After hearing this, the magistrate of Zhecheng County felt uncomfortable. Yes, there were too few good officials in the world who worked for the people. Suddenly, someone like him appeared, like an alien. He was ostracized by the officials of Tanzhou and was called a fool by those people behind his back. But he was determined to become an official to work for the people. Even if he was just a lowly seventh-rank county magistrate, he was still the people's parent official.
"Fortunately, there are still good officials like you in this world." Liu Ziqi was deeply moved, his eyes slightly reddened, and he bowed solemnly to Pang Kuan.
Yes, fortunately, there are still officials in this world who care about the people, there are officials who work for the people, and there are good officials like Pang Kuan who can be protected and praised by the people!
Gu Yun also bowed to Pang Kuan.
Pang Kuan quickly returned the greeting and said, "It's not my duty. This is what I should do." He was a man of poor speaking skills and had never been good at dealing with people, especially officials. He felt more comfortable staying with the common people.
As they were talking, the sky became brighter, the thunder and lightning stopped, and the rain was much lighter. Gu Yun stared at the branch inserted in the river to measure the water level, his pupils lit up, and he said in surprise, "The water level is not rising anymore!"
Everyone looked towards the river, and someone with a vicious look in his eyes said, "It's true that it hasn't risen. When we tied the iron bolts just now, the water level was at the bottom of the seventh layer of sandbags from the top, and it's still at that level now."
"That's great!" Everyone cheered. Although they looked tired and dirty, their eyes were full of hope.
As long as the rain continues to subside, the Xiangyuan dam will not breach.
It was they who guarded the Xiangyuan Dam and prevented a flood disaster. Just thinking about this, all the people who came to build the dam felt proud of it.
"I will watch here. Young Marquis, you can take the people back and rest first." Seeing that Gu Yun and the people around them had bloodshot eyes, Pang Kuan, the magistrate of Zhecheng County, spoke again, fearing that they would collapse from exhaustion.
Gu Yun and Liu Ziqi looked at each other and nodded. They thought that such a good official, praised by the people of Zhecheng, would definitely guard the Xiangyuan dike as diligently as they did.
"Everyone, go back and rest. Thank you for your hard work." Gu Yun said loudly to everyone, "If the rain gets heavier again, please come back to help."
The people of Tanzhou City responded one after another, "Okay!"
Someone shouted loudly, "Young Marquis, we will be back after we send the wages home!"
Gu Yun laughed, "No need, you guys just have a good sleep, the rain is not heavy, the dam is fine, you guys just stay at home and rest! If the rainstorm comes back and the dam is in danger, then please come back quickly to help."
The crowd responded one after another, dragging their exhausted bodies away from the riverbank.
The people from Zhecheng took their places, and Pang Kuan led his men to defend the river bank.
Gu Yun stretched, looked up at the sky, and said, "Zi Qi, do you think the sky is not so gloomy? I feel that the rain will stop soon."
Liu Ziqi also looked up at the sky and curled the corners of his lips. Perhaps it was because of a group of people who fought with them day and night and never deserted the battlefield, as well as good officials like Pang Kuan who led the people of the city to help, that the dam of Xiangyuan was defended. This made people feel that the rainstorm was not so terrible and the haze would soon pass.
Even though Taiyan was in such a bad state, there was still a glimmer of hope.
"Go and tell Pang Kuan that he is on guard here. Don't bother with other officials. Just send someone to find you if there is anything." Liu Ziqi reminded carefully.
Pang Kuan was a small county magistrate in Zhecheng. If any official from Tanzhou wanted to steal his credit or do something bad, he would be manipulated by others with such a small official position.
After all, Zhou Fang, the Langzhong of the Ministry of Works' Du Shuiqinglisi, is still in Tanzhou, and is involved in the crime of embezzling official funds. We should be afraid of the possibility that he might be up to some conspiracy.
"Okay." Gu Yun responded, walked towards Pang Kuan, explained Liu Ziqi's words to him, and still gave Pang Kuan the token of the young marquis of Annan Marquisate with reassurance.
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In the Qingshui River in Qingyu Village, Changkui, Yu Jiao, Yu Qizhe and the boy repeatedly resisted the suction of the whirlpool several times, but were still unable to escape.
Yu Qiaoshan, who had gone up the mountain earlier, settled Yu Ruhai and others in the cave where they used to live when hunting. He was worried about Yu Jiao and Yu Qizhe, so he hurried down the mountain with Yu Zhixing.
When they reached the mountain path, they happened to meet the villagers who had gone up the mountain to escape. Yu Qiaoshan and his companions hurriedly asked them if they had seen Yu Jiao and Yu Qizhe.
When these people heard Yu Jiao banging on the door and shouting, they ran up the mountain. When they went up the mountain, Yu Jiao and Yu Qizhe were still knocking on doors in the village to alert other families.
"It should be at the back." someone said.
Yu Qiaoshan and Yu Zhixing continued walking down the mountain path. When they were almost at the bottom of the mountain, they saw a group of people standing on the path, looking down the mountain. The two of them hurried over.
Yu Hanshan, who was holding Widow Li's two children in the crowd, saw Yu Qiaoshan and hurriedly called out, "Brother!"
Yu Qiaoshan looked over and saw that Zhao, Yu Jinshu, Yu Jinyan, Li Xiu'e and her two children were all there. He felt relieved and asked, "Third brother, have you seen Yu Jiao and Fifth Brother?"
Before Yu Qiaoshan finished speaking, Yu Hanshan pointed to the river below the mountain and said anxiously, "I was just about to tell you that they fell into the river while trying to save Damao's child. The water was very fast there and no one dared to go down to save them."
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