Lin Chunhong left Bailizhou, and Bailizhou faced a life-and-death test.

In June of the fifth year of Chongzhen, the sky seemed to break, tilting a large amount of rain to Sichuan and Huguang. In Bailizhou, it was drizzling for ten consecutive days, and several heavy rains were mixed in between, as if it was to turn Bailizhou into a country of terrain. Xiao Daizi was anxious. In the first year of the repair of Baili River Dike, he faced severe tests. The flood peaks coming from Sichuan became more and more fierce again and again, which really made people wonder whether the river dike was safe. Alas, human power is insignificant compared to nature.

Lin Chunhong and Li Chongde were not here, and all matters were decided by Zhou Wang and Li Chengzong. Zhou Wang and Li Chengzong ordered Bailizhou to enter a state of emergency and devote all manpower and material resources to flood control and waterlogging. Ensuring the safety of the embankment is the top priority. If the embankment is not protected, the lives of tens of thousands of people will be seriously threatened.

"The water level is four feet and one quarter!"

"The water level is four feet four feet!"

"The water level is four feet and one fifth!"

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The situation is getting worse day by day. Zhou Wang, Li Chengzong, Teng Yuhao and Xiao Daizi have been sleeping for three consecutive days. The guards have been sent out, and each team is responsible for one section. All the strong men are organized and patrol the river embankment day and night, while the elderly, women and children are responsible for delivering food and water. The main purpose of patrol is to discover the pipe surge in time and kill the dam in the bud.

All horses are also assigned. Once there is a danger, they will be informed in time to quickly organize the people to carry out rescue operations. The people are looking at the shocking flood, regardless of industry or commerce, and they all consciously complete their tasks. Behind the embankment are wives and children. Once the burrow is broken, everyone understands the consequences. At this moment, the scattered men are especially united. They open their eyes wide and look for the pipe surge every day to minimize the hidden dangers of the breach.

Piles of stones were transported to the foot of the embankment, and a large number of sacks were prepared to prevent the embankment from being blocked after it was broken. More than ten huge grain ships were prepared beside the dock, stuffed with rice. When the breach was too large, these ships would be sunk at the breach, and the expanded rice would block the breach.

Bailizhou's preparations are sufficient, but Zhou Wang and the others are still worried. They always feel that doing something can relieve the inner pressure.

Night falls and heavy rains are pouring.

There were still horse lanterns on the river embankment near Baima Temple. There were tents on the embankment, but under the heavy rain, water leaked everywhere, which made the resting men very distressed. It was the turn of the men patrolling men holding the horse lanterns, swaying in front of them, carefully checking the dam. The straw raincoats they wore were useless, their clothes were all wet, and the cool raindrops kept seeping into their bodies, making them tremble, but all this did not extinguish their enthusiasm. They lined up in a row and slowly searched forward like a carpet.

"Ah, the water is coming!" A scream made the patrolmen flock to him.

The river embankment near Baima Temple has surged!

The loud gong sounded like thunder, causing the strong men in the tent to explode. They grabbed shovels and sacks and ran towards the vaguely visible lantern.

"Quick Horse, report to General Manager Zhou quickly and ask for support!" Wei Yuexiang's voice trembled a little. He knew the allusion that the Thousand Mile Dike was destroyed by the ant hole. The rush of the White Horse Temple may destroy the entire embankment, and may even turn Bailizhou into a marina.

A horse ran east quickly. With the horse's report, the entire Bailizhou was running at full speed: four or five hundred strong men gathered at the White Horse Temple, and two huge grain ships also slowly drove towards the White Horse Temple. In addition to Zhou Wang, several other big men also rode their horses to the White Horse Temple.

The surging of the pipes is a very powerful disaster. In a moment, it turns from gurgling to rush out.

The breach is expanding rapidly!

"The first team loads stones, the second team carry sacks to block the outer mouth, and the third team follow me to touch the inner mouth!" After yelling, Wei Yuexiang immediately took off his own legs, grabbed a rope, wrapped it tightly around his waist, and shouted: "Catch the rope, I'll go down and touch where the inner mouth is!"

After saying that, a fierce thrust into the yellow Yangtze River, nothing could be seen on the surface of the river except a long rope.

With Wei Yuexiang's order issued, the tyrants quickly took action and threw bags of sacks filled with pebbles into the outer opening, trying to prevent the break from further expanding. However, the bound Yangtze River water found the mouth of catharsis and rushed around. How could it be blocked? The rapids rushed the entire bag of pebbles to the side.

All this made the tycoons frightened, their faces pale, and they couldn't help but speed up their pace. Carrying more than 200 kilograms of sacks as if they were flying.

But no matter how many sacks are, they are useless and are washed aside by the torrent.

Just when the strong men were at a loss, Wei Yuexiang finally emerged from the water and shouted: "All the sacks are thrown here!"

The strong men from the third team were in a hurry and pulled Wei Yuexiang to the shore. Wei Yuexiang clenched his teeth and kept trembling all over. The cold river water almost freezes to death.

The strong men threw the sacks into the designated location of Wei Yuexiang. However, the pipe storm was huge. How could a mere sack stop the storm of the river? The storm of the river was not missing, and there was a tendency to expand.

Wei Yuexiang finally recovered, grabbed a bag of pebbles, and joined the ranks of carrying bags. Now, except for those who load stones, they carry bags. The flow of people kept coming and going, and the mud under his footsteps was flying everywhere, and no one paid attention to it.

The heavy rain is still the same. Who would pay attention to the current strong men? The straw raincoats were thrown aside!

However, the iron-beating man could not stand it, their steps were getting heavier and slower...

Suddenly, someone shouted: "A step back is home!"

When Wei Yuexiang heard this, he was so excited that he almost burst into tears. He shouted: "A step back is home!"

The strong men also shouted: "A step back is home!"

The roars like mountains and seas overshadowed the sound of rain, wind, and flowing water. The strong men all increased their strength, accelerated their pace, and overdrawed their physical strength!

The strong men who supported him finally arrived, and Li Chongde also joined the ranks of loading stones. Teng Yuhao and Xiao Daizi carried the sack without hesitation and ran into the inner mouth.

A step back is the call for home is getting louder and louder, declaring the pride of fighting against nature!

The inner mouth was found accurately, and the sack was invested more and more. The storm finally lost its temper, from swelling to gushing out, and from gushing out to guzzling water... The pipe gushing mouth was finally blocked!

The strong men sat in the mud, gasping for breath, and looking up the river, the huge grain ship just arrived.

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The wave after wave of flood peaks of the Yangtze River finally passed, and the Baili Dike was finally saved!

The entire Bailizhou was trapped in a sea of ​​carnival, with the sound of firecrackers everywhere and cheers everywhere. Wei Yuexiang and several other men were carried by their shoulders every day, wearing big red flowers on their chests, parading and praising their merits. By the way, Wei Yuexiang also lost her luck in love with her, and the matchmaker almost broke the threshold.

However, Zhou Wang and others were crying but not crying. The long-term heavy rain caused great losses to Bailizhou: this year's cotton harvest is no longer expected. The low-lying areas in the eastern part of Bailizhou cannot be discharged in time. It is still a country of ​​are, and even the feed of a large number of livestock in captivity has become a problem...

Especially Xiao Daizi was under greater pressure, and he organized the water conservancy projects in Bailizhou. Whether some built water conservancy facilities can play a role has become his most concerned issue. He braved the rain and checked everywhere in the mud and water every day. Fortunately, the Yangtze River embankment withstood the test, and the drainage facilities built played a role. Everything was normal. All the crux of the problem was that the accumulated water could not be discharged into the Yangtze River!

Xiao Daizi sat on the embankment, looking at the vast water in Bamutan, and was very despaired. Bamutan was the lowest lying place in Bailizhou, and the drainage points of all the canals finally gathered here, turning it into a marina. Although Xiao Daizi dug a giant lake in Bamutan for water storage, the heavy rain this year still cannot play a role.

"When will the water truck be built?" Xiao Daizi sighed and said silently. Now the most critical water conservancy facility in the entire Bailizhou is the drainage water truck. The water truck started to be prepared for construction last year, but there is no sign yet.

No wonder Wuying, it is not easy to set up a water truck on the Yangtze River! I have been arguing about the horizontal or vertical design for a long time in terms of design plans, and finally decided on the vertical. I faced the problem of how to place the water truck and how to transmit the power... Xiao Daizi had a headache when she thought about it. Fortunately, Li Chengzong was responsible for the water truck, otherwise Xiao Daizi would think he would go crazy.

Xiao Daizi was not clear about the specific details. He just vaguely heard that the water truck would be mounted on two huge barges, and the power transmission was made of cast pig iron pillars! Xiao Daizi had seen the pig iron pillars, and the diameter was almost one foot wide. He was shocked when he saw it. How big is this water truck?

Li Chengzong and others also built water trucks, which were just on the Qingjiang River to lift water and irrigate. They were very small. In the past, Xiao Daizi was puzzled by Li Chongde and others' huge water trucks, and always felt that he had no experience and was not sure of success. But now, he hoped that the water truck would work as soon as possible!

There are also debates within Bangtai Trading Company about building giant water trucks. Some people believe that it is better to build a few smaller ones than building giant water trucks. However, this was firmly opposed by Li Chengzong. He believed that the Yangtze River flowed slowly in Bailizhou, and the water truck was smaller and could not play a role at all. Only when the water truck was huge and powerful could it be able to quickly drain the accumulated water away. This idea was questioned by everyone. The giant water truck was still very slow to rotate. What's the use of great power? This made Li Chengzong dumbfounded and could not refute. The water truck plan was once stuck.

Later, the patent regulations were issued, and a blacksmith said that he had a way to turn slow rotation into fast rotation, and could also change the direction of rotation. After hearing this, Li Chengzong was overjoyed and immediately spent 900 taels of silver to buy out the method and appointed the blacksmith to build the transmission system, which made the pig iron pillar that Xiao Daizi saw.

At present, the huge keel water truck has been placed on the embankment, waiting for the water truck to be framed and put into use. However, the giant water truck and transmission system are not so easy to cause, and there are a lot of problems encountered.

After this flood and flooding, the people of Bailizhou turned their attention to the water truck under construction!

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The scene of the Yangtze River flood fighting in 1998 is vivid in my mind. At that time, I was guarding the Yangtze River embankment for more than a month. I was deeply shocked by the power of nature, and I was deeply shocked by the unity of the people and the courage to take care of everyone. Brothers and sisters, do you still remember the Wanzhou Bay at that time? Do you still remember the survivor Xiao Jiang Shan? Jiang Shan is about twenty years old now.

The rescue scene is far more tense and shocking than the one described above. I don’t have enough writing skills, so please forgive me.
Chapter completed!