February of each year is the time when the northern states of the Han Empire are developing farmland and water conservancy, and this year is no exception. It is said that this habit has been in the Han Empire for more than a hundred years. In the "Ten Things of the Imperial Agricultural and Structure Notes" written by Guo Chun, a famous minister of the empire, said, "The military officials and civilians under the prefectures under the jurisdiction of the states, each of which talks about the benefits of farmland and mulberry, and the harms of the farmland and mulberry, or the lands of the capital such as dikes and ponds, and the northern states. Every year, in early spring, the people are mostly promoted by the people's fields. The matter of reclaiming abandoned fields, building water conservancy, and building dikes should be the common measures of the government and the common test of officials..." and so on...

During the decades when Guo Chun was in the prime minister, the governments in the northern part of the Han Empire built water conservancy projects in February every year, and the measures to dredge rivers and canals were fixed.

When Yan Liqiang came to the Imperial Capital, the vigorous water conservancy projects in the counties around the Imperial Capital had already begun. Generally, these water conservancy projects would last at least one month, thinking that spring farming in various places was prepared, but there were some exceptions this year. When water conservancy was being built around the Imperial Capital, because the Ling'an River east of the Imperial Capital was disrepaired due to the long-term disrepair of the river embankment last year, "it was a long time ago, the river overflowed and the water was blocked, and the people suffered a lot..." Therefore, when water conservancy was being built this year, the relevant officials of the Imperial Capital regarded the Ling'an River as the key target for renovation, allocated money and grain, and collected 20,000 civilian craftsmen from the villages and towns around the Imperial Capital, and began to vigorously rectify the waterways of the Ling'an River.

On March 6, 16th year of Yuanping, the Han Empire, on this day, the wind was bright and the spring breeze brought warmth. The river renovation project of the Ling'an River east of the imperial capital was still in full swing. Just as it was dawn today, a large number of civilian craftsmen who had eaten some steamed buns and pickles had gathered to the river on time. Under the urging of foremen, those who picked soil, those who dug dredged dredge, those who pumped water, those who pumped water, and those who built embankments, and those who built embankments, and began to work hard.

From a distance, on both sides of the Ling'an River, the civilian craftsmen gathered like ants, and were quite powerful.

In addition to these recruited craftsmen, many surrounding villages and towns also gathered on both sides of the river embankment at this time, and were busy with things like dustpans, backpacks, water basins, etc.

This river bank is being repaired one after another. When repairing, the water in the river must be drained first before working. When the water is drained, all the fish, shrimp, loach and other things in the water come out. It takes a lot of effort to catch these fish and shrimps, but at this time it is much easier to catch them. Therefore, the surrounding villagers are happy. The big fish that is lucky is two or three feet long. The loach and river fresh, and the few can be eaten by their own family and have a good meal. The more can even be sold to restaurants in the Imperial Capital City to earn some silver.

Just as noon was approaching, a scream suddenly sounded from a section of the dredging of the river.

"Ah, there is a stone turtle in this river!"

"Stone turtle, a stone turtle was dug in the river!"

"There is something in the river..."

Everyone has the so-called curiosity, but in just a short while, the news of the stone turtle being dug here has spread all of a sudden. Many civilian craftsmen and even the surrounding villagers have run towards this place. To see the strangeness, people suddenly surged on both sides of the river.

The stone turtle was nearly one meter long and more than half a meter tall. It was huge. It was in the mud below the river, and it was covered with mud. I don’t know how many years he had been lying in the river, but it still looked vivid, which surprised the onlookers.

The civilian craftsmen who worked were not idle either. They quickly found ropes and iron gourds. Hundreds of people worked hard together. In the blink of an eye, they pulled the stone turtle covered in mud from the river to the shore.

The people around him suddenly surrounded him and looked at the stone turtles pulled up from the river one by one, marveling at them.

An old craftsman with silver hair walked over, reached out to touch the stone turtle's head, shaved it with his fingernails, revealing the texture of the stone turtle under the mud, and sighed, "This stone turtle is not ordinary material, it is a golden leaf stone, it will never rot for thousands of years. It's strange, how could there be a stone turtle in the Ling'an River..." The old craftsman's hand touched the stone turtle's body. Suddenly, the old craftsman's face was stunned, "Ah, there seems to be words on the back of this stone turtle, find some water to rinse it, and see what the words are..."

Hearing the old craftsman's words, among the people who were doing good things, some people could not help but bring water from the river and ditches on their hands to rush towards the stone turtle.

"Crazy...Crazy...Crazy..."

Under the baptism of basins of water, the mud-covered stone turtle gradually revealed its original appearance, especially the back of the stone turtle, which showed lines of clear and profound handwriting.

"The words on the back of the stone turtle came out, and the words came out, and there were many lines of words..."

Suddenly, countless heads widened their eyes and leaned over.

"What words, what words, read them quickly..." Those outside who couldn't squeeze out shouted loudly.

After coughing twice, the literate person even loudly pronounced the words on the back of the stone turtle.

"In May of the 16th year of Yuanping, the Liuzhou Tiangou Food Day..."

"In August of the 16th year of Yuanping, the Great Han Empire, Zhuzhou suffered a severe drought..."

"In January of the 17th year of Yuanping, the Great Han Empire, Ganzhou was in great shock..."

"In April of the 17th year of Yuanping, the Great Han Empire, Luchuan Mountains collapsed..."

"In September of the 17th year of Yuanping, the Great Han Empire, the heavenly tribulation came to life, and thousands of stars fell. The capital, the imperial city became a dead place, thousands of miles into deserts, and thousands of people fell into ashes..."

"Don't say that the stone turtle doesn't open its mouth. Seeing this thing will bring vitality, life, save the people, and survive thousands of miles away!"

"The Great Han Yuan Tianfeng..."

When the person was chanting the words, the voices of the people around him suddenly became smaller. After chanting two, the surroundings were silent. After finishing reading, the river bank was so quiet that even the sound of the wind blowing through the leaves could be heard.

Yuan Tianfeng was a legendary strange man who spread the world and the great Han Empire two hundred years ago. He knew astronomy and geography from above, five hundred years ago, and five hundred years later. This character is a frequent visitor to the legendary stories mentioned by the storyteller in teahouses and restaurants. He is famous and almost everyone knows it.

"I didn't hear it clearly just now. Can I... Can I read it again..." In the silence, an elderly man outside the crowd spoke tremblingly.

The person who read the characters just now swallowed two saliva and read them again, but compared to the first time, when he read them again, the person's voice was trembling.

Everyone heard this clearly.

"What are you doing, what are you doing? So many of you gather here, don't you have to work?" A small official who was in charge of this section of the river squeezed away the crowd with his might, walked from behind to the front, and saw the stone turtle, "Hey, what is this!"

"Sir... this... this is what we just fished out of the river..." A craftsman shrank his head and said in a low voice, while many of the people around him who had just heard those words had quietly retreated to the back.

"Oh, there are still words on this stone turtle's back, I'll take a look..."

The little official walked around the stone turtle and looked at the words on the stone turtle's back. In just a moment, the little official's face suddenly turned pale...

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Chapter completed!