It is said that spring rain is as expensive as oil, but it is obvious that there is too much rain this spring. Since www.biquge.info the second dragon raised its head in early February, the spring rain has been pouring down, and it is until the end of February, and the rain has not stopped.

Although Yang Chenren looked at the official document in the second hall, his eyes always kept glancing out of the corridor, and he muttered in his heart: "This rain has been falling for more than half a month, and the water in Puyang River is rising day after day, which is not a good sign." If it goes on like this, I'm afraid that without the Li family's people doing anything on the embankment, the river will overflow the embankment and pour down the city. Should I approve that? ”

In the period after the year, in order to prevent the Li family from really desperately destroying the embankment, Yang Chen had ordered people to inspect the Puyang embankment from time to time, of course, nominally just in case. However, the effect of this is still significant, in addition to preventing Li Jiazhen from attacking the river embankment, but also discovered a problem on the embankment the day before yesterday, thus avoiding a disaster in which a thousand-mile embankment was destroyed in an anthill.

But looking at the rain that has not stopped at the moment, Yang Chen's mood has not relaxed at all. For the third time today, he sighed again. This move happened to be seen by Zhuang Heng, who came in with the official document, and immediately stepped forward with concern: "Can the proprietor worry about the water potential of the Puyang River?" ”

"yes, I can't worry about this situation right now. This official has carefully asked from the local villagers, this Puyang River is not a gentle water system, every three or five years, there will be some forks. In the first two years, there were no major problems because the weather was not bad, but this year, ...... Ay. As he spoke, he glanced at the rain outside the corridor, which was obviously a little heavier than just now, and sighed again.

Zhuang Heng heard that he was very worried, so he comforted: "Actually, the proprietor doesn't have to worry so much. As you just said, the people in Zhuji Township have long known the problem of the Puyang River, and since the rain has not stopped this year, it is very likely that some problems will occur, so the people will naturally be prepared. I heard that some of the people who lived not far from the river had moved to higher places a few days ago, and I guess even if the river really overflowed, it would not cause any serious disaster. ”

"I hope I'm just worrying about it." Yang Chen reluctantly smiled and sent Zhuang Heng away. The other party was so calm, just because he didn't know that the Li family was fighting the river embankment. Yang Chen didn't think to tell Zhuang Heng about this, because after all, this matter was just their brother's speculation. If more people know that there is such a thing, maybe some impatient people will find the head of the Li family to make trouble.

That can cause things to get out of hand. Not to mention causing panic among the people in the county, just framing the Li family was enough for him to drink a pot. Don't look at the Li family seems to be just a local tyrant, but Yang Chen knows that they have backers in Shaoxing Mansion, if they let them catch themselves and make a big fuss about framing them, his county order is bound to be extremely passive, and it will even make people suspect that he has an inside story about the crimes convicted by the Li family before. At that time, the face of Yang Chen, the county magistrate who had just gained a firm foothold, would be completely swept away, and some of the power that he had finally won would inevitably be recaptured.

It was precisely because of this concern that Yang Chen had been standing still after learning about the Li family's vicious methods, only making some preparations in secret, but did not take the initiative to attack. This is the difficulty of the local prefectural order with a shallow foundation.

Thinking of this, Yang Chen didn't have the heart to look at the official document in his hand, so he put the Chinese book in his hand and got up and came to the porch outside the door. It just so happened that he saw Yang Zhen and Cai Yingyang, who were dressed in robes and wearing hats, and a few others walking over from the outside with stagnant water that did not reach their calves.

These people were sent to the riverside to inspect today, so as soon as he saw them come back, Yang Chen's heart moved, and he didn't care about the rain that was still falling above his head, and greeted him: "Erlang, how much has the river risen today?" ”

Yang Zhen saluted Yang Chen first, and then walked into the corridor, removing the completely soaked rain gear, and replied: "Today's rain seems to be heavier than yesterday's, causing the river to rise almost half a foot again." Now it's less than two or three feet from the top of the dam. If the rain does not stop, I am afraid that the river embankment will not be able to withstand it. ”

"Yes, my lord, today we also encountered a gust of wind that blew the river into a big wave, and it hit the embankment at once. If it weren't for the fact that this embankment was quite reliable, this would be enough for us to drink a pot. Ruan Tong also said with palpitations.

"Erlang, how many days do you think this embankment can last?" Yang Chen's brows furrowed deeply.

"Three or five days. If the rain does not stop and the river does not fall, it will not last for a month at most. ”

"Then there is no other way, only the county government will come forward and recruit the people to build the embankment." Yang Chen shook his head helplessly.

In fact, Jiang Chong had mentioned this idea to Yang Chen a few days ago. But Yang Chen was worried that there was something hidden in it, and the people of the Li family would destroy the river embankment in the name of building a high embankment, so he didn't agree. But now it seems that it has to be done.

Yang Zhen also understood what his brother was afraid of, and after thinking for a while, he said, "This is the only way right now." Looking at the weather, the rain can't stop for a while. ”

"This thief, God, can't he be in peace? Last year, it was dry and rainless, so my father was hit by someone, but this year it was good, but the rain was endless. Cai Yingyang couldn't help but complain.

Yang Zhen couldn't help but smile when he heard him say this. But Yang Chen didn't have the heart to feel this, and still said with a deep frown: "Repairing the embankment is inevitable, we only have to be careful." ”

Ruan Tong and the others were all Yang Chen's henchmen, so they naturally knew what he meant by being careful, so they all took their own heads: "Don't worry, my lord, once the embankment is repaired, we will keep an eye on it carefully, and never let something happen." ”

"It's the best of course." Yang Chen nodded at them gratefully: "Everything is up to you." As long as you survive this weather, this official will definitely not treat you badly. ”

Soon after, a notice was posted at the entrance of the yamen, and some officials held the notice and walked out of the street with gongs to publicize the meaning of the county magistrate.

At this moment, in the Li family's mansion, it is a different scene.

Looking at the heavy rain that kept raining and seemed to never end, Li Chenggang's face had a smile of expectation: "Good rain knows the season, when spring happens." The ancients were honest and did not deceive me. It was very rare that he also recited a poem.

Seeing that he was in a good mood, Li Chengjin said playfully: "The good rain in your eyes, big brother, is not necessarily good in the eyes of others." ”

"Hmph, then Yang Chen thought that he could get rid of me if he guessed what I thought, but he didn't expect that even God would be on my side of the Li family this time. I'd like to see what else he can do this time, Lord Yang? Li Chenggang smiled proudly again.

In fact, not long ago, Li Chenggang's mood was very unhappy, because at that time he found that his calculation was actually seen through by Yang Chen. Not only was Yang Chen see through the fact that he wanted to attack the river embankment, but even he spent a lot of money to find out the locations where the river embankment was most likely to be destroyed.

Half a year after the first month, he got a report from his subordinates, and there were messengers from the county government to inspect those key positions from time to time, and he was stunned at that time. He couldn't figure out how Yang Chen found these important locations, he didn't know that Yang Chen was actually a traverser, or a science traverser with some attainments in water conservancy projects such as dams, and the problem of ancient dikes naturally couldn't bother him.

But there is one thing that Li Chenggang understands very well, once this thing is not done, his Li family will lose to his grandmother's house. Because the huge amount of grain he bought from Xu Tongzhou had arrived at this time, and once the river embankment was protected by the county government and there was no flood in the county, the grain would be smashed in his hands.

But Li Chenggang seemed to be blessed by God this time, and just when he had nothing to do, it rained heavily, and it didn't stop for a while. Seeing that the river was rising inch by inch, Li Chenggang was so proud in his heart that he was about to buy Qi incense candles to kowtow to the Dragon Lord to thank him.

Seeing him say this, Li Chengjin also showed a gloating smile: "Presumably, looking at the current rain, our county magistrate must be at a loss." If this rain goes on like this, we don't need to take action, and the river embankment will naturally not be able to support it. Big brother, I really admire your foresight and bought this lot of food early.

"As long as the river floods, the price of grain in the city will inevitably soar, and at that time, the little grain stored in the regular liquidation will not be able to meet the needs of the people in the whole city, and we will be able to make a lot of money."

"No, that's not all." Li Chenggang smiled smugly and said: "After this flood, it is past the time to sow spring seedlings. Then throughout the year, the people will be short of food, and we will be able to sell this grain at a good price. It was only at this time that Li Chenggang revealed his true intentions. It turned out that he bought thousands of stones of grain from Xu Tongzhou, not only thinking about the present, but also thinking about the whole year. And once this happens, some people who don't have much property have to pawn their land in exchange for food in order to survive, and the Li family can buy a lot of land at the lowest price.

Only this link is linked to a ring of poisonous schemes, you can see how ruthless Li Chenggang is.

But there was still something bothering him at the moment, and once the rain stopped for a few days, his wishful thinking might not work.

But at this time, there was a sudden sound of gongs and drums outside the courtyard, followed by several shouts: "The people of the whole county have heard clearly, and in order to protect the safety of the whole county, Yang County ordered the people to start building the high embankment tomorrow......"

Hearing the shouts of the county government, the last bit of worry in Li Chenggang's heart also disappeared, and he knew that the opportunity had come.