From Chief to Ball

Chen Jian is not a prophet, and he doesn't know when the drought will occur, but he knows that with Xiacheng's current fragile foundation, a severe drought may cause unrest.

Anything that is forewarned is established, and if it is not forewarned, it will be abandoned. It is better to plan ahead than to pray to God when there is a drought. What he has been instilling in his tribe is the principle that man can conquer the sky, subtly, from myths to stories to legends. This has always been the case. The same tribe instilled similar to him.

Today, the spring plowing of the various clans in the city was about to be completed, and he also brought everyone from the city council to the hillside overlooking the grass river plain.

When the e-strider finished speaking, Chen Jian pointed at the criss-crossing fields and waved his big hand: "When we kneel down to worship our ancestors, we always half-kneel and clenched our fists to worship the gods. Do you remember what I said?"

"Remember, God may have good weather, or there may be many disasters. When the weather is good, we have to thank it for nourishing all things. When the disasters are repeated, we can't be willing to wait for death. If it doesn't let us live, we have to resist."

"Yeah, the weather this year seems to be good for the time being. There will be a rain soon, just after we finish planting the corn, and it will germinate soon. But the clouds can only tell us the weather within three days, and no one can tell us the weather." I know what will happen in a few months. You have heard the story of the crescent, are you willing to let Xiacheng experience the same kind of drought and locust plague?"

E-strider sighed, "Ji Xia, so what if you don't want to? It's all predestined. Just like that mountain, if it stands there, can it become a plain?"

The civet cat on the side looked at the mountain, and his heart skipped a beat, thinking of what Chen Jian said the day Chen Jian took him to see gunpowder.

The mountain is there, it does not hinder the life of the tribe, and naturally there is no need to turn it into a plain.

But the civet cat thought that if the mountain really hindered the tribe, as long as there were more gunpowder piles, it might not be possible to turn it into a flat land.

Two years ago, Xiacheng was still a wasteland, but now there are cities and wheat fields?Who said the world cannot be changed?

Most of the people in Xiacheng came directly from the wilderness. They did not experience the disasters and panic in the early days of agriculture, and the theocracy deliberately suppressed by Chen Jian did not affect Xiacheng. Influenced by the man who led them out of the wild.

The raccoon cat knew that the words about blasting the mountain were just a metaphor, and it was also the city's secret. Of course, he would not refute what E strider said in person, but what he was thinking in his heart was actually: "What about the world? Jixia led us to change it by hand. "

Chapter 71 Struggling with Heaven and Earth, Boundless Fun ([-])

Floods and droughts cannot be controlled by people. These seven characters are the pursuit and greatest dream of the farming nation.

The construction of water conservancy facilities is necessary in the era of cattle farming.The huge benefits brought by irrigated agriculture are far from being comparable to relying on the sky to eat. Chen Jian is very clear about this, especially when E Strider said that the severe drought in seven or eight years made Chen Jian full of vigilance. E City has a calendar and priests. Yes, they will record these things, not just talk about them.

Most of the land in Xiacheng has no irrigation facilities. The weather last year was good, which is considered a good year, but we can't put all our hopes on a good year.

The Caohe River flows from west to east, turning a big bend to the south near Xiacheng, and the waters near Xiacheng is Luodao, which lies in the middle of the Caohe River and divides the Caohe River into two.

The water on the side close to Xiacheng is relatively deep, and the water on the south side of Luo Island is relatively shallow. Luo Island is two or three miles long. The entire island is made of natural stones, and there are only some sandy beaches near the shore of the island.

The land to the east of Xiacheng is very low-lying, basically plain, and nothing can be seen when the weather is good, but once there is a flood, the rushing Caohe River will directly hit the east of Xiacheng because of this southward bend. face of the field.

Although there will be no people or fish and turtles at that time, the most fertile land in Xiacheng will be submerged and there will be no harvest.

There are advantages and disadvantages, and this low-lying plain also provides convenience for artificial irrigation.

When he chose to settle here, in addition to the struvite on Luodao, which can support the phosphate fertilizer of the land in the early stage, Chen Jian also took a fancy to the topography of Luodao that divides the river.

This kind of natural water diversion channel can achieve great results with a small amount of engineering.

The 30 to [-] people standing on the top of the mountain still didn't understand what Chen Jian was thinking, and the e-strider was a little strange about what Chen Jian asked, wondering if man could really conquer the world?

Chen Jian pointed to Luodao in the distance and the farmland downstream and said: "When it comes to floods and droughts, it is useful to pray to God, and people will be safe and sound, but people can wait for the floods and droughts to subside, but the crops cannot wait until then." .”

"What can we do then?"

Chen Jian stretched out his hand, and Red Fish took out a piece of silk from a bark tube, and handed it to Chen Jian.

Spread out on the ground, it was two steps wide. It was made of several pieces of silk patched together. It was dark when the red fish was mending, and a small hole was burned in the top. broken bloodstains.

A group of people gathered around Sibo, and at a glance they recognized Xiacheng and Caohe, but they were a little different.

The fields are still fields, but there are some traces of criss-crossing, like the wellhead of the well in Yangguan, which divides the square field into a well shape, and the divisions look like excavated river channels.

The location of Luodao in the picture has also changed a bit. There is a non-existent river at the end of Luodao, which is connected with those wells.

The clansmen have seen this method of drawing the changed appearance of the world on the map many times, but this time it was a bit scary. Originally, what they were facing was only a small river with a width of three or two steps, but this time they were facing a small river that was only three or two steps wide. It is a grass river nearly a hundred steps wide.

Chen Jian pointed to the wells on the top and said, "These are the canals we are going to dig. A six-foot-wide river channel will also be dug at the place below Luodao, and water will be introduced into the canal for irrigation in the future."

"Last year, I let the slaves irrigate a wheat field of about ten mu. You have also seen the results. Don't you want your land to have that kind of yield?"

The onlookers were shocked, the wheat field of the ten acres of land was very small, and it was not a big event in Xia City, and few people paid attention to it.

But when the wheat was harvested last year, the ten mu of land produced a total of [-] catties of wheat and [-] catties of peas, which was almost [-]% more than Xiacheng's average yield.

The seeds are the same seeds, the fertilizer is the same fertilizer, the only difference is that the ten acres of land have been irrigated.

And this is the result of the good weather last year. During the grain filling period, a rain made the wheat full. If there is a drought, the gap may be even greater.

The vision is beautiful, and the facts let the leaders know the benefits of irrigation.

But Caohe is drawn in the picture, but his arms are wide, but in reality, he is hard to shake, and the people of the clan feel a little scared.

E Strider even swallowed her saliva. If it is really as shown in the picture, it will really change the world. Can the people of Xiacheng really do it?If the people of Xiacheng can really make such a move to change the world, then within hundreds of miles, who can resist it, no matter Acropolis or Echeng?

"Ji Xia... How long will it take to dig?"

"The six-step wide river channel needs to be dug 180 steps. There is a depression there, and I have not allowed you to reclaim it there. The depression is connected with the Caohe River through this river channel. Then use this depression to dig one step wider into the farmland. According to the calculation on the map, the canal has a total of [-] steps, five vertical and five horizontal, and can irrigate about [-] mu of land in total."

Once the number is tens of thousands, the clansmen will feel a little scared. The entire city wall of Xia City is only a thousand steps away, and the number Chen Jian said has reached [-] steps. Isn't this a total of fifty Xia City? Such a large amount of construction?

Looking at the expressions of the crowd, Chen Jian knew that they were terrified, so he hurriedly said: "Don't be afraid, it's not that it needs to be completed within a year. The 250 mu of land that can be irrigated can be harvested three times in two years, and one mu of land can be counted in one year There are [-] catties of grain, if it is finished, how much grain can we harvest in a year?"

Even people like Yuqian'er and Hongyu, who are in constant contact with thousands of numbers, couldn't transfer it for a while. After a long time of calculation, they looked at the zeros behind the numbers and counted bit by bit.

"Don't forget about it. The average annual grain is 500 million catties. Counting the entire Xiacheng and the slaves and wild people, each person can share two thousand catties. We won't be able to eat so much for now, but in the future, the children will grow up." When they grow up, they can eat. We can’t finish digging for a while, but the children can dig. When the children are old, their children can still dig, so why can’t the children and grandchildren finish digging?”

These people have no idea how much 500 million jin is, but each person counts slaves as an average of [-] jin, which is already appalling.

Half a year ago, Chen Jian told them about the population crisis in Xiacheng. In ten years, the leaders may have died, but their children were still there.

Because of the existence of the crescent strider, Chen Jian didn't say it directly, but every leader thought of that conversation from the child.

After hearing the number, E Strider opened her mouth wide, thinking that E City has accumulated so many years, and each person may be able to share two to three thousand catties of grain, but that is not considered a slave, and it has been accumulated for several years. Yes, Xiacheng will catch up with Echeng in five years in one year?

Regardless of everyone's surprise, Chen Jian pointed at the silk and continued, "In the future, these places will be reclaimed. This year, counting the public property and various tribes, the total land is [-] mu. The land in the east of the city is about There are [-] mu, and the ridges and ditches are all from east to west. We only need to dig four north-south ditches this year to irrigate the existing land, which is only a [-]-step ditches."

The people of the tribe are very sensitive to the word "just", muttering in their hearts, Chen Jian did some calculations and said: "One step is deep, one step is wide, and 80 steps are long, but it is only 4000 square meters... Uh, it is only [-] million square meters if it is calculated as an earthen basket. Baskets. Counting all the laborers and slaves in Xiacheng, there are more than [-] people, counting the unevenness, each person has an average of [-] baskets of soil."

Of course, it is simple to calculate, but it is far from easy to operate.

It's just that Chen Jian averaged the huge amount of work on everyone to reassure them, lest they be afraid of the huge number.

The tribe may not be able to figure it out, but their trust in Chen Jian for a long time made them feel relieved.

Chen Jian hit the rails while it was hot: "There are only [-] mu of wheat and peas in the [-] mu of land. Mid-April is the time when water is most needed. We can dig out the canals for the [-] mu of land first. After sowing, the whole city After working for half a month, it was dug out anyway, don’t you think so?”

"The rest can be dug later. After these ditches are dug, we'll dig out the channel that diverts water from the Caohe River. This way, we can irrigate when the wheat is grouting. Not to mention, at least the 200 mu Wheat fields, no matter how they can harvest [-] million catties of wheat and peas."

"Finally, let's build Luodao again. This may take a long time. At the downstream of the diversion river, we need to build a small stone dam. During drought, the stone dam can store water; during flood, the water flow Naturally, the stone dam will be washed away. Let’s dig a canal on the south bank of the Caohe River, and there is also a depression underneath. Once the flood comes, the excess flood water can flow from the canal on the south bank to the depression.”