In the blink of an eye, the crescent moon hung in the sky, and the churning Luo water gradually encroached on the riverbank that had been soaked by the rain, and rushed eagerly to rush the embankment that could only be repaired today...... The current hit the three-zhang high bank that stood, and the splash almost jumped to the hem of Luo Lingzhi's clothes.

Luo Lingzhi stood on the embankment, looked down at Luoshui close at his feet, and was shocked, "This water level is rising too fast!" ”

"The news came from the scout flying pigeons, and the rain in the city of Lodu has not stopped."

Bai Wulan stared at Luoshui in the dim moonlight, his eyes were heavy, "Looking at it this way, the manpower to repair the embankment at night will also be increased, and we must prepare more sandbags and mud bags as soon as possible, we must leave enough time for Cui Taishou." ”

Luo Lingzhi nodded, "I asked Gu Huaiyi to go to Sichuan City overnight to find Cui Taishou's important person, but only more than 4,000 of us are not enough." By the way, have the river explorers returned? How's it going? ”

At the mention of this, Bai Wulan had an even more headache, "I was about to tell Luo Niangzi that the situation was even worse than we imagined, dozens of branches were almost all blocked, and we had to choose the tributaries as soon as possible, otherwise it would be too late to dig them all." I compared the surrounding topography map, and most of the tributaries will pass through high mountains and mountains, which should be avoided as much as possible......"

Luo Lingzhi can be said to have completely understood these water conservancy matters, scratched his head, and said helplessly: "You look at the feasible arrangement, it seems impossible to avoid the mountains, I see that this Sichuan City is almost wrapped in winding mountains, you try to come up with a plan tonight, and when Gu Huaiyi brings the labor force from Sichuan City tomorrow, he will immediately start digging the river, and there will be no delay." ”

Staying up late seems to have become the norm for Bai Wulan.

Bai Wulan did not refuse to work all night, but he was worried that the diversion branch he chose was not suitable, after all, Huainan was flat, although the rivers were also criss-crossed, but it was almost impossible to encounter such a flood backflow, and the geographical advantage was unique, and water conservancy was basically the responsibility of the officials who managed the grain harvest.

Since the water control Xie Yue built the Wanhe Canal hundreds of years ago, Huainan has never suffered from floods, so Bai Wulan has no experience in this area at all.

But at this time, there is no one else to do it.

Taking a deep breath, Bai Wulan said solemnly, "I'll try my best." ”

The lives of hundreds of thousands of people are pressed on their shoulders, too heavy! But he has to carry it with Luo Niangzi!

Luo Lingzhi handed the prepared peach paste boiled with the spiritual spring water in the spring to Bai Wulan, "Here, you want it." If you can't bear it, remember to tell me, there are so many people, tomorrow I really can't call everyone together two ways, maybe there is really a talent for water conservancy among us. ”

Bai Wulan smiled, "If that's the case, it's really a great luck." ”

Da Da Da –

In the night, Gu Huaiyi galloped on his horse, and rushed to the gate of the Taishou Mansion in the middle of the moon.

Looking at the closed door of the mansion in the dim moonlight, Gu Huaiyi only hesitated for a moment, and after tying the reins of the horse, he climbed over the wall and entered the Taishou Mansion.

"Master Gu, we have a gate in the Taishou Mansion!"

The guard at the head was a little speechless.

Gu Huaiyi was thin-skinned in the end, and the tips of his ears moved, but he had always had a cold face, even if he was a little embarrassed in his heart, people who didn't know him basically couldn't see it, and said in a deep voice, "I have something urgent to find Cui Taishou." ”

As he spoke, he didn't need a guard to guide the way, so he walked to the main courtyard by himself.

In the distance, you can see the lights in the main courtyard that have not yet been extinguished.

It's already the middle of the night, and this Cui Taishou hasn't rested yet.

In the study of the main courtyard, Cui Taishou was pitifully complaining about the inactive officials in Kyoto, and it hurt Xun Chang's head when he heard it.

Put the account books that have been calculated for nearly two days on the table, Chief Xun looked at Cui Taishou with a cold face, and stated very calmly: "My lord, you are over fifty years old, not a five-year-old child, be steady!" ”

Cui Taishou subconsciously looked left and right, and was relieved to see that there were no others, and couldn't help but hum, "You don't take me seriously at all now, and you actually accuse me." You can tell me, what I said was wrong, the people in the imperial court don't just don't do anything at all, otherwise it will be less than ten days, how can there be nearly 100,000 people who died due to floods on both sides of the Luoshui River! ”

When he received the detailed data, Cui Taishou's heart trembled, and he couldn't sleep at all, so he directly pulled Xun Chang, who checked the materials, to his study and worked all night.

Xun Chang was stable in the end, and he only frowned when he heard the words, after learning that Jiang Mao was responsible for the management of the Luoshui flood, he had already guessed this result, and had an expectation in his heart, but he still couldn't help sighing, how long can this Dongfeng Kingdom last like this, but King Duan and King Beixin are not good choices, neither Emperor Taizu has the cohesion of the benevolent and righteous people in the world, nor does he have the domineering spirit of the Yuan Emperor of the previous dynasty, it is really difficult to say in the future.

"Be careful, sir."

Although there were many thoughts in his heart, Chief Xun was still calm and calm, and persuaded: "It's not the first time that the imperial court has acted like this, we can't control a lot, and it is already the first difficult thing to save the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in Sichuan City at the moment." I have just calculated all the materials in the treasury, and the grain is counted year by year, month, month, day, day, and day, and there are only 5,000 stones, which is not much for a catty. However, in addition to the million taels of silver in the treasury, the silver can also make up 300,000. ”

"Did we miss the calculation?"

Cui Taishou's eyes lit up.

Chief Xun was almost choked by the tea, put down the teacup violently, and said speechlessly: "I have been managing the silver in the treasury, how can there be a mistake." The remaining 300,000 yuan is all the net worth that I and the officials below have put together, plus the people in the city who are willing to donate money, of course, the main thing is your own private property, which adds up to barely 300,000 taels of silver! ”

"Xun Mao!"

Cui Taishou subconsciously covered his pockets, only feeling heartache, "You, you actually count my private money, this, this is my life savings!" ”

"Adults are determined to live and die with the people in the city, so why should things outside the city be so important."

Chief Xun looked at Cui Taishou calmly, and continued: "When Xun Mao was young, he was arrogant and offended many people, so that he was depressed. This is twenty years, Chuancheng can still be stable in this troubled world, the adults have paid a lot, and they have not returned home for more than ten years, Xun Mao admires the adults. ”

Cui Taishou wiped the corners of his eyes and muttered, "What are you doing all of a sudden?" It's a strange tear! ”

Chief Xun smiled slowly, "I want to say that the adults have regarded Chuancheng as their hometown and are willing to live and die together, and Xun Mao is also willing to follow the adults, so why not give up the money outside of the body?" ”

"Don't you just want silver?"

Cui Taishou wiped his tears, "It's just for you." ”

"Yes, my lord agreed. In a word, there is no reason to regret it! Chief Xun squinted his eyes and smiled: "I have carefully calculated, except for the jade treasures that are inconvenient to sell, what my lord can make up here is 67,300 taels of silver, and I will record it in the account book of the treasury, and write Cui Taishou donation!" ”

Cui Taishou suddenly looked at Chief Xun with wide eyes, this guy has been plotting to ask for his silver for a long time!