The Lankao County government officials showed their knives.
Several river workers who had been busy working on the river all day and night could only lower their heads silently in the end and were escorted out of the county government office by the guards.
"You can't do this!"
"The levee cannot be blown up. If it blows up, all of us will be dead!"
After leaving the county government office, the wind and rain outside were even worse, and the entire sky was so dark that almost every minute was getting closer to the ground.
The river workers who came from Sanyi Township roared at the policemen around them. Some of them lost their minds completely and fell to the cold ground covered with rainwater.
Several officers looked at each other, then silently looked back at the Yamen.
Faintly, from behind the rain curtain, the long and long voice of the prostitute singing came out.
"Honestly, if the levee is blown up, all of us might be doomed. But if the levee is not blown up, we will be doomed now."
A guard returned the knife to his waist and explained with an extremely solemn expression.
There was another policeman next to him who shook his head helplessly: "Everyone, get up. After all, we are all from Lankao. There is no need for us to be unhappy with each other. You are the river workers and we are the policemen, but
There are also river workers in our family.
How can we people understand the truth? But this matter was decided by the County Lord. The County Lord said that the embankment will be blown up, so no one in Lankao County can stop us. Unless we risk our lives now and carry our heads to the County Lord
Here."
The river workers in Sanyi Township looked lost and helpless under the wind and rain.
"But is it still too late to blow up the levee now?"
The officer glared and said, "Whether it's too late or not, the County Lord is the God of our Lankao County. Whatever the County Lord says, we will do it. Even if we people are going to die in the future, he will die first!"
The guard also got angry at this time.
Lankao County in Lao Shizi is already in trouble. Now with such a bad county magistrate in Lao Shizi, no one can see hope.
After cursing for a while, the guards looked at the river workers and said, "Why don't you leave now? If you don't leave, it might be too late."
The river workers helped each other and stood up: "Let's go, let's go! Let's get the stuff to blow up the embankment first, and then we'll rush downstream."
In Lankao County, police officers and river workers are busy blowing up the levee downstream.
Outside the city, on the Yellow River embankment outside Sanyi Township, more and more people have boarded it.
Looking at these people from a distance, their backs appear to be the same person.
Everyone is wearing a raincoat and a bamboo hat, holding a shovel, an iron drill, a basket, and other tools for building embankments and fighting floods on the river.
The angle of view keeps zooming out and up.
The entire Yellow River embankment in the north of Lankao County is already shrouded in mist.
All this water mist spread from the river where the yellow dragon was rushing due to the violent impact.
Each vortex continues to expand its scope, sucking everything that can be swallowed nearby into the river water like yellow mud.
The entire river embankment was shaking in waves. The huge waves crashed on the shore, making a deafening sound, which gradually synchronized with the heartbeats of the river workers on the embankment. Every impact and slap was shocking.
The endless power of God makes people panic and uneasy.
….
Gradually.
The runoff of the river seems to have suddenly become much smaller.
The entire river surface dropped rapidly.
It seems that the next moment, the river bed that has been submerged under the river water for countless years will be exposed to everyone's sight.
A bang.
The perspective is instantly pulled back to the river embankment.
"Quick!"
"Run!"
"Run to higher ground, run to the place where materials are piled!"
"The flood is coming!"
"Run quickly..."
Along the entire river embankment, countless river workers began to run with deafening roars.
These are what grow in
The river workers on the river embankment know very well which places are stronger and which places will never be washed away by the flood peak.
Everyone started to move, and the entire river embankment looked like a mess.
"Everyone saved their lives!"
"If the dam breaks, we will risk our lives to plug the breach inside, otherwise the entire Lankao and even the entire Kaifeng Prefecture will be destroyed!"
"The wealth and lives of millions of people are in the hands of people like us!"
Liu Si held Old Master Liu tightly, looking upstream of the river with shock, muttering absentmindedly: "The flood is coming, it's coming, it's really coming..."
Old Mr. Liu grabbed Liu Si's palm tightly with his backhand and lifted it heavily: "Hold on! I'm afraid I won't survive this time, and these people will have to rely on you in the future!"
"Hongfeng is coming!"
"Coming!"
From the crowd on the embankment, there was a burst of panic-filled shouts.
Liu Si's eyes widened and he turned his head, and then behind him, the hand tightly grasped by Mr. Liu suddenly disappeared.
Before he could understand the current situation on the river, Liu Si's heart suddenly jumped and he quickly turned his head.
I saw that Old Master Liu had slowly closed his eyes, fell to the ground silently, and mixed with the yellow mud on the river bank.
Several river workers who were supporting Mr. Liu immediately looked at Liu Si.
"Fourth brother, keep an eye on the river, Mr. Liu... leave it to us!"
"Even if we die, we will protect Mr. Liu's safety!"
Liu Si felt his stomach and intestines twitching, but he also understood that he could not live without him on the river.
If the brothers promised to protect the body of old Mr. Liu, they would definitely risk their lives to hold the last relics of this man who worked hard on the river all his life.
Liu Si took a deep breath, stepped out, and pushed through the crowd towards the edge of the river embankment.
"Listen up!"
"Labour and management have been fighting this yellow dragon for decades, but it has not been able to kill them!"
"Today, behind us is Lankao County, the entire Kaifeng Prefecture, and the lives and fortunes of millions of villagers!"
"Labour and management can still kill this yellow dragon today!"
Liu Si held a shovel in his hand, waved his hand and took off the bamboo hat on his head, threw it heavily on the ground, and then braved the wind, rain and huge waves, looking around at every river worker in front of him.
"Slay the Yellow Dragon!"
"Slay the Yellow Dragon!"
"Slay the Yellow Dragon!"
On the river embankment, everyone spoke in unison, with excited faces, and vowed to fight the Yellow Dragon to the end.
Liu Si quickly calmed down the emotions of the river workers, then jumped to a high place and looked at the river in front of him.
….
The river surface, which originally dropped, began to rise continuously.
Huge waves washed over the river bed, bringing up the sediment that had been dormant for countless years.
The tree stump, which was as thick as its waist, was torn to pieces by the huge force everywhere in an instant.
There is a dazzling array of folk belongings and river tools that were carried down from the upper reaches.
This is a sign that the flood peak is coming.
Liu Si, who has lived on the river all his life, can see the current situation at a glance.
Liu Si turned around and looked at all the river workers who were waiting for him to give orders.
"Stand still! If you can't stand still, lie down!"
"Everyone knows what will happen when the flood peak comes, I don't need to say it."
"As long as you survive the first wave of water, there won't be any major problems later. Now go and spread the word upstream and downstream. If there is a breach, report it immediately and block it even if you risk your life."
"This year's flood peak is rare! Once the breach cannot be plugged, no one can expect to continue to live!"
"Let people go to the bottom of the embankment and let those who pack earth bags below move faster. Once the dam breaks, let them send the earth bags over."
"Remember! Don't be chaotic, watch the people around you, if you are in danger
We all have to ask for it. If there is one more person on the river, we will have a better chance of winning!"
As Liu Si made arrangements according to the usual practice of dealing with flood peaks on the past river, the river workers began to move one after another.
Liu Si lay down on the spot, staring closely at the river farthest away.
A moment.
The whole world seems to have become quiet.
Regardless of the rain falling from the sky, the huge waves crashing up from the embankment on the shore, and the roars of the river workers on the river, they completely disappeared from Liu Si's ears.
In his sight, the surrounding scenes were shrouded in darkness, leaving only the river in the center of his sight that burst into greater light.
Liu Si, who was lying high up, began to bump up and down uncontrollably.
In sight.
A wave that seemed to be higher than the rest of the country kept rolling up and down, rolling up thousands of waves, rushing down from the upstream highlands with unparalleled power, like thousands of horses galloping.
Liu Si began to regain hearing in his ears.
The earth-shattering roar hit his cochlea directly, hitting his eardrums repeatedly and causing tearing pain.
The waves are getting higher and higher, and they are constantly magnifying in the sight of all the river workers on the river embankment.
"Stand firm!"
"Hold tight!"
Someone was roaring in the violent storm and waves.
On the river embankment, the sound of gongs never stopped.
The waves are getting closer and closer.
Everyone felt that everything in front of them had disappeared, leaving only the torrent of waves that seemed to be connected with the sky.
The violent air waves were mixed with water droplets and crushed objects, like sharp knife edges, hitting people's faces.
"Coming!"
"Hold on!"
Liu Si roared in despair.
He has never seen such a flood before!
Despair.
Endless despair.
Liu Si no longer knows whether he can walk down the embankment alive this time.
Or maybe, at that time, I might have become one with the embankment.
….
There is no hope left.
After decades of working as a river worker, Liu Si could tell at a glance.
The embankment collapsed today!
Liu Si's lips began to ooze turbid blood, and his hands tightly grasped the object underneath him.
Even if the embankment breaks, I will still stand on this embankment!
Upstream of the embankment, the shouts and screams of the river workers could be heard.
The entire embankment, which cost the empire countless money and food, was constantly trembling, as if frightened by the power of this yellow dragon, it was crawling under the suppression in shock.
The internal organs of the river workers have begun to be displaced by the shock, and there are bursts of tearing sensations in their bodies, as if their whole bodies will be torn apart soon.
Boom!
Boom boom boom!
Bang bang bang!
Like the angry voice of the power of God, it roars and roars across the entire embankment.
Liu Si could no longer see clearly what was within half a foot in front of him.
The entire sight is filled with yellow sand and river water.
The raincoat on my body has been brushed away.
The huge waves hit him hard one after another, making him feel that he would let go of his hand the next moment and be swept away by the huge waves.
Time seems to have stopped at this moment.
Bang bang bang.
In Liu Si's ears, there was only the sound of his own violent heartbeat.
It's like a candle that's about to go out at any time.
"Save...GuluGuluLulu..."
"Help!"
"Guluulu..."
Finally, Liu Si's vision and hearing slowly recovered.
My ears were instantly filled with all kinds of cries and cries for help.
He stood up tremblingly with his heart hanging, and first glanced upstream. The peak of the flood had passed, and the tail peak behind had dropped to the rigidity below the embankment.
There are more and more shouts in my ears.
Liu Si's heart tightened, and he moved his steps blankly and turned around.
A gap thirty feet long suddenly appeared in front of Liu Si's eyes.
A snap.
Liu Si fell flat to the ground.
Then he climbed up with difficulty and stumbled to the edge of the collapse.
When lying on the edge of the ulcer, Liu Si's eyes widened.
Rivers of water poured from the river to the back of the embankment, as if the Tianhe River had burst.
Liu Si's mind went blank, and he looked dreamily towards the Lankao County where he wished.
In such a short period of time, the water flow has already traveled half the way.
The fertile fields and villages between the breach and the county seat have long since disappeared, and they were all submerged under the flood.
Boom!
Another huge sound came from a place further downstream.
Liu Si spat out a mouthful of blood.
"It's over..."
"It's over..."
"It's all over..."
Liu Si's eyes began to pull away.
He never thought why someone would blow up the embankment downstream at this time.
The breach of more than thirty feet in front of us could not be blocked even with the lives of the entire Lankao County. Now another breach has opened downstream.
Kaifeng Mansion is finished.
No!
The entire south bank of Henan Prefecture is going to be destroyed.
By the way, Xuzhou Prefecture and Fengyang Prefecture below Guide Prefecture will all be destroyed.
Fengyang!
….
Liu Si's eyes suddenly bulged, and then he completely fainted.
……
Hongwu twenty-eighth year, March 29th.
In Yingtian Castle, the water and land rituals and fasting rituals to pray for the emperor to become the queen of Xiaoci will be officially held in April.
In the court, the finishing work for last year's snow conditions in prefectures and counties on both sides of the Yangtze River has also been carried out. Spring plowing has already begun. Stabilizing the financial and taxation areas in the south of the Yangtze River is now the top priority of the court.
The Beijing army also began to prepare for a new round of return to Beijing.
As the temperature rises a little bit, the empire is once again firing on all cylinders and moving towards the predetermined goal according to the established plan.
"Allocate more than 62,000 people to the Third Guards of Datong and the Military Academy of Weishuo Dongsheng and Fourth Guards, 216,100 pieces of cotton, 5,100 pieces of silk, and 94,000 kilograms of cotton. Regarding this matter,
The household department has completed the processing, and all necessary materials have been shipped from the warehouse of the household department in Yingtian."
"To the sergeants at the Beijing Guard Station, two pieces of Xiabu for each person. They have been delivered by the Ministry of Household Affairs to the Governor's Office of the Fifth Army."
"To reward the Guizhou Dusi and various guards for their meritorious service in the battle of Xibao, as well as the dead and disabled soldiers, a total of 37,532 people, they will be given 212,479 ingots.
The Ministry of War has transferred it to the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the Ministry of Household Affairs has transferred the banknotes to the Ministry of War."
In the Wenyuan Pavilion, Yu Xin, a bachelor of the Wenhua Palace and the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, stood up and held the memorial in his arms and answered in a deep voice.
Ruyu, the Minister of the Ministry of War, stood up and replied: "Li Ju, the commander of Wu Dewei, has been transferred to the command of Zhenwuwei. He is a hereditary commander. He has now received the order and set off."
"The commander-in-chief Zhou Xing ordered the commander-in-chief Qian to serve Song Cheng and the commander-in-chief Liu Zhen. He commanded Zhuang De to lead an army of 30,000 infantrymen to conquer the barbarians."
"The king of Yan reported that in the early ten days of the month he led the infantry army of the capital of Peiping with 35,000 horses and marched north to Bashang Grassland and Monan. Since Zhang Zhiyuan of Peiping raided both places last year, the king of Yan will send troops to the desert this time to test and penetrate into Mobei." p>
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Above, Zhu Yunxi is sitting on an armchair.
He leaned over
Listening to the courtiers playing and answering, my fingers tapped lightly on the armrest.
Dongdong's voice echoed gently in Wenyuan Pavilion.
"Supervisor of Shanglin Garden." Zhu Yunxi called softly.
Yuan Sutai, the supervisor of Shanglinyuan, stood up immediately: "I am here."
Zhu Yunxi looked at the other party with a smile: "In places like the northwest river channel, if Gu remembers correctly, there is not much water for irrigating the fields. It seems that the land cannot be fully used for growing grains. Can the Shanglin Yuan Supervisor send someone to leave?
A trip to the Northwest Hetao and other places to see if cotton can be grown there will also facilitate the court’s supply of cotton cloth and cotton armor to Jiubian in the future.”
Zhu Yunxi knew that the land in Anxi that had not been taken back by the Ming Dynasty was an excellent place to grow cotton.
Can it be a Loop?
He really doesn't know.
Yuan Sutai did not expect that his grandson would ask such a question. He thought for a while and nodded: "Reporting to your highness, the cotton is not warm at all. There is enough sunshine in the northwest, and cotton does not drink water like rice. I think it may be possible to cultivate cotton on a large scale. Today
After returning to Yamen, I will arrange for my subordinates to take a trip to Hetao, hoping to confirm it this year."
….
Zhu Yunxi nodded, and then looked at Yu Xin, the Minister of Household Affairs.
At the same time.
Outside the palace, in front of Hongwu Gate.
A cavalry scout covered in mud and water, with red feathers on his back, ran into the capital from Chaoyang Gate unimpeded.
Arrive in front of Hongwu Gate.
The imperial guards just stepped forward to stop him.
The scout immediately raised a token and shouted loudly: "Hurry up! Taihang embankment collapsed, Henan flooded, Kaifeng, Guide, Xuzhou and Fengyang were flooded!"
The imperial guards were shocked and could not bear to be surprised by the flood in Henan, so they quickly made way.
The cavalry rushed all the way into Hongwumen.
The sound of horse hooves echoed continuously in the Qianbu corridor.
Arriving in front of Chengtian Gate, the scout with Hong Yu on his back was finally stopped by the imperial army.
"Quick! Flood in Henan!"
"Dismount and walk to Wenyuan Pavilion to report."
The Imperial Guards responded, stepped forward to lead the horses, and the people behind opened the Chengtian Gate.
The scouts kept walking, passing through Chengtian Gate and Duanmen, all the way to the Meridian Gate.
The scout repeated again: "Quick call! Flood in Henan!"
The emperor's guards in front of the Meridian Gate immediately came out with two people to lead the way.
"Go to Wenyuan Pavilion! Taisun is discussing matters with his ministers!"
The scout gritted his teeth and followed closely behind the two Imperial Guards soldiers.
The three of them passed through Zuoshun Gate and finally arrived outside Wenyuan Pavilion.
The red feathers on the scout's back fluttered, and the scarlet color was breathtaking.