Chapter 115

The distance from the main street of Shura Field to the pier is not far, and the three of them arrived within a short walk.

I saw a bustling crowd, people carrying goods carrying goods, people buying things, buying things, a lively and busy scene.

Su Mingjue glanced at the pier and then looked away. On normal days, he would have stepped forward to take a look with interest. At present, he was thinking about Baili Xi's affairs and had no time to take care of it.

Meng Helan accompanied Su Mingjue to the dock. What she saw was the busy people coming in and out, and she didn't understand what Su Mingjue was looking at.

He looked at a shady shed set up in front, with some drinks and other things on it. He turned around and asked, "Are you thirsty? There is a tea stall in front. Let's go and sit."

Su Mingjue shook his head and stood on the pier. He recalled the direction he had seen before and asked, "Do you still remember the direction of my finger on the attic just now?"

The directions in ancient times were no better than those in modern times. They were simply and clearly marked with road signs. Su Mingjue looked around and felt that the left and right sides looked like It was the place where Baili Xi had just stayed, so it was hard to tell for a while.

Hearing this, Meng Helan pointed to the right, "In that direction, I saw that there is a flood control tower where you pointed."

Su Mingjue looked in the direction of Meng Helan's finger, and saw a small wooden house. Looking down, he saw the flood control tower just now. The place where Baili Xi went down to the river.

After Su Mingjue was sure, he nodded: "Let's go over there and have a look."

Meng Helan looked at a stall in front of him, there was nothing interesting, and wondered: "What are you doing there? The river is rising now, and it's very turbid. It's not clear."

Su Mingjue casually made an excuse and said: "Speaking of which, this is the first time I have seen a flood control tower in so many years since I came to the capital. Floods are frequent in the south. I want to see how the north handles this and the south. "What's the difference?"

When Meng Helan heard this, she just thought he was studious and joked: "No wonder your previous flood strategy was well written. You are usually very concerned about it."

Su Mingjue said nothing and stepped forward. He walked there, and as soon as he reached the river beach, he heard a clear and childish voice coming from a distance:

"Mr. Sir, what are you doing here?"

Baili Xi smiled slightly when he heard the childish voice, and said Before he opened his mouth, a girl next to him opened his mouth to explain.

"You are so stupid. You can't even tell that Brother Baili is collecting water from the Liuhe River."

The little boy heard the little girl's answer and asked again: "What are you collecting the water from the Liuhe River for?"

The little girl heard After saying this, he was in trouble. He couldn't come back for a while. He looked at Baili and said sarcastically: "Brother Baili, what are you doing collecting the water from Liuhe River?"

Bailixi poured the water collected from Liuhe into the water bag. He took it out, poured it into a silver pot and said, "I am measuring the amount of sediment in the Liuhe River."

The little boy was surprised when he heard this, "Ah, all the sediment in the river must be measured."

The little girl said He pouted and said with some disappointment: "It turns out that Brother Baili was playing in the sand! I thought you were doing something powerful!"

When an old man next to him heard what the little girl said, he quickly stopped her: "Azhen, why are you talking? Apologize to Brother Baili."

When the little girl heard her grandfather scolding her, she knew that she had said the wrong thing, so she quickly bowed obediently and apologized: "I'm sorry, Brother Baili, I "I said the wrong thing."

After seeing her apologize, the old man bowed to Baili Xi, bowed his hands and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Baili. This kid is so unobtrusive that he said the wrong thing for a moment. Please don't take it to heart."

Baili Xi was busy with something and stopped when he heard the words. He smiled gently at the old man and said, "It's okay, Uncle Wang. A Zhen has a pure nature and is childish."

That's Uncle Wang . Hearing what he said, he felt slightly relieved, and then asked with a sad face: "According to Mr. Baili's measurement, I don't know if there will be floods in recent days."

Baili Xi said with a calm face: "I have used the water bag continuously. We have collected the amount of sediment in the middle part of the Liuhe River in the past seven days. Whether there will be a flood will not be known until we measure it."

Su Mingjue stood not far away and saw Baili Xi taking out a few water bags from a wooden box, looking attentive. He was serious and combined with the conversations between several people, he guessed that Baili Xi might be measuring the sand content.

Meng Helan listened for a while, crossed his arms and said, "I didn't expect that I was not the only one who skipped class today. Baili Xi, who seemed to be obedient and obedient, also participated."

He looked at Su Mingjue with a half-smile and said, "Ah Jue, It seems I'm not the only one who doesn't follow the rules."

Su Mingjue didn't bother to listen to his insinuations, and changed the topic directly, and said with some doubts: "This way he can measure whether there is a flood."

To be honest, Su Mingjue was. With great suspicion, the sediment in the river changes every day. If he collects it like this for seven days, he can figure out whether there will be a flood. It seems that there is no credibility. Could it be that

the ancients had a different magic weapon?

Meng Helan was shaken after hearing this. Shaking his head, "If you ask me about the art of warfare and weapon casting, I can give you an analysis. To be honest, I really don't have much research on this."

After a long pause, he looked at Baili Xi's operation and said, "But I I think this may not be groundless. I once heard my father say that there is a tribe that is very good at measuring hydrology and knows about water basins and can judge whether the river is dry or flooded."

As soon as Meng Helan's words came to light, Baili Xi stopped talking. A steelyard was brought out from somewhere, a silver can was hooked on the left side, and what looked like a specially made tray was placed on the right side.

As he smoothed the water in the silver jar until it looked level, he began to weigh the water in the silver jar.

He looked serious, and when everything was ready, he said to the old man in front of him: "Please ask Uncle Wang to do the counting for you."

The old man nodded when he heard this, "Don't worry, Mr. Baili, I will hold the branches for you on the beach. Write it down."

After receiving the reply, Baili Xi took out a pile of silver weights from his pocket and added them one by one until the two sides of the scale were balanced.

He reported to Uncle Wang: "One day's water is three kilograms and six taels."

After finishing the bottle, he poured out the water. After making sure there was no sediment in it, he poured a second bag of water into it, "Two days' worth of water." "Three catties and two liang of water."

The cycle goes on and on, and the numbers for seven days are finally recorded, in order: "three catties and six liang, three catties and three liang, three catties and two liang, three catties and five liang, three catties and six liang, three catties." Seven taels, three pounds and six taels."

After the measurement, Baili Xi took out a booklet from his arms and compared it with the numbers above. After checking it several times, he said happily: "Uncle Wang is the same. , There is not much change compared with the seven days last month."

Upon hearing this, Uncle Wang said with tears in his eyes: "So there will be no floods this month."

Baili Xi nodded: "Except for measuring the sediment volume, I can't. Observed the sky every night, measured the amount of rainfall in the past fifteen days, and observed the movement of the water in the river. The water surface was smooth, the water level was normal, and there were no abnormalities in the animals, at least in the past fifteen days."

After receiving a confirmed answer, the old man said. A joyful smile appeared on his face, "Young Master Baili said this, I feel relieved, the crops are not afraid of being flooded by the water."

After saying that, the old man saluted Baili Xi, "Thank you Baili Young Master."

Baili Xi helped him up, "Uncle Wang, don't be polite. It's better to go back early and put more water on the crops. There will be bright sunshine in the next few days."

The old man called the little girl over. He said: "Hey, I'll go right away."

After saying that, he took the little girl and left.

Only the boy stood around and said with admiration: "This husband is so awesome!"

Baili looked at him with a smile, "There's nothing wrong with him, it's just some observations."

Su Mingjue saw that . He finished, walked over, looked at him with a smile on his face, and pointed out:

"I think Mr. Baili is very powerful, I really admire him, what do you think of Mr. Baili?"