madnovel Chapter 1516: The Troubles of the Temple
Chapter 1516: The Troubles of the Temple
Chapter 1516: The Troubles of the Temple
Every outsider who entered Tianshui City and every bumpkin from the Shanjin Plain would be stunned and full of admiration when they saw Huan Biao.
Once you have enough food to eat, external image becomes very important, both for individuals and for the country.
"How long will it take for this set of Huanbiao to be completed?"
"Lord You said that there is no problem with manpower. Now the expansion project is being communicated smoothly, but the materials are a bit limited." King Yao waved his hand and said, "Tell He Xiao to stop working at Youhu Villa and use the Panjin Stone there to supply Huan Biao."
Huan Biao should give a shock to newcomers at first sight. In contrast, the official residence hidden in a secluded lake and inaccessible to ordinary people does not have such an effect.
In order to make it easier to sell residential land in the new city, the most reasonable approach at the moment is to divert building materials from Youhu Villa.
"It has been carved and will be used in your palace soon."
King Yao was startled: "Hmm? Then let You Rongzhi find another way."
At this time, another palace guard came in hurriedly and reported an emergency:
The Xilin Temple collapsed again!
Xilin Temple is the largest goddess temple in the forest area under the old city of Tianshui and the second largest in terms of area in Tianshui City. It covers a vast area, with rows of buildings and is extremely magnificent. It can accommodate thousands of believers for worship together.
There are swaying green trees along the outer wall and clear lake water ten feet away. The scenery is extremely beautiful.
Xilin Temple is the spiritual home of countless believers. When it was first built 120 years ago, it was extremely magnificent, and the open space in front of the temple could host the largest and most lively temple fair in the forest area.
But it is old after all, and the stone building still looks gorgeous, showing only a little bit of the vicissitudes of time. However, due to groundwater erosion, the surface of the temple has sunk. Yao State has considered many solutions, but they can only delay the situation and are difficult to remedy.
There have been continuous heavy rains in the central part of Yao Kingdom recently. King Yao cherished the country's vitality and only cleared away the dark clouds above Mount Lu. Other places in the capital still had rain every other day. The Xilin Temple could not bear it. A few days ago, the pagoda collapsed, killing several passers-by and temple servants.
Now the pagoda has not been rebuilt yet and other buildings in the temple have collapsed.
This time, it was the side wing of the hall that collapsed.
On both sides of the originally magnificent main hall, the eaves slant like flying wings, like a golden roc spreading its wings, majestic and exquisite.
Now one side has collapsed, which means the wing is broken. The believers can see it as soon as they enter, it is too shabby.
"If it collapses, we will repair it. We will allocate funds from the national treasury." King Yao was very tired from governing today. He pressed his temple and gave an order casually, "The Xilin Temple must be repaired as soon as possible. We cannot neglect it."
The pagoda is too high, the weight of the stone is too great, and the foundation is soft, so it cannot be propped up after it collapses. This has been proven by many parties, and Liang Zhushi also admitted it. But other buildings can be repaired immediately after they collapse.
The national treasury has received a lot of money in the past few days, and King Yao has become more confident.
"The qualified repair teams are not in the city." Qiu Long whispered, "They have all been called into the project of expanding the capital eastward."
The repair of the temple was not something that any rookie team was qualified to undertake. It involved a variety of regulations, rules, and taboos, no less than repairing a palace. Only teams with strong qualifications and rich experience in temple repair could take over.
However, now all these teams are involved in the project of expanding the capital eastwards!
Skilled craftsmen were most in need there, and Yao Ting had mobilized the entire country to undertake this project, so of course he summoned all the good craftsmen he could find.
It was already difficult to find craftsmen to renovate the homes of Tianshui City residents, after all, the eastward expansion project paid enough wages. Yao Ting certainly ignored such trivial matters, but now that the temple was in disrepair, problems arose.
When King Yao heard this, he thought it was not a big deal: "Then ask You Rongzhi and He Xiao to send some craftsmen to repair the temple."
"Yes."
So, that was settled.
……
You Rongzhi attached great importance to the instructions from King Yao and immediately dispatched the best team of craftsmen to rush to Xilin Temple.
The needs of the gods must be met and cannot be delayed. This is the experience of many generations of people in the Yao Kingdom.
But after more than ten hours of careful investigation, this experienced professional team gave a terrible answer:
It can be repaired, and it can be propped up with a few pillars. But——
The fundamental problems of unstable foundation and loose soil have become more serious. Even if the side hall is rebuilt and reinforced, it may not last long.
Xiao, the chief attendant of the Xilin Temple, couldn't help but ask, "It can't last long. How long can it last?"
The craftsmen discussed it together, and the foreman replied: "It will take at least twenty days, and at most fifty days. During this period, there will be a risk of another landslide. Also... the next landslide may cover a larger area and will not be limited to the side hall."
Xiao, the chief attendant, did not understand. "In January this year, we asked the incense seal and water spirit to check the foundation. It said that the main hall would be fine for another three to five years!"
"The floor tiles in your main hall have sunk, and the main stone pillars are tilted." This kind of tilt is invisible to ordinary people, but in the eyes of experienced craftsmen, it is as obvious as a tick on a bald head. "This situation is like building a house on sand. When a flood hits it... it all depends on God's will."
Xiao, the servant of the master, said angrily, "Can't we use magical power formations to assist?"
"There are some solid formations that you can choose from, but once you use them once, you have to use them every day from now on without interruption. This may not be a long-term solution."
So, the Xilin Temple is doomed to collapse?
Xiao Zhushi was unwilling to accept this. There were 2,500 servants and guards in Xilin Temple. Once the temple was gone, where would all these people go?
After thinking it over, he decided to ask the incense seal and water spirits to see what the situation was underground.
The Xiangzhuan River outside the city and the Xiangzhuan Lake inside the city are interconnected water bodies. Tianshui City also hired water spirits to manage the creatures in these two water bodies.
Of course, Shuiling has no way to deal with the natural seepage of lake water, which is an objective reason of the terrain.
The reason why it is called "Xiangzhuan" is that there are many temples built near the river and lake due to the beautiful scenery. People like to burn incense in the temples, and the fragrance can be heard from a hundred steps away, hence the name.
But unexpectedly, as the flooding in Tianshui City worsened, the building's location by the water became a fatal flaw.
The day the water spirit entered the lake, it caused a small sensation in the lower forest area. Civilians crowded to the lakeside, waiting to watch the so-called "river god emerging from the water."
As the capital of Yao State, Tianshui City does not have mountain and swamp positions, but it does have water spirits, and there are several of them. However, they stay underwater for most of the year and rarely show their faces.
Suddenly, there was a splashing sound on the calm lake. From a distance it looked like rain, but when you looked closer you realized it was a fishing season!
Countless small fish jumped to the surface of the lake in panic, as if avoiding something underwater.
Soon, someone called out from the lakeside: "Shui Ling, Xiang Zhuan Shui Ling is here!"
Everyone crowded to the shore and looked down.
Deep underwater, there seemed to be a huge dark red shadow swimming slowly along the shore of the lake, and there seemed to be block-like spots on its body.