Chapter 1836: The Birth of the Karez Well, the Poisonous Scheme of Cultural Strangulation!

"Chancellor, how do you explain this?"

Wu Zhao heard this and looked at Gao Yang with some shock.

To farm, water is crucial, but as far as Wu Zhao knew, water sources in the Hexi region were not abundant.

If Gao Yang could solve this, he would have truly solved a huge trouble for her.

"Your Majesty, I have already ordered people to build a dam at Zhenyue Lake and divert its water channel. When the water and grass wither, it will be the time when the Xiongnu cattle and horses eat each other!"

"In addition, I have two other methods to solve this situation!"

Gao Yang slid his finger to the Black River that stretches endlessly through the Hexi region on the map, "The first is the Thousand Gold Canal. Our Da Qian can divert the Black River water, west to Langya Lake, and east to the outskirts of the Sudan Desert, irrigating the oases along the line!"

"The second... is the Karez well!"

When Gao Yang said this, a very confident smile appeared on his face.

In his eyes, if there is a miracle in the world, the Karez well must be one of them!

"Karez well, what is this?"

Wu Zhao saw the expression on Gao Yang's face and realized the extraordinariness of the Karez well, so she couldn't help but ask curiously.

Shangguan Wan'er, Gao Tianlong, and the others were all the same.

Gao Yang said without hesitation, "The core of the so-called Karez well is to borrow underground water and avoid surface drought!"

"The Karez well is divided into four steps. The first step is to start at the edge of the Gobi at the foot of the snow mountain. The snow mountain meltwater will seep into the ground to form groundwater, but the surface is extremely arid. If we divert water directly, it will be dried up along the way, and the loss will be huge!"

"But if we dig a vertical shaft every few dozen steps on the ground, all the way down to the sandy soil layer with water, it will be completely different!"

Wu Zhao frowned, somewhat dazed.

Gao Tianlong was even more like listening to a heavenly book, his head spinning.

In the silence, Gao Yang continued, "These vertical shafts are denser the closer they are to the snow mountain, and sparser the further down they go, forming a diagonal line!"

"Then, people go down from the vertical shafts and dig horizontally from the bottom of these excavated vertical shafts, connecting them into a dark canal. This is like a piece of underground pipe being opened."

"The dark canal is slightly tilted, allowing the groundwater to flow along the terrain, from upstream to downstream. Because this batch of groundwater flows underground, the moisture will not be dried up by the sun, and it is not afraid of evaporation from the strong winds in Hexi!"

"In this way, when the dark canal flows near the farmland, dig another open canal, and you can successfully divert the groundwater to the ground, which can be used for water storage or direct irrigation."

Buzz!

Along with Gao Yang's words, Wu Zhao's brain buzzed, and her phoenix eyes shone wildly.

"Wonderful!"

"Too wonderful!"

"Why didn't I think of such a good method? In the vast court, the civil and military officials are not as good as the Chancellor alone!"

Wu Zhao did not hide her praise and spoke to Gao Yang.

In her mind, a scene seemed to appear.

This Karez well is like an invisible water canal. Through the ventilation holes of the vertical shafts and the underground pipes connected horizontally, the dark canal acts as a water transport pipe, successfully diverting the groundwater at the foot of the snow mountain secretly to the farmland, greatly reducing the loss!

"Your Majesty's praise!"

"Eating the monarch's salary, being loyal to the monarch's affairs, this is my duty!" Gao Yang said modestly.

Wu Zhao stared at Gao Yang and praised, "It is truly Da Qian's fortune to have the Chancellor!"

"Then what is the third strategy, 'Intermarriage to Corrode the Bones'?"

Wu Zhao's interest was piqued, and her phoenix eyes stared curiously at Gao Yang.

These first two strategies had already amazed her, so she was increasingly looking forward to this third strategy!

Gao Yang heard this and smiled at Chen Sheng on the side.

"Chen Sheng, where is the sheepskin noble map I searched out from Langya Royal City?"

"Hmm?"

Chen Sheng was listening to the excitement, and suddenly hearing Gao Yang's voice, he was somewhat stunned.

"It's the bloodline map of Xiongnu nobles intermarrying!" Gao Yang said angrily.

"So that's what it is; I'll go get it right away!" Chen Sheng responded and hurriedly went to get it.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me; it's mainly because I didn't know you were coming personally, so I didn't prepare in advance."

Gao Yang said politely.

"It doesn't matter! Just based on the two strategies the Chancellor mentioned, let alone one day, even ten days would be worth it!" Wu Zhao said decisively.

This Karez well is too important to the Hexi region!

"Green Radish, pour tea!"

Gao Yang ordered.

"Yes!"

Green Radish responded.

Gao Yang had been talking for a long time, his throat was a bit dry, so he just picked up the teacup and took a sip.

Not long after.

Chen Sheng returned, with a sheepskin map in his hand.

"Chancellor, the sheepskin map is here!"

Gao Yang took the sheepskin map and spread it out.

"Chancellor, is this the intermarriage genealogy of the Xiongnu nobles?" Wu Zhao asked.

Intermarriage to Corrode the Bones—just from the literal meaning, it is not hard to understand that this is related to intermarriage.

Coupled with this sheepskin map of Xiongnu intermarriage relationships, Wu Zhao could also see a thing or two.

Gao Yang held the sheepskin map and said, "That's right! This is the intermarriage genealogy I searched out from the Xiongnu Langya Royal City. I also learned from this that Xiongnu nobles also intermarry with foreign tribes!"

"Even the high-and-mighty Chanyu nobles intermarry with the Wusun and Dayuezhi of the Western Regions!"

Gao Yang poked the sheepskin map and said to Wu Zhao, "Although Hexi has been incorporated into our Da Qian territory, the Hexi Xiongnu are far from being won over!"

"If we leave them alone and let them develop, they will sooner or later become a disaster!"

"But if Your Majesty uses the name of marriage to bestow the daughters of our Da Qian's criminal officials and palace slaves upon the Xiongnu nobles, and then bestow them with 'Han surnames,' it will be completely different!"

When he said this.

Wu Zhao couldn't help but slap the table and praise, "Wonderful!"

"In this way, the blood of the Xiongnu nobles' descendants will flow with our Da Qian's blood, which will greatly reduce the resistance of these Xiongnu people in the Hexi region!"

Shangguan Wan'er also couldn't help but have her beautiful eyes flow, staring tightly at Gao Yang.

This strategy of Gao Yang is truly ruthless!

Gao Yang smiled and said, "Your Majesty, what I want to do is not just bloodlines."

"It is also culture!"

"Since they have submitted to our Da Qian, then it is very reasonable for Your Majesty to set up a 'Hostage Academy' in the Hexi region, declaring that the children of Xiongnu nobles must all enter the academy to study, right?"

"Once the Xiongnu hostages enter the academy, teach them 'At the beginning, man's nature is good.' If they can read our Da Qian's Four Books and Five Classics thoroughly in five years, they will be personally bestowed a surname by the court and permitted to marry our Da Qian's women, and their tribes can receive our Da Qian's protection and reduce their tribute—this is 'taming their nature with poetry and books, and tying their hearts with intermarriage'."

"At that time, the Xiongnu people will read our Da Qian's Four Books and Five Classics, write our Da Qian's Chinese characters, and learn our Da Qian's culture. Over time, these Xiongnu people will get used to our Da Qian's way of life!"

"They will gradually forget their roots, call the Great Chanyu 'Great Khan,' and call the Chanshi 'Empress'..."

Gao Yang became more and more excited as he spoke, a powerful confidence filling his eyes.

"When the 'Book of Songs,' 'Confucianism,' and the 'Book of Documents' spread throughout the Hexi land and take root in people's hearts, perhaps there will be a scene where schools are everywhere in the suburbs and singing is heard in the markets!"

"Five years pass, ten years pass, and even twenty years pass. Perhaps the Xiongnu people will shout, 'Body, hair, and skin are received from parents'!"

"This is cultural invasion, killing without seeing blood, truly destroying their roots and exterminating their origins!"

"This is the true—strategy of exterminating their descendants!" ===== CHAPTER 1838 =====