A tour of Japan's Warring States Period

The next day, Xiao Pingtai still slept until he woke up naturally and lived a very comfortable life.

Sure enough, people may succeed if they work hard, but they will definitely feel comfortable if they don’t work hard. But yesterday I decided to go to Hokahata University. I don’t know if they are busy, so it’s better to go early.

What's more, this person is his immediate superior, and he is the upright Yamauchi clan's aide, General Machigo. He is considered a high-ranking samurai of the Yamauchi family, and Heita himself is just a small fellow. Although they are the kind of high-level Tongxinzhong who can face the face of the sky, they are still Tongxinzhong.

What's more, when you meet the leader for the first time, you have to arrive earlier than the leader. There is no saying that the leader should wait for his subordinates. This bit of face must be given to the leader, right?

As a result, Xiaopingtai had just dressed, walked out of the house, stretched, and looked at the rising sun in the distance. The golden light fell on the door, on the floor, and on Xiaopingtai's face and body. It's such a beautiful picture, people can't help but sigh that the weather is really nice today and the mood is very beautiful.

But before I could say anything poetic, I heard a subtle but clear sound of chewing. Is Xiaoping too thinking about the auditory hallucinations in the morning? I am not so hungry that I feel faint. I feel like someone is eating.

After looking around, through the thick corridor pillars, his thin body was looming, and he saw Aji squatting on the corridor and munching rice balls. Xiaopingta thought to himself that he was really a starving ghost reincarnated, half the size of a ghost. You've defeated me. Sure enough, in ancient times, if you wanted to raise a growing boy, you had to have enough food. Otherwise, he would be like Aji now, with a thin bamboo pole. He only had enough food for a few days in Xiaopingtai, and his face at least looked like A little meaty.

When Aji saw Xiao Pingtai getting up and about to go out, he quickly stuffed the last few mouthfuls into his mouth and choked immediately. He grabbed his neck and beat his chest with the other hand. But Xiaoping was frightened, so Tai quickly took a ladle of water from the bucket and gave it to him to drink, telling him that no one was competing with you, so why were you so anxious?

Aji recovered after drinking the water. He giggled a few times and quickly gave the straw sandals to Xiao Pingtai. Xiaopingtai then went to the kitchen to wash up first, then poured a large bowl of hot tea from the kettle on the stove, soaked some rice, drank it, and finally put a piece of pickled radish on her tongue. Even after breakfast. (We are watching Japanese dramas now, and the breakfast is pretty good, but it’s ancient times, hahahaha)

Taking advantage of the rising sun, the two of them went to the town's shrine together. As it turned out, Kitahata University had arrived a long time ago. He was planning the harvesting and drying of summer wheat, and several people gathered around him to discuss something with him.

Xiaopingtai did not disturb them and listened to their discussion. For example, where there are not enough drying sites, manpower needs to be transferred to where to dry. Another example is that drum flails need to be made in batches and quickly sold to farmers. Another example is that a certain township has a lot of sloping land and harvesting is difficult. In order to harvest quickly, it is best to mobilize a team of people to help.

After they finished speaking, Xiao Pingtai stepped forward to pay homage to the Master. After reporting his name, he looked at Hokahata University. The name of this Hokahata University student is Kitahata Kencho, which means university head. Imperial Examination), he is nominally the president of a national university, but just listen to it.

Hokahata University looked at Xiaoheita, thought for a moment, and suddenly said jokingly: "I get my salary from the money you minted."

Upon hearing this, Xiaoping Tai knew that this person was easy to get along with, so he quickly agreed: "The university is over-praised. It's just a small amount of work. It's not worthy of praise."

I have been away for a while recently, and the counterfeit coins minted by Yamauchi's family are now enough to pay the samurai's salary. It seems that the counterfeit currency industry is developing very well. Hehe, then I must be able to share more.

Putting aside the casual chat when he first joined the company, Xiao Pingtai came to do business, and he naturally started asking about the situation of Lianchuan during the flood season after the summer harvest.

Hokahata University was not surprised, so he introduced the situation to Xiaoheita easily. The Lianchuan River originates from the mountains of Hokushin, flows into the plains of Namshin, and finally merges into the sea. The water in that section of the mountain is fast and the river is narrow. If there is continuous heavy rain, mudslides will occur. But the impact is generally not big. After all, there are only 16 villages in the entire valley with a population of 2,000.

However, after leaving the mountains, the river channels widen, and the stones and sediment washed down from the mountains accumulate, causing serious flooding in the rainy season. But with him, a master of water control, Xiadi can play smoothly, so there is usually no problem.

There was only one problem that troubled him for a long time. There was a huge boulder somewhere downstream in the river. Xiao Pingtai thought that there was no stone in the river, so we could just go and see it. Hokahata University was no exception, and the two of them went there at a trot on horseback.

When he arrived at the river, Xiao Pingtai realized that it was really powerful. It was probably not a huge boulder weighing tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of kilograms. It is basically impossible to move it by manpower. The water flows here and forms many turbulences. The river here is obviously wider than elsewhere.

Hokahata University's approach is also great. It widens the dike here and sets up a water diversion weir. When the flood comes and cannot be discharged quickly, the water will be diverted into the surrounding flood discharge area.

But there is still a problem. Since the water flow cannot push the boulder when it hits it, a backflow will be formed and the fine sand and gravel under the boulder will be swept away, which is equivalent to hollowing out the foundation where the boulder is located. As a result, the boulders moved upstream every year, and the dykes had to be rebuilt every year, so that 300 watermen were forced to set up a dedicated team to manage and maintain this dyke.

This not only cost a lot of money, but also made it impossible to develop a large area of ​​surrounding flat land into paddy fields, resulting in a loss of thousands of dan and an income of tens of thousands of dan.

Xiaopingtai asked if there was no way to destroy him? Kitahata University did not think Xiaoping was too talkative. He said that he had spent a lot of money to purchase gunpowder, and then drilled holes in boulders in preparation for blasting, but the effect was very poor. Xiaopingta guessed that the quality of gunpowder today was not good, and the amount they used was insufficient.

Hokahata University became interested when he saw Heita Xiao's thoughtful look. He turned around and asked Heita Xiao: "What do you think?"

Xiaoping Tai said: "Now let's change our thinking. It would be great if we could make the stone sink."

Hokahata University is worthy of being a master of water control. They immediately came up with a plan. During the dry season, they built a dam on the Lian River, completely drained the river bank around the boulder, then dug a deep pit on one side of the boulder, and finally moved the boulder into the pit.

Hokahata University became excited when he thought about it, and even said that Xiaoping was too quick in his thinking. Xiaopingtai waved his hand and said, "Don't bother. The project is too big and requires a lot of labor. He has an easier way."

I was pleasantly surprised to find that this week’s recommendation was number seventeen in the foreign history category, and I couldn’t be more excited. Although the foreign history category is almost as niche as it gets, I’m still very happy.