Chapter 1271

Wandering with the girl along the nine rivers, the rushing wind rises and the water ripples.

Riding a water chariot with lotus covers, driving two dragons with chi dragons—"

Human voices were mixed, buzzing.

Where the sacrificial words were directed, the Huang Long soared to the sky.

The divine dragon soared and flicked its tail, straight into the clouds, shaking away the thick clouds, rising to the highest point, the dragon's head turned, diving straight down, crashing into the riverbed, smashing into the ground, turning and rolling.

The inner river shook.

Thousand-zhang waves rose to the sky, flood waves appeared, the waves rushed down, watering the wheat fields, scattering a burst of pleasant light rain, half-damp and half-dry, steaming away the rising summer heat.

The people on both banks raised their hands, cheering for the River God, kneeling and worshiping.

Flood waves, prayers, tremors, wind whistling, wheat leaves rustling—all sounds mixed together, magnificent and vast, solemn and sacred, and everyone who came and went was in awe.

The young man stepped on the waves, in loose robes, his clothes hunting in the wind.

Wherever he passed, the whirlpool water manifested into a big hand, netting the mud and sand, throwing it to both banks. There was no need for special personnel to deal with it, and local officials stopped the looting, and the villagers were happy to move this excellent river mud.

The riverbed sank bit by bit, and the water level fell bit by bit.

The people carried loads, the crowd stretched, digging together, participating together, spectacular indeed.

"Whoosh."

The otter turned the ship's rudder, and the golden monkey pulled the towrope.

The treasure ship turned, splitting the waves, rolling over the whirlpools majestically.

"The water level has dropped by three zhang and six feet!"

"Three zhang and eight feet here!"

"No problem! Can pass. Can pass!"

"Release the people!"

The martial artist pulled out the measuring ruler, red and green signal flags crossed, allowing the fishermen to resume production.

The sheepskin rafts floated and sank again.

This time, there were no terrifying waves, no man-eating tides.

The oily single ponytail flicked gently, the end curled, Si Nan stood at the bow of the ship, holding a pen to record, filling out the booklet seriously, witnessing the madness of the people on both banks, watching once, recording once, marveling once at the extraordinary power.

The Three Princes managed the water, the Prince of Dingxi and the Prince of Longxiang also managed the Yellow Shahe in the upper and middle reaches, opening mountains and leveling rivers, cutting bends and straightening them, summoning many Hunting Tiger and Perfected Form experts to help with the aftermath, and most of the personnel of the River Office were mobilized.

Even not just in the north, even the River Offices of Huai East and Huai West in the south were mobilized together to assist in governance, and almost all the surrounding people were mobilized.

The scale was vast, the number of people was large, rare in the world, the first in this dynasty, even digging the canal before was not like this.

On the contrary, the Prince of Huai and the Ape King, who were managing the most severe ground river, did not use any of them, almost cleaning the river channel by their own strength.

In just three days, more than four hundred miles of riverbed were leveled, dropping several zhang, dozens of zhang!

Yellow Shahe, not some unknown small river.

How wide is the river surface, ten miles, dozens of miles, or even more than a hundred miles. Ordinary people couldn't see the edge at all, majestic and terrifying. Under the hands of one person and one ape, the Huang Long soared into the sky, roaring in the sky.

Si Nan would sometimes waver.

No wonder the people were terrified, scrambling to sacrifice cattle and sheep, even living people were willing.

Under infinite power, how small are mortals, no different from ants on the field ridge.

Unfold the map.

Following the direction, the next is a flat straight flow, easier to clean.

"Tonight we should be able to push to six hundred miles—"

"Ah, tonight? No dinner party?" The snot bubble burst, the dragon horns stood up, the Third Prince raised his head in a daze, touched his belly, "Didn't you say there was a big meal tonight? I've been hungry for three days, damn it, I'm starving and you say there's no food! Quick, you sycophant, go fry two dishes for me!"

"Dinner party? What dinner party?" Si Nan turned her head.

"What, so you didn't know, you scared this Prince." The Third Prince raised his hand, "Sycophant, come back!"

The deck was wide, a lounge chair was set up, the sun was just right, the Third Prince's belly was facing the sky, hanging on the lounge chair, pointing and ordering the fat thing behind him that didn't know if it was a frog or a fish or something else, anyway, it had manifested into a human form.

The white mist monster that had walked halfway came back, flicking its two "long whiskers", rubbing shoulders and kneading backs.

Seeing Senior Secretary Si Nan asking.

The Third Prince moved his butt down, two claws cushioned his head, flicked his tail.

"Yes, three days ago, the Demon King in the Yellow Shahe said he would treat the Boss, today—" The Third Prince broke his dragon claws, "One, two, two—is it today?"

"It is today."

"Prince of Huai!"

Si Nan bowed respectfully.

Liang Qu landed on the deck: "Calculate the time, it's about time, prepare to set off. Last time Lord Qinghe said he would treat me to a meal, do you want to come along? Just sit down together and discuss water management. If the Viceroy is free, come together."

"So that's it." Si Nan's expression became serious, "I will return to the government office now and report to the Water River Viceroy."

"Okay." Liang Qu waved his hand, "Third Prince, you take Si Nan, go and return quickly."

"Guarantee to complete the mission! Sycophant! Move out!"

The lounge chair ejected, and the Third Prince spat out white mist again.

The "big frog" that was rubbing shoulders and kneading backs swelled rapidly, turning into a smooth big fish.

Si Nan jumped onto the back of the big fish, as if riding on floating clouds, observing back and forth: "Third Prince, what you manifested, is it a frog or a fish?"

"Both."

"Both?" Si Nan thought for a moment, "Could it be a strange species in the Jianghuai?"

"Oh, just a mere sycophant! You don't have to care, and don't worry about these details." The Third Prince waved his claws, "Sit tight and hold on, ready to take off!"

Floating clouds wrapped around Si Nan, the scenery on both banks flew past rapidly, drawing an arc behind, plunging into the Yellow Shahe, breaking into the whirlpool—

"Wuwuwu, why does the Great King want to treat the white ape, that is a fierce beast that eats fish without spitting out bones, if it goes monkey crazy, we are all finished!"

"Where did you hear that?"

"What hear, personal experience!"

"Tell me in detail."

"The year before last, my second aunt's niece married into Jianghuai early on. After she married, she had a granddaughter. I heard that the Jianghuai Dragon Clan formed the Great Huai Army with generous treatment, working abroad. As a result, in the blink of an eye, the Great Huai Army was gone, and she hasn't come back to this day."

"I heard it was caught by the white ape and stewed into fish head soup! And sprinkled with a full handful of green onions! Alas, the little spirit monster who was only two and a half years old, born beautiful as a flower, the male fish pursuing her lined up to the shore, my niece's granddaughter whom I have never met, poor thing."

"What? Sprinkled with green onions? Is there such a thing?"

"If you ask me, true or false, this move is indeed dangerous. The white ape has extraordinary strength, even the dragon clan runs away, it must be top-notch, and it colluded with the human race, binding water and flushing sand, it has long been not of the same mind as our water tribe. Ancient fish have a saying, a gentleman fish does not climb the shore of a dangerous lake."

The three leading green fish whispered to each other, speaking eloquently, all thinking that the Great King's meeting today was unwise and taking risks. Suddenly seeing the treasure ship sailing over, they hurriedly stopped chattering, straightened their posture, and stepped forward to welcome them.

Two rows of big fish swam, floated their upper bodies, their side fins flicked into whirlwinds, stirring up water flowers, and bowed to salute.

"Qinggong Bay, welcome the Prince of Huai and the Ape King!"

The shouts behind rang out in one piece.

"Qinggong Bay, welcome the Prince of Huai and the Ape King!"

Clatter.

The sails were furled, the iron chains flicked, and the big anchor fell, splashing water.

Briefly quiet.

White mist spread, gathered into stairs, spread into the water, the little white dragon swam down leisurely, two otters rolled several times, looked around, checked the water environment, and stepped aside.

"Report to Boss, safe! No eight hundred axe fins!"

Long boots stepped on the stairs, Liang Qu took the lead, stood on the white jade stairs, didn't look at the welcoming green fish, first looked at the river scenery, and amidst the waiting of the green fish teams on both sides, nodded slightly and stepped down.

After that, Water River Viceroy Qian Bingyi, Senior Secretary Si Nan, and Huai River Water Transport Viceroy Su Guishan followed one after another.

A strange acquaintance seemed to have mixed into the team.

Liang Qu didn't expect to meet his uncle today, it was truly a coincidence.

This year's management of the Yellow Shahe could be said to be the strength of the whole country, with countless manpower and material resources deployed, especially the River Office. Now that the Huai East River Office has no Ghost Mother Sect to confront, and the water beasts are controlled by the Prince of Huai, the work pressure is greatly reduced. A group of second-generation officials naturally go wherever there is merit, go through the Ministry of Personnel process, all on the list, and follow north to support.

Anyway, with 【Vortex Escape Path】, it is very convenient to come and go.

As a result, the Third Prince led Si Nan to the General Office, just happened to run into Huai River Viceroy Su Guishan arriving at the General Office to hand over work, once he heard he could follow his nephew's grandson to eat big households—

"Hahaha, Yellow Shahe, the water is vast and boundless, deep and bottomless, its origin is unknown for ten thousand miles. Some say it comes from the Tianshan Mountains in the west, and the primordial energy condenses from here. The earth's axis collapses and the sky pillar breaks, so it rushes and flows day and night without stopping—"

Su Guishan sang leisurely, looked at the two people on the left and right, took half a step back, like a waiter in a restaurant, bowed comically, "Viceroy, Senior Secretary, two officials, please come in."

"Viceroy Su, please."

"Senior, please."

"Haha, you're too polite, you're too polite.

"

The three of them humbled themselves and went down the stairs.

Further back.

A half-human-high fist hitting double pincers, Awei with golden light crisscrossing, the emerald green "Cannot Move", and the round head with short legs, ran down one after another.

Eat big households.

Not one can be left behind!

Liang Qu's Ze Ling has not yet advanced and cannot be improved, but the water beasts all have big gaps.

The three echelons all came to the water surface.

The leading green fish poked its head out and looked back, seeing no one, tentatively asked: "I don't know if the Ape King—"

"The Ape King has social anxiety, is not good at attending banquets, and is busy managing the Yellow Sand, so he specifically asked me to apologize to Lord Qinghe for him.

"Social—anxiety?"

"Alas, it's just introverted, not good at seeing raw fish, but don't worry, me coming is equal to the white ape coming, the white ape coming is equal to me coming, there is no difference."

The green fish scratched its head, didn't dare to ask more, and bowed to lead the way.

"Since that's the case, Your Highness the Prince of Huai, several officials, please come this way."

The stairs entered the water, the shadows slanted long.

The water waves spread, and the group of people sank into the Yellow Shahe step by step.

Su Guishan couldn't help but sigh: "In the past, I traveled the Yellow Shahe, it was magnificent and majestic, with rushing waves and whirlpools, but this is the first time I've come to a banquet underwater."

Liang Qu turned his head: "The year before last, everyone spent the New Year in the Dragon Palace. Uncle, this is the first time you've come to a banquet underwater this year?

Does it only count if it's within a year?"

"Haha, forgot, forgot." Su Guishan laughed loudly.

The atmosphere was cheerful and relaxed, the leading green fish slightly relaxed its tense nerves and focused on leading the way.

The four people went into the water, Liang Qu's mind moved, and on top of each person's head, there was a layer of bubble water film separating them, no matter how they walked, they didn't shake, following at all times.

Sank to the bottom of the water.

Long boots stepped on the white jade stairs, unlike the ordinary riverbed silt, the ground still felt extremely solid and hard.

No surprise.

This is the self-influence of the Demon King occupying the place.

【Mist Flow】, creates beast-like wild currents and undercurrents. Through long-term stay and residence, it can condense dark water areas near the cave, which will not dissipate for a long time.

【Jin Yan】, long-term residence, can catalyze special mineral veins, golden rock mines.

【Corrosive Poison Spring】, the habitat gradually changes into a corrosive poison spring, devouring prey and absorbing vitality.

【Water Essence Vitality】, cleans the water area, absorbs a little water essence, guides the gathering of water essence, has a chance to attract and breed treasure fish, and can solidify the spirituality of treasure fish to a certain extent.

Under his command, the water beasts, when they advanced to demon beasts, all had related manifestations. Liang Qu didn't dare to let them live in the pond for a long time, so as not to disturb the environment.

Lord Qinghe is a Demon King, two major realms apart, not to mention.

The location of his palace is not in the middle of the river, but a big lake on the side of the river, living with a large number of green fish, and belonging to the race.

This lake is not naturally existing, or rather, it was not so big originally. It is an oxbow lake formed by the bending of the river. Because Lord Qinghe occupied it, it slowly became a "dam", so the river gradually changed its course, and the lake became wider and wider. The upper reaches exposed a large area of beach and swamp, where many amphibians lived, as well as various treasure beasts, and hunters often drowned in it.

Walking into the depths of the lake, the water quality gradually became different from the outside. The fluffy water algae spread on the ground like a lawn, absorbing mud and sand.

Not to say clear, at least not muddy.

The ground is flat and tidy, various cave buildings are scattered high and low, and the coming and going are all fish species characteristic of the Yellow Shahe, and there are several exotic beasts running in the water.

Better than the frog tribe that hadn't experienced the transformation of Afei and Fist in the past, slightly inferior to the turtle tribe, definitely put a lot of effort into construction. The only drawback is that the altitude is too high, the place is too big, and the water level of the Yellow Shahe has been raised significantly!

Liang Qu observed the environment quietly.

"Several officials, we have arrived." The leading green fish stopped swimming, its fins forward.

The towering palace rose from the ground.

On both sides of the road, green fish crawled.

Before a few people approached, they could feel an extremely majestic momentum rising.

Lord Qinghe!

"When a friend comes, I am happy every day; when he doesn't come, I look forward to it every day—"

The long chant was faint, and the King came out of the palace.

Light and shadow flickered, scales flicked.

The fish scales all over the body were like ink jade and celadon smelted, long whiskers fluttering like long snakes, the mountain-like Green Fish King sat on the throne, its body was majestic, its back was like a mountain, completely transcending the concept of "fish", full of the beauty of power, the beauty of wildness.

Demon King!

The Huang Long King is not here, one of the three fish who speak, Lord Qinghe!

Si Nan's expression was nervous.

She had read many records in the booklet, but today was the first time she faced a real Demon King, and she had no idea what the negotiation result would be.

No matter what realm a person is in, if they don't release their aura, there is no big difference in essence and spirit, but demon beasts are different. Just the appearance is enough to make people feel irresistible. No matter what creature, for giant objects, there is naturally a kind of—

"Wuhu, what a domineering Green Fish King!" The Third Prince opened his arms, imitating the flight of a kite, "But I'm so hungry, where is the food, where is the food, I want to have a big meal!"

Fist ran rampant, Round Head carried fins, Awei opened and closed its mouth, "Cannot Move" patted its tail.

They, all hungry for three days!

Liang Qu arched his hands: "Subordinate is naughty, Lord Qinghe don't blame."

"Hahaha!" The tense atmosphere dissipated, the Green Fish King laughed at the sky, waved its fins, and everyone floated gently, straight into the side hall, "What's to blame, guests feel at home, it should be so! Prince of Huai, everyone, take your seats first! Come fish, serve the dishes!"

"Boss, Green Fish King, watch me perform three bites for one fish! Aowu Aowu."

The three-zhang Third Prince hugged the three-zhang big fish, suddenly expanded and became larger, turned into a hundred zhang, swallowed it in one bite, then turned back to its original size, and hiccuped gently.

Liang Qu's water beasts, one by one, revealed their original forms, swallowing treasure fish and treasure plants in big mouthfuls.

Su Guishan drank wine, shouted heartily, and invited everyone to raise their glasses together to celebrate this moment.

The Green Fish King's mouth twitched, and he picked up the wine jar.

This group of people, did they get something wrong? Shouldn't it be in the name of eating, discussing the movements of the past few days, and how the two sides can coexist peacefully? Are they really here to eat?

The green fish demon served the dishes, sweating profusely, only feeling that a group of starving ghosts had come.

【Water Essence +30】

Liang Qu had thirty essence in one chopstick, thirty essence in one chopstick—

Everyone was focused on eating, only Water River Viceroy Qian Bingyi had the heart to discuss business, and it was not good to overstep, so as not to let the Demon King think that Dashun looked down on him, which would have the opposite effect.

Finally, the Green Fish King couldn't bear it and spoke first: "I heard that the human race intends to manage the Yellow Shahe, and the day before yesterday, they even detained water to flush sand for hundreds of miles. The movement was huge and rare in the world. I don't know, Prince of Huai, what is the next plan?"

Liang Qu put down his chopsticks and went straight to the point: "The next plan is naturally to continue flushing sand until the East Sea.

To tell you the truth, Lord Qinghe, now that the Southern Frontier is in chaos and the Northern Court has stopped its flags and drums, our Dashun has no more constraints.

Therefore, this Yellow Shahe must be managed, it cannot not be managed, and within two years, the ground river part must completely sink into the underground, including the river section near Lord Qinghe, which is the most critical priority."

The Green Fish King's scalp wrinkled: "Prince of Huai's meaning, could it be that you want my clan to relocate? Abandon hundreds of years of construction, the ancestral foundation? Let you Dashun sink the river?"

As soon as these words came out, the serving green fish all stopped, and the atmosphere gradually cooled.

Only the water beasts, life is endless, eating fish is endless.

Mid-level demon beasts, upper-level demon beasts, eat eat eat, rush rush rush!

The sound of bones being crushed was endless, and the Third Prince hugged the fish head and tore it.

The oppressive atmosphere covered them.

Qian Bingyi and Si Nan looked left and right, unable to help but grab the ground with their toes.

"Of course not." Liang Qu shook his head.

"Oh, I'd like to hear the details."

The stagnant atmosphere flowed again, and the green fish demon slowly served the dishes.

"Our Dashun has always convinced people with virtue, convinced fish with virtue. The current Emperor is even more wise. In the early years, he was on good terms with the Dragon King and bred dragon-blood horses, deeply understanding the principle of mutual benefit. He would never make things difficult for the water tribe.

Not to mention, when Lord Qinghe built this place hundreds of years ago, Dashun was not yet established. Since ancient times, first come, first served, how could we ask for relocation? But sinking the river into the ground is a national policy, which benefits the country and the water beasts, and must be executed."

"Doesn't that still mean relocation?"

"No!" Liang Qu denied again, "No need to move, no need to move!"

"If you don't move, how can you sink the river?"

Obviously, the Green Fish King knew clearly where his clan land was, how much impact it had on the nearby Yellow Shahe, directly causing the riverbed to rise by dozens of zhang for dozens of miles and hundreds of miles nearby, and the subsequent impact was even more than a thousand miles.

"Of course you can."

Related plans, Liang Qu had already clarified with the Imperial Observatory when he was in the Imperial Capital.

Violence is by no means the only way to solve problems. Many things, once started, might solve the problem at the time, but will bury disasters for the future.

The so-called lesson from the past.

This time, the Demon King of the Yellow Shahe was violently suppressed. In the future, when Dashun encounters major crises again, the Demon Kings in other places might feel the same sadness and attack together.

Just like the violent ascension of a non-crown prince, the latecomers will also imitate, and there are too many similar examples such as spy politics, assassination politics—too many related examples, "the power of example" will bring bad influence to the entire organizational structure.

Therefore, if it can be handled peacefully, handle it peacefully, try to be happy for everyone, and achieve the best of both worlds.

"I don't know if Lord Qinghe has heard of sinking wells?"

"Never heard of it."

Liang Qu snapped his fingers: "Third Prince!"

No response.

The Third Prince buried his head and ate fiercely.

Liang Qu grabbed the dragon tail and pulled it over.

"Don't, Boss! Let me go, I'm not full! I can still eat!" The Third Prince hugged the table corner tightly, like a rubber band, his body stretched and shortened. Seeing "Cannot Move", Round Head and other fish still eating, he cried bitterly.

One step ahead, every step ahead, one step behind, every step behind.

Eat less, less essence, less advancement, can't beat the sycophant—

"Then if you finish early, can't you continue eating? You can eat while working."

"Oh right, coming, coming."

The little lip dragon broke off the fish head with two claws, turned around and spat out mist.

White mist filled the air, immediately shaping a huge cylindrical object, like a chimney.

The cylindrical object was built with bricks and stones. At the very bottom, there was a piece of soil, inside which a little white man was waving a pickaxe along the cylinder wall to dig soil. At the very top, there were masons applying mortar, building bricks and stones, and raising the cylinder.

When the little white man at the bottom dug out a circle, the soil disappeared, and the entire cylinder sank a section. The people above continued to build, and the people below continued to dig, repeating the cycle.

A vivid dynamic simulation.

"This is—" Lord Qinghe vaguely understood.

"This is sinking well construction, which is digging from below, letting the well wall sink naturally, and then adding height to the well wall from above. In this way, you can complete the sinking without relocation. Many wells in the human race are dug like this."

"What about quicksand?" The Green Fish King asked, "If quicksand doesn't change, do you sink once every few decades?"

"Lord Qinghe, don't worry, our Dashun naturally has considerations, double-pronged approach, the yellow sand problem is also being managed.

In fact, the sinking of the water level is also beneficial to Lord Qinghe, because our Dashun will subsequently widen the lake, better store water, and release it."

Liang Qu put his chopsticks together, "As the saying goes, if the water is deep, the fish are happy; if the city is strong, the merchants prosper. I believe, the Emperor believes, the human race and the water beasts, the land and the yellow sand, our two sides work together, temporary payment, Lord Qinghe does not change the territory, and it will be more prosperous in the future!"

The Third Prince bit the fish head and screamed.

"Water and land prosperity!"

Click click.

The palace was quiet, and only the sound of water beasts biting bones remained.

Half a moment.

"Such a huge job, who can sink it?"

"Lord Qinghe don't worry, I don't know if you have heard of the Jianghuai big enterprise—Fei Quan Heavy Industry?"

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