The spring sunshine is shining, and the air is filled with the smell of soil. Although it is still early spring, you can already feel the slight heat brought by the sunshine and feel the breath of a drought year.

However, Liu Xie was standing on the bank of the Jing River and was in a good mood. Seeing that the canal was more than ten feet wide, Liu Xie recruited 300,000 people in three months and dug out eight tributaries within a radius of 300 miles of Chang'an. It is time to complete the construction. What we need to do now is to introduce the Jing River into the canal. This year and even thousands of years to the next, Chang'an no longer has to worry about the drought year.

"Your Majesty, the situation surrounding the eight waters has been completed. The total attack is more than 1,200 miles long, and they are connected with each other. This can keep enough water sources within the Jingzhao area to irrigate the farmland. Next, you only need to do a good water truck, so that you will no longer have to worry about irrigating the fields without water in the future." Master Pu spoke with a look of excitement. This is a great event that has benefited the present and the future, which is enough to make him a mere craftsman famous throughout the ages. This is a matter of just this, and it is worthwhile to be in vain.

"What do you think of the emperor?" Liu Xie turned his head and looked at Liu Ye beside him, confirming again.

Liu Ye looked a little haggard at this moment. Since he came to Chang'an, he had devoted all his energy to the newly opened Eight Waters. Although he was haggard at this moment, his expression was very excited. He smiled and said, "As Master Pu said, this eight waters surrounded by irrigation is not only conducive to irrigation, but also combined with the Bagua. In the future, it can also serve as a barrier for my Chang'an. With these Eight Waters and no elite troops of 100,000, no one wants to conquer Chang'an."

Liu Xie nodded, but he didn't agree. If he really reached that point, even if there was this barrier, the Han Dynasty would be over. What he paid more attention to was the actual benefits that these eight canals or rivers could bring to the people's livelihood in Guanzhong.

"In this way, is it feasible?" Liu Xie asked.

"Feable." Liu Ye nodded affirmatively.

Liu Xie nodded to Master Pu on the side. Master Pu understood and quickly directed more than a dozen strong men to slowly pull up the thousand-jin stones blocking the Jing River and the canal. Then the two civilians tied ropes around their waists, jumped into the empty canal, and began to dig out from the bottom. Even if there was no thousand-jin stones, there was still three feet thick between the canal and the river.

But two civilians saw a sharpened long artemisia pierced into the soil, and then nailed it bit by bit with a wooden hammer. It took a quarter of an hour to overflow from the soil. The two civilians quickly tied the ropes at the bottom of the long artemisia, and then left the canal with the help of their companions.

"The water flow here is quite turbulent. If it is directly chiseled, the person responsible for excavation below may be washed away by the water flow. Moreover, if the water flow is too fierce, it will easily destroy the canal." Master Pu hurriedly explained when he saw Liu Xie's confusion.

At this moment, someone has already begun to pull the rope and pull the long artemisia out of the soil bit by bit. More and more water gushed out from the cracks. As the long artemisia was pulled out, a column of water gushed out from the hole opened by the long artemisia and soon gathered into a pool on the ground. However, the pit did not change much. According to Master Pu, if you want to fully open it, it will take at least one hour. With the impact of the river, the three-foot-thick soil wall will be completely washed away.

"Please lean back a little. The water flows here quickly. If the water is too strong, it may sweep ashore. If you accidentally hurt Your Majesty and all the ministers, it will be bad." Master Pu persuaded softly.

"Have you ever told me along the way?" Liu Xie turned his head and looked at Wang Yue beside him. These things were notified by the Hu Ben Guards of each city.

"Don't worry, your Majesty, three days ago, the Huben Guards in each county have already begun notifying the people along the coast." Wang Yue bowed and said.

"Dear your family, the soldiers retreated a little, and sent more people to patrol along the coast. Don't let those naughty boys be taken away. Opening the canal today is a great joy for me. I don't want anything tragic happening today." Liu Xie said to Fang Sheng next to him.

"Here!" Fang Sheng bowed quickly. Soon, all the cavalry in Chang'an City were dispatched to patrol along the coast. At the same time, Liu Xie also led all the officials and the accompanying army. The civilians retreated from both sides of the strait and waited a little higher.

"call"

At this moment, there was still some hot weather just now. The wind suddenly blew from the ground. For some reason, the Jinghe River suddenly became even more turbulent. Almost as Liu Xie ordered it and everyone retreated, the water suddenly accelerated. The three-foot-thick earth wall began to tremble under the impact of the water flow, and cracks spread around the hole.

"Boom"

With a muffled sound, the earth wall was washed away by the sudden and fierce water flow in less than a quarter of an hour after the hole was chiseled open. The roaring De River water surged in, and the rolled water flowed overwhelmed the two sides. Fortunately, Liu Xie had listened to Master Pu's advice before and ordered everyone to retreat. Otherwise, if he was accidentally involved, he might not have survived even Gan Ning, who was very good at water battles.

Liu Xie frowned slightly. What's going on? Well, how could the water of the Jing River suddenly become turbulent?

"Good guy, if we hadn't left in time, there would probably be many people who would have been buried here at this moment." Behind Liu Xie, Gan Ning looked at the canal that was filled in for a moment with lingering fear. The water was even expanding to the two sides of the river. It took a long time to survive. In addition, the canal kept swallowing the water of the Jing River like a bottomless pit, so the water was unwilling to retreat.

Liu Xie always felt that the wave came a little strange, and the strange wind before was also extremely strange, even arousing the dragon energy around him, as if he was actively protecting his master.

"Didn't you offend the Dragon King of Jinghe?" someone said worriedly.

Liu Xie looked back at the other party. If it were before, he would not believe this, but after experiencing a lot of fantasy things, he believed this strange thing a little.

The ghost has seen it, does that god exist?

I haven't seen it before, but after this incident, Liu Xie still felt that it was a good idea to leave here. He smiled and looked at the ministers and said, "It is a blessing for the court to open these eight waters today. However, it is very windy here. Since it has been opened, you can follow me to return to the court."

Liu Xie smiled and looked at the ministers and said.

"I will obey the order." After hearing this, a group of ministers hurriedly bowed to Liu Xie and said, and the group quickly left the bank of the Jing River.

It's strange that after Liu Xie left Jinghe, his mind suddenly became clear, and the dragon energy around him automatically gathered into his body. The golden bell also stopped turbulence. At the same time, he walked beside the opened waterway. Not only did he not feel the uncomfortable feeling before, but he was quite close. Is it because these eight waterways were chiseled open by himself? Liu Xie asked what happened, but he did not get a response, so he had to temporarily press the curiosity in his heart.

The group returned to Chang'an. Liu Xie ordered Liu Ye to lead the craftsmen to supervise the waterway to avoid any mistakes and misses. Instead, it caused floods to cause disasters. Naturally, he also rewarded the craftsmen who participated in the opening of the canal. After Liu Xie left the ministers in the recession.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Xiaoru is asking for a meeting." Just as Liu Xie was about to return to the palace to rest, Wei Zhong suddenly ran over and said to Liu Xie.

Li Ru? What is he here to do?

After thinking about it, Liu Xie said: "Bring Chengming Palace, don't let others see it."

Li Ru's identity is too sensitive, and he is a person who should have died for a long time. If someone sees through his identity, things will be bad.

"Here!" Wei Zhong bowed quickly and left.

After Liu Xie returned to Chengming Palace and asked Yuxiu and Wan'er to change their casual clothes, Wei Zhong was already waiting in the side hall with Li Ru, who was wrapped in a black robe.

"Why is Xiaoru coming at this time?" After Li Ru met, Liu Xie sat on a wooden chair, took the sweet porridge handed over by Yuxiu, took a sip, looked at Li Ru and asked.

"As long as he had no choice, Ru would not take the risk." Li Ru said with a wry smile.

"What happened?" Liu Xie frowned.

"I sent someone to pay attention before. Yesterday I suddenly found that the tomb that Your Majesty had set up for me had been turned over. In addition, the people who were arranged in prison also received information. Someone was secretly investigating whether anyone was missing in the prison when I was asked to beheaded." Li Ru said with a wry smile.

"That is to say..." Liu Xie leaned on the back of the chair, pinching his eyebrows and said, "Someone began to doubt your identity?"

Although it was an inquiry, it was basically confirmed.

"That's the case." Li Ru nodded with a wry smile: "It should be that I have opened my eyes for Lu Bu before, and revealed my hiding, and was noticed by those who are interested."

After Li Ru had opened his eyes for Lu Bu, he realized something was wrong. His opponent did not engage in more trouble on this matter, but soon disappeared. Then he found that his grave had been turned over and then checked the prison again. The result made Li Ru secretly sweat.

"Can you know who it is?" Liu Xie asked after a moment of silence.

"Zhong Yao." Li Ru affirmed that he was secretly organizing an intelligence system under the order of Liu Xie. In many places, Liu Xie directly gave the green light. The eyes and ears were naturally far from comparable to Zhong Yao. Zhong Yao found that Li Ru was half of the guesswork, and it would be much easier if Li Ru wanted to know who was investigating him.

"Zhong Yao!" Liu Xie shook his head with a complicated look: "It seems that he can't be used by me after all!"

Among the top civil officials in the court, Zhong Yao was the best in both strategy and politics, and had strong comprehensive abilities. He was able to take the lead in whether he governed the party, made decisions in the country, or even commanded troops to fight. Liu Xie always hoped that he could subdue this person little by little and use it for his own use.

Previously, the Huns went south and Zhu Ding entered the straight road, and the grain prices in Chang'an were rising. According to the news obtained by Liu Xie, Zhong Yao was involved. This time, he directly extended his hand to Li Ru, and finally touched Liu Xie's bottom line.

"What a pity." Youyou sighed and looked at Li Rudao: "Xiaoru, go back first. Don't come forward in the next few days, and I will talk about it after I finish handling this matter."

In any case, Li Ru, the trump card that Liu Xie hid in the dark, could never be allowed to touch. Even if he had secretly communicated with the Huns and secretly raised the food price, Liu Xie only regarded it as a game between the imperial power and the aristocratic families. But this time, Zhong Yao extended his hand to Li Ru, but he was trying to touch Liu Xie's foundation, which he would never tolerate.

"Here." Li Ru bowed and slowly left.

"Wei Zhong, go and invite Man Chong!" Liu Xie's mouth was filled with a cold smile. Man Chong had been in the court for several days. It was time to give this selfless and cruel official who enforced the law a chance to rectify his name.
Chapter completed!