When Ye Jiannan saw her, he was a little surprised: "Why did the Empress come here?"

Given that this is outside and there are many people and eyes, Ye Jiannan is not good enough to call her boudoir name directly.

The servant Yantai who was holding Ye Jiannan widened his eyes. He probably didn't expect that he would have such an opportunity in his life and be able to see the queen with his own eyes.

"Come and understand the people's sentiment with His Majesty." Ye Qing replied, her eyes unabated by worry: "Brother, are you okay?"

When Ye Jiannan heard that Xiao Jue had also come, he frowned, but there were no surprises.

After all, Ye Qing is here, and Xiao Jue is reasonable.

However, the floating bridge suddenly collapsed and happened to be seen by Xiao Jue. He was not worried that his impression of Xiao Jue would be greatly reduced, but he was afraid that Ye Qing would be implicated.

He replied, "No obstacle. I just fell into the water, and I deliberately dived down the river and took a look."

He said lightly, but Ye Qing raised his heart again and immediately scolded: "It's just that the water has risen, and the water level of the riverbed is still deep. Brother is doing this too risky!"

Ye Jiannan knew that Ye Qing was concerned about his own safety, so he only smiled: "Although my brother is not as good as the fishermen who grew up in the water town, he is not a land duck. I just saw it under the water. It was the anchor of the fixed ship that was not grasped steadily. There was sand under the riverbed, so I couldn't grasp it firmly."

Ye Qing saw that this place was a piece of sand just now, and he guessed that the main rope that fixed the pontoon bridge must be unstable.

As long as the water rises and the impact force of the river is too large, and the main rope reaches the critical point, it is very likely to pull out the pile hit under the sandy ground. At that time, the pontoon bridge will be completely destroyed.

Ye Jiannan said that there was sand under the riverbed. Thinking of the heavy waters twice in a row, Ye Qing also understood where the mud and sand accumulated in this part of the riverbed came from.

Reservoirs have always been built in basins or depressions that can be used for water storage. The contour lines of this terrain are pocket-shaped. The "large pockets" make the hinterland wide, the reservoir capacity is large, and there is also a lot of water that can be stored.

However, the civil engineering industry not only has requirements for the building itself, but also geological assessment before construction is also very important.

Ye Qing had not visited the reservoir before, but only after coming here did he discover that although the terrain of Luling, where the original reservoir was built, meets the standards for building reservoirs, its geology is obviously a bit desertified.

In this geology, even if the reservoir is built, there are great hidden dangers. After all, the fluidity of sand is much stronger than that of mud.

No matter how strong the dam of the reservoir is, and there are problems with its own geology, it will be ineffective no matter how hard it is.

In addition, every time there is a heavy water, the mud and sand around the reservoir are carried out by the heavy water and accumulated on the riverbed, which leads to fine sand under the riverbed.

When a ship breaks down, it cannot be thrown around, and the geology under the water is also important.

The so-called ship anchor is a large iron hook used to fix the ship on the water surface. By grasping the ground under the water with the iron hook to fix the ship at its current position.

In the era when Ye Qing was living, the anchor of a giant ship could weigh up to twenty-five tons.

For large ships going to sea, when breaking down, the best anchoring depth is ten to fifty meters. For the geology under the water, mud is a good choice because the soil is more sticky; sand is a secondary choice because the anchor of the large ship is extremely heavy and the hook is large. When sinking into the bottom of the water, it can catch a deep layer of sand, thereby achieving the effect of fixing the ship. If the silt layer at the bottom of the water is thin and there is a rock layer under it, it is not conducive to anchoring. One is that the anchor cannot grasp the ground and cannot fix the ship. The second is that the complex underwater water environment may cause damage to the anchor.

The ships Ye Jiannan and his friends used to act as bridge piers were all small boats, and the anchors were naturally not big. They used it to fix the ships in the sand under the riverbed, which was too poor in stability. If the water flow was a little larger, the anchor would shift from the mud and sand, or even directly escape from the riverbed. This is why the ships had shifted before.

Ye Jiannan Road: "This mistake in building the pontoon bridge was because my brother was reckless and failed to find out the terrain under the water in advance. When I report to Lord Huang, I moved the pontoon bridge to a place with less silt and sand at the bottom of the river downstream."

The construction cost of pontoon bridges is extremely low and the process is not troublesome. Compared to taking a detour of 30 miles to transport construction materials across the river, no matter how you look at it, it is easier to build a bridge on the river surface.

The official pavilion that Ye Qing walked with Xiao Jue just now was quite high, and she could summarize the overall situation of this reservoir. Combined with some details and terrain here, occupational diseases drove Ye Qing to build a model map of this region in her mind. She shook her head solemnly: "It is not suitable for building a reservoir here."

After Ye Qing came over, Xiao Jue also came over to see. Lord Liu and Lord Huang could not let the emperor come here alone, so he nodded and bowed all the way.

Ye Qing happened to hear what Mr. Huang said.

He was so angry that his firecracker was a little bit. Before Xiao Jue could speak, he shouted: "What is the intention of Empress? Your brother failed to build a bridge here. In order to give your brother a face, he said that this place is not good? If this place is really not good, can the ancestors build a reservoir here? This reservoir has been built for decades!"

As soon as Mr. Huang spoke, Lord Liu tried to reduce his presence. He said so badly, but I was afraid that he would not be implicated from now on.

He carefully glanced at Xiao Jue's expression and found that the emperor's eyebrows were slightly flickering, and he could not tell the joy and anger.

Ye Qing didn't expect Xiao Jue and his group to come over quietly. She secretly annoyed that she was thinking too much just now and didn't notice that this was not the occasion of speaking.

However, when Mr. Huang shouted with the gong-like voice, her reputation with the Ye family was really bad.

Even though he had heard some rumors about Mr. Huang and knew that he was upright as an official, he was not very good at being a human being, and Ye Qing was still a little angry.

Those who claim to be righteous but do not discriminate but are sometimes more hateful than real villains.

Such a person cannot easily suppress him because he is a straightforward and upright image in everyone's heart. If he suppresses him, even if he is clearly wrong, others will only secretly speculate that it is a pain to step on the person in power.

Afraid that Xiao Jue misunderstood her, she really wanted to protect Ye Jiannan, Ye Qing stared at Mr. Huang and retorted: "Does Mr. Huang know how many times have the reservoir flooded in the past few decades?"

Mr. Huang was speechless for a moment and said, "Although it is flooded every year, the spring and summer of the Yangtze River are rainy seasons, and the water rise is normal. Maintaining reservoirs is something that all dynasties have done."

He thought Ye Qing, a woman, could she understand water conservancy? When he thought about it, his waist straightened up again: "To put it bluntly, I have been studying water conservancy for so many years and have walked more bridges than the roads that the Empress has walked. I still know where to build a reservoir and build a dam. I heard that this time it was Ye Shangshu who was responsible for repairing the reservoir dam. I heard that someone was greedy for water control and cut corners, which caused the reservoir to be washed away by the flood. Why did it come to the Empress, and it became this place that was not suitable for building a reservoir, which caused the reservoir to be destroyed?"

This statement obviously implies that Ye Shangshu was corrupt and she was protecting Ye Shangshu.

"Huang Yunnian! Who gave you the courage to talk to the queen like this?"

Ye Qing was so angry that he was so indifferent to Mr. Huang's insidious words that he was about to refute, but he didn't expect Xiao Jue to speak first before her.

For some reason, when she heard Xiao Jue's obvious tone, she felt a lot more at ease, and at the same time she felt a little relieved that she couldn't explain. Xiao Jue was not led by Mr. Huang's words, and felt that she was looking for a way for Ye Jiannan or sheltering Shangshu Ye.

However, Ye Shangshu did not have anything to cover up. All the evidence of the crime was directed at Yang Xiang. Who was greedy for the official silver for water control? Xiao Jue was clear in his heart.

Thinking of this, Ye Qing felt that Xiao Jue was angry because he knew that the corrupt official Yin was not Ye Shangshu, and Huang Shilang said such words sarcastically.

No matter how bad she is, she is also the queen. A minister dares to talk to her like this, and what is provoked is the majesty of the royal family.

Xiao Jue's tone was filled with anger. Mr. Huang knew that he had said something too much. He quickly bowed and bowed, "Your Majesty, please calm down, the old minister knows his crime."

Lord Liu, who was bent his body and bowed, bowing his head like a quail.

Regarding Huang Shilang's submission, Xiao Jue said: "Huang Shilang is disrespectful to the queen and will be fined one year for his salary!"

The two beards on Mr. Huang's lips moved and he said with a gong-like voice: "I obey the order! But I am not convinced!"

Lord Liu shivered and almost knelt in the mud.

Why is this Huang Shilang so ignorant of the current affairs?

The movement here attracted many people to watch. Although officers and soldiers drove them away, many people still stopped their work and watched from afar, and whispered from time to time.

Xiao Jue glanced at Mr. Huang with cold eyes and asked, "Why are you not convinced?"

Mr. Huang said loudly: "I did contradict the Empress, but every word I said is true!"

The word "every sentence is true" almost made Ye Qing laugh.

She asked: "Mr. Huang thinks that this palace is protecting my brother Jianqiao's failure, and he also protects my father? Because my father is greedy for the official bank of water management?"

Mr. Huang's eyelids twitched. The previous one was fine. After all, he felt from the bottom of his heart that Ye Jiannan was building a bridge here was just a mess. Now that the bridge collapsed, Ye Qing said this, obviously giving up Ye Jiannan.

But he said that Ye Shangshu was greedy for the official money, and he was just talking quickly at the time and wanted to block Ye Qing. If he admitted this, he would not be able to produce evidence, at least he would have to be charged with false accusing his colleagues.

So he stammered his neck and said, "The old minister has never said these words."

He did not say it directly, he was just insincere.

Ye Qing smiled and said, "Then Lord Huang, why did Your Majesty punish you?"

"The old minister contradicted the Queen."

"What did Lord Huang say to contradict me?"

When asked this, Mr. Huang realized that Ye Qing was just putting a trap on him, and his old face turned red.

Ye Qing asked: "Is Lord Huang convinced?"

Mr. Huang guessed that he felt embarrassed, so he said, "Perfect."

Xiao Jue raised his eyebrows in surprise. Anyone with discerning eyes knew what Mr. Huang said before. When he didn't make those words clear, Mr. Huang could still say dissatisfaction with his neck. But Ye Qing made it clear to him one by one. If he dared to admit it, he would have to show evidence for everything, so he pretended to be mute instead.

Imperial power can sometimes crush everything, but rumors cannot be covered by imperial power.

Ye Qing's seemingly inclined words undoubtedly blocked the words of Mr. Huang, who thought he was justified.

He suddenly asked with great interest: "Why does the queen think that this place is not suitable for building a reservoir?"

Ye Qing felt a sudden slap in his heart. How should she teach geology to a group of ancient people? Even if they understand, how could she explain where she learned these?

Facing Xiao Jue's interesting eyes, for some reason, she suddenly felt that the dog emperor had long planned to ask this question.

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