Eighty miles northwest of Luochuan City.
Qin Yun and others traveled for half a day to the place Xu Jiang mentioned.
Three rivers converge here, namely the Luochuan River from west to east, the Long River from north to south, and the Li River that is slightly parallel to the Luochuan River and bifurcates to the south.
These three rivers cover almost 90% of the Luochuan territory.
However, there is a severe drought now and it is the dry season.
The Longjiang River has very little water, while the Minjiang River even has a large amount of riverbed exposed, and horses with shallow water can cross the river.
However, as the main stream of the Luochuan River, the water flow is still huge, and the flow rate is very fast!
Xu Jiang explained to Qin Yun: "Your Highness, these three rivers are the root cause of the flood and drought in Luochuan."
"Especially the Minjiang River. During droughts, the Minjiang River has no water, causing its downstream tributaries to dry up or even dry up. And the Minjiang River is one of the main river water sources for people in Luochuan counties."
"During this severe drought, there is almost no water available in the Minjiang River."
Qin Yun frowned slightly: "This place is only eighty miles away from Luochuan City. Why doesn't the court open a canal to divert the water and irrigate the farmland?"
Xu Jiang sighed: "Since the founding of the Xia Dynasty, successive emperors have issued imperial edicts to summon the world's flood control talents to open canals."
"But the dry season of the Minjiang River is very short. If it hadn't been for this severe drought, the flood situation would not have diminished throughout the year. It had been opened before, but it caused the river to backflow and flood more than ten counties!"
"That's why the imperial court has always used embankment reinforcement as a strategy to control floods. Decades ago, I proposed to the imperial court to replace the dam with dredging, but the imperial court refused many times on the grounds that the treasury was empty."
"In anger, I resigned and returned to Luochuan, trying to find a way to control the flood."
"His Highness's strategy of dividing the inner and outer rivers to control them is very refreshing to me. If this strategy can be implemented, it will be a great cause that will benefit the ages!"
Qin Yun was a little embarrassed to be praised by Xu Jiang. He was just giving his opinions with the foresight and knowledge of another era.
How to implement it specifically depends on the opinions of these craftsmen.
"Zhao Jiadi, can we finish the work before the autumn floods come?"
Zhao Jiadi shook his head: "Even with the help of His Highness's Sky-shaking Thunder, such a huge project will take at least three to five years, or even ten years."
"And use less than 200,000 civilians!"
Qin Yun shook his head. Daxia is now at war with the enemy. Let alone ten years, it will not take half a year because there are not so many manpower and material resources to waste here.
"What difficulties do you think there are if you want to complete it within three months?" Qin Yun asked directly about the difficulties.
Zhao Jia listed them one by one: "First, the stone materials are transported. There is only a plank road here, and it is not easy for carriages to pass."
"Second, if you want to open up the Minjiang River and the Luochuan River, you need to open two mountains, and the amount of Zhentianlei is far from enough!"
"Third, and the most difficult point, Your Highness, we have no money!"
As soon as he said this, Qin Yun paused. He only considered the people and technology needed for a project.
But he ignored the financial consumption. After all, this is a simulation game. With just one word from him, people can work with him without eating or drinking to achieve the set goals.
Qin Yun asked: "In your opinion, how much silver is needed?"
Zhao Jiadi: "In normal times, it would require three million, but in this case, it will be less than five million taels, so it cannot be completed!"
"Moreover, many materials need to be transported from western Sichuan, including the iron sand and volcanic cement that His Highness mentioned."
Qin Yun frowned slightly, feeling happy at one moment with the plan and panic at the other with being asked to pay.
He found that he had forgotten that the economic foundation was the important factor that determined everything.
Now, including Qin Chen's accounts receivable, the five hundred thousand taels given by Liu Zaishi, and the money previously looted from Prince Gong's palace.
Qin Yun estimated that he was currently short of at least three million taels, but he was not prepared to pay for this money himself.
Qin Yun smiled and said: "I have a countermeasure for the money matter. Zhao Jiadi, you can start preparing now. As for the Heroic Soul Stone Monument, it will not be too late to erect it after the water diversion project is completed."
"When the time comes, the names of all those involved in this project will be burned into it to create an eternal wonder that will go down in history forever!"
"Burn Mr. Xu's deeds so that the people of Luochuan and future generations will know what Mr. Xu has done for them!"
As soon as these words came out, Mr. Xu Jiang burst into tears. Ancient people, especially scholars, sometimes had a very open mind about what happened to them during their lifetime, but they often cared about their reputation after death.
Some people spend their entire lives just to leave a rich and colorful mark on that thin page of history, and this mark cannot be left behind except by emperors, generals, and great Confucians and sages!
How virtuous and capable is Xujiang that he can be famous throughout the ages?
"Your Majesty, you have disgraced me. This is all due to Your Majesty!"
Qin Yun smiled: "Without you, how could I have found such a good location so quickly? Without you, I would never have known the Luochuan water system so well."
"Once the project starts, I hope Mr. Xu will support it!"
Xu Jiang cupped his hands and said, "I will do my best!"
Qin Yun knew very well that Xu Jiang had truly made up his mind to follow him after bowing to him.
He smiled and helped him up: "Come here, take Mr. Xu back to the city."
"promise!"
Then Qin Yun swept towards the iron bolt aside.
"Send letters to the major families in western Sichuan and tell them that I am here to welcome all the heads of the families."
Tie Shuan paused: "Your Highness, Marshal Ji may not be able to invite the heads of the major aristocratic families. How could they be invited by His Highness?"
Qin Yun smiled: "Because, now I am their talisman!"
…
At the same time, a killing was taking place on the trails leading to various rivers.
Wu Yingxiong led his men to ambush in advance, killing horses and killing people. The people Qin Zhan sent out lost contact one by one.
At first, Qin Zhan didn't take it to heart. After all, he sent so many people out, and it wasn't surprising that a few were occasionally eaten by tigers and beasts.
But as time went by, there were more and more reports of lost contact. It was not until the spies placed in the escort team found an opportunity to send out information that Qin Zhan and others reacted.
"Qin Yun, you are so shameless, you actually deceived me with a fake map!"
Even Taifu Liu, who has always been well-mannered, almost cursed, but he also understood that he was also at fault in this matter. After all, it was his intelligence officer who sent the fake map.
Taifu Liu pondered: "Qin Yun is a very scheming person. It seems that we will pay more attention to him in the future!"
Qin Zhan was very unhappy, but he did not dare to get angry with Taifu Liu. Instead, he asked respectfully: "Taifu, why don't we just send people to attack and kill Qin Yun without doing anything else!"
Taifu Liu shook his head: "Absolutely not. His Highness failed to do his best last time, which has aroused public anger! Anyway, now Qin Yun knows Qin Tian's secret, let the two of them fight first."
"My lord, the top priority is how to go north and drive out the Iron Wolf King and make an immortal contribution. Only in this way can the world be speechless!"
Qin Zhan was very unwilling. With his temperament, after suffering such a big loss, he would have already ridden his horse and raised his gun to kill!
But he also understood that winning the heir was not all about fists, but also required brains. Most importantly, he needed the support of the people behind the Tutor.
"Taifu, I understand. I will assemble the army and prepare for war."
The Taifu nodded slightly: "You can teach me!"
But in fact, he had no idea in his heart, and Qin Yun's insight was too terrifying. Could it be that they also have spies Qin Yun with them?
That's how people are, once they have doubts, it's hard to put them away.
Taifu Liu immediately ordered an inventory of the people around him. If he didn't check, he wouldn't know. When he checked, he was shocked. Qin Yun's people didn't find out the tricks arranged by the other princes. They were just hunting gophers in the fields one by one!
…
"Sibas, why did you betray me?"
In the deep mountains and old forests, Wu Yingxiong's escort team gathered in a valley. At this moment, he clutched his chest and looked at the second master in front of him in disbelief.
