Shen Yonghe was not blindly happy. He said, "Although the Shen royal family can reinforce the soil layer, it is only a superficial layer. It is not as good as asking a great man to take action to eliminate the trouble forever."
Chen Xiao said confidently: "My Lord, it is enough to use my method to reinforce only the superficial layer. After all, the cause of the land subsidence crisis is not the soil quality, but the groundwater layer."
Shen Yonghe pondered for a moment and said tentatively: "I guess Master Chen is not just doing simple reinforcement, right?"
Chen Xiao nodded, "Yes. This reinforcement must be done systematically and skillfully. I see that except for the five horizontal and five vertical main roads in the capital, the rest are hardened dirt roads. When it rains, these dirt roads will still seep rainwater to varying degrees. My method requires that all roads in the city be paved with bluestone bricks or fired bricks. Then dig drainage ditches on both sides of the road, and set up seepage wells in several places in the city. This can not only protect the capital's soil layer from rainwater seepage, but also accurately guide the rain into the ground to replenish the water source."
The roads in the entire capital were paved with bricks, drainage ditches were dug, and seepage wells were set up. Although the project sounded huge, it was a drop in the bucket compared to the cost of hiring a great man. Shen Yonghe was a little tempted after hearing this.
Shen Yongqing asked, "Master Chen, this method sounds great, but it is just an ordinary thing after all. Every year, there will be trivial things such as wear and tear and repairs."
Chen Xiao said: "This method does have this drawback, so it is necessary to reinforce various places beforehand. For example, the paved road surface should be hardened like stone, and the walls of the drainage ditch and the seepage well should also be as hard and impermeable as rock. In this way, it can be guaranteed that the main structure will not break for a hundred years. The remaining wear and tear and repair are just a small matter of replacing bricks and stones, and the capital city government will set up mortals to manage it."
Shen Yongqing almost couldn't come back to his senses after hearing this. First, the cultivators went to build houses, then they recruited cultivators from all over the country to build the canal, and finally they even set their sights on the immortal cultivators!
Shen Yonghe laughed loudly. He didn't care, and even said: "If the heads of the various families knew that they could save a lot of money and do something with the same effect, I think they would be willing to send some people who know earth magic. What's more, this is very easy to do, and they don't have to lay bricks and stones, so it won't humiliate their status."
Chen Xiao smiled and said, "If the king can divide the area, build a stone tablet in each place, write down the whole story on it, and add the names of the noble families who contributed to it. This kind of thing that will be passed down to future generations may no longer be a hard job, but a good thing."
Shen Yongqing's eyes lit up, and he said, "So, my Shen royal family must take the lead in this matter. Brother Wang, let me take charge of this matter."
This stone tablet was erected not only for the common people to see, but also for the folk cultivators and children to see. The one with the highest reputation would have a greater influence on the students, and would be easier to recruit and absorb as followers.
Shen Yonghe looked at him and smiled, saying, "You are smart to have this opportunity to leave your name behind." Then he turned to face Chen Xiao and said seriously, "Master Chen has helped my Shen family a lot, but I am afraid I cannot repay you. I have prepared a small gift for Master Chen as a token of my appreciation."
Chen Xiao was a little surprised. Shen Yonghe had never mentioned the payment, but Chen Xiao was not worried. Because when a Feng Shui master does Feng Shui for someone, the client usually settles the bill after the Feng Shui bureau is completed. Some only give a deposit at most, and there are some who give the full payment in advance, but it is less.
Besides, the client also needs to adjust the remuneration based on the results. In the later period, Chen Xiao's remuneration was no longer checks, but luxurious rewards such as villas, yachts, sports cars, and membership of top clubs.
Chen Xiao said: "The crisis in the capital has not been resolved yet, how dare I accept any reward."
"Everyone in my Shen family is very grateful to Master Chen, and my nephews also want to make friends with you. But because Master Xi is in seclusion recently, Brother Wang forbids them to disturb him." Shen Yongqing looked at Shen Yanxing, who was sitting next to Chen Xiao as a disciple, and was very pleased. "They think that Yanxing is very enviable for being able to study with Master Chen. Nowadays, everyone says that their vision is not as good as Yanxing's."
Shen Yanxing straightened his back proudly and modestly, and said modestly: "I just happened to meet the right person. I have known you for a long time. You are kind-hearted and don't despise me for not having any spiritual talent. You are still willing to teach me."
As he was talking, the eunuch chief steward brought up a box. Shen Yonghe stood up and personally held the box and handed it to Chen Xiao. "I heard that Master Chen uses a knife as a weapon. The skills in this box are top-level skills that match it. With this skill, Master Chen will surely be able to do it with ease."
It must be said that what Shen Yonghe gave was a real treasure. In the world of immortal cultivation, even the weak sects may not have such a mental method to support their sect. Chen Xiao quickly stood up and respectfully accepted it, thanking: "Thank you, Lord."
Shen Yonghe said: "Master Chen, you don't have to thank me. This is what you deserve."
Shen Yonghe didn't know that Chen Xiao's situation was special, and he couldn't use this mental method even if he got it. Although this gift was not suitable for Chen Xiao, Chen Xiao was still quite satisfied. He was going to create a sect in the future, and not all of his disciples would be like him and Shen Yanxing. With this mental method, he wouldn't have to worry about disciples with the qualifications to cultivate immortality in the future.
Chen Xiao stayed in the palace the whole afternoon, and together with the officials from the capital city and Shen Yongqing who were summoned, he wrote out a list of how to drain the capital city's roads.
After a busy day, Chen Xiao declined Shen Yonghe's invitation to stay in the palace, and rode his horse back to the royal garden under the cover of night.
The next day, Chen Xiao went to see Xi Yunting and asked the guards if they were okay. Then he went out with Shen Yanxing to check the situation of the neighborhood that was being rebuilt.
After the houses were demolished, a large open space was exposed. Now the lines were drawn on the open space, and the foundations of each house were planned. When the time comes, the practitioners will build houses according to these foundations. The supervisor of the foundation-building period is much stricter than Chen Xiao. The lines must be exactly according to the drawings, and the houses cannot be built beyond a centimeter.
After all, it was the cultivators who were doing the work, so the progress was faster than Chen Xiao expected. All the building materials were in place, and they had already begun to become building parts in the hands of the cultivators. They just had to wait for the supervisor to check all the lines before they could start assembling. It looked like it would take less than a month for these houses to be built. And there was another advantage of the cultivators building houses, that was that they did not need to be aired and could be moved in directly. In this way, those residents who were forced to live outside could move back earlier.
Chen Xiao nodded secretly after the inspection. Where could he find such a speed in his previous life? From the demolition to the return of the residence, it only took a short month.
At this time, the square was fenced off except for the area where the Feng Shui stone stood. Building materials were piled up everywhere, and in each place, a practitioner was busy using magic to sort them into parts. Some were a wall, some were eaves, and some were complete doors and windows.
Chen Xiao's brows furrowed. Shen Yanxing observed his expression and said, "These practitioners are working day and night, which makes this place so busy and chaotic. But please rest assured, teacher, I specifically told them not to move the Feng Shui stone."
What Chen Xiao was concerned about was not this, but that with so many people present, he could not properly absorb the causal luck. With a sigh, Chen Xiao had to give up. It seemed that he had to wait until the entire block was completed.
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