The rain kept falling, and the atmosphere on the river bank became heavier.

In front of Li Ling and others was the river water that kept rising and rushing, rushing against the embankment. The embankment that should have been solid enough to block the river water outside, but with every impact of the river water, rustling of gravel and fine sand fell down, which made people feel heartbreaking.

After solving the dangers around him and taking all the Luotian traitors such as Fang Jinbo and others to the county government for supervision, Li Ling quickly rushed to the river embankment outside the city without even resting. While listening to Wan Shenji report on the battle and dam damage that occurred last night, he observed the specific situation.

The situation is not optimistic. There are as many as twelve innocent people. They are all young and strong people in Xiayao Village and are even more familiar with protecting the embankment, but they are all killed. Only two older village men were not present due to the incident. They are now directing villagers and county officials to gather sandbags and stones near the damaged river embankment to deal with possible dam collapses.

However, this is a drop in the bucket in Li Ling's eyes. If a dam collapse occurs, it will not be the disaster of this period, but will destroy the entire river embankment line in a short period of time, causing the flood to overflow the village roads and rush into the county town and other towns.

"How about it, can this dam still withstand it?" After a inspection, seeing the continuous spread of dense cracks like spider webs on the dam, Li Ling felt increasingly unsure, so he asked the man called Yao Chang before. Although he was a time traveler, he was not omnipotent after all, and he had too many unknown areas. For example, this water conservancy method, he was a pure layman. He knew only the saying that it was better to be loose than to control disasters and floods.

Yao Chang looked uneasy and stuttered, saying, "Sir, the water is getting bigger and bigger, I'm afraid the river embankment will not last long. Although we can strengthen the river embankment urgently, there is not enough materials, and there is not enough time. If the rain continues like this, the dam will collapse..."

"Is it too late to repair and reinforce?" Li Ling frowned even more and asked again.

Yao Chang shook his head: "Originally, the crack was only more than twenty meters away, but now it has spread more than five miles away. The Thousand Mile Dike collapsed from the ant hole, not to mention that such a large piece was damaged..."

What should I do?... Li Ling didn't say a question after all, because he knew that the other party would not be able to give him an answer, otherwise Yao Chang would have said it long ago, and if he showed so helplessness, it would only make people feel even more confused.

So soon, he shouted: "We must not just wait for death. We must have a way to withstand this wave of floods. The people who came here took this as the center of attention and transported all the mud, sand and stones that could be called in the county to me. While strengthening the dam, a flood control embankment was built in the rear. In any case, we must not make any mistakes in the rear!"

Several subordinates behind him quickly agreed loudly, or were influenced by Li Ling's momentum, their spirits were cheered up and they turned back toward the county town. Li Ling said, remembering another incident: "Yao Chang, hurry up and go to the village, take everyone away, and let them stay high..." This was to prepare for possible collapse of the embankment. Once the embankment really collapsed, the first thing that was to be affected was Xiayao Village below.

When Yao Chang was taking the order and hurried to the village, Li Ling turned his head and looked at the two assistant officials with a serious and panic look: "You, hurry back to the county government and sit in the city. There must be no more trouble in the city. Also, I will give you permission, so I copied the Fang family and gathered all their property to fight the disaster. If you have any responsibility, I will bear it all!"

The Fang family's charge has not been completely settled, and it may be a mistake to raid the house at this time, so Li Ling added so that the two of them could do things with peace of mind.

"Don't worry, sir, we have been here for several years, and we don't want to see Huating lose and the people are displaced." The chief clerk Tian hurriedly bowed his hand, but his expression was unprecedentedly solemn. At this moment, he was completely convinced by County Magistrate Li. In his awe, respect had completely suppressed fear. He just wanted to follow him to do a good job and let Huating survive this disaster.

Li Ling nodded and looked at the county magistrate Wen Xuan again, but found that he was hesitant, as if he was going to say something, but he didn't dare. He said, "What are your concerns? Tell me out. Now we must be open and honest to fight against the disaster."

"Secretary, the official thought that such arrangements may not be appropriate. With the power of the river, once the embankment collapses, even if a temporary earth and rock dam is built, it may not be able to block the flood..." Wen Xuan hesitated for a moment, expressed his thoughts, and quickly lowered his head, not daring to look at Li Ling.

"But other than that, is there any other way? Can we really do nothing and wait for the flood to break the dam and flood the whole county?" Li Ling replied angrily.

"The officials thought that if you want to protect the county town, you only have the only way to prevent the dam here from collapse. If the dam does not collapse, the only way is to let the flood have a place to vent. It is not here, but downstream!" Wen Xuan took a breath and expressed his true meaning. At the same time, he was nervous, not knowing whether Li Ling would agree after understanding his statement.

Master Tian immediately understood what he meant, and that he would sacrifice some downstream townships to protect this section of the embankment. This is actually a common way to control floods and share pressure, but in this way, it will inevitably turn a large area of ​​downstream into a country of water, and many people will be implicated. Will he accept it by Magistrate Li?

Many times in the face of such floods, many officials in charge refused to give up some people and places because of some concerns and luck. The end result was that more people died after the dam collapsed. However, the Confucianism's consistent benevolence has made too many officials unwilling to bear such responsibilities and infamousness.

Li Ling also fell into silence for a moment. After a moment, his expression became more and more serious when his two subordinates looked at him: "Mr. Wen, what you said is, this is the best way to protect our county. In this way, you are most familiar with the local geographical and water conditions. You can set a location. Then let me ask you to go to those places and persuade the local people to leave, then break the embankment and release the water to relieve the pressure on the upstream!"

He actually made a quick decision to agree to the proposal. This reaction made Wen Xuan a little dazed, and then he agreed loudly: "The two towns and three towns below the county are flat and low-lying, and they just accumulate floods..." He had thought about it in his mind, and at this time he did not hesitate to exit these five locations one by one, waiting for Li Ling to make the final decision.

Li Ling nodded quickly without hesitation and turned around: "Li Moyun, Wan Shenji, Chang Fan..." He pointed out the most powerful people around him one after another, "You will take people to these five towns, be sure to convince them to leave their homes, and then knock down the local dam on the spot, release water to reduce the pressure on the upstream."

The faces of the few people also became extremely solemn. They knew that they were under heavy burden, but they still held their fists and took the order. Without any delay, they left quickly.

Seeing them leaving, Li Ling remembered another point and shouted loudly: "Also, if they really refuse to leave, then force them with force. If there is something wrong, I will take it with my own responsibility!" The Chinese people were relocated to the ground, and even if the disaster was about to come, they would rather guard their homes. He did not want such a tragedy to happen. Talent is the first priority, and everything else can be recovered slowly.

"As for order..." With a few loud shouts from afar, the few people left with all their might.

Li Ling and the others were not idle here, and they mobilized many young and strong laborers in Xiayao Village and the county again, allowing them to use all means to strengthen the embankment.

As the water situation continued to increase, the damage on the embankment became larger and deeper, and water even penetrated in some places. When this situation came, Li Ling immediately brought people forward and placed sandbags behind the embankment to resist. Even he himself began to carry sandbags up.

This scene naturally had a great inspirational effect when it fell into the eyes of ordinary people. Even the county master did not care about decent action, so we should work harder.

So hundreds of young and strong men began to rush around the city, dams and dams, and bags of sand and soil were filled and quickly sent to each important place. Heavy stones were carried up and placed in designated locations.

Although the rain has not stopped, the dam has been in full swing and has become a huge construction site. Countless people are busy guarding the dam and their homes.

By dusk, more people left the county town, some carried the load, and some pushed the cart, all the elderly, weak, women and children in the city. After knowing that everyone was working hard to protect the river embankment under the leadership of the county magistrate, these people who could not do their best also wanted to do their best. If there is no other help, then give their own food to the young and strong people who are fighting on the river embankment.

When the hot meals were delivered to the river bank and delivered to everyone's hands, these men who were already exhausted and panting felt a warm feeling. Their strength seemed to be recovering immediately and their breathing became smooth.

"Sir..." County Magistrate Wen, who came back, personally delivered a few steamed buns to Li Ling. The latter didn't care about the traces of mud, water, sand and stone on his body, so he sat aside and quickly wiped out the steamed buns with cold water: "Is the city still stable?"

"Don't worry, the whole city is in one's mind now, no one takes the opportunity to make trouble, and no one spreads any bad statements. Moreover, the whole city now admires the adults..."

"That's good, but we still can't take it lightly. Although the thieves have been removed by me, there are still omissions. The people inspecting the city cannot be cut off." Li Ling reminded him that he could not go back now, and everything in the city would depend on two subordinates and second-rank officials.

"The official understands that I and Master Tian will definitely do my job. Also, sir, don't be too tired. You will be indispensable in our Huating."
Chapter completed!