The county order said that the governor was a stubborn donkey, and he was really right. After that, no matter how much Tang Ning and Chong Jianzhong persuaded them, they were resolutely opposed to using city defense resources for flood control.

There was no way, Tang Ning had to choose another path. Filling the sack with sand, although slow, will also have a certain effect.

He thought the idea was good, so he sent people to the city to collect sacks from the people's homes, and then went outside the city to fill them with sediment, and then transported them back and threw them under his feet.

It was dry from the afternoon until dark, and the torches had just been lit, and the weather was not beautiful, and a light rain fell.

Whether it is a van soldier, a forbidden army, or a common people, most of the people at the grassroots level in this era are malnourished and have poor night vision. Without the lighting of the torches, it is basically a situation where you can't see your fingers.

Working in such an environment is not efficient on the one hand, and it is too dangerous on the other. In desperation, he had no choice but to order him to go back and rest and do it again tomorrow.

The interior of Tongguan City is not very developed, and it looks like an ordinary small town. However, the walls are very tall, and the walking paths on the walls are very open. There are rows of people lying on the left and right, and there is still room for two people to walk side by side in the middle.

Now there is a great flood, and the walls are full of people. The city was already full of water, and the highest part of the water was not past the door. Unable to abandon the people, the rulers opened the walls and allowed them to take refuge from the floods.

Tang Ning searched and searched, but did not find the civil official in charge of Tongguan governance present. Just such a ruler guarding Tongguan by himself is a bit inconsistent with the style of the Great Song Dynasty.

After asking, he said quietly: "On the day when the river was flooded, the county commander and county Cheng happened to take more than 400 people to raise the embankment, but there was a crack in the embankment, and it happened to be raining heavily, so no one noticed.

The river broke down the entire embankment along that gap, and more than 400 people, including the county commander, survived ......."

Chong Jianzhong sighed: "The imperial court should reward such righteous people." ”

"What's the reward? The county commander was old enough to have a son, and his wife died of illness. The son is only a teenager, and he is the age of the superintendent. This time I went to the river with him, and both of them died in the water, what is the use of rewarding, and there are no people. ”

The topic was too heavy, and Downing didn't want to stop any longer. followed Qi Fu and Lin Wei to find a place on the city wall and sit down, and their stomachs began to bark.

Remembering that he hadn't eaten anything at night, he took out a damp cloth from his bosom and wrapped it. After opening it, the steamed buns inside have been soaked in rain.

Tang Ning was not so delicate, grabbed a piece and stuffed it into his mouth. Qi Fu and Lin Wei also took out the package from their arms, but the dry food they were carrying was not steamed buns, but flatbreads. But in terms of the extent to which they were soaked by the rain, all three were the same.

Tang Ning took a bite and said with a smile: "It's good, if you normally, you have to drink saliva after eating two bites of this thing, otherwise it will be too dry."

Now that it's raining, it also saves us water, and we can go down directly. ”

Qi Fu smiled bitterly and said, "Brother-in-law, you are really optimistic." ”

"Or else?" Tang Ning grabbed a handful of steamed buns and stuffed them into his mouth, and while chewing, he puffed out his cheeks and said vaguely: "The matter has come to this, what's the use of being sad?" If a sad face can bring the county commander father and son back to life, and can make those more than 400 people crawl out of the water, who wouldn't do it?

What's more, we came this time to help the people of Tongguan. If we are all worried, what will the people of Tongguan think?

Man, you have to look ahead. Be strong and hopeful, so that the sacrifice of the county commander, the county lord, and the more than 400 soldiers will be in vain. ”

Qi Fu lowered his head and took a bite of the flatbread, then fell silent.

He slept on the city wall at night, and he dismantled the tents in the army into small tents and put them on both sides of the city wall. The effect of blocking the rain was effective, but when the rain stopped in the middle of the night, it still woke Tang Ning up from freezing once.

When I opened my eyes, I saw that the people and soldiers who had not slept were lightly lighting torches. A snoring sound on the city wall made Tang Ning no longer sleepy.

Lin Wei sat cross-legged beside Tang Ning, saw Tang Ning get up, and was just about to speak, but was stopped by Tang Ning's movement. The two got up and walked to the inside of the arrow tower.

There are 12 three-story arrow towers on the four walls of Tongguan, the top floor is used for soldiers to guard, and the remaining two floors are used as resting places for women and children.

However, the arrow tower in the center of the northern city was not allowed to enter by any people, and it was temporarily used as a government office, where officials of all sizes quarreled day and night to find a solution to the flood.

There is a bonfire lit in the arrow tower, and there is a special person to watch over it. As soon as he entered, Tang Ning felt warm all over his body. The soldier guarding the door stepped forward and whispered, "Who are you?" No idle people are allowed here! ”

"I'm Tang Ning, the grain and grass supervisor of Huanqing Road, and I'm here to find the governor."

Tang Ning said as he took out his waist card, and after the little soldier confirmed it, he hugged his fists and said: "It turned out to be the Lord of the Governor, disrespectful." The villain will take you to meet Lord Chan. ”

Tang Ning smiled and nodded, and the little soldier clenched his fists again, and then led the way in front.

Along the way, Downing heard a lot of sounds, including snoring and quarrelling. But in the middle of the night, even the quarrel lowered his voice, and Tang Ning didn't hear it very clearly, but he thought that the content of the quarrel should be about the management of the water situation.

He was on the third floor, holding the window with his hands, looking at the rushing Yellow River by the dim candlelight.

At this moment, Tang Ning felt that this vulgar ruler did not seem to be what he imagined, and he was useless except for vulgarity.

Hearing movement behind him, he glanced back. Seeing that it was Tang Ning, he paused for a moment, and then said: "Supervising the envoy? You visit Ben late at night

What do you have to do? ”

Tang Ning said softly: "I can't sleep after tossing and turning, my heart is full of the Yellow River flood, the sooner I stop the spread of the water potential, the sooner I can dredge the river and solve the flood."

With a 1 in 10,000 chance, I'm here to convince you. ”

He laughed and said, "Persuade me? I have nothing to convince. Envoy, I would like to advise you to get some sleep. Tomorrow at dawn, I'm going to take someone to fill the sandbags and fill the ditch. I hope your people won't be left behind tomorrow. ”

"Lord Chan, why did you say that after the county order of Huayin County said a word, you said that you would not use thick wood and boulders to alleviate the water situation?

I don't dare say that my approach is the best, but at least it will have some effect. And judging from the current situation, it must be more efficient than we are to fill sandbags and fill in the ditches. ”

He nodded and said, "I know, as soon as you said it at that time, I knew." ”

Tang Ning was anxious, and hurriedly said, "Then why are you ......?"

He interrupted Tang Ning with a smile: "It is true that as you said, this is the most efficient. But if something happens, who will bear the blame?

The old county commander is a fool, and he is the first to rush up in everything, so he put himself in it. I'm not that stupid. No one will carry this pot for me, and I will not agree. ”

Tang Ning's heart burst into a nameless fire, and he said angrily: "In a few days, thousands of acres of fertile land turned into a Zeguo, and the people of Tongguan were displaced. Are you worthy of your conscience when you say these things?

How can you be so selfish! ”

He still had that indifferent smile, and said slowly: "The old county order is selfless, their father and son are worthy of their conscience, right?"

But so what? In the end, it's not that the father and son are dead, don't talk about conscience, it's not even a human being.

Boy, you became an official at a young age, either reading poetry and books, or having a lot of money. If I want to say, you're more like the former. Because of how dirty the human heart is, it's hard to imagine a nerd like you. ”

Tang Ning gritted his teeth and said: "During the day, I saw you as a leader, and I thought you were a good person and a good official." I didn't expect you to be able to say such things out of your mouth, you are so shameless, you are simply scumbag! ”

He arched his hand and said indifferently: "Accept, accept." ”

With that, Tang Ning should have flicked his sleeves angrily and left. But Tang Ning didn't want to just leave, he pursed his lips and said in a deep voice: "I'll carry this pot for you, if something happens, you just have to say that I am bent on doing it and coercing you to do it."

If nothing happens, the credit is all yours. ”

When he heard this, he laughed. It wasn't until Tang Ning laughed a little annoyed that he wiped his tears and said, "You? You're not qualified enough, you don't deserve to carry this pot! ”

“……”

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