The blessing of the splendid farm family is married to the world

Chapter 166 Big Fish Eat Small Fish

Standing on the platform, you can not only see the water regime several miles away on both sides, but also see Jiping City in the south clearly.

Looking at the city that was still bustling like a brocade yesterday, suddenly turned into a vast country, a wild and wanton silent smile appeared on the corner of the man's lips.

"Master, let's go." An old man over fifty years old with white hair and beard came over. He could see the vast ocean in the south of the city in the distance, and his eyes were full of unbearable.

The man turned his head and glanced at him, pointed and said, "Uncle Liu, don't you feel very happy to see this scene?"

The old man looked hurt, and said, "Young master, the ancestors of the Jiao family ruled the river, and the purpose of regulating the river is to protect the people living downstream. If you do this, how will you explain to your ancestors in the future?"

"They didn't get any benefit from harnessing the river, and when they came to my father, they broke up a good family." The man looked crazy, pointing to the south, "Didn't they all agree to sacrifice my father to the river and confiscate our family? How about it, now that the Fox Immortal is angry, it will take their lives to calm down, so that's not enough?"

"But, young master, too many lives have been lost," Uncle Liu said.Seeing the young master was depressed before, he found a former friend of the old master and asked him to find a job for the young master. That person was considered benevolent, and directly arranged the young master to the river embankment.

Not long after, the young master came back and told him about this crazy idea. He stopped him more than once, but the young master was promoted by the governor's department because of his outstanding ability to control the river.

In the past, the master was just a small river worker, and there were not many people who knew his young master in the yamen. Otherwise, the young master would not have been able to finish all these tasks in just three years.

Hearing Uncle Liu's words, Jiao Xun burst out laughing, took a while to catch his breath, and said, "No matter how many lives are lost, can I make up for my father's life? Or my mother's brother's life? Back then, their lives and deaths were all dominated by these people."

Uncle Liu shook his head. He could tell that the young master had gone mad. "The matter has come to an end, and it is useless for me to say anything. Young master, now I am also a sinner through the ages. In the days to come, I will no longer be able to serve you."

"You want to go?" A bloodthirsty red light flashed in Jiao Xun's eyes.

"Little old man wants to go back to his hometown to have a look." Uncle Liu said.

"Okay," Jiao Xun said with a smile, "I'll help you."

Before he finished speaking, he pinched the old man's neck and threw him off the platform surrounded by only a fence.

"Then you go back to your hometown and work hard for my father again." He said, looking at the city to the south again, with a proud look on his face, he muttered to himself: "I did a good job, If the two armies confront each other, am I not a great hero?"

Jiao Xun knew of his existence, and everyone in the yamen and even in the city knew about it. If one of those few people who knew him was alive, those idiots would think that he did this.

Therefore, since the great hatred is to be avenged, it is better to go to the country to the west to find a position as a prime minister.

Thinking so, he got off the observatory, packed his valuables at his residence, untied a small boat that had long been tied to one side, and comfortably walked upstream along the Qingmo River.

Zong Che said he would wait, so he kept waiting. While eating, he suddenly remembered something.

I mentioned it to Xu'er last night that the Huitong River is diverted from the Qingmo River, and the diversion mouth is below Jiping City. If there is a break in the upper reaches of the Qingmo River, the diversion gate will not be closed, and the water will keep coming. So much water has a source.

"Zhang Wu, Li San," Zong Che took a bite of the dry and hard pancake, "you two go out of the city along the water, go to the pier to have a look, there must be a boat there, find the boat, you go along the Huitong River, go northwest .Close the diversion gate of the Qingmo River."

Zhang Wu and Li San were sitting on the same door panel. They were also eating at this time. Hearing the order, he untied the rope as soon as he put the pancake in his arms. Long planks.

The water was originally flowing southward, so he only needed to use the wooden board to control the direction, and he quickly went down the current.

Dai Ji looked at the two guards sent by Zong Che, and said, "Master Zong, how sure are you that the gate is not closed?"

Zong Che said, "Eighty percent."

Say so full, you might as well say [-]%.

However, after Zhang Wu and Li San left the city gate, the water did not flow in one direction as regularly as in the city, so Li San also found a tree branch, and together with Zhang Wu, went to the Huitong River in the southeast direction of Jiping City. away from the pier.

On the way, both of them changed their paddling boards several times, and when the sun was shining, they arrived at the pier.

The pier was also in chaos, but compared to the city, it was much better, and there were almost no casualties.

Many boat owners, and those who came to the city to go to the market, saw that the water level of the Huitong River kept dropping, and at the same time the muddy water flowing from the northwest, they all knew that the situation in the city was not good at this time.

One morning, someone rescued a few people who floated down the river, but when they were fished out, they were all dead.

So these people with boats discussed, wait for the water flowing over there to slow down, and then go into the city to have a look.

Some people think about saving lives, while others think about whether they can take the opportunity to make a fortune.

Zhang Wu and Li San were the first two living people they saw coming out of the city. As soon as they drifted to the pier, they were surrounded by people.

Zhang Wu roughly said something about the situation, and then in the name of an adult, he quickly recruited a boat.

When the boatman took the helm and went upstream in the northwest direction, it was actually going downstream.

It takes less than a quarter of an hour to arrive at the road of two or three miles.

"Two servants," the boatman pointed to a huge three-door cross-river gate in front, and said, "there is the diversion port."

"The door is indeed open," Zhang Wu said.

"It's raining in the northwest during this period, so the gate is always open." The boatman explained, and sailed the boat under the gate as instructed.

In the capital, there are such things in the moat around the outer circle, as well as in several rivers that connect the city.

Zhang Wu and Li San only had a general understanding, looked up and down, but couldn't figure out how to put the gate down.

The boatman had seen it before, and reminded: "Master, there is a mechanism below. I heard that if you lower the board, the door will fall down."

In the city, Dai Ji was shocked to find that the water flow had slowed down less than an hour after Zhang Wu and Li San left.

No longer dare to underestimate the young man personally appointed by the emperor to take over the position of the second prince's chief general.

At this moment, shouts came from outside, "Is there anyone? Is there anyone inside?"

Hearing the voices of living people, everyone trapped in various floating objects was overjoyed, and they all waved their hands and shouted: "There is someone, there is someone, help quickly."

A small boat appeared under the doorway, followed by another.

A total of seven or eight small boats came, and half an hour later, all the people trapped in Nancheng boarded the boats.

Seeing that there were still a few people sitting on the door panel who were indifferent, a man said: "Aren't you going on the boat? We have water and food in the boat."

Zong Che said coldly: "The court has not yet fallen, I advise you not to take advantage of the situation to loot."

The man's complexion was a bit ugly, "How can you say that you are taking advantage of the fire? We are saving lives, so we can't let our hard work be in vain."

"No, no," a fat man in the cabin immediately said, "Hurry up, I'll give you money when the water recedes, 20 taels, not 50 taels, is it enough?"

This guy is a rich man who escaped from the North City, right?

The man smiled and said, "It's still the master who is bright."

The other children who had already boarded the boat were a little uneasy at this moment.

Then someone comforted them: "You are all poor people without parents, so we won't charge any money. When you go outside, each of you will write a contract of sale."

Hearing this, a little boy immediately stood up and said, "I want to go down."

The man's expression turned serious, and he was about to strike when a voice came from outside: "Why, do you want to kill someone in front of me?"

Looking at the person who spoke, although he was young, he was very majestic, and the person who wanted to make a move shrank away.

They knew that there was some kind of adult here, so they didn't mention it at first, just thinking that those who don't know are not guilty.

"Let him go," said the man in the bow to the man in the boat.

Before the little boy had time to get off the boat, some wooden boards were rowed over from the broad river flooded by the main road. Shen Bing, the prefect who had just met yesterday, had blood on half of his face at the moment, and was protected by two headhunters, sitting on the A beam to the rafters.

Beside her was a woman in a coat, who should be a family member of the magistrate. She was looking ahead with a dull expression on her red and swollen eyes.

"I'm not dead yet." Shen Bing said, looking at the boat builders on the small boats, "What do you want to do, to rob in broad daylight?"

The fear of officials, especially the current management, made these people quickly let go of their arrogance.

"My lord, we just want to take the opportunity to make some money."

The person in the lead said with a flattering smile.

"Everyone on board, let your lords go up." A policeman shouted loudly.

The boatman didn't dare to resist, so he had to put back all the "money" he had just fished out with great difficulty.

An Xu watched this scene happen, feeling like watching a TV series.

"Why did you come here? You rascals," the dazed Mrs. Shen suddenly cried when she was helped onto the boat by the maid, "Why don't you come to rescue people immediately when you have a boat? My son, my daughter, Dead, all dead. It's all because of you troublemakers, come here, throw them all into the water for me."

Mrs. Shen yelled and was in extreme pain.

The saddest thing in the world is when a white-haired person gives away a black-haired person, losing a child in one breath, any mother will be very painful.

But saying such a thing makes people feel unsympathetic.

The life of your son and daughter is life, and the life of others is grass?

Rao was afraid of the government, and the complexions of these boatmen also turned cold in an instant.

Shen Bing arrived on the boat and scolded: "Madam, calm down."

"My son and daughter are gone, how do you let me calm down?" Mrs. Shen cried loudly, "Why are we both okay? Why are these people okay? A bunch of untouchables, all dead are no worse than my son's finger It's important."

Shen Bing only suffered more, because among the children who were not picked up, four were his concubine children, and two children were even rescued and then beaten away by the waves. Wouldn't he be in pain?
An Xu said: "Mrs. Shen, there are many people who lost their loved ones like you in this flood. Why don't you take other people's lives as your own?"

Mrs. Shen was so angry that she had nowhere to vent her anger. When she heard this, she instantly became a firecracker. They are piled up in a sea. Ask them, can they earn a hundred taels of gold in a lifetime? If they deserve to die, they deserve to die."

(End of this chapter)