The sky in May and June is like a doll's face, and it changes when it is said.

Not long after Yun Jinchu left in the carriage of Zhennan Wangfu, rain began to fall in the sky.

From the beginning of the rain to the pouring of rain in just an instant, the streets that were still mixed with the sound of shouting and laughter were suddenly scolding, and the pedestrians on the roadside ran around to avoid the rain in the sudden heavy rain, and occasionally they could hear the noise of each other when they accidentally collided.

Puddles of water quickly gathered on the bluestone floor of the street, and occasionally horse-drawn carriages ran over them, splashing all over the ground.

Yun Jinchu listened to the sound of raindrops falling on the car, lifted the curtain and looked at the chaotic street outside, the pouring rain almost covered his vision.

She frowned and asked the goose sitting beside her, "Has it rained like this in Beijing in previous years?" ”

Yan Hui shook his head: "In the past, there was more spring rain in Beijing, and in the early summer of May and June, the rain gradually decreased, and it was not until the midsummer weather that there would be occasional heavy rain, but most of them only stopped after one or two hours, and the rain for one or two consecutive days was rare, and it almost never saw such continuous rain this year, and it rained for more than half a month." ”

The capital of Daye is originally in the north, unlike the humid south of the Yangtze River, and it is rare to see such rain.

"It has been many years since the slave and maid entered Beijing with the son, and it is the first time I have seen such a heavy rain."

Yun Jinchu's eyebrows tightened when he heard this.

The rain fell down the roof of the carriage and splashed on the window, wetting Yun Jinchu's face, and her eyes were slightly dull when she lowered the curtain.

Yan Hui asked in a low voice, "Miss, what's wrong?" ”

Yun Jinchu shook his head: "Don't go back to the Song Mansion first, go to the dock." ”

Although Yan Hui was puzzled, he didn't ask much, only knocked on the body of the carriage and gave the order to go down, and the people who were driving the carriage outside directly turned the head of the carriage and headed towards the east of the city.

Heavy rain fell from the sky, and the eastern part of the city, which has always been lively, rarely became sparsely crowded.

The carriage went all the way to the wharf in the east of the city, Yun Jinchu held an umbrella and led the wild goose and mulberry leaves to turn around the wharf twice, and then looked at the water surface and stopped for a long time, and then let people drive to the moat at the edge of the city.

The terrain in the middle of Beijing is low, and the mountains on the outskirts of the city are also far apart, so in order to ensure the safety of the city in wartime, the city is surrounded by water for defense.

Yun Jinchu still remembered the day when he went out of the city at Helanjia Horse Farm before, the water in this moat was not full, and a large layer of soil was exposed in the ravine above, but at this time, the water at the head of there rose by at least one meter, and the soil layer at the edge was only about half a meter deep.

The water flow at the intersection of the moat and the Lingjiang River outside the wharf is turbulent, and the whirlpool of the flood discharge near it seems to be in a hurry, and the water level has already been flooded for most of the time.

Yun Jinchu followed the moat all the way back to the dock.

There are countless boats docked on the pier, because of the heavy rain, the people who originally gathered on the pier are all resting and hiding in the shed not far away, talking and laughing.

Heavy rain poured down, with the occasional thunderclap.

But no one noticed the turbulence beneath the water's surface.

Yun Jinchu watched for a while, until the rain wet the skirt, and then led the mulberry leaves back to the carriage.

"Go to Xiaorong Huafang."

……

After Sun Yilan came back from the Song family, she was busy meeting the people who sold the shops on West Street, and with all her might, she pressed down the price of the shops by 30%, found a tooth shop to complete the business of the shop, and went to meet the people who bought the nursing home from Qin Sanye.

Not long after he came back, he heard people outside say that Yun Jinchu was here.

"Miss Yun?"

How did she get here?

Sun Yilan was very surprised, and she didn't care that her hair was not dry, so she hurriedly went out with her wet long hair.

"Why did the young lady come here?" Sun Yilan asked as soon as she saw Yun Jinchu.

Yun Jin saw her hair wet for the first time: "You dry your hair first." ”

"It's okay, I've changed my clothes, and I'll wipe my hair later."

Although Sun Yilan has only met Yun Jinchu twice, she can also see how she has a temperament, if there is nothing important, she will not come over in such a heavy rain.

She casually pulled up her wet hair and wrapped it in a cloth, and then asked, "Miss first tell me what's the matter, it's raining so hard, but what happened?" ”

Yun Jinchu shook his head: "It's okay, I just have something to ask Sister Lan to help with." ”

Sun Yilan suddenly smiled: "If there is anything between us that does not help, Miss has something to order." ”

Yun Jinchu didn't detour with her: "I remember you told me that among the fertile fields you bought for me, in addition to those on the outskirts of the city, there is also a piece near Anxian County, a hundred miles south of the city, next to the Lan River, which is close to the branch of the Lingjiang River?" ”

Sun Yilan nodded: "Yes, the fields near Na'an County have always been fertile and have high yields, and I still spent double the silver to get that piece of land, and I also bought a Zhuangzi by the way." ”

Yun Jinchu said: "I want you to send a few people over there to help me see the water level of the Lan River and whether the farmland over there has been flooded." ”

"Drowned?" Sun Yilan was taken aback when she heard this.

"I'm just guessing."

Yun Jinchu looked at the heavy rain falling in the courtyard, and saw that some tree branches were knocked to the ground, and many of the flowers planted in the backyard of this cloth shop had discounted their branches.

She said: "Jingzhong is located in the north, and there is little rain all year round, let alone continuous rainstorms like now, but the rain has been non-stop during this time, and it has been intermittent for more than half a month. ”

"I just went to the pier and the moat, and the water level has risen a lot, and the outlet of the discharge is already surging, and the upstream is still like this, if the rain is like this downstream......"

Yun Jinchu paused when he spoke,

"I remember that the capital went south to the junction of the Lingjiang River and the Xihe River, and there was a relatively large place for flood discharge, and once the embankment was washed away before that, and the heavy rain continued, the two banks were afraid that they could not bear it."

Once the levee breaks, it will be a huge flood.

The villages and counties on both sides of the river will become purgatory in an instant.

Sun Yilan obviously understood what Yun Jinchu meant, and her whole face changed.

She also lived in Jiangnan before she got married, and when she was a child, she encountered floods, and she still remembers the scene of corpses all over the field and starvation.

"I'll send someone to see it!"

Yun Jinchu hurriedly called Sun Yilan: "When you let people go, the movement is smaller, just in the name of helping me check the fields, secretly inspect the vicinity of the river, don't alarm too many people." ”

After all, the flood was just her own speculation, she had never seen the flood discharge place of the river before, and she didn't know how strong the flood storage and discharge capacity of the Daye River was.

In case she just thinks too much, the river is strong, or the rain stops after a few days.

Inexplicably spreading the news of the flood will only cause panic among the people, and turning around to let the court know that she "instigated" the people to make trouble, which will only cause trouble for herself and the Song family.

Sun Yilan knew the severity and nodded: "I will tell them to be careful." ”