Chapter 1,122 The Power of the River

Hearing this, Chen Zhaoming couldn't help but shake his body, and Dou Shi quickly held him back.

Zhe Ke stepped forward with a big step, his face full of anger, and he pressed the handle of the knife: "Old Shacai, what is Hu Qin doing?!"

"Bo Yao, come back!"

Over the past few days, Zhe Keda's admiration for Chen Zhaoming has greatly increased.

The more people study science and engineering in depth, the more they admire Chen Zhaoming.

Chen Zhaoming greeted him, but Zhe Keda didn't dare to disobey, so he finally retreated.

Chen Zhaoming shook his head: "Old man, I know... people will die, but... do we have a better choice?"

"What we can do now is to minimize the losses. This requires your full cooperation and your experience and wisdom. Time is running out."

Lao Guotou shook his hands, looked at the map again, and finally sighed: "Under the embankment here is the old path of the Huzi River. Over the years, we have built embankments. We have followed the instructions of our ancestors and taken soil from the old path to make it more beautiful."

The deeper.”

"There are also dikes built on both sides of the old road. This system has been used throughout the ages..."

"When I was young, I was ignorant. I once asked my ancestors why we didn't take everyone to fetch soil from another place and go to such trouble?"

"The ancestors said... maybe one day, the levee will break from here. People in the past generations will be more troublesome and work harder, which will always leave a little more hope and security for future generations..."

After saying that, he knelt down again, kowtowed to the Yellow River, and cried bitterly: "The descendants of the Guo family are unfilial, and the embankment built by their ancestors and guarded for generations will be torn open by the unfilial descendants with their own hands today... The sin of the descendants is unforgivable, but I only ask for help."

The ancestors have the spirit to bless their descendants and the dragon embankment, and bless the people downstream to be protected... Wuwuwuwu..."

After the prayer, the old man leaned over the embankment and sobbed.

Chen Zhaoming suddenly remembered an allusion and couldn't help being shocked: "Old man...you, are you a descendant of Guo Chang?!"

In the Han Dynasty, when the river broke through the mouth of Huzi, Ji An inspected the land of Liang and Chu. He saw that the people were drifting away, and father and son were eating each other. He wrote to Emperor Wu, asking the government to provide relief and regulate the river.

Emperor Wu of Liang sent his most famous flood control expert Zheng to assist Ji An in controlling the flood, but he failed.

Later, Emperor Wu listened to Tian Fu's suggestion and gave up river management for twenty years. In the end, "Shandong is only a few years old, and people may eat each other for two or three thousand miles."

In the second year of Yuanfeng, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty finally made up his mind to control the Yellow River again. He ordered Ji Ren, a descendant of Ji An, and Guo Chang, an expert in river control, to lead the army and the people to seal the gap.

At that time, the breach was already "a hundred steps wide and five feet deep."

In order to collect enough materials, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered all the bamboos in Qiyuan, the royal garden, to be cut down to support river construction.

Sima Qian personally experienced that river control project. It was after seeing the situation with his own eyes that he made up his mind to write the history of river control in the Han Dynasty into his eternal masterpiece "Historical Records".

In "Historical Records: The Book of Rivers and Canals", Sima Qian specifically wrote: "What a harm caused by the water! Yu Cong had to pay his salary to stay in Xuanfang, lamented the poem "Huzi", and wrote "The Book of Rivers and Canals"."

Old Guo Tou stood up: "No need to say more... Bachelor, there are only a few hours left. Even if the villain is willing, how can he make a breakthrough?"

Chen Zhaoming finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Old man, you just need to tell us where to dig the dam, and leave the rest to us!"

Lao Guo gritted his teeth and said, "Come with me, then, military men!"

Soon, a line was drawn on the embankment by Lao Guotou: "To discharge the flood two feet, the opening needs to be as wide as half the Han Dynasty, fifty steps wide, and more than two feet deep."

Chen Zhaoming took out a pen and paper: "It's not necessary. As long as we blast a gap of ten steps, the water flow will naturally gradually expand the gap to the range we need. It's just that at this time... old man, rush from the gap of ten steps to the opening of fifty steps."

,How much time is needed?"

Lao Guotou said: "It only takes two or three hours. After that, the opening will expand, the water will slow down, and the speed will naturally drop."

Chen Zhaoming made calculations on the paper and finally stood up: "The science and engineering team cooperated with Professor Guo to calculate the blasting point and the amount of explosives. Based on the current water level of one foot and eight inches, we arranged the blasting and first blew out a large trench.

.After that, explosives were buried at the bottom of the ditch, and when the flood was about to cover the ditch, the last blasting operation was carried out!"

After speaking, he grabbed Lao Guotou's hand and said, "Old man, now we need to organize the people, transport supplies, and open flood ditches."

Dou Shi had just gone to ask people to notify the residents along the river to evacuate. Hearing this, he said: "I'll go!"

Chen Zhaoming pointed to the bottom of the embankment: "Are there any boats like that?"

Lao Guotou shook his head: "No more."

Chen Zhaoming asked anxiously: "Are there all the ships left?"

Old Guo Tou suddenly remembered something: "There is a large sailing ship upstream. It is said that the young treasurer specially allocated it to Zhang Shenzheng. The boat is very fast and is not afraid of floods. Only Zhang Shenzheng dares to come from the Yellow River at this time."

Chen Zhaoming clasped his hands together: "Kuizhou type! That's great! The canvas on top can also be put to great use!"

Old Guo Tou was so scared: "That's a big boat for political participation..."

Chen Zhaoming didn't take it seriously at all: "If the matter is urgent, we will use the imperial boat! What's more, that boat is ours in the first place!"

Old Guo Tou said: "Then I will adjust it right away!"

Chen Zhaoming took off an embroidery bag with extremely uncomfortable stitches from his waist: "Old man, you don't have to go, Jun Wan, show this to the ship owner, he will definitely recognize it!"

Wang Junwanfei mounted his horse, and Chen Zhaoming shouted: "There are still a few hours left, let them load up the earth and rocks and drive over!"

Wang Junwan ran over: "Chief, Coach Guo said it's time to detonate!"

Chen Zhaoming pulled up Old Guo's head: "Let's go, get out of the way first."

Several people ran to stand a few hundred meters away from the blasting point. Lao Guotou heard "Boom! Boom!" several loud noises, and several flashes of fire flashed on the embankment.

Immediately after the sound of the metal whistle sounded, the men of the third artillery squad and the science and engineering team rushed forward with torches and pushed the loosened soil down to both sides of the embankment.

Soon, the gongs sounded again, and the torches were scattered again. After a while, there were "Boom! Boom!" several thunder sounds that made the embankment tremble under my feet.

This was destined to be a tense night. When the sky was dimming, Guo Long came over and said, "Chief of the mountain, the trench has been dug!"

Lao Guo was frightened all night. Hearing this, he crawled forward and saw a brand new ditch, like a huge knife mark, appearing on the embankment!

Old Guo Tou finally changed his view on Chen Zhaoming: "Sir... Could it be that Mr. Yinglong was reincarnated?"

Chen Zhaoming shook his head and looked at the huge ship coming upstream: "Our ship has arrived."

The boat was already filled with stones. The boss of the boat anchored against the embankment and said, "Uncle! I got the boat for you. In addition to the earth and rocks, I also brought three hundred bags of cement. Shenzheng said that you are in a tight situation here, so I will use it first!"

Chen Zhaoming couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Hurry up and unload the cargo. The canvas will be removed and used as a blanket to wrap the earth and rocks. Explosives will be placed on the boat. When the time comes, the boat will be blown up to seal the gap!"

Zhong Pu ran over with the few horses that could still run: "Chief of the mountain, the flood peak has arrived in Chanzhou!"

Chen Zhaoming gritted his teeth: "Hurry! Seize the last moment!"

Everyone began to race against time to unload cement, dismantle canvas, cover the boat, and plant explosives. Before everything was ready, they heard the rapid sound of gongs on the embankment.

"Quick, quick, quick!" Wang Junwan called to Qiangu Miaolu and others who were still busy inserting fuses: "Get out first! We'll talk later!"

Several people hurriedly got out of the bottom cabin. Qian Gu also ran while putting down the spool. He put it on the deck of the ship and threw the spool away. Wang Junwan grabbed his collar and carried him, jumped off the ship and ran towards the embankment.

In this situation, the river water has risen to the bottom of the ditch, and the waves are only one foot away from the bottom of the ditch.

Chen Zhaoming blew the whistle, and this time Lao Guotou saw clearly that several ropes were suspended in the air with wooden sticks, and sparks were coming from the threads, and they quickly burned towards several huge tin boxes buried on the ground.

What followed was a powerful explosion that shook the earth. Several explosives exploded almost at the same time. The embankment shook, and everyone lost their footing and fell over a large area.

Everyone lay on the ground and raised their heads, and saw that the water of the Yellow River, which had been restrained by the embankment for thousands of years, seemed to have suddenly found a vent, roared suddenly, and poured down the gap with a mighty momentum!

The soft earth and rocks at the gap were suddenly thrown under the embankment by the current. A stone that was hugged by a person was thrown dozens of feet. When it fell again, there was already turbid and rolling water underneath.

With a pop, the boulder splashed into a wave and disappeared without a trace.

The waterway of the Huzi River, which had been dry for many years, was suddenly filled with more than ten feet of water. The embankments along the bank were continuously washed away. The flood carried withered grass at the bottom of the river, shrubs and stones by the river, rolling, floating and sinking in the torrent, towards

Howling downstream!
Chapter completed!