Xie Han said: "It's not that Xie doesn't care about the situation on the dam, it's just that the people who are still in the county are either old people or women and children, but anyone who has a little strength has already fled out of the city. On the contrary, I stayed in the county office, which can still play a role in appeasing the people's hearts! ”

Yang Mo got up, jumped up from the chair, kicked the chair to pieces, and said angrily: "Appease the people? The embankment at the mouth of the gorge has burst, and everyone is gone, where else can you go to appease the people? It's really a scholar and a sour Confucian, misleading the country and a poor soldier! Go, go to the lord now, and call all the people in this county who can still breathe to the county office, immediately, immediately! ”

Xie Han was scolded by Yang Mill, a little stunned, Yang Mill saw that he was still not moving, and was about to go up and kick him hard, Xie Han finally reacted, he had a difficult face, looked at Yang Mill, and said tentatively: "But, Childe, you, you ......"

This Hui An He and Yi'er also walked in early, standing behind Yang Miao, An He saw the look of thanks, how could he not know what he was thinking, he took out a gold medal from his arms at the moment, and said loudly: "His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince Xiangwang is in secret with the emperor, and went to the three northern states to inspect the disaster. ”

Yang Mo turned out to be the fifth prince Xiangwang?

Even Yi'er was taken aback, not to mention the thank you and others who listened to An He's words, but the word Xiangwang on the gold medal in An He's hand was particularly eye-catching, but it didn't seem to be a fake, besides, pretending to be a relative of the emperor was a big crime of the nine clans, who would dare to take his own head indiscriminately to pretend to be a relative of the emperor?

So after a short period of distraction, Xie Han and the others quickly believed what An He said, he just didn't understand a little, His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince, what a noble person, how could he come to such a dangerous place in Yan County at this time?

For Xie Han and others, the prince is such a distant species, not to mention seeing it, just listening, for so many years, I have never heard of a prince leaving the capital of Beijing and coming to such a wild and wasted place as Yan County? Oh, no, there was a prince who went to the Northern Three Prefectures recently, and His Royal Highness the Great Prince Tang Wang came to the Northern Three Prefectures for disaster relief as a Qincha Dacheng, but people are here, not to mention the small lord of the letter of thanks, even their county lord Ma Tongyao, and even the shadow of the big prince has not been seen, as soon as the person came, he entered Beikaicheng, and on the surface he said that he was in command, but who doesn't know the difference between hiding in Beikai and inspecting the disaster area?

After all, what is the identity of the people, the gold is very expensive, how can they take the risk of inspecting the disaster area in person?

But what is going on with the five princes in front of him?

The eldest prince is Feng Mingzhao, and the fifth prince is Mizhao, is it possible that His Majesty the Emperor likes such a bright and dark style?

Although Xie Han muttered in his heart, but this time he learned to be obedient, people ran faster than rabbits, and after a while, more than 30 people gathered outside the county office, and they were all men, although there were few who were really young and prime, but it seemed that at least they were still sharp!

When everyone was gathered, the thank you letter had simply explained the reason to everyone, and everyone couldn't believe it, His Royal Highness the Noble Prince could really come to such a poor place in Yan County, and he would go up the dam and build an embankment with everyone?

It's just that the unstoppable humming scene miraculously became solemn and silent when Yang Mo strode out, and everyone looked at Yang Mo with wide eyes, as if His Royal Highness the prince was not the same race as them, and the curiosity didn't even blink his eyes!

Yang Mo raised his head and glanced at the audience, he was originally a prince, and he had a majesty that people couldn't look at directly, and said loudly: "You are all the people of Yuanxian County, this king won't say much nonsense, if the dam at the mouth of the Yuanxia Gorge bursts, the distant king will not say anything, but first of all, Yuanxian County will suffer this catastrophe for the first time, and everyone present at that time, as well as your family members, will definitely have no chance of survival!" ”

The crowd was in an uproar, everyone looked at each other, and their own whispers began, and they could naturally think of the seriousness of the matter when the embankment burst at the mouth of the gorge, but it was the first time that someone said to them so directly and unabashedly, the dam burst and it was such a thing as death! And the person who is talking about it is still His Royal Highness the Prince, who is as noble as the moon in the sky, so as soon as Yang Miao's words fell, someone dared to ask loudly.

"But all the people in the city who can run have run away, even the county magistrate has run away, what can we do?"

"Yes, now there are no people, no tools and carriages, we just go up to the embankment to build the embankment, and it's useless!"

"I think we should run as far as we can!"

"That Komi Mountain is quite high, and if you go there, you will really break the embankment, so it should be fine, right?"

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Yang Mianzhi waited for everyone to say almost, then pressed his hand, signaled everyone to be quiet, and then said: "This king went to the embankment when he entered the city, although the water level has passed the warning line a lot, but the Yue'an County Commander Zhang Xian in the upper reaches of the Xiakou has been ordered by the emperor, and there are three thousand soldiers from the Xizhiying led by Mo Huishan, who are in the West Direct Camp Pipe Belt, to dig a ditch in Yingzui Bay to divert the flood water into the Fangkou Valley of Yue'an County. As long as we are doing our part, it is absolutely possible to keep the dam at the mouth of the gorge! ”

Yang Mill's words, greatly alleviated people's worries, I have to say, he is very good at grasping the key points, know how to say more people to accept trust, and finally when Yang Milling promised to swear to die with everyone on the dam to build an embankment, never leave a person to escape alone, the crowd was excited, and even many people still had tears in their eyes!

Indeed, what kind of person is the prince, that is the emperor and noble, and now, there is a prince who wants to go up the dam with them to build an embankment, and never go down the dam in advance, this kind of thing, as long as you think about it, can make people's blood boil! Speaking of which, everyone is fateful, but can the lives of their ordinary people be compared to the lives of the prince? Now, His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince ignores his own life and insists on being with everyone, which no need for any rhetoric at all, just this clear action is enough to explain everything!

The next action was unexpectedly smooth, everyone was motivated, and the efficiency was naturally greatly improved.

On the embankment again, after careful investigation, Yang Mill had the bottom in his heart, and then carefully asked Xie Han and others about their thoughts, there was an old man named He Qing, who was a craftsman when he was young, and he had the courage to say a word, Yang Mill felt that it was very reasonable.

He Qing said: "The height of the embankment is high enough, although the water level has crossed the warning line, but it can't be swept away!" The problem now is not in the height of the embankment, it is meaningless to build the embankment again, the problem now is that there is too much water in the mouth of the gorge, and the pressure on the embankment is too great. ”

In fact, many people understand He Qing's words, but the key is what should be done to relieve the pressure on the embankment?

"Floodport!" Yang Mo thought for a while and said in a deep voice, "The flood outlet under the dam is too small, if you can open the flood outlet a little bigger, and the water level at the mouth of the gorge can be lowered, then it can greatly relieve the pressure of the embankment!" ”

"But the floodports are all open, how can they be opened a little bigger?"

At this time, He Qing opened his mouth a few times, and finally said cowardly: "In fact, there is actually a spare flood outlet for this dam at the mouth of the gorge!" ”

This statement was tantamount to a thunderbolt on a sunny day, everyone was stunned, and then they were overjoyed, and they all looked at He Qing with inquiring eyes.

He Qing was a little flustered at first, tangled for a long time before talking about a past, it turned out that in the sixteenth year of Zhaoming, when the dam was built, He Qing was just fourteen years old, and followed the master to work on the embankment, his master was the foreman on the embankment, according to the initial design drawings, the dam was two floodoutlets, after the first floodport was built, the county magistrate at that time found his master, saying that a floodport was completely enough, and it was really impossible to build a second one. Since the county master said so, how could his master not understand what he meant, so although the second flood outlet was also built in the end, it was much worse than the first one.

It is also a coincidence that there was a flood in the year when the dam was built, and one flood outlet was not enough at that time, so the second backup flood outlet had to be used in an emergency, and the second flood outlet did not last for an hour, and the water flow washed away all the spring fortifications inside! After the flood, the second outfall could not be closed at all.

The county magistrate was afraid that the matter of cutting corners on the second flood outlet would be revealed, so he found He Qing's master to find a way, and finally could only cast a thick iron door, directly sealed the flood outlet with mud nails, and then blocked the iron gate from the outside with the strange-shaped boulder on Xiaojian Mountain!

After all, this matter involves He Qing's master, and his master is more than eighty years old, and he is still here, he doesn't know what impact this matter will have on his master, so if it is not urgent, where is he willing to mention it to outsiders?

For He Qing's thoughts, where did Yang Mo have the heart to pay attention to at this time, he said directly: "That is to say, the second flood outlet was sealed, and it has never been used again?" ”

He Qing nodded.

Yang Mo thought for a moment and said: "The strange-shaped boulder of that door can come up with a way, but the iron door is nailed by mud nails, and it is a little difficult to open it!" ”

Although there are difficulties, but it is better than having no way, it is better to wait for it, Yang Mill is a man of action, just do what he says, and immediately tell Xie Han to prepare, everyone on the embankment is united, and in a moment, all the things that Yang Mill needs are ready.