Chapter Seventy-One: God Is Not as Good as Me

The water in the river is still rising, it seems to be rising very slowly, and you can hardly see the extent of the rise when you stare at it, but when you look back every hour, you will find that .

The cloudy sky seemed to be darker, and even if it was not night, the people on the shore were still there filled with sand and gravel.

Zhang Zhong had already gone back to bake the fire once, some of the clothes on his body were dry, and some of them were still so wet, and the heavy rain had no intention of stopping, and Zhang Zhong stood on the river embankment again.

"Master, where did you say that if it really rises, where will it break?" The heart of the servant was also tightly grasped at this moment, and in just two hours, it actually rose by an inch of distance, and as long as it rose another four inches, the low place of the river embankment could not prevent the flood from overflowing.

Zhang Zhongshang didn't know where the water level would break if it didn't come down, so he could only say calmly: "When the time comes, see where it is dangerous, just let people nail the stakes to where and pile sandbags." ”

The official nodded Mu Ran, he didn't have any good ideas, he could only save whatever was in danger.

As he spoke, water began to seep out from under the location of a section of the embankment, and there was not much seepage, and under such heavy rain, it would be able to be seen.

"My lord, my lord, here, here is the water, my lord." A person in charge of monitoring there saw the situation, and hurriedly shouted at Zhang Zhong, and a thunderbolt also sounded at this time, making this person's shouting much quieter, but such a small voice, hearing everyone's ears, was louder than the thunder in the sky.

Zhang Zhong turned his head to look, and his feet also moved, shouting as he ran, "Somewhere, don't be afraid, come here, bring a stake, sandbags, sandbags." ”

The person who was assigned to carry the wood did not dare to slack off, so he picked up the wooden stake with a pointed head at the bottom, and ran over with it, and the people guarding next to the sandbags immediately carried the sandbags one by one and rushed towards that side.

"Nail, nail me to death, use someone to block the break, take a rope, tie one to the other, and die together." Zhang Zhong changed his original weak appearance, took off his official uniform outside, pulled up his sleeves, and stood up first.

The official was frightened and hugged Zhang Zhong, "My lord, you can't go down, these people are still waiting for you to give orders, the small one, let the small one come, the small one will water, don't be afraid of this, my lord, you put on your clothes, you haven't broken up yet, nail, hurry up and nail." ”

The people were dumbfounded for a moment, and only then did they react when they heard the words of the officials, and they did not care whether the levee would burst immediately, and when they rushed up, the wooden stakes smashed up on the inner side of the river, and the ropes on that side were also ready, and the shirtless young men were tied one after another, waiting for the embankment to burst in a while to plug the mouth.

After a quarter of an hour, the tension finally eased, and as the wood was nailed down and sandbags were thrown inside, even if the water was still seeping here, the crowd was no longer as worried as before.

Two rows of wooden stakes smashed into the river, and sandbags were piled up inside, and for a while, there was no danger here.

The official took Zhang Zhong back from the official uniform he had just taken off, and wanted to put it on for Zhang Zhong, this kind of official uniform was not easy to wear, Zhang Zhong had already torn it when he took it off, and he could only put it on his body, and then he was hit by the water, rubbing some dirt on it, and he felt that he was not much stronger than a beggar.

But it is this kind of official uniform that is the real official uniform in the eyes of those people, even if it is not very decent, even if Zhang Zhong looks very embarrassed, in the eyes of the people, Zhang Zhong is a county order, more official than those county orders elsewhere.

Zhang Zhong was also afraid for a while, he was really anxious just now, so he wanted to help do something, but at this time, he relieved his strength, and ordered: "Other places send people to take care of it, and no break is allowed." ”

The people were very obedient and asked people to check one place after another, and the officials also found ropes first, preparing where there would be danger again for a while, and they didn't have to wait for the county magistrate to shout, and they jumped down first.

A waterproof lantern covered with oiled paper was picked up and faintly shone on the surface of the river, and the water seemed to rise a little more, and the sound of rain and thunder could be heard all around, as well as the wheezing of the people as they worked, and the sound of digging sand and gravel.

The sounds of nature seem to be separated from the sounds of people at this moment, and they can all be heard, and they are so different, and it is in these two sounds that a new sound has been made people notice, the clatter of horses' hooves in the water, from far and near.

The sound grew louder and louder, and in front of the car there was also a waterproof lantern, on which two rice seedlings with wide eyes were drawn on the pale yellow oiled paper.

When everyone watched fixedly, the official of the inner courtyard hugged Zhang Zhong at once, and shouted frantically, "Master, the little boy and the little lady are here, the lord, the little boy and the little lady ......." ”

Zhang Zhong was also shocked, he couldn't have imagined that at this time, his son and daughter-in-law suddenly came over, and there were guards sent out next to the carriage, controlling the horse steadily, and the same pace stepped on the water, clattering.

"Dad, are you too hot to come out and take a cold shower? What happened to the clothes? Did someone push you into the river? ”

Zhang Xiaobao met the guards who came to them on the way here, knew the danger here, sped up, jumped out of the car, looked at the situation, knew that everyone was more worried, and deliberately said a joke.

Zhang Zhong couldn't describe his current mood, looked at his son and daughter-in-law with a smile and said, "Xiaobao, it's time to break up, what can you do?" ”

"Huh? Is it really dangerous? Way? Yes, God said that where to execute, I don't agree, I don't agree, then I can't. ”

Zhang Xiaobao said proudly, and looked up at the sky, a big lightning flashed overhead, which scared Zhang Xiaobao, stretched out his hand and wiped his face, still looking indifferent.

Others didn't know whether what Zhang Xiaobao said was true or false, but the official next to him completely believed it, and shouted next to him: "See, my little boy said, where God let the embankment break, the little boy said no, it just doesn't work." ”

Zhang Zhong was really a little puzzled at this time, could it be that his son was really a monster or a fairy? Can even God's things be changed? He asked uncertainly: "Xiaobao, can you really make God say that the place where the embankment is broken will not be broken?" ”

"Dad, in fact, not necessarily, if God and I think together, if we are going to break the embankment in the same place, then I can't block it, God says that where the embankment breaks, that place may not be able to be decided, but I say that whichever place is decided, it will definitely be decided, Dad, wait for the child and the juanjuan to look around, and then choose the place where the levee should be broken."

Zhang Xiaobao said it to his father like a tongue twister, and pulled Wang Juan and began to spin around.

Zhang Zhong understood that his son came not to prevent the embankment from bursting, but to make a place to break the embankment, watching the figures of his son and daughter-in-law disappear into the heavy rain, Zhang Zhong didn't know what to do for a while.

About two quarters of an hour later, Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan turned back like chickens in soup.

"Dad, this river embankment can't be blocked, we don't have a lake yet, let people take advantage of the current situation, dig a diversion canal, lead the water over, the lake is there, and the matter here in the river has been solved."

Zhang Xiaobao finally chose a location, digging from there, it can flow to the predetermined place, and it can also bypass the place where the people live under the corner of the mountain, where the river embankment looks more stable than other places, it doesn't matter if it is stable, it can't stand the destruction.

Zhang Zhong listened to his son's words, and his heart was so dark that it was really so, and he hesitated for a moment and asked Zhang Xiaobao, "Do you really want to do this?" ”

"Dad, don't worry, it's okay, isn't it just three days of rain, and it may not be able to fill the lake, there is no other way except this, you really think that your son is a fairy, you have that ability, how good it is for the child to directly change some money, why bother to make money, Dad, hurry up and give an order, otherwise there should be a place for water seepage in a while."

Zhang Xiaobao saw that his father had not yet made up his mind, so he scared his father a little, just now when he was strolling around, he heard someone say that water seepage, and naturally heard that his father was ready to jump down and block the breach in person, which made him afraid for a while.

After Zhang Zhong muttered 'I really want to do this' twice in a row, he finally made up his mind, his son is not an immortal, but what his son said is usually not wrong.

"Come on, over there, dig a ditch for the official, and connect it to the low-lying place behind, be quick, don't dig the embankment first."

Many people didn't know what the county magistrate was going to do, so they could only follow the order and dig according to Zhang Zhong's requirements.

The strength of the people was great, and they divided into sections, and with the faint light of the waterproof lantern and the light of the lightning, they began to work with their might.

It only took an hour to dig a ditch that had been infiltrated by rainwater, four feet deep and six feet wide, and it was impossible to drain smoothly with this ditch, but at least there was a direction of drainage.

If you don't bring the water over, you won't know where the embankment will break.

"Dig, dig on the embankment, little by little, let the water flood first." Zhang Zhong then gave the order.

A few brave men, with ropes tied to their bodies, took shovels and went up to that place, and one by one dug out the earth and threw it into the river, and after waiting for about half an hour, the water of the river could overflow the low place and enter the ditch.

"Sandbags, sandbags, piled up a foot away from both sides of the ditch, and the piles are dense." Zhang Zhong shouted to those who were ready to carry sandbags at all times.

Carrying sandbags on their backs, the men trotted all the way to the sides of the ditch.

When a hole was dug in the embankment and the water flowed down, the sandbags were piled up.

"What are you doing? Want to flood the entire county? Before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, a man got out of the carriage from the direction of the county and questioned the people standing there.