Early the next morning, Lin Yue followed Song Che's instructions and rushed to Dongcheng with one thousand taels of silver. Song Che was worried at first that this female knight would be unscrupulous and unable to get things done, but he never thought that Lin Yue would rush back to Cuju City before noon.
"Pah!" She proudly took a picture of the two pieces of copywriting on the table and said proudly: "I thought it would be so difficult! But it turned out that I got it from a small official who was repairing waterways! It was really an injustice. One thousand taels of silver!" One copy was a map of the culvert, and the other was an approval document from the Ministry of Industry.
"The matter is done, no matter how much money is spent, it will not be unjust." Song Che started to study the structure diagram of the culvert carefully. What amazed him was that the sewer system of Luoyang City was so grand, with winding channels crisscrossing it. , Chad looks like a huge maze at first glance.
Waterways are usually divided into two types, one is called
"Underdrain", another type is called
"Underdrain", the former is equivalent to a drainage pipe, which is very small in size and can pass through the flowing water but not people; the latter is a passage, built to a height of ten feet, and the space is larger than some short houses; in layman's terms, an underdrain is a tributary, and an underdrain is a In the main stream, urban rainwater first flows into culverts, then collects in culverts, and finally flows into Luoshui River.
Since culverts extend in all directions, why not choose a location, drill a well from the ground, and connect the culvert from underground to the east dock of the city.
Underground ditches are usually buried two feet deep underground. As long as the hoe is swung quickly, it can be dug out in two days at most.
That night, Song Che used Sinan to mark the excavation point in an open space seven miles east of Cuju City according to the direction on the structural map.
When the market opened the next day, a well-drilling team was invited to dig downwards starting from the marked point. Anyway, building drainage channels for Cuju City was just a pretense, and with the approval from the Ministry of Industry in hand, no one was paying attention. Song Che built a shanty and dug as much as he wanted.
Taking advantage of the excavation time, Song Che asked people to purchase some silk threads, hemp ropes and other items to prepare for exploring the culvert.
In order to meet the emperor as soon as possible, he also accelerated the schedule of the Luoyang Super League. The original two games a day were changed to three games a day, and one game was added in the evening.
In this way, the ten-day qualifiers are shortened to seven days; sixteen to eight will be completed in three days, eight to four will only take two days, and the Champions League will be in two days. Luo Chao will be able to finish within half a month. .
At the second watch of the night. With the unremitting efforts of the well-drilling team, they dug two feet deep into the ground and finally dug out the culvert.
Song Che paid double the wages and asked them to repair it tomorrow. If nothing goes wrong with the plan, more than a thousand people have to get out of here to save the women, and the opening must be opened wider.
"Washing..." Lying at the mouth of the well and listening, I could vaguely hear the water flowing. There is no sidewalk in the culvert, it is just a ditch. It has not rained in Luoyang recently, so it should not be too deep, but without sunshine all year round, the water will definitely not be clean, and there will be snakes, insects, rats and ants.
Song Che lit a candle and hung it down from the wellhead to test. The candle did not go out, indicating that there was air circulation.
Cuju City is located in the west of the city. The terrain is higher than that in the east of the city, and the water flow is slowly falling. In order to speed up, Song Che tied twenty rubber balls to a wooden board and made a small kayak, paddling through the dark passage.
To ward off snakes, insects, rats and ants, he made a special trip to buy some sulfur; he tied one end of the silk thread to the wellhead and the other end to the kayak, so that even if he got lost, he could follow the thread back.
"Can't you get down?" After finishing the final preparations, Song Che looked at Lin Yue beside him. Lin Yue looked at the dark wellhead, obviously a little scared, but sighed: "I can't let you go alone..."
"Don't worry, there won't be any ghosts down there." Song Che carried the kayak and started to go down the well along the wooden ladder. Entering the culvert, apart from being cooler, it was not as damp or smelly as expected.
Ancient sewers were usually not used to discharge sewage. They were all rainwater. The culvert is less than one foot high and half a foot wide. It is made of green tiles and forms a semi-circular arch. There is a dark hole in front of it, and it is unknown where it leads.
Song Che first tested the depth of the water with a paddle. It was less than three feet, and for an adult's height, he could not reach his waist.
This kind of water depth is suitable for small boats. Song Che first threw the boat down, then gently stepped into the middle. After maintaining his balance, he lit a candle on the bow of the boat.
The candlelight was really limited, and it only illuminated a radius of about ten feet. At this time, Lin Yue also stepped onto the kayak. She pressed against Song Che's back, holding the sword and looking around.
"Sit tight, we're about to set off." Song Che lit another river lantern and gently put it into the water. The river lantern flows down the river, cultivating the light while predicting the danger.
Song Che used the paddle to push against the brick wall, and the kayak used the force to escape into the darkness. Song Che held Si Nan in his left hand and held a map in his right hand, staring ahead meticulously. Every time he turned a corner, he would mark it on the map and sprinkle a handful of lime on the wall to mark it.
"Song Che, why don't you say anything? It's so dark and creepy here." Lin Yue couldn't help but speak.
That's because you've never seen a modern sewer, where there are all kinds of strange creatures. Some criminals even make their homes in the sewers to avoid being caught.
It’s even worse in foreign countries. There are nightclubs and discos in the sewers. Of course, Song Che definitely couldn't talk to this ancient woman about these things.
Song Che said: "I am concentrating on looking at the map. The waterways here are complicated. If we take the wrong one, we may be expelled. At that time, we will have to drink Luoyang River water."
"Then what should you do if you find the Dongcheng culvert? Are you planning to save people tonight?" Lin Yue asked. Song Che shook his head,
"I'm just here to explore the route tonight, and we have to take a long-term plan to save people. The other party has imprisoned a thousand female relatives, so the guarding force must be quite large." Silence, silence for a moment,
"Song Che, if you overthrow the Jia family, will you leave Luoyang?" Lin Yue suddenly asked. Most of the godsons of the Jia family will not be able to run away, but Master Jia has a strong background in Luoyang, and there is a high probability that this group of people will not be able to move him away.
Cutting the grass without removing the roots will lead to endless troubles. What are the consequences? Song Che didn't know in his heart, but he could save his own life and their lives by leaving Luoyang quickly.
He hummed slightly as an answer.
"Then will you come back?" Lin Yue asked quickly. Song Che turned around and smiled: "I can't come, so can't you come to me? Since ancient times, husbands have always followed their wives, but there has never been a wife who has followed their husbands." Lin Yue curled her lips: "But you are a son-in-law who has always followed his husband. "
"I--"
"Lamp!" Before Song Che could speak, Lin Yue suddenly exclaimed: "River lantern! The river lantern is gone!" Song Che was also frightened by the sudden exclamation, and he quickly inserted the oar into the wall. , stopped the progress of the kayak.
Looking straight ahead, the river lanterns leading the way have been extinguished, leaving only an endless void ahead.
"Huh!" Suddenly a gust of wind came and the candle on the bow of the boat suddenly went out! The ghost blows out the lamp!
