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Chapter 175: Glacier turns into ice water

I haven't seen the sun for such a long time in the blizzard. Now I can finally see it, and everyone cheered and encouraged for a while.

Only Gu Ye Zhou did not. He looked at the clear sky with a serious expression and was ecstatic.

Ning Sanmei ran a few laps on the snow field, ran back to Gu Yezhou, held his hand, and said happily: "Mr., look at how blue it is this day! The sun is coming out, and the snow should be spent. At that time, you can plant crops and you won't be hungry. It's great!"

Gu Yezhou did not laugh and said slowly: "Is it a good thing to have the sun coming out? It's hard to say."

Ning Sanmei's beautiful phoenix eyes were full of surprise and looked at him: "Why?"

"After the snow fell for the past few months, the snow on the ground was already several meters thick, and the deep place was probably more than ten meters. The earth seemed to be covered with thick snow quilts. If it melted, can the rivers still bear it? And what will happen if the rivers can't hold so much snow water?"

Ning Sanmei was stunned, and her flawless pretty face showed a hint of fear.

Zeng Feixia was also calling to look at the scorching sun in the sky. Seeing Gu Yezhou and the others talking, she also ran over and happened to see the frightened look on Ning Sanmei's face and asked what was wrong.

Ning Sanmei whispered: "My husband said that if all the snow is spent, it will probably cause a big flood..."

Zeng Feixia smiled and said, "Don't listen to his nonsense. The snow has always melted slowly. How could it be spent all of a sudden? As long as it is slowly transformed, the rivers can accommodate it, and there will be no major flood."

The prophecy that Gu Yezhou heard when he traveled through the world would lead to the final destruction of natural disasters and man-made disasters. Before this, these disasters were verified one by one. How could the flood not come with it?

We must prepare for the future!

In the next few days, the sky was clear and the sun was scorching. Although it was not too warm, the snow had begun to melt slowly. A trickle appeared on the roadside.

Gu Yezhou was even more anxious and ordered to rush on the road overnight. Zeng Eunuch Head didn't know what happened, but since the owner had such a request, the escort agency generally would not object.

After rushing all night, they finally arrived at Fuzhou by the Yangtze River.

Fuzhou is a large port on the Yangtze River. In the snow and ice for several months, the entire Yangtze River has turned into a glacier, and the shipping industry has stopped.

Near the riverside, the shipbuilding industry is relatively developed, so Gu Yezhou easily found the largest shipbuilding workshop in the city, and asked the workshop to build a large sled boat, that is, the boat carriage with sleds under it. The hull must be large enough to resist certain wind and waves. The deadline is ten days, and the cost is very attractive.

The workshop has been shut down since the rivers and rivers have frozen, and there has been no business. Now it has finally started a big business and is very excited. He doesn't ask Gu Yezhou what he is doing in building a ship at this time. He immediately invited all the shipbuilders in Fuzhou to help and start work day and night.

Zeng Biaotou learned that Gu Yezhou was going to build such a huge sled boat, and he was very surprised and asked Gu Yezhou: "What are you doing to build such a big boat?"

"in case."

"What if?"

“Flood protection.”

"Flood? Where does the flood come from?"

"If so many thick snow in the country melted, it would be strange if there were no shocking floods."

Zeng PaoTou smiled: "Sir, I'm worried too much. The sun is not hot. The snow is slowly melting and will not melt suddenly and cause a big flood."

"Everything is possible." Gu Yezhou said in a deep voice. "If it were the New Year, who would have thought that this heavy snow would have fallen for several months at once? Such a thick snow would have accumulated? Who would have thought that the sudden drop in temperature suddenly and that so many people would have frozen to death? Who would have thought that the blizzard would have been so big that it could even be swept away on the roof? Since these can happen, why wouldn't the flood happen?"

Zeng Pao Head was stunned for a moment and said, "But you can't put it on the official road if you build such a big sled boat."

"I didn't plan to use it for the official road."

"Where is it used?"

The ancient Yezhou pointed to the vast Yangtze River Glacier and said, "This is above!"

Zeng Paoto understood that Gu Yezhou was going to take a sled boat on the glacier. He stumbled his tongue: "Can you walk on the glacier with such a big boat?"

"It should be no problem," said Gu Yezhou. "I discussed with the master of the shipbuilding workshop. I told them that my request was to allow the ship to be dragged by horses on the Yangtze River glacier. So while ensuring the hull was strong, he reduced the weight of the hull as much as possible. At the same time, a certain number of ice skates underneath were all made of high-quality steel. It can effectively reduce friction. In addition, the ice on the glacier is harder than stones, and we are going down the road, which is more convenient to drive. We have enough horses, so there should be no problem."

All the money used for shipbuilding was paid out of his own pocket. Fortunately, when he sold the food to Zixi, Zixi gave it twice the price, so it was more than enough to build this big boat sled.

It took ten days to build this big boat sled, which was already very fast, because it almost used the power of the city's shipbuilding workshops to work overtime day and night. Finally, it was completed ten days later.

During these ten days, the sky was still cloudless, the temperature rose further, the snow melted further, and there were streams formed by snow water flowing in the low-lying areas.

Calculate the day, it's already April.

It was still snowy and the spring plowing season had already passed. It seemed that the harvest of this year was about to fail again. The farmers who were counting on God to have a meal were all dejected, thinking about how to survive this famine disaster.

The sled boat was built. Gu Yezhou asked the escorts to load all their materials onto the big boat, concentrate all the horses in front, and divide them into several rounds of front and back to drag. Behind each round, there was a handlebar-style sitting on a small sled waving a long whip to drive the horse forward.

It was a little laborious when starting, but after the sled boat started, it seemed very relaxed. In places with a large drop, the sled boat could slide down by itself, and the horse did not need to take much effort. In this way, their speed of travel was greatly accelerated.

However, after just a few days of leaving, the terrible disaster finally came without hesitation.

That night, Gu Yezhou and his team were camping on the Yangtze River Glacier, so that the horses could rest. Because they lived in the cabin where the cold wind could not enter, they were much more comfortable than before in the carriage. The escorts and constables were sleeping soundly, but Gu Yezhou could not sleep and was always worried about when and what kind of disaster would be in the future.

He slept lightly, so when the originally dim windows became colorful, he woke up.

When he saw the changes in the color on the window, he sat up suddenly, rushed to the door, pulled the latch, and opened the door, and saw it open, he was stunned.

The colorful light belt that predicted the arrival of disaster appeared in the night sky again, and it was like a series of dragons with crystal colors, flying in the sky!

Behind him, a trembling little hand reached out and held his arm. Ning Sanmei's trembling voice came from his ears: "Is there going to be a natural disaster again?"

"It should be!" Gu Yezhou took Ning Sanmei into her arms and kissed her gently on the forehead, "Don't worry, we are ready and will be fine."

Ning Sanmei snuggled up to him tightly. After experiencing so many disasters, she was still scared of fear of disaster. Even though she was with her husband, she felt very at ease, but she still couldn't help but tremble.

Soon, the screams of the bodyguard who served as the guard awakened everyone else, and they all came out and stared at the night sky stupidly, with fear on their faces.

Zeng Yizhuo walked to Gu Yezhou and encountered trouble. First of all, he had to discuss with his boss. This is the rule of the escort agency. Now Gu Yezhou's identity is no longer an escort in the escort agency, but a procurement by the county government. They are the relationship between the boss and the escort.

Zeng Pao Head whispered: "Looking at this point, I'm afraid that there will be a new disaster starting tomorrow. Could it be the extreme cold, blizzard, or hail that last time?"

What he was most worried about was these, because their arrival happened suddenly and destroyed everything in an instant.

Gu Yezhou didn't know what kind of disaster would be, and said in a deep voice: "We are careful, now we will send more people to serve as a warning to prevent disasters from happening. The rest of the people hid in the cabin for no reason and kept the fire strong."

"Okay!" Zeng's head immediately followed suit and sent two more escorts, one on the front and back bows and the other on the side of the ship.

There was no movement that night, and the terrifying and strange colorful light disappeared at dawn.

After dawn, Zeng Dai ordered to continue his departure.

The sun came out, and they were frightened to find that this time the sun rose east, but it was as hot as the cool summer! The cotton coat could not be worn at all, and they still felt that it was so hot that they could not stop taking off only the single coat.

Gu Yezhou's heart sank to the bottom. In such hot weather, the thick snow on the ground would soon turn into a fatal flood!

When building ships in Fuzhou, because the escorts and the others could not drive the boat, Gu Yezhou paid a lot of money to hire more than a dozen boatmen to help with the boat. These days, the boatmen were sledding on the glacier, so naturally these boatmen did not play any role. The escorts secretly ridiculed Gu Yezhou, the scholar, for spending money indiscriminately and hired a group of useless people. But now, the role of these people was immediately highlighted.

Gu Yezhou called the boatman and asked where the water in this area was relatively stable and could survive the danger of ice melting.
Chapter completed!
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