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"Xie Xunyan's dream foretells when the flood will come?"

Tang Shimao couldn't help asking what was on his mind.

Since Xie Huaiyu dreamed that Chun'an was about to suffer a catastrophe, did God give a warning when the Chizhang River dam would burst?

Xie Jinbai shook his head, "Never."

Hearing this, Tang Shimao was both disappointed and also had a feeling that this was the case.

The early warning in the dream is already a pity from the gods, showing a way out for the people of Chun'an, but how can they be so magical that they can even know when the specific disaster will come.

Xiao Yin didn't think so.

He wasn't sure whether Huaiyu really had that dream, he just felt that Huaiyu must know something else, which he hadn't told him and Tang Zhifu.

Therefore, Xiao Yin didn't make a sound. For some reason, he believed that Huai Yu must have a solution.

Tang Shimao frowned, "So, can we just sit and wait?"

Curling fingers with his right hand, tapping on the back of the flower-wood chair, Xie Jinbai smiled, "Not necessarily."

Tang Shimao cheered up immediately, "Oh? I would like to hear more about it."

Xie Jinbai glanced at Xiao Yin, and under the latter's puzzled gaze, he said calmly, "According to Xiao Jiancheng's observations on the changes in the water level of the Chizhang River and his experience in water control over the years, he believes that this rainstorm will only need to continue." In the evening, the waterproof dikes on both sides of the strait are likely to fall.

Once the waterproof embankment is washed away and the river water in the middle and lower reaches converges in one place, it will inevitably have an impact on the upper embankment.Once the levee breaks, the backflow of the river is only a matter of moments.According to Xiao Jiancheng's estimation, the dam can only last until the early morning at most.In other words, we must transfer most of the people in the city before tomorrow morning. "

Xie Jinbai is good at scheming.

He knew very well that Tang Shimao would not be persuaded by him rashly, even if he spoke convincingly and his tongue was dry, just based on his status as a supervisory inspector and his own words.

Xiao Yin, who was called Shangdushuisi, was different.

Water control and flood control are the duties of the Dushui Division. Xiao Yin's words will be far more convincing to Tang Shimao than him.Moreover, Xiao Yin is the supervisor of Chizhanghe, so his understanding of Chizhanghe should be far superior to him.

It is obviously more reasonable for him to predict the time when the Chizhang River dam will burst than to say it from his mouth.

What's more, two people who have had similar dreams are more convincing than one person.

And the dream should not be too detailed, such as when the dam of the Chizhang River will break, if he really said the specific time, it would only make Tang Shimao suspicious, which would not be beautiful.

After several weighings, this was the reason why Xie Jinbai visited Xiao Yin, and it was also the real reason why he had to call Xiao Yin before coming to the magistrate's office.

In the end, Xie Jinbai never expected that the dam and the waterproof embankment could really stop the monstrous flood in his previous life.

In the previous life, the flood broke the dam in the middle of the night of the Dragon Boat Festival. Many people were still asleep, and when they woke up, they were deep in the ocean, separated from their families.

During this period of time, he went to the outskirts of the city to supervise the construction of the dam and the waterproof dike day and night, in order to buy more time for the people in the city and even himself, and at the same time, to create a false impression for people——

He didn't know that there would be a flood, so he supervised the dam work day and night to complete as soon as possible.

If the ability to predict the future spreads, people will only regard him as a monster, and the court will fear him even more. It will definitely do him no good.

"Tomorrow morning?"

After Tang Shimao heard this, he took a deep breath.

Tomorrow morning?

Will the dam be in danger of bursting in the early hours of tomorrow?

He looked at Xiao Yin, "Really? Xiao Jiancheng, are you sure that the dam of the Chizhang River really won't be able to survive tomorrow morning? It's no small matter to transfer the people of the city."

Not to mention in such a hasty time!

Xiao Yin was only worried that if the rain continued like this, even the dam would be extremely easy to lose. He was not sure that the dam would burst, and how could he be so powerful that he could predict that the levee would definitely be decided and when it would burst?

He was not sure whether Xie Huaiyu was really sure that the Chizhang River dam would burst this morning, and at this time, he could only bet on it.

Isn't it just to pay for your future, isn't it to pay for your life?

A scholar dies for a confidant.

He, Xiao Fengming, fought hard!

The fists hidden in the sleeves were clenched tightly, and with the determination to break the boat, Xiao Yin said in a deep voice, "Reporting to Tang Zhifu, according to the successive visits of the lower official and Xie Xunyan, as well as the observation of the water level of the Chizhang River, if this The torrential rain continues, and I am afraid that the dam upstream will not be able to last for too long. As for whether it will not survive the early morning of tomorrow, this point is not sure. For the current plan, it is only a gamble."

Tang Shimao smiled wryly.

bet?

Isn't it just a big gamble?

If he won the bet, the lives of the people in the city were saved, and his life and future were naturally saved as well.

If you lose the bet...

All the people in the city have been moved to a safe place, but the dams are still standing intact, and the flood has not ravaged Chun'an. He mobilizes so many people like this, and his official career is probably coming to an end.

One is afraid of being dismissed from office, and the other is afraid of his life.

The lesser of the two evils.

Tang Shimao is not stupid, he knows how to choose.

"Less than ten hours. If the official is willing to cooperate and arrange tens of thousands of people, manpower will be needed to supervise this matter. Even if the entire government office is poured out, there are only hundreds of people, and the manpower is far from enough. All of a sudden, Where can we find so many people?"

Tang Shimao is the magistrate of Chun'an, as long as he agrees, the matter will be mostly successful.

Xie Jinbai slowly pursed his lips, "Tang Zhifu doesn't have any extra manpower, but there is one person."

Not only are there, but there are enough people.

"Who?"

"Who?"

Tang Shimao and Xiao Yin asked in unison.

"King Ning."

Xie Jinbai did not go around in circles with the two, and directly revealed the answer.

Tang Shimao's eyes lit up.

That's right, according to the laws of Dongqi Kingdom, local vassals can raise private soldiers. Although according to the legal system, the scale cannot exceed [-], but the sky is high and the emperor is far away. Don't exceed ten thousand people, most of them turn a blind eye.

Thousands of King Ning's private soldiers, plus the local government servants, should be enough.

Xiao Yin was not so optimistic, he frowned slightly, "But how can we persuade King Ning to lend his private soldiers?"

When Tang Shimao heard this, he was immediately troubled.

That's right, to persuade the rich and important officials to vacate the villa for the people to take refuge in, they only need to promise to reduce part of this year's autumn tax, King Ning is not short of money, and he doesn't need to take the government's face, so what reason should they use to persuade King Ning?

"He will borrow it."

Xie Jinbai smiled.

Tang Shimao and Xiao Yin showed confusion at the same time.

However, Xie Jinbai did not specifically say what method he would use to persuade King Ning, so they stopped asking.

Tang Shimao nodded, "Since that's the case, then the matter of persuading King Ning will be left to Xie Xun. It's not too late, the old man will pass on the news and notify all departments to send personnel to urge the people to bring clothes and dry food to the temples on the mountain by themselves , Taoist temple, we must move the suburbs and the people in the city before tomorrow morning."

"I'll be in charge of delivering the message to the Dushui Division to inform my colleagues to make preparations in advance and help mobilize and transfer the people in the city together."

"Not only that, Tang Zhifu and Xiao Jiancheng had better inform your family in advance, so that your family can also prepare in advance."

Xie Jinbai reminded.Xiao Yin's family lives by the Chunhe River, even if Xie Jinbai didn't need to remind him, he would arrange the transfer of his family in advance, but Tang Shimao was quite surprised when he heard that he was asked to prepare, "Xie Xunyan means that at that time Is it possible that even the magistrate's government office will be flooded?"

You know, the magistrate's government office is the tallest and strongest building in the city except for the protective wall.

If the magistrate's government office can't be kept, is there any safe place in this city?

Tang Shimao's question aroused Xie Jinbai's curiosity. In his previous life, it was because the stage horses at Gongming's observation station were suddenly restless, the birds were flying in the sky, the dogs were barking, and there was fear of disaster. Finally, he calculated that he was standing in the east. I went to the mountain temple near the post station, and I just escaped the catastrophe.

I don't know how Tang Weimian and Tang Shimao's family escaped to heaven in the previous life?

In the previous life, the young master didn't have the tendon-renewing ointment, so the wound didn't heal well, he must have suffered a lot, and there was a reborn Master Tang, it's unknown.

"There are contingencies in everything, and it is better for Tang Zhifu to take precautions."

Xie Jinbai gave his own answer.

Tang Shimao was thoughtful.

It is a big deal to transfer the people of the whole city.

It is not too late.

Tang Shimao hurriedly went to organize the manpower, and Xiao Yin also hurried back to Dushuisi.

Xie Jinbai then left for Prince Ning's Mansion to find Ji Yunfei to borrow troops.

Xiao Yin and Xie Jinbai resigned from Tang Shimao together and came out from the magistrate's office.

The carriage of the post station is waiting outside the government office.

Prince Ning's Mansion is not in the same direction as the Capital Water Division, and parting, Xiao Yin hesitated again and again, but still asked out his doubts, "Brother Huaiyu, are you sure that the dam of the Chizhang River will burst?"

"No."

Holding the green umbrella, Xiao Yin almost stumbled, he looked at Xie Huaiyu in disbelief, "You...what did you say?"

"I had a dream the day before yesterday and it was true, and it was also true that all the scenes in the dream were fulfilled. In order to increase my persuasiveness, I had to get you involved. However, the dream did not tell when the Chizhang River dam would be broken on time. Di. I can only infer the time of the accident based on a few sporadic flashes in the dream."

Xiao Yin was greatly astonished, "In other words, you...you are not sure about whether Chizhanghe will definitely be decided in the early morning?"

"Yes."

Xiao Yin was completely speechless.

At this time, what else can he say?

After a while, he smiled wryly, "I really wish I didn't ask anything just now."

Then he would be able to do without any hesitation and no worries like Tang Zhifu.

"I can pretend that I haven't said anything, and Feng Yin can also pretend that I haven't heard anything."

Xiao Yin wiped the rainwater off his face with his sleeve.

But he just asked, and he knew everything.

And how can you act as if you didn't hear anything, don't know anything?

It's just that now, what else can he do?

Xiao Yin bowed his hands solemnly, "I wish you all the best in your trip to Prince Ning's Mansion."

"Thank you."

Xie Jinbai got into the carriage.