Jiu Zhang Ji: The Daily Life of the Reborn Daughter

Chapter 100 Flood Release

A part of the group stayed behind to continue guarding the dam, while the rest rode their horses upstream along the river embankment until they reached the location where Qiao Lili said the flood would be discharged. From here, if the flood was discharged here, the water of the Gan River would really flow into the Huaijiang Beach without any obstruction.

Everyone performed their duties and quickly got into work mode. God waits for no one. The sooner the demonstration is completed and the plan is implemented, the risk of flooding of Dunhua Ancient City can be reduced sooner.

If this method doesn’t work, we have to find other ways.

Qiao Lili and Yu Jingyan rode their horses around Huaijiang Beach to check the terrain.

Huaijiang Beach is called a beach because of its flat terrain. On one side is Panshi Mountain, on the other side is the back of Yiding Mountain (one peak after another, you will reach Jiuding Mountain in the ancient city of Dunhua), and the other two sides are surrounded by a ridge - Huaijiang Ridge.

There are Huaijiang Beach and Huaijiang Ridge, so there must be a river here. Yes, there is a river called Huaijiang, which is separated from Huaijiang Beach by Huaijiang Ridge.

Huaijiang is a very gentle river, because it is bordered by Huaijiang Ridge on one side and Qinjiang Ridge on the other. It flows obediently between the two ridges and then flows into the sea. The two mountain ranges are its embankments. It wants to be less gentle, but can it cross the mountains? They are all captured and held in the arms. This is a river that is completely controlled.

The section connecting Huaijiang Ridge and Yiding Mountain is the lowest point of the mountains surrounding Huaijiang Beach. If the water in Huaijiang Beach is full in the future, it will flow down from this weir and, as luck would have it, flow to the Huaijiang River next door.

The Huaijiang River next door will gently accept it, and then flow forward together and into the sea together.

It's so silky.

It's like a secret passage with all the mechanisms designed and built, just waiting for that one mechanism to be opened. If it's opened correctly, you'll pass through all the levels, but if it's opened incorrectly, everyone will ascend to heaven.

Now this switch is used to release flood water to Huaijiang Beach.

"We'll build a sluice gate here in the future." Yu Jingyan pointed to the weir where the water from the Gan River was about to flow into the Huai River.

"This is the best way. We can decide whether it needs to flow to Huaijiang River based on the water level." Qiao Lili nodded.

"If we build a gate on the dam, we can release the water when there is too much water and not release it when there is not much water," Yu Jingyan continued.

Qiao Lili felt that her brother Ajing was so smart. He understood things quickly and could apply them to other situations.

When Qiao Lili and Yu Jingyan returned to the dam on the Huaijiang Beach, they were already busy building a temporary dam connecting the Ganjiang River and the Huaijiang Beach. To ensure that the flood water from the Ganjiang River could flow directly into the Huaijiang Beach and not go anywhere else, it would be better to have a dam to lead the way.

We can only build a simple one now, and then rebuild it together with the Dou Gate after this wave of floods is over.

Soon, it was dark. Everyone was busy and no one had time to eat.

Just when Yu Jingyan was moving the stones and sacks, another signal flare was fired from the river. Yu Jingyan and Qiao Lili quickly mounted their horses and rushed over there. It would take at least an hour to prepare here. Could it be that they couldn't even hold out for this little time?

"What's the situation now?" The two men rode their horses for three quarters of an hour and arrived at the signal transmission site, the above-ground section of the Gan River. Here, many people were already using wood and stone bags to reinforce the lower part of the outer embankment.

"Your Highness, the water level has risen by one foot in these three hours."

"So fast?" Yu Jingyan lay on the levee again. At this time, he felt the levee shaking slightly.

"News came from upstream that the rain has suddenly intensified over there." Qiao Lili felt that Si Shuicheng's voice was filled with tears.

"How long can I hold on?"

"It's hard to say, maybe two or three hours, maybe one hour, maybe..." Si Shuicheng couldn't continue, maybe in the next second.

"The flood must be released immediately." Yu Jingyan took out a flare and decisively shot it into the sky. The flare emitted a green light. Yu Jingyan had already given the order when he arrived. No matter how well the preparations were done over there, as soon as the green flare was seen, the dam would be blown up immediately to release the flood.

We can't be prepared for everything, so we can only do our best. No matter how big the loophole is, the adverse consequences it causes are better than the river bursting its banks.

There were several loud rumbling noises, and the ground was shaking. The flood began to flow over there. At this time, Dayan already had simple explosives, which were good for blasting rocks, but because of their poor stability, they had not been used in war, so it was still the era of cold weapons.

"Keep reinforcing the dam, don't stop." The people working under the dam didn't know what the noise in the distance was about, so they stopped what they were doing, watched, and asked.

Qiao Lili and Yu Jingyan stared at the water flow on the river and the water level line on the inside of the dam. After a quarter of an hour, two quarters of an hour, finally, the water level stopped rising. After another quarter of an hour, the water level dropped slightly.

From the current perspective, there will be no danger here for the time being, and everyone on the dam breathed a sigh of relief.

"Let's go back and take a look." The two men rode back to the Huaijiang beach section and saw from afar a huge stream of water flowing out from a gap in the dam. Under the guidance of the simple dam, it roared and rushed all the way down, and there was no uncontrollable situation.

Qiao Lili and Yu Jingyan walked down the simple embankment, following the water flow, watching it rapidly flow into the Huaijiang Beach. The nearby houses collapsed silently into the water, and the rice seedlings in the farmland disappeared in an instant.

"Success." Unexpectedly, during the short time they were away, the people building the temporary dam here unleashed endless potential and closed the simple dam.

The two people smiled at each other, and their rain-soaked faces glowed brightly.

Later I learned that it was the head of Shijia Village who brought all the villagers to help, and only then were the simple dam built in a very short time. It really is true that many hands make light work.

This simple dam really plays a role in guiding floods. It is very good! After the initial flood is guided, it will wash out a ditch where it flows, which will become deeper and deeper, and then form a waterway. The subsequent floods will only flow along this waterway and will not flood to other places.

Yu Jingyan flew from his horse to Qiao Lili's horse and hugged her tightly.

"Ali, do you know how scared I was just now?"

“The moment I knew that the ancient city of Dunhua would be submerged by floods.”

"I feel like I am so insignificant that I shouldn't even exist. After months of hard work, I still can't stop the disaster from happening before my eyes."

"I even thought that if I hadn't done so much, the Gan River would have burst its banks countless times elsewhere, so maybe it wouldn't have burst its banks in this section."

"But, where is the city not a city, where is the life not a life?"

"I think I might have died when the ancient city of Dunhua was flooded." In fact, this thought was not only shared by Yu Jingyan, but also by Qiao Lili. If the ancient city of Dunhua disappeared before her eyes, she would be the same as dead even if she was still alive.

"Ali, you are not only my lucky star, you are also the lucky star for thousands of people in Huaijiang Beach and tens of thousands of people in Dunhua Ancient City."

"Do you know? If you weren't there, the Gan River would first burst its banks at the Ant Cave, and a mudslide would rush down from the Rock Mountain, engulfing the Huaijiang Beach. Then the flood would be blocked by the mudslide and landslide, and it would not flow into the Huaijiang Beach. The water level of the Gan River would continue to rise, and it would burst its banks at the Didi River, submerging the ancient city of Dunhua."

"You alone saved so many people and avoided a disaster."

"You are Dayan's lucky star."

Qiao Lili felt that Yu Jingyan was crying.

Although it had been raining, the water now flowing down her neck was warm.

"Because you believe in me." Qiao Lili whispered in Yu Jingyan's ear.

"If you don't believe me, everything is just empty talk."

Yes, it was not her, Qiao Lili, who saved these people, it was trust that saved these people and saved each other's souls.

Qiao Lili didn’t know why the Gan River only broke its banks at the ant hole in her previous life. Maybe it was because the rain was not so heavy in the previous life. In the next life, there must be something different.

Yu Jingyan sent out a signal flare to indicate the successful flood discharge, and cheers were heard from the dikes near and far.

Qiao Lili was extremely tired. The burden on her heart was lifted and the fatigue washed over her from head to toe like a flood. She felt a black screen in front of her eyes and fell off her horse.