Li Canghai decided to go to Damiao Village, Xiaohua's hometown, which, according to the old man, was the closest to the Yellow River break, and was the most severely affected.

Looking for someone to ask the direction of Damiao Village, Li Canghai called Xiao Wu, and the two of them took a fast horse out of the city and went east.

Thirty miles to the east, we began to see signs of the spread of the flood, which shows how huge the impact of the flood is.

Although the water level has receded a lot, the road has become muddy.

The further the two walked, the more serious the situation became.

Many of the houses were mud-walled, scattered by the floods, and several of the villages shown on the map were razed to the ground, with no traces of human habitation.

The flood waters have not receded, and large swaths of houses are still in the floodwaters.

It took the two of them more than half a day to cross the muddy road and make a big circle before they came to Damiao Village.

Because Damiao Village is closest to the Yellow River, it was the first to bear the brunt of the flood, and the houses have long collapsed, and there is only one Longwang Temple, which stands in the flood because of its high terrain.

At this time, Chang Feng was leading a group of people to transport mountain stones to the Dragon King Temple.

Nearly 100 people, shirtless, moved huge stones and piled up the open space in front of the Dragon King Temple into a city wall.

Chang Feng was discussing with a fat man with a big belly, pointing to the embankment in the distance, about how to plug the leak.

Li Canghai walked over and found that the fat man was none other than Zuo Hongji.

This made him a little stunned.

"Zuo Hongji? How did you end up here? Li Canghai asked in surprise.

Chang Feng didn't seem to expect Li Canghai to come, so he hurriedly bent down and saluted him.

Zuo Hongji hurriedly knelt down and said: "After the adult's lesson last night, the grass people felt sorry for the people of their county, because they wanted to do more things for the affected people to make up for their past mistakes. ”

This made Li Canghai feel strange, no wonder he didn't see him in the city, it turned out that he ran here, and he couldn't see that he still had this kind of awareness.

"If you can have this awareness, it will not be in vain what the official expects of you." Li Canghai touched his chin and said with relief.

"The grass people now know that helping people is far more joyful than bullying them. Although the grass people are penniless now, they have unprecedented peace of mind. Zuo Hongji's face was indifferent, and he never seemed to be so relaxed.

Li Canghai patted him on the shoulder, then looked at the monstrous flood in front of him and asked, "How is the repair of the embankment going?" ”

Chang Feng and Zuo Hongji glanced at each other, and said in a deep voice: "My lord, the flood is raging, and I can't get close at all. We had to bring the stones from the mountains first, and we didn't have a feasible way to do it. ”

Zuo Hongji said on the side: "From the Dragon King Temple to the breach, there are still two or three miles away, we tried to use the boat to carry the stone, but the water at the break is turbulent, the boat can not get close at all, so it was pushed back by the current." ”

Li Canghai stared at the raging Yellow River a few miles away, then looked back at a lonely mountain behind him that was not very high, and muttered: "From what you can see, how many stones do you need to plug the gap?" ”

"The gap is so large that, according to rough estimates, at least several thousand loads of stone will be needed. Moreover, the Yellow River is turbulent, and counting the stones that will be washed away, it should require at least nearly 10,000 quintals of stones. Zuo Hongji made a rough calculation and said.

Li Canghai glanced at him in surprise, but he didn't expect Zuo Hongji to have these skills.

"Nearly 10,000 quintals of stones!" Chang Feng was stunned, and he muttered, "My lord, there are so many stones, where are we going to get them!" ”

"There are no stones on that mountain behind you?" Li Canghai pointed to the lonely mountain road.

Chang Feng's whole face was wrinkled, he sighed depressedly, and said, "My lord doesn't know, that mountain is a dirt mountain, and there are few stones. ”

Li Canghai looked at the large and small stones piled up in front of the temple, at best, they were only hundreds of loads, which was too far from the number calculated by Zuo Hongji.

Nearly 10,000 quintals of stones, even if the people of Zhengyang County are mobilized, it will take a long time.

At the mouth of the Yellow River, it is about more than ten zhang wide, and its gap is not small.

"My lord, the only way to do this is to transport stones from afar." Chang Feng sighed and said helplessly.

Zuo Hongji shook his head, he didn't agree with Chang Feng's method, he frowned and said: "This method is too risky, according to my observation, this flood seems to be spreading inland every day." Not to mention the difficulty of mining the stone, even the distance of transportation back and forth is extremely time-consuming. I'm afraid that by then, before the stone mining is finished, this flood has already flooded Zhengyang City. ”

"This ...... Probably unlikely, right? Chang Feng was a little stunned.

"Although the terrain of Zhengyang City is high, the surrounding plains are somewhat low-lying, and the water flows to a low place, according to this flow rate, I guess that in a few days, the flood will reach the vicinity of Zhengyang City." Zuo Hongji said with a solemn expression.

Li Canghai pondered, Zuo Hongji has lived in Zhengyang City for generations, and he is much more familiar with the situation in Zhengyang City than him, and he will not be untargeted.

Moreover, judging from the current situation, the Yellow River has no signs of subsiding, and the few days that Zuo Hongji said are actually very long. As long as there is a heavy rain, this flood will immediately rush to Zhengyang City.

There are now a large number of refugees gathered in Zhengyang City, plus the original population, there are tens of thousands, if it is washed to Zhengyang City by the flood, the consequences are really unimaginable.

"My lord, this is not good, that is not good, you can't just watch the flood rage?" Chang Feng slammed his fist vigorously and said anxiously.

"My lord, what to do now, you can have an idea." Zuo Hongji also had a heavy voice.

Li Canghai looked at the turbulent river and the monstrous waves that were rushing up against the embankment, and he said in a deep voice: "Prepare a boat for me, put stones on it, and I will go and test how powerful this flood is." ”

When Chang Feng heard this, he immediately exclaimed: "My lord, no! The water at the breach is so strong that it's hard to get close, so let me go! ”

Zuo Hongji was also taken aback, he looked at Li Canghai as if he was looking at a monster, and his eyes flashed with surprise.

He has also seen a lot of officials, who are not as good as gold, who are not as good as gold, who are clothed and fed on weekdays, but when they encounter danger, they run faster than anyone else.

But Li Canghai not only didn't hide far away, but also risked his life and went to test the flood in person, which couldn't help but make him wonder if he was dreaming?

"Stop talking nonsense, prepare the ship quickly!" Li Canghai put down the cloth bag he was carrying, then rolled up his sleeves and ordered in a deep voice.

Chang Feng said hello, and after a while, a small boat rowed over.