Zhejiang, Zhejiang's Governor's Palace.

"It's raining so hard today, it's been a long time since it's rained so hard!"

Zheng Michang held the teacup, looked at the heavy rain outside, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

"Yes, fortunately, the autumn harvest is over, otherwise, the people would have suffered all the food before they had time to harvest." He Maocai also followed up with a comment.

"Hmph,!" Tan Lun, who was sitting in the corner, snorted coldly and said loudly.

"You!" When Zheng Michang heard this, he immediately looked at Tan Lun in the corner with an angry gaze.

"Okay, okay, don't be like him, don't you know what he looks like?" He Maocai saw that the two were about to quarrel, so he hurriedly stood up as peacemakers and comforted each other.

Immediately, after glaring at each other, the two snorted coldly and looked away.

"In a while, the imperial court will send people down to collect the salt tax, are you ready to make the yamen ready? Are the relevant books of accounts complete? Hu Zongxian, who was sitting at the top, turned his gaze to Zheng Michang and asked.

"Your Excellency, everything is ready, and there is nothing wrong with it!" When Zheng Michang heard this, he hurriedly bowed and saluted, and reported respectfully.

"Well, that's good, don't make any trouble." After listening to Zheng Michang's report, Hu Zongxian nodded, and then picked up the teacup on the side.

Just as everyone was chatting, I saw a figure dressed in a robe rushing from the majestic rain, looking anxious, as soon as he entered the hall, he knelt on the ground, only to see his lips were bruised, his face was pale, and his voice trembled: "Huh... Report to... Your Excellency, ...... over the dam."

"Say, what's going on! What happened to the levee? Hu Zongxian stood up suddenly, with a little panic on his face.

"Over there, the levee is collapsing!" The pawn who came to report the situation sobbed.

After listening to the soldier's report, Hu Zongxian slumped back into his chair as if he had lost all the strength of his body.

"Master Hu!"

Seeing this, the other officials in the hall couldn't help but be a little worried, and they all wanted to step forward to help.

"Leave me alone, I'm fine, quick, send someone over to the other side of the embankment, and transfer the soldiers stationed nearby with me! If the dam collapses completely, it will affect the people of nine counties and more than 100,000 lives! Go, go! Hu Zongxian waved his hand and refused everyone's support.

"Bring me the robe." After his emotions completely calmed down, Hu Zongxian said in a deep voice to the guards on the side.

"My lord, just let us go for this kind of thing! You still need to take care of your health......" Seeing that Hu Zongxian wanted to go to the collapsed embankment in person, the officials opened their mouths and admonished.

"You don't need to persuade me, the imperial court will hand over Zhejiang to me to govern, and now that the embankment is collapsing, I, as the governor of Zhejiang, must be present!" Hu Zongxian said that, and under the escort of several personal guards, he marched towards the collapsed embankment.

"Quick, let's go too! Transfer all the people who can be transferred at the moment. After Hu Zongxian left, the rest of the people gave the order down, and they also wore robes and followed Hu Zongxian's pace.

……

Chun'an County, a subordinate county of Hangzhou, was the hardest hit by the disaster, and it was the closest to the embankment.

"Dad, mother, hold my hand quickly, don't be washed away!"

On the roof of a house that had been washed away by floodwaters, a young man was struggling to stretch out his arms to his parents who were trapped on the other side, but no matter how hard the young man tried, he was always a little short.

"Dad, mother, what are you doing! Throw those things away. ”

Seeing that the water level around him was rising higher and higher, the parents who were trapped on the side were still hesitant, and the young man was about to cry anxiously.

"No, these things are handed down from the ancestors, and the money that will be sold in the future will be left to your daughter-in-law, how can you say that you can throw them away?" The trapped parents shook their heads and refused.

"It's not good, the water level is rising again, you guys are ...... quickly"

Before the young man could finish his words, he was stuck in his chest, and a big wave came and swept his parents into it, leaving nothing left.

The young man stared blankly at where his parents had been standing, and choked up.

"Woo woo, my child......"

"Dad, mother, where are you, ah!"

……

Soon, Hu Zongxian led people to the place where the embankment collapsed, only to see that the embankment that the imperial court had spent four million taels of silver to build had broken a large section in the middle! Coupled with the sudden heavy rain, the flood water poured out of the gap and poured down into Chun'an County below.

"Are the gravel bags ready?" Hu Zongxian looked at the scene in front of him, frowned, and then asked out loud.

"Your Excellency, you have already prepared before you came." The subordinate behind him hurriedly responded.

"Send someone to plug the gap in the embankment with bags of sand and gravel, and if this continues, the remaining counties will not be spared."

"At the same time, let the people who come to help the victims as much as possible." Hu Zongxian methodically ordered the order.

"Teacher, how's the situation here?" Soon, Ma Ningyuan, as the prefect of Hangzhou, also rushed to the site of the dam collapse with a large group of people.

"The situation is very bad, if the gap in the levee cannot be stopped, nine counties, more than 100,000 people will all suffer! You go and ask your men to prepare more gravel bags. Hu Zongxian didn't look at him, but just commanded in a deep voice.

"What are you doing here? Don't go yet! Hu Zongxian couldn't help frowning when he saw that Ma Ningyuan was still stunned.

"Actually, teacher, I know a little bit about the collapse of the embankment, this is Yan Ge's idea." Ma Ningyuan hesitated for a long time and said cowardly.

"Hmph, when this matter is over, I'll deal with you, and now take your people to prepare sand and gravel!"

"Yes." After Ma Ningyuan finished speaking, he took his subordinates to carry the sand and gravel bags.

Soon, the soldiers stationed nearby were also called up to participate in the repair of the embankment.

"My lord, I just took someone there, but the gap is too big, and I can't block the gap with sand and gravel alone!" Zheng Michang was wearing a coat and came back embarrassed to report.

"If you can't block it, you have to block it! If this levee is completely unbearable, the people of the nine counties will suffer, and when the time comes, the court will blame it, and I will see how you explain it. Hu Zongxian said, sweeping Zheng Michang with an extremely indifferent gaze.

"My lord, I have a way to tie my brothers with ropes, and then go down to the gap in the embankment and block them with my body." The commander of the guard behind Hu Zongxian, Liu Zhongxin, spoke after pondering for a moment.

"If you do this, you will be in a very dangerous situation, and if you are not careful, you will be swallowed up by the flood!" Hu Zongxian turned to look at Liu Zhongxin behind him and spoke.

"If we take the court's money, we naturally have to do things, right? It's decided, if you want to come, follow me! Liu Zhongxin said and said to the soldiers behind him.

"Yes!"

"On behalf of the people of Zhejiang, thank you!" Hu Zongxian said, bowing deeply to the ground.

Soon, the previous soldiers tied ropes to themselves, and when they were finished, they jumped into the breaches of the embankment one by one, and used their bodies to resist the impact of the current.

"Give your majesty a reminder, just say that due to the heavy rain here in Zhejiang, the previously built embankment will be washed away, and ask the imperial court to allocate funds for disaster relief!" Hu Zongxian looked at the soldiers who were blocking the gap in the embankment with their bodies not far away, and then turned to the side and instructed his staff Xu Wei.

"Yes."