Qin Emperor Ziying

Chapter 375
Walking out of Ziying's mansion in a daze, Shi Lu walked around the bustling Lingling City because of the army's arrival, as if he was looking for something, but he walked through several streets in the city, but he looked disappointed I returned to the post house.

"It turns out that the King of Qin already knows his specialty, so there is no point in continuing to hide it, let's build the canal honestly first.

Maybe when the canal is repaired, King Qin will be happy and die like his predecessor Zheng Guo. "Shi Lu thought to himself.
But what Shi Lu wondered was that since he knew his identity, the King of Qin should have sent someone to monitor him, why he didn't find any trace of following him along the way.

"Could it be that the King of Qin expected that he would never be able to escape from his grasp no matter what!" Shi Lu thought with a long sigh.

Thinking about Prince Qin's unpredictable methods, Shi Lu found helplessly that he was really incapable of escaping from Ascension.

Early the next morning, before Shi Lu could go, the carriage sent by Ziying had already stopped at the door of his residence.

Shi Lu, who had already accepted his fate, stepped into the carriage with a blank expression.

"Could it be that the King of Qin intends to reveal his identity after he finishes building the canal?" Seeing Ziying's thoughtful preparations for him in all aspects, Shi Lu guessed.

When he returned to King Qin's mansion, to Shi Lu's surprise, Ziying took the same carriage with him as King Qin's honor.

Along the way, Ziying kept asking Shi Lu some questions about the water conservancy construction as if he was talking.

Shi Lu didn't dare not answer Ziying's question, but the more in-depth the conversation, the more frightened Shi Lu became.

Originally thought that Qin Ziying was good at military command of formation and formation, but he was also proficient in engineering. Many questions were asked from Ziying's mouth, and even he himself had difficulty answering them.

Although Ziying didn't say the answer, Shi Lu didn't think so. If he didn't have a deep understanding of this question, he would never have thought of such a profound question.

Shi Lu also completely gave up the idea of ​​working abroad. With such a leader, he would not allow him to play tricks.

"King Qin, if you want to build a canal, you need to think long-term. First, explore the direction of many water systems, mountains and rivers. After selecting a suitable water system, you can look at the mountains, explore the ground, and ask the water to find the most suitable location step by step. After a series of procedures, a single It is a suitable place, and I am afraid it will be difficult to find it in a year or two." Shi Lu honestly suggested.

Although Qin Wang pulled him to find the location of the canal, but for such a large water conservancy project, finding a suitable location can be said to be the prerequisite for all work.

The topography, topography, topography, topography, and even the hardness of the soil and rocks of the selected location need to be taken into consideration. If one is not good, all previous efforts will be wasted.

In this era, there are no scientific instruments today, and everything needs to be explored by the naked eye by climbing up hills one by one.

Especially in an area like Lingnan, which is full of hills and forests, it is even more difficult, so the early period mentioned by Shi Lu is relatively conservative.

However, for Ziying, all this is not a problem.

I know the general location, it's in a place where the source and flow of Xiang River and Li River run parallel, as for the specific location, it depends on Shi Lu, an expert in water conservancy engineering.

"My teacher once traveled here and said: 'There is a valley between Xiang and Li, and its shape is like a good canal. If this canal is formed, Lingnan will no longer be a place outside of transformation. This is the merit of enlightenment. ’ And this time I’m going to find the area between the two rivers that my teacher mentioned before, as for where between the two rivers is suitable for building a canal, it’s up to Shi Yushi.”

There was no proper way to explain why he knew that there was a suitable place to build a canal here, so Ziying made nonsense and pushed the source of the news to his master.

Anyway, that is to say, I know that there is a suitable place to build a canal here, you Shi Lu can find it for me.

When Ziying said that, Shi Lu didn't have much doubt.

Since the King of Qin is so proficient in hydraulic engineering, his master must also be a scholar of heaven and man. If such a person says that this place exists, it must be indistinguishable. Also extremely curious. .

Lingling City was originally built on the side of the Xiangshui River. After leaving the city, it went upstream along the Xiangshui River. After a while, it reached the area where the Xiangshui River and Lishui River run side by side.

This section of area is not long or short, and it is more than a hundred miles long.

If it was on the plains, it would take one day to travel all over, but here is a land in the south of the Five Ridges covered by mountains and forests.

It is impossible to find the place Ziying mentioned by walking around the river.

Although the scope has been greatly reduced, it is still necessary to climb up the hills one by one to observe the terrain and mountain travel.

After the place is suitable, the rest of the factors in this area are explored.

In one day, the group only explored a distance of seven or eight miles, two hills.

If this trend continues, it will take ten and a half months after all the investigations are completed.

Ziying had already expected this kind of situation. Unless he brought the map with him when he traveled, or had a system in his mind that could determine the exact location of the Lingqu, he still had to search step by step.

In the accompanying carriage, Ziying had already brought enough food, grass and living utensils.

At the same time, a small wine house was erected at the corner of the main road in Lingling City.

The small tea and wine house is not big, with only four tables and a dozen stools, and the drinks provided are not very good, so the business has been very bleak.

In the corner of the wine house, a black diamond flag is held up, with the word "wine" written on it.

On the inner floor of the wine house, a middle-aged man with a sword in plain linen clothes presides over this small wine house.

Such a disharmonious thing about the swordsman selling wine did happen.

If you observe carefully, you will find that these days, from time to time, a travel-worn outsider will come to this wine house, and after sitting for a while, he will be taken away by the owner of the sword-wielding shop without a trace.

……

This day is already the tenth day since Ziying and Shi Lu came out. Ziying and Shi Lu once again climbed a small hill that is not very high. The mountain that Ziying climbed in these ten days is probably worse than the mountain that he climbed in his whole life. many.

However, letting Shi Lu and some guards go up the mountain to check Ziying is not at ease. If he encounters soldiers from South Vietnam, he can at least save Shi Lu's life with his own level.

Standing on the mountain, Ziying felt the same as the rest of the hills, but when Shi Lu climbed to the top of the mountain and looked down, he immediately became excited.

A look of ecstasy climbed onto Shi Lu's face.

Seeing this, Ziying immediately moved over.

"What's wrong, here?"

"King Qin, the terrain between the two mountains is very flat, and the distance between the Xiangshui River and the Lishui River is extremely close. It is a good place for building canals!" Shi Lu said excitedly: "This place must be the place that the respected teacher said."

"That guy will go back immediately to mobilize the army, and I'll trouble Commander Shi Yushi to dig this canal." Ziying replied excitedly.

"Wait a minute, King Qin. Although the terrain looks good from a distance, it still needs to be carefully investigated." Shi Lu explained: "Aside from the good terrain, it is still necessary to verify whether there are melting caves in the land that is suitable for building canals. , whether it is the residence of the earth dragon, etc., let me take a closer look."

And in Shi Lu's detailed investigation that followed, Ziying was even more amazed. Shi Lu actually checked whether this place was in a fault zone by observing the subtleties such as the direction of the mountain range.

It has long been confirmed in modern times that the fault zone and the seismic zone are actually very consistent.

The residence of the earth dragon mentioned by Shi Lu is actually an earthquake-prone area.

(End of this chapter)