Chapter 171: Worthy of Guilt
Thinking of Li Canghai's method before, Chang Feng admired it in his heart.
Li Canghai let him enter the Dragon King Temple with his scars, and did not interrogate, but directly blocked his mouth, wrote a confession with pen and ink, and asked Chang Feng to accompany him to perform a double reed.
But in this short period of incense, Severed Finger and others fell into a deep mystery, mistakenly thinking that Scar had put the blame on them in order to exonerate himself.
With almost no effort, the real murderer was found, and Chang Feng admired in his heart in addition to admiration.
"Now, the murderer has been ascertained, this case has nothing to do with the gods, everyone should not believe the rumors, let alone spread the rumors. The most important thing in front of us is to block the Yellow River breach, only by blocking the flood can we keep our homeland, for future generations not to leave our homeland, this official is willing to advance and retreat with you! ”
Li Canghai felt that at this time, he should play a leading role, and just thought about whether he should change his style and say more sensational words, but he didn't expect those people to respond to his cheering up.
"My lord, what you are saying is that this is where our ancestors lived, and where else can we go without this?"
"Yes, for the sake of the homeland, even if the Dragon King is here, we will also fight with him!"
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The people lifted their spirits and dispersed one after another, chiseling stones and digging stones, digging and digging the earth, and they were busy again.
Li Canghai asked people to tie up the scars in the Dragon King Temple, sent people to guard them strictly, and walked in front of him to look at the monstrous flood, frowning.
In just half a day, the water level rose by one foot, and at this rate, it would not be long before it would flood the Dragon King Temple.
The Dragon King Temple is already very high, and if it is flooded here, it means that Zhengyang City will be surrounded by floods.
The situation was urgent, and Li Canghai had no time to care about the stele.
He ordered the stele to be kept in good care and that no one was allowed to approach it, thinking that he would study it carefully when the flood waters receded.
Also, the cause of Lin Laosan's death, he always felt that there were still some doubts.
Why did Lin Laosan's body happen to lie under the stone stele, is it man-made or a coincidence?
However, the current situation does not allow him to think too much.
The lives of the people in the city were fighting for him, and his nerves were tense all the time.
Li Canghai looked up at the sky while observing the water level.
At this time, the change in weather can be crucial.
If the weather has been fine, if the sky changes abruptly, it will bring unpredictable consequences to block the breach.
Li Canghai can only pray that the county decree of the Dragon King, which he has never believed, must not change the sky at this juncture.
"My lord! My lord! Li Canghai stared at the water, and suddenly heard someone calling him behind him, so he hurriedly turned around.
I saw Zuo Hongji, dragging his fat body, and ran over with difficulty.
"Zuo Hongji, you're finally back, did you get the lime?" Lime is about the toughness of concrete, he asked busily.
Zuo Hongji wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a smile: "Don't worry, my lord, I not only got the lime, but also found some helpers for my lord." ”
As he spoke, Zuo Hongji led Li Canghai to the back of the temple.
Behind the temple, on the road passing through the lonely mountain, a group of people appeared, holding hoes, hammers and other things, and were rushing here.
"...... this?" Li Canghai wondered.
Zuo Hongji panted and said: "My lord, these are the people of Zhengyang City, they heard that the adults were going to block the Yellow River breach, so they came to help. ”
Seeing that Li Canghai was a little surprised, Zuo Hongji continued: "Don't worry, my lord, they all came voluntarily, and no one persecuted them. ”
Li Canghai's eyes showed joy, he clapped his hands, and said, "Zuo Hongji, you take them to dig more deep pits at the foot of the lonely mountain, and then mix all the soil, lime and other materials according to this ratio." ”
took out a previously calculated ratio from his arms, handed it to him, and said deeply: "Whether you can successfully block the place where the embankment breaks depends on this time." ”
Zuo Hongji took the drawings and looked at them, he nodded solemnly: "With the adult's method, you will definitely be able to block the break, and the grass people are ready to go." ”
Coupled with the people who came from Zhengyang City, there are already hundreds of people near Damiao Village, and everyone is working together in an orderly manner.
Before Xiao Wu got a boat, he asked the people to go to the lonely mountain to cut down trees and bamboo.
While Zuo Hongji and others were making concrete, Li Canghai took the people and began to tie up bamboo.
Digging grooves to fill in the soil, wooden bones to support the mud walls, this is a construction method that has been handed down since ancient times.
In order to stabilize the wall, the masons usually prop up wooden sticks to support the wall when they make the wall.
Li Canghai replaced the wooden sticks with bamboo, on the one hand, the bamboo has strong pressure resistance, and on the other hand, it is because it is more convenient to use local materials.
The production of concrete is extremely time-consuming, and Datang has no machinery and equipment, so it can only rely on manual mixing.
Li Canghai said that this thing must be stirred constantly, otherwise it will solidify.
When the people heard this, they divided themselves into shifts and stirred in turns, without stopping for a moment.
Everything is ready, just waiting for Xiao Wu to bring the boat to come.
As night fell, countless torches lit up throughout the Lonely Mountain, including the Dragon King Temple.
Li Canghai stood in front of the Dragon King Temple, quietly looking at the rolling waves in the distance, except for the sound of the waves, there was not even the sound of insects chirping, and the silence was a little unusual.
"My lord, you haven't eaten for a day, this is a bird I caught on the lonely mountain, boiled it to replenish my body." Chang Feng held a porcelain bowl, walked to Li Canghai's side, and said.
In the porcelain bowl is a boiled bird, and half a bowl of thick soup is filled with oil flowers, and you can smell the fragrant aroma from afar.
Inhaling the aroma vigorously, Li Canghai's stomach growled, he touched his stomach and sighed: "This unassuming belly, when you smell the aroma, your original form will be revealed." ”
Li Canghai held the bowl in his hand, he leaned over to the porcelain bowl and inhaled a few mouthfuls of aroma, and then handed the bowl to Chang Feng.
Chang Feng was suddenly a little stunned, he looked at Li Canghai in a daze: "My lord, what do you mean by this?" ”
"Go get me half a steamed bun, I have a small amount of food, and half a steamed bun is enough. It's been a busy day, so let's give this to the wounded. Li Canghai sat down against the threshold and said.
Chang Feng was stunned, he stared at Li Canghai, and said puzzledly: "My lord, why are you bothering, why do you have to suffer yourself?" As a county magistrate, you came to work with the people to deal with the floods, looking at the entire Tang Dynasty, I am afraid that few people can do it. But you don't have to be so wronged, right? ”
Li Canghai glanced at him and said deeply: "If you are not in your position, you will not seek your own politics." If I don't become this official, I will forget it, since I am this official, I will be responsible for the people of the county. For one term as an official and for the benefit of one party, I Li Canghai do all the things I do, not to be famous in the world, but to be worthy of my heart. ”