14. Open Ridge Canal Technique
Just as Liu Zongyuan was feeling the truth, Gao Yue did not stop.
After the beginning of spring, Meng Zhongyang of Shoulu Inspection Courtyard, Jae Ran from the Zen monk from Tianzhu Mountain in Shuzhou, and the monk Guang and Jie Meng were newly built in Runan Huguo Temple (division) in Caizhou. After inspecting the terrain of Jiminggang, they gathered at the Shouchun Xiangguo City to meet Gao Yue, the governor of Huainan who was sailing from Huai River.
At the same time, the leaders of the Prime Minister were also from the governor of Caizhou, the governor of Guangzhou, the governor of Shouzhou, and the governor of Luzhou, Dou Yu.
"The great monk is still building a city in the Tiande Army?" Gao Yue sat down at the prefectural hall of the prime minister in the prime minister's city, and asked Mingxuan's two disciples.
Guang Feng and Jie Feng immediately clasped their hands and replied that it has been more than two years since the master built the city. In the letter, he once told us that this time, Tiande Jun New City, "building the city is to no longer build the city."
Gao Yue nodded, and he understood the meaning of Master Mingxuan's words.
Mingxuan used burnt bricks to build the city this time, which was completely different from the original plywood rammed earth building;
Moreover, in terms of city design, Mingxuan wanted to create a "City of Cannons and Guns", which was no longer the traditional way of guarding women's walls, bows and crossbows, and moats, but the design of platforms and buildings, which required light cannons and divine thunder guns.
Use firearms and city defense to block the alien races in the north, and then use the cavalry gathered in the city to cleverly counterattack. The long-term maintenance cost of brick and stone cities is greatly reduced than that of rammed earth, and can withstand the invasion of the Yellow River. This is Mingxuan’s true meaning of “building a city is to no longer build a city.”
"Is the monk in charge still healthy?" Gao Yue was still worried while admiring.
He remembered the deceased Master Yan.
Mingxuan is also old.
The two disciples replied that the master of the family said that he could also build a new Runan City and a new Yangzhou City for Duke Wei, and it would not be too late to pass away at that time.
After hearing this, Gao Yue's throat rolled a little and his eyes became wet.
Mingxuan really repaid his kindness to Mingxuan at the beginning. Although this old monk is a Buddhist, he is more moral than many Confucian scholars.
At this time, the two disciples presented the drawings and said to Gao Yue:
Why couldn't Cao Cao dig the Jiminggang? Even if the canal was opened, the Feishui could not flow in. The reason was very simple. The Jiminggang was higher than the Feishui and the terrain on both sides.
Gao Yue looked at the drawings in a narrow eye, and then said to the two, "If you look at the drawings, you mean building a weir in the water, storing the rainwater in spring and summer, raising the water momentum, and then setting up a weir door to release water to penetrate the canal where the chickens crow the hills?
"Yes, as long as the clean water is in, the water applied below will be naturally open."
At this moment, Zen monk Zhang Ran added that after breaking the Jiminggang, nine dams were set up along the canals along the way, lifting the water level and then tilting it down step by step, so that the water level could be controlled, neither drying nor excessive. "After this, the Jiminggang canal could be used to have a boat of 200 to 500 hu of ships, even large ships could be carried by manpower. On both sides of the canal, branch and leaf canals could be dug down the hillside, and irrigating the fields - this is the technique of opening the canal."
Then Zhang Ran said that the Chicken Crown Hill is mostly lime (extinguished volcano), and can be drilled into holes and stuffed into divine thunder medicine to blast, speeding up the artificial process.
Gao Yue asked Meng Zhongyang at this time, how many functions are needed for the entire project, how many equity soldiers are needed, and how much rice and grain are needed for?
As a member of the Salt and Iron Department, Meng Zhongyang dared not be negligent (Anyway, Gao Yue either used him to suppress Wang Haichao or Wang Haichao to suppress him), and immediately presented the accounting book as compiled.
Gao Yue was very satisfied with this and announced the resolution on the spot:
In Caizhou, Guangzhou recruited 10,000 soldiers from the poor households, collected money from the tycoons, and distributed rice, grain, cloth and silk. This matter was under the jurisdiction of Wu Yuanheng and Yang Yuanqing;
In Shouzhou and Luzhou also recruited 3,000 soldiers from all over the country. This matter was under Xu Ziyu and Dou Yu (Dou Yu was silent. He did not expect that in the last exam as governor, Gao Yue started the water conservancy and canal transportation project of Jiminggang, and he could not escape at all);
In addition, two thousand soldiers of the garrison troops in the towns and 1,500 soldiers of Wuyi troops were drawn from each state to participate in the Jiminggang Caokui project!
Meng Zhongyang was appointed as the "Caihu Envoy", with several monks and staff members. In addition, all the soldiers and soldiers recruited to work were managed according to the battalion and the brigade. The battalion generals, the soldiers and soldiers were appointed, and everything was carried out according to military law.
From the Xinniang River, 100,000 shi of grain was allocated from Yangzhou, and the Ruxu River was entered into Juchao Lake to build a large warehouse to supply the needs of digging the Chicken Crown Mount.
"I can't bear to see Master Mingxuan's age, and in the future, I will have to worry about the affairs of Runan City and Luocheng, Yangzhou. Master Mingxuan's mantle will be left to you to inherit." After the arrangement, Gao Yue stood up and discharged the lights of the level meter, boundary ruler and other instruments under it, and Jiegui said seriously.
"Yes, Maitreya..." Guang Feng, Jie Feng clasped his hands again. Although he was not verbally speaking, he answered silently in his heart.
The project of breaking the chimes and chimes on the roosters began in full swing.
In the prime minister's city, Gao Yue's plan was not completely over. The confidant generals Cai Fengyuan, Guo Zaizhen, Ming Huaiyi, Mi Yuan and others, who accompanied him, stood in front of the Lingnan map and began to plan their strategy to pacify the Dingdong Man.
Previously, Du You had sent another letter, begging Gao Yue and Zhenhai Army to send troops at the same time. There were infantry, cavalry and firearms in Huainan, and a large number of boat troops from Xuanrun. They came to Guangzhou from the sea to help me quell Huang Shaoqing's rebellion.
Now Dongman is very popular. At the beginning of the year, he entered the Daozhou area and harmed many residents, burning the area with scorched earth rubble, and it is indeed time to get a strong hand.
Gao Yue's idea was to negotiate with Li Qi and ask him to leave the boat first, and then in spring and summer, train the Wuyi army well, enrich the officer level, and send the left and right armies to pass by first. Until this winter, he personally led the central army across the sea to Lingnan.
Once the Wuyi army takes action, it will completely annihilate the Dongman.
At that time, the ones that should be killed, and the ones that should be captured should also let these people who have transformed themselves into understanding the power of the country!
"Let Zheng Zhi prepare for the support in Quanzhou, Wu Yi's army may need to transfer supplies to him."
Then Gao Yue began to make a statement, claiming that the situation in Caizhou had been settled, and the Jiang pirates and the mountain pans had already gone to eight out of ten. He asked His Majesty to issue an edict to conquer the Dongman, and transferred rice and grain from all over the country to Yangzhou, preparing to accumulate 500,000 hu of rice, 100,000 pieces of cotton cloth, and 30,000 pieces of silk. When I was successful in training the three armies, I swore to go to the expedition.
As the saying goes, "The sea waves that expand thousands of miles away will be spread to the four barbarians!"
After the letter was approved, Gao Yue sailed along the Huai River and returned to Yangzhou.
It happened to be late April in late spring. In the official house of the governor of Shugangzicheng, Wu Cailuan sat under the shade of the tree, with sweat beads on his forehead, and his cheeks were red. On the paper, the tip of the pen was trembling and he could not continue writing.
Xue Tao, who was sitting next to him holding the manuscript in his hand, was very embarrassed to see the refiner's appearance.
"My sister Hongdu, is there something wrong here?" After a long time, the simple Wu Cailuan turned her head and asked softly, and then said embarrassedly, "Are these two young and handsome Taoist priests who should be brothers and join hands with Guangdao Temple? Why are they drinking and drinking, looking at the starry sky talking about ambitions, and suddenly they start... That kind of thing, except for men and women, how can they..."
Chapter completed!