serious man in the red chamber

Chapter 420 Lin Ruhai’s Chess

In the heavy rain, the Yellow River made a heart-stopping roar that made the earth tremble.

The heavy rain continued all day and night, and finally stopped in the early morning.

The rain stopped, and the monstrous yellow water rushed through the breach and rushed to the farmland inside the embankment. The endless farmland instantly turned into a vast Zeguo.
Countless officers and soldiers, as well as many civilians, carried sandbags and rushed towards the embankment breach. They were so weak and powerless in front of the overwhelming yellow water.

Soon, sandbags formed a wall on the breached embankment.

A row of officers and soldiers stood beside the wall of sandbags, and some young and strong civilians also stood beside the wall of sandbags, all looking at Lin Ruhai.

Compared with a dozen days ago, Lin Ruhai's face looked thinner and haggard, and looking at the surging yellow water, his face became more solemn.

There was a sound of hurried running, and Mazerui stumbled over, his face covered with mud and water. The sound of the river was too loud, and he said loudly to Lin Ruhai: "Sir, the boat transporting stone has capsized, and all three boats have been capsized by the river! "

Lin Ruhai was shocked. Since he received the edict, he took Ma Zerui, Niu Er, Liu Hong and others to Wei Hui Mansion day and night, and repaired three executions in ten days. This is the fourth one. The first three were all for generals. The big ship of stone was scuttled at the breached embankment, and then sandbags were dropped, but now the ship can't come!

Magistrate Wei Hui behind him spoke: "Master Du Xian, the stones from Zhili can be delivered tomorrow or tomorrow."

"Can't wait."

Lin Ruhai slowly looked towards the direction of the breach and said calmly: "Let's get it done."

Niu Er on the side shouted loudly: "Push the sandbag!"

With an order, a wall of sandbags was pushed into the breach at the same time.

Countless eyes looked at the breach.

So many sandbags were immediately washed away by the roaring torrent of the Yellow River without a trace!
Countless pairs of eyes dimmed immediately!

"Keep it up!" Lin Ruhai looked at the breach with no expression on his face.

The officers, soldiers and people immediately became busy again, and soon the sandbags formed a wall again at the breach.

"Put it down!" Lin Ruhai ordered.

Like a handful of salt thrown into a boiling pot, it disappears without a trace!

"Can't it be blocked?" Lin Ruhai's voice was very low.

Niu Er hesitated for a moment, then said to Lin Ruhai: "Maybe we can let the soldiers jump into the breach to block the torrent, and then put down sandbags."

Lin Ruhai was stunned and did not answer immediately.

Magistrate Wei Hui and the officials behind him were shocked.

At this time, another wall of sandbags was built next to the breach. Niu Er strode towards the breach and shouted loudly: "Form a human wall! Jump down and push the sandbags again!"

The soldiers behind the sandbag wall did not hesitate or answer. They climbed up the sandbag wall one by one, then linked arms and looked at Niu Er, waiting for orders.

Niu Er did not give an order, but looked at Lin Ruhai, waiting for Lin Ruhai's order.

Lin Ruhai strode over with tragic eyes and walked up to Niu Er: "Do you remember the names of these soldiers?"

Niu Er nodded heavily.

Lin Ruhai: "If anything happens, I will take care of their family."

Niu Er nodded heavily again.

Lin Ruhai raised his head and looked at the Yongwei battalion soldiers standing on the sandbag wall, and said loudly: "Please!" After saying that, he bowed deeply.

Officials such as Ma Zerui and Wei Hui bowed their heads.

Niu Er raised one hand in the air and suddenly struck it down: "Jump!"

With a loud roar, the soldiers of the brave guard camp jumped down together holding hands!
Death-like sedimentation, everyone opened their eyes wide and looked at the breach.

In the turbulent yellow water, the heads of the soldiers were exposed. Everyone was overjoyed and the battle was not deep!

Lin Ruhai was also excited: "Quick, put down the sandbags"

Before he could say a word, two huge waves from the breach rushed towards the group of soldiers, immediately submerging those soldiers in the huge turbulence!

Lin Ruhai's heart sank suddenly, and many people's eyes closed.

At this moment, Niu Er shouted loudly: "Tie it with a rope and get down again!"

Immediately afterwards, a dozen soldiers climbed up the sandbag wall, tied their waists with ropes, linked their arms, and jumped off together.

"Tighten it! Tighten it!" The soldiers at this end shouted loudly.

Some young men ran over and helped them tighten the rope.

In the roaring turbulence, the heads of the soldiers were exposed, and their arms were tightly connected to each other, standing like boulders in the yellow water.

"Sandbag!"

With an order, countless sandbags were thrown into the breach. Everyone's eyes lit up, and a bag of sandbags emerged from the water. It was done!
The torrent became more turbulent, and the soldiers were quickly rushed backward by the torrent!
Lin Ruhai shouted: "Pull the rope and save people!"

Amid the roar of the waves, people were so weak and powerless. The group of soldiers disappeared, and the three soldiers standing at the front on the river embankment sank into the huge turbulence.

The entire embankment was deadly silent, only the sound of waves and turbulence.

"Dance again!" Niu Er's face was as cold as a piece of iron.

More than a dozen soldiers stood up and strode towards the breach. "Don't jump! Flood. Let it flood."

An old villager knelt down, and then all the people on the embankment knelt down.

The old villager said: "This Yellow River, the embankments are built every year, and we are used to crossing the water every year. You are different from those corrupt officials. You can't all put your lives here. Only with you can we see hope! Only then can we repair the Yellow River." Build a big embankment to block the water of the Yellow River."

"Let's go!"

Suddenly a voice rang out among the crowd of young people, and then a young man with muddy face stood up and said to the young men kneeling on the ground: "This is our home, and over there are our parents and our wives." Son, if you want to dance, we should do it! If you are a man, follow me!" He said, striding towards the crevice.

More than twenty young and strong men followed him towards the breach.

Niu Er frowned and stretched out his hand to stop the young man.

The young man said to Niu Er: "It's our turn!"

Niu Er looked at Lin Ruhai, who shook his head.

The young man knelt down, and the young men who followed him also knelt down.

"I read in the newspaper that these military officers from the Yongwei Battalion are all heroes who protect their home and country. They can't waste their lives here just because of us!" The young man looked at Lin Ruhai.

All the young people shouted in confusion: "Sir, let us go!"

The old villager: "Sir, let the kids come in!"

All the villagers: "Yes."

Lin Ruhai closed her eyes, and a few tears seeped out from the corners of her eyes.
At a higher place, the victims have set up countless shacks, and there are victims everywhere. Some are in the shacks, some are outside the shacks, some are lying down, some are sitting quietly, and some children are chasing each other between the shacks.

After more than half a day of emergency repairs, the breach was finally blocked. The cost was also very high. 37 soldiers and 51 young men lost their lives, but the leading young man survived.

Magistrate Wei Hui led Lin Ruhai here.

Lin Ruhai sighed: "The people are suffering!"

Magistrate Wei Hui: "The people of Henan are blessed, waiting for Master Qingtian to come!"

Lin Ruhai didn't look at him and walked towards a shack.

Outside the shack, an old woman in shabby clothes was groping for something.

Lin Ruhai walked over.

The old woman raised her head: "Who is it?"

Lin Ruhai was surprised and looked at the old woman carefully, only to realize that the old woman was blind.

Magistrate Wei Hui: "Your Majesty, the Imperial Envoy for disaster relief, came here to take a look."

The old woman asked, "Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy?" She climbed up fumblingly and wanted to kowtow.

Lin Ruhai quickly stepped forward to help her up.

Lin Ruhai: "Who is there at home?"

Old woman: "I have two sons. The eldest son drowned when the Yellow River changed its course that year, and the second son and his wife drowned a few days ago."

Lin Ruhai was shocked.

Suddenly, the old woman knelt down and said, "Sir, I should have died long ago. I don't care if I live longer or less, but I still have two grandchildren. Please do me a favor and don't let them drown again." She burst into tears. .

Lin Ruhai: "Don't worry, I not only brought money and food for disaster relief this time, but also a battalion of soldiers from the Yongwei Battalion to supervise the construction of the river embankment. I don't dare to say that it will be a hundred years, but there will be no problem in 30 years. No matter how big the water is, it will not collapse." .”

Old woman: "Really?"

Lin Ruhai looked at Magistrate Wei Hui.

Magistrate Wei Hui was also a well-behaved person and said quickly: "Old man, do you know that newspaper that can be exchanged for food?"

Old woman: "What's wrong?"

Magistrate Wei Hui: "Our imperial envoy is the prince's father-in-law!"

The old lady said, "Your Majesty? I know Your Majesty, he is a good man! And the military commanders of the Yongwei Battalion are all heroes who protect the home and the country!" She said excitedly, "There is hope, there is finally hope."

Lin Ruhai helped the old woman up: "You have to rest first. The government will provide porridge in a while."

"Okay, okay," the old woman said with a smile on her face.

Looking at the young people wandering around, Lin Ruhai's eyes flickered, and then he said to Magistrate Wei Hui: "You cooperated with the Yongwei Battalion to organize all the young men in the disaster area, train them into village braves, maintain order, and help escort relief supplies. "

After hearing this, Magistrate Wei Hui was stunned for a moment. These were tens of thousands of people!
Lin Ruhai looked at him: "What? Are you in trouble?"

Magistrate Wei Hui quickly waved his hand: "No, no."

Lin Ruhai smiled: "Then go." He winked at the captain of the soldiers beside him.

The captain of the soldiers understood and said to Magistrate Wei Hui, "Please." He gave up his hand.

Magistrate Wei Hui: "Yes." He walked with the captain of the soldiers towards the crowd in the distance.

Lin Ruhai put her hands behind her back and looked towards the imperial city and sneered.
(End of this chapter)