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Chapter 160 The first hurricane in the second year of Longqing

The flood season in Jiangnan is long and can last for four or five months.

It starts from April and May, which usually lasts for one month, and may even last for two months. Its characteristics are continuous rain and continuous for months, but fortunately, the water rises smoothly, and as long as you deal with it carefully, the earth dam can be prevented.

After the plum rain flood, the hurricane season begins in June and July.

The style of hurricane season is completely different. When the typhoon does not come, the wind and the waves are calm. When the typhoon comes, heavy rains are pouring, the water situation suddenly surges, and the wind and waves are high and rapid. The damage to the embankment is several times that of the plum rain flood, and the earth embankment cannot withstand it at all.

In the past, at this time, even the flood prevention people had been removed from the dike, and they would never resist any of them.

Anyway, no matter how hard you try, you can't stand it. Not only will you waste money, but you will even save dozens or hundreds of lives. It's better to lie down and let the flood ravage.

But this year, Kunshan County will challenge the hurricane for the first time! Look at the newly built mattress concrete embankment, can it be as indestructible as Jiangnan Company claims!

After all, no matter how good the advertising is, it depends on the efficacy.

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The first hurricane in the second year of Longqing came earlier than before.

On the fifth day of the seventh month, it was as dark as ink at noon. The strong wind rose from the ground, and the flying sand made the stone construction site, making people unable to stand firm.

The district heads knew that something was going to be bad at first glance, so they quickly ordered the chiefs and soldiers to take all the unopened cement and construction tools to the warehouse.

As for the concrete that has been stirred, it can only be wasted.

Just halfway through the pack, the raindrops as big as beans began to fall.

"Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up!" On the construction site, the armed captains shouted loudly. "Put down anything else and save the cement first!"

After dealing with cement for more than half a month, everyone knew that this guy would get a lump when he encountered water. When he was hit by a heavy rain, the whole bag would be ruined. That was a ounce of silver per bag!

The villagers used their strength to carry cement into the warehouse one by one.

The cement on the boat was too late to unload. The boatwoman, the boatman, the old man quickly covered the head with oil cloth, straw mat, and even the quilt they sleep with, and quickly rowed back to the city to shelter the wind.

The wind was howling, the rain became denser and denser, and soon it was raining heavily.

The sky and the earth suddenly turned white, and a dazzling lightning seemed to tear the dark sky, and then a shocking thunder sounded!

Zhao Shouzheng stood under the eaves of the Nanshan Temple, watching the long river bank covered by rain.

The strong wind brought out the cold ice rain and slapped Zhao Erye's face randomly, making him so anxious that he was about to shed warm tears.

"Why did it come so early? Didn't it mean that there would be serious hurricanes in July?"

"What can we do when we encounter such an inappropriate hurricane?" Zhao Hao comforted his father and said, "Fortunately, the important section of the river has been completed, so there should be no big problem."

"Really?" Mr. Zhao looked at his son.

"Even if you don't believe me, you should believe Pan Zhongcheng?" Zhao Hao smiled confidently and said, "Even if you don't believe us, you should believe in science. Cement concrete is invincible!"

"Oh, that's great." After hearing what his son said, Mr. Zhao was worried all over and relaxed and stretched, "It's so heavy that he can be lazy."

Then he shouted to Fan Datong in the hall: "My brother, let's have two side dishes, let's drink two cups."

Since taking care of the chef, Fan Datong has gained nearly 20 kilograms and is full of greasy faces, quite like Fatty Tang.

He smiled and said, "You still need your brother's instructions?"

As he said that, he raised a tray like a magic trick, and put on four dishes and a pot of wine.

"Ah, my goodness is still caring." Mr. Zhao happily ran to the hall. Fang Wen quickly put an umbrella for him, but the wind was too strong, and there was only an umbrella handle left in the blink of an eye.

Fang Wen looked at the stick in his hand, then looked at Master Zhao Er who had already rushed to the top of His Highness, and he had no choice but to hide his figure.

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The strong wind carried the terrifying water vapor on the ocean to the shore, and the heavy rain covered the sky and fell for a day, but there was still no sign of stopping.

For Kunshan County, the real test has been made - the rainwater from more than a dozen counties around Taihu Lake gathered into the lake along the river channel and then poured downstream.

Seventy percent of the water flows poured into the Wusong River, and now all the pressure is on Kunshan side!

Yaojiayan.

When Pan Jixun stood in Meiyusun, he directed the restoration of the embankment and looked at the dark river surface.

Zheng Ruozeng was wearing a straw raincoat and leaning on a bamboo stick, standing next to him with difficulty. The strong wind and heavy rain made the elderly Zheng unable to open his eyes at all.

Zheng Ruozeng was very impressed when he saw Pan Jixun's feet taking root and his eyes were silent.

"Zhongcheng is so handsome. I'm so hard to speak now."

Pan Jixun glanced at him strangely. "How old are you and how old am I?"

"I am sixty-six this year, Zhongcheng..." Zheng Ruozeng said and remembered that Pan Jixun was eighteen years younger than him, less than fifty.

Two serious generations.

Old Zheng couldn't help but feel ashamed. Premier Pan looked too anxious. He always thought that everyone was his peers.

Zheng Ruozeng quickly wanted to make things happen, but Pan Jixun raised his hand to signal him to silence.

"What?" Zheng Ruozeng asked in a low voice.

"The sound of waves." Pan Jixun replied.

Zheng Ruozeng listened with his ears, and his ears were filled with wind and various noises. How could he hear any difference?

Pan Jixun pointed to the west, and Zheng Ruozeng quickly picked up the telescope and looked at it. This time he saw it.

I saw a white waterline, which seemed slow but actually rolled over quickly!

The hurricane flood in the second year of Longqing has officially begun!

In just over a dozen breaths, the surging river water hit the river embankment, and a wave about a foot high was rolled up with the deafening roar.

The two of them couldn't hide and were splashed all over.

The flood in the river continued to rush the river embankment frantically under the strong wind!

The first thing to be affected is the shaving dike that was built last time with great effort, which is the triangular prism made of twenty wooden beams and hundreds of baskets of bricks and stones.

With just a meal, several wooden beams broke with a bang.

The heavy bricks and stones were out of control and were immediately washed away by the river. The remaining wooden beams were also uprooted and allowed the flood to wash away from the distance.

Seeing that the Xiaobodi dike was so vulnerable, Zheng Ruozeng couldn't help but look pale. "Terrible, the power of heaven and earth cannot be defeated by human power, and this earth dike will definitely not be able to be protected."

Pan Jixun nodded and watched the flood roaring into the corner of the dam that had lost its barrier. The waves surged upwards, two or three feet high in the deafening sound of waves!

The earth embankment under the two of them was shaking, and large pieces of the outer embankment collapsed.

"Let's go quickly, Zhongcheng..." Zheng Ruozeng urged anxiously.

Pan Jixun laughed loudly at the terrifying Jiang Chao.

"Stop being crazy. I'm waiting for you later. Let's fight another battle!"

After saying that, he jumped onto the Gedi behind him with his legs and feet.

With the help of his son, Zheng Ruozeng was left far behind.
Chapter completed!
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