Light rain, miserable.
This autumn rain always makes people feel inexplicable sorrow and makes people feel depressed.
The river surface is covered by rain and fog, like a dream.
For some reason, Gao Yu suddenly felt that the autumn rain in Hangzhou seemed to be very similar to the spring rain in Bianliang, with a sense of sadness.
“Huh?”
Bai Daren beside him shouted softly, which made Gao Yu come to his senses.
He turned his head to look and saw Bai Daren staring at the river under the bridge, showing a look of surprise.
"Brother, what's wrong? Is there anything wrong?"
"Fourth brother, have you noticed it?"
“What did you find?”
Bai Daren pointed to the river water under the bridge and said softly: "Don't you think this river water is strange?"
"eccentric?"
Gao Yu was stunned for a moment, lowered his head and checked carefully.
After a while, he shook his head and said, "What's weird? I can't see it."
Bai Daren said: "In previous years, the water in Lanjiang will definitely rise.
But now, when you look at the river, it seems that not only does not rise, it is less than before."
"Yeah?"
Gao Yu looked at Bai Daren in surprise and hurriedly observed.
But after watching for a while, he could not see any clues.
"This is usually the case soon, why don't I feel there is any problem?"
"There is a problem, there is really a problem!"
Bai Daren poked his body out of the bridge railing and pointed at a stone pier located at the bridge head.
"I remember when I first came to Hangzhou, the water marking was not as high as it is now. It is rainy now, and it has been raining one after another in recent days. Even if the water level on the river surface does not flood the water marking, it is unlikely to drop...
But now you can see that the water marking is obviously higher than a month ago.
Fourth brother, I have been growing up by the water since I was a child. A relative of me works in the yamen. He told me about this."
Gao Yu heard Bai Daren say seriously, and couldn't help but lean out and look at the stone pier.
He had never paid attention to this stone pier on weekdays, nor did he know what the water level of the river was like on weekdays.
However, as Bai Daren said, the water marking on the stone pier is indeed much higher than the water surface, so it can be seen very clearly.
The river is known as the Lan River and is said to be the largest tributary of the Qiantang River.
It flows through Hangzhou City and is the most important water system in Hangzhou City.
However, Gao Yu doesn't pay attention to these things on weekdays, but now I feel that it's a bit strange when Bai Daren says...
According to common sense, it is not surprising that the river water level will inevitably rise due to rain in Hangzhou for several days.
But according to Bai Daren, it would be fine if the water level in Lanjiang has not risen, but the water level has dropped... There is a problem.
"Brother is sure?"
"certainly!"
After saying that, Bai Daren walked across the bridge, walked to the other side, and looked into the distance.
"Look, is that poplar tree by the river?"
"Um."
“Last month, the roots of that poplar tree were flooded, but now it is exposed to the water.
I remember it very clearly... You see, there is the lower reaches of the Lanjiang River. Logically speaking, the river water should be deeper, but now, the river water in the downstream is falling very quickly, obviously there is a problem with the river water in the upper reaches. I don’t know what the situation is."
Bai Daren was talking nonsense, and once he opened the conversation, he could no longer hold back.
However, Gao Yu fell into deep thought.
He looked at the river surface, with a strange light flashing in his eyes.
After a long time, he interrupted Bai Daren's nagging and said softly: "Brother, do you know where is the upper reaches of the river?"
"Sanhekou!"
Bai Daren thought about it and then cut the railway firmly: "The Lanjiang River water goes from south to north, enters Qiantang County at Sanhekou, and then enters the Anjiang River water in Meixiang... Well, that's it. I've seen the water system diagram of the Lanjiang River, so I have some impressions."
"What exactly do my brother do in his hometown?"
Gao Yu couldn't help but look at Bai Daren with some wonder. It is not common people who know this kind of thing, and even if they know it, they won't take it seriously. It is even more impossible for Bai Daren to speak out like Bai Daren, and to know these things even more clearly.
A hint of panic flashed across Bai Daren's face.
"If my brother doesn't want to say it, then it's better not to say it."
"Actually, it's not impossible to say..." Bai Daren hesitated and said softly: "I am in my hometown, just working in the yamen. The relative I mentioned to you just now was actually myself. I was in charge of river affairs in the yamen... But later, I offended the county magistrate and was falsely embezzled the money for repairing river affairs, and almost killed. Fortunately, I still have some reputation on weekdays, but I finally left my life, but was rebelled... The reason why I didn't say it was because I was afraid that Fourth Brother, you can't afford to look down on me."
Gao Yu's eyes flashed and he smiled.
"Who can tell the right and wrong in the yamen clearly?
Brother doesn’t need to feel ashamed. As long as you have a clear conscience, why bother to care about others’ pointings?”
"What the fourth brother said is that I'm sure."
Bai Daren seemed much more relaxed and talked to Gao Yu about other things.
"Brother, what's the reason why the water level drops?"
The two walked to Zhong'an Bridge, sat down at Yan Qing's wonton stall, and Gao Yu ordered two bowls of wontons.
It was raining, and there were almost no pedestrians on the road, and the wonton stall was deserted, with no one else except Gao Yu.
Yan Qing was busy in front of the stove, but his ears were sticking out.
Hearing Gao Yu's question, he was stunned and turned his head to look at Bai Daren.
Bai Daren thought for a while and replied: "There are many reasons for this.
For example, drought, water shortage in the upstream, and water level in the downstream naturally drops; or mountain torrents appear, and a large amount of debris is wrapped around the estuary, which may also cause the water level to drop. This depends on the specific situation. If you don’t go to check it in person, it will be difficult to judge.
However, according to my guess, there may be a silt in the upper estuary, otherwise the water level would never drop at this time.
If it were in the past, the yamen would send people to check along the river during this season.
But now... I'm afraid no one will pay attention to this matter, and it's even more impossible to send someone to check it out."
At this time, Yan Qing brought two bowls of wontons and placed them in front of them.
Gao Yu took the opportunity to look at him, and saw the other person's thoughts from each other's eyes.
This is strange!
Perhaps because of the lack of customers, Yan Qing closed the stall early.
The business location where he is located is under Gao Yu's jurisdiction, so even if he closes the stall early, he will not be noticed.
Gao Yu stayed in the yamen and continued to work as a job. He had a good relationship with Bai Daren, and most of them worked together on weekdays, so after returning to the yamen, the two got together, and no one doubted them.
Gao Yu made a fuss and found out some things about the Lanjiang water system from Bai Daren.
He suddenly said, "If the Sanhekou breaks the dam, what will happen?"
Bai Daren thought for a while and said, "It depends on the situation... If the silt is blocked for too long and the amount of water is too large, it will definitely cause harm to Hangzhou."
"In terms of the current situation, what will happen?"
"If this rain continues, it may be dangerous."
"What is the danger?"
Bai Daren said curiously: "The fourth brother seems to be very concerned about this matter. Do you have any ideas?"
"Oh, I'm just curious."
"In fact, it may not be silt. Although it rains frequently these days, the rain is not heavy.
It is hard to say that this kind of rain will cause silt... Maybe it is where the upstream diversion is diversion? It may also cause the water level to drop."
Bai Daren did not give the answer directly, but he was not very optimistic when he heard his tone.
Gao Yu couldn't continue asking questions, so he changed the topic and talked about other things with Bai Daren...
It was almost the hour of Hai, and Gao Yu handed over the office and left the yamen.
He went straight back to his residence in Duting and found that Yan Qing was not at home.
Yan Qing was very smart and must have heard what he said during the day. Therefore, Gao Yu was not worried. He opened fire and made some food casually, and sat in the house waiting for Yan Qing to return. Time passed little by little, which made Gao Yu gradually anxious.
About the time it was ugly, footsteps came from outside the house.
Gao Yu opened his eyes and stood up.
At this moment, the door was pushed open, Yan Qing walked in in black, wet, and sat next to her.
"Brother Xiao Yi, did you find it?"
Yan Qing picked up the water bowl on the table and drank it dry in one gulp.
He wiped his mouth, then looked at Gao Yu and said, "Yanei, you guessed it right. The upper Sanhekou was occupied by rebels and was heavily guarded.
I can't dive too deep, just observe from a distance.
Chapter completed!