Looking down from the sky, the busy people on the embankment are like floating ants. They are so humble and so futile.
But if these ants are connected into a piece, these humble people are organized into a giant dragon that is winding on the earth.
As the old saying goes, Chinese people are descendants of the dragon!
The dykes and high earth walls outside Kaifeng City were continuously reinforced and tamped to block the way of floods. But at the same time, smart Chinese people blocked and cleared the floods to guide the huge waves of floods to flow elsewhere.
In the cold wind, the strong Central Plains man was shirtless, exposing his bronze chest.
With pursed lips and resolute eyes, a group of more than ten people raised their eyes high, and then dropped them suddenly.
"Pull up our pile, hey, hey, hey, slowly push it forward..."
What they shout is just like the Yellow River chant that has been passed down for hundreds of thousands of years. It is majestic, powerful, simple and unyielding. Generations of Henan athletes are shouting such chants to build and defend their homes on the banks of the Yellow River.
In the floods blocked by the dams, small boats would come up from time to time. The government servants and officials with disheveled hair and wet bodies would curse and throw the weeping people on the boats onto the dam, and then row away with curses.
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Those who were thrown up were the victims trapped in the countryside outside the city.
In the face of natural disasters, the worst sufferers are actually not the city dwellers, but them. They face the loess and turn their backs to the sky. They have been working on the land for several lifetimes. They live frugally and still live in poverty. It is they who were destroyed by a heavy rain.
of all.
Their houses, their land, their livestock, the property they have saved from the teeth of their lives over several lifetimes.
A woman hugged her son tightly and kept kowtowing to the officials who were recording them, wailing and crying.
"My lord, my lord! My boss is still in the water, please go and save me, go and save me!"
A man, holding half a bag of grain like a baby, looked at the flood, grinning and crying.
"My house, my wheat, my land!"
While he was howling, a figure who looked like a yamen secretary came over and kicked him.
"Why are you howling?" The clerk's eyes were red and he roared, "If you howl to the sky, your home will be destroyed!" Then he kicked me again, "Can you go to the embankment to work?"
The man wiped his tears and said, "Yes!"
"Then work, build embankments, and get two meals a day. If you do a good job, my aunt, the Chief Secretary will give you a reward!"
The man stood up in a hurry, spit into the palm of his hand, and said, "Hit!"
Scenes like this are happening everywhere, and the giant dragon formed by common people on the ground becomes even more spectacular.
Stretching the camera further forward, the dragon's head is the most dangerous place. The flood here is more rapid, fierce and bigger.
Countless men were hammered here like nails, working hard to build the embankment.
On this embankment are the Kaifeng garrison organized by the Chief Secretary and the King of Zhou.
These big-headed soldiers may not have any sentiments about family, country or world, nor may they like to work as coolies. But they cannot retreat or retreat.
Before Zhu Yunxi came to Henan, as the crown prince of the East Palace, he issued imperial edicts to the world.
"When natural disasters occur, Henan is in chaos. People, both military and civilian, have the responsibility to fight disasters and defend the land. We order the Zhou vassal headquarters, Hekaifeng garrison, officers and soldiers to all participate in building embankments and providing disaster relief."
"Everyone has a duty to prosper the world. If he hesitates and fails to make the first move, or if he steals the merits and fails to contribute, he will be executed immediately. According to the military laws of the Ming Dynasty, he will be executed!"
"Brothers, follow me to death! If the flood breaks through the dam, we will be finished in Kaifeng. Once Kaifeng is finished, we men will be finished too!"
A third-grade general, the tiger and leopard patch on his chest was covered with mud and water. The originally ferocious tiger and leopard now looked like a poodle.
But he was still roaring desperately to boost the morale of his soldiers, just like fighting.
"We've defended it and built it. The higher ups can't do anything to us. What kind of mother-in-law... you can eat all the good wine and meat you want!"
"Sir!" a soldier shouted in the flood, "I don't want meat and wine, I don't have a wife!"
"My aunt, please do your best. I'll let you touch a few of my concubines later!"
"Hahaha!" In the flood, the men who stood firm with gritted teeth laughed loudly.
The general was akimbo, laughing wildly with his brothers in the flood, when suddenly his buttocks hurt, and a dog ate shit and threw himself into the water.
"When I see you...under the mark, I will see the King of Zhou live a thousand years old!"
Zhou Wang Zhu Ju said with a cold face, "When are you still talking about dirty things? On what occasion are you so unscrupulous?"
How about saying a few dirty words?
Didn't he steal your concubine?
The general was cursing in his heart when suddenly his eyes froze and he opened his eyes like a fool.
In his sight, Zhu Yunxi was struggling to carry a load and threw the sandbags inside heavily into the water. The brown flood water soaked the corners of his dragon robe.
"Oh my god, what am I looking at?" the general said to himself.
Zhu Yunxi shook off his sweat, rubbed his shoulders, and said to Li Jinglong, "Old Li, even if he is surrounded by tens of thousands of guards, he is like a garrison, never leaving the river embankment." After saying that, he opened his mouth solemnly and said, "Tell them, what are you doing?"
Well done, let’s just show off our military exploits in the field!”
Li Jinglong breathed heavily and said with a smile, "Your Highness, don't worry, our sons and gentlemen will fight bravely to be the first." Then he said, "Your Highness, these men will do the rough work, please rest. The people of the country are dependent on you, I know.
You love the people, but going too far is not enough. If you hurt your body, you will hurt the foundation of Ming Dynasty!"
Zhou Wang Zhu Ji also quickly said, "Yes, Your Highness, just do these things for a show!"
Hearing this, Zhu Yunxi was immediately unhappy.
But Li Jinglong had already spoken first, "Your Majesty, I think your words are wrong. Your Highness is far more benevolent than the ancients, and is not as good as all the wise kings in the past. How can you show it?"
"How dare you fucking talk to me like that? You forgot how my fourth brother and I beat you when we were kids!"
King Zhou cursed secretly in his heart and said quickly, "Your Highness, that's not what I meant. I am thinking about your safety!"
At this time, the general kneeling in the water suddenly pulled his neck and shouted.
"My lord, Zhang Daniao, the commander-in-chief of the Kaifeng Guards... No, Zhang Dabiao, I'd like to see the emperor's grandson Qiansui, Qianqiansui!"
Hula, the sound of neat obeisances on the embankment covered up the waves of the flood.
"Everyone, get up, don't kneel!" Zhu Yunxi shouted, "Stand up and block the flood!"
As soon as they knelt down, two waves rolled up. The soldiers were so frightened that they quickly joined hands to form a human wall in the flood.
The latter's Adam's apple moved, "Everything is fine!" Then, his rough face turned a little sad, "It's just that there are a few people under my command who were unlucky, and they were swept away by the flood, and they don't know whether they will live or die!"
Not knowing whether to live or die is tantamount to already.........
"Send the names, and the Ming Dynasty will take good care of their wives and children!" As he said that, Zhu Yunxi looked at the men standing in the flood, and looked at the flesh and blood shield in the wave.
"You are good men who opened up territory for the Ming Dynasty. It's unfair to ask you to work on the embankment today!"
Zhu Yunxi continued loudly, "But the damage caused by floods is ten times greater than that of the enemy. If there is an enemy, it will only damage a city or a place, but natural disasters will destroy half of our people in the Ming Dynasty."
"You are soldiers, but you come from a common people's family. Your parents, wives, and children are all here. During the war, the three armies of my Ming Dynasty king's division fought bravely, and when fighting disasters, I, the Chinese man, strived to take the lead in every aspect!"
"Your meritorious service will be remembered in Kaifeng, Henan, and the people of China."
"Heaven will remember it, the earth will remember it, and the world will remember it!"
"When the flood subsides, I will personally erect a monument for you on the dam here!"
"Heroes and martyrs spread on the battlefield, and descendants protect their hometown."
"A strong man is willing to die just for the sake of the sun and the moon!"
The emperor's grandson stood on the embankment and spoke loudly.
These rough guys didn't understand what it meant, but they just felt that His Highness Chitose's words made their blood boil. Now let them plunge into the flood and drown without batting an eye.
Zhang Dabiao took the lead, and the men on the embankment shouted loudly, "Your Highness, a thousand years old, a thousand years old!"
Amidst the roaring shouts, the kings Zhou Ji and the chief minister Hou Yong looked at each other with great surprise.
Zhu Yunxi first raised his hands, then bowed, and shouted out the words he once said when he went on a military expedition for Lan Yu.
"The soldiers and men who sacrificed their lives for the sake of the country and the country may live a thousand years!"
The wind is blowing loudly.
Wave, beat beat.
People, but silent.
Zhu Yunxi said loudly again, "Thank you for your hard work!"
Zhou Wang Zhu Ji looked at Zhu Yunxi with new emotions in his heart.
"Fourth brother, believe it or not. If you encounter these Henan soldiers on the battlefield, these people will not surrender to you even if they are all dead!"