Forced to Ascend the Throne after Transmigrating

But since the letters for help were already in front of him, what else could he do? Ye Shuo could only help read them one by one.

I opened one of the letters casually. After all, we were all engineers, so there was no nonsense and we got straight to the point.

It turned out that the girl named Zou Wu came to ask him how to close the dragon gate. The so-called dragon gate is the last opening left after blocking the gap, so it is called the dragon mouth.

Whether the breach control can be successful depends entirely on closing the dragon’s mouth. If it is successful, the gap can be blocked smoothly. If it is unsuccessful, the flood will continue to spread.

The girl named Zou Wu was assigned to a large tributary in the lower reaches of the Yuan River. Now the dam of the tributary is about to be destroyed. The river is nearly 50 meters wide and the water is rushing, so the gap has been blocked many times but has not been successfully blocked.

The water flow is fast and the water pressure is high. There is no crane now, so the things that can be lifted by manpower are extremely limited. The wood and stones are not heavy enough, and the objects being suppressed will soon be washed away.

The river channel is nearly fifty meters long and it is impossible to seal it. There was really no other way, so Zou Wu wrote to ask for help.

Ye Shuo quickly searched to see if there were any similar experiences. After a moment, he picked up a pen and wrote down his suggestions.

Xiao Luzi, who was standing by, only knew that his master seemed to be extremely busy, and had no idea what kind of big thing he was doing.

It took Ye Shuo two full days to process this batch of letters.

Every great disaster will be followed by a great epidemic. Ye Shuo finally wrote down some modern epidemic prevention experiences, such as the fact that the water from the current Yuan River cannot be drunk, and that well water must be boiled before drinking.

After explaining all these things, Ye Shuo was already exhausted.

However, saving a life is like putting out a fire. Ye Shuo did not dare to delay at all. He immediately asked Xiao Luzi to quickly deliver the reply letter to his cousin.

Looking at the thick pile in front of him, my cousin was so shocked that he couldn’t recover for a long time.

He can actually answer them one by one…

His eldest cousin asked someone to send these letters out of Shangjing City almost overnight.

Two days later, a group of fifteen people, including Mr. Zeng Mohuai and his eldest disciple, all received reply letters.

Although Zeng Mohuai was familiar with flood control, the breach of the Yuan River this time was unusual, and even he found it difficult. Therefore, Ye Shuo’s reply could also provide him with more ideas.

However, Ye Shuo was far away in Shangjing after all, and did not see the real situation with his own eyes. He could only give answers based on their written descriptions. As for whether it should be used or not, it would ultimately depend on them.

But even these are enough.

Zeng Mohuai’s expression changed after reading the sentence in the letter: “Source rivers are prone to siltation, bursting and moving. I listened to your advice, sir. Now the north side of the source river is higher than the south side. There is a risk of bursting and changing course in the south. I hope you will carefully judge.”

Then he counted the days and found that it had indeed been nearly a hundred years since the last time the source river burst its banks.

There is a saying that the Yuan River “bursts its banks twice every three years and changes its course once every hundred years”, so the Ninth Prince’s guess is not groundless.

Although the Great Zhou lacks talents in flood control, it is not that there are no talents to be found. It’s just that there are too few people and not enough manpower.

Zeng Mohuai quickly informed the two adults who were working with him to control the flood about this matter.

The two adults were startled, and the three of them quickly led everyone around and began to carefully observe the direction of the river.

The three of them were suddenly shocked when they discovered that the river bank dozens of miles away was indeed disappearing and collapsing.

Then Zeng Mohuai made a decision that shocked everyone –

Rush to harvest and abandon the city.

Of course, the so-called abandoned city does not refer to this place, but the risky places downstream. According to Zeng Mohuai’s estimation, there are about three cities that are at extremely high risk of being affected.

If we rush to harvest in large quantities, this year’s grain output may not be optimistic.

But if we don’t rush to harvest, if the source river really changes its course or floods to the south, it will not just be a matter of reduced grain production, the foundation of the entire Great Zhou will inevitably be shaken.

The diversion of a source river has always been no trivial matter, and if the situation becomes serious, even the change of dynasties is possible.

Therefore, the decision to do it or not was soon handed over to Emperor Jingwen.

Emperor Jingwen was not an indecisive person. He would rather have a false alarm than take this gamble.

Soon, Emperor Jingwen made a decision.

He even dispatched secret guards to inform the governors of various places at full speed, asking them to harvest the crops within five days and then abandon the city if the source river was diverted.

The rest of the secret guards notified the neighboring cities and asked them to build temporary shelters as quickly as possible to accommodate these people.

The number of people in the three cities is neither too few nor too many, and if they are divided up, they can still be accommodated.

As for the ideological work of the people, it is not so easy to do.

After all, most people were not happy about being suddenly notified to move from their homes, and they didn’t understand when they were told that the source river was being diverted.

And the grain in the fields is not so easy to harvest.

If this happened in modern times, it would definitely be difficult to do, but you have to know that this is a feudal society, so it is actually easier to do.

Emperor Jingwen directly implemented a high-pressure policy and notified the three prefects that if the people did not obey, the soldiers guarding the city would be allowed to directly collect the grain. The grain would then be taken over by the local government and distributed uniformly when they arrived at the new city.

In this situation, the people will definitely not agree. If they collect the food themselves now, it will be a little less, but it is better than handing it over directly to the government, right?

Seeing that the soldiers defending the city were serious about their attack, after this happened once or twice, the rest of the people had no choice but to rush to harvest, suppressing their heartache and cutting down the crops even before they were fully ripe.

Wherever there is food, there are people.

After five days, Emperor Jingwen had successfully dispatched soldiers from other places temporarily. Then, under the “escort” of these soldiers, the people marched towards the nearby cities in batches.

Of course, there were many who refused to leave even at the cost of their lives, including ordinary people and wealthy families. There was really no way to deal with this small group of people. The secret guards killed several of them on the spot but they still showed no sign of compromise, so the local prefect had no choice but to give up.

Life and death are determined by fate. Personal choices are different and cannot be forced.

The thatched cottages and tiled houses had now become sheds that could barely keep out the wind and rain. Just as the people in the three places were filled with resentment, they suddenly heard a report from afar –

My hometown was flooded.

Overnight yesterday, the source river seemed to carry the power of destruction, and countless streams of water rushed over like an overwhelming force. In just over two hours, one of the three cities was flooded so deeply that even the city tower could not be seen.

The remaining two were not much better, with more than half of the buildings and houses gone.

Standing on a high ground, looking at the floodwaters dozens of miles away, the people in the three places were speechless for a long time. The resentment in their hearts was swept away and turned into gratitude.

They were grateful that the government issued the notice in time, and the people in areas that were not flooded were also grateful, but they were grateful that the flood did not pass through their area.

The other side.

Perhaps it was because several students and Zeng Mohuai communicated with each other too frequently, and Ye Shuo’s reply was not conspicuous among them, so it did not attract the attention of others.

After receiving Ye Shuo’s reply, Zou Wu thought for a moment and felt that this method was feasible.

The fifty-meter river channel is too wide, but it can be divided into several parts. In this way, although there are more breaches, the water flow will be smaller. Then they can be blocked one by one. Although the project is large, it is very likely to solve the current dilemma.

Zou Wu immediately conveyed her meaning as soon as she said it. However, what she did not expect was that her proposal was soon opposed by the local prefect.

The other party even felt that Zou Wu was harming people.

“Do you know that doing this may very well cause the dam to burst?”

Zou Wu was stunned, and naturally knew that the real test was coming.