The Ming Dynasty started with caution

"The king said there is no food, do you still want to impeach me?"

Chen Zheng was so furious when he saw Zhu Youqi that he almost knelt down in front of Xie Pi. Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers.

Xie Pi has returned to Beijing. He will have to stay in Anluzhou in the future, so he will feel better.

Xie Pi bowed slightly: "I will tell you the truth! The people of Anlu Prefecture are also the people of Xingwang and the country. How can I bear to ignore it?"

"This king promises you a hundred stones of grain. Please order someone to go to the house to get it."

Zhu Youyi's mansion has a rich granary, and most of Anlu Prefecture's taxes over the years have been in his granary.

However, he could not let Xie Pi control the flood.

If the Han River is really cured, it will not be able to move away.

After Zhu Youqi left, Chen Zhengcai sighed with a sad face: "King Xing only gave me a hundred stones of grain. What should I do? Even if I cook porridge, I won't be able to last for a few days."

After Anlu Prefecture was flooded, merchants in Jiangnan should have heard the news and would escort grain to sell.

However, the yamen has no money.

Even if you have food, you can’t afford it.

Most of the 10,000 people raised ran away after the flood, leaving less than 7,000 in the camp.

Xie Pi looked solemn: "I will write a memorial and return to Beijing right now. My father and Lord Yan are fighting hard in the court. Maybe I can give an explanation to the people of Anlu Prefecture."

At night, Chen Zheng ordered people to transport the relief grains from Prince Xing's Mansion back and cook a large pot of porridge.

Xie Pi squatted by the fire and ate with the people. Knowing that he was the son of Xie Dashi's family, Chen Zheng admired him in his heart.

"I often hear Mr. Xie mention Mr. Yan, but I don't know who Mr. Yan is?"

Xie Pi thought about it carefully and uttered four words: "Don't leak it."

Chen Zheng gave up and looked at the new canal not far away, just a few feet away, and sighed softly: "The stone you want is extremely difficult to mine. Due to the weak iron tools, I couldn't mine a few pieces of bluestone in one day. "

There is a rocky mountain a mile away, and the stone is mined from there.

Chen Zheng continued: "Can we just dig river channels without quarrying stones? This may dredge the river faster."

"No, this will be beneficial for a long time. We must use huge rocks to stabilize the river bank!" Xie Pi thought for a while and wrote a prescription on the paper: "Order someone to buy these materials, especially saltpeter. The more the better."

Saltpeter and sulfur cannot be traded by the common people, but the government can obtain them.

Chen Zheng sent people to prepare overnight. After being tired all day, he went to bed early.

The next morning,

Xie Pi started to mix the materials he bought when he saw Chen Zheng coming around: "Stay away from me, it's dangerous!"

"My lord, what is this?" Chen Zheng was surprised.

"Configuring gunpowder."

Xie Pi looked normal and said, if gunpowder is used to blast the boulders, they can be mined without force.

Chen Zheng's face changed with fright. Where did Mr. Xie come from? He knew everything!

In fact, this is the gunpowder filled into General Hongyi.

After the gunpowder was prepared, he ordered someone to cut a small hole one foot deep in the stone mountain, wrap the powder in moisture-proof oil paper, and put it into the hole.

Fire broken pieces are thrown into the hole.

Xie Pi ran away. Seeing this, Chen Zheng and others followed him away.

Behind him, there was a boom, and a huge boulder was exploded and rolled down the mountain.

"It works, but it's a bit wasteful." Xie Pi was overjoyed.

Chen Zheng was stunned. Using this method, the mountain could be blown up in one day...

…………

Xingwangfu,

Zhu Youqi wrote a memorial and ordered it to be sent to the capital to the Queen Mother.

"What is Xie Pi doing in the Han River?"

"Back to the prince, I was digging a canal. I heard from spies that early this morning, they used gunpowder to blow up a rocky mountain to mine stones." said the palace steward.

Princess Xing said: "After Liu Daxia took office, no one could control the river. Even if the Queen Mother read the prince's memorial, the Han River may not be able to be controlled."

King Xing nodded and ordered his men to send Shuzhuo to the capital urgently.

…………

Beijing,

In the past few days, Yan Chengjin hid when he saw Xie Qian. Xie Pi didn't know whether he was dead or alive after writing a memorial to return to Beijing.

It is difficult for future generations to have effective methods to control floods.

The difficulty lies in the fact that regardless of rivers or lakes, the amount of water that can be stored is fixed.

If it exceeds this scale, the water will overflow.

Rivers and lakes can only hold a cup of water. If God pours a bucket of water, floods will naturally occur.

This is why floods in later generations cannot be cured.

You never know how much water God will pour for you.

Therefore, no matter how many tributaries are dug and how many lakes are dug, the flood discharge system will be better.

As long as the amount of water falling from the sky exceeds the amount of water that can be stored, floods will occur and there is no solution.

Perhaps, the only way to solve the flood is to control the weather, control the rainfall, and let God hold it back.

Before Yan Chengjin traveled through time, it was rumored that he was already conducting experiments on climate weapons.

However, thinking about this in Ming Dynasty is still a bit far away.

"I ordered these iron tools to be sent to Anlu Prefecture to Xie Pi. I think they will be used when digging canals."

Wang Busui grimaced: "Master, are these for free?"

"As far as I know, the newly built collapsed houses in the northwest have not paid the tax money, right? Just treat it as tax money." Yan Chengjin said.

If the money paid out by the Liangxiang Chamber of Commerce is settled in this way, the accounts will be clearer.

"The villain knows, the villain will do it now."

Yan Chengjin squatted in front of the main hall, with newly brewed red wine beside him.

This new brew, from the koji to the wine, was all handled by him.

In other words, it's drinkable.

A few days ago, the wine sent to the palace was made from wine bought outside.

The doorman walked in quickly: "Master, Mr. Li invites you to come to the house to have a talk."

Since the hemorrhoidectomy, Li Dongyang has never invited him again. I'm afraid it's because of Xie Pi's matter.

Li Dongyang and Xie Qian are good friends, and their relationship is closer than Liu Jian. Yan Chengjin saw it when he was in Hanyuan.

"Master Li said that if you don't go..."

Before the doorman finished speaking, Yan Chengjin ordered He Neng: "Get a pot of wine and prepare a sedan chair to go to Li's house."

He Neng responded and hurried to prepare.

A moment later, Yan Chengjin got on the sedan chair. When he arrived at Li's house, the housekeeper had been waiting for a long time and welcomed him to the pavilion in the middle courtyard.

Sure enough, he saw Xie Qian...

"Yan Chengjin, tell me the secret recipe for flood control that you told my son." Xie Qian suspected that he was fooling His Majesty.

This kid has never controlled floods except for writing a policy question on flood control.

"Once upon a time, there was a river in the sky, and the river was flooded..."

Xie Qian's face darkened. Isn't this a storyteller in the restaurant? This kid wouldn't really write such a thing for my son, right?

"You are serious, serious..."

"The brocade box that I gave to Xie Pi is indeed like this."

Yan Chengjin looked at Li Dongyang, not knowing why Li Dongyang called him here, and put the wine on the table and took out his cup from his arms.

Li Dongyang took a closer look: "Is this the wine you brewed for His Majesty?"

"This is fruit wine, I call it red wine."

Yan Chengjin waved his hand, and He Neng poured a glass for the three of them.

Li Dongyang tasted a small sip and thought it was good. Xie Qian didn't want to drink this kid's wine, but when he saw Li Dongyang drinking it, he also tasted a small sip and liked it.

"Do you still remember that Jiao Fang entered the Ministry of Justice because of you?" Li Dongyang looked at Yan Chengjin and continued: "Now that he is out, you slandered him so much, he will definitely remember it in his heart."

Could it be that he wants to kill me?

Yan Chengjin fell into deep thought.

In this case, of course, first...

Suppose he wants to kill me.

Then I should, strike first.