Chapter 49 - Mobilization of the Whole City

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The downpour rain, non-stop, how many elderly people have never seen such a heavy rain, it is like the Tianhe River has been stabbed open, and the water is pouring down.

The ditches on the side of the road are full, the water is cross-flowing, the low-lying houses are in trouble first, every household is holding a basin, desperately scooping water out, but the degree of people is never as good as the degree of rain, and gradually the low-lying areas in the north of the city appear to be strict zhòng water phenomenon.

An ** can be regarded as having experienced strong winds and waves, but he is not prepared for floods at all. Li Jibo, Xia Shouli, Li Xu, Sun Cheng and others gathered in the mansion, but none of the big guys had any good ideas.

"As the saying goes, water and fire are ruthless, but this Xuzhou is also relying on the Yellow River, the old man remembers that in the Longqing and Wanli years, the Yellow River has a breach, and the entire Xuzhou is submerged!" Li Jibo sighed and said.

Hearing this, Sun Cheng gasped in fright: "Mr. Li, are you saying that we have a powder magazine next to us, which can explode at any time?" ”

"It's still early." Li Jibo said angrily: "Although this rain is heavy, it will not break the Yellow River in one day, if it rains like this continuously, the old man will not be sure!" ”

Gu Zhenhua also sighed, "It's not just Xuzhou who is in trouble, there is also an alarm from the Guide side, Xu Fang has already reported it, they started to rain three days ago, the water level of the Yellow River has skyrocketed, and he has already taken the people to the river to guard it." ”

"So, what should I do?" Li Xu couldn't help but say: "Grandpa Guo, let's also arrange for people to go to the river, I don't know anything else." However, the Yellow River is a big trouble, flooding at every turn. ”

Li Jibo smiled bitterly: "Although the old man was born in Jiangnan, he has been in Liaodong all these years. I didn't pay any attention to how to control the water. ”

The old fox ran out of ideas, and the others were also blind, Sun Cheng, Li Xu and others were even landlubbers, and they didn't know what to do.

At this time, Xia Shouli suddenly smiled and said, "Grandpa Guo, I am a new person." Maybe this person can do it? ”

"Tell me, who is it?"

"This person's name is Pan Yueshan, and he is Pan Jitao's grandson."

"Pan Jitao? Do you mean the one who rules the river? ”

"That's right. It was the one who proposed to use the river to govern the river and attack the sand with water. With a family history, this Pan Yueshan is also proficient in the art of water control. It's just that the imperial court has been fighting all these years, and it doesn't have the energy to govern people. Where is the ability to control the water? There are frequent dangerous situations in rivers in various places, and the people of Li are devastated. When Mr. Pan mentioned it, he also dared to be disappointed! ”

Speaking of Pan Jitao, he is very famous in the history of water conservancy in China and even in the world, and he created the method of water and sand flushing, which changed the wrong method of blindly diverting water in the past. Even in later generations, it was also widely used and governed by the Yellow River, and Pan Jitao ruled the Yellow River four times before and after. It took more than 10 years and effectively reduced the disaster. Ze was born.

It is very interesting to note that in the Manchu era, when Westerners set foot on this ancient empire, their water conservancy experts enthusiastically inspected the Yellow River and proposed to the Qing government to use double dams and silt up embankments to control floods. And triumphantly wrote a thesis, in the world table.

But not long after the paper was listed, they realized that their set of things was just picking up people's teeth, as early as three hundred years ago, the Chinese had already found this method, this person is Pan Jitao!

Thinking of the descendants of the Pan family, Gu Zhenhua also became interested, and hurriedly said: "Since this person has this ability, Benjue will personally invite him." ”

"Grandpa Guo, don't go, let the lowly post go."

"No, this water is ruthless, if our little family is soaked in the water, everything will be over. Besides, I also want to see with my own eyes this Pan Yueshan's ability, if it is a straw bag, I can't hand over my life to him. ”

Gu Zhenhua said and let Xia Shouli lead the way, he grabbed an oil-paper umbrella and followed closely, Li Xu and the others were no exception, everyone walked out of the official office quickly.

As soon as they walked out, everyone saw that the rain was still there, and the water on the ground was deeper, and in some places it was not above the surface of the feet, and even below the knees. Every household is desperately scooping water, and it seems that the situation is already quite strict. There was no way to ride a horse or a car, so Xia Shouli could only lead the way, and everyone walked towards Nancheng on two legs.

After arriving in the southern city, the terrain increased and the water was less. Xia Shouli led everyone to the front of a small courtyard and knocked on the door. A half-grown child ran out of it in the middle of the day, Xia Shouli knew him, and it was Pan Yueshan's grandson.

"Where are your grandfather and your father? I have something important to look for him. ”

"Mr. Xia, grandpa, they all went out of the city to see Kuishan Dam."

Hearing this, Xia Shouli glanced at Gu Zhenhua.

"Let's go, let's go to the embankment too."

They left Pan's house, and traveled all the way, and finally arrived at the bottom of the Kuishan Dam, when a few people hurried over from not far away, and the clothes on their bodies were blown away by the wind, and the rain hit them. After running a few steps, the person in front slid to the ground, covered in mud and water, and the person behind had to be supported.

"Leave me alone, go and sue the official mansion, I'm afraid that Kuishan Dike will not be done!"

They were running, and Gu Zhenhua collided with them, Xia Shouli recognized these people at a glance, the old one was Pan Yueshan, and the other two younger ones were his two sons.

"Mr. Pan (Xia), why are you here?" Both men were taken aback.

Xia Shouli smiled first: "Mr. Pan, the heavy rain continues, I told Grandpa Guo, you are an expert in water control, this Grandpa Guo personally came to invite you!" ”

Saying that, Xia Shouli pointed with his hand, and Pan Yueshan noticed at this time that there were many people behind Xia Shouli, like the stars holding the moon, and a tall young man stood in the middle.

Presumably this is Ji Guogong!

Pan Yueshan hurriedly bowed down and saluted, "Grandpa Guo, please save the hundreds of thousands of people in Xuzhou!" ”

Gu Zhenhua hurriedly supported Pan Yueshan and couldn't help asking, "Mr. Pan, don't talk about these false courtesies, is the river embankment really so dangerous?" ”

"Indeed, the old man has just come down from the Kuishan embankment, and the river is less than five feet from the embankment, even if the rain has stopped now. There is a danger of breaking the levee when the water rises upstream, not to mention that the rain is so heavy. The situation is too dangerous. ”

Gu Zhenhua grabbed Pan Yueshan and strode towards the pavilion on the side.

"Mr. Pan, if you have any strategy, you just have to say, no matter the manpower and material resources, Benjue will all help, in short, the people of Xuzhou must not be in danger!"

"Thank you, Grandpa Guo, with you. Blessed are the people. ”

To be honest, although Pan Yueshan heard that An ** had a good reputation, he didn't expect them to be able to really rescue the disaster. After all, the stakes are too great. But Gu Zhenhua personally came to the door, which also made Pan Yueshan feel hopeful.

Everyone was done in the pavilion, Pan Yueshan wiped the rain on his face, and then said, "Grandpa Guo." Xuzhou is low-lying. There is the water of the Yellow River in the north. The whole city is out of the pelvic floor, especially the northern city. In recent decades, during the years of Longqing, Wanli and Tianqi, there were three tragedies of the Yellow River breaking and flooding Xuzhou. Especially in the fourth year of the Apocalypse, the Kuishan embankment broke. The whole city was flooded, and finally it had to be rebuilt. The magnitude of the damage is unimaginable. ”

Gu Zhenhua frowned, and hurriedly asked, "Mr. Pan, do you have any plans?" ”

"Grandpa Guo, the most important thing at present is to defend the Kuishan embankment, and at the same time mobilize the people of the whole city, and evacuate the low-lying places as much as possible. In addition, it is necessary to mobilize, sandbags, food, tents, firewood, and drinking water. ”

"Okay, do you hear it, just do what Mr. Pan said, Li Xu mobilized a battalion of veterans, Sun Cheng mobilized a battalion of recruits, a total of 2,000 people, all of them obeyed Mr. Pan's command, and strictly guarded the embankment. You have to fight this as if it were a battle, and you must win and not lose! ”

"Yes!" After the two men received the order, they immediately went to transfer their troops.

"Xia Shouli, you will go to Mr. Li in a while to jointly draw up an evacuation plan, mobilize supplies, and prepare for disaster relief." Gu Zhenhua said to the others again: "An ** All soldiers are in a state of combat readiness, whether they are recruits or veterans, except for those who need to patrol, all others are ready to go to the embankment for disaster relief!" ”

"Yes!"

6 Yong, Xue Biao and others were all ordered to mobilize.

At this moment, hundreds of people came from the nearby village, old and young, men and women, all dressed in robes and holding shovels and pickaxes, and ran over in a panic.

"What are you doing here?"

These civilians happened to collide with the guards soldiers.

"Back to Master Jun, we're here to see how the embankment is, our net worth and life are all on it, please let us go quickly." The leading old squire couldn't help but cry to the ground.

At this time, Gu Zhenhua and Pan Yueshan also rushed over, Gu Zhenhua couldn't help frowning and asked, "Old man, disaster relief is a big deal, is it enough to rely on a few of you?" ”

When the old squire heard this, his face changed color, and he sighed and said: "The officials are busy, how energetic we are, how energetic we are, God should always give people a way to live, if we really want to accept people, we can't help it!" ”

"Nonsense, human life is at stake, what can be more important than disaster relief, don't you know, old man, this is Ji Guogong, he personally came to survey the embankment, and just gave an order to let thousands of soldiers go to the embankment to garrison." Pan Yueshan said with a frown on the side.

When the old squire heard this, he was also taken aback, and couldn't help but blurt out: "Can a soldier still help the common people?" ”

"Soldiers don't fall from the sky and stones jump out of them. There are seven or eight thousand recruits under Benjue's subordinates, all of whom were recruited from Xuzhou, shouldn't they be allowed to protect their fathers and fellow villagers? ”

The old squire suddenly sobbed, and kowtowed to the muddy water on the ground.

"The teacher of benevolence and righteousness, the old man has finally seen it, thank you Grandpa Guo, thank you Grandpa Guo!"

Over the years, the collapse of the imperial court, there have been disasters, not to mention disaster relief, it is good not to take advantage of the fire to rob, especially the soldiers, who are even more excessively looted, and have left a stereotypical impression in the hearts of the people.

Ann's ability to go all out to provide disaster relief is really beyond everyone's expectations. The old squire got up from the ground and shouted to everyone, "Listen, big guy, the levee protects the lives of all of us, and we should do our best." ”

"Yes, that's right, let's go up to the embankment together and guard it tightly." (To be continued......)