Yaojiayan, the dangerous part of the levee.
Under the guidance of Pan Jixun, the laborers took half a day to finally block the gap.
But the best is yet to come.
All I saw were beams more than two meters long, with several baskets of stones tied to the top, lying quietly on the embankment.
Hundreds of shirtless men looked at Pan Zhongcheng in unison, waiting for his orders.
Pan Jixun only watched the changes in the water flow. When a fierce tide passed, he made a quick decision and said, "Go down from here!"
The men lifted the roof beam and slowly lowered the bamboo basket tied to the top along the embankment.
The surging tide swept the beams downstream, and even the baskets of stones could not hold them down.
But there are cables as thick as a child’s arm tied to the beams!
A dozen strong men held on to the rope tightly, their muscles flexed, and tied up the beams that were trying to escape.
Finally, the beams of the house sank into the water with a loud bang.
"Tamp it!" Pan Jixun shouted again.
The laborers immediately came forward with tamping stones, and those who carried the tamping stones shouted in coordination, hammering the wooden beams into the riverbed one by one, until no more could be hammered down.
"Add another four groups!" Seeing that the five groups of stones were fixed, Pan Jixun immediately gave another order.
The men followed suit and lowered four more wooden beams according to the locations indicated by Pan Jixun.
Then pairs of stone baskets tied together were dropped through wooden beams into the water.
When the five groups of wooden beams are strung together like a string of candied haws, four more groups will be added based on these five groups.
In this way, they stacked the layers one by one, and sent down twenty wooden beams and hundreds of baskets of bricks and stones, and finally tied them up tightly with ropes.
A huge triangular prism protruded from the embankment.
Strangely enough, once the triangular prism appeared, the water force concentrated on the gap and was significantly weakened...
The men cheered with joy.
Zhao Shouzheng, Bai Zhubu and Gu Dadong hurriedly flattered Pan Zhongcheng.
Pan Jixun was not moved at all, and it was obvious that everything was under control.
"Let's go to Sanjiangkou and take a look..." As he said that, he turned around and went down the river bank.
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Wuxi, Hua Family Zhuoying Pavilion.
Zhao Hao didn't know that Pan Jixun had already arrived in Kunshan, and was still worried.
It only took him a meal to reach an agreement with Hua Bozheng. The Hua family exchanged 300,000 shares of Jiangnan Company for 150,000 taels of silver and 80,000 shi of grain.
Like the two Wang families, Hua Bozhen did not ask Zhao Hao what the Jiangnan Company did and whether it made money.
For the Hua family, who had tens of millions of taels of silver at home and were unwilling to buy more land or property, this was actually a very simple decision.
Is there anyone in this world who is better at making money than Mr. Zhao?
there is none left.
How could I lose money by investing hundreds of thousands of taels in him?
Besides, even if you lose money, so what? Just sprinkle some water...
After signing the contract, both of them breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, the rain outside was a little lighter, so Hua Bozheng invited Zhao Hao to attend his Huitong Hall.
Since they had to leave tomorrow anyway, Zhao Hao readily agreed. He had long heard that the Hua family's private bookshop, Huitongguan, had the best copper movable type printing in the world. Not only were the books and engravings extremely exquisite, but the speed of publication was also far beyond the reach of ordinary woodblock printing.
He also bought a bookshop in Nanjing, but the speed of engraving the pages was so slow that it seriously slowed down the pace of Mr. Zhao's book publishing. Of course, he would be more than happy to have the opportunity to learn from the industry leaders.
Unexpectedly, before walking out of Zhuoying Pavilion, Gao Wu pointed to the end of the corridor.
When Zhao Hao looked, he saw Ma Xianglan standing there.
He couldn't help but feel nervous. Secretary Ma was very knowledgeable about the rules. If she came to him rashly, it must be because of an emergency.
"Could it be that my father was really washed away?" Young Master Zhao felt his mouth dry and he quickly apologized to Hua Bozhen and walked quickly towards Ma Xianglan.
"What's the matter?" Mr. Zhao's voice was trembling.
"No, Master." As expected, the person who understands Master Zhao best in the world is Secretary Ma.
"That's good." Zhao Hao breathed a sigh of relief. As long as his father was fine, it was good.
"Something happened to Miss Jiang..." Ma Xianglan said again.
"Uh..." Zhao Hao was stunned when he heard this. "What happened to her?"
"The ship that Wu Ji used to transport grain to us was robbed." Ma Xianglan said again.
"What?" Zhao Hao opened his mouth in shock. "It was hijacked? Who dares to hijack Wu Ji's ship?"
What does Wu Ji do? He is a big merchant who runs a bank and a shipping company. He has money, connections, and a background in government. How can ordinary gangsters dare to provoke him?
"I heard it was a gang of Taihu pirates," Ma Xianglan reported. "They detained both the people and the boats, and only sent a manager back to demand a ransom."
"Miss Jiang is also on the boat?" Zhao Hao asked with a frown.
"Yes." Ma Xianglan nodded, her pretty face full of worry, "It happened yesterday, and it's been a day. Miss Jiang, she won't... be in trouble, right?"
"It will be fine." Zhao Hao comforted Ma Xianglan, who was terrified.
"What kind of place is Taihu Lake? The pirates who can survive in Taihu Lake must know their own limits. Wuji is one of the biggest businesses in Jiangnan. If you go too far, you will get crazy revenge from them!"
"That's good, that's good..." Secretary Ma was full of self-blame. She felt that if she hadn't instigated her, Jiang Xueying would not have taken the initiative to find Zhao Hao. Naturally, she would not have suffered such an unjustifiable fate.
"Hurry up and notify everyone to prepare to set off." Zhao Hao ordered in a deep voice, then turned around to explain the situation to Hua Bozheng.
Wuxi is adjacent to Taihu Lake. With the power of the Hua family, they definitely know the situation in the lake better than he does.
After listening to Zhao Hao's speech, Hua Bozhen also showed an incredible expression and said: "It's impossible? They dare to touch Wu Ji?"
Zhao Hao's heart moved when he heard this, thinking that Brother Hua really knew the inside story.
He bowed deeply and said, "A few ships of food are nothing, but my...sister is on board, which is really worrying. I hope Brother Hua can give me some advice."
"Don't worry, my dear brother. I will send someone to inquire right away." Hua Bozhen asked someone to call the old butler Hua An and ordered in a deep voice:
"Hurry up and take people to find out which blind person did this!"
As he said this, he raised his eyebrows and said domineeringly: "No matter which bastard is trying to get his hands on me, tell him to let him go immediately, otherwise he will be an enemy of my Hua family!"
"Yes." The old butler hurriedly took the order and left.
"Hurry up and have someone send a letter back." Zhao Hao also whispered to Gao Wudao, "Brother Jin, please be prepared and be on standby at any time."
Gao Gong nodded and left as well.
Then Hua Bozhen whispered to Zhao Hao: "Don't worry, my dear brother. It's not the same as before. Although Taihu Lake is still the same Taihu Lake, each county has a gunner team. In the past, in order to resist the Japanese, there was also a lieutenant general guarding Taihu Lake. Those water bandits who didn't know the rules have been wiped out. The rest are all obedient..."
After a pause, he said, "I just don't listen to one family."
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