Chapter Thirty-Six: The downpour and rain continued, and everyone united to build the Great Wall

Crackling, the rainstorm has no end. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although it was noon, the sky was as dark as night, and the occasional dragon-like lightning rushed by, bringing a continuous rage, and the bright lightning shone on the entire sky, which was even more terrifying.

The weather has lasted for more than three days.

Bathed in the storm, Xiao Xing looked at the heavy and thick city gate, and his face was as worried as the dark clouds in the sky.

At this moment, although there was a thunderbolt, a man rushed on a horse from the distant road, although the wind was fierce and the rain was fierce, but it could not stop his path at all, and he kept stepping on four hooves and rushed towards Luzhou City.

"Click", the war horse was unbearable, and the four hooves were sore, and suddenly fell to the ground.

The cavalry on the war horse was also implicated, and it was almost fortunate that he had already turned over and jumped to the side, otherwise he would have been implicated and injured.

Xiao Xing hurriedly walked up, ordered the attendant beside him to take the boiled hot water and clean clothes, handed him forward, helped him into the house next to him, and asked, "How is the situation at the Zhangze Reservoir?"

Although they had expected it, they gathered the people of the entire Luzhou to build the Zhangze Reservoir, which can be used for flood control and irrigation.

However, in the face of a once-in-a-century heavy rainstorm, Xiao Xing was really not sure that the temporary dam would be useful, so he sent soldiers to inspect the dam every day early in the morning, so that he could monitor the condition of the dam anytime and anywhere, and tell him as soon as there was a problem.

"The dam is down!"

Full of horror, the soldier seemed to fall into a daze, and his mouth couldn't stop talking.

"Collapsed?where?"

There was a trance in his mind, and Xiao Xing hurriedly asked.

"It's all collapsed...... The captain is gone...... All of them...... Washed away...... I'm the only one. ”

He seemed to be frightened by the words.

"How is that possible?"

Clenching his fists, Xiao Xingfen didn't care that the sharp nails had already penetrated the skin, and a drop of blood was dripping out of the skin, and immediately turned around and said, "Gather everyone over immediately, and let's go to repair the embankment together." Otherwise, the flood will wipe out the entire city of Luzhou, and then we will be completely finished. If the Zhangze Reservoir, which is used to hold back floods, collapses, she can't imagine what Luzhou City will look like at that time.

I'm afraid that when the time comes, the whole of Luzhou will become an ocean.

"Gather everyone at once. Whoever moves, come with me. ”

Not daring to think about what would happen to the Zhangze Reservoir, Xiao Xingyin bit her lip eagerly, and in the bright lightning of day, her pair of willow eyebrows were completely frowned, and her black pupils were full of anxiety, and she immediately ordered Ma Yundong to send troops to every household to tell them the news of this place.

After all, the troops in Luzhou City are tired, and the 8,000 soldiers and horses under the command of the Chifeng Army are all touched to resist the Mongol army, and Zhang Shijie will also take away 1,000 soldiers and horses to resist the attack of the people in the Fenzhou area.

It would be impossible to stop the flood with just such a small amount of power.

So at this time, Xiao Xing thought of the people in Luzhou City, if he could gather them together, he might be able to resist the danger of the dam collapse.

And those people in Luzhou City heard the news, regardless of the rain outside, and walked out of the city one after another. The heavy rain in the past few days, not only Xiao Xing knows it, but they are also very familiar with it, after all, such things happened from time to time a few years ago, but at that time, the magistrate did nothing except close the government and suppress the homeless people.

When they saw the weak girl, they asked, "Deacon Xiao, what are you doing when you come to us?"

Over the past few months, they have gradually become familiar with Xiao Xing's personality.

Even though she is still immature and lacks experience, she is more than enthusiastic, and she respects the people in the city, and has never used power to oppress people, and often talks with them on weekdays, and actively accepts those suggestions.

Therefore, Xiao Xing's reputation in this Luzhou City has risen rapidly, and he is no longer under Xiao Feng.

"Rank, I guess you've seen it rain for the past few days. ”

Raising his head, Xiao Xing took a look at the thick dark clouds, black and pressing, black, and occasionally there were thunder dragons flickering, and the electric light exploded, like such a dense weather, I don't know when this rainstorm will fall.

In front of the city gate, a group of hundreds of people had already gathered, including not only young people who were just young, but also middle-aged people who were already close to being confused, and even those girls and servant women also came out together, accompanying their relatives, although they were tall, short, fat and thin, and had different appearances, but at this moment, they were all gathered here, quietly waiting for Xiao Feng's words.

Xiao Xing slowly exhaled a breath, calming down his slightly rapid breathing a little, and said, "And you also know the situation in the city. Some of the gutters have overflowed, and some people's homes have run into water, and some people's homes have even been crushed by heavy rain. I think you also know this. ”

"That's right. If it weren't for Deacon Xiao's organization, I'm afraid that my son would have been stoned to death. ”

"And if it weren't for Deacon Xiao opening the mansion, my old mother would not have a place to rest. ”

"Nothing else. As long as Deacon Xiao says a word, we will definitely help. ”

“............”

Once the conversation box is opened, there is no stagnation.

The people in front of them all looked at Xiao Xing with anticipation, although there was still heavy rain and thunder rolling in the sky, but the manic storm did not make them flinch, and a bright smile bloomed on their faces, which was a compliment to Xiao Xing's efforts for several months.

The eager words sounded in his ears, and the reverent eyes encouraged the belief in his heart, and Xiao Xing immediately said aloud: "That's good." In that case, then the rank will go out with me to stop the dam from collapsing!"

Even though her clothes were wet from the rain and her feet were full of mud, she still walked firmly, leading a group of people behind her, holding shovels and sacks in her hands, towards the Zhangze Reservoir in the distance.

Over the years, several successive rainstorms have already made the people of Luzhou City miserable, almost every time Luzhou City will turn into a country, the mud all over the ground and the collapsed houses, all of which make them helpless, sighing, but they can only re-establish it, continue to live in this way day after day, year after year, in the heavy rain every year.

The fear of flooding disasters is even more fearful than Xiao Yue.

It is precisely for this reason that when Xiao Feng proposed to build the Zhangze Reservoir to stop all the water of the Turbidity River from overflowing, everyone came to help, and it took months of work to barely complete a part, and before the rainy season came, the entire reservoir was under construction.

Fortunately, thanks to the existence of the Zhangze Reservoir, Luzhou City was not flooded.

You must know that in the past, if the sky was really so powerful, the entire Luzhou City would have been completely submerged.

Of course, because they have only been built for a few months, these dams are not very stable and cannot do a good job of blocking the flow of water, so they will not be able to withstand the erosion of the water flow, so that the dams show signs of collapse.

Now Xiao Xing led everyone to the Zhangze Reservoir precisely to prevent the dam from collapsing.

"Hey, the dam collapse is there!"

In the distance, I saw that the dam had completely collapsed, and the churning muddy water flowed down from it, and the mud was scattered next to it. In front of him, there was a silver waterline, stretching for hundreds of meters, and there was no trace of the existence of any dam. Obviously, it was because the area was not planted and reinforced, that the rain soaked the mud and the entire dam collapsed.

Xiao Xing immediately became nervous and ordered: "One team will go to fetch soil, and the other team will go up with me and fill the sacks with soil to block the dam." As soon as she finished speaking, she was already in the lead, and with a wave of her arm, she moved a stone the size of a millstone next to her and drove it into the gap in the dam.

The water splashed and soon swallowed the big rocks, and the collapse continued unabated.

Clearly, a single stone alone will not prevent the dam from collapsing.

But Xiao Xing was not the only one here, Ma Yundong had already followed, carrying two sacks full of dirt on his back, and the whole person rushed into the water and threw the sacks into it. Behind him, a group of hundreds of strong men, all like him, ignored the water that washed over his body, broke into it with his bare arms, and added the sack whole into it.

Hundreds of sacks were thrown into the breach, and the flow of water, which had been like a dragon, immediately slowed down a lot.

"Everybody, start working according to my instructions, don't let this dam collapse completely. Xiao Xing's heart was relieved, and when he saw the people behind him, he immediately opened his mouth and said.

Seeing this scene, everyone immediately rejoiced, and Gu was in high spirits and began to work. Digging for the earth, bagging for the bagging, carrying the sacks, each of them methodically sat down with his own work, making the sacks full of dirt take shape, and carried them to the dam, but threw them in.

Little by little, the dam, which was on the verge of collapsing, was retracted and gradually began to take shape, and the flow gradually shrank. Seeing that he could continue to work hard like this, he could repair the collapse again, and suddenly someone said, "There is no sack!"

"What? No sacks?"

Xiao Xing was suddenly shocked, and hurriedly asked: "I have ordered to bring all the sacks in the treasury in the city, why are there no sacks?" After hearing the old farmer's suggestion that day, she has been working hard to collect sacks, and even bought them from those peasant women for ten wen a sack, and there were already more than 10,000 sacks until it rained.

How could so many sacks disappear like this?

"That's right. But the levee has collapsed too much, at least hundreds of meters. The sacks we prepared were simply not enough. ”

I don't know whether it is sweat, tears and rain mixed in his eyes, Ma Yundong's **** body is already covered with a lot of sewage, and there is even some blood in it, which was scratched by sharp stones. (To be continued.) )