Zhao Yuan looked at him and said faintly: "Master Li, haven't you heard of 'Evil Yuxu'?" If you offend Lord Liu, he naturally can't give up, otherwise the assassin will be powerful, so the people of Zhengyang County can also be unlucky. ”

Li Canghai's face became cold, his face was full of anger, and he said coldly: "Lord Liu is really arrogant to the imperial court officials in doing this, I can't say it, I want to play a fold to the imperial court." ”

Zhao Yuan stroked his beard, shook his head and chuckled: "Master Li, you are still too young!" If you want to impeach Lord Liu, I'm afraid that this piece of music will not have a chance to leave the Assassin's Mansion at all. ”

When Li Canghai heard this, his brows furrowed, he pondered for a moment, then suddenly stared at Zhao Yuan, and said, "Lord Zhao, as the judge of the Assassin's Mansion, why did you say this to me?" ”

Zhao Yuan smiled slightly and said deeply: "Because you are a good official." After a pause, he sighed and said, "Whether you believe it or not, this official has long been dissatisfied with what Lord Liu did. However, the official cannot encroach on his authority, but can only act according to orders. Regarding the bursting of the embankment of the Yellow River, the official expressed deep regret, but fortunately, with the help of Master Li, the flood did not let the flood ravage Zhengyang. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Yuan suddenly bowed deeply to Li Canghai.

"Lord Zhao, why are you doing this?" Li Canghai was a little surprised.

Zhao Yuan said seriously: "Thanks to Lord Li this time, you blocked the break, you not only saved Zhengyang County, but also saved the life of the official, this courtesy, Lord Li should bear it." ”

Li Canghai's thoughts turned, and he quickly understood the meaning of Zhao Yuan's words.

Indeed, if the Yellow River breach is not blocked, causing Zhengyang City to become Zeguo, the imperial court will strictly investigate the matter.

As long as Liu Tong gently pushes all the blame on him and gives him the name of dereliction of duty, he will be condemned to this black cauldron.

It is not an exaggeration to say that Li Canghai is his savior.

"Lord Zhao is serious, the lower officials just did what they could."

It is not difficult to see from the words that although Zhao Yuan is an official under Liu Tong, his relationship with Liu Tong does not seem to be good, otherwise Liu Tong would not have calculated him so much.

Zhao Yuan looked up at Li Canghai and couldn't help but sigh: "I have long heard that the Zhengyang County Order not only judges cases like a god, but also loves the people like a son. Before, I didn't believe it, but now I'm completely convinced. ”

The two quickly became acquainted, and the words were no longer as-for-tat as before.

"Master Li, I don't know something, how did you come up with the idea of using the ship as the foundation to fill the ship with soil and block the breach?" Zhao Yuan couldn't help but ask.

When he first came here, he saw the big ship blocking the breach and the solidified earth on the hull, and his eyes were shocked and indescribable.

In the past, the method of building embankments was to pile up stones and fill them with mud, so that the embankments built in this way were easily loosened after being slapped by the river.

However, the method used by Li Canghai can condense several large ships into a whole, making it difficult to shake the river no matter how it beats.

What made Zhao Yuan feel the most novel was the solidified filler, which was just some dirt, gravel and lime, which could become harder than stone after solidification.

"That's just a method I came up with in a hurry to block the break, but I didn't expect it to really block the break." Li Canghai said with a hint of luck in his words.

At that time, the matter was urgent, and he was not allowed to think of other ways, so he could only fight, but he didn't expect that he really found the formula for solidification.

However, he knew that this simple concrete was not really solid.

After all, the support frames in the hull are all bamboo and wood, and no one knows how long it will last.

"My lord, this breach still needs to be reinforced." After Li Canghai expressed the worry in his heart, he arched his hand to Zhao Yuan and said.

Zhao Yuan waved his hand, stroked his beard and said: "Don't worry, this official will order people to strengthen the entire embankment of the Yellow River, and will definitely not let such a natural disaster happen again." ”

"Scourge?" Li Canghai narrowed his eyes.

"Master Li, what are you doing here?" Zhao Yuan asked.

Only then did Li Canghai remember the purpose of his trip.

He glanced at the people who were reinforcing along the embankment, and muttered, "Lord Zhao, did you find anything unusual when you reinforced the embankment?" ”

"Anomalies?" Zhao Yuan's brows furrowed, and he stroked his beard, a little puzzled.

Li Canghai thought for a while, and said in another way: "At the breach of the embankment, are there any traces of man-made destruction?" ”

"Traces of vandalism? I didn't find it, but I thought it was a little strange, and according to my survey of the levee, it was built so strong that it shouldn't have been breached so easily. Zhao Yuan thought back to the results of his investigation and said with great confusion.

Li Canghai pondered for a moment, and then jumped on the bamboo raft.

Chang Feng and a few people jumped up after him, and then propped up the bamboo raft and floated towards the embankment.

Soon, the raft came to the point where the embankment broke.

The flood water at the breach of the levee has receded considerably, and it is not knee-high.

Li Canghai jumped down first, and then began to look for it in the water.

"My lord, what are you looking for?" Chang Feng asked with some curiosity.

Li Canghai didn't speak, but bent over and searched carefully in the water.

Chang Feng and Zuo Hongji looked at each other, they also jumped down, lowered their heads and looked for them, but the two didn't know what to find, so they kept touching in the water, but caught a few fat Yellow River carp for the two.

Li Canghai looked carefully at the stones in the water, these stones were all stones from the original breach, and they were washed everywhere by the flood.

An hour later, Li Canghai suddenly found a stone the size of a human head.

The stone is irregular in a semi-elliptical shape, with a shallow gray streak on the cross-section.

Li Canghai let out a long breath and said in his heart, as he guessed.

The shallow marks on this stone are actually the traces of gunpowder burning when the gunpowder exploded.

"Chang Feng, what was the situation when the Yellow River burst its banks?" Li Canghai turned to Chang Feng who was fishing in the water and asked.

Chang Feng hurriedly straightened up, he wiped his forehead, and thought for a while: "The little one asked the local people, and they said that they only heard a loud bang at that time, and it didn't take long for the embankment to be broken. The people all said that this was a natural disaster from heaven, and that loud noise was God's anger. ”

Li Canghai's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "What a bullshit natural disaster, this is a man-made disaster!" ”