Chapter 476 Stone Man with One Eye
“You dug out an angel statue with only one eye in the dredged river?”
Horn, who was eating breakfast in spider silk pajamas, almost Squirt the milk out of your nose.
He hurriedly found a handkerchief and tried to wipe the milk from the corner of his mouth.
Silov, who was sitting across the dining table, tilted her head and wondered why Horn's reaction was so big.
Unlike the clear skies of the previous few days, looking out from the panes of the pointed-arched wooden windows, one could see the mountains shrouded in shadow and the sky covered with lead clouds.
The light rain fell on the eaves, making a strange ticking sound.
Since catching the witcher, Horn has been free for a while, especially the sudden rain, which reduced the scope of his trip to a small town.
September is just around the corner, and the annual heavy rain falls in the Qianhe River Valley as scheduled. The only difference is that it is better than last year. The autumn rain in 1445 was not as heavy as that in 1444.
So judging from the current rainfall and the arrival time of the rainy season, even if there is no Innocent (Joan) Dam, there will probably be no floods.
However, the Innocent Dam cannot be left alone, as it will also affect the gravel fields upstream.
Nowadays, in order to build the Innocent Dam, the shepherds in the gravel plains have to go hungry in the cold rain and wipe the butts of the gentlemen.
Horn's current Daze Township is facing similar problems, except that the shepherds in the gravel field need to block it, while Horn needs to dredge the silted river.
“What do the workers digging the river think?” Horn finally suppressed his cough and asked while wiping his mouth.
“The workers regarded this as a miraculous and auspicious blessing from the Holy Father, and they applied to make this one-eyed angel the patron saint of the New River.” Armand waved to the maid and removed the plates, “ They want to build a temporary chapel on the site to worship the angel statue.”
The auspicious worship of the people of Qianhe River Valley, Horn rubbed his temples.
Whenever something strange is dug out of the ground, the people of Qianhe River Valley try to keep it up.
Of course, the church refused most of the time by prohibiting idolatry.
This method of worshiping miracles is actually an old expansion method of the early Messianism.
The specific method is to bury an auspicious miracle in whichever piece of land you like, and then announce that the proceeds from this land will be used to build churches and worship gods.
At that time, there were pagans and Norns native to the Eastern Continent all over the place, and it mainly served as a forged claim.
“Did they spread any proverbs or songs?”
“How do you know?” Armand glanced at Horne’s mysterious face in surprise, and spoke loudly to the workers. The song came out, "One eye of an angel protects the believers in thousands of rivers."
Horn was speechless for a moment, and then waved his hand after a long time: "Let them go, as long as it does not affect the construction progress."< br>
Actually, messy things have been dug out of the river more than once or twice, but this time the stone man angel is more conspicuous.
Horn suddenly remembered the underground secret passages that the demon hunters said. According to them, there were many such weird angel statues in the secret passages.
Maybe the statues in the river come from the underground passage.
"What is the current water level of Nanze Lake?"
Putting down the handkerchief and taking off his pajamas, Horn asked Armand aside while wearing a black linen shirt.
Armand stood aside and replied with a smile: "The water level has not been reached yet, but many lycanthropic kingdoms have already warned."
"Based on the current situation, how long will it take to open the gate and release the water?" Shilov asked immediately.
"Probably next week, within ten days." Armand expanded the five days that Chap reported to him.
Horn and Shilov are concerned about the water level because of the Xinhe River dredging project, which is a key project to lower the water level of Nanze Lake and open up new roads out.
It was during this dredging project that Horn encountered a huge problem. According to the original plan, the first phase of the dredging project alone will dredge a 20-kilometer-long silted river channel with a maximum width of over 100 meters and a minimum width of no less than 80 meters.
Currently, more than 2,000 people are working on this dredging project, but they still cannot complete the dredging of the river before the rainy season.
And once the rainy season arrives, if a dam is built to block the water, the water level of Nanze Lake will rise, even affecting the lycanthrope villages on both sides.
If you don't do this, it will bring a lot of silt and a lot of useless work.
If things really cannot be done, Horn will not force it. At best, he will wait until the rainy season has passed before starting construction.
But at this time, Shilov came up with a new idea. Since it couldn't be completed, he would first dig a 30-meter-wide river for drainage, and at least make some achievements.
The idea inspired Horn immediately.
Even though he was busy exterminating the bandits in the dense cave forest at that time, he still wrote a letter to Shilov and introduced the principle of water flushing method.
After discussions with the stonemasons, as well as the designs of Werther and his grandfather Faunt, as well as the hydraulic engineers captured from the noble castles in Langsand County, they came up with a brand new set of plan.
Specifically, a 200-meter-long and 5-meter-wide masonry mortar dam bridge was built at the mouth of the lake, and then double-layer earth-filled wooden boards were used as gates.
Then the silted river channels before and after the estuary gate were cleaned, and only the 20-meter-wide area in the middle of the rear river channel was silted.
On both sides, a one-time simple barrage was built using simple stone cages and wooden frames.
When the water level rises during the rainy season, open the gate and release the water.
Under normal circumstances, the lake water contains a large amount of silt, resulting in that although there is water in the river, not much can be discharged.
When the lake water passes through the river, it will bring new siltation and sediment.
But after the previous design, the turbulent water flow caused by the pressure will flow through the narrower central area.
Due to the simple dams on both sides, the water cannot flow outside, and behind it is a lake with rising water levels.
As a result, the water flow will increase dramatically, but the cross-section through which the water flow can pass becomes narrower, and the water flow speed will naturally become faster, which brings a powerful impact.
Not only can it take away heavy silt, but it can also wash away a lot of the original silt.
It is equivalent to using natural hydraulic power instead of manpower to carry out dredging work.
If Horn wanted to, construction behind the barrage would not even be delayed.
According to the calculations of several water conservancy engineers who graduated from Xianshidian Clayton University, if the river dredging can be completed, the overall water level of the lakes and swamps in Daze Township is expected to drop by five to twelve meters, or even more.
By then, it is expected that there will be 900 square kilometers of fertile land for cultivation, especially in the Beizawa area.
After listening to Armand telling the approximate time, Horn, who put on simple breeches, buttoned his collar and walked out from behind the screen wall: "When the gate opens next week, I will Back to Fort Joan, Madeleine was urging me, saying that the tax plan was finally worked out."
"Oh, it's time to go." Shilov didn't say much, but his tail was soft. He slumped down on the chair.
Horn stepped forward and reached out to stroke her head: "I will write letters from time to time. When you can come out of the Mechanical Palace in the future, I will take you to see the sea."
"The sea..." Shilov shook her head and shook off Horn's hand, "I take it seriously."
Before Horn could answer, there was a quick knock on the study door. : "Your Majesty, it's me, Rafael, is it convenient for you now?"
"Come in." Horn smiled apologetically at Shilov, "What's the matter?"
< br>"The tunnel opening was finally pried open." Rafael's hair was stuck to his scalp due to the rain, "There are some things that you may have to see for yourself."
(End of this chapter)