Chapter 512: Dam backup, investigation is imminent
When the official asked Zhu Yunxi for his identity certificate, officials from the river were already approaching from behind with gloomy eyes.
Tian Mai took out a dental license certificate from the belt on his chest and handed it to the soap official.
Zhu Yunxi stared at the river officials walking over.
This man was wearing a thin, old, light green official robe that had been washed a little white. Like the soap officials and river workers, his whole body was covered with mud.
The river official originally wanted to come over to check because he saw an outsider coming up on the river embankment.
In the past few days, the news that His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun was temporarily stationed in Henan Province on his northern inspection tour has spread throughout Henan Province. No one dared to take it lightly at this time and cause unnecessary conflicts. Finally, the news reached the ears of His Highness the Taisun.
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Just two steps forward, the official looked at Zhu Yunxi, who was wearing brocade clothes, from a distance. He couldn't help but raise his brows, but he still suppressed the curiosity and doubts in his heart and quickened his pace a little.
Zhu Yunxi also saw the reaction of the river official and narrowed his eyes slightly.
This room.
The official had already checked the toothpaste sent by Tian Mai.
But he looked at Zhu Yunxi carefully.
Zaoli frowned and said, "Why don't you stay in Xiangyang Prefecture and come to our Henan Prefecture? To control the water, the Han River in your Xiangyang Prefecture is also a big river. You have to study it deeply."
Zhu Yunxi did not answer Zaoli's doubts and did not even move his eyes.
Tian Mai, who was beside him, said in a low voice: "Although my young master is young, he has traveled up and down the Yangtze River in these years. Naturally, he has explored the Han River at the door of his house early."
Zao Li rolled his eyes, waved his hand, and muttered: "I don't understand you scholars. You can stay on the river embankment, but you don't dare to drag down the project on the river, and you have to be more careful with your steps, or you will slip down.
If you are swept away by the water, you will be seriously injured."
After all, Zaoli gave a kind reminder and started to turn around. There were many things going on on the river. After finding out the identity of this group of people, there was no need to worry about anything.
As soon as Zaoli turned around, he saw that the Shangguan who was supervising the management of this section of the river in Mengjin County was also walking over. He quickly bowed his head and held his hands.
"The young one has met the boss."
The official was full of politeness, lowered his head, and saw that the principal seemed to be clasping his fists, raising his hands, and leaning forward.
Does the boss want to return the courtesy to himself?
Zaoli was quite puzzled, but he didn't see anything more.
Zhu Yunxi, who was behind him, had already figured out who the person was.
The river official who walked over in front of him was also a Jinshi who was transferred from Beijing.
Although he is not a disciple of Xinxue, he still knows himself.
Zhu Yunxi quickly raised his hand and gave a look.
The official in charge of the river channel, whose hands were half raised and his waist was bent half an inch, suddenly returned to his original state as soon as his eyes moved.
The chief coughed slightly, looked at the soap officials in front of him, and waved his hand: "The stones up there are almost running out, let's go and see what's going on. Then go to Fudian Town to write and ask, winter is about to begin.
When will the bluestone strips we ordered here be delivered before autumn? If it delays the imperial government's river management work, no one will be in trouble!"
The soap official bent over and nodded repeatedly.
"Young man, let's do it now and take the people to Fudian Town in person."
The manager hummed and clasped his hands behind his back: "Go and do it quickly!"
Zaoli didn't dare to say anything, so he lifted up his legs and led the people away.
When the officials left, the chief officer perked up and looked around. When he saw that no one was paying attention, he wanted to salute Zhu Yunxi.
Zhu Yunxi smiled, but instead cupped his hands and said: "Shangguan, we came here from Xiangyang Mansion. We were protected by the elders in the family. Over the years, we have learned the method of controlling water. Recently, I heard that something happened on Henan Road, so I wanted to come and see it with my own eyes."
The principal came over just now and was completely sure that the young man in brocade clothes in front of him was the Emperor Taisun whom he had been thinking about day and night, and he was already shocked in his heart.
His Highness Taisun actually also resorted to disguise.
In the few short steps that the principal walked here, he had already recalled all the things he had done since he took office as an official of the River Governor's Yamen, and made sure that there was nothing wrong with him. Only then did he feel a little more settled.
Some.
Now that he heard that His Highness the Emperor Taisun began to introduce himself as a fake person from Xiangyang Mansion, the officer in charge already understood that the Taisun did not want his identity and whereabouts to be known to outsiders.
Taking a deep breath, the officer-in-charge said: "It turns out that he is a young man from Xiangyang Prefecture. I am appointed as the head of the Supervisory Department of the Governor's Office of Hedao. If you need anything here, just ask me."
Zhu Yunxi cupped his hands and said with a smile: "I have trouble with you, but you don't know your surname?"
"My surname is Zhou, Zhou Guangli."
Zhou Guangli introduced himself to his family almost without thinking.
After he finished speaking, there was a hint of embarrassment on his face.
Are you a little too eager?
Zhu Yunxi smiled and said, "Master Zhou is working hard. I wonder if I can trouble Master Zhou to lead us to the location of the dam and the water reduction dam?"
Zhou Guangli's heart skipped a beat. His Highness Taisun wanted to personally inspect the dam and reduce its damage.
He immediately said: "It happens that there is nothing happening on the river embankment at the moment. The dam and dam are just ahead. I will lead you there."
Zhou Guangli was almost feeling ill.
What official position do you hold, and what is the identity of the young man in front of you.
Even though he knew it, he still pretended not to know, to prevent the officials and river workers from noticing.
The whole person was on tenterhooks, fearing that he would say something wrong and cause His Highness the Grand Sun to be displeased.
I have worked so hard.
I think about His Highness the Emperor Grandson day and night, but I also hope that I can be like Governor Pan, where my talents are discovered by His Highness, and then I can also take charge of a party and display my full talents in a high position.
Zhu Yunxi moved naturally and followed the nervous Zhou Guangli upstream.
Looking at the tumbling river water filled with sediment, Zhu Yunxi looked solemnly.
This is probably because the location of the original dam and water reduction dam upstream has been destroyed, causing the river to become more turbulent and undercurrents surging beneath the river surface, so there is less river work here.
Only a few people were repairing the ulcers on the river embankment.
Only then did Zhou Guangli dare to whisper: "Your Highness, over there is the location of the water reduction dam, and fifty feet further up is the water retention dam."
Zhu Yunxi looked in the direction of Zhou Guangli's finger.
Sure enough, at the location of the dam in the river, you can still faintly see the huge cement pillars buried under the water, but all of them above the river water have been washed away.
And further up to the position of the dam, it completely disappeared.
"What exactly happened when it collapsed?"
Zhu Yunxi's eyes were solemn, and he could not imagine how the dam and water reduction dam built by Pan Deshan with all his efforts were destroyed.
When the subject of dams and water reduction dams were mentioned, Zhou Guangli let out a long sigh, his eyes flashing continuously, as if he was recalling everything that happened that day.
"Your Highness, no one could have imagined that such a thing would happen at that time."
"Since the imperial court decided to regulate the river, it has set up a river governor's office, dispatched officials, recruited river workers, allocated money and food, and transported materials. Governor Pan personally led us to do all these things."
"We don't dare to deduct the money and food from the river workers. The materials needed everywhere are mined from the best places."
"When the dam was built, Governor Pan personally took me and others to put bricks, stones and earth bags into the river. All these things were done by humble hands and watched with his own eyes."
"Who knows...who can know that day..."
Speaking of this, Zhou Guangli couldn't help but blush and his shoulders twitched a few times, even if Zhu Yunxi was there.
Zhu Yunxi's eyes became more solemn, looking deeply at the remaining ruins in the river.
Zhou Guangli suppressed the grief in his heart and said in a low voice: "That day on the river was no different than usual, everything was progressing according to plan. Governor Pan decided to complete the check dam and water reduction dam before the end of this year. I
Not wanting to delay the construction period, the river workers worked very hard.
That day, the wooden frame on the water reduction dam was being built, trying to connect the north and south as soon as possible. Suddenly, there was a roar from behind the upstream dam.
As I watched the huge waves crashing against the dam, I knew something happened upstream. Either there was flooding or the dam upstream was broken.
But it is late autumn now. Where does the flood come from in Guanzhong? It can only be because the dam is broken.
I was on the water reduction dam at that time. When I saw something was wrong with the situation, I shouted to everyone to run away. I hoped that the dam above could block the first few waves of water. As long as the big water in front could be blocked, nothing big would happen.
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The dam was obviously very thick, and it was built to prevent flooding upstream. But as soon as I ran to the embankment, I saw it with my own eyes! I saw that the dam began to shake, and the masonry and earth bags on it started to shake.
, as if feeling angry.
The diversion channels on both sides could not accommodate the water coming down from the upstream. The dam was completely covered by the water in a few strokes, pressing down on the water reduction dam below and destroying the entire wooden bridge on the water reduction dam.
When the water passed, the entire check dam was gone, and several water reduction dams were tilted. When I realized that something had happened, the river workers who had not had time to run up the river embankment disappeared one after another, and there were many people on the river embankment.
A few people were swept away by the flood.
At that time, I asked someone to report the news downstream, but the water was too fast and I couldn't catch up. All the way to Kaifeng Prefecture, even Governor Pan who was on the river embankment that day almost suffered a disaster..."
Zhu Yunxi was silent for a while.
Under Zhou Guangli's worried gaze, his lips moved slightly.
Then he said: "So according to what you said, it was the two dams and water reduction dams in the upper reaches of Shaanzhou Prefecture that had problems, which caused the flood to flow down the river and flood the dams in Mengjin County.
The dam and the water reduction dam were also washed away?"
There are now two check dams and water reduction dams on the Yellow River. Zhu Yunxi mentioned this to Pan Deshan when they first selected the site for construction.
The chosen location in the upstream Shaanzhou Prefecture is the Sanmen Gorge. The downstream Henan Prefecture is Xiaolangdi in Mengjin County.
Zhou Guangli paused for a moment, but still said truthfully: "I think there is something wrong with the dam and the water reduction dam that I supervised the construction of!"
After finishing speaking, Zhou Guang immediately lowered his head.
At that time, the flood originally washed down from the territory of Shaanzhou Prefecture upstream.
All I have to say is that there is no problem here in Mengjin County. Everything is caused by the upstream, and the court cannot find anything.
But Zhou Guangli was unwilling to tell lies.
Even though the problem was first upstream, he stared at the dam he had built, and it was clear that he couldn't resist it for a few seconds before it was all washed away and submerged by the flood.
The problem is obvious.
Otherwise, even if the dam is built from the beginning, it will only provide an early role in blocking the river water for the water reduction dam, and it will eventually be dismantled.
But from the very beginning of its construction, the dam was given the function of withstanding floods.
This time, the dam clearly had no effect.
I can’t tell this lie myself!
In fact, Zhou Guangli raised his lowered head again.
He couldn't control or find out what went wrong upstream, but there was a real problem here.
"Your Highness, the Mengjin County water dam and water reduction dam were built by Wei Chen's supervisor. Now that something has happened, if the court wants to pursue it, I will bring him to justice!"
Under Zhu Yunxi's puzzled gaze, Zhou Guangli took a deep breath.
He continued: "Governor Pan cannot leave the River Governor's Office! Whether the Yellow River can be stabilized or not depends on Governor Pan and everyone to continue to control the river! If there is a problem here, I will be responsible for everything!"
Zhu Yunxi looked at Zhou Guangli in front of him, blinked and looked sideways at Wang Xinling beside him, and couldn't help but smile twice.
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Zhu Yunxi stretched out his hand and tapped Zhou Guangli twice, and joked with Wang Xinling with a smile: "Look, look at these officials on the river. If you don't know them alone, you would think that they have already been colluding, colluding, and pushing
Let this idiot come out and take the blame!"
Zhou Guangli was stunned for a moment.
This seems to be a little different from what I imagined.
He opened his mouth: "Your Highness..."
Zhu Yunxi waved his hand: "The imperial court clearly understands that this incident on the river has nothing to do with you. The most important thing now is to find out what went wrong and caused the collapse of the two dams."
Wang Xinling sighed: "It's just that now that the dam has been washed into the river bed, there is nothing we can do to find out... I'm afraid it will be extremely difficult to investigate this matter."
Zhu Yunxi also frowned.
On the contrary, Zhou Guangli, who was originally going to resist the dam and reduce the charge of destroying the dam, his eyes lit up and he waved his hand and pointed to the outside of the river embankment, to the west corner.
"There are both dams and water reduction dams!"
Zhou Guangli whispered, and then his voice became louder: "The new construction methods on the left and right sides of the river, according to the regulations of the Governor's Yamen, are all models made by the same workers and materials! When building the dam here, when reducing the dam
, also built a section under the river embankment together."
As soon as he said this, Tian Mai and Wang Xinling's eyes lit up at the same time.
There are actually retaining dams and examples of water reducing dams on the river, which no one expected.
Now, it seems that the problem can be identified.
Wang Xinling said directly: "Take us there quickly!"