and others to take wooden sticks to the mouth of the canal for protection in case they were caught by the canal. Yangji Village changed its water supply route.

So, Yao Meisan from Yangji Village went to the government and accused Xian Village of five major crimes: first, blowing the horn; second, raising the flag; third, destroying the crops in Yangji Village; fourth, sealing up Yangji At the entrance of every village; fifth, mobilize everyone to cause trouble.

Questions about the people in the two villages
The lawsuit reached Dali Temple.So Dali Temple sent people to investigate and made the following determination:

Yao Mei's third accusation against Liang Zhou'ai for beating gongs and holding weapons is true, but it is false for blowing horns, carrying flags, destroying seedlings, and sealing up villages.Therefore, according to the rule of not weighing too much, Liang Zhouai was sentenced to 30 big bans;

Xian Chaozuo, Lu Mingyuan, Xian Wenjie, Xian Yiquan, etc. each held wooden sticks, but did not fight, and the compromise was 15 boards;
Yao Meisan framed the case and appealed, and compromised with 20 boards.Yao Guangkai and Yao Guangzhen were forced to disperse the money and rice due to the interception and twisting of Xian Yisheng. Therefore, according to the law of non-respectability, they compromised 30 boards and recovered 50 Wen of money and 7 catties of rice.

Regarding the water problem in the two villages, Dali Temple also made a judgment:
Since Tianhe Village, Youxian Village, and Yangji Village are located in the upper, middle, and lower reaches of the Dasha River respectively, the water resources of the three villages are divided as follows: 3. Each village uses Dasha River water for 1 days; 2. Each village uses Dasha River water for 2 days. On the first and second day of the lunar month, Li Shiwen and others of Tianhe Village intercept irrigation from the upstream; on the third and fourth day of the lunar month, Xian Chaozuo and others of Xian Village draw water from the midstream; on the fifth and sixth day of the lunar month, Yao Meisan and others of Yangji Village draw water from the lower reaches. 3. This cycle starts over and over again, with the specific time of each handover starting at dawn.

The matter should have ended here, and there was no problem with the penalty. But what no one expected was that just two days later, a woman from Tianhe Village married to Xian Village.

On this day, the woman went back to her parents' house and asked her father to let her use some water to irrigate her fields. The father passed by the business and agreed to borrow water for a day.

So, Xian Village opened a village called "Mother's Village". It didn't matter. In less than two hours, the people in Xian Village disagreed and directly invited Huangcun, Xintang, Siamgang, Longdong, and Cencun. People from five villages helped each other, and nearly 2000 people were mobilized to surround Tianhe Village.

Tianhe Village also received assistance from Liede and Datang Village, but there were only a few hundred people. However, Xian Village had some bows and arrows, so the attacking Xian Village suffered heavy casualties and had to retreat.

This time, more than 30 people were killed or injured in the armed fighting.

"Why is this happening? Didn't I already tell them that the high-rotation truck will save them?" Li An looked at Li Shimin with some confusion.

Li Shimin sighed: "An'er, the people regard water as a gift from God and it is sacred. Their emotions towards water are too strong. It has not rained now, even though we have said that the high-rotating drum car can To alleviate the water shortage, they still regard their water as something more important than life.

So even though we have explained the capabilities of this high-speed drum truck, they will still protect their water source. To fundamentally solve this problem, it is necessary to have a heavy rain as soon as possible. Only when it rains, will the people It will stop, otherwise the fighting will still happen.

So I want to ask you, is there a way to make it rain? "

At this time, Li An finally understood the reason why Li Shimin called her back. She wanted rain. Li An nodded. If it rained, he really had a way, because modern times have artificial rainfall. , I just need to go back to modern times and buy an artificial rainfall car, so that I can come to Datang for artificial rainfall.

But Li An also knew that there were some restrictions in the tunnel. At this time, Li An had not brought back higher technology from modern times, so Li An was not sure whether he could bring back this artificial rainfall car.

Of course, whether he could or not, Li An had to give it a try. He really didn’t want any more people to die, so Li An thought for a moment and said, "Your Majesty, I will do my best to bring a victory to the Tang Dynasty." As for the heavy rain, I can’t guarantee whether it will be successful or not.”

"Really, that's great. I also know that success is determined by God, so An'er, you don't have to worry about other things. You just need to pray for rain with your heart. Whether you succeed or not, I will take it lightly." Li Shimin said happily.

(End of this chapter)