I am Da Song

Chapter 230

It was raining heavily, and everyone communicated in roars.

Su Chi stared at the breach in front, and shouted to the boatman beside him, "Slide up to the edge of the breach! Try to get closer, I must see the situation near the breach."

"No, Su Shilang. This boat is too small, and it may be overturned by a wave. I suggest finding a big boat before coming here."

"Big ship? Isn't that it?" The other officials on the ship pointed to the distance and shouted in surprise.

Su Chi immediately looked in the direction of the official's finger behind him, and sure enough, dozens of huge warships were coming across the waves.

"Quickly, row over, join the army, and rely on warships to go there."

Without the slightest hesitation, the boatman rowed vigorously towards the warship.

I don't know when the military discipline of the Song Dynasty army became extremely strict
It may be that their logistics supplies are very abundant, and they have never seen the Song army looting the countryside, but they often provide supplies to the victims.

Since fighting the flood, the people in Hebei have become accustomed to approaching the army for help without knowing it.

You must know that this kind of situation is extremely rare in China and abroad, whether it is thousands of years before or thousands of years after.

There will be chaos after the catastrophe, and the army of the super empire Midi must be fully armed when entering the disaster area.

Under the command of Yue Fei, the Song army was able to have no crimes against the people, which can be described as a miracle far ahead of the times.

Su Chi and other officials approached the warship, and a rope was lowered from the ship to hoist them all onto the warship deck.

After boarding the deck, Su Chi saw the deputy envoy of the Great Song Dynasty standing at the bow of the ship, and the envoy of the two towns, Yue Fei, hurriedly stepped forward and said: "I pay my respects to the envoy Yue, how can the envoy go to the dangerous situation in person? If there is a slight discrepancy in the appearance, my Great Song Dynasty will fall a pillar of the sky, and the world may be in danger."

Yue Fei turned around and said with a smile: "Didn't Shi Lang Su also come to investigate the disaster situation in person? And I'm not as expensive as Shi Lang Su thought, and I will personally charge into the battle as I lead troops in battle."

Su Chi was very surprised, and asked: "If the prime minister has a body of a thousand gold, will he take the lead and charge forward?"

"What's wrong? I'm Mistress Di. Every time I fight, I don't wear a mask and charge forward? After fighting for a long time, I always get used to going to the front line to see for myself. I can't let the soldiers die in vain."

Su Chi nodded solemnly, and said, "It's reasonable to say that the fight against the flood is also a battle. If I don't go to the front line to take a look, I always feel uneasy. When will Minister Yue mobilize these dozens of warships?"

"When I left Beijing, I thought that warships might be used, so I issued a transfer order, and I just arrived today. Is it useful for Su Shilang to fight floods?"

Su Chi nodded quickly, and said, "Please envoy Yue to order the warship to approach the place where the dike broke. I will wait for the officials from the Ministry of Industry to check how many dikes are still there."

The warship immediately continued to move forward after receiving the military order, and tried its best to approach the place where the embankment broke.

Yue Fei asked: "What does the Ministry of Industry do to check the dams?"

Su Chi said: "The first step in the flood control is to block the breached embankment. Prevent the river from rushing out of the river and continue to spread wantonly. Can you tell me how to stop the breached embankment?"

Yue Fei thought for a while and asked, "Block from both sides to the middle? Soldiers and civilians can carry sandbags."

Su Chi shook his head and said with a smile: "It is an ancient method to block from both sides to the middle, and it needs to wait for the heavy rain to stop and the water potential to drop. The ancient method has been perfected. It is suppressed with stones and wood, and then filled with sand. But it must be blocked. The difficulty in keeping the flood of the Yellow River is to close the gap at the last section, which is called Helongmen by water conservancy technical officials and craftsmen."

"Whether the breakthrough is successful or not depends on whether the dragon gate can be closed smoothly. However, the last section of the water flow is turbulent and tens of meters long. With today's manpower and material resources, it is impossible to move super heavy stones and logs to block the gap of tens of meters."

"But the government has issued a death order, and the gap must be plugged quickly, and we can't wait for the heavy rain to stop."

Yue Fei nodded and said: "I also know the official order, and the Yellow River must be blocked immediately regardless of the cost. I and other soldiers don't understand the matter of river control. I can only cooperate with Su Shilang with all my strength. As long as Su Shilang orders Even if the soldiers are asked to jump into the river with sand on their backs to plug the gap, we will not hesitate."

Su Chi bowed his hands in admiration, and said: "With the heart of loyalty and loyalty, the soldiers will do their best to control the river. The most urgent thing now is to find the dams that are still several miles long in the gap. The gap in the Yellow River is not just a mere thing. On the contrary, once there is a gap, a gap several miles wide will be formed within a range of tens of miles, and there will still be several miles of dams between these gaps.”

"What's the point of finding a dam?"

Su Chi said: "This involves the experience of our dynasty's water control. During the Qingli period, it was also the Shanghu near the Daming Mansion that broke the embankment. The embankment was blocked from the side to the middle, but the closing gate of the last 60 meters could not be closed no matter what.”

"At that time, some grassroots craftsmen on the front line advocated dividing the previously built embankment piers into three parts, so that although there were more breaches, the water volume would decrease. , and even destroy some of the previously completed projects, but from the perspective of the entire project, it is the most effective."

"But as soon as this point of view was put forward, it was immediately opposed by the old hydraulic engineer, who believed that this situation is futile. Once the gap is opened, the embankment is likely to burst. Secondly, the work that has been done is destroyed in vain, which is simply a waste. national wealth."

"In the end, the two sides had a debate. Minister Guo Shenxi supported the old law, but he couldn't close the dragon's gate. In the end, the Xuanfu Department of Hebei adopted the new law and successfully blocked the breach."

Yue Fei immediately understood that although one of the two methods succeeded and the other failed, both of them have provided sufficient experience for Song Dynasty to control the water.

He asked: "If there were no dams, we would have to block the river from both sides to the middle, and then open a gap in the built dams?"

Su Chi said: "That's true. But if there are several sections of dikes, we can use force from the middle and both sides at the same time, relatively close together, and naturally leave a few gaps."

Yue Fei praised: "How clever the craftsmen are, with Su Shilang coordinating these skilled craftsmen, they will be able to quickly block the breach."

While the two were talking, the excited voice of the craftsman came from the boat: "I found it, I found it. There is a dam in front that has not been washed away. It is at least about three miles away. It seems that there are still people trapped on the dam."

Yue Fei immediately gave the order, saying: "Order to send a warship to come over and save people."

Su Chi also looked at the warships leaving the fleet with concern. Whether the warships docked would determine whether the craftsmen and peasants could transport the soil to the dam, and also determine the time to plug the gap.

(End of this chapter)