Chapter 2: Escape
Chen Jing looked at the river worker in disbelief: "How could it rise so fast?" I checked it half an hour ago, and it hasn't reached three yet. ”
The water stele indicates a total of seven, four, and the lower middle field is flooded; Five, Upper Nakata Flooding; six, slightly higher field flooding; Seven, extremely high fields are flooded.
Therefore, the above need for Pegasus to report the flood.
Qian Xiting raised his head and glanced at the rain curtain that was pouring down, and estimated: "Based on the current rainfall estimate, it can rise in half an hour, and this rain has no tendency to stop......"
She opened her eyes wide and looked at Song Zhiyu anxiously.
"Uncle, we must report the flood to the downstream immediately. This is heavy rainfall, and if it continues like this, there is a risk that the villages near the riverbank will be flooded, and we will have to evacuate the villagers to a safe place. ”
Qian Xiting's words were like thunder above his head, instantly waking everyone up.
Song Zhiyu was the first to react and instructed the river worker Zhang Qi, "Zhang Qi, you go back to the Hesi Division quickly, and let the horse quickly report the emergency flood downstream." ”
Although Zhang Qi was a river worker of the Hexi Division, among the people present, Chen Jing's official position was the highest, so he didn't move, but looked up at Chen Jing and asked for his consent.
"Envoy Chen, look at this ......"
"Zhang Qi, you do what Director Song says."
After Chen Jing finished speaking, he instructed the two river workers he brought one by one: "Wang Yi, you find two people to go to the riverbank and plant a red flag to warn everyone not to approach the riverbank." Zhang Ming, you take people to the opposite village and ask the villagers to immediately withdraw to the flood resettlement site in the city. ”
Immediately afterwards, he looked at Zhao Mingfeng again: "Zhao Zhutou, please go back to the county government immediately and tell the county magistrate, and ask him to send more officials over to help the river workers evacuate the villagers together." ”
As soon as the words ended, the crowd dispersed like a swarm towards their respective destinations.
Song Zhiyu also wanted to break free from the support of the little servant: "You let go of me, I will go to the village with you to evacuate the people." ”
"Master Song, don't go over if you are injured like this, it just so happens that the carriage in your house is also here, let them send you back to your house, and I and Envoy Chen will handle the rest."
Zhao Mingfeng frowned and motioned to the two servants to hurry up and send the people back to the house.
Seeing that Zhao Zhutou looked impatient, the two little guys immediately dragged Song Zhiyu into the carriage.
The whole thing came too quickly, and before Song Zhiyu could react, he heard the sound of the coachman rushing the car.
He sighed, took off the hat from his head, put it in one place, lifted the curtains, and stared at the lights and crowd surging behind him for a long time.
Oh, he suddenly remembered something, his pupils dilated suddenly, and he suddenly probed his head and shouted out of the car: "Ah Fu, where is Ting'er?" ”
Meanwhile.
Next to the official road, Qian Xiting was running to the nearby Hexiang Village with the river workers.
She knotted the corners of her skirt at the front and back, rolled up half of her trouser legs, and ran on the village road in the rain, shouting as she ran: "The flood is coming, everyone flee to the city, where there is a wall to block it, and the flood cannot be flooded." ”
The villagers braved the rain to run in the direction of the city, some holding umbrellas, some not even having time to put on their coats and shoes, and running barefoot in the muddy water with their children in their arms.
Just as a frightening flash pierced the night sky, the silver-white light illuminated the frightened faces of the people, making the already gloomy sky even more dark and terrifying.
The sound of thunder, rain, the cries of children, and the sounds of people in terror mingled the otherwise quiet village in an atmosphere of fear.
Qian Xiting looked at the scene in front of him, and his heart throbbed.
While fighting against the crowd and struggling to walk inside, she shouted loudly, trying to reassure: "Don't panic, everyone, our river workers of the Hesi Division and the officers and soldiers of the county government will definitely help everyone evacuate safely." ”
Song Zhiyu's carriage was in too much hurry, and she didn't expect Qian Xiting to remain on the riverbank, and she had followed the river workers down the river embankment since she was a child, so she was naturally familiar with the evacuation of the people.
Zhao Mingfeng didn't expect her to be here, after all, she was still a teenage girl, for fear that she would run away and get lost, and it would be difficult to explain to Song Zhiyu when she turned back.
Therefore, when he saw Xiting running on the official road in the rain, he hurriedly shouted, "Qian Niangzi, why are you still here?" ”
Xiting stepped forward with the hem of his skirt, "Zhao Zhutou, I'll help you evacuate the people together." ”
As she spoke, she saw the villagers who were crowding on the official road and fleeing in panic, and immediately stepped forward to command: "Don't crowd together, this flood has not yet crossed the shore, as long as everyone walks according to the instructions of the river workers and the officers and soldiers, it will definitely be enough time to withdraw to the city." ”
Zhao Mingfeng originally thought that she was just playful, but now seeing that she looks calm and familiar with the way, it doesn't seem like she came to join in the fun on purpose, and in an instant, he remembered that the Song Mansion has been a water official for generations, and this Qianxi Pavilion has been exposed to it since childhood, and naturally knows a lot of flood control and disaster relief things.
Thinking so, he pulled Xiting to his side and ordered: "Qian Niangzi, you can help us evacuate the people together, but you must not leave my side, if you are lost, I will not be able to explain to Master Song." ”
As soon as the words fell, Cao Jiang, an officer and soldier of the county government, suddenly came to the two of them and asked Zhao Mingfeng: "Boss, Envoy Chen asked me to come over and ask you, how long will it take to complete the withdrawal?" Their river workers predict that the flood will soon overflow the official road, so let's complete the evacuation as soon as possible. ”
Zhao Mingfeng opened his lips and was about to return to him, when he suddenly saw a man with a child in his arms running towards them, the man rolled his trouser legs, and the boy on his shoulders wrapped tightly around his neck.
He ran to Zhao Mingfeng and said anxiously: "My lord, our village is divided into two villages, the front village is currently withdrawn, but this back village is only a small road to the front village, the rain is too strong in the evening, the mudslide on the mountain was washed down, just blocking this path, now the hundreds of people in the back village don't know to evacuate, you go and save them." ”
The man was in a hurry to flee back to the city, and as soon as he finished speaking, he ran away with the boy's back tightly, leaving only Zhao Mingfeng to twist his eyebrows and look in the direction of the village, "This ......"
Cao Jiang was also stunned, Xiuhe Division predicted that the flood was coming soon, and if there were still hundreds of people trapped and unable to get out, it was really a dilemma, so he asked: "Boss, then what should we do next?" If this trail is blocked, there must be a lot of mudslides washed down, and we are in a hurry to evacuate this time, and we don't have the tools to clear these mudslides, and if we all go in to clear the road. ”
As he spoke, he gestured with his chin to the villagers who were running on the pipe, and then said, "What about these people?" Who led them into the city to settle down? He frowned, a little embarrassed: "Boss, those people in the back village, or forget it." ”
"No, we don't need all the officers and soldiers to go in and we can pick up the dirt."
The sudden voice of Xiting immediately pulled Zhao Mingfeng's thoughts back, and he wondered, "How to pick it up?" ”