In the early morning, with the rising sun, a fast horse galloped on the official road.

"Phew—" The messenger stopped with the reins of his horse, and beside him was a small post station located next to the official road.

The messenger turned over and dismounted, kicked open the gate of the post station, and walked in, opening his mouth and shouting: "Come on, change horses!" There was a lot of noise in this voice, and after a few moments, two disheveled post men ran out.

Early in the morning, he was disturbed by his dreams, and no one had a good face, and when he saw that the person in front of him was not good-looking, one of the post guards complained: "The howl of the early morning! ”

The errand didn't speak, and directly took out a token and shouted: "Hurry up and change horses, delaying the errand will kill your dog!" ”

There are three big characters on the golden waist card: Jin Yiwei!

The scolding post man shuddered and broke out in a cold sweat, and quickly nodded: "Wait a minute, the little one, let's lead the horse!" ”

"Hehe, yes, yes, he also knows how to care about people's livelihood, and he is a good seedling who can share my worries." Emperor Jiajing looked at the letter in his hand and smiled.

"See, the slave maid, this is all the master, you have guided it well, otherwise how can a little student of his know this." Li Fang, who was standing beside Emperor Jiajing, said.

"Sycophant, I have never met him." These words sounded like a reprimand, but Emperor Jiajing did not have the slightest anger on his face, but a happy look on his face.

Li Fang smiled slightly, knowing that the master liked to listen to such sycophants. "Master, what should I do with this letter, and what should I do with this fat yellow man?"

"The letter will be handed over to Gao Gong in two days, as for this yellow fat man, you keep an eye on the cabinet and see what they are going to do, I mean to kill him to make an example." Emperor Jiajing's gentle words decided the fate of the fat man.

Two days later, Yuwangfu. "Lord Xu, what are you going to do with this test city magistrate." Gao Gong looked at Xu Jie's finish reading the letter and asked.

"This official means to send someone to Kaocheng County to verify the matter before making a final conclusion, I don't know what Master Gao thinks?" Xu Jie discussed and said, this matter was reported by Shen Chongming, and a clear attitude must be made. However, the focus of the case is on evidence, and you can't just listen to his words and dispose of this test city and county.

"What Lord Xu said is very true, and the lower officials think that it is most appropriate to do this." Gao Gong nodded and said, after all, he is not in his position, and he can only bring a word about this matter, and the rest has to be decided by Xu Jie.

Seeing this, King Yu nodded and said: "If there is something to worship the name, there will definitely be no corrupt officials like Kaocheng Zhixian to stay, and his uncle Langzhong will also do it." ”

"Yes, then Weichen will go back and arrange it." King Yu spoke, but Xu Jie did not stop, and got up directly to say goodbye.

Things are going so smoothly, but Shen Chongming, who is in Henan, is not at all clear, and he is worried about the situation of the Yellow River embankment.

After a few days of inspecting along the embankment with Niu Shilang, Shen Chongming finally knew what the straw broom was, and he was shocked when he didn't look at it, this thing was actually made by mixing weeds and soil into a sack, and the effect of using such a thing to consolidate the embankment can be imagined.

Although the straw broom seems to be extremely tough, the shortcomings are also very obvious, that is, it is not resistant to erosion, and it will rot after being soaked in water for a long time, and it cannot be used for a long time.

In the past few years, this thing has been used to repair the embankment, and the current embankment is devastated everywhere, and if it were not for the small flow of water, it would have collapsed long ago.

But the will of heaven is unpredictable, maybe one day a rainstorm will cause a catastrophe, where can people not worry.

Moreover, the waterway of the Yellow River to the east of Kaocheng is gradually narrowing, so the water flow in these places is much more turbulent than the upper stream, and some places have become hanging rivers on the ground, and they can only rely on the embankment to block the river water.

"My lord, repairing the embankment with a straw broom is not a long-term solution, according to the students, if they do not use ashlar to reinforce, I am afraid that a catastrophe will be inevitable." On the boat, Shen Chongming stood beside Niu Shilang and said worriedly.

"I don't know what this official does, but it is not easy to mine ashlar, not only does the court need to allocate a large amount of silver, but also needs to recruit a large number of people, the court can't afford it, and the people can't afford it." Niu Shilang said helplessly.

"What your lord said is true, but for the sake of long-term planning, if you can't afford it, you have to bear it, otherwise once the incident happens, it will be a great disaster that will affect hundreds of thousands of people on both sides of the strait, and perhaps even greater disasters will follow." Shen Chongming said in a hurry, the people have no way to live, there will be a big disaster, once they raise a rebellion, it is not impossible to sweep the world, and it is impossible to stay out of the matter at that time.

"Alas, what's the use of you and me being in a hurry." Niu Shilang's figure is a little sluggish, the only thing he can do now is to repair the Yellow River embankment carefully, and when something really happens, he won't blame himself too much, after all, he has done his best.

For a moment, the two fell silent, only the rushing Yellow River water under their feet kept roaring.

In the dead of night, the new market town located in the lower reaches of Kaocheng is the temporary residence of everyone tonight, and then there will be a day tomorrow to reach Yucheng, this errand is half done, and then Niu Shilang arranged repair tasks for the officials of Kaocheng and Yucheng counties, and occasionally checked the construction progress.

However, this daytime inspection also gave Shen Chongming a huge mental burden, and the above-ground hanging river here was longer than the previous days' inspections, so the danger of the embankment breaking was greater!

"Straw brooms are not durable, and ashlar mining is expensive, are these two things the only thing that can build a river embankment?" Shen Chongming, who was lying on the bed, muttered.

The of later generations are all concrete, but they are a hundred times stronger than the current ones, but it is a pity that Shen Chongming does not understand this thing at all, and he can't use it if he wants to, and he really regrets why he didn't go to the construction site to be a small worker, otherwise it is very good to learn a skill to be an architect in the Ming Dynasty, so that you can build a good embankment for future generations to admire.

When he was thinking wildly, he heard a commotion outside, and the word leakage vaguely appeared, Shen Chongming was startled, grabbed his clothes, pulled on his shoes, and ran out of the door.

They lived in an inn at the south end of Xinji Town, and when Shen Chongming ran outside the inn, many disheveled men were passing by the door and desperately rushing towards the north of the town.

"My lord, what's wrong?" Seeing that Niu Shilang appeared with more than a dozen equally disheveled servants, Shen Chongming hurriedly asked.

"The levee is leaking." Leaving a sentence, Niu Shilang's footsteps hurriedly ran north with the flow of people, Shen Chongming was startled, and hurriedly raised his heels.

Rushing to the north of the town, the embankment a mile away was like day under the light of countless torches, and people were everywhere panicked figures and shouts.

Looking at the situation, things are a little tricky, Shen Chongming only feels that his legs are weak and he can't take a step forward anymore, mother's, won't he catch up with the flood of the embankment with such a little back?

Shen Chongming had seen the 98 catastrophic flood on television, and the situation inside was vivid, and in the face of the power of nature, human life seemed so weak that it was swallowed up by the flood in an instant.

With a shudder, Shen Chongming somehow was full of strength at that moment, gritted his teeth, and rushed towards the embankment.

"Don't panic, everyone, listen to the official's orders!" The cow waiter, whose body was a little thin, stood on the embankment like a majestic general at this time, and the shouts floating in the air shocked the audience, and the originally panicked people gradually quieted down.

Shen Chongming took advantage of this opportunity to look at the condition of the embankment, and couldn't help but feel relieved in his heart, fortunately, it was just a water leak, not a breach of the embankment.

Seeing that everyone was quiet, Niu Shilang immediately made arrangements, Director Qi led some people to make straw brooms immediately, Director Zhao led people to inspect both sides of the embankment to see if there were any leaks, and he took the remaining part of the people to delay the expansion of the water hole with soil for the time being.

As long as there is someone in command, everything will be easy, and everyone will immediately split up and get busy.

"My lord, it's not a way to go on like this, and it's useless to delay the spread of the water eye with mud!" Shen Chongming couldn't help but get anxious as he watched the water eyes continue to expand.

Seeing more and more water coming out, Niu Shilang's body trembled slightly, "You have to use it if it's useless, otherwise before the straw broom is made, this embankment will completely collapse." ”

This section of the embankment can be called the tofu slag project, just more than 50 steps, there are more than 30 water holes the thickness of the bucket, once connected into a string, the only result is the dam burst. When the Yellow River comes out, hundreds of miles southeast of Xinji Town will be finished!

"My lord, why don't the students lead someone into the water and temporarily block the outlet hole on the inside of the embankment." Shen Chongming suddenly remembered the scene of the flood fighters using their bodies to form a flood wall during the flood fight in later generations, and immediately made a proposal.

Niu Shilang was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said: "No, the river is turbulent, and one accidentally will be swept away, even if you have nine lives, it's useless!" ”

"My lord, isn't there a rope, how can the people who go into the water be washed away if they are all tied together with ropes?" Shen Chongming pointed to the ropes on the left and right on the ground and said. Talented people, maybe the big guys think this guy is light and brought it from home.

"That's not good, if you soak in the water, you can't wash it away, and you'll suffocate to death!" The cow waiter shook his head, leaving no room for relaxation.

Shen Chongming didn't bother to ink with him, picked up a ball of rope and quickly ran up the embankment and shouted: "For the sake of the villagers, go into the water with me if you are not afraid of death!" ”

Many people heard the argument between Shen Chongming and Niu Shilang just now, and when they saw that this guy was really here, everyone had only one feeling in their hearts, it was good.