Becoming a God from a Water Monkey

Chapter 302 The dam breaks
"Flood?"

The tables and chairs collided, and several people in the hall stood up suddenly. They turned around and saw Fan Xinglai hurriedly crossing the corridor.

"I'll open the door!"

Yan Chongwen, who was closer to the door, pushed off the ground with his toes, crossed the courtyard, floated over the screen wall, and lifted the bolt.

Li Libo, who was slamming the iron ring, suddenly felt his hand go empty. He raised his head and saw a stranger's face under the edge of his hat. He suddenly became alert and took a step back.

"Who are you!"

"I……"

Yan Chongwen was about to explain, but Liang Qu took the lead and said, "Come in and tell me!"

Li Libo did not hesitate, walked through the hanging flower gate in the rain, and hurried into the hall. He did not even have time to take off his raincoat, and explained while panting.

"The River and Lake Bureau received a flood report saying that the levee in Huazhu County broke and a flood occurred last night. Most of the county was flooded, and several neighboring counties were also affected.

Lord Ran is preparing troops in the government office and directing the team to go over to the disaster relief. He asked us to call you over quickly!"

"Did the Huazhu County dam really burst?"

Yan Qingshan looked anxious, and the three people around him were not much better.

The four were born in Huazhu County. They were harmed by the Ghost Mother Cult and had to leave their hometown and bring their families out to work. However, many of their familiar fellow villagers had difficulty walking and still stayed in the county!

Li Libo looked towards Liang Qu.

"My subordinates, the River Lord and the River Chief, have nothing to worry about."

Li Libo nodded vigorously after hearing this: "It's such a big deal. I heard it three times and confirmed it repeatedly before running all the way here. It must be Huazhu County!"

The four of them were breathing rapidly and the color had drained from their faces.

Liang Qu asked, "Has Huazhu County never had a flood before?"

Yan Qingshan clasped his fists and said, "Your Excellency may not know that there is a tributary of the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers in Huazhu County, named the Black Water River.

The Heishui River is straight for nearly thirty miles before it reaches Huazhu County, and the water becomes increasingly turbulent as it goes downstream. However, there is a large snake mouth at Huazhu County.

Jiazi year ago, there was a long lake in the northeast of Huazhu County, which could still contain the rapids of the Heishui River. But after Jiazi year, the water system between the Changhu Lake and the Heishui River has been cut off and is no longer connected!

Since then, Huazhu County has experienced heavy rains in summer and autumn, and floods every year, without exception!
It was not until more than 40 years ago that a county magistrate named Qiu Gongye came to our place. With the help of funds allocated by the imperial court and the efforts of all the people, he built the Qiugong Dike at Dashekou.

Since then, Huazhu County has experienced fewer floods, but once the dikes burst, the situation is much more serious than in other counties!"

Not to mention the entire Huaiyin Prefecture, which county in the prefectures near the Jianghuai Lake could escape the flood? It was just that the floods caused by the Jianghuai River were far less "serious" than the Huangsha River above, so the impression was not deep.

There will always be a small flood every three to five years, and a major flood every eight to ten years.

But Huazhu County has a special terrain.

Other counties only have minor floods, but this is a major flood.

The flood in other counties was a natural disaster.

Yan Qingshan's younger brother Yan Chongwen added: "This year, the Ghost Mother Cult has caused panic among the people. Most of the young people and martial artists in Huazhu County have fled and gone to other places to develop. Most of those who remain in the county are elderly people with disabilities. If they were to be hit by such a big flood, I'm afraid..."

The devil on earth!

First there was the Ghost Mother Cult, and then there was the dam burst!
Huazhu County was originally a strong county, ranking among the top in terms of strength in Huaiyin Prefecture.

After two incidents like this, I'm afraid there is nothing left to show off. Now, it is even worse than Fengbu County.

"It's hard to leave our hometown, so the four of us brothers are a little anxious. Please don't blame me, sir!"

Yan Qingshan knelt on one knee, and the three people behind him also knelt on the ground.

Li Libo smacked his lips.

If I'm not mistaken, you all are martial artists.

Then look up at Liangqu.

Amazing, really amazing.

What a real man!

"It doesn't matter. Now is not the time to talk about this. Let's go to the Hebo Station and wait for orders!"

Liang Qu took the straw raincoat and hat handed to him by Fan Xinglai, and without saying anything else, he rode on Chishan Mountain and led the four people to the river bank.

Li Libo also went out to inform others.

A few cups of hot tea were steaming up, and the bustling hall suddenly became quiet, leaving only the sound of heavy rain outside.

"Um...are you going to cook the flying dragon soup? It hasn't been slaughtered yet." Aunt Zhang popped her head out from outside the wall. She pinched the flying dragon's wings with one hand and held a sharp knife with the other.

I was just boiling water to scald the fur when I heard a commotion in the hall, saying something about a flood somewhere. Soon the boss rode out on his horse without saying a word.

Fan Xinglai, the only one left in the hall, thought about it and estimated that it would take more than a day or two to control the flood, and the old monk didn't eat meat.

"Keep it up."

"Cluck, cluck!"

The flying dragon that escaped death flapped its wings and tried to struggle.

Aunt Zhang raised the back of the knife and rubbed it against the chicken's neck a few times, causing the chicken's head to tremble with fear.

"You'll live two more days!"

It rained heavily.

The surface of the lake was misty and the reeds on the shore were drooping.

Chishan stopped pacing, and his iron hooves squeezed out the mud and water under the stone slabs, causing a few ripples to flow along the cracks.

Liang Qu looked back, but could no longer see Yan Qingshan and the others.

Their horses are not as fast as Liang Qu's.

Without even waiting for his late subordinates, Liang Qu strode into the government office.

The sky was dim, and large shadows were cast by the several-story buildings. The bluestone slabs on the ground were soaked with rain and turned into a dark blue tile color. The entire atrium was empty.

Not many people came.

The Hebo Government Office is located in the middle of the river between Pingyang County and Yixing Town. Liangqu is close there, so he got the news quickly and was one of the first to arrive.

I climbed up the stairs and came to Ran Zhongshi's study, which was empty. I went up one floor and went to Xu Yuelong's study, where I found some people.

There were more than a dozen people standing in the study, all busy and flustered.

Ran Zhongshi was busy drafting albums, issuing orders, and allocating supplies.

This flood really caught everyone off guard, especially for the river and lake officials who had just arrived here.

"Has the water report been sent?"

One of them looked up and answered, "We are going! We are going by land and water, all the horses and boats are going!"

"What about the warning? Have the counties downstream been notified?"

Someone else looked up: "On the way."

“On the way? What do you mean on the way? Why did we only receive the news about the flood today?

Are all the people in the Hydrology Institute dead? No one came to warn when the water level reached the warning level? Huh? Are they mute?"

Xu Yuelong was furious.

No one dared to answer, and everyone acted like a turtle at this moment.

The Qiugong Dike in Huazhu County burst without any water level warning before, which was undoubtedly a major mistake!
Xu Yuelong knew that finding the problem was not the key at the moment, so he raised his head and said, "Liang Qu, is Liang Qu here?"

"coming!"

Liang Qu pushed through the crowd and stood in front of Xu Yuelong.

Xu Yuelong waved his hand, and the chief clerk beside him handed over several thick pages and two thin books.

The pages are filled with the task content, and the titles of the two books are "General Study on Dike Construction" and "General Study on Dike Protection".

"Let's wait and see on the way east and west. I know you are a good swimmer, take your people to Huazhu County immediately!
One is to save lives, two is to find out the scope of the disaster, three...it's all on the album, you can read it yourself.

I want you to rush to Huazhu County before midnight tomorrow and meet with the county magistrate of Huazhu County before the morning of the day after tomorrow. If you conceal, lie, or make false reports, I will allow you to detain and imprison them first! Can you do it?"

Midnight tomorrow night?

Huazhu County does not border Pingyang County!
It takes a day and a half to go to Fengbu County by yourself!

But at this moment, Liang Qu couldn't say no.

"It can be done!"

"Okay, let's get going!"

(End of this chapter)