Chapter 965

"But he is much more sensible than you; he has already gone to Longcheng to destroy the Great Tang's dragon vein!"

These words made Li Chunfeng grit his teeth in anger.

He had been tortured here, refusing to yield even in death, and had confessed nothing.

He had deceived everyone.

But Yuan Tiangang, on the other hand, surrendered without a word.

And he even turned around to help Great Qin destroy the Great Tang's dragon vein feng shui!

He felt extremely unbalanced in his heart!

But Li Chunfeng still suppressed the anger in his heart. He was sitting in jail here; what use was anger? He cast his gaze toward the infant in Qin Mu's arms.

"It's actually a princess?"

From Li Chunfeng's surprised expression, one could tell that he had originally thought it would be an imperial prince.

This also proved that, in fact, Li Chunfeng was not that divine after all.

Qin Mu calmly and deliberately provoked him.

"What? You didn't calculate it? Aren't you quite good at fortune-telling?"

Li Chunfeng sighed up at the sky.

"Everything concerning Your Majesty is unpredictable; how could I possibly calculate it?

The drought was something I calculated long ago, and the timing roughly coincides with the princess's birth.

As for the child's gender, it was just that I hoped it would be an imperial prince."

"You hoped?"

Qin Mu heard Li Chunfeng's implication; it seemed there was some secret in this?

"If I had an imperial prince, what benefit would that be to the Great Tang?

Li Chunfeng, are you also going to betray the Great Tang now?"

Qin Mu deliberately said this to provoke Li Chunfeng.

This fellow was as stubborn as a mule; only by provoking him could there be any effect.

Li Chunfeng, being accused of betraying the Great Tang, indeed became agitated.

"How could I possibly betray the Great Tang?

I am not a petty person like Yuan Tiangang who trims his sails to the wind!

The Great Qin's national fortune is extremely rigid; if you gain another imperial prince, the yang energy will be too strong to return, which will damage the national fortune!"

Qin Mu did not know much about these fortune-telling principles.

He roughly knew that in the Book of Changes, this was called "the dragon in the clouds has regrets."

It seemed that there was indeed a will of Heaven in the dark.

Therefore, Li Chunfeng's idea was destined to fall through.

"Li Chunfeng, you calculated the drought long ago, and then wanted to use this disaster to trap Great Qin? How did you know that Great Qin had no way to deal with it?"

Li Chunfeng laughed loudly.

"Your Majesty, as the Emperor of Great Qin, how can you say such childish things?

A drought is the power of Heaven; what way can humans have to solve it?

Furthermore, the world is so big; even if you can build some water transport tools, how many people can you save?

Just honestly prepare disaster relief grain and wait to save the disaster victims."

Qin Mu sneered.

He, Li Chunfeng, regarded Great Qin as being as incompetent as the Great Tang.

It could be seen that he had been isolated for too long and did not understand Great Qin at all.

"From the very beginning of establishing the nation, I have been building water conservancy projects everywhere. After occupying the Central Plains and the northern borders, I have poured in large amounts of real gold and silver.

Do you really think the water conservancy I built has no effect?"

Building water conservancy?

Li Chunfeng was stunned for a moment.

He certainly knew that building water conservancy had a crucial role in resisting both drought and flooding.

But according to past experience, only one or two water conservancy projects were started in a year; how could that save the whole world?

Great Qin had occupied the Central Plains for a short time; it was impossible to have built so many water conservancy projects, right?

"You... Your Majesty, how many water conservancy projects have you built?"

Qin Mu snorted coldly.

He attached great importance to water conservancy projects, and many projects were started by his own imperial decree.

"How many?

Wherever there is farmland, there must be irrigation canals!

Over three hundred new large ponds have been opened, used for storing water and raising fish in normal times. During drought or flood, they regulate the water volume.

The Zheng Guo Canal has been rebuilt, the Zhangqi Canal has been opened, and there are nearly a hundred various newly opened diversion canals!

Great Qin's investment in water conservancy is more than the total investment of all previous dynasties!"

These achievements directly shocked Li Chunfeng to the point of speechlessness!

He really did not understand Great Qin.

In his impression, the former Sui Dynasty dug a Grand Canal, which led to the collapse of the country.

Therefore, the Great Tang was actually very cautious about water conservancy and would not easily start construction.

He thought Great Qin was the same.

He did not expect that it was completely different!

Great Qin was recklessly building irrigation canals and digging large ponds everywhere!

No wonder it was always said that Great Qin had money, but he did not know where the money in the Great Qin treasury had been spent?

It turned out it had all been spent on building roads and water conservancy!

"If... if that is the case, the drought should not have much impact on Great Qin," Li Chunfeng helplessly said a truth.

His mood had been in a state of shock.

He even felt that it was only right and proper for the Great Tang Huang to lose to Great Qin.

Just by looking at the attitude of the two emperors toward the common people, one would know.

What other emperor could do what the Great Qin Huang had done?

None!

The title of "Emperor of the Ages" was not something bragged about!

It was something that everyone slowly felt through these one-by-one, item-by-item actions!

Now looking back at the Great Tang Huang Li Er, what had he done over these years?

One could not count on one's fingers how many things were beneficial to the common people.

Li Chunfeng lowered his head, not daring to look at Qin Mu and the eldest princess in his arms.

He felt ashamed of himself!

"Your Majesty is a wise and holy ruler; being able to handle state affairs to this extent, even if you replace the Great Tang and possess the world, it is beyond reproach!"