Chapter 592

Every February is the time for the northern states of the Han Empire to build farmland and water conservancy, and this year is no exception. It is said that this habit has lasted for more than 100 years in the Han Empire. In the ten things of the imperial agricultural mulberry, played by Guo Chun, the famous Prime Minister of the Empire at that time, it is said that "the prefectural Assassin's office and the State Army and people under the transfer yamen commander can prosper between agriculture and mulberry "In the capital and the northern states, most of them work in the early spring of each year, and the reclamation of abandoned fields, the construction of water conservancy and the establishment of embankments should be the regular measures of the government and the regular examination of officials..." and so on

In the decades when Guo Chun was in phase, the officials in the north of the Han Empire built water conservancy every February, and the measures of dredging rivers and canals were fixed.

When Yan Liqiang came to the imperial capital, the vigorous water conservancy projects in the counties around the imperial capital had already started. Generally, these water conservancy projects should last at least one month to prepare for spring ploughing. However, there are some exceptions this year. When water conservancy was built around the imperial capital this year, the Ling'an River in the east of the imperial capital river was in disrepair because of its embankment, During the accumulated rain last year, "the river overflowed and blocked for a long time, and the people were miserable in countless villages...". Therefore, during the construction of water conservancy this year, the relevant yamen officials in the imperial capital took the Ling'an River as the key object of repair, allocated money and food, collected 20000 civilian workers and craftsmen from the villages and towns around the imperial capital, and began to vigorously renovate the waterway of the Ling'an river.

On March 6, the 16th year of Yuanping of the Han Empire, the weather was beautiful and the spring breeze was warm. The river repair project of Ling'an River in the east of the imperial capital was still in full swing. At dawn today, a large number of civilian workers and craftsmen who hastily ate steamed bread, porridge and pickles had gathered at the river bank on time. Under the urging of foremen, they picked soil and dug mud, Pumping, pumping, embankment, began to get busy.

From a distance, on both sides of the Ling'an River, there are many people and craftsmen gathered like ants, which is quite powerful.

In addition to the craftsmen recruited, many men, women and children in the surrounding villages and towns also gathered on both sides of the river bank at this time, one by one with dustpans, baskets and basins.

The river embankment is being repaired section by section. During the repair, the water in the river should be drained section by section before work. When the water is drained, all the fish, shrimp and loach in the water come out. It takes a lot of effort to catch these fish and shrimp at ordinary times, but it is much easier to catch them at this time. Therefore, the surrounding villagers are happy to catch big fish with good luck, It's two or three feet long. The loach river is fresh. A few can be eaten by their own family, a good meal, and more can even be sold to the restaurants in the imperial capital to earn a little money.

Just before noon, a startling cry suddenly rang out from a section of the river dredging men.

"Ah, there is a stone turtle in the river!"

"Stone turtle, dig a stone turtle in the river!"

"There's something in the river..."

Everyone has the so-called curiosity. It's only a short time. The news of digging stone turtles here has spread all at once. Many civilian workers, craftsmen and even the surrounding villagers ran towards here. To see the rarity, people's heads surged on both sides of the river.

The stone turtle was nearly one meter long, more than half a meter high and huge. It was in the mud under the river. It was covered with mud. I don't know how many years it had been lying in the river, but it still looked vivid, which surprised the onlookers.

Those working men and craftsmen were not idle. They quickly found ropes and iron gourds. A hundred and ten people worked together and pulled the stone turtle covered with mud from the river to the shore in the blink of an eye.

The people around suddenly gathered around and looked at the stone turtles pulled up from the river one by one.

An old craftsman with silver hair walked over, reached out and touched the turtle's head, scraped it with his fingernails, revealing the texture of the turtle under the mud, and sighed, "the stone turtle is not ordinary. It's gold leaf stone, which can't rot for thousands of years. It's strange. How can there be a stone turtle in the Ling'an River..." the old craftsman's hand touched the turtle's body, and suddenly, The old craftsman's face was stunned, "ah, there seems to be a word on the stone turtle's back. Find some water to wash it and see what the word is..."

Hearing the old craftsman's words, some of the good people nearby could not help but bring water from the nearby river and ditch and rush towards the stone turtle.

"Hua... Hua... Hua..."

Under the baptism of pots of water, the muddy stone turtle gradually revealed its original face, especially the clear and profound handwriting on the stone turtle's back.

"The words on the stone turtle's back come out, the words come out, there are many lines of words..."

All of a sudden, countless heads opened their eyes and leaned over.

"What word, what word, read and listen..." those who couldn't squeeze outside shouted.

After coughing twice, some literate people read the words on the turtle's back out loud.

"In May of the 16th year of Yuanping of the Han Empire, Liuzhou Tiangou ate the day..."

"In August of the 16th year of Yuanping of the Han Empire, there was a severe drought in Zhuzhou..."

"Ganzhou earthquake occurred in January of the 17th year of Yuanping of the Han Empire..." "Luchuan landslide occurred in April of the 17th year of Yuanping of the Han Empire..." "in September of the 17th year of Yuanping of the Han Empire, heaven came to the world, thousands of stars fell, the land of Beijing and the capital became dead, thousands of miles became desert, and thousands of people's bones became ashes..." "don't talk to the stone turtle, see this thing, get vitality, save all the people, Escape a thousand miles and live! "“ Han Yuan Tianfeng... "When the man was reading, the voices of the people around him suddenly decreased. He only read two, and there was no sound around. When he finished reading, it was frighteningly quiet on both sides of the river embankment, and even the sound of the wind blowing through the leaves could be heard. Yuan Tianfeng, a legendary man of the Han Empire two hundred years ago, knows astronomy, geography, five hundred years ago and five hundred years later. He is well-known as a frequent guest in the legends of the storyteller in the teahouse restaurant. Almost everyone knows it“ Just now, I didn't hear clearly. Can you... Can you read it again... "In the silence, an elderly man outside the crowd trembled and opened his mouth again. Just now the reader swallowed two mouthfuls of water and read it again. But compared with the first time, the second time he read it again, the man's voice was trembling. This time, everyone heard clearly“ What are you doing? Why are you so many people here that you don't have to work? " A small official in charge of this section of the river pushed aside the crowd, walked from the back to the front, and saw the stone turtle, "Hey, what's this!"“ Sir... This... This is what we just fished out of the river... "A craftsman shrunk his head and whispered, and many people who had just heard those words had quietly retreated towards the back“ Oh, there are words on the stone turtle's back. Let me have a look... "The little official walked around the stone turtle and looked at the words on the stone turtle's back. It was only a moment's effort, and the little official's face suddenly turned white... In less than two hours, This novel has been translated by www.novelhall.com and if you are reading this somewhere, they have stolen our translation