Chapter 215: Failure
At this moment, I realized that if we continue at this pace, it may not be possible to repair all the holes in the dam even in two years. What is most worrying is that the dam itself has certain quality problems. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a shoddy project.
At this moment, Yang Dinggan also arrived and shrugged helplessly.
"You two have seen that our people have spared no effort to deal with this problem, but our strength is like a drop in the bucket, and the flood..." He stopped talking.
The veins on Yang Dinggan's forehead trembled, and the passionate and blazing light in his eyes gradually extinguished and extinguished...
Everyone knows that today's power is just a drop in the bucket.
"Let's go see how Lord Wen is doing." Gu Feixue prepared to go see Wen Baxian.
This Wen Baxian is a shameless scoundrel who forgets his principles when he sees profit.
Many times, she thought Wen Baxian would run away, but she never knew that Wen Baxian would never leave them.
He had explained until his lips were hoarse and his tongue was exhausted, but instead of leaving, everyone thought that Lord Wen, who was harboring evil intentions, had some unspeakable secret.
"You want us to leave like this? Leave the house with nothing? How is that different from killing us? What will happen if we leave here? Where will we live? What will we eat and drink?"
"Everyone," Wen Baxian said earnestly, "Everyone, this place is in imminent danger. It will be dangerous for everyone to continue staying here. Let's leave. This will protect you. Have you really not noticed that the moat is about to collapse?"
"Collapse? Hahaha, keep talking. I don't think the moat has collapsed. We collapsed first. Are you still trying to scare me?"
"I didn't expect Lord Wen to be such a kind-hearted person." Someone couldn't stop laughing.
Someone else said, "Your Excellency was not like this before. Everyone knows that your court is full of snakes and rats, ruthless sheep and greedy wolves. Haha, my Lord, I wonder what conspiracy you are using to trick us away."
Wen Baxian's reputation wasn't very good before, and he had been involved in cases such as missing women, corruption and bribery, etc...
His reputation has been declining and has now hit rock bottom.
People will never believe him again.
He himself knew that he couldn't move everyone with his true feelings, so he stopped talking.
After a long silence, he knelt down in front of everyone.
"Everyone, everyone..." Wen Baxian said in a trembling voice, "Fellow villagers, neighbors, why don't you all understand that this place is indeed unsustainable now. You'd better cooperate with us and relocate as soon as possible."
Even though Wen Baxian had knelt down, it was of no avail. Everyone just found it funny, thinking that this was another conspiracy by Lord Wen.
Gu Feixue felt sad when she saw Wen Baxian apologizing and bowing to everyone.
Those who seemed to be upright gentlemen have now left as they knew what was happening, leaving the danger to these people.
Perhaps Wen Baxian was not a good minister before, but after reforming himself, he never thought of escaping, let alone leaving. He sighed dejectedly.
"Sir!" Several guards came over and helped Wen Baxian up.
"That's all. Come on, go and mobilize those who are willing to leave. Go ahead."
There were very few people willing to move, and they wouldn't be able to take the lead. Gu Feixue looked back at Yuchi Shuo, who was also at a loss. "Poor mountains and bad waters produce unruly people, and the people here don't trust Wen Baxian at all."
"Let them move," Wen Baxian noticed the two of them and turned around quickly, "It's simply too difficult to do that."
Gu Feixue looked at him, and he felt the same helplessness he felt. "You take a rest first, and we'll think about it."
The two men had no better idea and could only let Yang Dinggan's bandits drive everyone away. This trick really worked, but in a few days half of the people in the city had moved to the back mountain. Because they moved so hastily, they had neither cooking utensils nor food. But when everyone looked down at this, they gradually understood that Wen Baxian was indeed doing it for their own good.
The moat would overflow and would swallow up the dam within a distance of only about thirty meters.
That kind of danger is chilling.
Before, Gu Feixue also wanted to handle the matter flexibly, but found that no one listened at all. Now she was too lazy to explain, so she found Yang Dinggan's people to intimidate the people. Everyone was afraid of Yang Dinggan like a snake, insect, rat or ant. Yang Dinggan didn't need to say a word. As long as he appeared, this group of people were terrified.
After a while they all left.
Jiangzhou has become a deserted city.
Only then did everyone breathe a sigh of relief.
"Yang Dinggan, we must also mobilize people from nearby counties to come and fight the flood."
Yang Dinggan was worried. "I'm afraid I won't be able to motivate them. Maybe it will only make things worse."
"We must dress the moat in a steel and iron frame. I'll design it, and you build it."
In her previous life, she had some knowledge of architecture. In fact, this dam was like an old loach that was struggling to survive and could not withstand any wind or rain.
Reinforcement is an effective method.
Reinforce!
It is imperative!
She lacked professional knowledge, but the craftsmen here were of mediocre skill. They could all handle building bridges and roads, but once it came to such a large and massive project, the craftsmen would retreat in the face of the difficulty.
Gu Feixue designed the blueprints himself and sent them to Yuchi Shuo for review.
"How about this? Your Highness, please take a look. If there are any problems, Your Highness will fix them." She handed over the brush.
He knew nothing about this design. Gu Feixue explained the concept and principles to him. After listening to her eloquent introduction, Yuchi Shuo already understood everything.
"But where are we going to get these materials?"
"Linzhou, Huangzhou... go wherever you can, borrow if you can, rob if you can't, cut down trees indiscriminately, do whatever you want. The more serious the incident, the better, the bigger the better." Gu Feixue had long since broken away from the established rules and regulations when doing things.
She knew very well that if she followed the original plan, she would be doomed to failure.
Everyone was busy working.
The court's disaster relief funds are already on the way.
Yuchi Shuo did not dare to delay and sent a pigeon to ask the emperor to mobilize the most capable craftsmen.
At this moment, the emperor had also heard about what happened in Jiangzhou. During the court meeting, the emperor paced back and forth.
Seeing the emperor's worried face, the ministers rushed to speak.
A group of people advocated treating the water source. They said confidently, "Your Majesty, although Jiangzhou is thousands of miles away, it is still part of our imperial territory. Please send a million strong troops immediately. It will arrive in just three to five days. We must protect the people."
"Jiangzhou only has a population of five million. Born and raised here, they're not afraid of floods! Furthermore, this news came from thousands of miles away, so who knows if someone along the way might have exaggerated it!"
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