The Journey of Two Worlds
chapter 38

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Chapter 38 – Contribute!

"What way?" Li Ke regained his energy and looked at Li Yin with sharp eyes.

"What is this?" Li Yin pondered for a moment, pretending to be deep in thought.

Li Ke was a little anxious. This was an opportunity to show his face in front of the emperor. After the dynasty was dissolved, Prince Li Chengqian and King Wei Li Tai organized their followers to discuss the issue. He, the king of Shu, could not be left behind.

Seeing the impatience on Li Ke's face, Li Min thought that he did not have an official position in the palace, so he rushed to the palace to give Li Shimin some advice. I'm much older, and I can make Li Ke respect myself, but Li Min isn't a person who suffers, "I can tell third brother about this method, either, but the third brother must give me the gift of father and king!" |||

Li Ke was overjoyed. Compared to his father's award, this little gift was nothing. He said: “There's no problem with this. Sixth brother, you can tell me quickly, I really want to die!

Bringing Li Ke into the study room, Li Yin took out a piece of paper and drew the plans of Chang'an City from her own memories.

Li Ke stood to one side, noticing Li Yin using a ruler to draw straight lines and vertical lines from time to time to draw 108 paths in Chang'an. At this moment, he could not help but feel a little strangely leaking out.

After initially drawing the ground plan, Li Yin drew some small lines on these streets, walked along the streets of Chang'an City, and finally led this line to Jingchuan outside of the city.

“Although there are five canals in Chang'an City, in the event of heavy rain, the five canals will not only fail to drain water, but will also cause the backflow of river water and worsen the puddles.” After drawing, Li Yin placed down the pen.

Li Ke took Li Yin and drew her blueprint, looked at it repeatedly, and said, "Sixth Brother, what does the black line on this street mean?"

“This is the root of the puddle in Chang'an, the underground pipe!”

“Underground pipes?” Li Ke had never heard of this new word, and looked at Li Yin suspiciously, waiting for her explanation.

"This is a facility buried underground." To be clearer, Li Min took out a teacup and placed it in front of Li Ke, “Did you see this teacup? Stab the bottom of this tea cup, here's the pipe, now bury this kind of pipe on the ground, and leave the mouth of the pipe on the ground. As soon as it rains, rainwater will enter the pipe through the mouth of the pipe, then flow through the pipe downstream of Jingchuan outside the city. This way, once it rains, the water will accumulate. It will soon disappear, and the puddles in Chang'an City can be settled forever. Li Yin studied engineering construction, so she naturally knew of the matter, and when she returned, she thought about it.

“So so, this is really a brilliant plan, why don't I think about it!” Li Ke pointed to another line next to the pipeline, "Then what is this path?"

“The one just now is a rainwater pipe, and this one is a sewage pipe!” Li Yin, the sanitary toilet in the Tang Dynasty, had been complaining for a day or two, and used this opportunity to settle it together. Before Li Ke could ask, Li Yin continued: “These impurities are also Drainage, but instead of rainwater, dirt and urine are removed, and a large septic tank is built at the end of this pipe, which is not the case, and after sedimentation, it's a natural fertilizer."

Li Ke was stunned. He had never thought about this matter before. Now the imperial palace had sent out special personnel to pick up dirt and urine in Chang'an City. Once the sewage pipe is completed, it will save you a lot of costs. The septic tank did not understand at all, but he could not wait to give this method to Li Shimin!

"Sixth brother, you're so smart!" Li Ke walked excitedly, and Li Yin felt ashamed that this he did not find himself, it was plagiarism.

After speaking with Li Ke about the general plan, Li Ke dragged Li Yin over to discuss her specific details. After a day of throwing, Li Yin finally told him all the pipe knowledge. Li Yin was tired and went to bed early. However, Li Ke was extremely excited as if he had been smoking all night, and the lights in the room remained on all night.

The next day, Li Ke went to court earlier as usual, looking confident in Manchu Dynasty civil and military affairs, smiling at the comrades who were still losing money while gathering.

“The third brother is very satisfied, could it be that he has solved the problem left by the emperor!” As Li Ke was quietly complacent, a voice came from behind.

"Brother, meet His Highness the Crown Prince!" The voice was very familiar, it was from Li Chengqian, the direct son of Li Shimin, the current crown prince.

"That little brother has only a humble opinion!" Li Ke casually lied.

Li Chengqian smiled. He knew that Li Ke could not tell the truth. Although his position as prince was stable now, he understood that Wei Wang Li Tai and Shu Wang Li Ke were both watching him.

As he was thinking, Li Shimin walked into the Tai Chi Hall. After shouting Longevity, Li Shimin said: “About the puddle in Chang'an, do you have a solution?”

“Reporting to my father, I have thought about it day and night, and I found a solution!” Li Chengqian bowed.

"Oh?" Li Shimin looked at his beloved son and said, “Come listen!”

Li Chengqian said: “The waterlogging in Chang'an City is due to the narrowing of the five canals in the city. My boy thought that opening five canals would solve the problem of puddles for good!”

"Prince is right." Li Shimin nodded in satisfaction.

“Dad, according to my servant does not deserve to open five channels. Yesterday, when the court was dissolved, I personally investigated the situation of the puddle in Chang'an City. Backwaters have appeared on all five channels. If opened, the water flow to the back will become more serious!” Right now, Wei Wang Li Tai opened his mouth.

Li Shimin frowned, "Then do you have a solution?" He looked at Li Tai.

"I haven't thought of a proper solution!" Li Tai looked embarrassed.

After Li Tai said so, the court fell silent, and Li Shimin said angrily, “Is the problem of puddles so difficult to solve?”

Li Ke felt the time had come, so he came out this time, saying: "I report to my father, my son has a good plan!"

"Ke'er, talk fast!" A glimmer of hope appeared in Li Shimin's heart.

At this moment, Li Ke took out a picture from his cuff and said, "Dad, the solution to the puddle in Chang'an is on this picture, please take a look."

"Send!" Xiao Huangmen immediately took the picture from Li Ke and handed it to Li Shimin.

Opening the image, looking at the various straight lines and origin of the image, Li Shimin was confused and asked, "What is this?"

Li Kecheng held the bamboo in his hand, and said: “This is an image of an underground pipeline. This pipeline network is divided into waste water and rain water.”.

In the court hall, Li Ke was eloquent, telling Li Shimin the knowledge Li Yin had taught him one by one, and he fought the Confucians with his tongue. On the dragon chair, Li Shimin often nodded.

"well!"

After Li Ke finished speaking, Li Shimin shouted.

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seriate....