Everyone was shocked by this bow. Their brains almost couldn't wrap their heads around it … A person like the princess was actually forced to kneel?
GongYimo raised her head and begged in a low voice, "Just give me seven days! After seven days, everyone will set off immediately! After all, if we set off now, regardless of whether we first take the water route, then the land route, or the entire journey by land, with so many people, it will take eleven or twelve days to reach the capital. I promise everyone that as long as everyone can wait here for another seven days, I can guarantee that we will reach the capital within twelve days! I beg everyone to believe me this time! "
"How is that possible?" Assistant Minister Liu didn't believe her.
GongYimo looked at him with determination! "I will open up the main road within seven days! We will take the boat back to the capital! "
Everyone looked at GongYimo with suspicion. They all knew about Xu Yuan's progress. The last time Xu Yuan sent a letter, he said that it would take at least a month to connect to the Long Teng River and open up the main road. Moreover, the road hadn't been cleared yet. Normal boats would be delayed if they encountered a flood, a strong wind, or a shocking beach. Even if GongYimo opened up the main road in seven days, they might not be able to reach the capital within five days.
GongYimo couldn't explain it. She could only repeat, "Please believe me! I won't let you down! I, GongYimo, will do what I say. Please believe me! "
She said it with certainty and sincerity. Everyone couldn't bear it. In the end, they still remembered that this princess was also the master who could break a mountain. Perhaps she really had magical powers that mortals didn't have?
It was only seven days. Moreover, the princess promised that they would reach the capital within the normal time. It wasn't considered defying the imperial edict. Moreover, they had already defied the imperial edict once … Then, they would defy the imperial edict again!
The few of them reached a consensus without speaking. Assistant Minister Liu helped GongYimo up with both hands and sighed softly.
"Our lives are all in the hands of the princess! We hope the princess will keep her promise! "
GongYimo smiled brightly, like the blue sky after the rain.
She bowed gratefully, "Then, I will leave first. Brother Crown Prince still hasn't survived the calamity. Please keep your promise! I promise that I will take a boat to bring everyone back to the capital in seven days! "
"We accept the order!"
Therefore, GongYimo did not dare to delay and left immediately.
After she left, no one else was in the mood to continue their work. Fortunately, their main road had already reached the Huai River, and they were just building a dam. Now, they could only hope that the princess could really create a miracle and open up the canal in seven days.
The next day, the sun was high up in the sky. Many commoners saw that GongYimo and Gong Che had disappeared, so they asked about them … After all, these two people would appear every day.
Water Division supervisor Li let out a long sigh. Right now, he was in a depressed mood. When he heard people repeatedly asking about it, he explained the cause and effect of the matter to the people. But he didn't expect that the people's reaction would be so strong!
"How could the Emperor do this? The Crown Prince is such a good person, how could he have the heart to rebel? "
"He probably listened to slanderous rumors … Haven't there been a lot of trouble in the capital in recent years? Between the princes, their eyes are about to turn red! "
"The pitiful Crown Prince's life is still hanging by a thread … and he has to be slandered like this …"
When supervisor Li said that GongYimo had promised to open up the North and South Canals in a week, the farmers beside him heard that and unexpectedly, none of them refuted. Supervisor Li felt that it was very strange. Why were these commoners' reactions so calm when they all felt that it was impossible?
At this time, he heard a man carrying a hoe say loudly, "If it was someone else, I wouldn't believe it. But if it was that young lady, even if she said that she wanted to poke a hole in the sky, I, Da Niu, would still believe it!"
What was even more strange was that the others all agreed. In just a short year, GongYimo had created too many miracles. Most of them had received GongYimo's grace and sincerely believed that this young lady was indeed not ordinary!
When supervisor Li heard their words, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "Yes, we are confused. How could there be something that she can't do?"
After he finished speaking, he began to talk about Gong Yi Mo's past identity, including how she rose from the cold palace, how she was favored, how she benefited the people, and how she was demoted. After he finished, he couldn't help but praise himself. The princess was so young, but she had already created so many miracles.
Someone said loudly, "So she's the Chaoyang Princess?!"
Seeing that everyone was looking at him, he touched his head embarrassedly, "Isn't it because of my son? He's still studying in a private school. He used to tell us about the Chaoyang Princess's deeds. He said that if she didn't improve the paper-making and printing technology, books wouldn't be so cheap. Only the poor can afford to study … If that's the case, she's a saintly figure!"
In this era, to be able to study was a very honorable thing for the commoners. However, because paper was expensive and printing was difficult, many people could only dream of it but couldn't get it.
However, because of GongYimo's unintentional action, the threshold for studying was lowered. That was why children from poor families like them could study in school …
Many people sighed. Why didn't the Emperor like such a smart and good girl?
Therefore, GongYimo's reputation spread far and wide without her knowledge.
Even the water filtration system that she developed and popularized among the commoners was dug up. In the past, people mostly used well water and river water. Although there was no industrial pollution, it wasn't very clean. Didn't they still drink dead rats and fish as usual?
Since the water filtration system was developed, the principle was simple. After it was popularized in every village, the number of people who got sick from drinking water decreased a lot.
Some wealthier cities even built tap water and sewer pipes in a small area. It was very clean and convenient.
There were also people who came back from the west. They also said that the construction of wells and canals in Xi Zhou was the idea of the Chaoyang Princess. Once it was completed, Xi Zhou would no longer have to suffer from drought.
Not to mention, the construction of the canal this time was also the princess's idea. Once it was completed, the North and South would be able to trade. Not only would it solve the problem of water consumption, transportation, and prosperity for the commoners. It couldn't be better.
The princess even wanted to push the waterways inland. One had to know that there were many places inland that needed to buy water to drink. If what the princess said was true, and the world was traversed by waterways, the people would no longer have to suffer from drought and floods. If there were natural disasters, they could save themselves. Trade between the North and South would be convenient, and everyone would be self-sufficient.
Wait, wait, wait …
This Chaoyang Princess was talented and intelligent. She was resourceful and broad-minded. As a woman, she could help the world!
In the capital, she could be said to be the object of admiration in the hearts of many men. Not to mention that she was only thirteen years old.
She was really not inferior to a man.
She was really a hero from a young age.
How could there be people who didn't like such a wonderful woman?
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