Now that he has obtained the two tools presented by Wang Zhongchen, Guo Shoujing immediately started construction.

Of course, because the whole project was too huge, it was difficult to meet the requirements with only two tools, so Guo Shoujing asked Wang Zhongchen to make hundreds of tools and use them in the project together, so as to complete the task given by Na Ali Buge as soon as possible.

After a few months, the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal has also been dredged a lot, and as long as you work harder, you can dredge the canal from the Daimyofu to the Dadu.

In all cases, Ali Buge could take his soldiers and horses all the way south, directly to the Yangtze River, and attack the Huaxia army.

Such progress naturally made Ali Buge extremely happy, thinking that the time for the southern expedition was coming, and even issued an order for Guo Shoujing to speed up his actions and dredge the canal as soon as possible.

No, now in the Linqing area, thousands of people have gathered.

At this moment, it is the rainy season, the sky has always been gloomy, and there has never been a sunny time, and the heavy rain has made people damp, and they do not want to continue working against the wind and rain at all.

However, they had to come to the scene despite the overseer's reprimand, and were forced to rush forward with heavy sandbags in an attempt to block the rushing river.

"Damn it. Why is this river so turbulent? Our brothers can't stand it anymore. ”

Seeing that the river seemed to have no end, Han Tong opened his mouth and scolded.

"Alas!"

Han Shan replied: "Brother, it's not that you don't know, the weather is getting worse day by day. Don't say it's a flood, do you remember the heavy snow last year? The snow was so heavy that it froze the crops and seedlings. If we hadn't grabbed the seeds in time, I was afraid that we wouldn't be able to survive this year. Perhaps, this is God's punishment for us. ”

"Punishment, but we didn't do anything! What is the use of God punishing us?" replied Han Tong.

Han Shan replied: "If it is a punishment, of course it is not us. And you don't know that the so-called emperor is a Tartar, and perhaps that's why such a calamity has befallen him. ”

"Brother. You can't talk nonsense, or you'll be killed. Han Tong was taken aback, and hurriedly looked around, seeing that no one was paying attention, he was relieved.

Han Shan said: "Okay, okay, I won't talk about it, right?" turned his head, looked at the flood, and complained in his mouth: "It's just that this flood, when can it stop." If the matter continues like this, I'm afraid that this embankment will be difficult to stop. ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw that above the river, countless streams of water flowed out of it, and the dirt they had piled up before became soft, like foam, which would be washed away at any time and place.

"Suffered!"

Seeing this scene, Han Tong hurriedly said: "Brother, you hurry up and report to the adults, just say that you can't stand it here, if you continue, I'm afraid we will not be able to support it." ”

Although the fight against the flood is not as dangerous as that of the army, it is no less difficult than fighting against the enemy, and if you are not careful, you will be crushed.

"What about you?" asked Han Shan.

Han Tong said, "I'm fine. You should first report to the overseer. As he spoke, he threw himself into it, bringing the people around him, wanting to continue to strengthen the levee to prevent it from collapsing completely.

"Your Excellency. The river was too big. We simply can't hold it anymore. ”

Rushing back to the rear, Han Shan stepped forward, came to the overseer, and said, "In my opinion, we might as well withdraw quickly, otherwise we will be caught in it." The rain crackled and hit him in the face, making him tremble as he spoke.

It's terrible weather, it's terrible.

If you don't pay attention to it, you may get sick, and in this situation, if you get sick, you really have to resign yourself to fate.

"Han Shan!" The overseer turned his face sideways and scolded: "It's just some river water, what's the big deal? If you let the river water wash away the river and flood the Daimyo's mansion, can you bear the responsibility?"

"But my lord, our brothers are already so tired, if we continue, I am afraid that there will be danger. Han Shan looked slightly stunned, and immediately raised his head and argued.

Before, in order to be able to plug the gap, he had been fighting for two days in a row, and the whole person had been soaked by the rain, if he wanted to continue fighting, it was already impossible, but the person in front of him still let him continue to fight?

But the overseer felt impatient, and waved the leather whip in his hand, and shouted, "What kind of danger? Aren't you still dead? If I let this river collapse, I will have to kill you. ”

Following behind the overseer, more than a dozen guards also turned their guns together and aimed at Han Shan.

"Okay. I understand. Han Shan had no choice but to bow his head, intending to take his men and horses and step forward again.

Although they were exhausted, they could only go forward and fight under the threat of the overseer.

It's just that as soon as he turned around, before he stepped forward, the river in the distance became more and more fierce, and countless streams of water flowed out of the embankment that had been built before.

The crowd was terrified, and shouted, "The dam has collapsed, the dam has collapsed!"

"The dam has breached?"

Han Shan looked slightly stunned, looking up at the embankment in the distance.

And at the end of the sight, a tide rushed to the face, its height was enough to be a zhang high, "snap" directly covered the embankment they had built before, those soft soil that had already been soaked in rain could no longer maintain the previous appearance, "boom" The whole collapse of the river, which was full of water was difficult to resist, directly covered the hundreds of people in front of them, and swallowed it.

"Han Tong!"

Han Shan's body trembled, and he immediately remembered his younger brother.

Earlier, his brother had told himself not to worry, and because he was worried about the collapse of the levee, he stayed where he was, trying to make sure that the levee was intact, but the dam completely collapsed and swallowed up his dear brother with him.

"Is this really a dam breakdown?"

Seeing this scene, the overseer was also frightened, he looked at Han Shan, and then shouted: "Didn't I say it? You see, the dam has been destroyed now, and it must have been because you left it in vain. Someone, arrest this guy for me and postpone him for interrogation. ”

"Hey. We are both loyal, why are you arresting me?"

Han Shan only felt inexplicably wonderful, and before he could move, he was stopped by the surging soldiers.

He wanted to defend himself, but he was stuffed with something by the overseer, and he couldn't say anything at all, so he could only be arrested and quietly wait for the next interrogation.

Blank in his eyes, Han Shan was still immersed in the remorse of losing his brother, allowing himself to be arrested by the overseers, and then taken into a prison cell, waiting for the next interrogation.

............

Daimyo's house.

"Are you saying that the reason why the Linqing embankment was damaged was because of the Han Mountain?" Looking at the overseer, Guo Shoujing opened his mouth and asked.

For the previous flood, Guo Shoujing did not expect it to be so ferocious, although he mobilized manpower, trying to build a, to restrain the river, but the levee still completely collapsed in the Linqing area, and the flood gushing out of it not only swallowed up the surroundings, but also the Daimyo's Mansion did not escape, but was also swept into it, and half of the city was soaked in the flood.

The legacy has not been erased to this day.

The overseer replied, "That's right. It was this man who fled from the battle, causing us and others to be short of manpower and unable to maintain the stability of the embankment, which caused the flood to flood the entire Daimyo's Mansion. ”

"Is what he said true?" Guo Shoujing raised his head and glared at the Tong Mountain.

Tong Shan was speechless, closed his head and replied: "That's right." At that time, what he said did not escape everyone's ears and eyes, and naturally it was heard clearly.

"In that case, then I will take away your official position and be sentenced to three years in prison, can you accept it?" Guo Shoujing said again.

Tong Shan did not argue, and replied directly: "I am willing to do so." ”

"Good. Pull it down. Guo Shoujing shook his head, only feeling extremely angry, just because of his own selfishness, he let the people of the whole city fall into such danger, he did not sentence the other party to death, he was already worthy of the other party.

That Han Shan was also strange, the whole person just stood quietly, without any justification, just waiting for Guo Shoujing to announce the verdict.

Standing next to him, Wang Zhongchen imprinted this scene into his eyes, and he suddenly interjected and said, "Lord Guo." Yichen thought that such a verdict was only inappropriate. ”

"Why?" Guo Shoujing was slightly surprised, and glanced sideways at Wang Zhongchen.

Wang Zhongchen replied: "My lord, think about it. That flood is rare in a hundred years, and we didn't guard against it beforehand. In the Linqing area, as far as I know, there are only more than 1,000 people, and it is really difficult to maintain the local embankment. It can be said that this disaster was not man-made, but a natural disaster. ”

"Oh, according to what you say, isn't he innocent?" Guo Shoujing replied angrily, "If that's the case, then how do you let me explain to the many people in the city who have been affected by the disaster?"

As a result of the flood, a great deal of property was lost in the city.

It would be unimaginable for those people to let Tongshan go.

Wang Zhongchen explained: "No. It's just that I feel that if the sentence is pronounced like this, it is really too much, it is better to let him take the credit, how about it? Moreover, there are not many people now, and if he is dismissed, I am afraid that it will affect the progress of His Majesty's rescue of Boyan, isn't it? After all, the situation in Jiankang Mansion is now dangerous, and it can't support it for too long. ”

"Okay. Then I'll spare your life. ”

Hearing Wang Zhongchen's pleading, Guo Shoujing had no choice but to breathe a sigh of relief, and Ali Buge's order was imminent, and he also needed to speed up the pace to dredge the river, so as to create opportunities for the next action.

If this matter is delayed, Guo Shoujing has no doubt that he will definitely be punished by that Ali Buge, and at the moment, everything is mainly focused on rescuing Boyan and defeating the Huaxia army, and the rest will all be put aside.

"Thank you. ”

Han Shan bowed silently, his expression was still indifferent, and he didn't look as grateful as others.

However, Guo Shoujing is not interested in this, he has other things to be busy with, but he doesn't have the energy to toss around on these.