【Five Thousand Years of China】Chapter 3【Dayu Controlled Floods】

Chapter 3 The legend of big fish controlling water The last episode We introduced the two tribal leaders Yao and Shun Today's episode We continue to introduce the tribal leaders after Yao and Shun According to legend, four to five thousand years ago Floods occur daily in the Yellow River and Yangtze River basins During Yao's reign, it rained more and more continuously. Frequently affected by floods In order to solve the problem of flooding Yao hired Yao Gun to help control the flood. So I turned to a method He used many villagers Just use stones and soil to build a few embankments. Hope the flood can be stopped But every time it rains harder But these are the dams They can’t stop the invasion of floods㖞 So I said yes The dams must not be high enough So the dams need to be raised higher So scrolling uses more manpower Use more rocks and soil Raise the dams higher and higher Rising higher and higher Rising higher and higher Adhere to the method of blocking to control floods It took nine years of trouble But none of them can solve the problem of flooding Later, when I arrived at the letter table, see There is still no better way to control floods㖞 So he was dismissed from his post until one day 丨’s son Yu took the initiative to ask for an audience. Qutang Xin said yes I have a way to solve this flooding problem My father had been burying rocks and soil together How to block It's not feasible Because the power of the flood is so violent It will always wash away the stones and buried soil So we need to thoroughly control the flood problem. We must use the method of diversion and diversion Drain the flood water into the sea But we need to dig into and guide this process. It’s been a very long and difficult time. Because the Central Plains area was sparsely populated at that time Most places Except for the river, there are only a few deep Ditches buried in barren mountains and ridges Therefore, we need to find a suitable location for digging and reclamation. It’s very difficult to tie Yu said goodbye to his wife on the fourth day after marriage. Embark on this road of water control During the 13 years of flood control, Although Yu Li passed by the door of the house three times But he didn't even go in. For the first time his wife was pregnant He could only wave goodbye to him outside the door The second time his shit is out But we can only watch from a distance last third time His son has turned into a teenager But I can only talk to him for a few words outside the door. It's time to say goodbye Continue on the road to water control during 13 years Fish footprints are all over the banks of the Yellow River Through his unremitting efforts and persistence in water control, Finally, the water of the Yellow River was completely subdued And the floods that have troubled everyone for many years Finally solved Fish are effective in controlling water After he died Was unanimously elected as the leader of the tribal alliance called big fish This is the legendary story of the big fish controlling the water.