Tang Dynasty detective

Chapter 165 Random thoughts
Several strong men moved seven or eight stones and placed them on both ends of the boat.

"My lord, how can you take risks with your golden body, let Chang Feng go for you!" Chang Feng stopped in front of him and said seriously.

"I have excellent water quality, nothing will happen. You just wait here, and I will discuss the countermeasures after I find out the situation of the gap." Li Cang said by the sea, and jumped into the boat.

Chang Feng panicked, and said eagerly: "My lord, if you insist on going on an adventure, then let Chang Feng go with you!"

Li Canghai propped up the oar, and just as he was about to paddle, Xiao Wu suddenly jumped on it.

"My lord, Xiao Wu is quite good at water, let Xiao Wu go with you!"

Li Canghai looked at Xiao Wu's firm eyes, hesitated for a while, nodded and said, "In that case, you can go with me."

The two of them rowed the boat and headed slowly towards the Yellow River breach.

Chang Feng and the others stared at the boat intently, with serious expressions on their faces, for fear that a big wave would come and capsize the boat.

The Yellow River breach is about two or three miles away from the Dragon King Temple, but the water depth is about Zhang Xu, coupled with the turbulent current, it is like sailing against the current, not advancing but retreating.

The two of them paddled the boat with great difficulty, and circled several times on the water surface. Li Canghai felt that this was too much effort, so he decided to avoid the breach directly and approach from the side.

Facing the breach, it will inevitably face the impact of the water flow velocity head-on, while the impact on the side is weaker.

Although it made a big circle, the effect was not bad, and the boat finally approached the breach slowly.

Near the breach, the two threw down the two stones that had been tied to the boat in advance. The stones were tied with a rope, and one end of the rope was tied to the strings of the boat. Not washed away.

The current at the breach was too fast, and the boat could not approach at all. Li Canghai could only stop the boat more than ten feet away from the breach to observe.

The Yellow River has always been prone to flooding, so dynasties have built dams along the Yellow River since ancient times.

The dam in front of me was built by Li Shimin when he was in power, and after Wu Zetian reinforced it, the dam is five feet high.

However, the water level of the Yellow River soared, which caused a huge impact on the dam, which caused a section of it to be rushed out of the breach.

After observing the breach at close range, Li Canghai realized that it would be impossible to block the breach.

The water level of the Yellow River rose to almost the same height as the dam, but the river was blocked by the dam, and there was only one breach, so this became the only point of impact.

The terrain of this crevasse is low, coupled with the violent impact of the river, the crevasse is getting bigger and bigger, and it is already twenty feet wide by visual inspection.

The breach was blown away, and the entire dam was affected. Standing in the boat, Li Canghai could feel the huge impact of the dam being hit by the raging waves, as if the dam would collapse at any moment.

If this section of the dam is completely destroyed, Zhengyang City will bear the brunt and be submerged by the flood.

Thinking of the tens of thousands of people in the city, Li Canghai's expression became more serious.

He looked at the turbid water of the Yellow River, constantly hitting the breach, and a sense of depression that he had never felt before emerged spontaneously.

Wow~!

The turbulent river slammed on the embankment violently, creating waves as high as Zhang Xu, and the muddy river directly crossed the embankment and slapped on the small boat with a clatter.

The boat was suddenly shaken left and right.

"My lord, it's too dangerous here, let's leave first!" Xiao Wu worried about Li Canghai's safety and said eagerly.

Li Canghai already understood the situation at the point of confrontation, so he didn't stay any longer, and rowed with Xiao Wu back to the Dragon King Temple.

"My lord, are you all right?" Chang Feng hastily greeted the boat before it docked.

Li Canghai got off the boat and said seriously, "I'm fine, but the situation at the breach is far more serious than I imagined."

Then, Li Canghai recounted what he had seen.

"If the entire section of the dam is breached, Zhengyang County will instantly become Zeguo, and the breach must be blocked as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous!" After listening to Li Canghai's description, Zuo Hongji pondered.

"My lord, it is better to ask the imperial court for help!" Chang Feng knew that the situation was serious, so he hurriedly suggested.

Li Canghai said solemnly: "I have submitted this matter to the Luoyang Mansion, but the imperial court's action may not be so fast, and the flood will not wait for the imperial court to send talents to flood. As for now, all we can rely on is Own."

Several people were stunned for a while, they looked at each other for a while, Chang Feng smiled wryly and said: "My lord, where are we going to get so many stones to plug the leakage now!"

Li Canghai frowned. He turned around and looked at the lonely mountain behind him, and then at the stones piled up in front of the temple. Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration and thought of a way.

"Chang Feng, go and get me some gravel, soil, and lime powder. I'm going to do an experiment."

Chang Feng did not hesitate to take Li Canghai's order, and immediately went to prepare those things after receiving the order.

Zuo Hongji didn't understand what an experiment was, so he asked in confusion, "My lord, what do you want these for?"

Li Canghai said inscrutablely: "I once met an old Taoist priest, and learned some spells from him, which may be able to block the breach. However, I don't know if this spell is feasible, and I can only be sure if I try it."

Zuo Hongji was extremely surprised. He glanced at the breach in the distance, and his heart was pounding. Such a big gap, even if the Dragon King appeared, it would be difficult to block it, right?
However, seeing Li Canghai's confident appearance, he suddenly became a little bit looking forward to it.

After about a quarter of an hour, Chang Feng prepared all the things he ordered.

He ordered people to dig more than a dozen shallow pits on the ground. Li Canghai poured lime powder, gravel, and soil in different proportions, then poured water into the shallow pits, and ordered everyone to stir them with wooden sticks.

After the lime powder, gravel, and soil were completely uniform in all the shallow pits, Li Canghai began to observe.

He squatted beside those shallow pits, wrote down the ratio of the formula, and then calculated on the ground.

Everyone looked confused, but it was not easy to disturb him, so they could only wait on the sidelines.

They didn't know that Li Canghai's so-called magic was actually to make a simple concrete.

The breach of the Yellow River is too large, and it is urgent to plug the leak as soon as possible.And the nearest mountain rich in stones is Mangshan. Mangshan's mountain roads are difficult to walk and quarrying is difficult.

Li Canghai suddenly had an idea, and thought at that time, whether it is possible to make a simple concrete to replace stones for plugging.

It's a bold idea, even a gamble.

If his method works, Zhengyang City can avoid being flooded.

On the contrary, if his method is not feasible, the fate of Zhengyang City will be in jeopardy.All he could do was to personally lead the people of the county to escape.

(End of this chapter)