Lingnan Gang

This flood was far more serious than imagined. The river rushing in from the gap in the dam flooded the houses and rice fields in the capital and neighboring villages near the river. If it goes down, all the dikes and dams will be washed away, and the number of people affected will have to double by then, causing immeasurable losses.

All the victims were gathered in higher ground and lived in tents set up by the uninhabited village and the government. Zhizhou temporarily mobilized the young and strong labor force in Qinzhou city, plus the people brought by Wu Weiyang. Therefore, Wu Weiyang decided to divide his troops into two groups, one to block the gap in the embankment, and the other to dig channels to divert the silted water in the city to the South China Sea.

The crude coir raincoat could not withstand the pouring rain at all, but hindered his movements. Wu Weiyang simply took off the coir raincoat, rolled up his trouser legs, and used a hoe to dig up the soil under his feet that was submerged by the muddy river. Pack it in sacks, and then transport it to the embankment with bamboo rafts to block the turbulent water flow.

'Bang' the hoe hit a huge rock, and because of Wu Weiyang's excessive force, the hoe shaft broke from the root. Wu Weiyang dug out the broken hoe in the mud and threw it on the cart beside him, shouting: "Yin is not here, let's go back again!" Bring me a hoe."

His shout was very small compared to the sound of the torrential rain. Yin Buzai, who was digging the soil not far behind him, took a hoe from the cart, handed it to Wu Weiyang, and shouted: "Boss, what have you done these two days?" I haven't taken a serious rest, and the situation is under control now, why don't you go and have a good rest."

The rain kept dripping down his neck, and Wu Weiyang's clothes were already soaked. He wiped the water off his face with his hands covered in black mud, sneered, and said, "Where did you see that the disaster has been brought under control?" ? How far is it from the South China Sea?"

Yi Rong, who was not on Yin's face, was already washed away by the rain. He looked forward, and everything he saw was a swamp of water, "There are still about fifteen miles."

"How's the situation on the other side of the dam?" Wu Weiyang asked while shoveling the soil.

"We came back from there," Yin Buzai replied loudly, "The situation is not very good, the gap was finally blocked last night, and it was washed away again this morning. One person was washed away last night, but he hasn't been found yet."

The rain blurred his vision, Yin Buzai couldn't see Wu Weiyang's expression clearly, he saw him dragging his hoe and walking towards the embankment, he hurriedly followed to dissuade him: "Boss, don't go there, it's too dangerous. "

Wu Wei raised his head and said without turning back: "Since you can go, why can't I go."

According to Wu Weiyang's temperament, Yin Buzai knew that he couldn't stop him, so he took the hoe in Wu Weiyang's hand, dragged the bamboo raft beside him to transport the sand, followed Wu Weiyang and followed him to the embankment, and went to the back The current became more and more urgent, but fortunately they had reached the high ground, so the two tied up the bamboo raft and walked up the embankment.The collapsed dam was like a large waterfall, splashing water droplets and raindrops hurting the face, and the sight was covered by the steam from the rushing water.

Jiang Tianhe saw Wu Weiyang approaching from a distance, ran up to take off his coir raincoat and put it on him, carefully fastened the belt and said: "Boss, why are you here? Go down quickly, it's too dangerous here gone."

They are now at the top of the dam. This dam was built by the previous magistrate. Looking at the quality of this dam, it can be seen that the predecessor did not manage it carefully. Yesterday Jiang Tianhe found a crack on the side of the dam. In other words, the entire dam may be destroyed by floods at any time, and Jiang Tianhe is determined not to let Wu Weiyang take this risk.

Jiang Tianhe's clothes were quickly wet by the rain, and they were tightly attached to his body. His not very strong body became weaker in the rain. Wu Weiyang took off his coir raincoat and tied it up for him again, asking, "How is the situation?"

Wu Weiyang's breath was so close, Jiang Tianhe raised his head, and met Wu Weiyang's eyes, those eyes had faded from the usual playful expression and took on a little sharpness, the rain dripped along the outline of Wu Weiyang's cheeks onto Jiang Tianhe's eyes On his face, the cold raindrops seemed to have a strange temperature. Jiang Tianhe felt that his face was going to burn. "The situation is not optimistic. If the rain doesn't stop, I'm afraid the whole dam will be destroyed."

Wu Weiyang frowned, walked around Jiang Tianhe and walked to the gap. The dam is not wide, and if you are not careful, you may slip and slip. The gap seems to be bigger than what Wu Weiyang saw before. It's like a pair of invisible hands pulling people into the gap.

Ji Baichuan also came over at this time, and shouted loudly: "The sand and stones used to fill up yesterday have all been washed away, and now the current is getting faster and faster, and it is impossible for people to go down."

Wu Weiyang looked into the distance with his hands behind his back. Because of the hazy water vapor, he couldn't see too far away. After a moment of silence, he suddenly asked, "How many sandbags are left?"

"Including the sandbags just brought down from the quarry, there should be more than three thousand bags." Ji Baichuan replied.

The rain slid down the long eyelashes, Wu Weiyang squinted his eyes, and said: "There are about ten guards on the dam, and the rest of them bring sandbags and follow me."

When he came here just now, Wu Weiyang deliberately paid attention to the trend of the water flow. At this time, he took a hundred or so people down from the high ground, sat down the river on a bamboo raft, and stopped at the front of the dam. Much slower, the bamboo raft can rely on the bamboo pole to stop here without being washed too far by the current.

Wu Weiyang jumped into the water, the water up to his waist made him stagger, frightened a group of people, Jiang Tianhe grabbed his wrist, his face turned pale, he didn't know whether he was frightened or frozen, "Boss, what are you doing?" What are you doing, come up!"

Wu Weiyang supported the bamboo raft to stabilize his body, and said: "A few more people will come down and stand with me, and the others will throw sandbags into the water and lay them all the way towards the dam."

Jiang Tianhe immediately understood what he meant. Wu Weiyang wanted to use his body to temporarily relieve the impact of the water flow. In this way, the sandbags on the bottom of the water would not be washed away. When a certain amount has been accumulated, thousands of sandbags will not be washed away by the turbulent current, so they can take advantage of this time to repair the big gap in the dam.Even if the dam does wash out, the sandbags should hold up for a while.

"Boss, you should come up first," Ji Baichuan persuaded, "It's enough that my brothers and I are here."

Wu Weiyang stood in the water and looked up at him, his eyes were firm and he said: "If I am greedy for life and afraid of death, what right do I have to ask my brothers to take this risk?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the morale of more than a hundred people standing on the bamboo raft was immediately high, and they went down into the water one after another, arm in arm to form a human wall, and the rest were responsible for laying sandbags. Things went smoothly, and a group of people were replaced. Another batch, but Wu Weiyang still insisted on sticking to his position, carrying sandbags with his brothers in No Man's Village, and finally piled the sandbags not far from the dam after two days of busy work.

The rain was also much lighter. Although there were many cracks, the dam did not completely collapse, and the water flow with the huge gap was completely blocked by the sandbags.Counting it, Wu Weiyang hadn't had a good rest for four days, and he didn't feel anything when he was concentrating, but now as soon as he stopped, he felt a little tired.When he was thinking about whether to take a rest for a while, he felt a pain in his head. He touched the painful place subconsciously, and his hands were covered with blood.

There was a sound of panic in the crowd, Wu Weiyang frowned, and said, "What are you panicking about, what should you do?" He bent down, broke open a sack containing plant ash, grabbed a handful of plant ash and paste it on his head, and then Covering his head, he walked slowly to the high ground, scolding a group of stunned people along the way, seeing that he still had the strength to curse, although they were a little worried, they were even more afraid of Wu Weiyang's scolding, so they followed him It means that they each start the work at hand and do whatever they need to do.

Yin Buzai and Jiang Tianhe rushed over after hearing the news, Jiang Tianhe immediately tore a rag and pressed it on Wu Weiyang's head, anxiously said: "Boss, go to the camp first and let Mr. Wu have a look."

Wu Weiyang yawned, rubbed his sore eyes with the other hand and said: "It's okay, a half-sized wound can't kill anyone, I'll find a clean place to sleep for a while, and come back later, you and me Yin is not in Baichuan to be in charge here."

Yin Buzai held him back and said, "Boss, you have blood all over your face now. This appearance is really terrifying. If the brothers who work at night see you like this, they should not be scared to death. Qin Han's carriage is parked not far away. You are in the carriage Sleeping in the middle of the night, I will drive you to find Mr. Wu, kill two birds with one stone."

"Qin Han?" Wu Weiyang raised his eyebrows, "Shouldn't he be in the village?"

The corner of Yin Buzai's mouth twitched, and he said: "He came when there were not enough people a few days ago, let's go quickly, aren't you in a rush to sleep?"

He said so, Wu Weiyang really felt sleepy, if he didn't go, he would be begged by Jiang Tianhe, so he simply got into the carriage according to Yin's absence, Jiang Tianhe put down the curtain and said: "Brother Yin , be sure to take good care of the boss."

Yin Buzai smiled and said: "This is my job, Tianhe doesn't have to worry about it."

Wu Weiyang only fell into a light sleep for a while, then was dragged out of the car by Old Wu and pulled into the tent to see the wound. The man in coir raincoat opened the curtain of the tent and walked in.

"Master?" Wu Weiyang called out suspiciously, because his eyelids were covered with blood and ash, he had to squint his eyes to look at people.

Except for the coir raincoat, the hem of Su Beiqin's clothes was already wet by the rain. His face was pale and his spirit was not very good. He was quite surprised to see Wu Weiyang here, and his eyes flashed when he saw the blood on his face. With a trace of nervousness, he stepped forward and asked, "What's wrong?"

But Old Wu snorted coldly and said: "What else, there is one more person who is not afraid of death like you."

Old Wu pointed to Wu Weiyang's head. Even though it was covered by a mass of black hair, Su Beiqin could still see the horrific wound still oozing blood inside.