The Queen's Guide to Wealth

Chapter 96
The weather is as hot as it can be, and people are a little caught off guard. After the first month, the temperature in the valley suddenly rises.

Jinbo and Jinse are very busy recently. One is busy learning the skills of spring plowing and sowing, and the other is busy helping the villagers who have returned to the village to repair their houses and plan their farmland.

Everything was going well at first, but the sudden increase in temperature caused the heavy snow accumulated in winter to melt quickly.

The river in front of Zhuangzi was swollen, and there were signs that it was about to break its embankment. If the river course was not dredged soon, the valley below the mountain would probably be flooded.

The surrounding villages that live on this river are not spared either.

Jinbo realized that something was wrong, and lived in fear all day long. He told Jinse and informed the surrounding villagers, but no one took it seriously.

It is said that there has never been a flood here. In the summer of the past two years, there was not enough water to irrigate the land.

Jinbo wanted to mend the dam and dredge the river, which seemed like a joke to them.

But Jinse still believed in Jinbo, and under Jinbo's order, he supervised the villagers to repair the river every day.

Jinbo's worry was not unreasonable, she didn't know about the past, but Jinbo had personally experienced the heavy snow in winter.

Now that the snow has only melted by a third, the water has risen like this. With this kind of cleaning progress, it is absolutely impossible to stop the flood caused by the melting snow.

These tributaries in the valley are all formed naturally. Once the upstream collapses, none of the villages near these tributaries will be spared.

If this problem is not dealt with, nothing can be done in the future. Once the fields are reclaimed and the seeds are sown, once the river bursts its embankment, all the previous work will be in vain.

Not to mention the fields, houses and livestock may be taken away by the flood, let alone people.

Jinbo doesn't care if others believe her or not, but Jinbo will definitely help her keep the starting point of Jinse's journey.

I dug out the map in the system and carefully checked the direction of the river. After planning, I had an idea in my mind.

Although the data and governance methods given by the system are the optimal solution, Jinbo does not have so much manpower and material resources to do this.

Besides, the current technical conditions do not allow her to manage this river that sometimes floods and sometimes dries well in one go.

The source of this river is the lake where they found the herd of wild horses, and the water in it is accumulated from the melting snow on the mountain.

She still has to go and see for herself before she can come up with the best and fastest way, otherwise the farmland of the houses that Jinse has spent so much effort to repair will be flooded in a short time.

I wanted to discuss it with Jinse, but when it got dark, she didn't come back.

A Kuan was helping the surrounding villages cut wood and burn bricks and tiles, so he didn't have time to talk to Jinbo about the flood.

Jinbo couldn't wait any longer, and set off alone at dawn. She wanted to walk along the river to the source of the upstream to see the situation.

Before leaving, he only said hello to A Kuan who was busy counting the wood and bricks. I don't know if he heard him, and went to the barn to lead a donkey and set off on the road.

Jinbo still hasn't learned how to ride a horse, not because of any technical difficulty in riding a horse, but because she is an eight-year-old child, and her stature is too short to ride a horse alone, but riding a donkey is no problem.

Follow the directions on the map, the more you go up, the bigger the water will be, and the danger messages will pop up constantly.

A few days ago, the path up the mountain to see the wild horses had been washed away by the water. Jinbo could only climb up the cliff. It was half a day’s journey before he came to the lakeside until evening. Now it is not accurate to say that it is the lakeside. .

The speed at which the water level rose was beyond Jinbo's expectation. The area of ​​the lake was more than double that of last time. There were no roads around, and the water outlet was so wide that you couldn't see the edge.

The melted snow water on the high mountain is still gathering here, and the setting sun that is about to set has dyed the snow on the mountainside into orange red.

No need to calculate, Jinbo can also see what kind of devastating disaster the mountain torrents will bring to the people in the downstream valley after the snow melts.

The only way she can think of now is to increase the lake's water storage capacity and reduce the possibility of sudden flash floods.

Of course Jinbo knows that blocking is worse than dredging, and the most effective way is to repair the river and widen the tributaries, but now there is no manpower and material resources for her to do this.

Changing mountains and rivers is not something she can do in a short period of time by herself.

The water level rose visibly with the naked eye, and Jinbo didn't want to waste any more time, so he first got over the hurdle in front of him.

Riding a donkey down the mountain in a hurry, it was already late at night when I returned to Zhuangzi, and Jinse didn't come back, so I had to wake up Ah Kuan to discuss.

Ah Kuan, who had just fallen asleep, was awakened by a knock on the door, and dazedly put on some clothes and got up to open the door.

Seeing Jinbo covered in mud, he woke up for the most part: "Where did you go, how did you get into this state?"

Jin Bo took off his outer shirt, pushed Ah Kuan into the house: "Is there anything to eat, I haven't eaten all day."

Ah Kuan lit the lamp, and saw Jinbo's cat-like face, even his hair covered in mud, and the moment he turned to pour water for Jinbo, she grabbed half of the cake on the table and started to eat it.

"Oh, that's what I left over from eating. Where did you go? You didn't find anyone to accompany you." Hua Luo handed the wet cotton handkerchief to Jinbo, "Quickly scrub and scrub, I'll call Ayao for you." Come cook a bowl of noodles."

As he spoke, he was about to go out, but was stopped by Jinbo.

"No, I have something to tell you. I walked the upper river channel today, and the water is still rising. The lower river channel can't last long."

A Kuan took the cotton handkerchief that Jinbo had wiped his face, scrubbed it, and said, "After you talked to Jinse a few days ago, she split up the staff and dredged the rivers passing through the villages. You Don't be too nervous, there shouldn't be any major problems."

Put the washed cotton handkerchief back into Jinbo's hand: "At most, the river will be wider. It's not like I haven't encountered it before. Since I was born, I haven't heard of floods here."

Jinbo wiped his face indiscriminately: "You haven't heard, it doesn't mean it won't happen. The weather has been abnormal in recent years. Have you ever seen such heavy snow in winter? The water in this river is full of accumulated water. The upstream lake can barely contain the melted snow water, and if the lake collapses, we will all be submerged."

Hearing what Jinbo said, Ah Kuan also became nervous: "If you say so, you may not be completely drowned. Have you already figured out a way, tell me what you want to do. I can't get out of it for you either." Whatever your idea, just listen to it."

Jinbo didn't talk nonsense: "Building a dam on the other side of the lake to increase the water storage capacity is the most effective and fastest way right now."

(End of this chapter)