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Chapter 373

This year's rainy season came earlier, and the rain was much heavier than in previous years.

The bean-sized raindrops fell day and night, without stopping for two or three days in a row.After a short pause in the middle for half a day, it fell down again.

Cui Pu saw that something was wrong, and sent people to check the flood situation half a month ago.The news that came back was not optimistic.

Yangzhou is a land of fish and rice, with rivers and lakes everywhere. Hailing County is also adjacent to the Yellow Sea to the east. All the benefits in daily life come from here.But once it encounters heavy rain and high tide, it will be broken.Up and down Yangzhou Prefecture, it can be said that high and low dams can be seen everywhere.Although the imperial court allocates funds for the construction of dams every year, it would be nice to allocate [-] guan, and after layers of exploitation, one thousand guan can be used on the dam.And how is this little money enough?So most of them choose to deal with it casually, just make the surface look better.

Most of today's dikes and dams were built around the beginning of Kaiyuan, and it has been more than 20 years now. When he was in Tianchang County and Hailing County, Cui Pu found that the dikes in the two places were eroded by termites to varying degrees.Whenever the summer and autumn floods occur every year, when the water level is high, there will be large areas of tides and water seepage and leakage on the back slope of the embankment.

The fiscal revenue of Tianchang County and Hailing County is not bad. Combined with the money allocated from above, it is still possible to squeeze out the county treasury and repair key areas of the dam.However, most magistrates in other places are not as attentive as Cui Pu.

This time it rained a lot, and the river embankments in Liuhe County, Chudi in Jiangpu County, and the four counties of Yizheng, Taixing, Hanjiang, and Jingjiang seemed to be failing.

In the end, the embankment in Jingjiang County collapsed because it could not bear the impact of the surging tide.

The two villages below have been flooded.

"In this situation, you have to go down and have a look." Mu Jiaojiao said.

Cui Pu looked at her who was still weak, and looked at the sleeping baby in the swaddle, he showed hesitation.

Mu Jiaojiao knew what he was worried about, so he smiled and said: "You don't have to worry about us. Erlang is already three months old, and my body has almost recovered. There are sisters who are with me here! We are here Nothing is going on in the government office. But you, this time you go, you must go everywhere, bring more shoes and socks. You also bring those medicinal materials, and give some to everyone around you, just in case."

Cui Pu was worried about the situation below.Hearing what she said now, naturally he no longer hesitated, and nodded and said: "I will leave everything here to you. I will leave Xiao Sier to you this time. If there is anything, you can let him go Find me. Now he is familiar with all the places under Yangzhou Mansion, no matter where I am, he will definitely find me."

Mu Jiaojiao nodded, and called Mung Dou to pack his things.

This time the situation was urgent, Cui Pu only brought a few casual clothes, but asked the boy to carry a large bag of medicinal shoes and socks, and hurried to Jingjiang County.

After he left, he didn't come back for half a month.

Later, when the news came back bit by bit, Mu Jiaojiao realized that the situation in Jingjiang County was much more serious than what was reported at the beginning.

Yue Hongyi, the county magistrate of Jingjiang County, has been standing still for decades, and his life is about to end in this county magistrate.He is about to be 60 years old now, and it is estimated that he will retire and return to his hometown after this term. Now he must make money as soon as he has money, and make as much money as he can.Therefore, the river dam in Jingjiang County may not have been repaired for many years.After years of termite gnawing, the inside is already very hollow.

Moreover, the embankment was built next to the river, and farmers secretly dug holes in the embankment to release water for the convenience of irrigating crops and canal fields.Over time, the river dam has been changed beyond recognition, and it will burst and cause floods every now and then.But because the scope is not large, everything was suppressed by Yuezhi County.

But now, the river dam has been washed away by the heavy rain for several days, and there are many breaches. Even the yamen servants have repeatedly told him that there are cracks in the dam, but he still wants to hide it and secretly plug the gap. Can get away with it.As for the people in several villages downstream of the river dam, he did not expect to evacuate the crowd one step ahead of time.

So now, the river dam finally couldn't support it and collapsed, submerging the two downstream villages in an instant.But the water didn't stop there, but rushed downstream in mighty force, and none of the nearby towns were spared.

And until this time, seeing that everything was irreparable, Jingjiang County hurriedly sent the news to Yangzhou City, and it was still secretive.

Cui Pu went to the place, only to find that the matter was more serious than he thought. He was furious and dismissed Yue Zhixian on the spot, and imprisoned him.Then without delaying for a moment, he asked Mr. Wu to survey the terrain on the spot and quickly come up with countermeasures.

But in addition to dealing with the gap in the dam, what he needs to do now is to quickly organize people to rescue the people trapped by the flood, and then try their best to grab the people's belongings submerged in the flood.

When I got busy, I disappeared.

Da Niangzi and Da Langjun didn't see Father for a few days, so they came to Mu Jiaojiao hand in hand.

"Mother, where's father?" The eldest lady asked crisply.

"I'm busy at the bottom!" Mu Jiaojiao said, "Why, miss him?"

The big lady nodded her head.Da Langjun took the opportunity to slip into Mu Jiaojiao's arms again.

Mu Jiaojiao hugged her son, but her mind was already on Cui Pu.

The eldest lady also climbed onto the bed, took Mu Jiaojiao's hand and said, "Mother, it's raining outside every day, will daddy be frozen after going out these days? I feel so cold in the room these days!"

He must have been severely frozen, right?These days, that person probably spends most of his time in the water.Doesn't she know his temper?Once something happens, it is natural to rush to the front line.

In fact, in the past, when encountering flood disasters, she also went to the scene as a team doctor and knew what was going on there.It's just that it's still a modern day with complete preparations in all aspects, but this time Cui Pu went there in a hurry and didn't prepare anything at hand, I'm afraid they are living a very hard life now.

But she really doesn't understand things like flood control and waterlogging, and now she can only add to his confusion if she goes there.Now, she can only sit at home and take care of the children, and take care of the latest situation by the way.

The mother and son were snuggling together, wondering about Cui Pu's situation without saying a word, and Mung Dou suddenly ran in: "My lady, Hu San is back!"

"Let him in!"

Mu Jiaojiao hurriedly got up, changed into the clothes for meeting guests, and went to the side hall. The eldest lady and Da Langjun quickly took her hand and followed her out like a string of long tails.

Hu San just came back, his body was still wet, and he was burying his head in eating.Seeing Mu Jiaojiao's mother and son approaching, he quickly put down his chopsticks: "This time, this subordinate is taking a letter from the magistrate to the Jiangnan Eastern Road Observation Envoy's Mansion to ask for help, and to report to his wife on the way. Cui Zhifu is now in Jingjiang The county is fine, but he hasn’t eaten or slept well for several days. Now the gap in the embankment is temporarily blocked, but because of the non-stop rain, there will be gaps in other parts of the embankment, so he can’t come back for the time being. He can only organize People continue to dredge the flood waters."

Before he came back, Cui Pu had told him to tell the truth, there was no need to hide anything, and he really did not hide anything.

After hearing this, Mu Jiaojiao nodded and said, "I see." After a pause, she suddenly asked again, "I remember that the Jiangnan Dongdao Observer just took office in the past two years, right? He doesn't seem to have much relationship with the Cui family. contact?"

"It seems to be." Hu San didn't understand the affairs in the officialdom, so he just replied conservatively.

Mu Jiaojiao lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then said: "You finish the food in the bowl first. I'll write another letter, and you take it to Yangzhou governor Wang Yi by the way. We have to make two preparations now."

Hu San nodded and agreed without thinking.

Soon Mu Jiaojiao wrote a short message, Hu San put it in his arms and left.

Immediately, the eldest lady threw herself into Mu Jiaojiao's arms: "Mother, Father is suffering! I want to find him! Help him!"

"If you don't go to him now, you are helping him!" Mu Jiaojiao patted her on the head.

The eldest lady pursed her lips unhappily.

Mu Jiaojiao shook his head. "I think, since you have this thought, you might as well come and prepare clothes and food for your father with me. Didn't you listen to your Uncle Hu? Your father hasn't eaten properly for several days. I know you prepared for him He must have had a great time eating it!"

"Okay!" She couldn't go over there to help Dad, and now she could only do so.

The eldest lady twitched her mouth, and took Da Langjun's hand: "Brother, let's go!"

Mr. Dalang paused for a moment before allowing her to drag him forward.

That night, when Cui Pu came back from the embankment, he received a large bag of dry clothes and a large bag of pastries from Xiao Si'er.

There was also a letter hidden inside the clothes.Cui Pu opened it and couldn't help laughing.

Mr. Zhuang saw it and asked, "Is it the letter written by the young lady?"

"Yes!" Cui Puzai read the letter carefully before putting down the first page.

And when his eyes swept to the second page, his face suddenly darkened.

(End of this chapter)