When Pan Geng moved to Yin, I initiated Jian Shang

Chapter 176 Flood Fighting

Rain is heavy.

It was as if he was ready to repay all the rain he owed to the Haihe River Basin in the past few months in one fell swoop.

After a while, it was already a turbulent situation.

Rivers that were once dry are now filled with rainwater.

Xin Qu stood at the junction of the southwest moat and the Xin River, threw down a large amount of earth, rocks and sacks, and quickly built a temporary dam to prevent water intrusion.

This is the access point for Xin Shui to supply water to the moat. Due to limited time, Xin Qu did not design a diversion dam and could only rely on manpower to block it by mounding earth.

Otherwise, if it rains so heavily, the moat in Changping City will become a flood outlet for Xinshui, and it will definitely be flooded by then.

After all, it had only been an hour, and the moat was almost full, and a large amount of water was discharged from the southeast outlet to the lower reaches of Xin River.

About three kilometers to the south, there was originally a swamp. During the previous drought, Xinqu used it to fish and dig out mud to make humus.

Especially for dealing with horse manure.

In the northern region, horse manure has never been a good fertilizer. The reason is that horse manure is acidic.

Although most crops can grow in an acidic environment, horse manure is so acidic that it requires special handling.

Therefore, in order to test the efficient operation of composting sludge, cow dung, and horse dung, the swamp in Xinshui has been dug down several meters by Youxin.

But now, visible to the naked eye, the low-lying areas have become Zeguo.

"Patriarch!"

"What's wrong? Is the clan flooded?" Xinqu asked quickly when he saw Yuquan running towards him.

"Oh, no. But you said you wanted to vacate some rooms, and we have already vacated them. About a hundred rooms."

Yuquan shook his head and just came to report what Xinqu said.

"Okay." Xinqu breathed a sigh of relief, "Keep an eye on the sinks and drains in the clan. If there is backflow, tell me immediately. Prepare hot water for the rest, and then prevent the fuel from getting wet. Finally, go to the warehouse and pay attention to internal seepage. .”

"Yes." Yuquan nodded, then looked at the river in front of him, his cheeks twitching slightly: "With this damn weather, it rains all of a sudden. Will the farmland we built upstream be barren?"

Xin Qu heard the words and glanced at the river: "The farmland has been ridged, and it can barely store some fertility. However, after the rain, the soil must be dug out immediately after a few days of sunshine, so that the eggs laid by the insects can be exposed to the sun.

If it's winter, the soil must be turned over completely to freeze more insect eggs to death.

Then add compost fertilizer. "

Xinqu thought for a moment and said, "Okay, let's get busy. Keep an eye on the drainage outlets in the city. If there is waterlogging, take the time to report it."

"Okay." Yuquan turned around and left, showing good mobility.

Xin's ability to move up and down can be said to have improved a lot under Xin Qu's training during this period.

Even though Tan had been complaining about the hardship before, he was now guarding the river with his people and did not leave.

Although he is lazy, he also knows that if this heavy rain floods Changping, it will be a disaster for him.

After all, all the family wealth is here!
When it's flooded, there's nothing left.

Xin Qu gave instructions to strengthen the river bank as a precaution, and the city did not stop.

Zibu stood on the wooden balcony on the second floor, looking at the men in raincoats constantly passing by under the pouring rain.

They helped press the thatch and move the clan members' belongings to higher places. They wrote down a large amount of soaked food and then took it to the kitchen to cook it directly.

Although the rain was heavy, it did not flood Changpyeong.

His eyes never fell on the road where people were walking in a hurry.

Some water accumulated on the sand, and most of it was drained directly into the ditch.

Xin's road was not flooded.

A city of this size can drain water so quickly, which shows how powerful it is.However, I don't know how long this rain will last. Even if there is a lot of drainage from the Xin family, the rammed earth walls will easily accumulate too much water and collapse.

Not to mention that Xin Qu was also opportunistic.

Zi Bu squinted his eyes slightly. If Xin's rammed earth city wall collapsed a little because of the rain, it would mean that Xin Qu was not omnipotent.

And once it collapses, it means that this place is not suitable for building a city. At that time, the nobles with Xin family may be persuaded to choose the mountain to the north or Jundu Mountain to the west to rebuild the city.

To prevent being flooded again.

However, when Changping, which the Xin family had spent so much financial resources to build at that time, collapsed, Xinqu's accumulated prestige within the clan was also destroyed.

"The weather is in my favor to grow the Xin family!" Zibu smiled and went back to sleep leisurely.

On a rainy day or something, listening to the sound of rain makes you feel comfortable.

Whoa!

"Oh, Xin's roof structure with wooden lattice penetration is good. Under such a heavy wind and rain, the rain can't get in and the grass can't fly away. What a great technique!
If we learn it later, we can build one in our village. "

……

In the afternoon, the heavy rain continued for two hours, and the clouds were still as dark as ink, without any hint of gray.

"Ahead is Changping, where I have the Xin family."

During the shower, Shi Wu wiped his face and said to Wei Shanzhou behind him.

Wei Shanzhou raised his head, and a little light from the western sky struggled through the rain curtain to reach the human eye.

Under the rain curtain, you can only see the hazy and tall "behemoth" crouching in the rain. Its figure becomes thicker and thicker, giving it a unique and intimidating effect.

Stepping on the sand on the ground, the ditches on both sides are constantly draining towards the river in the southeast direction, which keeps the sand moist without accumulating water.

It's just that the water liquefies and releases heat, and the heat from the ground rises.

Everyone in the rain felt inexplicably like they were enveloped in steam. There was no coolness, only heat.

In the end, there were still about two kilometers to go. Shi Wu cheered up and led everyone, old and young, to walk westward with difficulty, gradually approaching the "giant beast".

Changpyeong City came into view completely, and the whole body was like pearls and jade, but it still stood firm.

Inexplicably shocked!

"I have been walking for so many days and passed through countless swamps, but I have never seen a city of this size."

The tribesmen and subordinates of Weishanzhou expressed their emotions one after another.

They had been disappointed twice before.

When I arrived at the forest area for the first time, I found that the Yunzhou tribe was just an ordinary tribe.

When I arrived at the old tribe for the second time, Feng stayed here temporarily, but the residence seemed very... ordinary, just a little bigger than the Yunzhou tribe, with more houses.

But now, the moment the real city appears in front of you, the towering arrow tower, the raindrop curtain, the moat bank, the ditches that continuously release water, and the roads full of river sand all show the Xin family's heritage.

That's right, this is the heritage that southerners like Qi Fang think only a country has!

"These Henan people are still amazing. They have been away for decades, but no matter how they mix up, they can still show this kind of background.

It’s no wonder that when the Shang Dynasty in Dayi destroyed the Xiahou clan, their approach to the Youxin clan was to split them into a bunch of tribes instead of annihilating them.

Probably, he also knew that it would never be destroyed. "

Wei Shanzhou felt a little emotional. In his opinion, this Xin clan belonged to a tribe that was separated after being moved westward.

The kind that probably split several times, but in the end it still showed him a kind of flamboyance and independence.

While making him a little envious, he also felt that his mission could be completed right here!
"Clan leader! Clan leader! I'm back!" Shi Wu led people to the south city gate.

(End of this chapter)