Zeng Bu's words repeatedly echoed in Chen Ke's mind, causing him to lose sleep again: 'What the hell, I'm here to take an exam, not to be Jesus!'
The prophetic pain and sense of insignificance made him breathless. He really wanted to escape from this prosperous city and return to his carefree Qingshen hometown...
Even Chen Xiliang noticed something was wrong with him. The next day, Xiu Mu was at home and asked with concern: "Sanlang, are you sick?"
"No." Chen Keqiang said with a smile: "I can kill a cow!"
"Why do you look so bad?" Chen Xiliang said, "No, you must have something on your mind!"
"I'm just a little troubled." Chen Ke sighed softly and said: "There are some things that I strongly want to do in my heart, but they are far beyond my ability..."
"What kind of thing?" Chen Xiliang asked.
"The Liuta River will definitely force the Yellow River to burst its banks." Chen Ke pressed his forehead with both hands and said in a harsh voice: "This feeling of watching helplessly but being unable to do anything is really terrible."
"This matter..." Chen Xiliang said softly: "This morning, the king of Runan County reported the survey results."
"How to say?"
"The Liuta River is indeed in the northeast of Bianjing, and its location will not hinder the Holy Body." Chen Xiliang snorted coldly: "Let King Runan investigate, there is no way there will be a second result."
"Why?"
"Even if it's for his son, I won't offend you." Chen Xiliang mocked.
"Yes." Chen Ke took a long breath and said, "So, no one can overcome it?"
"Not necessarily..." Chen Xiliang said lightly: "The official did not express his position on the spot, but just accepted the memorial... But don't hold out any hope. Again, the official sent Prince Runan to investigate, which speaks for itself.
His attitude."
"Then what should I do?" Chen Ke looked at Chen Xiliang with hesitant eyes.
"Ask yourself!" Chen Xiliang also looked at Chen Ke with bright eyes: "If you feel that you have to do it, and if you don't do it, your conscience will be uneasy for the rest of your life, then do it!"
"I'm afraid it will hurt you..." Chen Ke said softly.
"Hahaha..." Chen Xiliang said with a smile: "Back then, when I was in Hengyang, I was investigating the military supplies case. I also thought about whether it would implicate you, but I still did it."
"You were very troubled that time." Chen Ke rolled his eyes at him and said, "You have the nerve to say it."
"You bastard, you are neither old nor young." Chen Xiliang gave him a shudder and said sternly: "At that time, I thought that at worst you could live in Meizhou without worrying about food and clothing, so I had no reason not to uncover the shady story!
"After a pause, he said: "The same goes for you now. Although as a father, I don't want to see you take risks, but you are already a civil servant and you will definitely not die. So, go ahead and do it boldly!"
"Of course I don't care," Chen Ke said with a bitter smile, "I'm afraid that your future will be affected."
"If the court is accustomed to confuse right and wrong, it will not even tolerate people who tell the truth. This kind of official is not appropriate!" Chen Xiliang said flatly: "In the worst case, we will go back to Sichuan to enjoy our family happiness, and we will not
I feel uneasy!"
"Good attitude!" Chen Ke gradually showed a bright smile that he had not seen for a long time. He suddenly hugged Chen Xiliang, stretched his arms and said, "Thank you, dad!" Then he let go and ran away with a big smile.
"You brat, you are so energetic..." Chen Xiliang rubbed his chest and smiled bitterly: "Be careful..."
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After running to the teahouse in one breath, Chen Ke asked the guard Lao Qian who was following him to call Zhao Zongji over from the palace.
As soon as they met, he asked right away: "Have you given up?"
"No." Zhao Zongji shook his head and said solemnly: "Like you said, I will never give up until the last moment!"
"I think so too." Chen Ke nodded and said, "So we have to fight again!"
"That's no problem, but..." Zhao Zongji said with a somewhat heavy breath: "I already said everything that needs to be said in the last memorial. What effect will it have if I repeat the old tune this time?"
"You are right, we have to come up with something new." Chen Ke said solemnly: "I have reflected on the last memorial and why it didn't impress the officials... It's just because it's all theory and speculation, without real evidence!"
"Yes." Zhao Zongji nodded and said, "Everyone has his own truth. We cannot overwhelm other people's truth with our own truth... let alone the great truth of the two prime ministers."
"So this time, we have to speak with facts!" Chen Ke lowered his voice and said, "Please ask for a measurement of the terrain from Shanghukou to Henglong Old Road!"
"This..." Zhao Zongji smiled bitterly and said: "It's no problem to measure the distance. I can do it with a rope. But how do you measure the height of the terrain?" If this can be measured, there is no need for everyone to argue - as long as it can be proved
, the Henglong Old Road is higher than Shanghukou. Even if it is only three to five feet higher, it is enough for the officials to stop the Liuta River project.
"I have a way." Chen Kexin said sorry, Scientist Shen, I will use your invention. At worst, when we meet in the future, I will give you the physics and chemistry book I wrote in memory. I will never lose you. So he said calmly: "Okay.
Measure the height of the river!"
"Really?" Zhao Zongji immediately said excitedly: "There is such a method, why didn't you tell me earlier?"
"If the final results come out and prove that the two gentlemen are wrong, where will they put their faces?" Chen Ke still has the second half of his words... The Liuta River project was approved by the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. If it is proved that it will not be possible at all.
It's wrong. Where should I put the official's face?
"I can't care about that much anymore!" Zhao Zongji said decisively: "Is the lives and property of the people in several states more important, or the face of some people?"
"Okay, this method is called the 'layered weir construction method'!" Chen Ke told him the method.
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"The water of the Yellow River has been divided into three parts water and seven parts mud since ancient times. A large amount of sediment has been deposited in the gentle downstream. Due to disrepair over time, the river bed has gradually increased. Below Shanghu, many river beds are already three to four feet higher than the ground outside the embankment.
An 'above ground river' is formed. Water flows to lower areas. If the river bed downstream is higher than the upper reaches, the water flow will definitely slow down, stop, or even flow backwards. Then the bank will burst again at the lower reaches of the upstream - Shanghukou!" When he met the saint again, Zhao Zongji
Asking for further discussion on the 'Liu Pagoda River', he said loudly: "So I think it is extremely irresponsible for the water minister to just return to the river without clarifying the height of the river before!"
"Haha..." The official smiled and said: "Why didn't you measure it? Before every project, they will use a benchmark to measure the height."
"Standing on the mountain, how do you use benchmarks to measure the height of the mountain?" Zhao Zongji said: "The same is true for river beds. You can't measure the height of the terrain with the tree benchmark method!"
"Oh..." Guan Jia asked with a smile: "Why, it sounds like you have something to do?"
"Someone taught me a method." Zhao Zongji nodded and said, "I think it makes sense."
"Tell me about it," the official said with great interest.
"You can use the natural level of the water surface to measure the height of the terrain. I know that in some river sections with large drops, in order to allow ships to go upstream, people will build several ship locks. After the ship enters a lock, it falls down and the water rises.
, the boat is higher, and the boat can sail upstream; then, behind the boat, the second lock gate falls, the water level rises again, and the boat can go up another section of the river, so that from one lock to another, the water level rises again and again.
, Couldn’t this method be used to measure the height difference of each section from Shanghukou to Henglong Old Road in batches? Adding up the height differences of each section is exactly the difference between the two places."
"..." The official thought for a moment and nodded: "The truth is good, but although the Liuta River is narrow, it is also forty steps wide. It is unrealistic for you to build so many gates, isn't it?"
"As far as the child knows, building embankments requires a lot of earth and rocks. Folks often collect soil from the nearest river embankment to form a basically continuous ditch. It doesn't take much effort to open it and form a ditch parallel to the Liuta River.
of the small river, and then build a dike across the small river at one end of Shanghukou." Zhao Zongji explained as simply and clearly as possible:
"Then water is poured in from the lower reaches of the Liuta River, so that the water flows to the Shanghukou area. When the water surface of the small river is level with the dam, then a dam is built at the bottom of the ditch just above the water surface in the upstream, water is poured again, and then the dam is built downstream...
…The total height of these dams to retain water means that the topography of the old road from Shanghukou to Henglong Road is different.”
The official thought about it carefully. After a while, he nodded and said with a smile: "This is a good idea. Who came up with it?"
"He is a friend of the child." Zhao Zongji said: "His name is Chen Ke, and he is a student." He and Chen Ke had discussed that what happened in the capital could not be hidden from the eyes and ears of the officials, so it was better to tell the truth frankly.
"Chen Ke..." the official asked curiously: "Is he the one who compiles the dictionary?"
"Yes." Zhao Zongji nodded.
"No wonder." The official suddenly smiled, sat up straight and said, "It's hard for you to come up with such a method, I'm sure!"
"Thank you uncle!" Zhao Zongji said excitedly.
"Since it was you who came up with the idea," the official said with a squinted smile: "Let you two do it. I will give you two thousand forbidden troops and present the results in the shortest possible time."
"I obey the decree!" Zhao Zongji sang fatly.
"Ji'er..." The official asked him to get up, looked into his eyes, and said warmly: "Do you know how many of your husband-in-laws will be offended by this?"
"Uncle, I'm not afraid of offending them." Zhao Zongji said with clear eyes: "Even if I offend them all, I can still be my rich and idle man, right?"
"Oh... Hahaha..." The official laughed, and his laughter became louder and louder: "Not bad, not bad, that's the right way to think about it!"
Eunuch Hu, the eunuch beside him, said to himself, "How long has it been since the saint smiled like this..."
Woohoo, my anus was fucked repeatedly, please give me some votes... It seems that I really don’t have the ability to update four times. I should pay the extra update next month, okay?
