Huainan.

has the experience of beating Yu Huai'an before.

On the second day, a group of officials and gentry from Huainan came to the city very honestly.

But Li Mengwei was earlier than them!

Came here very early.

Yesterday, after booking the inn, he went to the county government and many other places to mobilize a file.

At least the gentry of Huainan have a clear understanding.

And only on this basis can the next step be carried out, and the appropriate section of the embankment can be assigned to the various gentry.

It's not hard to see why.

Because different people have different prestige in each place.

An official gentry such as the county commander and the county magistrate, as long as they are in the whole of Huainan, no matter where they are arranged, it is not a problem.

Because they have enough prestige to rule the people well.

But elsewhere the gentry, it was different.

Some are only prestigious in a small area.

If you leave this place, other people will not recognize you.

In addition to allocating lots, they will direct the flood control with these officials.

Another important thing is the distribution of benefits.

For example, a certain place was originally the territory of a certain noble Wang clan in Huainan.

But because he has been flooded by water all year round, he doesn't care much about this land.

But now, Li Mengwei has to resist the flood.

In other words, the land doesn't have to be flooded.

And the harvest in the field can also bring a certain amount of income to the Wang family.

Then, compared to guarding other places, the Wang family will definitely do more when guarding their own property!

Then there's the question of financial resources.

Li Mengwei knew that the vast majority of the officials and gentry here were corrupt from the imperial court's disaster relief funds.

Therefore, we must take advantage of this opportunity to fight the flood and spit out everything they have eaten.

In this way, it is necessary to estimate how much money these gentry can spit out.

A gentry with limited wealth could not be allowed to guard a large section of the embankment.

In this way, even if he scattered his wealth, he probably would not be able to help the levee to the extent that it is not afraid of floods.

When the flood came, the levee collapsed, and all efforts were in vain.

So, it's a question of ability and financial resources.

Depending on the opponent's financial resources, choose the length and distance they can defend.

In addition, the impact of floods will inevitably have a delay.

For example, the place that Li Mengwei and others investigated before.

All of them are mansion compounds.

Because the terrain is high and the water is flat.

Therefore, the nobles like to settle down there, and the impact of the disaster will be much smaller.

In response to such a location, it is possible to arrange as few manpower and funds as possible.

There is no need to waste disaster resilience on such a place.

Moreover, in these places, even if Li Mengxi did not make arrangements, those gentry would spontaneously carry out flood fighting.

The reason is simple, their own homes are located there.

If it is washed away, it is they who will lose.

In this way, can you not do your best?

And Li Mengwei, who knew everything by heart, quickly arranged a place for the various conditions of the officials and gentry.

After a person was required to guard a section of the embankment, he was to stay there day and night, and he was not allowed to leave unless summoned by Li Mengwei.

Otherwise, they will be punished for their crimes.

It is not impossible that those who cause serious consequences will even be unforgiving.

While arranging for various officials and gentry to go to different sections of the embankment, Li Mengwei was also constantly imparting the knowledge of flood control.

On the one hand, they needed to build a new levee before the flood came.

The original dirt dam was just

The project can't stop the raging river at all.

On the other hand, in some areas, it is not enough to simply build dikes.

Evacuate the people and mobilize the crowd.

It's all big engineering.

After all, in some places, the terrain is low-lying and the water is fast.

There is no value or necessity to cling to it.

Rather than spending a lot of manpower and material resources in such a place, it is possible to lose it in the end.

It is better to move people and things here to a higher ground that is easier to defend.

In this way, the cost of defense will be reduced, and the chances of winning against floods will also increase.

All in all, resources are limited and manpower is limited.

Li Mengwei needs to make arrangements as appropriately and reasonably as possible among these limited resources and manpower.

In this way, there is hope for overcoming the floods.

In addition to reinforcing the embankment, there is much more to be done by the gentry.

For example, daily patrols and inspections.

The dam must not be allowed to leak in the slightest.

Otherwise, if a certain levee cannot resist, the entire line of defense will collapse.

As part of the sack of defense is washed away, other things on its side will also be affected.

When the time comes, if not properly addressed, flooding can cause massive damage.

Therefore, Li Mengwei is also extremely strict and cautious with these officials.

As the days passed.

New dikes are gradually taking shape.

And all kinds of disaster-relief materials purchased and mobilized by Li Mengwei from other places are also in place.

The sky gradually became dull and gray.

Li Mengwei understood that the rainy season was coming.

At that time, the continuous rainfall and the flow of water from the glacier will bring the Yangtze River into the flood season.

And at that time, if there is no proper prevention, Huainan will also become a water.

Li Mengwei began to intensify the inspection of the riverbank embankment.

During this period, he also caught some officials and gentry who were fishing and messing around from time to time.

He is not soft on these people at all.

It should be punished, and it should be punished.

At this moment, it is undoubtedly a critical moment, but these people don't take it to heart.

If it is not punished, and other officials and gentry will follow suit, then does this embankment need to be guarded?

The so-called rainy season is also called mildew rain.

This statement comes from the folk.

Because the rain doesn't have to be heavy, but it must be continuous.

Sometimes it doesn't stop for dozens of days in a row.

Therefore, many objects in people's homes will be damp and moldy.

That's why it's called moldy rain.

This mold does not mean bad luck, but moldy spots.

The arrival of the mildew rain made everyone start to be worried, and at the same time, it also made Li Mengwei's inspection work a lot more difficult.

Because of the continuous precipitation, the roads were muddy.

Not to mention people walking, even horse-drawn carriages will encounter some difficulties.

Plus the rain that falls from time to time.

Often, when you come and go to one place, you will get covered in mud.

But Li Mengwei didn't care about this.

The flood was too big to fight, and it was just a little muddy, and he didn't pay attention to it at all.

Even when he fought in the north and south, he was covered in blood, and he didn't care much about it, let alone the dirt.

But just because he doesn't care doesn't mean he doesn't hate it.

Li Mengwei often thinks like this: If Qin Fan's kid's cement road can be repaired to this Huainan, how good it would be!