Chapter 143: Stormy Waves

It is not appropriate to say that the lake is flooded, and perhaps it is more appropriate to say that the lake has been washed away.

Under the leadership of Liu Rui, the county magistrate, a group of people in Dangyang County stood on the newly repaired cement stone embankment, looking at the turbid water on the surface of the Liuhe River, and the Wanshan Viewing Pavilion floating up and down, and they didn't know what to say for a while.

In the face of the great power of nature, how small human beings are, and a certain frustration called despair cannot stop breeding from the bottom of everyone's hearts.

This was true of the leading officials and gentry, not to mention the common people who were scattered along the sixty-mile-long stretch of the river.

Is the churning river in front of you still the extremely tame Willow River in everyone's impression?

At the beginning of the year, the river almost dried up!

How did it become this tyrannical appearance now?

The murky river is constantly flowing, bringing down countless debris from the upstream, and the appearance of these debris means that there are already levee breaches upstream, there are already floods, and there are places that have been swept away by floods......

"Organize people to transport stones and sandbags to the embankment!"

Zhao Hengyi, who had been following the team but never spoke, suddenly raised his arms and shouted, "We have a newly built cement stone embankment, no matter how much the river rises, it will not be able to break our stone embankment!" ”

"Yes, we have a stone embankment!"

"Buddha bless, we have built a stone embankment in Dangyang County!"

"Fortunately, I obeyed Lord Liu's arrangement, if it weren'...... otherwise"

Whether it is a miscellaneous official, a big family in the county, or just the most ordinary people, at this time, they are all happy in their hearts!

Judging from the current situation, the water of the Liuhe River will continue to rise, and the real flood peak is far from coming!

This terrible flood has surpassed the largest flood recorded in the county records of Dangyang County!

If only the previous earthen embankment could not withstand a flood of this scale, when the real flood peak came, it was not only the section of the embankment near the broken temple that was washed away!

If it weren't for Liu County's order to repair the river embankment, if it weren't for Zhao Hengyi's free donation of cement formula, this year's flood, Dangyang County would have suffered heavy losses!

If you really get to the situation of being ravaged by floods, not to mention the fields and industries of the big households, even if you hide in the county seat, will it be safe?

Countless people woke up under Zhao Hengyi's shout and began to rush to the section of the river they were responsible for, braving the rain to wash and organize tens of thousands of people to stick to the river embankment!

Today, it is the previous earthen embankment that is facing the turbid rushing river, although it has also been somewhat reinforced, but it is far from giving everyone a sense of security.

Behind the earthen embankment is the partition embankment, a cement stone embankment is horizontal in the middle, and the last is the cement stone embankment built in less than 50 days in Dangyang County!

Originally, according to the plan, after the cement stone embankment in the rear was completely completed, the original earth embankment would be reinforced with cement concrete, but in this situation, most of the earth embankment will not last until the flood waters recede.

Zhao Hengyi, who was with Liu Rui, stared at the churning river, and just now he saw a very long and very large piece of wood, which was the main beam of the house that only wealthy families could afford!

The wind by the river was stronger, and the raindrops were caught in the wind, as if they had turned into whips, and they kept whipping everyone on their bodies.

Zhao Hengyi was wearing a hat and a robe, but even so, he was already soaking wet.

This sharp bend was built in Elm Bay, and he is in charge, and he must guard it!

In the past 46 days, Zhao Hengyi has been eating and living in the broken temple, and every day when he opens his eyes, he patrols the embankment and takes care of the construction site.

The workshops and industries in Yushuwan seem to be far away from him, except for the fact that he often thinks of Miao Xiaoyu and his sisters who have hid in the Dangyang Bo Courtyard, Zhao Hengyi can almost be said to have no distractions...... Maybe when I dreamed back at midnight, there was another Qianying intruding into my dream, but it didn't matter, the owner of Qianying was also in the other courtyard, and it was very stable.

The current flood is a test of Zhao Hengyi's efforts in the past 46 days.

Survive the past, continue to concentrate on development, and continue to build Elm Bay into the most unique and routine place in this Great Yan Country.

Can't stand it...... If you can survive, then gather your subordinates and start anew, I, Zhao Hengyi, will never admit defeat this time!

The dull sound of rumbling, like distant thunder, came from afar.

This dull roar is mixed with all kinds of shouting, scolding, and surging sounds, and it is not clear, and it needs to be carefully distinguished to be detected.

Zhao Hengyi took out a simple monocular from his arms, this thing was just made by the glass workshop, and the clarity was okay, but the grinding technology still needed to be improved, and it could barely be used.

At the moment, everyone is busy with their own business, and no one notices the strange-looking telescope in Zhao Hengyi's hand, let alone notices that Zhao Dongzhu, who took the initiative to donate the cement formula, indirectly saved hundreds of people in Dangyang County, suddenly stiffened!

Through the telescope with low definition, Zhao Hengyi saw a white line appear on the surface of the river upstream!

The roar of thousands of troops and horses was the result of that white line!

The white line across the river seems to be slow, but in fact it is rushing downstream...... The flood peak has arrived!

"Hong Feng has arrived!"

"All the people on the earthen embankment have withdrawn!"

"Don't leave anyone on the earthen embankment, throw everything away, and come back first!"

In the rain, the hoarse shouts continued to sound, and the roar became louder and louder, and in the end, all the sounds were masked, as if between heaven and earth, there was only the collision and roar of the flood peak crossing the border!

The real test is about to begin!

Zhao Hengyi slowly put down the binoculars, looking at the river surface of the eyes slowly became calm, he believed that the cement embankment he had made, the concrete brought by industrialization, himself and the elm bay behind him, must be stable and worry-free!

"Boss, let's remove the embankment first!"

Wang Erhu, who had been following Zhao Hengyi like a mud monkey, pulled the sleeves of the owner's shirt in an attempt to get Zhao Hengyi to follow him down the embankment.

"Withdraw? Where to retreat? ”

Zhao Hengyi smiled, "If the river embankment bursts, the flood will come in an instant like a mountain, can we still run through the flood?" ”

Yes, it's useless to run away at this time.

"Take a good look at this flood peak, take a good look at the cement stone embankment we built, after today, the name of cement will inevitably spread to the world!

In the future, cement will surely live countless people, will be used by ordinary people, and will be ...... Become the Dinghai Divine Needle of the Great Yan Kingdom! ”

Just as Zhao Hengyi shouted, Hong Feng finally came to this sharp bend that everyone was worried about.

The turbid river water, like a heavenly river pouring down, slapped the outermost earthen embankment!

In the midst of a deafening roar, huge waves splashed several meters high!

Even Zhao Hengyi, who was standing on the stone embankment at the back, was doused all over his face by the turbid river!

It's good to come!