After taking control of Zhang Penghie and Wang Hao, Lao Si personally ordered the boat to be released first.
To be honest, Yuzhu didn't want Lao Si to let the boat go.
The reason is actually very simple. The fourth child and Yuzhu came out together. If anything happened to the fourth child, with Kangxi's super protective personality, even if Yuzhu did not die, his future would be over.
However, looking at Lao Si's resolute face, Yuzhu swallowed his words of persuasion again.
The fourth child is so cruel and cruel that he dares to risk his life in order to save the embankment. How can Yuzhu not risk his life to accompany him?
As a result, in full view of everyone, the four large ships were unmoored and lowered down the river.
"Listen carefully, Di is here, Ben Beile is here, and so are you. If Di dies, we all die together, understand?" The fourth child made an oath in a domineering manner.
Hi, the technology is lagging behind, so I have to work hard.
The fourth child was a serious prince. When Lord Baylor was in charge, he took the lead and was not afraid of death. Naturally, the rest of the people were greatly inspired.
Therefore, Gan Guoji, the chief envoy of Henan who was appointed at the critical moment, commanded the officials of Henan and began to build embankments and make large-scale straw bags and cloth bags according to the method of Yuzhu.
Lao Si personally issued an order that all residents of Kaifeng Prefecture must go to the embankment to help guard the embankment.
Anyone who doesn’t come will have their homes searched and arrested!
Hey, Yuzhu wanted to laugh when he heard the word "house raiding". The fourth child in history had a special nickname, "Emperor of House Raiding"!
When it comes to flood control, Yuzhu is quite experienced.
At his suggestion, the sub-dike was placed at the top of the embankment, slightly set back two feet.
Based on Yuzhu's professional advice, Lao Si decisively ordered to dismantle the door panels and bed panels of all nearby houses and transport them to the embankment.
The bed board faced the direction of the flood and was tied tightly with thick hemp rope. At the bottom of the bed board, straw bags and sacks filled with soil were piled up.
Then, behind the bed board, a high embankment composed of straw bags and sacks was built.
The embankment is trapezoidal, wide at the bottom and narrow at the top. The top of the embankment is also piled with stones and straw bags filled with soil, ready to be thrown into the breach at any time.
After arranging the embankment, Yuzhu personally led the people and divided the officials and civilians on the embankment into nine groups.
Regardless of day or night, we patrolled hand in hand for suspicious situations near the embankment day and night.
Yuzhu particularly pointed out that ponds or lakes near the embankment are the top priority for inspection.
The principle of protecting pipes from danger is to prevent the inflow of water from carrying sand and leave a way out for water seepage.
This will not only prevent the sand layer from being destroyed, but also reduce the nearby water seepage pressure, so that the danger can be controlled and stabilized. It is worth being vigilant that once the large-circuit well is not built in time, or the high-circuit well collapses, it will cause a dike burst disaster.
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In areas where pipes are gushing, it is important not to throw sandbags and stones into the area. Instead, rescue efforts should be made by enclosing the well.
In the past, due to backward knowledge and technology, half of the collapse of the Yellow River embankment was caused by shoddy engineering and the throwing of rocks into the piping area.
After arranging the inspection personnel, Yuzhu temporarily acted as a teacher to prevent piping swells, explaining to local officials the key points of quelling piping swells.
"Everyone, the most important things are two points: first, the inspection must be carried out without stopping for a moment; second, once there is water gushing underground, we must immediately wrap stones with straw to build a well..."
In order to facilitate the understanding of these people, Yuzhu specially ordered people to make a well enclosure.
"The height of the surrounding well should be based on the principle of being able to control the inflow of water and sand, but it should not be too high, generally no more than five feet, to avoid new piping near the well. For piping groups, single or multiple piping groups can be selected according to the distance between the piping mouths.
Protect the surrounding well. The surrounding well should be in close contact with the ground to prevent water leakage and prevent the water level in the surrounding well from being raised. The surrounding well must be filled with permeable straw bags, and impermeable materials must not be used..." Yuzhu
When he was teaching everyone, the fourth child stood not far away, watching him silently.
According to Longkodo, Yuzhu's only two trips out of Beijing were to study at Jiuhua Academy in Jiangning and to preside over the Guangdong Provincial Examination.
The fourth child felt quite strange. How did Yuzhu know how to deal with Guan Yong?
I can’t understand it!
The fourth child has already understood Yuzhu's method of enclosing a well. To put it bluntly, it is to lower the water level that penetrates to avoid causing a huge hollowing force on the embankment.
When Yuzhu was instructing everyone on flood prevention, the fourth child was not idle. He directly ordered to mobilize nearby married women to cook for everyone.
The Changping Cang in Kaifeng Mansion has also been opened by the Fourth Order.
The fourth child is still very pragmatic. You can't ask the people to work hard on the embankment, and you have to ask them to bring their own dry food, right?
Under the supervision of Lao Si, various straw bags and cloth bags were brought to the embankment one after another.
With the help of straw bags, the sub-embankment on top of the embankment has been continuously raised and reinforced.
With the help of Zidi, even if a huge wave accidentally crosses the top of the dike, it will not be a serious problem.
Yuzhu was more proficient in dealing with piping surges, so he and Lao Si divided the work. He was responsible for patrolling under the embankment to prevent piping surges, while Lao Si was on the embankment keeping an eye on the main embankment and sub-dikes.
At night, Yuzhu lay fully clothed in a straw shack and fell asleep soundly like thunder.
Niu Tai felt particularly sorry for Yuzhu, but if the embankment collapsed, no one would be able to escape.
"Sir, it's time to get up." Niu Tai called seven or eight times before waking up the extremely tired Yuzhu.
Yuzhu stood up quickly, washed his face with cold water, and turned to ask Niu Tai: "Is the situation outside okay?"
Niu Tai said with a smile: "At dusk, there was a gap in the embankment, and Sibeile and his men blocked it."
Yuzhu nodded. The most feared thing about an earth embankment is internal piping, not flooding over the top of the embankment.
As long as a solid sub-dyke is built on the top of the embankment, it is almost impossible to have any serious problems.
The people around Yuzhu, all holding torches in their left hands and wooden sticks in their right hands, lined up in two long lines, forming a "T" shape with the embankment.
When looking for water-permeable pipe openings, you must not be impatient or careless. You must inspect them inch by inch.
According to the rules, whenever you find something suspicious, you should go to Yuzhu to check it out.
To be honest, when we first started guarding the embankment, the officials and ordinary people were very enthusiastic.
After half a month of delay, everyone started to slack off.
Yuzhu was an old bureaucrat and had rich experience in flood control. He went to Lao Si and discussed switching the manpower for dealing with pipe surges and strengthening sub-dikes.
After changing teams, everyone's vigilance became much higher.
Yuzhu repeatedly emphasized that the key to dealing with piping surges is well enclosure and water penetration.
At the most dangerous time, more than a dozen pipe surge points appeared in one night.
Fortunately, it was discovered in time, so it didn't cause a big disaster.
Damn it, if this hole is opened, the fourth child on the embankment may still be alive, but the jade pillar may be washed away by the flood.
Twenty days later, the flood gradually receded.
The common people threw away the flood prevention tools in their hands, knelt down in front of Lao Si, and burst into tears of gratitude.
"Thank you, Fourth Master, for saving me."
"Fourth Master, you are truly a living Bodhisattva."
"Without you, Fourth Master, our family would be in ruins!"
The fourth child enjoyed the feeling of being admired by everyone. He risked his life to kiss the embankment. Shouldn't he accept everyone's kneeling and congratulations?
Yuzhu would not be stupid enough to steal the glory of the fourth child at this time. He quietly hid in a straw shack and fell asleep with his head covered.
After getting enough sleep, Yuzhu took a nice bath and rubbed off the dirt all over his body.
Hey, the warm water in the barrel was so dark that it took three times to change the water before Yuzhu could wash himself clean!
After changing clothes, Yuzhu changed into casual clothes and sat across from the fourth child.
"Cousin, thanks to you this time, the Yellow River embankment has never breached for the first time in history. Brother Yu, I must give you a toast." Lao Si raised his glass high and expressed his sincere gratitude to Yuzhu.
Yuzhu and Lao Si clinked glasses and said with a smile: "It's mainly because you are in charge of the overall situation. I just helped to make up for the leaks."
Lao Si was extremely satisfied with Yuzhu's taking credit but not being arrogant about it.
With the temper of the fourth child, he actually dislikes arrogant people the most!
For example, for Longkodo, the fourth child kept pinching his nose and calling him uncle for the sake of the overall situation. In fact, the fourth child was extremely disgusted by Longkodo's arrogance and domineering attitude.
Yuzhu never acts arrogantly, and he never bullies the people. He is completely different from his biological father.
To be honest, Lao Si likes Yuzhu who is down-to-earth and low-key.
"Cousin, you have accomplished such a remarkable feat. I have handed over a note to Khan Amma, recommending you to be the right minister of the Ministry of Engineering." When the fourth child said this, Yuzhu immediately understood that the fourth child really wanted to support him.
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Yuzhu now has many part-time jobs. However, as a third-grade and fourth-grade official, it is obviously impossible to rise to the top and become the right minister of the Ministry of Industry.
Therefore, the fourth child deliberately brought up the idea of acting as an agent. He would act as an agent first, and then he would be recommended as the official right minister after he had achieved political achievements.
The six ministers of this dynasty were all from the second rank, and were promoted to the second rank only during Yongzheng.
The governors among the officials of the feudal frontiers happened to be of the second rank. Among them, the governors with the title of Minister of War were added to the second rank.
According to the practice of this dynasty, when there is a vacancy in the governor's vacancy, for example, the ministers of the Six Ministries, the cabinet bachelor, the chief scholar of the Hanlin Academy, the left deputy censor of the Imperial Academy, the Shuntian Prefecture Prefect, the Fengtian Prefecture Yin and the provincial chief envoys were promoted.
There are concurrent titles in the governor's regulations. Anyone who is awarded by the Minister of Military Affairs is designated as the Right Minister of the Ministry of War, and the title of the Right Deputy of the Imperial Palace is the title of Imperial Censor.
Those who are promoted from bachelor's degree, deputy capital censor, minister, chief envoy and other officials will be awarded the title of right deputy capital censor.
Those who are promoted from the imperial censor of Qiandu on the left or the fourth rank of Jingqing to the imperial envoy will be given the title of censor of Jindu on the right.
According to Lao Si's idea, after holding the jade pillar in the palm of his hand, he will definitely be recommended as a feudal official.
Originally, Lao Si planned to support Nian Gengyao.
However, Nian Gengyao was too flamboyant in his work. If Yuzhu could join the Fourth Master's Party, the Fourth Master must have given up on Nian and vigorously supported Yuzhu.
In history, Nian Gengyao became the governor of Sichuan when he was less than 30 years old. In addition to Kangxi's high regard, he also had an inseparable relationship with Lao Si, who always helped him by saying good things and recommending him highly.
Now that the fourth child has kicked the ball, let's see how Yuzhu expresses his stance?