It was not only the residents of Donggang Town who were awakened this night.
Many townspeople in Yanlai Town heard the sound of iron hoofs and the iron horse Binghe fell into sleep while they were asleep. Then they were awakened by the more real and closer sound of iron hoofs. Listening to the heavy wind and rain outside, they were confused and didn't know what was going on.
In front of the Yanlai Town Governor He Zijing's office, He Zixiu, who was wearing an official uniform, looked at Lin Xi who was being stared at by five or six soldiers, and sneered: "Master Lin, you just called me out so late because you doubted me, Yan Lai.
Will there be problems with the town's river dam? Yours is too broad, right?"
Lin Xi was already soaked to the skin, and some rainwater flowed from time to time in his hair, which made him reach out to wipe it from time to time before he could open his eyes.
Looking at He Zijing with a bad attitude, Lin Xi frowned and explained calmly: "It's not that I suspect there will be a problem, but that it may happen at any time. I have been to the dam before I came here, and I have visited the dam in Donggang Town.
They are almost the same, and this is not a conclusion drawn by me, but by the river engineers who built the dam back then. Even if the dam is newly built, the water level on the river today is enough to pose a threat to the dam."
"Is it?"
He Zijing glanced at Lin Xi indifferently and said, "I understand."
Lin Xi's brows furrowed even more tightly. He pretended not to see He Zijing's sarcastic expression and asked, "It's a very important matter. Now that you know about it, what are you going to do now?"
"What am I going to do?"
He Zijing's face darkened slightly, he raised his head, looked at Lin Xi and sneered: "I know everything you said, but there are some things I'm afraid you don't know, Mr. Lin."
Lin Xi took a deep breath, wiped away the cold rain that flowed from her hairline and was about to flow into her eyes, and said slowly: "What's the matter?"
"This is Yanlai Town, not Donggang Town... The governor of Donggang Town has to report to you what he wants to do, but I don't have to tell you what I want to do." The sneer on He Zijing's face became even thicker: "You care about me Yan
The thing about coming to town is to interfere with the administration of Yanlai town, which is totally inconsistent with the law and emotion. I'm afraid if word spreads, you, Mr. Xiaolin, will be said to be too power-minded and want to catch too many people."
Lin Xi looked at the tall and thin governor in silence and said, "I'm just here to tell you this fact. When we go to consolidate the dam, you can say that you discovered it yourself and it has nothing to do with me."
"You still don't understand."
He Zijing turned his head slightly and looked at the darkness behind Lin Xi, and said: "Today you came to tell me this matter, and I listened. Tomorrow, you come and tell me something again, and I will continue to listen? And according to what you mean, you must want to
Do you want me to immediately use a lot of manpower and material resources to go to that dam?"
Lin Xi looked at him, looking at the cold face of the town governor, and said: "It is indeed necessary."
An icy chill rose from He Zijing's face: "Lin Xi, I might as well tell you three points. First, I was fined for one year just because of Jiang Rui's impeachment. Second, the river dam has never been in danger.
The engineering department has no budget for dam consolidation at all. It will definitely not be able to mobilize enough silver and materials in the short term. Even if it is mobilized, the rain will probably stop long ago. Third, it is not your turn to teach me how to do it in front of me.
As for the river dam, I will naturally go investigate tomorrow and make a decision on what to do then, whether to spend a lot of manpower and financial resources, and whether to repair it or not."
Lin Xi shook his head and asked: "Is the battle of spirits more important than human life?"
He Zijing's eyes turned to Lin Xi and said sarcastically: "Is there an obvious breach in the river dam now?"
Lin Xi shook her head.
He Zijing also shook his head: "Sometimes the assumptions of one or two incumbents cause more waste to people and money than the damage caused by one or two murderers."
Looking at He Zijing who ignored him and turned around and walked back to his residence, Lin Xi said in a deep voice: "At least you can order help in evacuating the villagers behind the river dam."
He Zijing stopped talking and looked at Lin Xi. He put his hand on the courtyard door and prepared to close it.
"Master He!"
Lin Xi took a step forward, and with a swish sound, the five or six soldiers who had originally surrounded him suddenly became very nervous, and they all took a step closer.
"I told you, I will naturally go check after dawn. In this kind of dark night, if the villagers are evacuated and there are some casualties, it is Yanlai Town's business." Hearing Lin Xi's clear shout, He Zijing
Turning around slightly, he said coldly: "It is already unreasonable for you to interfere in the affairs of Yan Lai Town. Why, do you still want to use force to hold officials hostage and fail to do things for you? As long as you dare, you can break down this courtyard gate charger."
If you come in, I am no match for Mr. Lin’s martial arts skills. If you don’t dare, please leave, otherwise I will charge you with disturbing an official.”
After saying this, there was a soft "bang" sound, and two black doors closed in front of Lin Xi.
"Master Lin!"
The soldiers around Lin Xi were very nervous. They had all heard about Lin Xi's combat prowess. If Lin Xi really wanted to force his way in at this moment, and they had to stop them, they would probably all pay a bloody price.
Lin Xi could see the fear and determination in the eyes of these soldiers. He nodded to them, indicating that he was not reckless, then turned around and mounted his horse.
Because there were rain eaves outside the door of the mansion, the ground was originally dry, but when Lin Xi got on the horse, he saw a large pool of water stains where Lin Xi was standing, and then saw that Lin Xi was still dripping with water.
, and then seeing that the horse under him was already exhausted, with a little foam coming out of his mouth and nose, the leading sergeant suddenly trembled in his heart. While sheathing his sword, he gritted his teeth and took a step forward.
, said softly: "Mr. Lin, do you still want to go to Yanlai Zhenjiang Dam?"
Lin Xi looked at the trembling low-ranking sergeant and nodded: "Even if I can hold him hostage, it is impossible to hold all the officials in Yanlai Town hostage. It will not help at all... I can only do my best to evacuate Jiang
The villagers behind the dam.”
"Master Lin, I have no authority to give orders...but I have some brothers who are on rotation and may be willing to help." The low-ranking sergeant gritted his teeth and whispered.
"Thank you."
Lin Xi glanced worriedly at the still rainy night sky and saluted and thanked the low-ranking sergeant.
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On the river dam in Donggang Town amid heavy wind and heavy rain, everyone suddenly stopped.
Zou Yishi wiped his eyes, turned around, and saw a column of fire suddenly appearing on the dark field road.
Immediately, hundreds of exhausted farm men who were struggling for their lives on the dam all let out loud exclamations and cheers, which temporarily drowned out the sound of wind, rain and the sound of river waves lapping the shore.
One after another, war horses hung with waterproof military air-dead wind lanterns appeared in their sight.
Every five or six war horses dragged a huge log behind them, running towards them in a shocking manner that these farm men had never seen before.
Behind these war horses, there were many figures. It was unknown how many people were coming from the direction of Donggang Town.
"Master Xiaolin!"
Others may not know what happened before and after, but Chen Haozhi is very clear. When he saw a large number of sergeants and horses arriving, dragging logs that could be used to make stakes, and looking at the vague flow of people behind him, this dull farmer
The man immediately knelt down and let out a loud cry.
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There are also hundreds of strong laborers working on another dam that is swaying in the rain.
Chen Yangzhi, an old man in his nineties who had been withered and paralyzed for several years and was as weak as a candle, fell into an unimaginable state. He was carried by two people and half-lying on a chair.
On the ground, he grabbed a cane and hit the chair, and kept making mutated screams and commands. No one could have imagined that such an old man would have such strength after being soaked in the rain for most of the night.
"Stopped!"
Suddenly, a clear shout penetrated the heavy rain curtain and sounded on the river dam.
Lin Xi's prancing horse rushed up the river dam from the field slope and appeared in their sight.
"The Governor of Yanlai Town will not mobilize manpower and material resources. For the sake of safety, we can only evacuate people to the high ground first." Lin Xi arrived in front of him, dismounted and said.
The old man's eyes became even darker, he nodded and said hoarsely: "That's all."
"Everyone, you are all from Yanlai Town. You are much more familiar with the situation here than I am. We don't have enough manpower to guard the dam right now. Please help me send people to the high ground!"
Lin Xi turned around to face everyone who had gathered, facing Feng Yu, and shouted loudly.
He is not an official of Yanlai Town, but people in Yanlai Town already know Mr. Xiaolin's name, and because he is not an official of Yanlai Town, he comes here late at night, which makes people admire him even more.
"When..." "When..." "When..."
The alarm gong sounded immediately.
"Everyone, follow me and go to the posts at the back!"
"Don't be chaotic! Don't panic! Everyone line up and look after the people around you!"
"Go this way...leave the livestock alone for now."
"Look in every house to see if there is anyone else... Don't go by water, all go by land!"
Soon after the villages behind Jiangba were completely boiling, a column of dozens of sergeants also arrived.
These garrison sergeants were all off-duty sergeants and did not dare to use military horses, so they all came running on foot.
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"I come!"
On the dam in Donggang Town, Jiang Xiaoyi snatched the sledgehammer from a strong man's hand. He jumped up and swung the hammer with all his strength towards a fixed stake.
Hammer down hard.
"Boom!"
The fixed stake sank suddenly, sinking more than one meter.
Jiang Xiaoyi's whole body was shaken by a huge earthquake. He was slightly stagnated in the air by the huge counter-shock force. A large cloud of water splashed out of his soaked clothes. For a moment, there seemed to be a transparent rain flower blooming in the sky.
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When the dozens of people around who were driving piles and carrying bags of sand and gravel saw this scene, they were stunned for a moment, and then they all let out enthusiastic cheers.
"Boom!"
Amidst the cheers, Jiang Xiaoyi jumped up high again, used all his strength, and struck hard with a sledgehammer.
"Did you see that, he is Master Xiaolin's friend?"
"All friends of Mr. Xiaolin are like this. We men in Xizijiang cannot be embarrassed!"
Two loud shouts rang out one after another, followed by the roars of countless men.
The heavy rain could not wash away the fishy smell and black oil on these men. Xu Sheng and Zhu Siye, who were shouting, also carried straw bags filled with sand and gravel and ran roaring on the river dam.