The big man has a living father

Chapter 128 (Merge of Major Chapters) Water Control Plan
Huo Hai and Luo Xiahong talked about some things about the second issue of Science Daily, which left Zhuang Xiongpi stunned.

Zhuang Xiongpi also knew some astronomy and geography, but what he knew was just enough to enable him to understand what Huo Hai and Luo Xiahong were talking about - astronomy and geography.

But, I don’t understand what it means exactly.

What is the lunar and solar calendar, what is the vernal equinox and summer solstice, what is the solar calendar leap month and the lunar calendar leap month.

However, Zhuang Xiongpi still understood the part about fertilizer in the second issue of Science Daily.

After the two of them finished talking, Zhuang Xiongpi heard Huo Hai calling him and hurried forward: "Master Huo."

Huo Hai: "Master Zhuang, I have heard a lot about you!"

The two of them exchanged polite words before Huo Hai became serious and opened the map: "This time, His Majesty dispatched you, Lord Zhuang, to Chang'an mainly for this matter."

After Huo Hai told him his plan, Zhuang Xiongpi was stunned: "Ah?"

Huo Hai’s plan is actually very simple.

Currently, there are three rivers running horizontally from east to west on the Chang'an plain.

The Wei River is located on the north side of Chang'an.

Two small rivers are located on the north side of the Wei River.

These two rivers are so small that they can’t even stop the locals from crossing the river. They can almost be considered as natural sewers.

The two rivers were named No. 1 Creek and No. 2 Creek respectively.

Of course, the names of the different villages in the local area are different, and Huo Hai is too lazy to unify them.

Huo Hai pointed at the map and said, "At present, the Wei River and the No. 1 River share the same water source. Moreover, due to the direction of the river bank, the Wei River has been eroding the gorge of the No. 1 River."

“Although the No. 1 River is very narrow, only three meters wide, the entire area it flows through is very low-lying. In the future, this river mouth will be pierced by water one day, and the water from the Wei River will pour down and tear the hole, turning the low-lying areas on both sides of the No. 1 River into the new river channel of the Wei River.”

Zhuang Xiongpi looked at the map seriously, and then looked at the cross-sectional view of the two rivers drawn by Huo Hai.

At present, the Wei River is 100 meters wide, while the No. 1 River is only three meters wide, which are not at the same level at all.

However, it was only the upper estuary of the No. 1 River where the terrain was high, preventing a large amount of water from the Wei River from flowing down.

But if it can't be stopped and the estuary collapses, the Wei River will change its course!

Because the low-lying area of ​​River No. 1 is actually wider than the Wei River!
If the old Wei River channel had not blocked the water volume of Fengshui River, Ba River and other rivers and forcibly stopped them from flowing north, the No. 1 River should actually be the more natural Wei River channel.

Zhuang Xiongpi understood what Huo Hai meant: "In other words, since this river will become the new Wei River in the future anyway, why don't we dredge the river and make it deeper to prevent the Wei River from flooding?"

Zhuang Xiongpi took a look and found that the so-called River No. 1 was not actually a river.

Instead, it is composed of three rivers, multiple streams, and some interflow zones.

If the dry zone is dug up and some places that should not exist are dug through, it will become a natural river channel.

If the Wei River is allowed to take over its course naturally, then those places where the river was originally cut off and those raised obstacles that should not exist in the river course will cause the Wei River to flood.

The Wei River may have to flood for a long time before it stabilizes in its new river channel again.

Huo Hai shook his head: "No."

"This is River Channel No. 2, take a look."

Huo Hai specially marked the bottom of the Wei River, river channel No. 1 and river channel No. 2 on the ground.

Then a scale is marked next to it.

Zhuang Xiongpi took a look and found that the No. 2 River further north was even lower than the No. 1 River!
Although it was the first time that Zhuang Xiongpi saw this kind of map, before he talked to Huo Hai about it, the teachers in the institute taught him new knowledge such as scale.

He can now form impressions in his mind by looking at pictures.

Huo Hai clicked on the picture: "River No. 1 is just a precautionary measure."

Huo Hai is not a water conservancy expert, but he knows that the Wei River has moved northward continuously in history and there are natural river channels that can serve as the basis for the Wei River to move northward.

However, Huo Hai did not dare to guarantee whether his calculation was correct.

Even if the people from the research institute went to investigate the two rivers on site and confirmed that it was the same as Huo Hai's inference, and that the river repair would be successful, Huo Hai would not dare to guarantee it.

“The real new channel of the Wei River is Channel No. 2.”

“But, River Channel No. 1 also needs to be dredged.”

Huo Hai took out his own concept map: "What if the No. 2 river channel is opened to water and the terrain is higher than we imagined? Will the water not flow eastward but instead flood the plain?"

“So, we need to dig through the No. 1 river channel as well to provide a safeguard.”

"If the No. 2 river channel is blocked, the water will naturally flow out of the No. 1 river channel."

"If the No. 2 channel is accessible, there won't be much water in the No. 1 channel. It will be a small channel at best."

Zhuang Xiongpi nodded seriously: "Since ancient times, no one has ever done such a thing as changing the river's course. It is indeed necessary to take precautions."

Huo Hai continued: "Channel 1 and Channel 2 are not the key. This is just hard work."

"When you dredged the No. 1 river channel, your main task was to build small stone bridges. Build more small stone bridges and accumulate experience in building arch bridges and stone bridges."

"As for the No. 2 river channel, your task is to build a concrete steel bridge across the river from north to south."

"Of course, it is difficult to build such a wide river channel, so our plan is to build many floating islands on the river channel, fixed and raised with cement and stones. With these floating islands, we will no longer build a 100-meter-long river bridge, but a small bridge of ten meters."

"We must accumulate a large number of craftsmen with experience in bridge construction during this construction, and accumulate experience in building bridges with reinforced concrete."

When Zhuang Xiongpi heard about this ingenious method of building a bridge, he was completely shocked. He suddenly thought of a possibility.

"If it's other rivers, can we use this method to turn the riverbed into ground using artificial riverbanks, and then use this method to build a bridge across the river?"

If it is feasible, then even if it is a big river, can't we cross it? !

Zhuang Xiongpi was shocked by his own idea.

Huo Hai: "Why not? If you have this idea, you can experiment. Even if you fail, the worst that can happen is that you can continue to look for new ways to succeed."

Huo Hai continued to talk about the Wei River: "Dredging this river channel is a simple job that requires a lot of labor, so dispatching and commanding is the key."

"The main task of the No. 2 river channel is this bridge. Yang Liancheng will coordinate with you at the research institute, and you also have to take care of the research institute's affairs."

Logically speaking, Zhuang Xiongpi is a newcomer, and letting him take command may not necessarily convince the people.

However, these three projects, including the first, second and old river channels, are integrated into one.

If we assign the task to three people and they lead the team separately, who will take the responsibility if they fail to get the task done?

Although the researchers at the institute have more scientific knowledge than Zhuang Xiongpi, they have no experience in commanding a large number of workers.

But Zhuang Xiongpi has it.

As someone who had presided over such large-scale water conservancy projects, it was much easier for Zhuang Xiongpi to learn these scientific knowledge than for the researchers to learn how to command and deploy so many workers.

Huo Hai continued: "After the water was diverted, did the old river channel dry up?"

“At this time, we have to dredge the old river channel.”

"According to my speculation, without the source of the Wei River, only the water from the Feng River will come down, and the water level of the old river channel will drop from this high to this high, and at most only ten meters wide will be left."

In fact, logically speaking, the Feng River should wash away the other bank and eventually merge with the second and third rivers.

In order to prevent the Feng River from flooding, the two banks must be reinforced. Once the two banks are reinforced, floods, including the flood season, will continuously impact the already dried-up river channel.

At that time, the Fengshui River will still merge with the Weihe River.

Of course, this is speculated based on the current methods of water control.

And Huo Hai proposed a new solution.

A small water diversion project was built at this place, imitating the Dujiangyan Irrigation Project.

Huo Hai explained to Zhuang Xiongpi the principles behind the effects of the Dujiangyan project.

Zhuang Xiongpi: "Yuzui, Guankou County?"

Huo Hai: "You know? Have you been there? That's easy. We can make a small copy here."

After Huo Hai finished speaking, Zhuang Xiongpi understood.

A water diversion fish mouth was also built at the intersection of Fenghe River and Laowei River.

During the dry season, 60% of the water is allowed to enter the ancient river channel for use in the canal and by people on both sides of the river.

During the flood season, 60% of the water is allowed to enter the new Wei River and flow away as before.

In this way, the new and old channels of the Wei River are connected, the water problem is solved, and the sewage from the Chang'an Industrial Zone and the civilian water of Chang'an are separated.

Zhuang Xiongpi actually didn't understand this project at all: "Master Huo, there is one thing I really don't understand."

Zhuang Xiongpi pointed to the ancient river channel and river channel No. 1 on the map.

"Let's start digging the No. 2 channel and keep the No. 1 channel ready."

"Once the No. 2 river channel is open to water and becomes the new Weihe River channel, the No. 1 river channel will be declared abandoned and whoever occupies it will own it."

"Will the nobles in Chang'an City jump out and mark out the land by then? They will then find someone to fill up the No. 1 river channel and the ancient river channel."

"In this way, the new No. 2 river channel became the new Wei River, and the old Wei River disappeared."

"This way, we can save 70% of the engineering work, and it is convenient, simple, fast, and saves money."

What Zhuang Xiongpi said is the solution to this river channel in history.

You know what, this method saves money.

But, no money is made.

Huo Hai: "The people from the research institute should have taken you to see concrete, right?"

Zhuang Xiongpi nodded.

Huo Hai: "What is cement made of?"

Zhuang Xiongpi: "Cement mortar, sand mixed with cement."

Huo Hai: "In the future, cement will be used in all house construction. I sell river sand at half the price of cement. Isn't that unscrupulous?"

Zhuang Xiongpi: “Hiss~”

How much sand is deposited on both sides of the ancient Weihe River? How many kilograms? How many tons? Can you calculate it?
Sell ​​all these things for money?!
Well... building this river channel will not only not cost any money, but you can earn back tenfold, a hundredfold, a thousandfold in the future!

Zhuang Xiongpi was still careless. Based on his previous experience in water conservancy, he determined that this large water conservancy project was a water control project that would cost His Majesty the Emperor a huge loss.

How could he have imagined that this was a highly profitable project?

Huo Hai: "This project looks huge, but there is actually not much work to do. Can it be completed in half a year at most?"

It took five years to fill the Yuzui port, and Li Bing and Li Erlang even risked their lives, which led to the establishment of the Erlang Shen Erwang Temple.

How long would it take them to do a scaled-down version of something they had experience doing once?

The No. 1 and No. 2 river channels are naturally much lower than the current channel of the Wei River, and water can be passed through by simply blasting the mountain pass.

What Zhuang Xiongpi needs to do is not to dig a new river channel, but to take precautions in advance and eliminate dangerous items that may cause river flooding.

To put it simply, it means making the big bends in the low-lying areas rounder, widening the narrow gorge, and removing some small bumps that should not exist in the planned river channel.

The project is not large.

Instead, when the project is completed, what needs to be figured out is how to blast through the barrier between the upstream and the Wei River.

However, this is also a technical matter, not something that requires large-scale labor.

The half year given by Huo Hai is indeed a sufficient time budget.

If Liu Che had done it instead of Huo Hai, it wouldn't have taken six months. It would have been done in six days.

If we dig a hole in the barrier between the No. 1 river channel and the old Wei River, wouldn't the water that is originally rushing in this direction naturally collapse the barrier?
What? Could it cause the partition to be tilted and out of the river?

Then we just have to rely on luck. Anyway, the water will find its own way. If it doesn't go through the first section of the river and directly finds the second section of the river, wouldn't that be a good thing? It saves trouble!

Second river cutoff? The old way.

What, the river overflowed and submerged the entire north bank?
Haven’t I bought all the land on the north bank? What river is flooding? It’s just me irrigating my own land!
Do you understand? Once the river water rushes, the land becomes fertile and the yield will be high for the next ten years.

Hmm? You said it might flood to the south bank?

Then after all this time, we have returned to the original river course, right? I will just consider it a waste of effort.

After all, Huo Hai did not have the mentality of Emperor Wu who could not take the lives of one or two people seriously, so he still came up with a lot of designs to avoid these things.

After all, Huo Hai still remembers some typical cases from later generations.

For example, the Nobel Prize-winning pesticide DDT was badly criticized after it caused the first ecological disaster in human history just 25 years later.

Huo Hai didn't want to be written in history books and be summarized as an idiom called "digging his own river channel."

After talking to Zhuang Xiongpi, Huo Hai sent Zhuang Xiongpi away and then began to listen to Xiang Xu talk about Zhang Ou.

After listening to this, Huo Hai tapped the table with his fingers: "You are right, but send the child back to the Zhang family."

Xiang Xu's eyes widened: "What?"

Huo Hai: "Zhang Zuo will definitely be fine. If Zhang Zuo has a problem, who will Zhang Ou have to worry about?"

Xiang Xu understood: "Master, you mean, if we send Zhang Zuo back, someone will protect Zhang Zuo, and the person who protects Zhang Zuo is the one who instigated Zhang Ou to do this!"

Huo Hai nodded: "I understand."

Since the other party has come out to set up the trap, it means that he is a smart person.

Even if there were no historical cases to follow or to learn from, they should have quickly realized that someone from another branch of the Zhang family might be harmful to Zhang Zuo.

In this case, the other party will definitely protect Zhang Zuo.

As long as we find out who is protecting Zhang Zuo, we will know who is behind the scenes.

Besides, Zhang Zuo’s death has nothing to do with Huo Hai.

Zhang Ou poisoned the people and put himself in a situation where he was sure to die, forcing a conflict between the old aristocracy and the new rich groups.

If Zhang Ou died, the problem would be serious indeed.

But the problem is...if Zhang Zuo was killed by the Zhang family themselves, then both Liu Che and Huo Hai would be relieved.

You can't blame the court for being inhumane and killing the last bloodline of Empress Lü, right? This was caused by their own internal strife, what the hell is it to us?
Huo Hai is still the same. The moral level of his enemies is the same as Huo Hai's.

Zhang Ou even dared to risk his own life to stir up conflict.

Then why didn’t Huo Hai use Zhang Ou’s son’s life to resolve the conflict?
Zhang Zuo was quickly sent back.

Xiang Xu sent Zhang Zuo back to Zhang's house and handed him over to Zhang Sheng.

Zhang Ou's father, Zhang Yan, was the King of Lu Yuan, but later his title was reduced to Nangong Marquis. Zhang Sheng was originally the legitimate son of the Zhang family and inherited the family title of Nangong Marquis.

Now he has been stripped of his title and become an ordinary person.

Today, news about his younger brother Zhang Ou spread throughout Chang'an, and of course Zhang Sheng knew about it too.

Now seeing his nephew being sent back, Zhang Sheng had a complicated expression.

Before Zhang Sheng could do anything, Kong Anguo arrived.

When Zhang Sheng knew Kong Anguo had arrived, he hurriedly greeted him, "Master Kong."

Kong Anguo smiled and responded: "A few days ago, Xuanping Hou wanted Zhang Zuo to worship me as his master, and I agreed to this matter."

"Now that Marquis Xuanping is in trouble, I cannot avoid this matter. This is not in line with the ancestral teachings of the Kong family."

"So, I'm going to take this child away."

Zhang Sheng: “This…”

Kong Anguo: "Don't you trust me, Kong Anguo?"

Zhang Sheng hurriedly said, "No, no, please take the child away."

Zhang Zuo stared at Kong Anguo: "No! I don't want to study! Be careful or I'll let the dog bite you!"

Kong Anguo smiled and said, "I'll treat you to meat pie."

Zhang Zuo's stomach growled, and he finally nodded: "You must keep your word!"

The mastermind behind this, Imperial Censor Zhang Ou and Huo Hai, almost simultaneously received the news that Kong Anguo had taken Zhang Zuo away.

Zhang Ou was furious: "This Kong Anguo has no brains."

Zhang Ou sent someone directly to deliver the documents to Kong Anguo, along with a personal letter.

Kong Anguo broke out in a cold sweat after reading the letter.

"I was tricked!"

After reading the letter, Kong Anguo realized that Zhang Zuo was released by Huo Hai on purpose.

He had been keeping an eye on the situation at the Huo Mansion in order to keep an eye on Zhang Zuo, so that Zhang Ou, Marquis of Xuanping, could keep holding on to the matter.

As a result, when Kong Anguo heard the news that Zhang Zuo had been sent out of the Huo Mansion, he immediately went to Zhang Mansion to bail him out, to prevent Zhang Zuo from being harmed by his descendants.

However, after reading the letter from the Imperial Physician, Mr. Zhang Ou (from now on he will be called Mr. Zhang Ou, otherwise it would be difficult to distinguish him), I suddenly realized.

At this time, whoever goes to protect Zhang Zuo would be the one who instigated and threatened Xuanping Hou Zhang Ou to cause trouble.

Huo Hai kicked Zhang Zuo out on purpose!

Even if something happened to Zhang Zuo afterwards, it couldn't be blamed on Huo Hai.

Huo Hai only needed to say, "This kid doesn't know how to appreciate kindness, and he wants to let the dog bite me. Why do I keep him in my house? You think I'm sick, right?" to completely shirk his responsibility.

When Zhang Zuo dies, someone from Zhang Sheng’s lineage will definitely be blamed.

Strictly true.

The problem is solved.

After Kong Anguo realized that he had been exposed, he continued to read the letter from Mr. Zhang Ou.

The letter gave Kong Anguo three choices.

First, he stood up clearly and called on the nobles to stand on his side and fight against Huo Hai's party in a clear-cut manner.

Second, send Zhang Zuo back tomorrow morning and announce to the public that Zhang Zuo is hopeless and has no way of educating him. See if Huo Hai will take Zhang Zuo back and see if Huo Hai is really determined to use Zhang Zuo's life to solve the problem, or if he just saw through the problem and made a test.

Third, find someone to go to the prison cell of the Second Lieutenant’s Office and kill Zhang Ou.

Elder Zhang Ou sternly ordered Kong Anguo to choose one of the three options and do it immediately.

And you can't reveal what's going on behind your back.

Old Master Zhang Ou was indeed very angry. From the Confucian scholar who came forward, to Lu Bushu, to Kong Anguo, there were three layers of insurance in total.

But Kong Anguo jumped out on his own.

This means that Kong Anguo has reached the front line of the battlefield, while old man Zhang Ou has reached the second line.

If Kong Anguo is exposed, Zhang Ou himself will be in danger.

So, he gave Kong Anguo three choices.

The first one is that Kong Anguo himself stood up, took the position of leader of the nobles, raised high the banner, and clearly opposed the reform.

However, this plan is equivalent to Kong Anguo standing up against Liu Che, and no one in the world dares to oppose Liu Che.

Moreover, the old aristocracy is not a monolithic entity now, and the alliance of interests has not been completely solidified. Even if Kong Anguo stands up, it is hard to say how many people he can win over.

The second option is to send Zhang Zuo back directly to interfere with Huo Hai's judgment.

After all, Xiang Xu took Zhang Zuo away once and sent him back. It was also normal for Kong Anguo to take Zhang Zuo away and then send him back on the grounds that Zhang Zuo was stubborn and could not be educated.

In this way, the guarantor's purpose was hidden, and it really looked like Kong Anguo was keeping his promise to complete the relationship between master and apprentice.

It's a pity that Zhang Zuo is a child who is impossible to educate, and Kong Anguo has given up on him.

As a result, the reputation of this kid Zhang Zuo became ruined, and if anything unexpected happened to Zhang Zuo, his father Zhang Ou would no longer be able to help.

It is equivalent to giving up this plan, giving up this chess piece, and giving up this action.

The third option is to find someone to kill Zhang Ou, Marquis of Xuanping, and let him die in the prison of the deputy lieutenant in Chang'an.

This leaves more room for maneuver.

Kong Anguo carefully analyzed the letter and came to his senses.

In fact, there is a reason for these three choices.

Choice one is to stand up. Old Master Zhang Ou will definitely oppose Huo, and he will help you when the time comes.

Option two is to sever ties with him. Then he will never be able to rely on Master Zhang Ou to get any benefits from this matter again, and Master Zhang Ou will definitely send someone to kill Zhang Ou. He will then carry out the third option.

Option three: You and Mr. Zhang Ou will pledge your allegiance to each other.

Kong Anguo thought deeply about this matter.

Don’t underestimate Kong Anguo, he is the eleventh generation descendant of the Kong family.

However, it is only in recent years that Confucius has been revered as the King of Su and a sage.

Although Confucian scholars among the people account for as much as 30% of the scholars, their number in the court is less than that.

Moreover, among the Confucian scholars, only Dong Zhongshu of the Gongyang Confucianism school believed that Confucius had a high status.

Others didn't feel that way.

Although Kong Anguo was the second son of the eleventh generation of the Kong family, he actually did not gain any benefits from this identity.

At first, he planned for the position of Shangshu within the old wall of Kong family, which allowed Kong Anguo to embark on an official career, but things are not going smoothly now.

Moreover, Kong Anguo's translation team is not as fast as Dong Zhongshu's team and the royal team, nor is their translation as good as theirs.

If Kong Anguo wants to continue to climb up, he must have a strong support.

In the court, it was impossible for Wei Huo to stand on Kong Anguo's side.

The only ones who can help are the three dukes, nine ministers and the old nobles.

Among the high-ranking officials, Li Cai did not participate in these fights. Everyone knew this, so the prime minister could not help anyone.

Under the prime minister is the chief censor.

As long as Zhang Ou helps, it means that a large number of officials in the court will help him.

Kong Anguo did not get carried away and just go all in, but started to think in reverse.

What if Mr. Zhang Ou has no intention of continuing to deepen the cooperation, but just wants to hide himself deeper?
If I go and murder Zhang Ou, Marquis of Xuanping, wouldn't I be dead if I was caught?
By then, I will never be able to tell the truth and I will die before I even open my mouth.

Kong Anguo understood that he had been too stupid from the beginning to the end. He should not have stepped into the spotlight before the dust settled. Whether it was handling these things or future matters, he should have let an agent do it.

Kong Anguo immediately made a decision and went to Lu Bushu's house after putting on makeup.

The only solution now was to let Lu Bushu ask the Confucian scholar to try to poison Zhang Ou, Marquis of Xuanping.

Let’s see if we can continue with the previous plan.

At the same time, he still had to send Zhang Zuo out.

……

Huo Hai slept until noon before getting up, taking his bowl and preparing to go to the institute cafeteria for lunch.

As soon as I went out, I saw Xiang Xu at the door.

Xiang Xu stepped forward and reported: "Sir, after I sent someone away last night, I sent someone to keep an eye on Zhang's residence, and sure enough, someone took Zhang Zuo away!"

Huo Hai: “Oh?”

Xiang Xu: "Kong Anguo."

Huo Hai began to think.

Although it is said that a scholar’s ​​rebellion failed after ten years, Kong Anguo is not a scholar in the ordinary sense. This guy has high ability to take action!
From the fact that the Shangshu was taken out of the wall of the old house of Confucius, and it was the King of Lu who took down the wall, it can be seen that Kong Anguo is really brave when he has something to do! He really dares to think and act!
Was it Kong Anguo who secretly took action and let Xuanping Hou Zhang Ou cause trouble?
Xiang Xu: "But in the morning, Kong Anguo sent Zhang Zuo back again."

"I asked someone and found out that Zhang Zuo stayed at Kong Anguo's house last night and burned the three uncompiled bamboo slips from Kong Anguo's collection of Shangshu!"

"Kong Anguo was furious, but he calmly told Zhang Zuo that children should not touch other people's things casually, let alone do immoral things like burning books. He asked Zhang Zuo to reflect on his mistakes and sit on the wall."

"Then Zhang Zuo, this little kid, set fire to the thatched cottage where he lived."

"If the servants of the Kong family had not gotten up at night and saw it, the Kong family would have been burned to ashes by Zhang Zuo."

"So Kong Anguo sent Zhang Zuo back to the Zhang family, saying that he was ashamed of the invitation from Xuanping Marquis Zhang Ou and that he really couldn't be the child's teacher."

Huo Hai was silent.

At the beginning, I deduced based on those criminal cases that if anyone protected Zhang Zuo, it must be the culprit.

But now it seems hard to say.

If Kong Anguo wanted to protect someone, shouldn't he protect him until death? Why did he release Zhang Zuo?
Is Zhang Zuo really so naughty? Or did Kong Anguo deliberately use methods to provoke Zhang Zuo to do these things, and then use this as an excuse to drive him away? ?
In other words, it is possible that Kong Anguo is not the mastermind at all, or it is possible that he is, but he has discovered my purpose and is deliberately covering it up?
Xiang Xu: "Sir, this Kong Anguo might just be a coincidence, maybe it's not him. Otherwise he wouldn't have sent this child out."

Huo Hai: "Do you think Zhang Zuo, this kid, would really think of burning books and houses?"

Xiang Xu was stunned for a moment: "Master, you mean..."

Huo Hai: "Zhang Zuo is a child who doesn't follow the rules, but he is just a child after all. If a smart person like Kong Anguo wants to stimulate and guide him to do such a thing, isn't it easy for him to do it?"

"Zhang Zuo burned the house, so it makes sense that Kong Anguo kicked him out. Even I'm not sure what happened."

Xiang Xu understood that Kong Anguo might have discovered the young master's intention and did it on purpose for the young master to see.

Xiang Xu: "What should we do now?"

Huo Hai: "I don't know what to do. I only know that if the mastermind is unwilling to give in, he will probably take action against Zhang Ou."

"Zhang Ou doesn't need to do anything. As long as Xuanping Hou dies in the Xiaowei prison, I can't escape responsibility."

Xiang Xu: "I'll go to the prison right away!"

Huo Hai: "Remember, if someone visits Zhang Ou or sees him, it doesn't matter, but if someone gives him melon seeds to eat, he will be directly imprisoned and tortured."

Huo Hai didn’t know anything else, he just knew from watching short videos that people who died of poisoning in this era probably died from eating melon seeds.

First of all, cantaloupe has a burnt smell like cigarette butts. Although it is fragrant, it has an odor, so poisoning is not easy to be discovered.

But it is not easy to poison the cantaloupe itself, so poisoning the cantaloupe seeds is the best way.

Secondly, there were not enough types of poisons in this era, and there were relatively few foods that could be used to poison, with cantaloupe being the most representative.

The reason why Huo Hai knew this was because he had seen a video which said that Marquis Haihun might have been poisoned to death.

Isn’t Marquis Haihun the emperor who was deposed by Huo Guang?

The video also said that several tombs were dug up during this era, in which maids or other people were poisoned to death, and melon seeds were detected in their stomachs.

So Huo Hai probably knew that the "professionals" of this era liked to poison melon seeds.

Anyone who goes to see Zhang Ou today and brings melon seeds to Zhang Ou will be caught and tortured, and there will be no mistake in the torture.

Wrong number...bad luck to him.

After hearing the instructions, Xiang Xu went out immediately.

It was already very late when Xiang Xu came out, and schools all over Chang'an City had already started today's classes.

When the first Science article came out, all the schools talked about it.

But in reality, not many people pay attention.

Because for ordinary people, all this is too abstract.

After watching it, everyone did gain a better understanding of some phenomena in life, such as the knowledge that replenishing salt when tired will make you feel less tired, which is also very helpful for the working people.

But the more those things are related to life, the less relevant they are to everyone.

You don't need to study it, just follow it.

The impact on Chang'an City was also limited. At most, some stores put up the banner of "Scientifically proportioned food is healthier according to Science Report" to sell goods.

But today's second session directly resulted in all the classrooms being filled with people.

Many parents come to listen to the classes under the pretext of sending their children to watch their children study!

Because when the newsboys were selling newspapers on the street, they shouted: "Extra, Extra, Science News Issue 2! Recording a method to increase the yield per mu by four to ten times!"

"Extra, Extra, Science helps farmers, Science helps farmers farm!"

Most people in Chang'an City nowadays just don't know simplified Chinese characters, but they are not stupid, so of course they can understand what this means.

“The yield per mu is four to ten times?!!!”

"How is that possible? It's funny, right?"

"Hurry up and get a seat at the elementary school!"

"The primary school is too far away, please reserve a seat at the technical school first!"

Not only the common people of Chang'an, but also more old nobles, new aristocrats, generals, and new rich people at home, heard the news and took action!

(End of this chapter)