At the turn of spring and summer, Huangzhu Mountain is as quiet and leisurely as ever, with children chasing and playing at the head and end of the village, and adults working in the fields.

The birds jumped up and down on the branches, looking curiously at these busy green creatures, occasionally showing contemptuous eyes, there are so many insects on the trees, just eat two and be full, why do these big creatures have to work so hard to farm.

Recently, the rain has increased significantly, and many elderly farmers in the village swear to the gloomy sky that a heavy rainstorm will come in a few days.

Agricultural production in ancient times relied on the experience passed on by word of mouth, and so many old people insisted that it would not be long before a heavy rainstorm came, and the officials of the Tang Dynasty would naturally not sit idly by.

Two days ago, Liu Bagou had already led a large group of cabinet officials to the fields, leading the people to dredge ditches and build flood control bridges on both sides of the small river in the middle of the small plain to prevent the flood from wreaking havoc and destroying the rice fields they had managed to cultivate this year.

In order to dredge the ditch for flood control, even the soldiers who had taken off full-time training put down their knives and guns, and took hoes and poles to the embankment.

Although these soldiers have nominally become professional soldiers and have been trained on weekdays, they still need to help with labor production during the busy agricultural season and other critical periods.

After all, these more than 300 soldiers are all young and strong in the Tang Dynasty, and the backbone of the labor force, with them joining and without them, there is a considerable difference in the preparation of this flood control work.

In the evening of this day, as expected by the old farmers in the village, the sky began to rain.

After dinner, Li Xuan stood in front of the window and watched the pouring rain outside, his eyebrows furrowed slightly.

The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and in the evening it was only a moderate rain, but now it had become a heavy rain, and the raindrops hit the roof tiles with a loud thud, and the rain was accompanied by rumbling thunder and strong winds.

It's a thunderstorm night, and I don't know how much damage this rainstorm will bring to my weak Tang Dynasty.

Liu Bagou and they led people to rush to repair the flood control for two days in a row, and they were not idle in the previous winter, and built a lot of water conservancy facilities, which should be able to survive this rainstorm!

"Your Majesty, it's so stormy outside, don't let it rain!" While pondering, Li Xuan heard the voice behind him, and before he could turn around, he felt that the Yiren behind him had put on his coat.

Li Xuan turned around, looked at this Ye Shi, who was not tall, but was convex and backward, reached out and grabbed her hand, and then said, "It's raining heavily tonight, so I won't go back!" ”

Hearing this, Ye's face showed a noticeable flush under the kerosene lamp, and she didn't speak, but lowered her head after humming.

Since she was broken by Li Xuan seven or eight days ago, she has not been able to keep Li Xuan on her side every day like Dong Yunyun, so if you count it up, tonight is the second time that Li Xuan has stayed with her.

"The concubine will go first and let people prepare hot water!" After Ye Shi said this with a red face, he broke free of Li Xuan's hand and turned to leave.

Li Xuan tightened his coat tightened, and his eyes returned to the darkness outside the window, the heavy rain continued to fall, and he was afraid that it would be the next whole night.

That night, although Li Xuan stayed in Ye's room, he was obviously not in high spirits tonight, and after paying the food as a routine, he just lay down and didn't know what he was thinking.

Ye obviously also knew that Li Xuan had something on his mind tonight, so he quietly buried himself in Li Xuan's arms like a cat, and stayed quietly.

That night, the thunder did not stop until midnight, and the rain gradually subsided, but by the next morning the sky was still raining lightly.

After breakfast, Li Xuan, who was worried about the rainstorm last night, hurried to the front of the council hall.

But after going to the council hall, I found that several people did not come, Liu Bagou, Fang Dongquan and a few of them were not there, this question, the leader Wang Wenhua said: "Lord Liu and General Fang They are now on the embankment, early this morning said that a section of the embankment burst, and they took it to the embankment as soon as they got the news!" ”

"Breach of the levee? Is it serious? Li Xuan asked, although his face was calm at this time, his tone was already a little nervous.

This embankment burst is not a trivial matter, if it is good or not, I am afraid that the fields in the small plain of Huangzhu Mountain will be flooded.

Wang Wenhua said: "The previous report said that some fields have been flooded, but now that the military people have rushed over, they should be able to block it soon!" ”

Li Xuan immediately got up after hearing this: "Let's go, go to the embankment and have a look!" ”

Li Xuan got up to go to the embankment, Wang Wenhua opened his mouth and wanted to say something like the danger of the flood ahead, but looking at Li Xuan's eyes, he didn't dare to say it, and the head of the house said: "Your Majesty cares about the safety of the people, which is really the blessing of countless Li people in my Tang Dynasty!" ”

Li Xuan didn't pay attention to his praise, and directly took people out of the palace, preparing to go to the embankment in front to see the situation.

Before leaving the palace, he also specially changed into a long barrel of raw leather copper nail boots, this boot is also a small invention of his own, it was specially made by the shoemaker to go out to fight the war boots, made of cowhide, coated with tung oil waterproof, and the bottom also played a small copper nail anti-slip.

Because it was expected that he would fight with the Ming army in the spring, Li Xuan planned to fight in person, and this pair of waterproof and non-slip shoes was easy to escape when the battle situation was unfavorable.

Now it's convenient to go out on rainy days, at least you don't have to worry about walking unsteadily in the mud like Wang Wenhua on the side.

Dressed in a cloak with a hat, and a guard beside him holding a large oil-paper fan, Li Xuan went out in the drizzle.

As soon as he went out, Li Xuan saw a large group of people in the distance who were busy digging and lifting the soil, and the direction in which they were carrying the soil was where the embankment in front of them was.

Looking from the direction where Li Xuan was, he saw that a small piece of farmland in front of him had been submerged, and a large group of people on both sides of the embankment were braving the rain to throw sand into the gap to fill the soil.

The reason why this small plain under Huangzhu Mountain has become a small plain suitable for cultivation is because the river in the middle has been washed out for thousands of years, and the small river called Huangzhu River is not wide on weekdays, only ten meters wide and only a few meters deep.

But during the rainy season, the water of this small river swells, thus flooding both banks.

It didn't take long for Li Xuan to approach the embankment, and Liu Bagou and the others also saw Li Xuan coming, and immediately trotted over with a few people to say hello.

However, Li Xuan didn't let them be polite, and asked directly: "How is the situation now, can this gap be plugged?" ”