At night, the bonfires and torches at the construction site reflected the sky of Xuyang City.

The stove room is lined up, and twenty or thirty pots and stoves are working at the same time.

Big pots and small pots, boiling soup, stewed meat, roasting sheep, the posture of the old Yao family has shown the family background to reward these busy workers on the front line.

Yao Yue and those masters, moving pots for a while and pouring water for a while, were already busy here, and they couldn't see the appearance of the eldest lady of the Yao family at all.

I lay on the side of the chair and watched the busy people.

I don't stop wiping sweat on my head.

It's strange to say, such a huge project, lighting a bonfire all over the sky, tossing such a big movement, the entire Xuyang City did not provoke the people to watch as expected, as if what was happening around them had nothing to do with themselves.

The local people seem to be very approving of the officials' construction of the site, construction and renovation. I am also very open to the guidance of traffic personnel, and I go around the second-class streets, the detour of the detour, and the small talk of the chatter.

The people of Xuyangcheng are really obedient, and they didn't put up banners and write bloody petitions as I imagined.

At this time, the main road line has begun to measure the operation, and when the sand and gravel of a layer of road slabs have been thrown away, in the northwest direction, a black and oppressive dark cloud rolled up, accompanied by lightning and thunder, and after a while, there was a heavy rain, the river was instantly full, and the aqueducts carried to the riverbed in advance were all submerged under water.

The laborers could not get water, and the diversion canals that had been built were washed away layer by layer.

All the laborers could only huddle in a few empty rooms in the health hall, shivering.

Those who were close to the stove room secretly ate a few pieces of hot meat and secretly rejoiced.

Master Yao never thought that the heavens were not beautiful.

Ask me what to do.

I also shook my head, people are not as good as heaven.

"But fortunately, the king didn't know about our actions. I think this rain will pass in a while! After the past, we will organize forces to clear the dredging of the restaurant, and it will be too late. Now that the roads have been broken, the forces of all parties will actively cooperate and the task will be completed. ”

Master Yao nodded, and shook his head again.

I can only wait for the day to clear up.

But how did he know? The rain did not stop, and the whole sky was covered with dark clouds, and it turned out to be night.

Lightning and thunder roared, deafening.

After two hours of heavy rain, the pots and lamps in the stove room, as well as the firewood, were drenched.

With clothes on my head and bare feet, I organized people to carry soup pots to the places where the laborers gathered to deliver hot soup, so that they could warm up first, and when the rain stopped, they would go to the construction site together to clear the pipes.

Although everyone is like a chicken in the soup, they feel that we have a good attitude towards them, and they are all convinced, "You can rest assured, as soon as the rain stops, we will continue to do it, it is very easy, we have energy!" ”

As long as the toiling masses see that there is something to eat, as long as they care about them, as long as they are treated as human beings, they are all sympathetic and have a heart to help others.

But the rain didn't stop, from noon to night, the rain never stopped, and it never became lighter, and some laborers began to worry, no matter how delicious the soup was, they didn't have any thoughts.

A middle-aged laborer said, "If this kind of rain doesn't stop, my mud house will collapse!" ”

Others said, "My house is in the lower reaches of the Xuyang River, can I run away?" ”

Some accosted on the side, "It's okay, even your grass house is not worth a few dollars, rush and build it again!" ”

"Don't say that, the key is that there is a cowshed next to my room, if I don't go back, I'm afraid my family won't have to pay off the debt!"

An old man said, "I see that this day is not sunny, there is no wind, and the thunder is getting louder and louder." This lightning is so powerful, it's daytime, how can it be like a dark sky? I've lived this long and I've never seen anything like this. ”

As he was talking, a cooking tent over there was overwhelmed by the rain on it, and several people next to him hurried over to help it up.

The old man said, "No, I have to go home and see, my wife is still at home!" ”

A worried young man just now said, "I have to go home too, my mother doesn't know if she can be flooded?" ”

As he spoke, someone picked up his tools and ran out in the rain.

Some of the stewards at the construction site saw that it was not good, and began to call them back, but at this time it was raining heavily, thunder and lightning, who could hear what those people said, and after a while there were not many people left under the tent.

Seeing this, Lord Yao stomped his feet, put his hands on his back, and then stomped his feet again, and then put his hands behind his back.

I came behind Master Yao and helped him hold up the umbrella that Zhao Yue handed over.

"Wait a little longer, it's too late, so that even if we stop now, we won't be in a hurry, as long as the rain stops, it's too late for us to regather people." These are just words of relief.

Master Yao didn't speak, and smoked his cigarette pouch.

Yao Yue looked up at the sky, looking at the rain flowing down from the umbrella like a waterfall, her white face was either sweat or rain.

At this time, there is actually nothing I can do, I can't say too many comforting words anymore, I can only wait.

The surrounding torches and bonfires have been extinguished by heavy rain, and the entire construction site has been darkened under the dark clouds.

Lord Yao could only let the laborers run around, each going back to his own home, and he was also carried back to Yao's mansion by Yao Yue with an umbrella.

I stayed on the construction site to prevent secondary disasters from washing away the houses on the street of Yao's house, and organizing people to divert the downflowing rainwater.

The lightning and deafening thunder in my head made my heart burst out, and it almost killed people.

After a while, I felt like I was shivering all over my body, my head was hot, I might have a cold, but the doctor from Yao Mansion was not on the scene?

Stop and say, at this time, the people in Yao Mansion don't know where to go, Lord Yao should also be anxious at this time, Yao Peng's woman's family can't have too big a charter, and he has to get through it at this time.

At this time, a wet house slave who was drenched in the rain came running from behind and called me back, and I asked him what was the matter? He said he didn't know.

Let him stare here, running in the lightning with his feet in the mud.

The gate of Yao's house was open, and under the rain, the Yao family was waiting for me at the door with umbrellas.

As soon as I stepped up the steps, the door was pushed open, and the family urged me to change my wet clothes behind the screen.

Lord Yao looked out in front of the windowsill, and the rain was still falling there.

I wiped the water on my head and asked with mud on my face,

"What's wrong with me?"

"That's right, just now Jin Suo brought a letter in front of him in the rain, saying that King Liang will come back tomorrow, and he will be able to reach Xuyang City after noon, and he can rest assured that it will not rain heavily in the capital. This came earlier than expected. Jin Suo has made efforts to delay and has not realized, he must come back tomorrow, but now it depends on the situation, the rain has not stopped, can it be restored now, what else can you do? ”

"Since the golden lock can make King Liang delay for a day, let him think of another way, because the difficulties for us now are too great, don't you see, my lord, the rain is still falling, and it has not decreased at all. The rising river on our right has covered the face of the street. The foundation that has been built under our open opening has been washed away, and people will fall into the water if they are not careful, and there will be lives, and this kind of construction is difficult to complete, and this must respect the facts. ”

"So what to do! Did you know that if you don't do it, you'll die! ”

Lord Yao's mouth was foaming white.

It seems that the hair has also turned a lot gray at this moment.

An old man, under the confirmation of the lightning and thunder outside, the hairs became very messy, and the folds on his face became more.

I said, "Is that okay?" ”

"At this time, we can only use our urban construction and water conservancy departments. These Liang family members have ready-made experience in construction operations, especially under the premise of catastrophes, they are prepared. ”

From the beginning of our project to the present, they have not used force, but only symbolically come to people.

However, this project was approved by them, and if it is not completed, they are also responsible. Pursue it, they don't want to run away! ”

"So, I mean, ask them to send out large construction machinery to block the upper reaches of the river and slow down the rising momentum of the river."

"Second, as long as the water is held upstream, we can use bigger tents here. Then the repair of one side and the other. As long as the water does not break the foundation of the river, the road surface is more than 30 meters wide, as long as the pipe is pushed down by machinery, it will not be washed away by the water, so that it has a fixed pile, and then fully cooperate with the operation, although the speed is slower, but there will also be progress, not afraid of slow, afraid of standing. ”

"How did you get the construction guy back?"

"I can't find it back, there is only one way, that is, to mobilize again, to pay a lot of money, there must be a brave man under the heavy reward, it is best to let Meihua personally find Xianyang Ling, let him mobilize labor door to door, all the labor that can contribute is used, let them participate in the battle. In this way, if the manpower is enough, if I have better logistics support, it will be easy to push this matter forward. ”

"The third is that we must tell Jin Zuo that it is best to delay for a day, even if it is half a day, so that the traces of erosion on the road will be weakened, because the river is surging, and the entire river and the main road are similar to the traces of this kind of flooding, which can just make up for and cover up the traces of our construction."

When Master Yao heard me say this, he only patted me on the shoulder, didn't say anything, and called his own family to give me some instructions.

When I return again, when I return to He Xiangfu.

It's already a week later.