Chapter 50: Overwork

Nan'an County was originally named Dong'an, later renamed Jin'an, and was called Nan'an in the Sui Dynasty. In the second year of Song Qiande, the Qingyuan Army was changed to the Ping Navy, and Nan'an was subordinate to the Ping Navy. In the second year of the rejuvenation of the Taiping Dynasty, the Ping Navy was changed to Quanzhou, and Nan'an was subordinate to Quanzhou.

The topography of Nan'an County is high in the northwest and low in the southeast, which is close to the topography of the whole Quanzhou.

About seventy percent of Nan'an County is the hilly area with low altitude, and Nan'an River is the largest river in Nan'an County, its main stream is a total of 12, the rivers criss-cross, the territory is cut into five alpine basins, for the "five small hori", namely Xiangyang, Penghua, Xiangyun, Meishan, Fengchao. The three river valleys and plains are the "Three Great Horikas", namely Yingdu, Luoxi, and Shishan.

"Driving... Drive... Drive... ”

At this time, the sky has just dawned, on the official road in Yingdu Town, Nan'an County, there are more than 100 horses, hundreds of knights galloping on horses, hooves bursting, splashing countless wet mud, wet mud splashing everywhere, making more than 100 horses like mud people and mud horses.

More than 100 horsemen were all government officials or army sergeants, which made the people, pedestrians and others fleeing on the road look sideways and avoid them one after another.

These more than 100 cavalry are more than 100 cavalry of Quanzhou Prefecture led by Li Sanjian, the governor of Quanzhou, who are galloping towards the breach of the embankment in Nan'an County.

Nan'an County is only twenty or thirty miles away from Quanzhou, two hours galloping, you can arrive, but the rain is heavy, the road is muddy, and the river embankment bursts at the same time, many places in Nan'an County have become Zeguo, and the road is destroyed, so Li Sanjian and other more than 100 horsemen have to detour, after a night of galloping, they arrived in Nan'an County at dawn.

"Oh my God, it's still raining endlessly, huh?" Xu Biao and Shan Kui hugged Li Sanjian on the left and right, and complained while hurrying Xu Biao.

At this time, the rain was pouring down, and the raindrops the size of soybeans fell from the sky and smashed on the muddy roads, forming puddles of different sizes one after another, making the journey even more difficult. smashed on the hats, robes, armor, and blades of Li Sanjian and others, and there was a sound of thunderbolts, which was endless.

"Biaozi, you are rare and strange, the south is like this." Shan Kui said when he heard this.

Xu Biao is a native of the Daimyo Mansion and is an authentic northern man, while Shankui is a native of the south, and the south is rainy and humid, for Shankui, he has long been accustomed to seeing it.

"What the hell is this place, it's raining all day, and I'm about to grow green hairs... Xu Biao then complained.

"If you grow green hair, you will be a big black turtle with green hair." Shan Kui laughed when he heard this.

At this time, Xu Biao, who was in a hurry, didn't know where to get a big round shield, put it on his back, and then bowed down to ride a horse, at first glance, didn't he look like a big turtle?

"Hahahaha!" When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but laugh.

Rushing overnight, everyone was exhausted, at this time Shan Kui and Xu Biao were arguing, and everyone laughed, but it relieved some of their fatigue.

"Black guy, you say I'm black, I see you are blacker than anyone else, compared to you, I'm still a little Langjun who is white and red... Xu Biao said.

Everyone laughed more and more heartily when they heard this.

"Shut up!" Li Sanjian said angrily when he heard this.

When is it and are you still in the mood to laugh? Li Sanjian was secretly angry in his heart, at this time, it was raining rain, which would inevitably aggravate the disaster and the consequences of the embankment breaking, Li Sanjian really wanted to rush to the place where the embankment broke immediately, and find a way to plug the gap in the embankment.

"But a couple of words to relieve the lack of relief... Xu Biao muttered, but under Li Sanjian's cannibalistic gaze, his voice became smaller and quieter, until he was silent.

As Li Sanjian grows older, he becomes more and more dignified.

Shankui is also okay, he regards Li Sanjian as the master all his life, Xu Biao used to be a little casual with Li Sanjian, but now he is more and more afraid of Li Sanjian.

"Phew..." Li Sanjian restrained the horse and asked a guide from Nan'an County: "How far is the break?" ”

"It's five miles away." The guide replied.

"Where is Yang Zhixian?" Li Sanjian asked again.

"It's on the embankment." The guide replied.

"Let's go!" Li Sanjian looked into the distance, then raised his whip and said.

So a group of more than 100 horsemen rode towards the river embankment.

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"Quick, quick, quick."

"Down the sediment, down the sediment."

"We're going to plug the gap!"

"Yang Zhixian, no, the water flow is too fast, and it can't be stopped."

Yesterday a heavy rain, the Nan'an River swelled, broke down two dams in Nan'an County, although the heavy rain was temporarily stopped, but the river has not subsided, like a wild horse that got rid of the stiffness, rushing down, washing both sides of the Nan'an River.

Yang Zheng, the magistrate of Nan'an County, who has been leading people to inspect the Nan'an River embankment, immediately led people to plug one of the gaps, but the embankment here was too large and the water flow was abnormally turbulent, so it could not be blocked at all.

Yang Zheng took thousands of officials and people from Nan'an County to continuously throw sediment, stones, branches and other debris into the embankment, but it was like a mud cow entering the sea, and it was washed away by the flood in an instant. Hassle-free

At the beginning, the embankment here was broken out of a gap about three zhang wide, and after Yang Zheng and others plugged the leak overnight, the gap was not narrowed, but expanded to about seven zhang.

At this time, the turbid river water was like a roaring beast, breaking free from the shackles of the embankment, mixed with branches, muddy water, stones and other objects, rushing towards the fields, villages, and cities.

"Dig up the dirt again, put it in a cloth bag, and throw it down with the stones, quick, fast!"

Yang Zheng's eyes were bloodshot at this time, his lips were chapped, and his whole body was drenched by rain, tired, hungry and cold, he was extremely tired, but Yang Zheng couldn't take care of it anymore, and shouted loudly, his voice had become extremely hoarse.

If the imperial court investigates it, not only Li Sanjian will not be able to protect Yang Zheng, but Li Sanjian himself will also be jointly and severally responsible, and the entire Quanzhou government will also be jointly and severally responsible.

However, at this time, Yang Zheng couldn't take care of it much, and only thought about saving more people from the raging flood, grabbing more property, fields, and so on.

When all the people heard this, they all cheered up again, and dug hard to dig the earth, and put shovel after shovel of dirt into the cloth bag.

In an instant, dozens of cloth bags were loaded and pushed into the gap together with some stones, but the rushing river only stagnated for a moment, and then washed these cloth bags and stones without a trace.

"God, save my poor people in Nan'an County!" Seeing this, Yang Zheng sat on the river embankment, hoarse, and cried in despair.

The people in the surrounding counties were extremely unbearable, and they went over to support Yang Zheng.

While wiping away tears and sadness, some people were secretly thinking in their hearts that they should flee for their lives as soon as possible and escape from Nan'an County as soon as possible.

The so-called embankment of thousands of miles is destroyed in the anthill, if the gap in the embankment is not plugged for a long time, the embankment of this section of the entire Nan'an County will be washed away by the flood, then the consequence will make the entire Nan'an County become a country, the flood will inundate villages, land, cities, etc., there will be countless casualties, there will be countless people displaced, the consequences can be described as unimaginable.

"Driving... Drive... Drive... ”

At this moment, more than 100 cavalry galloped on the river embankment, and the first person was Li Sanjian, who was wearing a scarlet official robe.

"Li Zhizhou!" Seeing this, Yang Zheng was immediately ecstatic, jumped up from the ground, and ran towards Li Sanjian and the others.

The people of Nan'an County and the surrounding people also let out a burst of cheers.

Although there are only more than 100 people, there must be countless people who continue to support Nan'an County, so Nan'an County will be saved.

But when Yang Zheng was about to face Li Sanjian and the others, his eyes were dark, his legs were weak, and then he fell on the embankment.

Yang Zheng had not gone down the embankment for several days, and at this time, the great joy after the great sorrow, coupled with the tiredness and hunger, thirst, urgency and worry, the person fainted.

"Yang Zhixian!" The people of Nan'an County hurriedly helped Yang Zheng and shouted.

"Yang Zhixian!" Li Sanjian had already seen Yang Zheng, and when he was about to ask, he saw Yang Zheng fainting to the ground, so he hurriedly picked up his official robe, jumped off the saddle, and walked towards Yang Zheng.

When Li Sanjian got off the horse, he stumbled and almost fell to the ground.

Li Sanjian didn't sleep all night last night, mainly because he was in a hurry, and Li Sanjian was also worried about the breaking of the embankment in Nan'an County, and he was exhausted, so he was a little unstable.

However, fortunately, Li Sanjian has been healthy for several years and his body is relatively strong, so he can barely persevere.

"Leave me alone, go see Yang Zhixian." Li Sanjian then said after pushing away Shan Kui, Xu Biao and others.

"Why did Yang Zhixian become like this?" After Li Sanjian walked over, he squatted beside Yang Zheng and frowned and asked.

No one knows the affairs of Nan'an County better than Yang Zheng, and at the same time, Yang Zheng is still so young and a rare official, so Li Sanjian is extremely worried.

"Back to Li Zhizhou," a county official replied in a choked voice: "Yang Zhixian has been inspecting the river embankment for several days, and he has not gone down the river embankment for five days. He's overworked. ”

"Come on, send Yang Zhixian down the embankment and treat it well." Li Sanjian nodded when he heard this.

When the people of the county government of Nan'an County heard this, they carried Yang Zheng down.

Li Sanjian then walked to the breach of the river embankment, frowned and watched the rushing river gushing out of the self-determination, and was silent for a long time, thinking about countermeasures.

"How deep is the water here?" After half a ring, Li Sanjian asked.

"If you go back to Li Zhizhou, the water here is three to four feet deep." An old riverworker replied.

"It's only three to a foot, why can't the gap be plugged?" Li Sanjian looked at the old river worker and asked.

"Master Zhizhou!" The old river worker replied: "Although the water here is not deep, the terrain is relatively steep, so the water flow is too fast, and the mud and sand bags and stones cannot be stopped." ”

"Well, so... Li Sanjian nodded, and before he could finish speaking, Yang Zheng's shout suddenly came from under the river embankment.

"Let go of the official, the official is fine, Li Zhizhou, the lower official is guilty...

Hearing this, Li Sanjian hurriedly looked back, only to see Yang Zheng running from under the river embankment, shouting as he ran.