Chapter 4: The Seal is Released (Please recommend and collect)
In the end, Lin Wen got what he wanted and got the task of guarding the Changpai Village dike, and returned happily.
County Chief Zhao also specially returned the 12 staff members who were seconded from him earlier, but Lin Wen remained indifferent.
After the flood prevention meeting, the heads of all villages and towns had left, leaving only Changshan County Mayor Zhao Anping and his secretary Xiao Zhang in the meeting room.
In the dim light, County Chief Zhao drank tea silently without saying a word. The meeting room was silent.
After a long time, Secretary Xiao Zhang couldn't help but say, "Headmaster, it's getting late. We should go back."
County Magistrate Zhao nodded, but did not move.
After a while, he put down his teacup and said slowly, "Xiao Zhang, do you remember how Lin Wen became the mayor of Changle Town?"
Xiao Zhang thought for a moment and said, "I remember that Xiao Lin's father heroically died fighting human traffickers to rescue a kidnapped child. He was later awarded the First Class Merit for Bravery. His mother was swept away by a huge wave while driving a barge to rescue people trapped in a flood. It was later calculated that she single-handedly saved over 1,200 lives and was awarded the First Class Merit for Heroine. Later, based on the opinion of the Governor-General's Office, Lin Wen, as a descendant of an imperial hero, was promoted directly from town clerk to mayor. He jumped four levels in a row!"
County Magistrate Zhao stared at his teacup, seemingly lost in thought. "Well, that was three years ago. I remember Xiaolin was very young at the time, and it caused quite a bit of controversy."
Xiao Zhang nodded: "Yes, but how can someone else point fingers at the Governor-General's authority? Haha!"
Ignoring Xiao Zhang's teasing, County Magistrate Zhao continued, "This has lasted three years. Although Xiao Lin doesn't have much talent for an official, he's always been diligent and never bends the law for personal gain. It's said that he's been even more diligent recently, and the people of Changle Town are full of praise for him."
Xiao Zhang bent down and whispered, "Chief, what do you want to say?"
Zhao Anping said calmly, "Do you think Xiaolin has noticed this round of appointment plans?"
Xiao Zhang laughed and said, "That's impossible. The drafted document is still in your safe. No one else knows about it except you and a few people at the County Hall."
Zhao Anping sneered, but didn't say anything more. Instead, he asked, "What do you think Xiaolin wants to do by actively defending the most dangerous area?"
"He's just trying to take credit for it." Xiao Zhang yawned. "Don't be fooled by his nice words. At most, he'll just do some repairs and preliminary work. If a flood really comes, he definitely won't go up to the dike."
Zhao Anping didn't say anything else. He sat quietly in the dim light for a while before he stood up and said, "Let's go."
"Great, I can finally go back." Xiao Zhang immediately smiled, picked up his briefcase, and rushed out in one step.
Zhao Anping looked back at where Lin Wen was sitting, and left silently.
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After Lin Wen returned to the town, he finished reading the flood prevention materials he brought back that night.
The next day, he took people directly to the dike.
Although the Changpai Village Dike is called a dike, it is actually just a small section of dry dike connecting Qingfeng Mountain upstream and Luanjungang downstream.
It is to the west of Changle Town, a bit far away, but Lin Wen didn't want to take that broken car at all, so he walked over with 10 clerks who had just been transferred back.
There are still two people left for Xiao Li to sit in the back.
In fact, if Lin Wen hadn't been so busy, he wouldn't have wanted anyone else to do it all and would have done it all himself.
As soon as you get on the levee, you will see the surging river water coming from the sky, the waves are surging, and the water is terrifying. The river is at least 2,000 meters wide and stretches as far as the eye can see. On the opposite bank is a towering steep cliff. The blue-gray rock wall rises from the bottom of the river to the sky, which is daunting.
People are so small here, like an ant next to a giant beast of heaven and earth.
The only thing that could resist such a powerful flow of water was a dilapidated earthen embankment. Water was seeping out from the slope of the embankment, proving that there were hidden holes under the water. Several places had collapsed, and the river water had already invaded the foundation of the embankment.
The 10 accompanying clerks all looked pale and trembling.
Lin Wen was delighted, having an excuse. He waved his hand and said, "The dike is dangerous. You all go down and prepare the earthwork and tie it up in woven bags. Also prepare some bamboo cages filled with stones and some reinforcement tools. Put them all under the dike and I'll get them myself. You don't have to worry about the rest."
The 10 clerks looked at each other in confusion, and one of them muttered, "Mayor Lin, this is not good..."
"No need to say more!" Lin Wen frowned. "If the mayor doesn't do the dangerous things, who will? Is the mayor's salary free? If the mayor doesn't charge into battle and sacrifice himself when faced with big, difficult, or arduous situations, what's the point of having a mayor?"
At this point, no one wanted to stay on the levee any longer. The fear of the crashing waves made them flee down the levee.
Lin Wen was left alone in the dim light of heaven and earth, amidst the roaring waves. He opened his arms and laughed loudly, "I'm coming! All immortals, all gods, tremble!"
Perhaps out of inexplicable gratitude, 10 people brought more than 200 bags of earth, more than 50 bamboo cages filled with stones, more than 20 anchor piles and a large number of tools in one day.
Mayor Lin did not leave the embankment all day, but reinforced the embankment by himself carrying earth and a shovel.
This section of the levee in Changpai Village is more than 200 meters long. Logically speaking, it is difficult for one person to complete the repair and reinforcement work. But by the evening, they did not dare to say this, because Mayor Lin had already carried more than 100 bags of earth up. He held a shovel in each hand and walked quickly on the slippery and muddy levee like a mountaineer, as if he was carrying a bag of cotton on his back. In just a moment, he transported a bag of earth from the bottom of the levee to the top.
Based on this speed, the dike repair work may be completed before the flood season arrives.
"Is this even possible?" A clerk couldn't believe his eyes. "Is this something a human can do?"
"Is this man made of iron?"
"How about we go up and help him?" a small voice said.
"You go if you want to."
"I can't stand the sight of the river. It looks like a man-eating monster."
"How could such a thing happen before?"
"Stop talking! This is Mayor Lin's order! He assigned this work. If we don't move the earth, does Mayor Lin have to go to the village and dig up the earth and carry it back himself?"
"Yes, this is the job assigned by Mayor Lin! We must obey the instructions and not be lazy!"
"Ship some more?"
“Let’s go!”
By 9 o'clock in the evening, dark clouds rolled in and soon it started to rain heavily. It was too difficult to transport earth in the rain, so the ten people decided to go back and rest.
One of them looked back before leaving. The levee was pitch black, and he could not see anything. He said to himself, "Mayor Lin must have gone back a long time ago."
A flash of lightning flashed across the river, illuminating the surface of the river. The river water was surging as if it was madly, making people wonder whether the paper-thin embankment in front of the 2,000-meter-wide river could withstand this terrifying force.
And on the levee, in the heavy rain and under the lightning, there was clearly a figure carrying something and walking towards the slope of the levee.
The lightning disappeared in an instant, and everything returned to darkness.
A huge fear surged in his heart, and the man fell to the ground, screaming: "Embankment, embankment... there are people on it!"
Everyone turned around and asked, "What did you say, kid?"
"Are you blind? There's a ghost in the pitch black!"
"Hurry back and take a hot bath, I'm exhausted!"
The man was still in shock and wondered if he was seeing things. There was no way Mayor Lin was still on the dike at this time. Even if he was Superman, he would have to light a lamp, right? Otherwise, how could he work in the pitch black?
Although reason keeps denying it, the scene illuminated by the lightning is always engraved in my mind and cannot be erased.
Contrary to what they thought, Lin Wen was indeed still on the levee and did not feel any fatigue or hardship. He faced the terrifying power of nature in the storm without any fear. Instead, he felt like he had arrived in the world of immortal cultivation in advance. The excitement and thrill were something that others could not understand at all, and Lin Wen was completely immersed in it.
Of course, this is not a moral victory.
Lin Wen was truly exhausted for the first few hours. The path along the dike was muddy, soft to step into and tiring to pull out. It was wet and slippery. Each bag of earth weighed over 100 kilograms, and carrying it on his back felt like a mountain. Without his faith, he would have collapsed long ago.
It took more than half an hour to get the first bag of earth onto the embankment, and another half an hour to find the secret hole. Fortunately, Lin Wen's brain was still useful, and he remembered the methods of finding and blocking secret holes in the flood prevention materials very well.
In order to prevent being washed away, Lin Wen specifically found a location with slower water flow. The dark hole was also very small and could be filled with a bag of earth. It should be just a small breach.
After Lin Wen completed the reinforcement with a shovel, he instantly gained 1 point of good karma.
Lin Wen was shocked. In the past, he worked very hard all day but couldn't get any good karma. But in just over an hour, he got one?
Although he had guessed that repairing the levee was a great merit and should be able to gain a lot of good karma, he didn't expect there would be so many?
"Calm down! Calm down! There may not be that many. I worked for a long time before but didn't get any good karma. Maybe it's just that little bit that's missing, and I can make up for it now?"
The verification method is also very simple, he just needs to try again.
Although he had a strong power boost, due to his physical condition, it still took Lin Wen more than 30 minutes to carry a bag of earth.
It took nearly another hour to find a particularly small dark hole. After blocking it, I instantly gained another point of good karma!
"Fuck!"
Lin Wen stamped his feet and beat his chest, regretting that he had not discovered this road to wealth earlier and had wasted a lot of time.
Just when he was about to seize the time to make another effort, he turned around and fell on the embankment. Lin Wen then realized that his entire shoulder was numb, his arms were shaking uncontrollably, his legs were as weak as cotton, and a huge pain ran through his whole body.
"No way, how can this be possible?"
The good opportunity was right in front of him but he couldn't get it. Lin Wen was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.
"Get up, get up, you broken leg, get up for me!"
Just as he was getting anxious and angry, a flash of white mist appeared in front of his eyes, and the cultivation panel appeared again. The biggest change from before was that the number after the two words "Shanyuan" shining with golden light became 10.
These are the 10 points of good fortune that Lin Wen accumulated over many days and worked hard to obtain.
"Why am I looking at this at this time? What am I thinking..."
He stopped talking halfway because Lin Wen suddenly discovered that the seal pattern behind the [Spell] column below had disappeared.
(End of this chapter)
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