The husband is the future chief [infrastructure]

On the fourth day, the rain gradually became smaller, from the original pouring rain to a pattering drizzle.

The whole family has been at home with cats for several days, and they only hope that the rain will stop soon.

Zhang Qiu moved a chair and sat on the porch eating melon seeds. Seeing the rain getting smaller, he said to Feng Ke who was beside him: "I don't think it will last long, and it will probably stop soon."

Feng Ke didn't respond, he frowned and looked at the rain falling on the eaves, not feeling at all that it was about to clear up.

Zhang Qiu was not angry when he saw that he didn't talk to him. He was used to it anyway, so he just talked about himself, "If the rain doesn't stop, all the stones on the mat will be submerged."

The ground in the yard is covered with solid soil. It’s okay when it rains lightly, but when it rains heavily, the blisters will become muddy and slippery after soaking for a long time. The stones on Changlin’s mat are quite thick, but they can’t hold up to the rain. down all the way.

Every household in the town relies on dug small water channels for drainage, and finally flows into the nearest river or the ditch behind the house.

However, due to the heavy rain this time, a lot of water accumulated in the yard, and even the few stones on the pad were almost submerged.

Fortunately, Feng Ke bought rice and came back on the first day, so he doesn't have to run outside the shop these days.It rained for a long time, and the temperature dropped several degrees. Jiang Ziyan, who was too hot to wear a layer of underwear, honestly wore three layers.

Another three days passed, and it was already the seventh day. The rain started to fall hard again, and the posture was not weakened at all compared to the first day.

Seeing the lingering weather, Jiang Ziyan was very worried. He was afraid that a flood and rockslide would break out. People in ancient times seemed extremely weak in the face of natural disasters.

Fortunately, although it has been raining heavily in the past few days, at least there has not been such a violent wind.

Even if people are always bored at home, Jiang Ziyan made a deck of playing cards out of small wood chips and taught everyone to play cards for entertainment.

The rules of this game are simple and easy to learn, and it is very interesting to play. Zhang Qiu likes it the most. Every time after lunch, he will pull Jiang Ziyan and Feng Ke to fight the landlord with playing cards.

Don't look at Feng Ke who doesn't talk much at ordinary times, and has an indifferent face when he plays cards, but he wins the most every time.

After losing the last few copper coins in Zhang Qiu's pocket, he couldn't help but lamented, "If you gave birth to me, why give birth to Ke!"

Jiang Ziyan shook his head and couldn't help laughing, "That's all, Brother Zhang, the play is over."

"Oh, this game is not suitable for me. Tomorrow, I'll catch fish with Lao Li next door!"

Even if it's raining, Zhang Qiu sometimes can't stay idle at home, and likes to go out for a walk wearing a bamboo hat.

Jiang Ziyan was a little surprised, "Haven't you finished picking this fish yet?"

"No, those fish were washed ashore, but they were still alive and kicking because of the rain. It was hard to catch. I heard from Lao Li yesterday that there are still a lot of fish in the river, and there are people waiting to catch fish there every day. This thing is in vain. If you give it, you don’t need money, whoever catches it will get it.”

"You said there are a lot of fish in the river?"

"Yes."

"In your opinion, where do you think these fish come from?"

"Of course it's a native fish in the river!"

"Do you think that's possible?"

In which river will so many wild fish be dug up all at once, do the fish have no survival skills?

Zhang Qiu was suddenly stopped by the question, and after reacting, he said slowly: "You mean these fish are raised by someone?"

"Hmm. I guess someone dropped the fry."

"That's right, I don't usually see anyone fishing in this river. But even if someone raises it, the rain is so heavy, the waves are so violent, and the fish in the river are washed away, who else can he ask for reasoning? The key is that no one has come forward and said that he raised the fish himself?"

"After all, it was raised by someone else, you can just pick it up once, and you haven't finished eating what you brought back last time."

Last time, Zhang Qiu picked up half a basket of fish from the shore a few days ago, and after eating it for two days, everyone didn't want to eat any more.

Jiang Ziyan made some of the fish into dried fish, and fried some of them into fish cubes.

Sprinkle with seasoning and marinate the fish pieces, wrap a layer of flour on the outside, put them into the oil pan and deep-fry until they are crispy yellow. They are fragrant on the outside and tender on the inside.

Hearing Jiang Ziyan say this, Zhang Qiu felt the same, and simply gave up on going out to catch fish.

Jiang Ziyan put away the playing cards made of wood chips, got up and went into the house. Lin Zhao was reading a book by the window, and this part of the house had better light during the day, but at night it was pitch black and he couldn’t see anything, so he had to light an oil lamp .

Lin Zhao heard their conversation in the corridor. After Jiang Ziyan came in, he put down the book in his hand, got up and walked over and said, "I asked Brother Zhang a few days ago, people here generally don't raise fish at the mouth of the dam."

Zhang Qiu stayed in the county for a long time, so he knew it clearly.I have never heard of anyone raising fish in rivers, but generally in ponds, which are small and easy to catch.

"Why didn't you mention this a few days ago?"

Lin Zhao pursed his lips and said, "I thought it was because it just rained that day, and all the fish in the shallow part of the river were turned out, so it's not surprising."

But just now I heard Zhang Qiu say that a lot of fish have been thrown onto the bank every day these days, and no one fishes here in this river.

Jiang Ziyan frowned, "It's broken." As soon as Lin Zhao said this, he immediately understood what he meant.

The dams at the mouth of the estuary contain a lot of fish, and the fish washed ashore are not raised by the fry scattered by the neighbors at the dam, but the native wild fish that are kept in by the dam.

Now many of them have been washed downstream, which means that there may be cracks in the embankment, which caused the downstream river to surge, and the fish rushed down along the water. rushed ashore.

"What's wrong?"

Zhang Qiu listened at the door in a cloud of fog, not knowing what the two of them were playing dumb.

Jiang Ziyan frowned, and said, "I suspect there is a crack in the embankment."

As soon as he said that there was a crack in the dam, Zhang Qiu knew which dam he was talking about. Only Xiangjiang built a dam within a few hundred miles. Apart from this, there is nothing else nearby.

They are all downstream, and if the dam breaks, the consequences will be disastrous.

Zhang Qiu's expression became a little more serious and serious, and he said, "Could it be that you guys are thinking too much?"

Jiang Ziyan was also a little hesitant. Although it rained for several days, he asked Zhang Qiu last time that the embankment had only been repaired for two years, how could it be so fragile.

But what if it was true?

"Azhao, what do you think?"

Lin Zhao said: "It's better to believe what's there than to believe what's not. It's better to take precautions early."

"I think so too. Let's hire a carriage and go to the county seat."

Regardless of whether this matter is true or false, Master Wu must be told to remind him so that the people below can take precautions early.

Lin Zhao stopped him, "Let's go again tomorrow morning, it's too late now, if we leave at this time, the road will be full of water, making it difficult to walk at night."

With so much rain, the stones and potholes on the road are invisible, and the carriage can easily get stuck on the road.

Moreover, it is difficult for a carriage to travel in the rain. Apart from the high price charged by the coachman, the most important point is that the road is difficult to travel.Jiang Ziyan was right when he thought about it, it's useless to be anxious now, maybe Mr. Wu has already discovered this problem.

After deciding, the two set off for the county early the next morning.

Although the official road to the county is very wide, it is also a dirt road, and there are some gravel paved. It has been raining for several days. Although it is stronger than the porcelain floor in the yard, it cannot hold the accumulated rainwater. A third of the wagon's wooden wheels were submerged.

Feng Ke was worried about the carriage driven by Zhang Qiu, so he followed it.

Zhang Qiu was sitting in front of the carriage wearing a coir raincoat and a bamboo hat, holding the reins with both hands. Because of the stagnant water, he walked very slowly.

In the county government at this time, County Magistrate Wu was in a hurry. The people below came to report just now, saying that the rain was too heavy, and the water in the river embankment became more violent. It was suspected that there was a problem with the embankment.

Jiang Ziyan's guess was correct, but he just got the news.The dikes and dams are usually guarded by special people in the yamen, and everyone calls them plumbers.

The hydraulic engineer needs to inspect the embankment every few days. Because of the heavy rain, the water at the embankment has risen a lot. The hydraulic engineer who inspected it at the beginning did not pay much attention. After all, it was repaired two years ago and should be very stable.

But this morning, I went to see that the water was rising too violently, and there was a problem with a clear eye.The water worker couldn't sit still anymore, he panicked all of a sudden, and hurried to report the matter to Magistrate Wu.

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