After Princess Ruyue understood what was going on, she was completely convinced by Ye.
"You are amazing, how did you come up with this idea?"
“I should read more books, think more, and do more experiments.
This way, you can perfectly control the flow of the river.
Besides, how could this prince dare to accept the disaster relief task if he was not fully prepared?
If you don’t know how to manage the river, it will only get worse!
I won’t pretend to know something I don’t.”
Ye said with pride.
Princess Ruyue's admiration for Ye grew even greater.
He said excitedly: "Now that we have found a way to control the river, let's take action quickly.
If we block the riverbank soon, the flood will recede in no time.
The people can go home now!"
Ye nodded and said, "The training of the anxious young men these days is almost complete, it is indeed time to start building the river embankment!
Although it severely cheated the local grain merchants and officials.
But the food we have is still a little tight.
The river embankment must be built as soon as possible.
If we delay too long, I'm afraid we won't have enough food!"
"I don't think there's any need to be so tight on money if we can achieve something.
Let the emperor know that the river embankment we built is very strong and there will be no floods after it is built.
Then we can ask the emperor for more money.
I believe the Emperor will definitely support it!"
Princess Ruyue said.
"That's totally unnecessary! The disaster-stricken area is so large, and millions of people are affected.
With so many people around, isn't it easy to make money?
If I can't even do this, I won't be able to face my father again in the capital."
Princess Ruyue was even more curious: "Even if the food is provided, I'm afraid it won't be enough without money.
Building a riverbank is a huge undertaking and it would take several years to complete.”
"Just wait and see. Building the riverbank will take at most six months. We can't delay any longer."
"Huh? Only half a year? I think that's too tight a timeline. There's no way it's going to be completed."
Princess Ruyue often reads some related books, especially during these days when she came to provide disaster relief, she read some books on river embankment construction.
I still have some understanding of how to apply it.
Ye said confidently: "Just wait and see, I may be able to do what others can't do."
Princess Ruyue thought that Ye was being overly ambitious and quickly advised him, "You can't just repair the riverbank casually for the sake of getting the emperor's praise.
If it's not built firmly, something bad will happen in the future."
"Look at what you said, do you really not trust me?
How could I possibly skimp on such a big thing?"
Ye was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.
Princess Ruyue is good at everything except her sense of responsibility, which is a little too strong.
Afraid that I have done something wrong.
"I have read many relevant books and consulted some craftsmen.
Building a river embankment is a big job.
Just quarrying is very troublesome.
The soil is not solid at all.
Therefore, building the riverbank is not only time-consuming but also very expensive.” Lord Kisaragi said.
"You're absolutely right. It seems you've been very successful these past few days.
But the cognition is still a little poor.
I always think of the old ways, which are of course inefficient and more laborious.
As long as this prince takes action, the speed of mining the stone will be very fast."
"I don't believe it! How can the stone be reduced in cost if it's so hard?"
"Let me keep you in suspense for now, you'll know when the time comes!
Besides, even if I tell you, you might not believe it!"
"I believe everything you say!"
Ye smiled and said, "As the saying goes, seeing is believing. Come with me and take a look, and you'll know."
Ye stood up and said, "Qian, let's go to the quarry and take a look."
Several people got on the carriage and notified Zhao Wudi to bring people for protection.
Let's go to the quarry together.
On the way, Ye asked, "How's the thing I asked you to do going?"
"A large number of people have been summoned! All the stonemasons in the area of more than 200 square kilometers have been called here.
A lot of firewood was also cut and transported to the quarry."
Zhao Wudi replied.
Ye was very satisfied: "Well done, all the previous work is done.
This time I went there to give some instructions on how to mine stones.
We must start building the riverbank as soon as possible to close the gap.”
Zhao Wudi finally couldn't help but ask the question that had been lingering in his mind: "Why do we need so much firewood to mine the stone? I'm really confused."
"Haha, Ruyue and the others have also asked this question. We'll know when we get there."
Ye laughed and said, without answering on the spot.
Soon we arrived at the quarry.
I saw that the craftsmen were using relatively backward methods to mine stone bars.
Although there are many people working, the efficiency is too slow.
A few people can only mine a few pieces of stone in a day.
Ye ordered everyone to stop.
Let them come and watch together.
"Have someone put some wood under the rocks and prepare more cold water.
Light the wood and burn the big stone..."
Although they didn't know what the purpose of Yu Ye's doing was, it seemed to them that these stones would not crack no matter how hard they were burned.
Since it is Ye's order, we must obey it.
After a while, Ye felt that the stone had become very hot.
He ordered the fire to be extinguished and cold water to be poured on the rocks.
Cool the stone quickly.
Under the gaze of everyone, cold water was poured on the stone, and soon a crackling sound was heard.
They all stared at the stone with wide eyes in disbelief.
I didn't expect that the burning hot stone would automatically crack when cold water was poured on it.
The stone automatically falls to the ground.
This method of mining stones is much faster than humans, and it also saves more energy.
"See? The stone is very brittle. Once it's heated and then splashed with cold water, it will crack.
This will be the method used to mine stones from now on.”
Ye said to everyone.
The craftsmen finally reacted and were all very excited.
"Why haven't we thought of this method? If we mine the stone this way, the speed can be greatly increased.
No more worries about lack of stones."
"Your Highness is truly gifted and intelligent. Being able to come up with such a brilliant idea will truly benefit the people of the world."
"Don't praise me now, just get to work and plug the gap in the embankment.
You can rest assured. Since I promised the emperor to help you repair the river embankment, I will definitely do it.
We will also completely eliminate hidden dangers for you and ensure that flooding will not occur again for decades."
The craftsmen were so excited that they knelt on the ground to express their gratitude.
"Thank you, Your Highness! With your words, we can die without regrets!"
"With His Highness ruling for us, the people, we will surely live a peaceful life!"
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