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Chapter 220

May twelfth.

At Sishi, after a whole night of rapid march, Chen Chu led most of the Zhenhuai Army to Hujiagang, the camp of the Wuwei Army in Zhenyang County.

The terrain of Hujiagang is slightly higher, and the flood is not serious.

But further south, it has become a swamp country.

Jiang Huaixiong had already sent someone to measure the water situation in advance. According to him, the water in front was as deep as waist, and the water depth in the low-lying area was nearly ten feet.

As the dike break has not yet been blocked, Zhenyang County is adjacent to the south of the Huai River, and the water level is still rising.

After a brief exchange of opinions, Chen Chu led the Erzi Battalion and a local sergeant of the Wuwei Army who were familiar with water, and went deep into the flooded area on the boats and boats collected on the road.

Along the way, there are countless corpses of people and animals floating, and only the roofs of the villages in the low-lying areas are exposed above the water.

Occasionally, you can meet helpless children clinging to the branches and crying loudly, and there are also three or two island-like highlands isolated by floods, where people ranging from a few to dozens of people gather, each of them panicked.

Chen Chu dispatched some soldiers to rescue these civilians and send them to the Hujiagang Wuwei Army camp.

After traveling against the current for several miles, I finally reached the vicinity of the breach.

Going around to the distance and boarding the embankment, I saw that the river, which was only sixty or seventy feet wide in the past, is now a vast ocean. Overlooking the past, not only the north bank of the Huai River has been flooded, but the south bank of Zhou Kingdom has also become a flat lake.

After a night of scouring, the breach has been several feet wide.

Fortunately, after a night of venting, the water speed dropped greatly. Quanzi Yingying Zhengjiang Shuquan grew up on the banks of the Huai River, and suggested: "Dutong, if you want to block such a wide mouth, you need to dig a boat!"

"Chisel the boat?"

"Yes! The boats are loaded with boulders, which are manned by people. They are scuttled before and after the breach to slow down the water, and then the gaps are filled with gravel and weeds in sacks. Most of my brothers from Quanziying were born on the banks of the Huai River, and they all know how to do it. Zhou, you can take this matter."

After Chen Chu heard this, he didn't express his opinion immediately, but after thinking for a moment, he asked, "How can the boatman escape?"

Seeing that Chen Chu didn't ask whether this method should be used or not, but first asked about the safety of the brothers, Jiang Shuquan couldn't help feeling warm in his heart, but he said more firmly: "Don't worry, my lord, they are all sons who grew up in the water, and nothing will happen! "

Chen Chu looked back at Zhuanguo behind him, nodded and said, "Okay, Jiang Yuhou, if you can block this breach, I will credit you for it!"

"Thank you sir!"

Jiang Shuquan bowed and cupped his fists, and then picked out dozens of strong men who were familiar with water skills.

In the process of maneuvering the boat to plug the leak, there is no need to say more about the danger.

In short, after throwing in dozens of boats and filling in a thousand sacks, the breach was finally roughly closed.

But the sacks I brought with me when I set off in a hurry were used up.
In the evening at You, Chen Chu and Jiang Huaixiong temporarily returned to the camp of the Wuwei Army in Hujiagang, while Peng Er led his troops to stay on the embankment.

After a day in the rain, Chen Chu immediately ordered Junzao to cook ginger soup to prevent the soldiers from getting sick and cold.

At this time, the military guard camp had become a temporary command post. Not only did news from various parties gather here, but most of the victims rescued today were also gathered here.

Frightened, the common people, who had been hungry for another day, couldn't help looking over eagerly when they saw the sergeant drinking hot ginger soup.

But Chen Chu hardened his heart and didn't take them into consideration for the time being.

After several days of heavy rain, the embankment suddenly burst, and no dry firewood could be found within a few miles.

It's just this little ginger soup, and the beds in the camp were dismantled and used as firewood to cook.

Nowadays, the body of the soldiers is the most important, and the body is the combat effectiveness. If a large number of them fall ill, how will the next rescue be carried out.
Fortunately, the people are docile nowadays, even if they see it, no one will make a fuss.

If it is placed in later generations, once the short video is shot, and the copywriting is written, the BGM of "We are all living hard" will be matched, and Chen Chu will not be sprayed to death.

But starvation can be tolerated for a day or two, and when you are about to starve to death, you can do anything.

Post-disaster emergency response is a systematic knowledge. Chen Chu originally thought that he had made relatively sufficient preparations, but at the end of the day, he discovered too many problems.

There were not enough sacks, and the shovels and hoes used to dig the soil were very inconvenient.

At noon, the rear team with food arrived at Hujiagang under the leadership of the eldest son, but the firewood for cooking became a problem again.

I also forgot to prepare the coir raincoat to cover the rain, so the soldiers were drenched in the rain all day.

The water source was polluted, there were no medicines for treating dysentery and cold, and no medical personnel were brought along.
After summing up one by one, Chen Chu wrote a letter and sent the white-haired mouse to Caizhou.

If the front line of the flood is the battlefield, then Caizhou is the base of the rear, and some things must rely on the rear.

When it was getting dark, Tang Jing'an and others who followed Shen Zaixing to other counties to investigate the situation sent the first wave of news that the situation was quite pessimistic.

Of the six counties in Caizhou, except for Runan in the north of Fucheng and Langshan County in the west on a high terrain, all the other four counties were affected by the disaster.

Especially in Xinxi County, the Ningjiang army camp stationed there was washed away by the flood, and more than a hundred soldiers were killed, injured, or missing.
According to the news from Li Luzi, the commander of the military, the disaster in Yingzhou, Linfu, was even worse. Several counties were flooded, and the local Tangkou of the Cao Gang is still out of contact.
Caizhou City, dozens of miles away, is also not calm. The soaring water level of the Huaihe River pours into the Ruhe River. .

Night, the end of Haishi.

Cai Wei, who had been traveling for a day, came to Sajin Lane.

Whenever there is a big event, Cai Wei always finds Mao'er, like a subconscious huddle for warmth, after all, they are all worried about the same person, and the two of them can get a little comfort from each other when they are together.

However, Cai Wei would definitely not admit that such a thing happened.

After entering the mansion, Cai Wei first went to Wangxiang Garden to visit Xiao Yunong. No, her room was quite lively, not only the cat was there, but also an old lady with silver hair.

Yunong didn't know what the old lady said, and she couldn't stop laughing.

Cai Wei knew that this old man was the grandma brought back from Tokyo by Chen Chu.

Now that Cuiyuan and her eldest son have a plan, they have moved out of the Chen residence under Maoer's decision.

Bai Lu also needs to share business affairs with Mao'er from time to time.

Xiaoman was young, and Maoer was worried that she would not be able to take good care of Yunong who was pregnant, so she deliberately took the grandma who was placed in the village outside the city to her home. When she was not at home, the grandma took care of the back house.

Cai Wei glanced at Mao'er, and saw that the hem of the latter's dress was still stained with mud, it seemed that he had just returned not long ago.

"Stupid, how is today, are you still feeling uncomfortable?"

After entering the door, Cai Wei first asked Yunong, who immediately said: "I retched for a while in the morning, and then my grandma cooked me spicy and sour soup from her hometown. I ate a big bowl and didn't vomit. cluck."

Alas!Grandma, you are so dear!
The old lady sitting by the bed had a kind face, "If Yu Nong wants to eat, grandma will cook it for you tomorrow."

"Hehe, Yu Nong is afraid that she will be too tired."

"Haha, I'm so tired. I've been living in a village outside the city for the past few months, and your sister Mao'er doesn't even do any work for me. My old bones are going to fall apart when I'm free."

"Hehe, my sister wants to make my grandma happy."

Yunong and the old lady were chatting happily, but the cat next to him handed Chen Chu's letter to Cai Hua, and the latter took a quick glance at the ten lines and sat next to the cat.

"Sacks and coir raincoats, it's not easy to buy in large quantities in a short time. I remember that Nie Rong'er's grandfather's family is in the silk and hemp business. You can ask her tomorrow."

Cai Wei first talked about the sack issue, Mao'er nodded, and said: "Tomorrow, I will ask Taoist Wugen to purchase good medicinal materials and go to Zhenyang County. unwilling."

"Whether they like it or not! You have to go, you have to go if you don't want to be tied up! The little dog left Liu Daniu and a battalion of soldiers in the city for you, and that's what they did! Also, if any drugstore dares to take the opportunity to sit on the ground Don't be polite to them even if the price is raised, let the sergeant move away!"

"." Mao'er hesitated for a while, and said, "Will such recklessness affect the official voice of the officials?"

"It's time! Now the prefectures and counties of Caizhou are united as one. As long as the puppy can guard Zhenyang, prevent floods from entering Caizhou, and prevent chaos in Caizhou, he will be the hero of the six counties after the incident. Can't help but let Caizhou suffer a disaster, no matter how polite he is to the profiteers who take the opportunity to drive up prices, he will be infamous!"

Cai Wei said decisively.

The old lady who was talking with Yunong looked at Cai Wei in surprise. She still doesn't know the relationship between this naturally charming woman and the Chen family, but the old lady agrees with Cai Wei's words very much.

"Okay!" Cat made up his mind and nodded.

Whether he wants to admit it or not, except for Chen Chu, Mao'er is most willing to discuss with Cai Wei when something happens.

"At the moment, the pan-area is unable to cook and eat, what do you think?"

"Isn't your Luliuwei workshop producing instant noodles?"

"There is no stock in the workshop, and the emergency production may not be able to supply"

"It's up to you to figure it out yourself. I'll go to the east of the city and make the shovel in the letter."

Cai Wei pointed to the drawing drawn by Chen Chu in the letter, got up and stretched wearily.

The iron smelting plant under construction in the east of the city has devoted a lot of effort to Cai Wei.

Although the work has not been fully completed at this time, there are iron and coal in the institute, and Yu Dameng and a group of craftsmen and blacksmiths have gathered together. It is not difficult to make a batch of iron shovels according to Chen Chu's requirements.

Seeing that Cai Wei said to leave, Mao'er hurriedly got up and said, "It's so late. Have you eaten yet?"

"Not hungry."

Cai Wei waved her hand casually, and was about to go out, but was grabbed by the cat. The latter took a clean flower cloth, picked up a few exquisite snacks on the table, wrapped them up, stuffed them into the into Cai Wei's arms, "Sister Cai Cai, no matter how busy you are, you still need to eat."

"~"

Cai Wei squinted her fox eyes, looked at the cat with a half-smile, then turned around, but when she reached the door, she stopped and looked back, raised the calico bag in her hand, and said with a coquettish smile, "Thank you, little wild cat." .”

After Cai Wei left, Mao'er sat for a while, then suddenly got up and walked outside.

The old lady who was guarding Yunong kept an eye on the cat, and hurriedly said, "My dear grandson, it's so late, you want to go out too?"

"Grandma, I'll go to see the younger sister of the Nie family. You should rest earlier, and you don't have to wait for me to come back."

"."

Looking at the hurried back of the cat, Grandma sighed in distress.

Seeing this, Yunong lowered her eyes and said softly, "Sister and Sister Cai are both very powerful, unlike me, who are stupid and can't do anything."

The old lady turned around when she heard the words, and laughed, "Who said that? Yunong let the Chen family have a queen, it's a big deal!"

"Heck." Yunong was amused by the words, and hurriedly said, "Grandma, you are so kind. From now on, Nong will respect you as a grandma."

"Hahaha, you girl, you have such a sweet little mouth."

"cluck"

That night, the cat knocked on Yang Dalang's door.

Yang Dalang went to Zhenyang with Chen Chu, and the guest who met him was naturally Nie Ronger, the mistress of the Yang family.

Nie Ronger is only 15 years old this year, and has a petite body. She has been pregnant for more than three months and is slightly pregnant.

Mao'er apologized for disturbing the pregnant woman's rest in the middle of the night.

Nie Rong'er knew about the relationship between her husband and Zhao Anren's family, and since Mao'er was a matchmaker back then, it was too late for her to be grateful, so naturally she would not blame her.

Knowing that the cat's late-night visit was to ward off the flood, he collected hemp rope and sacks, and immediately agreed.

Regardless of the inconvenience of being pregnant, he went to his grandfather's house overnight. After his grandfather Guan Peiyuan got up, he heard that Mrs. Dutong had found his granddaughter in person.

Give Zhao Anren enough face.

When the cat came home, it was already midnight after Chou Shi.

Although he was exhausted, he still insisted on sitting in front of the desk, and reorganized all kinds of matters on paper.

ugly time.

The old lady sleeping next to Mao'er saw that the candle was still burning in Mao'er's room, so she quietly moved Xiaomei and Hutou's arms holding her from left to right.

In the bedroom next door, Cat held a pen in one hand and a piece of half-eaten pastry in the other, and fell asleep lying on the desk.

The old lady dotingly helped the cat gently wipe off the cake residue from its mouth, and then put a thin blanket on the cat.

"It's still a child, it's not easy to be an ann"

The old lady muttered in a low voice, and tremblingly went downstairs to the stove in the back house.

The end of ugly time.

Li Zhaodi, who lives next door to the stove, was awakened by the movement in the stove, thinking that a thief had entered the house, so she hurriedly shook Li Cuilian to wake her up, and the two of them took a stick and touched it.

However, under the candlelight, a rickety old woman was bending her waist, struggling to knead noodles in a wooden basin more than two feet wide, sweating profusely from exhaustion.

"Old madam, what are you doing! Are you hungry? If you want to eat, let the cook do it, why do you do it yourself?"

Li Zhaodi recognized the old lady and couldn't help saying in surprise.

The old lady raised her head, first smiled kindly, then wiped the sweat from her forehead with her sleeve, and then said: "My good grandson is in trouble, and I have nothing to do, so please help her."

The next day.

The cat woke up from hunger, since she married Chen Chu, she hasn't experienced the feeling of hunger for many years.

Stretching the sore neck, the cat sat beside the desk in a daze, and after thinking for a while, I remembered that I had been busy all day yesterday and didn't eat much
I don't know if it was because he was too hungry, but the cat only felt that the room was full of noodles.

"Bailu, Bailu, Xiaoman."

He yelled a few times, but no one responded. The cat couldn't help being surprised, and got up and went downstairs.

Outside, although the rain has lightened a lot, there are still sporadic raindrops, making people feel bored. What about eating?
The cat couldn't help thinking of this question again.

While walking out while thinking about something, the cat suddenly stopped.

There were more than a dozen people sitting in a row under the corridor, Bailu, Li Zhaodi, Li Cuilian, Xiaoman, and even Hutou and Xiaomei. In front of each of them was a small iron griddle with charcoal burning underneath. Zhang Kang's golden scallion pancakes
Hutou, who was sitting next to Grandma Tai, saw her sister coming out, and quickly pointed to the pancakes he had baked by himself and shouted: "Sister, Sister! Look, this is the pancake I learned from Grandma Tai. Chu Ding is hungry, and it is going to be sent to the pan-region, and I even wrote on it!"

Mao'er took two steps closer, and saw a line of small characters engraved on the pancake of Tiger's head: Children in the Fan District, come on.
After the words, a little tiger head was drawn.

How could I forget about pancakes!

Mao'er looked up at Grandma Tai.

The old lady was skillfully turning the pancakes, her face was covered with oil from the stove fire, her eyes were cloudy and bloodshot, she seemed to have not slept all night.

With a sore nose, Mao'er stepped forward and hugged Grandma from behind, shaking her, and said coquettishly, "Grandma, it's great to have you here."

"Hey! I've become a person who cares for people, and I'm still acting like a child, and I'm not ashamed. Let it go, and it will delay Grandma's work."

"No, Mao'er, Mao'er has become a respectful person, a kind person, and a good grandson of Grandma."

Used to being a dignified Mrs. Chen, Mao'er also wants to be a spoiled child.

(End of this chapter)