The rainstorm continued for a moment. Even the elderly people had never seen such heavy rain. It was like the sky river was poked open, and the water was poured down.

The ditches on the roadside were full, and the water flowed everywhere. The low-lying houses were first hit. Every household was carrying basins and desperately scooping out water. However, the speed of people was never as fast as the rain. Gradually, there was serious water accumulation in the low-lying areas in the north of the city.

An** has experienced strong storms, but he is not prepared for the flood. Li Jibo, Xia Shouli, Li Xu, Sun Cheng and others gathered in the government office, but everyone had no good ideas.

"As the saying goes, water and fire are ruthless, but Xuzhou is relied on the Yellow River again. I remember that during the Longqing and Wanli periods, the Yellow River broke, which flooded the entire Xuzhou!" Li Jibo sighed and said.

When he heard this, Sun Cheng was so scared that he took a breath: "Mr. Li, do you mean that there is a gunpowder depot around us that can explode at any time?"

"It's still early." Li Jibo said angrily: "Although the rain is heavy, it won't break the Yellow River in one day. If it rains so continuously, I will be in no way sure!"

Gu Zhenhua also sighed, "It's not just Xuzhou that is troubled, but also an alarm came from Guide. Xu Fang has reported that it started to rain three days ago. The water level of the Yellow River soared. He has taken the civilians to the river to guard the river."

"Then, what should I do?" Li Xu couldn't help but say, "Mr., let's arrange for people to go up the river, I don't know anything else. But the Yellow River is a huge trouble and it floods every time."

Li Jibo smiled bitterly: "Although I was born in Jiangnan, I have been in Liaodong for many years. I have not paid any attention to how to control the water."

The old fox had no idea and the others were caught blindly. Sun Cheng, Li Xu and others were even landslides, and they didn't know what to do.

At this time, Xia Shouli suddenly smiled and said, "Mr., I am a new person. Maybe this person can have a way?"

"Speak quickly, who is it?"

"This person is called Pan Yueshan, and he is Pan Jixun's grandson."

"Pan Jixun? Are you talking about the river master?"

"That's right. It was Pan Jixun who proposed to use rivers to control rivers and attack sands with water. His family background is the origin, and Pan Yueshan is also proficient in water control. However, the court has been fighting in recent years and has no energy to manage people. Where can we get the ability to control water? There are frequent dangers in rivers everywhere, and the people are suffering. When Mr. Pan mentioned it, he dared to be disappointed!"

Speaking of Pan Jixun, he is very famous in the history of water conservancy in China and even the world. The method of binding water and sand flushing he founded changed the wrong method of blind diversion in the past. Even in later generations, it was widely used and managed the Yellow River. Pan Jixun treated the Yellow River four times. It took more than ten years to effectively reduce disasters and betray the people.

It is very interesting that in the Qing Dynasty, Westerners embarked on this ancient empire. Their water conservancy experts enthusiastically inspected the Yellow River and proposed to the Qing government a plan to use double dams, silt and high embankments to control floods. They proudly wrote a paper and published it in the world.

But shortly after the paper was published, they found that their set of things were just a pick-up. As early as three hundred years ago, the Chinese had already found this method, and this person was Pan Jixun!

When he thought of the descendants of the Pan family, Gu Zhenhua became interested and hurriedly said, "Since this person has this ability, I will go and invite him in person."

"Dude, don't go, let me go."

"No, this flood is ruthless. If our family is soaked in the flood, everything will be over. Besides, I also want to see Pan Yueshan's ability with my own eyes. If he is a fool, he cannot give all his value and life to him."

As Gu Zhenhua said that, he asked Xia Shouli to lead the way. He grabbed an oil-paper umbrella and followed closely. Li Xu and others were no exception. Everyone quickly stepped out of the official office.

As soon as we walked out, we found that the rain was still there, and the water on the ground was deeper. Some places were missing their feet, and even some places were not over their knees. Every household was trying hard to scoop water. It seemed that the situation was already quite serious. We couldn't ride a horse and ride a car, so we could only let Xia Shouli lead the way. Everyone leaned on their legs toward the south city.

After arriving in Nancheng, the terrain increased and the water accumulated was less. Xia Shouli led everyone to the front of a small courtyard and knocked on the gate. After a while, a half-old child ran out of it. Xia Shouli knew him, who was Pan Yueshan's grandson.

"Where have your grandfather and your father? I have something to do to find him."

"Mr. Xia, grandpa and the others have all left the city and went to see Kuishanba."

When Xia Shouli heard this, he glanced at Gu Zhenhua.

"Let's go, we'll go to the dam too."

They left the Pan family and walked all the way. Finally, they arrived at the bottom of Kuishanba. At this time, a few people hurried over from not far away. The straw raincoats were blown away by the wind and the rain hit them. After running a few steps, the person in front slid to the ground, covered in mud and water, and the people behind had to support them.

"Don't worry about me, go and tell the government, Kuishandi will not be able to do it!"

They were running and colliding with Gu Zhenhua and the others. Xia Shouli recognized these people at a glance. The old one was Pan Yueshan, and the other two young ones were his two sons.

"Mr. Pan (Xia), why are you here?" Both of them were shocked.

Xia Shouli smiled and said, "Mr. Pan, it's raining heavily. I told the Duke of the State, you are an expert in water control. The Duke of the State is here to invite you in person!"

As he said that, Xia Shouli pointed with his hand. Pan Yueshan noticed that there were many people following Xia Shouli, like stars holding the moon, and a tall young man stood in the middle.

I guess this is Duke Ji!

Pan Yueshan hurriedly bowed and said, "Dude, please save hundreds of thousands of people in Xuzhou!"

Gu Zhenhua hurriedly supported Pan Yueshan and couldn't help asking: "Mr. Pan, don't talk about these false rituals. Is the river bank really so dangerous?"

"That's true. I just came down from Kuishan Dike. The river water is less than five feet away from the dam. Even if the rain stops now, the water in the upstream has risen sharply, and there is a danger of breaking through the dam, not to mention that the rain is so heavy. The situation is too dangerous."

Gu Zhenhua grabbed Pan Yueshan and walked towards the pavilion beside him with great strides.

"Mr. Pan, you just want to say anything about your strategy. Regardless of manpower and material resources, I will do my best to help you. In short, the people of Xuzhou cannot be in danger!"

"Thank you, the people are blessed with you."

To be honest, although Pan Yueshan heard that An** had a good reputation, he did not expect that they could really help the disaster. After all, the danger was too great. But Gu Zhenhua came to the door in person, which also made Pan Yueshan feel hope.

Everyone was done in the pavilion, and Pan Yueshan wiped the rain on his face, and then said, "Mr. Xuzhou is low-lying. There is water from the Yellow River in the north. The whole city is out of the bottom of the basin, especially the northern city is even more critical. Looking at the recent decades, during the Longqing, Wanli and Tianqi periods, there were three tragedies in which the Yellow River broke and flooded Xuzhou. Especially in the fourth year of Tianqi, the Kuishan Dike broke. The whole city was flooded and finally had to rebuild the city. The heavy disaster was unimaginable."

Gu Zhenhua frowned and asked hurriedly: "Mr. Pan, do you have any plans?"

"Dude, the most important thing at the moment is to guard the Kuishan Dike and mobilize the people of the whole city to evacuate the low-lying areas as soon as possible. In addition, sandbags, food, tents, firewood, and drinking water must be mobilized."

"Okay, if you hear that, just follow what Mr. Pan said. Li Xu mobilized veterans from the first battalion, and Sun Cheng mobilized new recruits from the third battalion, with a total of two thousand people. They all obeyed Mr. Pan's command and strictly guarded the dike. You should treat this as a battle, only win but not lose!"

"As for order!" After the two men received the order, they immediately went to mobilize their troops.

"Xia Shouli, you will go to Mr. Li later to draw up an evacuation plan, mobilize supplies, and prepare for disaster relief." Gu Zhenhua said to others again: "All the soldiers of An** have entered a state of combat readiness. Whether they are new soldiers or veterans, except for those who need to patrol, everyone else is ready to go to the dike to rescue disasters!"

"yes!"

Lu Yong, Xue Biao and others all took the order to mobilize.

At this moment, hundreds of people came from the village next to him, including old and young, men and women. Everyone was wearing straw raincoats and shoveling and pickaxes, and ran over in panic.

"What are you doing?"

These ordinary people happened to collide with the guards.

"Report to Jun Ye, we are here to see how the embankment is. Our lives are all above us. Please let us go quickly." The leading squire couldn't help crying and bowing to the ground.

At this time, Gu Zhenhua and Pan Yueshan also rushed over. Gu Zhenhua couldn't help but frown and asked, "Old sir, disaster relief is a big deal. Is it enough for you guys?"

When the old squire heard this, his face changed color and sighed, "The officials and men are all busy. How strong we are and how strong we are, God should give people a way out. If we really want to accept people, we can't do anything!"

"No, life is at stake, what's more important than disaster relief. Old man, don't you know that this is Duke Ji. He came to investigate the embankment in person and just ordered thousands of Anzh-sen soldiers to garrison on the embankment." Pan Yueshan said with a frown on the side.

When the old squire heard this, he was shocked and couldn't help blurting out: "Can the soldiers still help the people?"

"The soldiers are not those who fall from the sky and stones pop up. The seven or eight thousand new recruits under my subordinates are recruited from Xuzhou. Isn't it better to let them protect their fellow villagers?"

The old gentry suddenly burst into tears, and he kowtowed without caring about the mud and water on the ground.

"A teacher of benevolence and righteousness, I finally saw it. Thank you, Duke, Duke!"

Over the years, the court has been in a state of collapse. With disasters, let alone disaster relief, it would be good not to take advantage of the situation. Especially those who served in the army have been plundering excessively, which has left a stereotyped impression in the hearts of the people.

An** was really beyond everyone's expectations for being able to help the disaster. The old squire got up from the ground and shouted to everyone: "Listen, everyone, the dam protects our lives, and we should do our best."
Chapter completed!