Chapter 348: Courting Death
Transporting water manually is too time-consuming and labor-intensive, so Jiang Tangtang wants to try using pipes to transport water.
When she was in Qiongzhou, she tried to use porcelain pipes to drain the city's sewage. At that time, the technology was still very unfamiliar, and the sewage pipes in the city were not well made.
However, even in the drought, several major porcelain workshops in Lingnan did not give up their research.
After nearly two years of research, the technology of porcelain pipes has become better and better, and we can definitely find a way to apply it to this water diversion project.
Jiang Tangtang called Lin Zhengqiang and other technicians who had built houses and installed sewer pipes in Qiongzhou, and took them to measure the water diversion route near Boshan.
After many measurements, the route for buried pipes to divert water was finally determined.
Of course, with current technology, it is impossible to deliver water to thousands of households like modern tap water.
But there is no problem at all in digging a reservoir in the military camp and sending water into the reservoir through pipes.
After confirming that the idea was feasible, Jiang Tangtang immediately became busy.
While she arranged for recruitment and dug ditches according to the measured route, she also gave orders for the required porcelain pipes to several large porcelain workshops in Qiongzhou for them to bid.
The porcelain workshops in Qiongzhou had long seen the business opportunity. They all knew that the porcelain pipes for drinking water were only the first order, and there would probably be countless orders waiting for them.
Each porcelain workshop arranged people to survey the terrain and geology and select a suitable location for building the porcelain workshop.
While Jiang Tangtang was busy with his men, Lu Shiyan also received the news that Xiao Ye was leading a large army to attack Bohai County.
Everyone who fled to Bohai County became nervous.
In recent years, natural and man-made disasters have plagued the Great Zhou Dynasty, which has long been on the verge of collapse. However, as the saying goes, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. Xiao Ye personally led the expedition, bringing with him almost all the elite troops in the capital.
He was completely desperate, regardless of the consequences, and was ready to fight Lu Shiyan to the death.
Many people speculated that Xiao Ye was stimulated by the recent large number of officials who defected with their troops. After defeating Lu Shiyan, the first thing he would do was to deal with these defectors.
Some people are shrinking in fear, while others are fighting with all their might, determined to win the battle.
Like Lin Jingyue, there were many officials who urged Lu Shiyan to quickly destroy the Great Zhou and proclaim himself emperor.
Lu Shiyan had never sent troops to the capital before. Not only did his foundation and military strength remain weak, and he had no chance of victory even if he sent troops, but he also did not want to be charged with leading troops in rebellion, causing chaos in the world and displacing the people.
But now, it’s completely different.
The Great Zhou was weak and incompetent when facing foreign enemies, and did nothing to deal with natural disasters, which led to complaints and displacement among the people.
Now is the time to take over the Great Zhou, which can be said to be in accordance with God's will.
Lu Shiyan dispatched troops to fight, intending to defeat the Great Zhou in one fell swoop.
But Xiao Ye sent his trusted confidants to investigate the exact location of Jiang Tangtang.
After determining Jiang Tangtang's exact location, he took advantage of the fact that the army was attracting Lu Shiyan's attention, and secretly sneaked into Boshan with a team of elite soldiers, divided into several groups.
On the one hand, Bohai County did not spend as much effort as Lingnan to build city walls. On the other hand, a large number of people from the capital fled to Bohai County. The large and complex population also gave him an opportunity.
Having experienced several previous failures, Xiao Ye was very cautious this time. He did not act rashly, but kept hiding and looking for opportunities.
In the first few days, Xiao Ye's men didn't find any opportunity.
Because precious fresh water resources were discovered at the foot of Boshan, Jiang Tangtang directly transferred thousands of soldiers to the local area. In addition to guarding the water source and building houses, these soldiers were also responsible for transporting fresh water out.
During droughts, there are precious fresh water resources here, and when the drought is over, there are hot springs and natural gas. No matter when, this is an important development base.
Lingnan happened to have entered a stable phase, so there wasn't much for her to worry about. Jiang Tangtang therefore focused most of her attention on Boshan.
During the day, he takes people to survey the nearby terrain, plan houses, etc., and at night, he enters the space to search for information.
Another time, when Jiang Tangtang took people to the mountain for investigation, Xiao Ye finally felt that the time was ripe and led his troops to surround Jiang Tangtang.
Jiang Tangtang was not panicked.
She looked indifferently at the old man who suddenly appeared in front of her.
At the same time, Xiao Ye was also looking at Jiang Tangtang.
Although he had heard a lot of comments about Jiang Tangtang before, they all said that Jiang Tangtang was originally fat and stupid, and as ugly as a big black bear in the mountains.
But in fact, she was framed and took a poison that made people turn black and fat. Later, she met a miracle doctor who cured her illness and transformed her into a beautiful woman praised by everyone.
He didn't take these words to heart.
There were countless concubines in his harem, some plump and some thin, some pretty and some beautiful, all kinds of beauties.
He has no shortage of beauties, and because he has had too many of them and obtained them too easily, no matter how beautiful a woman is, she is nothing more than a plaything for him to vent his desires.
But he had never expected that there was such a beautiful person in this world. Just one look at her made his heart beat violently.
His heart had never beat so fast for anyone in his entire life. Almost instantly, he was certain that he was in love with her.
"Don't hurt her." He gave the order to the elite soldiers who were holding bows and arrows and surrounding Jiang Tangtang.
Then, with a condescending attitude, as if it were a gift to Jiang Tangtang, "Jiang, I fell in love with you at first sight. If you follow me obediently, I will grant you the position of queen."
Jiang Tangtang was disgusted by his words.
Where does an old man who can be her father get the face?
What? He thought that just because he fell in love with her at first sight and made her his queen, she should be grateful and follow him obediently?
Jiang Tangtang sneered, "You really are not afraid of death."
Xiao Ye believed he had a sure win, "Do you think you can escape?"
The group of soldiers around Jiang Tangtang were no match for his elite troops.
If she was unwilling to go with him, then he would have to resort to some force. After returning to the palace, he would tame this thorny wild rose.
As for returning to Beijing, he was not worried at all.
In fact, he brought so many soldiers out this time not to defeat Lu Shiyan, but to capture Jiang Tangtang.
Now it seems that this strategy was indeed correct.
Just when he was full of confidence, he suddenly discovered that there was a golden eagle beside Jiang Tangtang.
The moment the eagle carried Jiang Tangtang into the air, a group of tigers suddenly appeared in the sky.
The tigers rushed towards him and the surrounding soldiers armed with bows and arrows. Before Zhou Ye could react, he was killed by the tigers.
The Jinyiwei who were responsible for protecting Zhou Ye's safety did not react at all.
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