Luoning County, which had been hit by floods, had fought hard for more than half a month under the leadership of Governor Yu and all the officials and civilians in the eastern capital, and finally blocked the breach of the embankment due to united efforts. However, there were still more than a few feet of water in the city, even in the most prosperous areas of Luoning County. In the county seat, the water is deep enough to row bamboo rafts. Fortunately, along the way, officers rescuing Luoning can be seen everywhere. It didn’t take much effort to find out that the governor, Mr. Yu, was commanding troops to fight the disaster in Luoning County at the moment. Everyone was worried I lamented that at such an old age, Mr. Yu has been on the front line day and night for more than half a month without sleeping a wink. Without such a good officer, Luoning County would have become a riot with most of the casualties.
Meng Xinghe, who had witnessed the tragic situation in Luoning County with his own eyes, said nothing and walked anxiously towards the county seat with his entourage behind him.
Along the way, I saw more than half of the houses in the city collapsed, floating debris, and countless livestock such as pigs, horses, cattle, and sheep that had been drowned for many days and were swollen and smelly. The bustling fishing village turned into ruins overnight.
Standing on a bamboo raft, the person rowing the boat was an old man over fifty years old. Except for the old people and children who had completely lost the ability to work, almost everyone in the city joined the team to defend their homeland. This old man heard Meng Xinghe say that he wanted to see Governor Yu , he was originally rowing a boat to save people in the city, but without saying a word, he took Meng Xinghe and others to meet the parents of the people of Dongdu.
During the trip, the old man shed tears several times when he looked at the devastated home. When Meng Xinghe asked about the floods in Luoning County this year, it seemed that the floods were very serious. The old man sighed and said, "It's not just serious, this kind of situation has not happened in the past hundred years," and then he sobbed and looked at it. After Meng Xinghe inquired carefully, he found out that the six members of the old man's family, except for him, who survived, were all killed in the flood. Even the bodies have not been recovered so far. They must have been killed by the flood. The water rushed into the river to feed the fish.
Meng Xinghe didn't have the ability to comfort people, so he could only listen to the old man's words and remain silent. Not long after, he saw the depressed back of Governor Yu from afar. At the Dongdu Yanshui Conference that day, he still remembered the old man and Mr. Lu. The old man of average age now looks much older. Even the little girl standing next to him in a yellow floral dress with two pigtails looks so weak. Directly in front of them, in the huge gap, , the water pouring in from the river outside is constantly rushing towards Luoning County. The aura is as spectacular as seeing a tsunami attack at the beach, and countless soldiers and civilians covered in mud are carrying baskets of soil and rocks to the gap. The inside fell down, and the quicksand was used to fill the soil. I don't know when the gap will be filled.
It happened that Mr. Yu turned around to inspect the surroundings and saw Meng Xinghe coming by boat. He knew that the boy who had met once in Dongdu was now the Minister of Household Affairs of the imperial court. In terms of official rank, he was older than himself. Liang Jie also knew that he came this time to inspect the political achievements of various places in the south of the Yangtze River under the orders of the Holy One. Although Mr. Yu was tired, he did not dare to neglect, and quickly asked someone to row the boat across to meet Meng Xinghe, saying: "Unexpectedly, Mr. Meng I will also visit Luoning County in person,”
Meng Xinghe was flattered. In terms of qualifications, Mr. Yu was of the same generation as his prospective father-in-law, Mr. Lu, but his official rank was lower than his current one. However, under the control of the feudal hierarchy concept, he still had to behave when he saw him. Regarding official etiquette, I don’t know if I will give Mr. Lu my luggage when I arrive in Jiangdu, or if he will salute me. I might be struck by lightning again.
Meng Xinghe sighed spontaneously in his heart. He had already walked to Lord Yu's boat. The water flow in this gap was very fast. He blocked it according to Lord Yu's method of filling the earth and throwing stones. Not to mention the huge project, the effect was not necessarily obvious. While Meng Xinghe was thinking of a solution, a bamboo raft loaded with mud and rocks from the opposite side slid over like an arrow.
"Sir, sir, it's not good. The gap is too big and cannot be blocked at all. If this continues, when all the river embankments collapse, not only Luoning County will be hit by the disaster again, but also several nearby counties will be affected," he said The man also caught a glimpse of Meng Xinghe and several of them. They had unfamiliar faces that he had never seen before, so he curiously asked: "Who are these young masters?"
Master Yu did not reveal Meng Xinghe's identity, but only said that he was sent by the imperial court. The man was respectful and quickly saluted Meng Xinghe and others. In fact, his official title was worthy of the title. He was the general in charge of commanding the troops in Jiangdu, named Qin Han. , However, in the local area, no matter how high-ranking an official is, when he meets someone sent by the imperial court, and they are still several young princes, he will think of the emperor's relatives and do not dare to offend him. He might even be demoted if an imperial edict comes down that day. Several levels are possible.
Meng Xinghe had been looking at the place where the embankment burst opposite, thinking about the problem, and did not exchange a few words with Qin Han. However, after a while, Meng Xinghe couldn't help but asked: "Master Yu, I wonder if you have a map of Luoning County here. ,"
"Yes, yes," Qin Han replied. The map was something they only had in their military camp. They had brought it when Luoning was hit by the disaster. He spread out a wrinkled and yellowed sheepskin map and pointed at it. The place marked in red said: "This is where the embankment broke, and this area is Luoning County."
Qin and Han 1510 pointed out the map to Meng Xinghe, and Meng Xinghe also took a rough look at the entire Luoning County area.
The location that caused the breach in the embankment and flooded the river is located on the main road of the Grand Canal, and is also close to the north of Luoning County. There are two rivers flowing eastward around the north and south of Luoning County respectively. The huge heavy rains in recent days have caused the water in the north river to flow eastward. The skyrocketing floods destroyed the flood control embankments, causing the river water to pour into Luoning County from the gap and flood a large area. Although Mr. Yu has used stones to fill in the water for more than ten days to minimize the intrusion of floods, this This is not a long-term solution. If the breach cannot be truly blocked, when the second heavy rain comes, all the previous efforts will be in vain.
After all, Meng Xinghe is also a student from a first-class university. Although his major is not about water conservancy, he has more or less thought of some solutions based on the maps and the experiences he learned from previous life books. Since Luoning County has been submerged, he simply wants to give up. This area requires Master Yu's cooperation, and he has already given suggestions in his mouth. He pointed at the map and said: "Master Yu, please see, the place where the embankment has burst is the river embankment in the north, and the embankment in the south has not been damaged yet. , why don’t we evacuate everyone in the county to Jintang, Yumen, and Longtan in the north and settle them in other places, and then make three more openings as diversions to divert all the river water in the north to To the south, in this way, the rush of flood discharge from a breach was reduced. After two days, when the water level dropped, the army and civilians were organized to work hard to fill in the breach. All breaches must be reinforced and sealed before the second heavy rain comes. Although this method is risky, I am afraid that Luoning County will be flooded again, but if this breach is not blocked as soon as possible, I am afraid that there will be endless troubles in the future, and Luoning County may not only be affected by the disaster."
Meng Xinghe is not an alarmist. The reason why he killed one thousand enemies and suffered eight hundred losses was actually because he had no choice. If those mechanized trucks now pull trucks of stones and dump them on the crevice, even if it is the Yangtze River Judgment, There are ways to block the embankment, but in ancient times, it was all about carrying baskets of stones on one's shoulders. If he wanted to block such a big gap, he would have to wait for years and months to complete it. He came up with this method of digging more holes to divert the water. In addition to letting Luoning be flooded again, to a large extent, it can reduce the skyrocketing water levels of the rivers in the north. As long as it doesn't rain within two or three days, after the water levels of the rivers in the north drop, there will be no need to fill the gap. So strenuous.
Governor Yu understood what Meng Xinghe meant, but if Luoning was flooded again, it would undoubtedly hurt Luoning County again. It would be difficult for him to recover in the future, but he thought not to do that. When the heavy rain hits later, the affected area will be even wider. He can only endure the pain and say: "I also ask Qin to ask the plumber and let him see if there have been any heavy rains in the past few days."
Qin Han took the order and rowed quickly to the execution site far away. He quickly turned back and said, "The plumbers said that there has been no heavy rain in the past three days."
Master Yu nodded: "Then order everyone to evacuate Luoning immediately, and then leave a group to release floods in three places in the north of Luoning County. Adult men will be recruited from various places. After three days, all breaches must be blocked at the same time before the heavy rain comes. live,"
"I have the order," Qin and Han Dynasty announced the order issued by Master Yu without delay.
After Qin Han left, Meng Xinghe smiled bitterly and said, "Master Yu, I feel sorry for you."
Lord Yu shook his head: "I'm afraid that Luoning County will be completely over this time."
Meng Xinghe said solemnly: "One Luoning died, but the entire Dongdu was saved. Master Yu has a clear conscience even if he is scolded in the spine."
Master Yu suddenly held the hand of his little granddaughter beside him tightly and said: "Who said Luoning is dead? As long as the people of Luoning still have the determination to build their homeland, I will have the courage to build Luoning. Since ancient times, the Eastern Capital It is the granary of the world, not inferior to Jiangdu under the jurisdiction of your father-in-law. As long as I still stay in his position, Luoning will one day recover. If you don’t believe it, let’s make a bet. If you lose, jump for me. Let’s go to the Grand Canal. If I lose, I will marry my only granddaughter to you.”
Similar to Mr. Lu, Mr. Yu is also the kind of person who doesn't care about etiquette. When Meng Xinghe said such a bet, even if he wanted to make a bet, Meng Xinghe would not dare to go beyond the limit. He quickly shook his head and said: "Forget it. , I give up, and I will jump into the Grand Canal tomorrow." Meng Xinghe sighed to himself, Mr. Yu is indeed a traitor, he can even betray his little granddaughter, what an old man, but then again, if the Yu family girl does it again In five or six years, I'm afraid there will be another beauty who turns Dongdu upside down.
Meng Xinghe did not dare to think too much. Instead, the little granddaughter standing next to Mr. Yu blinked her eyes like autumn water, looked at the gray sky in the distance, and then jumped up with joy.
"Grandpa, look, the sun is coming out,"
The little girl's face was filled with a rare brilliance, but at this moment, Meng Xinghe jumped into the water with a splash. He knew that he had lost, and he was convinced that he had lost, because no matter where people are, in the face of disaster, as long as they have not yet subjugated their country Even those who are extinct will rebuild their homes at all costs, just like when the sun breaks through everything at dawn, it is as powerful as breaking bamboos.