Jiang Wenhe was already soaked to the skin at this moment. His body was not in good condition, his face was already pale and his lips were a little blue. Now that he heard Lin Xi's words, his face became even paler.
He knew very well the meaning of Lin Xi's words.
Lin Xi is just an official of the Criminal Department now. Even if the dam breaks and many people die, it has nothing to do with him.
What he has to bear is the responsibility of misappropriating funds from other departments and using the military.
Lin Xi's purpose is to guard this dam.
But by guarding this dam, he would gain nothing at all.
At that time, people will be impeached, saying, "How can you be sure that there will be problems with the dam?"
The more the dam was guarded, the more intact it became, and the less Lin Xi could find any reason to refute.
Just embezzling money from the public treasury and using the army might be enough for Lin Xi to lose his official position.
Jiang Wenhe shivered because of the soaking coldness all over his body. His heart was filled with unspeakable emotions. He couldn't help but take two steps. He tried his best to open his eyes in the rain, looked at Lin Xi, and said softly: "You are so sure.
Doing this?…Is it worth it?”
Lin Xi glanced at Jiang Wenhe, who was trying to keep his eyes open with rain running down his face. His mood was originally solemn, but Jiang Wenhe's words made the corners of his mouth turn up slightly, filled with a sense of indifference.
Incomprehensible pride, he laughed.
Most people in this world take the so-called glory and official title very seriously.
However, he really didn't care about these things. He did many things and never thought about whether it was worth it or not. He just like Nangong Weiyang, he liked it or not.
He only knows that there are more good people than bad people in this world.
That's why he was respected by countless people after he blew away the documents of the Military Supervision Office and resisted the law. That's why so many people blocked him on the long street in front of the Yunqin Cavalry that day, regardless of life and death.
, so many people affectionately called him "Master Xiaolin", and so many people fished in the river for him.
There were countless people in Sangyuwei who affectionately called him "Master Xiaolin" on weekdays, so he didn't want the dam to collapse.
As for his official rank, at this moment he didn't even feel half guilty for agreeing to Gao Yanan's promise.
Because this is a natural disaster...it's not like he provoked anyone.
"Floating clouds."
So listening to Jiang Wenhe's question at this moment, he just smiled proudly and said: "Compared with the fields and people behind here, official positions are nothing."
"Floating clouds?"
Jiang Wenhe didn't know that this sentence was very smooth for Lin Xi.
In this world, very few people use the word "floating clouds". For Jiang Wenhe, Lin Xi's word gave him a completely different feeling on this windy and rainy river, where the river was shaking.
Looking at Lin Xi standing next to him, smiling proudly, Jiang Wenhe began to lower his head in shame.
"I'll go back and make arrangements." After rubbing his hands vigorously, he raised his head and said to Lin Xi.
"Mobilize all the people who can be mobilized." Lin Xi knew very well that to fight against this kind of natural disaster, he could only rely on the "sea of people", so he looked at Jiang Wenhe and confessed: "As many people as I can mobilize from the prison cell and prison."
They are all transferred here, and they will follow me, and they will be promoted, but they will also have to endure hardships."
After saying this, Lin Xi turned around and patted Jiang Xiaoyi on the shoulder, saying, "Escort him back."
Jiang Xiaoyi knew very well what Lin Xi meant. Only Jiang Wenhe had the real power to mobilize what the dam needed. But Jiang Wenhe was just an old civil servant. If something happened on the road, Lin Xi would take it at all costs.
It's also useless.
Because she knew it, Jiang Xiaoyi didn't say anything. She just glanced worriedly at the river water swaying in a basin, patted Lin Xi on the shoulder, then turned around and mounted her horse.
"Master Zou, what do you think now?"
Seeing Jiang Xiaoyi escort Jiang Wenhe into the rain curtain, Lin Xi turned to look at Zou Yishi next to her and asked.
After all, Zou Yishi was a talented engineering official. Seeing the scene on the river dam with his own eyes, he knew that his previous judgment might lead to irreversible consequences. Now that he heard Lin Xi's words again, in this torrential rain
He was dripping with cold sweat and bowed to Lin Xi without knowing what to say.
"I will help you bear the consequences of embezzling money from the public treasury to strengthen the dam. You will help me look after this river dam tonight."
What shocked him was that he heard Lin Xi say this calmly. When he looked up at Lin Xi, he saw that Lin Xi, whose face was invisible in the rainy night, was already looking at the ninety-year-old Chen Yangzhi and asked
: "The river dam in Yanlai Town...is the same situation?"
"Master Lin, the same is true!"
The ninety-year-old man's body shook, as if he heard something, and he shouted again, "If you want to go to Yanlai Zhenba, I will go with you to show you the way!"
Lin Xi nodded, looked at the semi-paralyzed old man whose throat had been injured from drinking, and asked: "Can this dam be built without you?"
"As long as you, my lords, are willing to sacrifice their lives, it is no longer about human affairs, but about fate. Haozhi! Come here!"
As the old man shouted, Chen Haozhi immediately stepped forward, "Haozhi! I told you how to strengthen the dam, and you will do your best to assist the remaining adult... We, the Chen family, will coexist and perish together with this dam!"
"Mr. Zou, if my friend comes back, you ask him and me to arrest the people in the house. Everyone in charge of this dam will listen to you and Chen Haozhi. If anyone disobeys your orders... In this extraordinary period, just let him
He and the people who captured the house were taken down! If there are any unexpected changes that are difficult to deal with, please send someone to Yanlai Dam to find me."
Lin Xi bowed slightly to Zou Yishi, saluted solemnly, and then mounted his horse.
"Floating clouds..."
Zou Yishi watched Lin Xi rush out on horseback. His previous anger that Lin Xi didn't understand water conservancy and was involved in the manual work had now turned into an unspeakable shock.
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An urgent sound of horse hooves sounded in the governor's mansion.
All the garrison sergeants who had been fast asleep in the military camp of the town governor's mansion were awakened.
After hearing the two sentries entering quickly to report the arrival of the new town governor and ordering everyone to get up immediately to perform military duties, the newly appointed military academy Shen Haotian quickly dressed up and left the barracks.
However, looking at the two military horses in front of the barracks puffing out white air in the rainy night, Jiang Wenhe, who was soaking wet, ordered that except for the ten defensemen who stayed behind on guard duty, the other nearly two hundred sergeants rushed to assist Guba
, but a sneer appeared on Shen Haotian's face.
It was because of the Yingoufang case that he came to power after the previous military academy was replaced. However, he got along very well with the previous military academy. In his heart, he also believed that Lin Xi had given their local army a severe slap in the face, and Jiang Wenhe was temporarily acting as the commander-in-chief.
The town governor was only a civil servant at the Shangshu Office before, and his real power was not as powerful as that of the military academy. If there was any emergency, he would certainly not refuse to send troops out in the middle of the night, but he had no idea about assisting in guarding the dam.
For him, it was a bit too ridiculous.
"Master Jiang." Shen Haotian looked at the trembling old civil servant and said coldly: "You came in such a hurry in the middle of the night just for this matter?"
Jiang Wenhe saw the sneer on Shen Haotian's face clearly, and explained patiently: "The river dam may collapse at any time, involving thousands of lives, it is very urgent."
"In that case, I will send thirty sergeants at your disposal to ensure that your orders will be fulfilled." Shen Haotian looked at Jiang Wenhe calmly and said, "Why do you want us all to leave the camp?"
Jiang Wenhe usually has the most peaceful temperament and will try to avoid any disputes. But when he thought of Lin Xi's words and the scene on the dam, his anger suddenly rose. He raised his head and said harshly: "Lin Xi is responsible for dispatching the dam. I'm asking you to go there now because we don't have enough manpower to help consolidate the dam. Do you think I'm just asking you to supervise the work?"
"We are soldiers, not plasterers." Shen Haotian's face suddenly darkened.
"According to the laws of Yunqin, if the matter is urgent, the governor can mobilize the garrison at any time." At this moment, Jiang Xiaoyi took a step forward and interrupted Shen Haotian, who was unwilling to cooperate, "Whether you are soldiers or not, As a plasterer, if you don't obey the town supervisor's orders, you are resisting the law."
"Resisting the law?"
Shen Haotian looked at Jiang Xiaoyi and sneered sarcastically: "Who are you, and what qualifications do you have to say these things to me here? Does every young man nowadays think he is Lin Xi?"
Jiang Xiaoyi frowned. He didn't expect that these people would engage in such a verbal quarrel under such circumstances because of a dispute of temper. Of course, he knew that if Jiang Wenhe argued hard and used the law to force him, it would be right. If the number is too high, these people will still give in, but he understands that these people may still be unwilling to delay.
So he said nothing more and stepped towards Shen Haotian, who was wearing copper plate armor.
There was a clear sound of "zheng".
A sentry in front of Shen Haotian felt that his vision was blurred and he lost all traces of Jiang Xiaoyi. However, the long knife in the scabbard on his waist had already reached Jiang Xiaoyi's hand, and he brought out the powerful knife. The wind struck at Shen Haotian's neck!
Seeing the young man leaping forward like a tiger, Shen Haotian opened his mouth in shock. He subconsciously took half a step back, bowed slightly, twisted his body violently, and instantly unsheathed the long knife on his waist to meet him.
There was an explosion of "Dang!"
He blocked the sword accurately, and a ball of dazzling sparks burst out from the intersection of the two swords. However, a strong force directly cracked his tiger's mouth and pressed it down.
The back of the knife held in his right hand was pressed directly onto his left shoulder. The opponent's knife was still pressed down, pressing down on his knife, making him unable to stand and kneeling directly on the ground.
"grown ups!"
There was a sound of a weapon being unsheathed, and Jiang Xiaoyi was surrounded by a crowd, and was pointed at by densely packed cold light flashing weapons.
"Your garrison disobeys the governor's orders and wants to rebel? According to the law, you can be executed." Jiang Xiaoyi glanced at the surrounding sergeants with a sneer, and pressed hard with the long knife in his hand. Shen Haotian, who was about to struggle to stand up, suddenly He was so pressed that he couldn't stand upright at all.
Seeing that Jiang Xiaoyi was also a cultivator who was as difficult to mess with as Lin Xi, Jiang Wenhe immediately understood the meaning of Lin Xi's special request for Jiang Xiaoyi to accompany him back. He immediately shouted: "Okay! What do you want? If you plot rebellion, kill Shen Haotian first!"
"Put away your weapons! Our garrison will obey Mr. Jiang's orders!" After hearing Jiang Wenhe's words, Shen Haotian's face suddenly turned into gold paper and he shouted in a hissing voice.
Jiang Xiaoyi put away the knife, looked around, and sneered: "If you don't eat the toast, you will be punished with a drink."
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"what happened?"
"What, the river dam over Sangyuwei is very dangerous and is about to collapse. Mr. Xiao Lin has already arrived at the dam and asked everyone to help?"
"The garrison has been dispatched, and Mr. Xiaolin is here. There can be no lies!"
"Go help!"
Soon after the sound of horse hoofbeats from the garrison sounded in Donggang Town, almost every house in Donggang Town lit up their lights. Many people wearing raincoats and carrying umbrellas ran out and rushed towards the direction of the Sangyu River Dam.
"I am a mud Buddha crossing the river. I can't guarantee my safety. How can I still have the leisure and elegance of the engineering department?"
At the door of an inn, a fat businessman with a smile on his face also walked to the street holding an umbrella. After understanding what happened, the fat businessman smiled and wiped his hands on his sleeves habitually. , yawned and walked back to the inn: "I'm not so bored that I went to the dam to see you... It's so late... I just need to rest so that I can give you some surprises tomorrow."