"Where are the people from the Ministry of Industry!"
The matter was urgent, and Xiao Han didn't bother to be polite. He glanced around and called out the people from the Ministry of Industry again.
"Here, there he is..."
Hearing Xiao Han's words, a muddy little old man hurriedly squeezed through the crowd, ran to Xiao Han and bowed repeatedly: "I'm here!"
Xiao Han glanced at him and asked in a cold voice: "You judged the need to dig a dike?! Then do you know how many people will die when the floods flood down after the dike is dug!"
"I'm... I'm an official..." The little old man was sweating profusely when he heard Xiao Han's unceremonious question! He hesitated for a long time at a loss and couldn't say a word.
Yes! What do you want him to say?
He said he knew that once the embankment was dug, countless people would die downstream? Including a lot of land would be completely destroyed?!
Oh my god!
He is a little old man who is just the director of a small Ministry of Industry. In terms of power, he cannot even keep up with the county magistrate!
Such a huge responsibility that even the governor can't bear, what can he, a dying old man, bear? Let alone bear it, even if he sticks to it, he will die without a burial place!
"But Mr. Hou! If we don't dig the embankment, more people will die!"
Just when the little old man was sweating on his forehead and as anxious as an ant on a frying pan, another voice with a hint of indignation came from the crowd.
"Who is this!"
"This is...Li San!"
Someone at the scene heard this voice and immediately exclaimed in a low voice! Looking around for the person who spoke, trying to see who it was, so bold! Dare to angrily anger Xiaohan, Hou Xiaohan of Sanyuan County!
However, few people noticed that after hearing this voice, the little old man from the Ministry of Industry's old face, which was already a little pale, turned pale in an instant!
Crazy! Crazy!
The little old man roared in his heart, and his already thin body was shaking like chaff!
In the past, he only thought that the craftsman Li San had a single mind and was okay with his technology, but he was a complete mess in dealing with people!
Looking at it now, how can this be described as a complete mess?
To contradict a great general and a founding prince like this in person! This is obviously a brain problem. He has no choice but to run towards death when there is no way to survive!
"oh?"
Sure enough, after hearing Li San's words, Xiao Han's brows immediately trembled slightly.
He was not completely ignorant of the situation in Luoyang at this time! When he was resting on the way here, he had heard other people say that the Ministry of Works had proposed ramming ships against the ice wall.
And the result is very clear just by looking at the big ship in front of you that is stuck in the ice floe and cannot move!
However, what he was angry about was not the incompetence of the Ministry of Industry and the confusion of Master Cui Ren!
It's their practice of digging embankments upstream to release floodwaters that is so disrespectful to human life!
Why, the people in Luoyang City are human beings, but the people in other places are not human beings? In order to save Luoyang City, we can let other places flood to the sky? How can there be such vicious and selfish people in this world?!
"What do you mean by this?! Are you digging embankments upstream to cause flooding, or are you failing to save people?"
Forced to suppress the anger in his heart, Xiao Han asked Li San, who was standing behind the crowd, word by word!
Li San saw the anger in Xiao Han's eyes, but his temper also surged. No matter how many people around him made faces at him in private, he still frowned and said: "Yes! That's saving people!"
Xiao Han smiled: "Oh? Hahaha, I need to ask for advice! How to save people by doing this! Save the people there!"
Li San also showed no sign of weakness, raised his hand and pointed at the river next to him, and said in an excited voice: "Return to the Marquis! We can save countless people downstream! The villain has already calculated with Cui Shi! If we don't dig embankments to release the flood,
With the current water level of the river! Even if the ice wall blocking it suddenly collapses, the low dams downstream will be completely washed away by the sudden influx of water. By then, the flood will be even more difficult to control!"
"oh?"
At this time, Xiao Han did not become furious because of Li San's disrespect as everyone expected!
Because he now understands that these people digging embankments are not simply trying to save the people in the city, but they are trying to choose the lesser of two evils!
Therefore, his anger was extinguished a lot. He just stared at Li San and asked: "What do you mean, there is still a way to control the water after man-made dikes are dug?"
"Can't control it!" Li San had already regarded Xiao Han as a confused superior who only knew how to give random orders and had no sympathy for others! Hearing this, he was not polite at all and said in a stiff tone: "We can only choose the most suitable place.
Dig the dam! As for what will happen to the flood then, we can only leave it to fate!"
"Leave it to fate?" Xiao Han smiled again, but there was no warmth in his smile. He glanced coldly at everyone present and asked sternly: "You mean to blame all the responsibilities on God?! What do you think?
I didn’t think of other ways! For example, break this ice wall!”
"We thought about it! That big ship is..." Li San was already a dead pig and was not afraid of boiling water. Hearing this, he gritted his teeth and retorted!
Xiao Han's eyes narrowed: "Since one ship has not been knocked away, then why didn't you think of finding a few more ships?! Didn't you think of finding a bigger ship? You didn't think of pouring oil to burn the ice wall! Didn't you think of coming from the valley?
Throw rocks from the top and break open the wall? Have you used all these methods? Why is this happening now!"
"I……"
Li San was speechless after being scolded and questioned by Xiao Han!
Yes, although the methods Xiao Han mentioned seem difficult, you should give it a try!
Even if they can only have a little effect, it would be better than now, when everyone is helpless against the ice wall and watching it swallow up the lives of countless people, right?
Everyone fell silent again. Looking at their wandering eyes, Xiao Han also knew that this was not the time to hold people accountable!
So he waved his hand fiercely and asked Li San again: "Okay! Let's not mention these for now! Let me ask you! If the ice wall is opened now! Will the consequences be more serious than digging a dike!"
"This..." Li San was stunned for a moment, and then he immediately reacted. After thinking for a moment, he replied to Xiao Han: "If the ice wall is opened now, the loss should be about the same as digging the embankment! But if the ice wall is not opened all at once,
If it collapses, but collapses bit by bit, the loss will be much less. In fact, if the speed of collapse can be controlled, only a little coastal land may be lost!"
"good!"
After receiving Li San's accurate answer, Xiao Han's eyes darkened, he turned around and whispered a few words to the dog standing solemnly behind him!
Then I saw Gouzi nodding heavily, pointing out Fatty and another person from the cavalry team, and the three of them ran towards the ice wall in front of them.
