Zhou Guangli exclaimed, followed by denials and explanations.
By the end, he had long forgotten that Zhu Yunxi had used a false identity on this trip.
The river workers were attracted by his voice and were shocked because Zhou Guangli knelt in front of a young man.
The river workers under the river embankment silently gathered around.
The officials here were also uneasy and moved their eyes solemnly towards this side.
Zhou Guangli, who was kneeling on the ground, felt a chill in the back of his head. Countless sweat had broken out on his back in an instant, soaking his inner clothes.
On his forehead, big beads of sweat kept dripping down.
How firm he had been in front of the emperor's grandson, now he felt so fearful in his heart.
My grandson is like me.
At the beginning, His Majesty's decree was spread to Henan Province.
Then what I committed today was the crime of deceiving the emperor.
It is a capital crime!
Zhou Guangli said in a panic: "Your Highness! I swear on my whole family that I will never tell a lie. This bluestone strip...why the bluestone strips are like this, I really don't know."
Zhu Yunxi's eyes were as dark as ink, but he couldn't help but feel relieved in his heart.
Things that had no clue at first were almost on the verge of reaching the Silk Road, but now the situation has unexpectedly opened up.
He ignored Zhou Guangli who kept swearing and explaining.
Three steps combined.
Under the gaze of Wang Xinling, whose eyes widened, Zhu Yunxi stretched out his hand and pressed it decisively on the bluestone strip.
Get started.
Zhu Yunxi's brows were already frowning tightly.
The eyebrows are ridged, and there are waves in the eyes.
Bluestone was the most commonly used material in the imperial court.
Whether it is building a city or building the foundation of a government building, it is needed.
Because it is used a lot, it seems ordinary, and people usually pay little attention to it.
However, the lack of attention does not mean that people are unfamiliar with it.
After taking it, the lubrication and greasy feeling from the palm were clearly transmitted to Zhu Yunxi.
It's like the stone was soaked in oil for countless years before being picked up.
After Zhu Yunxi was silent for a while, he retracted his hands into fists and put them behind his back.
"Open this section of the dam!"
Following his order, Wang Xinling immediately turned around and shouted: "The Emperor's Grandson has an order to open this dam!"
The emperor's grandson is here?
That young man in brocade clothes turned out to be His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun!
Looking at Chief Zhou kneeling on the ground, the river workers surrounding him believed that this man was not lying.
The official who first asked Zhu Yunxi for his identity certificate had already lost his legs in the crowd and fell to the ground.
"It's over, it's over!"
"I actually blocked my grandson's way..."
The scene was already agitated because Wang Xinling reported Zhu Yunxi's true identity.
Tian Mai immediately led people to climb to the dam and took out a sign from his arms: "Open the dam!"
No one could see clearly what was written on the sign held by Tian Mai.
But under the sun, the bright yellow sign gave everyone an invisible sense of oppression.
The river workers didn't know him.
But the officials present knew it.
That must be the 'It's like I'm here in person' gold medal that His Majesty gave to His Royal Highness the Imperial Grandson.
The officials reacted immediately.
"Everyone obeys Taisun's order and removes the dam!"
"Quick! Everyone get up!"
The officials shouted and rushed to the bottom of the dam with tools in hand.
Most of these river officials are personally involved in river management.
When I started to work, I just made a fuss, and I didn't dare to hesitate or be lazy at all.
As the officials took the lead, the river workers finally understood that the young man in brocade clothes was really the rumored His Highness the Crown Prince.
Under the leadership of the foreman, the river workers walked to the dam in groups and began to open this section of the dam.
Zhu Yunxi was protected by Tian Mai who came down from the dam and retreated some distance to the edge.
Looking at the dam filled with people in front of me.
Zhu Yunxi waved his hand and pointed: "Bring a piece of bluestone over here."
As soon as he finished speaking, a river worker on the side who failed to rush to the dam first immediately dropped the tools in his hand, spread his legs and rushed into the crowd in front of the dam.
In just the blink of an eye, the river worker dragged a whole bluestone strip out of the crowd and dragged it all the way to Zhu Yunxi.
"Your Highness Taisun, this is a bluestone strip."
As he spoke, the river worker lowered his head and showed an honest smile, bowed his waist and pushed him aside.
The emperor's grandson is a good person!
Since the construction of the river started, the government has never deducted half of their wages or even a morsel of food from them.
Daily rations and monthly construction deadlines are all distributed on time.
Winter is approaching these days, and the government has already sent over the cotton-padded clothes needed after winter, and now they are all stored in the warehouse.
I heard people say that the reason why the government cares about the river work so much now is because His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun in the imperial court cares about the people of the world.
The regulation of the river was also decided upon by His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun.
The emperor's grandson was troubled by something that he couldn't help himself. It was more than enough to bring a piece of bluestone over.
Zhu Yunxi just glanced at the river worker with his head lowered in confusion.
These people know their identities and are not afraid?
Without thinking much, he walked to the bluestone strips placed on the ground.
Wang Xinling and Tian Mai gathered around.
A group of officials on the river also gathered around.
"Broken?"
Wang Xinling looked at the oily bluestone strips on the ground and whispered to himself.
Immediately, he stepped forward and pushed the bluestone bar with his foot.
After this, everyone saw that in his direction, a corner of the bluestone strip had broken off and a piece the size of a forearm fell off.
Tian Mai immediately answered: "Even if you throw it on the ground, this is mud, so the bluestone probably won't be so brittle..."
He asked and answered himself, then raised his head and looked around.
"Get that sledgehammer."
Tian Mai's eyes found a big hammer used by river workers, and he waved his hand.
His subordinates quickly stepped forward and fetched the big hammer.
Tian Mai held the handle with both hands and looked up at Zhu Yunxi: "Your Highness, please stay out of the way."
Zhu Yunxi understood what he was doing and was blocked by Wang Xinling in front of him, so he took a few steps back.
Seeing the situation around him, Tian Mai picked up the big hammer and raised it high above his back.
drink!
He shouted low, and the big hammer broke through the air, making a whirring sound.
In an instant, in front of people's sight, the big hammer had hit the bluestone strips heavily.
It was followed by a series of muffled sounds.
In front of everyone's eyes, a whole strip of bluestone turned into pieces and was as fragile as a clod of soil.
However, what surprised everyone even more was that the fracture surfaces of these bluestones also had a greasy sheen, without the dry and gritty feeling that a stone has when it is first opened.
"There's something wrong with this bluestone!"
A shout broke out from the crowd.
Everyone could see that there was something wrong with the bluestone strips used on the river channel.
The crowd exploded with a roar.
However, a problem with bluestone has just been discovered here.
There was also a burst of exclamations and shock from the other side of the dam.
"All the bluestones inside the dam are broken!"
"It's all broken!"
It was originally extremely strong, but the bluestones that were the main body of the dam were all broken into pieces.
Just the exclamation at the beginning of the first grade of junior high school made Zhu Yunxi's face turn pale.
Wang Xinling was already leading the way: "Give way! Everyone, give way!"
He opened the way in front of him, and Zhu Yunxi walked behind.
After a while, the two men led a large group of people to the dam that had been opened.
"It's so shocking!"
Standing on the edge of the top of the dam, Wang Xinling opened his mouth and let out a sigh, his face full of shock, and his eyes widened.
Zhu Yunxi's eyes also flashed with a hint of murderous intent.
Within the scope of the entire dam being torn apart, the bluestone strips within the dam that were supposed to fit together perfectly were actually shattered one by one.
Crush!
Instead of breaking or breaking.
It is almost impossible to find a piece of bluestone larger than a human head.
"This is impossible!"
"How could this happen? What on earth is going on?"
Zhou Guangli, who was originally kneeling under the dam, climbed up to the dam at some point and lay on the edge of the dam. He looked at the broken bluestone strips below and kept chanting.
When the river governor's office was building the dam, it even used a group of experienced riverwalkers on both sides of the bank who were the most knowledgeable about water and were known as water monkeys.
Dive underwater to fix these bluestone strips.
And now, this scene before my eyes.
Not only Zhu Yunxi was shocked, but also Wang Xinling and Zhou Guangli.
Everyone, everyone who saw this scene in front of them, showed incredible expressions.
"check!"
“Look at the existing unused bluestone strips on the river!”
Zhu Yunxi stood on the dam, looked back at the crowd above and below the dam, and said something cold.
In fact, there is no need for him to give orders at this time.
The news has spread to the outermost areas, and people have long been looking for the bluestone strips piled everywhere.
A sledgehammer was swung.
One by one, the hammer heads landed on the bluestone strips.
Countless muffled sounds were heard under the river embankment at the same time.
"Broken!"
"It's all broken!"
"If you put it on the soft mud, it will break into pieces!"
Everyone knew clearly what the problem was in this river accident.
This is not a solid strip of bluestone, this is clearly a block of tofu!
"Uncle! You died unjustly!"
"Third son, my grandson took us to find out the reason."
"Woooooooo..."
After being shocked, bursts of crying came from the crowd.
Upstream, the Shaanzhou Prefecture check dam and water reduction dam were destroyed, and the water washed down the river. When it reached Mengjin County, the check dam had no effect and the water continued to flow down.
Many people died here.
Countless people were swept into the flood because they did not escape in time on the dam or did not run fast enough on the embankment.
For a time, the riverbank was filled with cries.
Zhu Yunxi's face was ashen.
The problem is obvious.
There was something wrong with the bluestone used to build the dam. It was supposed to be extremely strong, but it shattered for unknown reasons. This caused the dam to look unchanged from the outside, but everything inside was broken.
Only when the water from the upper reaches comes down will the entire line collapse within a few seconds of resistance.
However, how could the dam in Shaanzhou Prefecture upstream be destroyed without being hit by a flood?
But now the situation can be considered open.
Now we only need to trace the origin of these bluestones, from the source all the way back to the entire process of being transported to the river, to find out which party has the problem, and to find out why these bluestones have become so fragile.
"Keep checking!"
Zhu Yunxi said coldly.
Tian Mai's eyes were cold, and there was a strong murderous intent in the edge.
As a secret guard, he had made many assumptions about the accident that happened on the river.
Either the construction method was wrong, or someone deliberately damaged the embankment.
Lots of possibilities.
The only thing he didn't expect was that he could actually make a fuss about this bluestone.
It is obvious that the people who do these things know the consequences of doing so.
The dam was washed away by the flood, the river project was delayed, and even had to be started from scratch, which would cause immeasurable consequences in the court.
Those who did all this must know it.
This crime.
The sin is unpardonable!
For the first time, Tian Mai took the initiative and spontaneously had murderous intentions.
This is disregarding the fate and future of the entire country. This is going against the entire world.
"Your Highness, what should we do now?"
Wang Xinling stood on the dam, looking at the chaotic crowd below the dam, looking at the angry river workers who knew the truth about the accident, and asked in a low voice.
Zhu Yunxi's temperament became increasingly calm. After finally knowing the reason, the anger in his heart was difficult to calm down.
"Zhou Guangli was taken into custody. Anyone involved in the inspection of the bluestone strips transported from the source to the river embankment will be placed on file and awaiting trial."
"Send someone to find Gao Yang to stop them and ask them to speed up their journey to Mengjin County."
"Issue an order from Taisun to ask Yu Ma to mobilize troops to come to Henan Prefecture."
Zhu Yunxi suppressed the anger in his heart and kept giving instructions one after another.
The bluestones in Henan Prefecture are all produced in Yanshi County.
The source of the chaos cannot be separated from Henan Prefecture.
As for the rumor that spread throughout Henan Province, Henan Prefecture was the most ferocious.
He looked up at the high river bank and narrowed his eyes slightly.
Zhou Guangli stopped making any sound at this time.
When he saw the shattered bluestones with his own eyes, he knew that he was completely hopeless.
He resented those who caused all this, but at the same time he resented himself. He should have opened an extra pair of eyes and been able to more carefully identify the materials needed on these rivers.
It's just that it's too late now.
The imperial court spent countless money and food to build the dams and water reduction dams that were about to be built, but now they have been wiped out by the flood.
When the familiar official restrained Zhou Guangli with a stern face, he remained silent.
When he was escorted past Zhu Yunxi.
Only then did Zhou Guangli stop stubbornly.
He turned sideways and looked at the young man in brocade clothes in front of him.
"Your Highness, I am incompetent and I feel unworthy of the Emperor's kindness."
Zhu Yunxi's eyes were calm, and he just stared at the remorseful Zhou Guangli quietly: "The court is fair, but mistakes of oversight cannot be avoided."
Under the New Deal, the court is now increasingly strengthening its review and requirements for officials.
Zhou Guangli nodded: "The guilty minister... I am ashamed of Your Highness... But Your Highness must find out why the accident happened in Shaanzhou Prefecture!"
The officer escorting Zhou Guangli did not give him a chance to speak and dragged him down the dam.
Zhou Guangli could only shout loudly.
The sound gradually dispersed and disappeared with the wind blowing from the river.