At night in Cangyan City, the wind picked up, and the chill became increasingly severe.
But Cangyan City was extremely lively.
Most areas outside Fugui Alley began to fire off cannons again, one after another, crackling incessantly. Fugui Alley was equally noisy. Some mansions that had been sealed off by officers and soldiers for many days were freed again, and they hung large lanterns at the door one by one. The other mansions that were sealed by officers and soldiers were even more lively.
There were the sounds of women and children crying, and there were also the sounds of officers and soldiers going in and out, rummaging through boxes and cabinets. Boxes of belongings were being loaded onto carriages and transported to the treasurer's office. It seemed like they would never be able to be moved clean.
The wealth of Fugui Lane is evident.
Luo Mansion is the calmest family in this alley. Once the door is closed, everything outside has nothing to do with this place.
It was only in the early morning of the next day that Luo Mansion woke up again. The front and back yards were busy. When the sun rose slightly above the ground, a convoy escorted by hundreds of blood cavalry drove out of the gate of Luo Mansion.
There were only two carriages, one was still driven by an old coachman, and sat Luo Chuan, Siqi and the young woman who always had a cold face.
The other one was driven by the ferocious-looking Taoist priest Qin Wansong, in which sat the square-faced Taoist priest Chang Wuxi.
The motorcade drove out of Fugui Lane and headed west. People knelt on both sides of the streets along the way.
The convoy was moving slowly. When it reached a street, another rider joined the convoy after being inspected. It was Chen Shu, the adjutant of agriculture who Luochuan had rescued in Shuangjing Town. At first, he was just following the end of the convoy. , and then Luo Chuan called someone to the carriage and asked, "How is the injury?"
Chen Shu saluted on the horse, and then felt that it was inappropriate to be in a higher position than the county guard, so he dismounted and led the horse to follow the carriage, "If you return to the county guard, the injury caused by your humble position has been healed." "Yesterday, I went back to the Yamen and brought out the topographic map of Cangyan that I had drawn before." He untied a long bamboo tube on his back and handed it to Luo Chuan, "This map is based on mountains and rivers. Cities and villages are flesh, and cultivated fields are divided by roads. The actual areas in the picture are the cultivated fields that have been measured and recorded in the treasury. The positions framed or dotted with dotted lines are the wastelands that the humble officials think can be reclaimed as fields. "
Luo Chuan took the bamboo tube and unfolded the map in it. The map was very large. When fully unfolded, it would take up almost half of the carriage. But compared to the ridiculously accurate maps he had seen in his previous life, the one in front of him still seemed... It is extremely crude, but considering the actual situation of this world and the mortal body of the man in front of me, the effort behind this map is simply unimaginable. Why did it take so much effort to redraw Yan Yidi’s cultivated land map?”
"Returning to the County Supervisor, there is indeed a map of cultivated land in Cangyan in the Sinong Mansion, but it is only scattered, either with a city as the center, or with a town as the center. Because the map scores are different, each one has different plots. The drawings are difficult to splice together and use. Many of them contain duplicates or gaps. It is difficult to clearly display the whole picture of Cangyan, and it is also not conducive for the subsequent officials of the Sinong Mansion to understand the accurate situation in various places." Chen Shu looked at Luochuan and said seriously, "I am a humble beginning. I encountered this problem when I entered Sinongfu Yamen, so I took advantage of the opportunity that the Deputy Secretary of Nong had to go deep into various places to inspect farming. He repeatedly verified the surveying and mapping and combined it with the existing maps in Sinongfu Yamen to comprehensively draw several maps. In the end, this map was made, and when I carried this map out of the city in the next few years, I repeatedly verified that it was basically certain that there would not be too much error."
Luochuan nodded, and Si Qi also opened his eyes and curiously searched for the place he had walked on the map. The young woman who was always silent in the corner of the carriage spoke up, "This picture has nothing to do with me. The Cangyan area in the map stored in Yanshan is not much different. Except for some subtle differences in the trends of rivers and mountains, the locations of the cities, villages and towns are basically the same."
"Oh?" Luo Chuan glanced at the young female Taoist in surprise, "Does the Cangyan Sword Sect have a complete map of Li County?"
The young female Taoist shook her head, "It's not Li County, but the entire Southwest Hanzhou."
Luo Chuan's eyes suddenly lit up. Just when he was about to say something, he was choked back by the young woman who guessed his thoughts, "There is only one copy of the picture of Cangyan Sword Sect, and it is hung in the master's room. Normally, Even the disciples of Cangyan Sword Sect cannot meet him."
Luo Chuan looked down at the Cangyan map lying across the carriage. After a while, he pointed to a place on the map and asked, "Then the Luo River changed its course from here and flowed into the Cangyan Mountains?"
Chen Shu stood on tiptoe and put his head next to the window of the Luochuan carriage and took a look in. "Yes, it is not entirely correct to say that it is a diversion. In fact, it is a diversion of the Luo River. Originally, the Luo River turned around when it reached the Cangyan Mountains. West, we went to the present-day Xiluo River Valley. In that wilderness, we divided and merged and finally merged into the Cangjiang River. After an earthquake more than ten years ago, the Luo River forked a road at this diversion place. Nine out of ten of them surge eastward into the Cangyan Mountains, and then merge into the Cangjiang River all the way south. Beizhi has been there many times and found that the new river channel seems to be deeper, especially when it enters the canyon of the Cangyan Mountains and the flow speed becomes faster. Many, on the contrary, most of the original rivers are now dry, but there are still some water branches flowing through them, so the quality of the surrounding land is still very high."
"Has such a thing like the Luo River changing its course ever happened before in history?" Luo Chuan frowned and asked, "I heard from the county magistrate that there are many floods in the lower reaches of the Luo River during the rainy season in Cangyan area. What is the situation now?"
"I have checked the records of Sinong Mansion Office. There has never been a recorded diversion of the Luo River in history. As for rainy season floods, they still occur in some areas of the lower reaches of the Luo River. But because of this diversion, no matter what happens, Both the frequency and the degree of floods are much weaker than in previous years." Chen Shu reached into the carriage with some difficulty and clicked on several locations on the map. "These river channels are shallow, but I and some local elderly people After talking about it, I found out that the current water level of the river seems to be shallower than before the Luo River was diverted. If we can spare the energy to build some dikes along the low parts of the river channel in the future, the flood problem may be able to be cured."
"Things have to be done one by one. The river embankment is not a trivial matter. It's winter now, and it's not the right time to wait for Zeyan to free up his hands." Luo Chuan still pointed his finger at Luohe River. Asked about the location of the diversion, "What I'm worried about is whether the Luo River diversion will change back again."
"I really don't dare to say for sure, but it has been more than ten years since the Luo River changed its course, and there is indeed no sign of it changing its course again." Chen Shu frowned in thought and then carefully considered his words and said, "I have also thought about this issue. , but after going there many times to check, I still feel that the possibility is unlikely. The Luohe River originally flows from north to south. Originally, the way to the west was blocked by the Cangyan Mountains. Now I have found a place between the mountains. The path is naturally smoother than going west. Secondly, I made a rough inspection and found that the terrain to the east of the Luo River branch is indeed slightly lower. However, the river water failed to overflow the river channel before, otherwise it would be suitable to enter the mountain eastward. The reason why water flows to lower areas, judging from the current situation, is that unless the main stream after the diversion is completely blocked, the river water will flow back into the Naxiluo Valley in large quantities. Otherwise, even if the diversion is again carried out, it will most likely still be Go to the Cangyan Mountains."
"That is really a natural choice with all benefits and no harm, but..." Luo Chuan stared down at the map and murmured, "Is it really such a coincidence...? "
