After being exiled, relying on hoarding space to pamper the sick and weak first assistant

Chapter 139 Repairing the Dam
Hearing this, Yamen Li's jaw almost dropped, and he stammered back.

"Is Gu Langjun serious? Fighting floods nowadays is a tormenting and hard work. If it weren't for the prince's face, you would have gone to the dam to move sand."

Gu Yanqing's face remained calm, and his tone was light and calm.

"My lord, there is no need to say too much. Gu Mou went there voluntarily, and the prince will not blame him."

After all, he cupped his hands.

Li Yamen didn't dare to accept such a salute, so he had to take him to the team of strong men.

Most of this team of strong men are from the same village, and they all greeted Gu Yanqing when they saw Gu Yanqing.

"Teacher Gu is here."

"Hello, Mr. Gu, that kid from my family said a few days ago that he came to your place for class."

"Can you bear it? Why don't you pay some money and go back?"

Whether it's questioning or concern, Gu Yanqing's attitude is equal and he doesn't care.

At this time, there was a familiar figure in the team, Shen Shilang.

When the yamen servant went to Thisanzhai to ask for a strong man, Boss Liu didn't want to offend the government and hand him over, so he immediately pulled Shen Shilang out to take the head.

Shen Shilang thought he could breathe a sigh of relief after working so hard for so long, but when he heard that it was a life-threatening job to fight the flood, he almost passed out with black eyes.

Now that he is in the flood fighting team, when he sees Gu Yanqing's neat and handsome body, he is naturally itchy with hatred, so he touches it while the people around him are not paying attention.

"I said, Gu Langjun, why did you come here to fight the flood? Could it be that my rebellious girl didn't want to give you the 50 taels of silver for disaster relief, so she pushed you out."

Shen Shilang looked gloating. After all, it was written in the regulations that if you pay 50 taels of silver, you can be exempted from corvee. Looking at Gu Yanqing, you can tell that Shen Jin'an didn't pay him any silver.

"My wife is not short of this money. I came here voluntarily, but in your eyes, it's normal to not have the righteousness of the common people."

Gu Yanqing's voice was calm, but he couldn't hide the disdain and disdain in his tone.

Shilang Shen was so angry that his head was smoking. He wanted to take action but was pushed by the Yamen servant.

"What are you doing? Do you want to make trouble?"

The yamen servant was vicious, Shen Shilang didn't have the courage to make trouble, so he quickly put on a flattering smile and returned to his team in desperation.

After the team was full, the yamen servant surnamed Li took everyone to set off to build a new dam on the Ming River next to Puzhou.

When we reached the riverside, a hundred or so men carried sandbags into the muddy river water, building defenses little by little, but the current of the Mingjiang River was so fast that if they fell in accidentally, they would be gone in the blink of an eye. .

Seeing this scene, everyone who had been mentally prepared retreated, and a few timid ones even wanted to run away.

But he was immediately caught by the yamen servant and taught him a severe lesson with a whip.

Yamen Li glanced at the crowd, with a serious face, "Here is no better than being an uncle at home! Everyone, be careful, if anyone without eyes falls into the river, I will feel ashamed to feed the fish!"

After admonition, everyone was driven to the pier like cattle and sheep, and each received a sandbag.

Gu Yanqing naturally took one too, he lifted it up and weighed it, but it wasn't too heavy.

Just when everyone was afraid to step forward carrying sandbags, Gu Yanqing was the first to walk into the muddy river carrying sandbags.

The silt-laden water flowed past his waist bit by bit, with a resolute look on his stern face. He put the sandbag on the dam that was just emerging, and quickly went to get the second bag.

Everyone stared at him blankly, and then slowly reacted, their eyes gradually became firm.

Since Gu Yanqing can carry it, why can't they?

More than 20 men seemed to be inspired, and they quickly walked in and out carrying sandbags.

The one from Li Chunhua's family carried two sandbags at once, and was walking with his head buried, when suddenly his feet slipped, and he was about to fall into the river.

Everyone exclaimed, but the speed of the river was too fast, and no one responded.

At the moment when he was about to be swept away by the river, a big hand grabbed him firmly.

"Brother Xiong, hurry up!"

Gu Yanqing stood in the river water, his clothes were soaked badly by the muddy water, and his body was shaking with the waves, but his hands did not move at all.

Xiong Wei also reacted at this time, standing up bit by bit along Gu Yanqing's arm, and when both of them stood firmly in the middle of the river, sweat broke out on their foreheads, and they were so scared.

The people around also breathed a sigh of relief for the two of them, and immediately praised Gu Yanqing, you forgot what you were doing when you said something to me.

A commander named Qiu, who was in charge next to him, immediately became unhappy when he saw the stop here.

"Hey, hey, what are you doing then? Chatting if you don't work!"

Commander Qiu was in a bad mood after receiving such a hard job, but now he is even more irritable.

Everyone watched the whip in his hand keep waving, but they didn't dare to say a word, and silently carried the sandbags and continued to move forward with difficulty.

More than 100 people worked hard on the riverside for a day, and finally took a break and had dinner. However, the weather was not good, and a huge wave rolled over, and the dam that they had worked so hard to build was instantly destroyed.

Everyone's mood was heavy, and Gu Yanqing was naturally worried. Building a dam like this is completely useless. Even if it is built, it will be twice the result with half the effort. When it comes to heavy rains, the crops will still be flooded.

His mind was racing. The water conservancy method he had read before mentioned that if you want to control water, you must start from the source, curb the middle flow, and dredge the lower flow.

Now that Puzhou is dirty, it should be unblocked first, but the government only wants to block it, which is not a solution at all.

At this time Commander Qiu wiped his mouth, stood up and cursed something, and slapped the whip at everyone, "What are you doing in a daze? Didn't you see the dam collapsed? Let me mend it. If it is not repaired, you are not allowed to sleep!"

When he commanded like this, everyone would inevitably feel resentful, but they dared not resist due to his lustful power.

More than 100 people worked until midnight, and finally repaired the dam again. Commander Qiu looked at it and felt satisfied, so he let everyone go to rest.

The so-called resting place was just a straw hut, which was dark and damp. Gu Yanqing frowned, picked up some clean straw and spread it under his body, wrapped himself in his clothes and barely lay down.

The overwork during the day caused many people to sleep on the floor, but Gu Yanqing lay on his pillow and touched the clothes that Shen Jin'an had prepared for him inside, feeling warm in his heart.

I don't know if Shen Jin'an has fallen asleep at this time.

On the Gu family's side, Shen Jin'an was afraid that the two children Sui Sui Huanhuan and Sui Sui Huanhuan would sleep alone, so she hugged the bedding and went to their room to sleep.

After comforting the two children to sleep, Shen Jin'an couldn't fall asleep anyway, she was always thinking about Gu Yanqing.

The moon in the sky was extremely bright, and the silver light shone through the window lattice, casting on Shen Jin'an's slightly sad face.

But it was useless to think too much, Shen Jin'an sighed, hugged the child and fell asleep.

(End of this chapter)