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Chapter 425 The power of example

The waves hit the banks and the water soaked the river embankment. If the sandbag walls that were temporarily built up made the river embankment "high", the river water would have crossed the river embankment, turning the Jeju boundary behind the embankment into a country of marina. Countless people guarding the embankment day and night looked at the river water outside the embankment, and each of them looked solemn.

The sandbag wall built on the river embankment is also called "sub-dike". In fact, it cannot block all the water, but with this sandbag wall, it can prevent waves. Especially when the flood level approaches the top of the river embankment, the waves will constantly slap the river embankment, and a large amount of river water will overflow the river embankment, which is called "deposit/dam".

River embankments built by soil and rocks are most afraid of flooding the embankment/dam, so when the water level is too high, sandbag walls must be built on the top of the embankment. Jeju officials and civilians have completed this task and are desperately blocking the pipe surge. Whether they can withstand the flood peaks in the future depends on luck.

During the flood season of the Yellow River, the flood peak started from Mengjin, Luozhou and went downstream. The prefectures and counties along the way struggled to fight floods, and finally they all "gifts" the flood peak, especially the Baimajin River section of East County, Bianzhou, is particularly thrilling.

When the flood peak passed, the dam broke down in the Baimajin River section. Fortunately, the officials and civilians guarding the dike worked hard to rescue the situation and sank a barge at the breach to curb the water situation. Then they tried hard to fill stones, and sandbags blocked the flood, and finally guarded the river bank.

Now, it is the turn of the Jeju River section in the lower reaches to resist the flood peak, and the flood peak has not been released even further along the way, and its momentum is only greater. The danger faced by the Jeju River section is larger than the Baimajin River section in the upper reaches.

There is great risk, but there is hope. The upstream coastal areas have successively withstood the flood peaks, which greatly encourages the officials and civilians of Jeju who have been holding onto the river bank for more than a month. They also want to defend their homes, guard the fields and forests that are about to harvest, and protect their valuable or not valuable belongings.

As long as you survive this flood peak, you will most likely survive the flood season. In the near future, you will see a scene of a bumper harvest. In order to see this scene, countless people would rather stay on the river bank day and night.

For that glimmer of hope.

Jeju Governor Yu Weng and his governor were also stationed on the river bank with hope. As time passed by, he felt a little anxious: Why didn’t he break his mouth?

He thought so in his heart, but he patrolled the river bank with a smile, cheering the officials and the young and strong, who were covered in tiredness and mud.

On the battlefield, if the commander leads the way, he can greatly boost morale. Similarly, on the battlefield of flood control, his parents and everyone are stationed at the river embankment, not afraid of hardships and put life and death aside, which can also greatly inspire people.

When the people on the dike saw the Yuwen envoy walking in the mud with their trousers rolled up and patrolling along the river bank, they were all excited. After listening to the encouragement from Yuwen envoy, they were full of confidence and vowed to guard the river bank and their homes.

It was noon, and the chefs carried baskets of hot pancakes, buckets of hot soup with salt, and distributed their food one by one. In order to show their favor, Yu Wen and others squatted on the dike and ate and drank.

It is said that this is not the time to eat, because two meals a day (morning food, evening food) is the norm for people to live in life. There is never a saying of "lunch food". However, in order to replenish people who are tired of guarding the dike all day, three meals a day are now implemented on the dike.

While eating, Yu Wenhe looked around, thick sandbag walls were built on the river bank. Several sections outside the river bank were moored with steamships and barges ready to block the mouth at any time. The muddy inside the river bank was filled with many pipes that had been processed.

It seemed that everything was normal, but Yu Wenji became anxious again: Why didn’t he break up?

The governor is a governor and shoulders the heavy responsibility of flood prevention and control. If the flood control area under its jurisdiction is unfavorable, the dam breaks and causes major casualties, the governor will be unlucky. Therefore, although Yu Wenhe is sick, he still sticks to the front line of flood control and rescue.

The wind is strong, wet and muddy on the river bank. It is a pain to stay at the river bank, but he is not as good as eating, but he has to rest well. He is not afraid of staying up late at this age, but Yu Wenhua and his physical condition cannot be compared with his peers.

His life was almost gone. He thought he had seen through the world and had no memory of the world. However, as the fire of life gradually weakened, Yu Wenji's mentality gradually changed.

His wife is young, his son is still young, and his younger brother is not good. What should he do if he leaves?

Will the wife remarry? What should I do if I remarry my son? The old man can't live for another twenty years and grow up with his grandson. The uncle is also an embroidered pillow that is not useful, and I am afraid he can't protect his nephew much...

What should my son do in the future?

Why am I so unlucky? One or two of you are doing well?

Why do you poor people live better than me if you are reunited with your wife and children?

As he missed, Yu Wenyu began to be angry. He couldn't stand the common people's appearance of looking forward to a better life in the future, and he couldn't stand the happiness of other people's families.

Best, a flood will destroy your family!

When Yu Wenji thought of the flood in Jeju, causing countless wives to be separated, he felt happy, as if his health had improved a lot.

But this kind of thought can only be hidden in the heart and must not be expressed, because he felt that the emperor's eyes and ears were afraid that the emperor's eyes and ears were lurking beside him.

Therefore, Yu Wenhe performed his duties well and personally supervised flood control and rescue on the river bank.

Then he watched with his own eyes the people full of confidence witness the river bankrupt, and they knelt on the ground in despair and burst into tears. This kind of scene just made him feel excited, so...

Why don't you break up yet?

Yu Wenji looked at several blocked wells not far from the dike and sniffed.

If water sprays out again, it would be wonderful.

If something happens to the river embankment, if the rescue is not effective, the local officials will be unlucky. However, the upstream area should have discharged the flood, which caused the downstream to be able to survive but could not. Yu Wen and his knowledge that the embankment here is really going to break, and the emperor's knife cannot cut his neck.

Therefore, as long as you do your best, you can leave it to fate. If you really want to collapse, who will blame you?

I blame the person who did not order the flood discharge in time, but I can't blame him on my official.

Yu Wenji thought so, and there was still the last piece of the cooked cake in his hand. Just as he was about to eat it, a loud bang suddenly came, which scared him so much that he shivered, and the small cooked cake in his hand fell to the ground.

A few water columns were suddenly sprayed near the eye of the Yongquan area under the dike, and the water bloomed at that moment, and the scene was very "spectacular". Yu Wenji saw this "fountain" spraying a lot of mud and sand outward, and his mind was blank.

Why...what happened?

The harsh gong sounded, accompanied by the shouts of the officials: "Guanhong!Guanhong!!"

Many people on the river bank quickly reacted, holding various tools, running towards the pipe rush with sandbags. Yu Wengji stood up and was about to raise his arms and shout, but felt his feet trembling, and then a loud noise came.

A few columns of water suddenly erupted from the river embankment not far away, and then cracked. When Yu Wenhui saw this scene, the idea of ​​"breaking the embankment" had not yet emerged in his mind. The crack of the river embankment became larger and the river water surged in.

"It's a broken mouth! It's a broken mouth!!"

After the panicked shouts, there was a harsh whistling sound. The officials shaking their manual sirens and organizing personnel to block the mouth nearby. Countless young and strong shouts rushed towards the gap, which was one of them.

Standing by the gap, he raised his arms and shouted: "Hurry up, block the mouth immediately!"

When the young and strong saw the envoy standing on the front line, they were afraid and tried hard to throw the stones and sandbags into the crack. Now the crack is not big, as long as they are fast, it should be fine to block them.

Not to mention, there are steamships on standby not far away, and with the means of sinking the mouth of the ship, the embankment should be able to be kept.

The power of role models is huge, and Yu Culture and on-site command greatly inspires people's hearts, so his "sentiary" also spoke at the right time: "Issue! This is dangerous, please retreat!"

This is a matter of course. The parents command the rescue on the river bank, so there is no need to stand at the edge. If something happens, the assistants will be in trouble.

Yu Wenji, who had the steps, naturally retreated. At this moment, the river bank under his feet suddenly collapsed, causing Yu Wenji and several officials and followers to slide down and fall into the broken corner.

Fortunately, the break was not big or deep, and there were wooden fences thrown by the young and strong people (tied with sandbags, stones, etc.), so they did not wash away the surging river water, but grabbed the obstacles and climbed up in a mess.

"Save people quickly! Save people quickly!"

Amid the shouts, many people jumped out of the breach regardless of the danger, desperately tugging Yu Wenhua and moving upwards. If the governor was washed away by the water in front of him and others stood by, you can imagine how the court would settle the score.

There were many young and strong men carrying sandbags and pushing the cart. They didn't see what happened before, but they saw officials in official uniforms busy at the break, and their blood was pouring in an instant, and their minds were about to explode.

Previously, when the government mobilized flood prevention and flood control, in order to boost morale, young and strong people were organized to watch the "Xiyang Opera". The play was a flood control and rescue scene, which was about to break through during a flood control and rescue in Huangzhou. The officials at the scene were desperate and jumped down the first time, and pulled up a wall with their entourage, striving to rescue the dam to ensure the safety of the dam.

Now, when the simple young and strong men saw the officials jumping down to block the gap, they felt their blood boiling, and one or two screamed, carrying all kinds of supplies to jump into the gap.
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