After brewing for many days, the rain finally fell, and the rain belt affected most of the Qiankun Empire. This cannot be said to have never happened in history, but it never happened at the end of April. The largest area under it is Heluoling.

This is more than half a day, as the rain continues to increase, the time increases, the water of the big red river rises sharply, the nobles and commoners in the towns on both sides of the river are becoming more and more nervous, many nobles are ready to retreat to higher places, and the commoners put their things at home as high as possible.

The town was in chaos, and many people braved the heavy rain to rush to buy daily necessities and food. The streets were filled with shouting and cries.

Having experienced a flood disaster, they certainly know the importance of food and daily necessities.

As for the flood levees, they don't dare to count on them. Such a heavy rainstorm has not stopped for more than half a day, and once the water is released, it is definitely super large. The embankment built by the Duan family collapsed during the flood, let alone now. As for what kind of new material it is, no matter how good the effect is, it can't stop the flood.

However, the people who are still snapping up the bargains don't know that their towns would have been devoured by the flood had it not been for the flood dams.

The commoners didn't know it, but the ruling nobles knew, and they kept an eye on the levees. Not long ago, all the flood peaks that came down from the upper reaches of the Dahong River were blocked by this levee.

The people who stared at the levee were dumbfounded, and they saw with their own eyes that the monster-like flood crest kept bombarding the levee, making a roaring sound. At that time, their hearts were in their throats, and their faces turned white with fright. Such a big flood. They had never seen it in their lives, and in their hearts, the levee would never be able to withstand such an impact for long.

But it didn't go as they thought. For two consecutive months, seven or eight flood peaks came, and the levees remained immovable under the bombardment.

"Blocked, all blocked!" these people could not hide their excitement at that time, and cheered happily.

When the news came back to the Lord's Mansion, Grand Duke Heluo also breathed a sigh of relief. Those upper-class aristocrats were overjoyed one by one, and finally they didn't have to abandon their families and businesses to escape the flood.

"Jiang Xingchen is really amazing, I didn't expect that new building material to work so well!"

"yes. I heard that no one bought it, I thought it wouldn't work, who knew it was so fierce!"

"Or they all say that the things Jiang Xingchen made are good. Sure enough, it lives up to its name......"

The nobles in the Heluo Territory praised all of them and did not hesitate to use their words. Originally, I thought that this time it would be impossible to escape, but I didn't expect the final result to be so beautiful.

Due to the existence of the Dahong River, the flood drainage channel is developed. As long as the levees of the Great Red River do not go into trouble. Then the impact of this flood on Heluoling is not great. The worst thing is to postpone spring ploughing.

The rain continued for a day and a night, and it was only then that the civilians in the major towns came to their senses. It's been raining so long, so it's all right.

It was only then that the nobles spread the news that the levees had blocked the flood.

"What, blocked, isn't the flood as big as it seems?"

"Impossible, a day and a night of heavy rain. The upper reaches of the Dahong River are still mountainous, and I don't know how big the flood peak is!"

"Let's go and see, isn't it over!"

This time. After a day and a night of heavy rainfall, it finally subsided, and people rushed to the flood control levee to watch.

Seeing the embankment from afar, people have a strange heart, and on the long embankment, it seems that a steel wall is standing.

Walking to the embankment, people couldn't help but gasp, the water level of the Dahong River has been basically level with the flood control embankment, and there will be another flood peak...... Fortunately, the heavy rain at this time has weakened.

"How many times has this levee withstood the impact of flood peaks?"

"It's so sturdy beyond imagination, it seems that we really misunderstood the Duan family before!"

"Yes, if it weren't for this levee, our home would have been flooded again......"

"Thanks to the Duan family, they finally sped up, I don't want them to ...... that time."

In just a few days, the attitude of the people of Heluo Ling towards the Duan family took a 180-degree turn.

Heluo Ling was saved, but people did not dare to take it lightly, the water level was already level with the flood control levee, and if the rain increased again, there was really no way.

While the people of the Heluo Territory were both happy and nervous to stare at the Great Red River here, the other territories were sad.

The rainfall is the heaviest in Heluoling, but the rainfall in other regions is also not small. And when the heavy rain of Heluo led for a day and a night began to decrease, the rain in many territories was still very heavy.

Helan Ling, the middle-aged man who refused to buy cement a few days ago, sat on the city wall, looking at the ocean below, wanting to cry without tears.

The flood control levee they built lasted only half a day before a violent flood broke out of a gap, and then it was out of control, the breach quickly widened, and the dam could not be stopped, and then the levee was completely destroyed. Dozens of towns on both sides of the river were swallowed up by the floods.

"Uncle, I said, we should buy some cement!" The young man walked behind the middle-aged man and spoke softly, with a helpless wry smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Can you buy cement to ensure that the embankment will not collapse! Such a big flood is rare in a century, and no levee will work, even if it is replaced with new materials!" The middle-aged man turned his head and shouted hoarsely.

"The flood in Heluo Ling is bigger than here, but their flood control dam has withstood it!" the young man said lightly.

"What, this can't be!" the middle-aged man stood up suddenly.

"Uncle, I just received news......" the young man explained, then turned and walked to the other side of the wall. The middle-aged man stood there in a daze!

At this time, not only Helan Ling, Blue Seal Ling, Moxiling, and Tongxuan Ling....... flood control dams in more than 20 territories could not resist.

Those builders and people from the construction family looked at the news in their hands one by one dumbfounded, and their bowels were blue with remorse. I knew that cement had such a powerful effect, and I knew that there would be such a big flood, so I had to buy it anyway.

It's like now, not only did he fail to suppress the Duan family, but he and others also gained a bad reputation. Those lords in the future, who will use themselves.

And after this catastrophe, all the doubts and accusations of the Duan family will disappear, and the reputation may be better than before.

When these people regretted it, there were other areas where there were no flood control dams, and there were no flood channels, and the damage was even more severe.

On the contrary, Heluo Ling, Qi Yue Ling, Qingshanling, Hongyuan City, and the three Lings in the east, the losses are not large, and the flood control embankments built of reinforced concrete are unbreakable, and they have not caused much loss!

In the imperial palace, the Emperor Qiankun looked at the continuous rain outside, and his face sank like water. The people sent out to help Xiangyun Ling had not yet arrived, and the heavy rain that spread across most of the empire began.

One day and one night, judging from the news from all over the country, a total of more than 50 territories were severely affected, cities and towns were waterlogged, cultivated land was flooded, countless people were displaced, and countless people were drowned, and the losses of various materials were simply immeasurable, and it is impossible to count them at all.

"Such a catastrophe is enough to set back the strength of my Qiankun Empire by three years!" the emperor's voice was so cold that it could freeze people.

Behind the emperor, hundreds of officials lowered their heads, and no one dared to speak. In the emperor's anger, whoever speaks is unlucky.

"All the major territories have spent huge sums of money to build flood control levees, why are they still the way they are now, more than 50 territories across the country have been affected, and more than 20 flood control dams have collapsed!" the emperor said, his gaze slowly passing over the officials in the front row.

The officials' heads hung lower, for fear that the emperor would call them out for questioning.

"You tell me, why is the flood control levee in Heluo Ling fine, why is Qi Yue Ling okay, why is Hongyuan City, and Qingshan Ridge all right!" the Emperor asked again.

"This is a Xingchen Monthly!" the Emperor walked to the table, picked up a Xingchen Monthly, shook it, and said, "It says that Jiang Xingchen has researched new building materials that can make buildings stronger...... And all the levees that use this new material block the flood peaks...... Besides, are those builders stupid, even if they are stupid, the major lords are stupid......"

The officials trembled in their hearts, and they all heard what the emperor meant, and the emperor was going to take those builders. While the builders had not violated Imperial law, the flooding was understandable. But if the emperor wants to find a way to deal with you, you have no reason to talk about it.

Today, the emperor is saying something here, and he is also telling the ministers, I have made up my mind, don't jump out and chirp crookedly. Otherwise, you're welcome.

Knowing what the emperor meant, of course these ministers couldn't speak. The Emperor did this for the sake of the anger of the people. Hundreds of people have been affected by the disaster, and the resentment in their hearts must be great, and if someone instigates it, it may cause a catastrophe.

And at this time, if the eight kingdoms exert their strength, the empire will really be uncomfortable, and the loss of materials and personnel will be too much.

After saying these words, the emperor waved his hand to let all the officials step down, and then found the two great physicians, Huang Shi and Qingyun. The so-called catastrophe is followed by a pandemic, and we must prepare in advance to avoid further disasters.

After four days, at the beginning of May, the heavy rain finally stopped, and the sun pierced the dark clouds and swept away the haze of days.

However, the sun came out, the water did not recede, and the atmosphere of the empire was still heavy and sad. Cries can be heard everywhere in the territories.

At this time, several leading builders of the Duan family were invited to the imperial judicial department. Several major builders looked at the accusations against themselves written in black and white, and the whole person collapsed. What building materials are shoddy, what are cutting corners, they are all the words they said about the Duan family at the beginning.

"If you knew this was the case, why bother in the first place!" Several people looked bitter, regretting it too late! They were all very shrewd, and they knew that the emperor was going to cut himself. (To be continued......)

PS: I'm sorry, it's late again! I won't say anything about the reason, say it in advance, don't slap your face and don't hit anywhere!