In Yanzhou, on the wide river, workers supporting boats come and go endlessly, transporting boats of sediment to the shore, and then transported by special people to pull carts away.

While he was in the heat of the day, a frightened shout suddenly came from the river, "The boat is leaking, hurry, jump ship." ”

Everyone looked up into the distance, it seemed that there was a problem with a boat, the workers on it were very panicked, the hull of the boat was constantly sinking, the workers were also quick-eyed, jumped into the river with a plop, and swam to the shore with all their might.

Everyone lived by the river for a long time, and the people who were familiar with the water by the sea simply ran fast, and the whirlpools and wind and waves brought by the wreck did not do anything to them, and everyone got on the nearby boat, with a frightened face.

"What's going on? How can a good ship be leaked? The foreman asked, confused.

The man on the boat shook his head, "We don't know, we just loaded the sediment from the bottom of the river into the cabin, and suddenly the water began to bubble up under the cabin, and the water leaked very quickly, and it didn't take long to flood the entire cabin." ”

The foreman sighed, "You can fish up the wreckage of the ship, transport it to the shore, and clean up the place." ”

"Okay." Other workers responded.

Before he finished speaking, another exclamation came from the distance, "The ship is leaking, run away." ”

If the people on the boat can't escape in time, then they will definitely be swept to the bottom of the river by the whirlpool, and it will be difficult to escape death.

The foreman was also a little anxious when he stood on the boat, and immediately said, "Quick, go over and have a look." ”

"The boat doesn't dare to go over, if it gets swept into the whirlpool, it will be terrible." Said the worker holding the boat.

The foreman knew that if someone died, it would be bad to spread it, not to mention, the construction period was already halfway, and there must be no mistake at this time.

"You get closer, don't get too close, so that the escapees from the boat can get on board." Foreman Road.

Not long after the order, the bottom of their boat suddenly began to bubble up, and the workers supporting the boat saw this situation and wanted to block the small opening, but they didn't expect that the opening became more and more open, and the boat seemed to be unable to keep it.

Several people on board had to abandon ship to escape.

After such a toss, the foreman also realized that something was wrong, so he asked all the ships to come back and carefully inspect them.

This inspection turned out to be a problem, the bottom of many boats was pried open with a plank, and the place that was originally bonded with rivets was only glued together, and the watering would naturally lose its effect when it encountered water.

If the foreman hadn't done anything wrong at that time, and let those boats float on the river, I'm afraid they would have ended up the same as those boats in the city.

The foreman muttered slightly, "This is someone deliberately playing tricks." ”

"So what now? We've lost a lot of money. "Slim Guy Road.

"I can't solve this matter, so I can only report it to the five princes." The foreman shook his head and sighed.

Gu Jianglin soon got the news, he was in Yanzhou, and he quickly rushed over, many people were salvaging the remains of the ship's hull, and the entire river looked mighty and spectacular.

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"How many ships have been lost?" Gu Jianglin asked calmly. 139 Reading Network

"Three large boats, eighteen small boats, and twenty bamboo rafts." The foreman had already made statistics before Gu Jianglin came, so he would soon be able to answer fluently.

Gu Jianglin squinted his eyes slightly, they didn't have many boats in their hands, this was a small part, if these boats were destroyed, then the progress of cleaning up the river would definitely slow down, and the construction period would have to be delayed for a while.

"What the hell is going on?" Gu Jianglin frowned.

"The planks at the bottom of the cabin were pried open and glued together, so they leaked into the bottom." The foreman reported truthfully: "The glue can't last too long, only maybe it was made yesterday or the day before yesterday." ”

"Didn't you notice such a big move?" Gu Jianglin asked coldly.

"Those on both sides of the strait who can't go back will also live in tents, and the boats are quite dense on both sides of the strait, so I asked people to ask to see if they have heard any movement in the past two days." The foreman said immediately.

Gu Jianglin nodded, didn't speak, he was pondering, what should he do next?

It didn't take long for the person who went to inquire about the family to come back, saying that it seemed that he had vaguely heard some movement at night, but the wind was loud on the river beach and he didn't care, so no one went out to take a look at it at that time.

Gu Jianglin knew that this should be the work of good people, thinking of this, he smiled coldly, "The river beach has been sealed recently, except for the fiber workers, there are almost no other people, and it is very likely that those workers are doing the tricks." ”

The foreman frowned slightly, "The people under my command are all invited from ten miles and eight towns, how can they have such unclean hands and feet, they are all simple villagers." ”

Gu Jianglin glanced at him, "Knowing people and knowing faces but not knowing hearts, the temptation is great, naturally everything can be done, you don't have to worry about this matter, if those boats are fished out and can still be used, make up for them, if you can't use them, how many boats do you need to report to me?" I'm calling from somewhere else. ”

The foreman responded, "There are too many ships in short supply, I'm afraid I won't be able to start work today." ”

"So many boats have been moved, which means that there are people who should be outside, there are a large number of people, and it is just that they can't start work today, you let those ships that are not damaged in arrears be repaired, and then go down the river after making sure that there is nothing to do, and the construction must start tomorrow, although the ship is a little less, but it must be done slowly, and the time can not be delayed any longer." Gu Jianglin commanded.

By three days at the latest, he would surely be able to transfer to the ship from elsewhere.

The foreman nodded, "Those ships that have not yet sunk can be repaired tomorrow, the fifth prince, you can rest assured, this matter is on me, I will definitely do a good job." ”

"Let's go down." Gu Jianglin waved his hand, in fact, he knew early on that this matter would not go so smoothly, but he never thought that those despicable villains would use such means to achieve their goals, it was really despicable.

Xu Buzhi stepped forward and asked in a deep voice, "Fifth Prince, who do you think did this?" ”

"I've also heard about the affairs in the court, the prime minister and the sixth brother are hot, I shouldn't have the heart to notice that there is only He Zhenglin who thinks about it here, he didn't know why he obstructed the dam project before, and kept dragging the construction period, and recently saw that I couldn't start with the volcanic ash, so I used this method." Gu Jianglin smiled, shook his head and said, "The first time we met, I really don't know where to offend him?" ”

"In my opinion, He Zhenglin also took people's money to eliminate disasters for others, otherwise, what reason would he have to obstruct the dam project? What benefit does he have to gain from this? Xu Buzhi said in a deep voice.

Gu Jianglin sighed, "How much silver is still sent down by the emperor?" ”

"It's less than two thousand taels." Xu Zhiwei squinted his eyes and shook his head, things are not optimistic, and I am afraid that this silver can only last until the middle of the dam project.

Buying materials to supplement workers in the back is another big project, how can two thousand taels of silver be enough? What's more, now that the losses are heavy, the problem of the ship must be solved first, otherwise it will not be able to clean it up until it is drunk, and there will be no way to build a dam when the tide is low.

Gu Jianglin nodded, "It seems that we have to prepare in advance." ”

"This time we have suffered heavy losses, but we must not swallow this breath." I don't know.

"If I report it to my father, my father will probably blame me for not doing my job well." Gu Jianglin said with a little melancholy, he was a child who wanted to be praised by his father, but he was always unable to fulfill his wish.