There was a loud bang, and gravel flew everywhere.
A person was lying on the ground with his head in his hands. No one knew if he was dead or alive.
When the gravel and dust had settled, someone rushed over.
"Are you dead? Tong Liu, are you dead? "The person who went over shouted at the motionless person.
There was no response. He shook his head. "Carry him away."
Two people came over and carried the person one after the other.
As soon as they touched him, the person suddenly moved. He looked around and suddenly shouted, "I'm alive, I'm alive. I don't need to do anything if I encounter a dud again. After the canal is built, I won't be sentenced to death."
"Tong Liu, you're not dead?" The person from before shouted at him.
Tong Liu looked at him in confusion. He put his finger in his ear and pressed it. "I can't hear you. My ears are buzzing."
"Go, go back with us. Go quickly." The person gestured.
"Ah, I understand. Let's go." Tong Liu understood.
These people were building a canal to connect the Wei River to the Yellow River.
At the source, there was a river flowing into the Yellow River and another river flowing into the Wei River.
This meant that the source was high and flowed to both sides.
If a boat wanted to go against the Wei River and enter the Yellow River, there had to be a pool built at the top. The water in the pool flowed to both sides, and many rivers in the mountains gathered at the pool.
The Wei River flowed to the east and would eventually enter the Yellow River, but it wasn't at this crucial place.
Everyone dug together and placed explosives in the difficult places.
Sometimes there would be duds in the explosives. The prisoners on death row and those who had committed serious crimes would deal with the duds.
It was fine as long as they took it out. The duds didn't really die out.
If no one dealt with them, they wouldn't know when they would explode.
Li Yi had opened the mountain with duds before, and some suddenly exploded a month later.
Now, they waited for 15 minutes. If there was no movement, they would go.
Two people had already been killed. Today, Tong Liu's family made him wait for an hour. It was just in time for dinner. They didn't have to arrange the duds immediately.
After dinner, he went up. Before he could touch it, the blast appeared first. He reacted quickly and directly lay down.
He was considered alive, but it wouldn't be his turn next time. It would take a long time for another turn.
Those who needed to be exiled volunteered to do the most dangerous work. As long as the canal was built, the death penalty would be changed to exile, exile, imprisonment, and whipping.
The exiles didn't want to leave. Their chances of survival were too low if they went to an unfamiliar place.
The prisoners wanted to be beaten and go home to recover.
At first, they didn't think much of it, but when the two of them were killed, they finally understood that it was indeed a gamble with their lives.
Today, Tong Liu almost died. Tong Liu was a criminal on death row.
He had a conflict with his neighbor, so he poisoned his neighbor's horse and cow.
The neighbor was rich, but when he met the neighbor's dog, he decided to set it on fire.
The neighbors' houses, firewood, horses, and cows were all burned down, and the neighbors' families fled.
His actions were too vile. He caused a lot of property losses and almost burned people to death. He was sentenced to hang.
He refused to accept this. Why? I didn't want to burn anyone. I want to appeal.
While he was appealing, someone came to him and told him to go to work and survive.
His family helped him continue the appeal, and he came over to work on his own.
Now, he could be sure that as long as he was careful, he would not be hanged.
Liu, on the other hand, could apply for a dangerous job.
If there was another dud, he would take the initiative to dismantle it. If he didn't die, he would become a criminal.
Of course, those who committed heinous crimes and killed people, especially robbers and murderers, would not be given a chance. They must die.
Otherwise, it would be encouraging everyone to kill people. Anyway, there was a high chance that they wouldn't die.
Everyone continued to work. They chiseled holes and placed explosives. Tong Liu temporarily treated his ears. His vestibular nerves were affected. Nausea, vomiting!
Murayama Shu was also in the crowd. He was afraid that the next dud would be his turn.
If possible, he wanted to wait for three days to line up the duds.
However, it was obviously not possible. Would the construction progress wait for him for three days?
"Everyone, work hard. The canal will be built at the end of June. Except for those who are guilty, everyone else will get a lot of money. Pay attention to your safety."
The 'foreman' in charge of this place shouted. He was happy because he got more money than others.
On the entire canal, countless people were working at the same time.
The food was not bad. There were meat and vegetables. There was a limited number of stews. They could eat any staple food, pickles, and soup.
For example, tonight, his team could eat soy sauce chicken liver and pig liver. Those who didn't work at night were allowed to drink half a liter of rice wine.
It had nothing to do with the duds. It was a reward for the fast progress of the construction.
If he commanded well, he would be rewarded with a liter of money.
Those who worked at night would drink and eat braised food before they went to bed tomorrow morning.
Boats arrived on the Wei River. They carried the goods to the bank of the Yellow River and put them in the warehouse.
One of them was waiting for the canal to be built and the other was waiting for the boats to come back.
Once the delivery ship had unloaded its cargo, it would quickly return empty-handed.
They would load the goods and change the people here.
So far, only one batch of 50 boats had come back. The boats didn't go to take the things they needed to take along the way. They just left.
Other people boarded the boats to load the goods and send them to the front line.
This was the fastest way to send military supplies to the source of the Yellow River through the water route, land route, and land route.
The people who built the road and prepared to replace the boats didn't know strategy, but they definitely knew that people needed to eat and horses to fight a war. They also knew that the Tang dynasty would be safe if they won the war.
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"Theoretically, it's only a few days. As long as the boats are connected, the soldiers at the front line will have no worries."
Bi Goo was not an ordinary person. He was looking forward to occupying the Yellow River basin.
It was not a matter of the two freshwater lakes. It was a matter of reducing Tubo's strategic living space.
There were many Tubo tribes around the two freshwater lakes. They relied on the lakes to live, draw water, graze, and hunt.
Animals needed to drink water. With a big lake, many animals would drink water. Night wolves, leopards, and other animals would also look for food.
In summer, birds, blue sheep, and so on.
Su 'Er took a sip of tea. He was very anxious. He wished he could fly on the clouds and help deliver the things that they needed in the next few days to the place.
According to the speed of the boats, when another boat team arrived, there would be a boat or propeller boat arriving every day.
They were not only sending things, but also the belief of victory. The logistics were endless, and the soldiers at the front line had less to worry about.
"Tingshuo, don't worry. The things from Shu Di have arrived. Li Yi's logistics operation is too good." Song Jing knew Su Yi's thoughts.
Tingshuo was Su Yi's courtesy name. Su Yi's courtesy name meant upright. His courtesy name was Tingshuo. Ting was the imperial court, and Shuo was pronounced as Shí.
Tingshuo meant the rock of the country. It could also be said that he was the cornerstone of the country.
Another interpretation was also quite interesting. Tingshuo, a person with a high academic degree in the imperial court. His courtesy name meant that he was upright and knowledgeable in the imperial court.
However, his father was the minister's left servant, Su Gui, so he was not so vulgar.
"Yes!" Su Yi replied with one word. He really admired Li Yi. He had seized the opportunity to occupy the entire Yellow River basin.
The key point was that Li Yi did not just say it. He was really doing it.
This time, they occupied the Yellow River basin. Next time, they could try the Yangtze River basin.
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