Jingzhou has a total of seven counties, Nanyang County north of Hanshui, Nanjun between Hanshui and the Yangtze River, Jiangxia County in the east, four counties south of the Yangtze River, west of Xiangshui, Wuling County, Lingling County, east of Xiangshui, Changsha County, and Guiyang County.

Yang Tinghe was the county guard of Nanyang County before, and it belonged to a county that was relatively small in the disaster.

Li Yunxing did not stay too much in Nanyang County, this time he was going to Wuling County, which was the most severely affected.

After resting for half a day in Nanyang County, another team of horses changed and continued to drive south.

Lian Jirou sat in the carriage, looking at the scene outside through the gap in the window, and sighed secretly in her heart.

"This Jingxiang Ancient Road really lives up to its name, when my father was young, he mentioned the Jingxiang Ancient Road, and he once appreciated the hardships of building this road."

Li Yunxing nodded, noncommittal.

In ancient times, unlike high-tech machinery and cement, road construction relied on manpower.

With such a rugged road, it is not difficult to imagine how much hardship it must take to transport the bricks and timber used to build the road into this uninhabited place.

"Well, it's not easy, but it's worth it."

Lian Jirou nodded, agreeing with what he said.

This Jingxiang ancient road has been built for thousands of years, and successive emperors have relied on it very much, although it is now dilapidated, but it is still an important road for the north and south.

Wuling County is near the water, and there is the Yangtze River running through.

During the flood period in previous years, Wuling was the most severely affected, especially this year, the water level of the Yangtze River soared, flooding most of the villages and towns along the river, and dozens of counties and towns were affected.

As soon as Li Yunxing stepped into the territory of Wuling County, he encountered a team of people heading to the upstream area.

"Quick! The upstream levee has cracked again, bring people and we will quickly go to support! ”

The man who led the army, tall and mighty, with a straight waist, rode a horse, waved the flag in his hand and shouted loudly.

"Yes!" The soldier behind him immediately answered.

A group of men and horses rushed over, and the sound of horses' hooves was loud.

"Huh-" The leading officers and soldiers grabbed the reins, stopped, and glanced up at the carriage of Li Yunxing and the others.

The people of this team are all wearing heavy armor, swords and swords at their waists, and their temperament is fierce and solemn.

When Li Yunxing went out this time, everyone traveled in casual clothes, and they were replaced by a carriage that was just an ordinary businessman, and there were less than ten attendants.

But when the officials at the head saw that Li Yunxing was richly dressed and had an extraordinary bearing, and guessed that they were people from the capital, they immediately restrained their breath and asked respectfully: "May I ask your lordship's name?" ”

Lian Jirou was about to say something, but Li Yunxing suddenly stopped her.

"We are businessmen from Sili, passing through here, anxious to cross the river, I wonder if you can help?"

Li Yunxing asked politely.

The official breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, it turned out to be a business trip, and since this was the case, he didn't have to be afraid.

"The water here is very waterlogged, the river is very fast, and the river can't be crossed!"

Although the leader said that it was difficult, he immediately turned his head and smiled.

"However, I can also find someone to take you across the river, but this is not an easy task, and it will cost a lot of silver."

Li Yunxing saw that this person wanted to take the opportunity to extort some money.

It is really powerful to lead troops in one place, and dare to open their mouths to ask people for money while standing on the side of this street.

He didn't rush to refute, but continued, "Money, it's easy to say." ”

Seeing that the other party was happy, the leader didn't say much, "Then you go to the city and wait, now that the embankment is cracked, if it is not handled well, no one will be able to cross the river!" ”

Lian Jirou saw that the man spoke unceremoniously, and he was even more angry in his heart, could it be that they usually oppressed the people like this?

Before they could answer, the man rode away with his whip, splashing muddy water.

Li Yunxing looked in the direction they were going and fell into deep thought.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, shall we go to the city now?" The guard beside Li Yunxing asked.

Li Yunxing finally shook his head, "Don't worry, go to the embankment and have a look." ”

Every year, hundreds of thousands of taels of silver are spent to repair the embankment and divert the river to drain the river, but he wants to see what kind of "tofu slag" project can make the embankment crack.

At this time, a strong wind was blowing by the river, and I looked up at the sky.

The sky was still clear, but I didn't expect it to be dark in an instant.

There was a sound of water in the river, Li Yunxing approached the riverbank, lowered his head to the river to observe, only to see that a large amount of sand and soil had accumulated at the bottom of the river, and the water level was also a little high.

Li Yunxing stood on the shore, his brows furrowed.

"You stay here, clean up some of the sand and gravel to the shore first, form a small hill bag, and block the river!" After Li Yunxing finished giving orders to his subordinates, he rode on his horse and went to the direction of the embankment where the few people had gone.

Lian Jirou also rode her horse to follow, she wanted to see what bad things these people were doing.

When they arrived, they saw many people near the embankment, and many officers and soldiers were standing nearby, holding spears aimed at the people to prevent them from escaping.

In ancient times, most of the dikes were used to enclose and protect crops, and if they were washed away by floods, the losses would be huge.

Now on the edge of the embankment, there was a crowd of people, dressed in rags, and their faces were full of fear, as if they were greatly frightened, and some even fell to their knees, begging for mercy, and crying and screaming to the sky.

"You're all ready to stand up for the officer! Whoever dares to move will be killed! One of the soldiers shouted viciously, holding the hilt of his sword.

Li Yunxing and Lian Jirou turned over and dismounted, and walked over to take a look, it turned out that the dam collapsed due to the aging of water conservancy facilities, but the builders of this dam did not fulfill their responsibilities and were negligent, causing the flood peak to suddenly gush out, which caused this kind of tragedy.

If you look closely, there is a crack in the middle of the embankment, and it seems that it is suspected of being broken at any time.

Looking at the sky again, it was already drowsy as if it was about to fall, and soon a rainstorm would hit.

The people on the edge of the embankment were obviously more anxious than Li Yunxing, and they knelt on the ground and cried and begged the officers and soldiers to let them go back.

"Official! I'm getting old, I really don't want to die, there is an old woman waiting for me to go back, if I die here, what will she do! "An old man with gray hair was kneeling there begging officers and soldiers.

The officials here are all natives of Jingzhou, and they are somewhat unbearable to see their hometown people so sincere.

Unexpectedly, he was kicked away by the leader who had just talked to Li Yunxing.

"Get out! Don't grind and chirp with Lao Tzu here, either go and block the embankment now, or Lao Tzu will drown you directly in this Yangtze River! ”

Seeing that it was useless to beg the little soldier, the old man turned his head and crawled to the leader on his knees, "Pavilion Master, please, let me go back!" My wife lives downstream now, and it is going to rain heavily this day, and I have to rush back to save her! ”