Becoming a God from a Water Monkey

Chapter 324: One More Person, One More Strength
Lu Xinqing carried Huyan Shijing on his back, crossed the terraced steps, and went down to the bottom of the valley.

The pond is calm and peaceful because of the mountains blocking the wind. A few long reeds grow in the southeast corner and the surrounding area is covered with foxtail grass. There is a thatched hut diagonally opposite the reeds.

A big yellow dog came running on the grass from not far away, barking at Liang Qu, trying to drive away the intruder.

"Hoo! Hoo!" Hu Yanshijing simply barked a few times and easily drove the dog away. He turned to Liang Qu and explained, "They are raised in the valley by the gang. They like to bark when they see strangers."

"The dog is good."

"My Lord likes to send you off."

"Forget it, I already have one at home."

"That must be a majestic dog!"

Liang Qu: “…”

Arrived in front of the hut.

Lian Jingye took the key chain from his waist and looked for the doorman's key, speaking as he searched.

"After Ying Jian died, Cheng Chong built a small hut at the bottom of the valley. He practiced martial arts and slept in it on weekdays. Except for necessary appearances and training with his gang members, he rarely came out. He also had people deliver meals to his door.

We thought Cheng Chong was staying at home to mourn the death of the first and second gang leaders, but now it seems that he is mourning the death of his own son Ying Jian. "

Liang Qu looked back at the terraced fields and asked: "Who is planting the fields?"

Lian Jingye turned around and said, "The tenants planted crops. In the past, the back mountain was empty. After Cheng Chong became the third gang leader, he said that the back mountain was empty anyway, so it would be better to plant crops. In the future, people will attack the mountain gate and surround it. Who knows, it might be able to hold out for a while."

Liang Qu held the page and wrote from time to time. He looked up when he heard the words and said, "You have a lot of ideas."

"Ahem, please don't blame me, sir." Huyan Shijing's eyes twitched when he saw Liang Qu start writing. "It's just a few jokes. There are so many people in the gang. Even if we harvest all the fields on the mountain, we won't be able to eat for a few days. We're just planting them for fun."

"Don't worry, I didn't write it down." Liang Qu looked at the terraced fields. "I heard that Changhu Lake and Heishui River were connected before Jiazi, but disconnected after Jiazi. Is it because of the lake being built into fields?"

Lian Jingye opened the door and said, "It's more than just Jiazi. The connection between the Black Water River and the Chang Lake was a thing during the Daqian period. Hu Yanchen may know about it."

Huyan Shijing explained: "It is indeed more than just Jiazi. Which junior said this to Lord Liang?"

"About thirty."

"That's right, that's the younger generation. I'm ninety-three this year. When I was a child, Changhu Lake and Heishui River were not very connected. They only overflowed occasionally during floods and served as flood discharge outlets. Reclamation of farmland around the lake was probably only part of the reason.

The Heishui River itself unilaterally discharges floodwaters into Changhu Lake, and a large amount of silt is deposited at the bottom of the lake, causing the lake level to rise continuously. The southern lake area is gradually piled up into land, and the lake's own flood storage capacity has declined significantly.

After the founding of the Dashun Kingdom, the population increased year by year. With more people, people needed to eat, and to eat, they needed to farm. The lake fields were fertile, so the people living near Changhu Lake began to build farmland around the lake.

The two-pronged approach of flooding and enclosing has caused the Changhu Lake to become smaller and smaller. Today, compared with a hundred years ago, it is perhaps less than 30% of its size. "

"Control the water but not the sand..."

Liang Qu seemed to be thinking about something.

When he arrived, he noticed that the Blackwater River contained a lot of sand, and it was only a matter of time before the Changhu Lake and the river would be disconnected due to erosion and land creation.

Coupled with the river's diversion, the Heishui River itself may leave Huazhu County in one or two hundred years.

"Control the water but not the sand?" Hu Yanshi thought about it for a while, and his eyes lit up. "Your Excellency is right on the point! If you can become the governor of Liangjiang in the future, maybe the world will be saved from floods!"

There is no clever plan to tame a river except to confine the water to its channel. There is also no clever plan to confine the water except to build strong embankments.

This sentence was mentioned in Xu Yuelong's "General Study on Dike Construction" and "General Study on Dike Protection" to Liangqu. It is said that it was said by the former Governor-General of Liangjiang. It roughly shows the governance plan of ordinary people when facing floods.

However, the only way to control the water is to use soft means rather than hard ones.

Liang Qu had taken geography classes and knew that the only way to alleviate flooding was to follow the laws of hydrology and solve the problem of soil erosion.

"But how can we control the desertification?" Huyan Shijing couldn't figure it out.

Liang Qu looked surprised and said, "There is no time limit for cutting down trees. Floods and droughts may be caused by this. Haven't you learned this?"

Huyan Shijing was ashamed.

"The only way to control sand is to plant trees. This is all recorded in historical records. The imperial court is not unaware of the relationship between floods and tree planting, but it is difficult to do it.

How much time and money does it take to plant trees and see results? Plant them today, and tomorrow people who are short of firewood will have their eyes on them. The day after tomorrow, people who are getting married will need furniture and stool legs.

This can only be achieved by incurring an astronomical cost, but no one can guarantee that this cost will necessarily produce results. At the same time, you also have to take into account people's livelihood and avoid causing public outrage.

In short, planting trees to control water is a very complicated matter, and few people know how to do it. "

"Almost nothing?" Hu Yanshi was stunned. "Your Excellency, do you mean that someone has done it?"

Liang Qu did not answer Huyan Shijing because he suddenly realized that what he said was wrong.

The experience of the previous life cannot be copied. There is no supernatural power, and it is indeed true that we can only plant trees, but in Dashun...

Liang Qu thought of the undercurrent channel under Pingyang County.

This kind of channel that violates the laws of hydrology does not seem to be naturally produced at all...

"grown ups?"

"A place you don't know."

Liang Qu responded to Hu Yanshijing casually and went into the room.

There wasn't much furnishings in the cabin.

A small cabinet, a bed, a desk with a raised head, and a futon in the middle.

It’s so simple that it doesn’t seem like the residence of the leader of the Shahe Gang.

Looking around, one could see concentration incense still burning on the table, with wisps of white smoke rising from the incense burner.

Liang Qu had used the concentration incense a long time ago, which was given to him by Senior Brother Hu. It can help a warrior concentrate and guide his qi and blood more smoothly.

Many wealthy warriors would light half a stick when practicing, but later Liang Qu learned "Wansheng Baoyuan". The core of Wansheng Baoyuan is to maintain the essence, qi and spirit of a person, so that they will not be consumed internally or escape externally, and will be filled in the body for a long time, which saved him a lot of money from the attributes of the technique.

After recording the general structure of the house, Liang Qu opened the cabinet and found several martial arts books, booklets, and two scrolls inside.

After taking a look at the martial arts techniques, Liang Qu was not very interested, thinking they were not as good as his own.

Two scrolls were opened, one was of a young man and the other was of a beautiful woman.

Liang Qu looked at Lian Jingye and Huyan Shijing.

Lian Jingye identified them and said, "That young man is Cheng Yingjian, and that woman is the gang leader's seventeenth concubine, and the only one who gave birth to a child."

Liang Qu was surprised and said, "Seventeenth? How many rooms are there in total?"

"A total of eighteen rooms..."

"Your boss is quite powerful."

Lian Jingye and Huyan Shijing laughed awkwardly.

Lu Xinqing came forward holding the inkstone.

Liang Qu licked the ink with his brush and recorded it.

Eighteen people gave birth to one son, and he is not their own. It is obvious that the gang leader is not capable of this.

After walking around the house and finding no clues, Liang Qu extinguished the incense and went out with a few people.

"Seal up the hut and don't allow anyone to get close. In two days, the three judicial officials will come to inspect it. I will protect you from Cheng Chong's destruction of the dike, but the evidence is missing. If any trouble arises, you will be on your own. Do you understand?"

"Clear, clear."

Huyan Shijing shouted: "From today on, I will build a thatched shed next to the hut and guard it every night. Anyone who tries to destroy it will have to step over my body!"

"That's not necessary. Take me to see the boat."

Lian Jingye took the lead: "Sir, please come this way."

Several people returned to the mansion and sent someone to take the unconscious Cheng Chong over Shahe Mountain. A huge fleet suddenly appeared at the foot of the mountain.

Liang Qu's heart skipped a beat. He didn't expect the Shahe Gang to be so powerful. There were many large ships over 50 meters long and countless fishing boats.

It's not the boat, it's clearly the shaking one!

Lian Jingye called over a dark-skinned old man with rotten teeth and introduced him to Liang Qu: "Old Song, I have been a sailor since I was a child. I have been a helmsman, a helmsman, a helmsman, and an anchorman. I know everything.

Later, he worked as a ship captain for another twenty years, and all his teeth were rotten from the river wind.

There is no boat master in the entire Shahe Gang who is more experienced than him, so you can let him handle anything you want, sir."

Old Song bowed hurriedly: "Master Liang, how are you?"

Old Song knew without a second thought that the knife on Lian Jingye's neck was put by the young man in front of him.

The fact that Lian Jingye could put a knife on his neck was equivalent to a young man putting a knife on his own neck.

"It's not convenient for those two large ships to travel in the flood, right?"

Liang Qu looked at the fleet and pointed at the two large ships in the lead, which were twelve meters long. They had a very deep draft and it took a lot of effort for them to be able to stay there.

Old Song clasped his fists and said, "My Lord, it is inconvenient to use a large ship to rescue the flood. The alley is inaccessible and the water level is shallow, so it is very easy to hit the bottom."

"Thank you for your hard work. The first few large ships are enough, and the rest of you should follow me!"

"Yes!"

Old Song left in a hurry to reorganize the fleet.

As soon as Liang Qu had an idea, the Chishan porpoises at the foot of the mountain came towards this place with their boats.

He carried Fu Bo on his back, held the black iron bow and gave his final instructions.

"After I leave, other people from the Hebo Division will come over. Don't tell them anything about Cheng Chong. Why did the Juyi Tower collapse? Why did you get hurt? Find a way to solve the problem yourself. Otherwise, it will be very difficult for me to handle it. Do you understand?"

"Understood, sir, rest assured."

"Don't worry, sir. I'm not a talkative person, and my men will keep a close watch on it."

"During this time, you should try to go to other places to see if there are any extra boats, even fishing boats, and transfer them here if possible. Don't let him leave empty-handed."

Lian Jingye and others were a little confused.

Hearing the previous sentence, Liang Qu seemed to have a grudge against the other party.

The last sentence seems to be nonexistent?

The two did not dare to ask more questions and promised to do as they were told.

When the barge and Chishan arrived, Liang Qu sent people to put the unconscious Cheng Chong into the barge.

He then ordered a large ship to lower a gangway and let Chishan get on. He then sat on the barge, personally looked after the leader of the Shahe Gang, and left with the huge fleet.

The Cheng Chong incident had such a huge impact that we must not allow Wei Lin's side to have a chance to make trouble.

Otherwise, just a few words like "intentional" and "concealment" can make things quite serious.

Let Xu Yuelong handle it alone and be the first to "surrender" with others, there will be much more room for recovery.

But Liang Qu had no intention of letting the other party return empty-handed and deliberately causing trouble.

One more person means one more force.

(End of this chapter)