The woman with the child couldn't believe her ears, it has always been the collusion of officials and businessmen, even if she finds work for herself, the child can still go to school for free, is it possible that she hasn't woken up yet?

"Why don't you thank the two adults?"

Song Li was distressed, and he also pledged 30,000 taels of silver, why did he just ignore it, 30,000 taels is not worthy!?

"If you really have a heart, thank Princess Xianning of the current dynasty, these are all ordered by Her Royal Highness the Princess."

Lin Hao waved his hand.

"Her Royal Highness the princess is really a good person, I thank Her Royal Highness the princess for Huzi."

"Her Royal Highness the princess has also come to our Jiangnan Mansion, if you can meet each other, thank you in person......"

……

"Don't be impatient, Princess Xianning is unwell, she is recuperating in the county government during this time, and when she gets better, she will come to the canal to visit everyone."

Zhu Gaoxu had a warm smile on his face from beginning to end, taking it from the people and using it for the people, and he couldn't sing the praises of merit at all.

If one day, as Brother Lin said, the Ming country is rich and the people are strong, and the night will not be closed, and the road will not be forgotten.

The people can rely on labor to be able to worry about food and clothing, all school-age children can go to the county to study, hold the country's heavy weapon, deter foreign countries from daring to attack, then the Ming Dynasty, can be called the Ming Dynasty!

Today, it is still the golden dog at the head of the rich and noble, the half-acre field of the poor family, the smiling people on the building, and the beggars on the street corners.

The soil in front of the door is exhausted, there is no tile on the house, the ten fingers are not stained with mud, and the scales live in the building.

"Second Highness, let's take a look on the canal."

Lin Hao patted Zhu Gaoxu's shoulder.

Today's canal mouth has begun to take shape, although the use of manpower is still used, but fortunately in scientific management, seemingly complicated people, but their own division of labor.

"Lord Song, try it?"

Lin Hao threw a hoe to Song Li.

"It's been a long time since I've played in person."

Song Li rolled up his sleeves, spat into the palm of his hand, and went down the canal with the hoe on his shoulder.

"Brother Lin, this palace is with Lao Song, you can't carry it on your shoulders or pick it with your hands, so let's go to the pavilion and rest."

Zhu Gaoxu showed a sly smile, he grew up in the military camp since he was a child, and his strength was hard to catch, but Lin Hao, with thin arms and thin legs, could endure this kind of hardship?

"Lord Lin, it is raining in Nanhu Mansion, the water level in the upper reaches of the Xiangjiang River is extremely high, and the flood will reach Jiangnan Mansion in one night at most, please take precautions."

In the walkie-talkie, there was a sizzling sound of electricity.

Lin Hao sat on the ground, summoned Song Li, and spread out the map on the ground: "Lord Song, according to intelligence, Nanhu Mansion has been raining heavily for several days, and the water level in the upper reaches of the Xiangjiang River has risen sharply, and it will rush to the territory of Jiangnan Mansion tonight." ”

"The dam is built with a single row of 16 sleepers, which can withstand severe flooding, so it should not be a problem."

Song Li thought for a moment, when building the embankment, he took into account the coming rainy season, a single row of sixteen sleepers, the width of the embankment is close to six meters, no matter how big the flood is, it will not be a problem.

"Can you give accurate data?"

Lin Hao didn't believe in the so-called experience at all, once the canal burst and the surging Xiangjiang River roared down, most of the Jiangnan Mansion would be submerged in an instant.

"Colleagues in Nanhu Province are calculating the peak flow according to the rain conditions, due to the rush of time, cement and steel bars and other supporting facilities are not complete, today's embankment is a convention, although there are 16 sleepers, and a large number of bluestone, but in fact it is not very useful, roughly able to resist the peak strength of 8000m³/s."

The researcher kept doing the calculations on the manuscript paper and telling the results.

"Mobilize all the people in the work area for me, young and old, before dark, fill in the canal that was dug before, and in addition, add seven meters to the original foundation!"

Lin Hao frowned, it is really better to count people than the sky, the entire Ming Dynasty has been dry for several years, and even in some areas, there is not a drop of water.

The peak flow of the Xiangjiang River on weekdays is 4,000 m³/s, so according to their experience, the strength of the embankment built by Song Li and others has reached twice the strength, and it is absolutely impossible to have problems on a daily basis.

But once it encounters heavy rain and raging floods, the embankment built in such a civil law will collapse in an instant.

If the Luoxiao Mountains hadn't been blown up before, there would still be a natural barrier.

The reason why the Luoxiao Mountain Range was blown up was to give everyone some confidence, but I didn't expect it to be this result now.

I can only pray that this time the flood peak is not big.

"Lord Lin, colleagues from Nanhu Mansion have come to the conclusion that when the flood peak passes through the Jiangnan Prefecture area, the river surface narrows, the drop is huge, and the peak flow can reach 70,000m³/s!"

The researcher's face turned pale.

Lin Hao was also struck by lightning, such a big flood peak is definitely rare in a hundred years, and he just hit this muzzle.

"What Hongfeng, Lord Lin, why don't you understand what you're saying?"

Although Song Li was confused, he also sensed that something was wrong from Lin Hao's tightly knit brows.

"Brother Lin, why don't you evacuate the people urgently?"

Zhu Gaoxu sighed, he has also studied a lot of books on water conservancy in Taoyuan recently, so he naturally knows the seriousness of what the researcher said.

"I'm afraid it's too late to evacuate, no matter how fast people's legs are, can they be faster than the raging flood?"

Lin Hao lit a cigarette and marked dozens of marks on the map with a pencil: "Wang Ben, these marking points, both sides of the river are steep cliffs, the river surface is narrow, the flood peak in these places, the flow will increase sharply, you take the people from the research institute to go and use C4 to blow up the two banks, although it can't solve the problem from the root, but at least it can buy a lot of time." ”

"The Royal Forest Army obeys the order, from now on, it will be under the command of Wang Ben, if there is a problem, come to see you!"

Zhu Gaoxu commanded tightly.

"Yes!"

Wang Ben rolled up the map, put it in his arms, stepped on the sweaty horse, and led a group of royal forest troops to rush in the direction of Nanhu.

"Fathers and fellow villagers, this palace is the second prince of the dynasty, Zhu Gaoxu, just now, we encountered an unprecedented challenge, the raging flood poured down from the upper reaches of the Xiangjiang River, with the strength of the Xichang Mansion embankment today, it is impossible to resist at all, once the embankment bursts, not only us, but also the entire Jiangnan Mansion behind us will be destroyed."

"The researcher on the canal has gone to the area where the flood is most raging to buy time for us, what we can do is to fight a tough battle, strengthen the embankment before the flood comes, and after this matter is over, this palace will personally toast you!"

"People are determined to win the sky, and half of the wall has no sun and moon for a long time!"

Zhu Gaoxu's serious voice resounded throughout the canal through the megaphone.

……

All the homeless people rolled up their sleeves and put the stones into the bamboo baskets in front of them.

Lin Hao and the three of them all took off their official robes, walked into the crowd, carried a basket of stones, and walked towards the embankment.

"Brothers, the minister, Lord Shangshu, and His Royal Highness have all gone down in person, we can't lose the face of Jiangnan Mansion, we will do it for me, and after the flood, let's recuperate for three days, eat meat and drink wine in a big bowl!"

Qian Hao saw the move of several people, his eyes couldn't help but reddened slightly, the tip of his nose was sour, and he yelled at the migrant workers behind him.

……

Time gradually passed, it was getting late, and the embankment at the mouth of the canal was pulled up to a height of tens of meters.

Throughout the canal, the sound of trumpets sounded, piles of stones, and dirt constantly strengthened the embankment.

Lin Hao and the three of them couldn't remember clearly, these were the first baskets of stones, the first shovels of soil, their hands were ground out of blood blisters, and their lips were chapped but they didn't dare to slack off.

It stands to reason that the situation is so critical that the officials have long since fled to where they have gone, and how can they fight side by side with these untouchables, and their hearts are full of energy.

The old and weak women and children carried bamboo baskets one after another, and handed steamed buns and sweet potatoes to the working people.

……

The junction of Nanhu and Jiangnan provinces.

Lightning flashed and thundered, and downpour rain whistled.

Wang Ben led the people of Taoyuan, as well as the Royal Forest Army, braved the wind and rain and climbed towards the cliff.

"The oilcloth on the back must not be broken, Lord Lin said, as long as the task is completed, each person will receive a thousand taels of silver!"

Wang Ben gritted his teeth and roared loudly in the wind and rain.

When the Luoxiao Mountains were blown up in the past, the C4 reserve had been almost used, but now it can only be replaced by engineering explosives, and the gunpowder cannot touch the water, otherwise it will be completely useless.

Hundreds of miles of running, coupled with the fact that he was carrying hundreds of pounds of gunpowder to climb a cliff with almost no road at the moment, was a great torture for everyone, both physically and psychologically.

"In addition to the reward of 1,000 taels of silver, I will personally take you to heaven and earth to live happily for three days and three nights!"

Wang Ben then encouraged.

All the Royal Forest Army are like eating in their hearts, they are also people, why is there such a big gap.

In Taoyuan County, after the task is completed, they can receive 1,000 taels of silver, and they can go to heaven and earth to be happy, but if they can't complete the task, they have to go back to see His Royal Highness.

"One group enters the first blast point, ready to blast!"

Wang Ben shouted into the walkie-talkie.

The people of Taoyuan County used iron pickaxes to carve out a space for installing explosives on the cliff, carefully laid wires, and connected the wires to the trigger.

As the trigger was pressed, the entire mountain cliff collapsed with a bang, and countless rubbles poured down towards the raging river.

Without the obstruction of the steep cliffs on both sides, the river suddenly opened up a lot, and the surging flood seemed to be a little calmer.

"Go to the next blasting point."

……

Tens of thousands of kilograms of high explosives were detonated one by one, and more than a dozen steep cliffs marked by Lin Hao on the map were razed to the ground.

Then by blowing up across the ridge to build a backwater inlet, the turbulent water potential was successfully slowed down a lot.

After the last bombing point was over, everyone in Taoyuan County and a group of Imperial Forest Army collapsed to the ground, and then whether the matter was successful or not, they could only resign themselves to fate.

……

At the crack of dawn.

"Brother Lin, what if this embankment really can't resist the surging flood?"

Zhu Gaoxu looked at the river in the distance, grabbed the corner of Lin Hao's clothes, and said worriedly.

"The plan is in the people, the success is in the sky, and I am buried here, is it difficult for the Second Highness to suffer a loss?"

Lin Hao barely squeezed out a smile and quipped.

Although relying on explosives to blow up the steep cliffs can play some role, the flood peak value is still terrifyingly large, and no one knows how useful this temporary embankment can be.

In the distance, there was a muffled thunderous sound in the sky, and as far as the eye could see, a silver line appeared on the surface of the river.

Everyone held their breath and stared, their hearts were extremely nervous, whether it was success or failure, it was in one move!