The book begins with the waste of all the members

"What are you doing here, it's inappropriate?"

Wei Jianjie saw Wei Qi acting suspiciously outside Wei Yu's yard and asked.

When Wei Qi saw Wei Jianjie, he was like a mouse seeing a cat and walked away in shame.

Wei Jianjie didn't take this little episode to heart and turned to enter Wei Yu's yard.

"Please tell her that I would like to see the Queen." Wei Jianjie said to Xiao Lin.

"My lord, please wait a moment."

Wei Jianjie's sudden visit to Wei Yu was quite unexpected. Both the original owner and her later had some interactions with Wei Jianjie. What was he doing here?

"Pass it on."

As soon as Wei Jianjie came in, he knelt on his knees and bowed deeply to Wei Yu.

"On behalf of the millions of people living in the Nanhuai Canal basin, I thank the Empress for saving our lives."

Wei Yu: “…”

Why is this happening? Is she doing something that she doesn't know about?

"The Emperor told me to send more manpower to expedite the repair and completion of the Nanhuai Canal embankment. This is the Empress's suggestion."

Wei Yu finally remembered, "Yes, that's what happened. What happened next?"

"In June, there were three days of heavy rain. Fortunately, the levee reinforcement was completed. Otherwise, I can't imagine what would have happened."

"I am grateful to the Queen."

Wei Jianjie kowtowed again.

"Master Wei, please get up and sit down. It's just a coincidence..."

Wei Jianjie felt that Wei Yu just didn't want to take credit.

With this filter, Wei Jianjie looked at Wei Yu with a little more enthusiasm.

"I don't know why Her Majesty thinks the Nanhuai Canal will flood today."

Wei Yu began to talk nonsense in a serious tone, "To be honest, I am an astrologist. I observed the celestial phenomena at night and calculated that there will be unusually heavy rain in the south this year. I also happened to hear that Lord Wei was repairing and reinforcing the canal embankment, so I proposed this to the emperor just in case."

Wei Jianjie: “…”

You might as well say you can predict the future.

Wei Jianjie smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you are joking."

"Actually, Your Majesty, there's no need to hide your ability to control floods from me. I know it all."

"what?"

Is there something she doesn't know?

"Your Majesty simply doesn't want to take credit for anything. I know that."

No, Comrade Ershu, what are you talking about? Why do you know it when I don't?

Wei Yu didn't understand.

Wei Jianjie reminisced, "When the queen was little, she loved reading books about flood control and water conservancy. When she was seven or eight years old, she would sneak into my study every day with your cousin to read. Your second aunt also knew about it."

"Your Majesty also has a habit of making annotations in books. When I see those annotations, I know that Your Majesty truly enjoys this knowledge and is truly studying it seriously."

"Back then, I expressed my regret to your Second Aunt. It's a pity that Your Majesty is not a man, otherwise you would definitely be able to enter the Ministry of Agriculture in the future."

Wei Yu was stunned.

So she came up with a hidden identity, for example: Da'en, the god in charge of water conservancy.

"Master Wei, you are too kind. Hahahahaha, no problem, no problem."

"Now that I'm here, I have something to ask your Majesty."

"I'm not worthy of your advice. To be honest, Uncle, I've completely forgotten everything I read about water conservancy."

So, second uncle, please don’t ask. If you ask, it means you don’t know and don’t understand.

"Your Majesty is too modest."

Wei Yu’s inner thoughts: No.

"Actually, I've been thinking about something, but I haven't come up with a solution yet."

"Your Majesty, you should know that in our country, only the southern and eastern coastal areas have abundant water resources. However, inland areas, especially the northwest, have a dry climate and very little rainfall. Large areas of land are barren and have become a vast desert."

"This year, many parts of the south have experienced severe flooding, while many parts of the north have experienced frequent droughts. Natural disasters are constantly occurring. I'm wondering if there is any way to distribute the abundant water resources in the south to those areas that lack water."

"South-to-North Water Diversion?" Wei Yu came over immediately.

Wei Jianjie's eyes lit up. "Yes, it's the South-to-North Water Diversion Project. Does Your Majesty think it's feasible?"

"It's feasible. It's definitely feasible."

This is a great project proposed by our great Chairman Mao and has been tested.

After receiving the recognition, Wei Jianjie was very excited, but when he thought about the construction, his lofty ambition disappeared.

"Second Uncle, are you considering the construction issue?"

Wei Jianjie nodded. "There are countless mountain ranges between the north and the south. We can't use water trucks to transport materials to every mountain. Those mountains are not hills."

"Uncle, have you ever thought about digging a tunnel and carving a passage through the middle of the mountain?"

Wei Jianjie was thinking about how feasible it was to do so.

"Could your Majesty please tell me in detail how to dig this tunnel?"

Wei Yu took out paper and pen and analyzed the fold structure of the mountains with Wei Jianjie, explaining what anticline structure and syncline structure are.

The more Wei Jianjie listened, the more excited he became, and the more feasible it seemed to him.

"I understand what your Majesty means, but the rock is very hard. Whether it can be chiseled or not is beyond question. It will certainly require a great deal of manpower and resources to start the work."

"Whether to take it depends on how much confidence the emperor and second uncle have in this project and how much resources they can invest." Wei Yu's words were very pertinent. The current technology and mechanization are completely incomparable to modern ones.

Wei Yu suddenly thought of a solution, "It's not like there's no other way..."

"Your Majesty, please speak."

Wei Yu: “…”

Can't tell a little bit.

The solution she thought of was to blow up the mountain, but there was no sign of explosives yet, so she couldn't make any promises.

"My lady, do you have any unspeakable secrets?"

"No, it's just that I haven't even glanced at the eight characters yet."

Wei Jianjie was disappointed.

"Second Uncle can discuss this with the Emperor and other ministers first. We don't know whether it can be successfully implemented yet."

According to the efficiency here, such a large project will take at least half a year of discussion before there will be any results, and the period from coordination to construction will take another year and a half.

Wei Jianjie thought so too, and they kept discussing it until the steward of the Wei Mansion came to invite Wei Yu to dinner.

When Wei Qi saw the two of them coming together, he came up with a plan.

"Why did Second Uncle come with the Empress? Could it be that Second Uncle spent the entire afternoon alone with the Empress? Second Uncle has always been particularly fond of the Empress..."

As soon as Wei Qi said this, everyone looked at her with disgust. She didn't know if she was really stupid or so naive that she couldn't see other people's disgust, and she kept chattering with a smug look on her face.

"I saw my second uncle enter the Queen's courtyard with my own eyes..."

Xiao Lin stepped forward and said, "Miss Wei, what you said is already a rumor, and it's a rumor against the Empress. Slap her in the face."

Yinlan rolled up her sleeves and slapped Wei Qi a few times. It felt great.

Wei Yu looked at Wei Qi's astonished expression and shook his head.

Wei Qi is stupid, confirmed.

"Let's eat. I'm hungry..."