Chapter 395 Blowing up the Stone Mountain
As Su Ying walked out of the guest house, a figure hiding in the dark ran away stealthily.
The local officials ignored the lives of the local people and cut corners on the vital dam for the sake of profit. Su Ying was so angry that she wanted to kill someone.
Su Ying came to the guest house and asked Zhu Lin to get up from the bed, and told him the news she got from Yi Kun.
Zhu Lin's face changed drastically after hearing this. He would never have thought that there was something wrong with the entire Xinba.
"What can we do? The flood season is approaching and this new dam is completely useless!"
"The new one won't work, but what about the old one? Can the old dam be used?"
"The old dam is old and needs repairs in many places, but the new dam is like this now. The old dam is better than the new one. It's just that the diversion outlet has been dug, and I'm afraid that when the flood comes, it will go to the new dam."
"Stop it. Send someone to plug the diversion hole immediately, no matter what means you use."
"Okay, I'll do it right away." Zhu Lin knew clearly the seriousness of the matter. They were now racing against time.
Su Ying was holding a list in her hand, on which were listed all the people who had made illegal profits from the construction of the dam.
Su Ying wanted to control these people before they got wind of the news.
After Zhu Lin left, Su Ying called the secret guards and asked them to monitor these people without alerting the enemy and not let them leave Jingzhou City at all. Anyone who left the city would be arrested.
After explaining everything to the secret guards, Su Ying also rushed out of the city.
At this time, Zhu Lin had already led his men on horseback to the diversion exit.
The diversion outlet was only dug this year. It was originally expected that the new dam could be used this year, so the diversion outlet was dug slowly to let the water flow slowly to this side. Up to now, the diversion outlet has become quite large, like a small river. It is not easy to fill this hole.
There are still many workers clearing the silt at the diversion port. When Zhu Lin arrived, he immediately ordered, "Go, tell them all to stop digging out the silt. Tell them to fill it all in!"
The clerk in charge of dredging came over upon hearing the noise. The two had met each other before when Zhu Lin had been here.
"Master Zhu, what happened? Why did you ask everyone to dump the silt back? Didn't all our previous digging be in vain?"
"There's something wrong with the new dam ahead. It can't be used for the time being. If the water rushes over, the people living along the coast will be in danger. Go find someone right now to quickly dump all the silt that was dredged out. No matter what method you use, you must block this diversion port as soon as possible."
The clerk was a little hesitant. This was a serious matter and he didn't dare to listen to Zhu Lin's words alone. If something happened and he was pushed to take the blame, he would be in big trouble.
"Master Zhu, is this, is this the decision of the court?"
Zhu Lin could see his little thoughts, which were nothing more than fear and blame.
"It is my decision."
Su Ying's voice sounded behind him.
Everyone looked up at Su Ying and saw her walking towards them wearing a simple phoenix robe.
In the State of Chu, not everyone is qualified to wear a phoenix on their body.
"Why is the Queen here?"
The people around were shocked when they heard Zhu Lin's name. They thought the Queen would actually come to this damn place.
A crowd of people came forward and knelt down.
"Greetings to Her Majesty the Queen."
"Everyone, get up, do as Zhu Lin said, and go to the nearby villagers to gather them. Anyone who is willing to come and help will be paid ten copper coins a day."
Although they didn't understand why the court suddenly wanted to block the diversion outlet that had been dug for so long, they didn't dare to disobey the Queen's order and could only ask the villagers to go and find someone.
"Your Majesty, why don't you go back first and leave this to me."
Su Ying shook her head. "We have limited manpower, and we may not trust those people under Yi Kun. Let me take a look at this. You should take people to the old dam immediately and fix the problems with the old dam as quickly as possible."
Zhu Lin felt relieved with Su Ying guarding here, so he led his men towards Laoba.
The new and old dams are in different mountain streams. They seem not far away when standing in the mountains, but they are not close when you walk.
"Where did you dump the silt you dug out before?"
"Your Highness, the silt was dumped into the mountain. However, there has been a lot of rain recently, so a lot of the silt has probably been washed down the mountain."
Su Ying walked to the shore and jumped into the water regardless of everyone's exclamations.
"Queen, please save her."
Those people were so scared that Su Ying surfaced before they even got into the water. She jumped in to determine the speed of the water flow.
"I'm fine." Su Ying climbed ashore, and the secret guard quickly brought a cloak for her to put on.
"The water is not flowing fast right now. Hurry up and have someone move the silt over and dump it back."
"Yes, yes."
Su Ying asked the secret guard to stay and help while she went to see if there was anything more suitable to fill the hole.
She turned and walked back into the mountain, and went into the space to dry her clothes where no one could see her. When she came out, she was already wearing a diving suit.
At this time, the dark clouds in the sky became thicker and thicker, pressing down heavily, making the entire mountain dark.
If the weather is fine, it is possible to slowly block the diversion outlet with silt, but the current situation is that the flood is likely to rush down rapidly in a short period of time, and the strong gravity acceleration will instantly wash away the silt that has just been thrown in and is not yet solid enough.
So she needed something more solid, more sturdy.
Su Ying walked around and found a rocky mountain in front of her.
She took out the lighting tools and walked around the stone mountain. After confirming that this was an unnecessary stone mountain, Su Ying had a plan in mind.
She slipped into the space, and when she reached the row of shelves where the bombs lay she hesitated again.
Now the new dam is a shoddy project. If she makes too loud a noise by exploding it here, the new dam will probably collapse immediately due to the resonance.
Thinking of this, Su Ying put the explosives back and only took some small ammunition.
After taking the things, she left the space again.
Suddenly, there were loud "bang bang bang" sounds in the mountain, which scared everyone so much that they stood there in a daze, thinking it was an earthquake.
But after a while, the voices disappeared.
Everyone turned around and saw Su Ying, covered in dust, walking out.
"Everyone, follow me to fetch the rocks back."
Upon hearing this, the clerk immediately ran over and asked, "Madam, what was the commotion in the mountains just now?"
"I was the one who blew up the rock mountain. It would be more appropriate to pull the large rocks there back and use them as landfill. Don't delay any longer. Everyone, follow me."
Everyone was shocked to hear Su Ying say this. What did the queen say just now?
Did she blow up the stone mountain?
(End of this chapter)
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