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- The flood season in Jiangnan is long and can last four to five months.
The plum rainy season begins in April and May, and usually lasts for one month, and sometimes it can even last for two months. It is characterized by continuous rain and non-stop menstruation, but fortunately the water rises gently, and as long as you are careful, the earth embankment can be prevented.
After the Meiyu floods have passed, the hurricane season begins in June and July.
Hurricane season has a completely different feel. When the typhoon doesn't come, the weather is calm. When a typhoon comes, there are torrential rains, sudden surges of water, and high winds and waves. The damage to the embankment is several times that of the Meiyu floods, and the earth embankment cannot hold it at all.
In the past, at this time in Kunshan County, even the flood control personnel had withdrawn from the embankments, doing whatever they wanted without resisting.
"No matter how hard we try, we can't hold it back. Not only will it cost people and money, but it will also cost dozens or hundreds of lives, it's better to just lie down and let the flood ravage us."
But this year, Kunshan County is going to challenge the hurricane flood for the first time! Let¡¯s see if the newly built rubble concrete embankment is as indestructible as Jiangnan Company claims!
After all, no matter how good the advertising is, it still depends on the efficacy.
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The first hurricane in the second year of Longqing came earlier than usual.
On the fifth day of July, the first day at noon was as dark as ink, and strong winds rose from the ground, blowing sand and rocks on the construction site, making people unsteady.
The district chiefs knew something bad was going on at the first sight, so they quickly ordered the chiefs and villagers to take all the unopened cement and construction tools to the warehouse.
As for the concrete that has been mixed, it can only be wasted.
Just halfway through cleaning up, heavy raindrops began to fall.
¡°Hurry up, hurry up, hurry up!¡± On the construction site, the commanders shouted at the top of their lungs. "Put everything else down and save the cement first!"
Having been dealing with cement for more than half a month, everyone knows that this material will clump when exposed to water. When it rains heavily, the whole bag is ruined. That¡¯s one tael of silver per bag!
The peasants used all their strength to carry the cement into the warehouse.
There was no time to unload the cement on the ship, so the boat ladies, boatmen, and boat owners hurriedly covered it with oilcloth, straw mats, and even their own sleeping quilts, and rowed back to the city to avoid the wind.
The wind was howling, and the rain was getting heavier and heavier, and soon it was pouring heavily.
The sky and the earth suddenly turned white, and a dazzling lightning seemed to tear the dark sky apart, followed by earth-shattering thunder!
Zhao Shouzheng stood under the eaves of the gate of Nanshan Temple, watching the long river bank shrouded in rain.
The strong wind whipped up the cold icy rain and slapped Mr. Zhao's face randomly, making him so anxious that he was about to shed warm tears.
"Why did it come so early? Isn't it said that serious hurricanes usually don't occur until the end of July?"
"What can we do if we encounter such an unusual hurricane?" Zhao Hao comforted his father and said, "Fortunately, the important river sections have been completed, so it shouldn't be a big problem."
"Really?" Mr. Zhao looked at his son.
"Even if you don't believe me, you should believe Pan Zhongcheng, right?" Zhao Hao forced a confident smile and said: "Even if you don't believe us, you should believe in science. Cement concrete is invincible!"
"Oh, that's great." Hearing what his son said, Mr. Zhao's worries disappeared, he relaxed and stretched and said, "It's raining so hard, so I can be lazy."
Then he shouted to Fan Datong in the main hall: "Xian brother, stir-fry two side dishes and let us drink two cups."
Since taking charge of the kitchen, Fan Datong has gained almost 20 kilograms, and his whole face is shiny, quite like Fatty Tang.
When he heard this, he chuckled and said, "You still need to give orders to your brother?"
As he spoke, he lifted a tray like a magic trick, with four dishes and a bottle of wine on it.
"Ah ha, my dear brother is still considerate." Mr. Zhao happily ran towards the main hall. Fang Wen quickly held an umbrella for him, but the wind was so strong that in the blink of an eye there was only one umbrella left.
Fang Wen looked at the stick in his hand, then at Mr. Zhao who had rushed to the Highness, and helplessly disappeared.
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Strong winds carried the terrifying water vapor from the ocean ashore, and the torrential rain continued for a day, but there was still no sign of stopping.
For Kunshan County, the real test has come - rainwater from more than a dozen counties around Taihu Lake collects into the lake along the river, and then pours downstream.
Seventy percent of the water flows into the Wusong River, and now all the pressure is on the Kunshan side!
Yaojiayan.
Pan Jixun stood on the section of embankment that he directed to repair during the Meiyu flood season, staring at the dark river surface.
Zheng Ruo once wore a raincoat and leaned onThe bamboo stick stood beside him with difficulty. The strong wind and heavy rain made it impossible for the elderly Zheng to open his eyes.
Zheng Ruozeng was very impressed when he saw Pan Jixun's feet rooted to the ground and looking intently.
"Zhongcheng is really in good shape. I'm having trouble speaking now."
Pan Jixun glanced at him strangely. "How old are you and how old am I?"
"I am sixty-six years old this year, Zhongcheng" Zheng Ruozeng said before he remembered that Pan Jixun was eighteen years younger than him, not yet fifty.
Two serious generations.
Old Zheng couldn¡¯t help but feel ashamed. Prime Minister Pan looked too anxious. He always thought that everyone was of the same age.
Zheng Ruozeng quickly wanted to smooth things over, but Pan Jixun raised his hand to silence him.
"What?" Zheng Ruozeng asked in a low voice.
"The sound of the waves." Pan Jixun replied.
??Zheng Ruo once listened carefully, but his ears were filled with the sound of wind mixed with various noises, and he could not hear anything different.
Pan Jixun pointed to the west. Zheng Ruozeng quickly picked up the telescope and took a look. This time he saw it.
I saw only a white water line, which seemed to be slow but was actually rolling rapidly!
The hurricane flood in the second year of Longqing has officially begun!
In just a dozen breaths, the raging river water hit the embankment hard, and with an ear-splitting roar, waves rolled up to a height of ten feet.
The two of them couldn't avoid it and were splashed all over.
??The floods in the river, driven by the strong wind, continue to hit the river embankment crazily!
The first thing to bear the brunt is the breakwater built with great efforts last time, which is a triangular prism built with twenty wooden beams and hundreds of baskets of bricks and stones.
In just one meal, there was a bang and several wooden beams were broken.
The heavy baskets of bricks and stones lost their restraints and were immediately washed away by the river. The remaining wooden beams were also uprooted and allowed to be swept away by the flood.
Seeing how vulnerable the wave dike was, Zheng Ruozeng couldn't help but turn pale. "It's terrifying. The power of heaven and earth cannot be resisted by human beings. This earth embankment will definitely not be able to be maintained."
Pan Jixun nodded and watched the flood roaring and squeezing into the corner of the dam that had lost its barrier. Amidst the deafening sound of the waves, the waves surged up and were two or three feet high!
The earth embankment under their feet was crumbling, and large chunks of the outer embankment collapsed.
"Let's go quickly, Zhongcheng" Zheng Ruozeng urged anxiously.
Pan Jixun laughed loudly in front of the terrifying Jiang Chao.
"Don't let your evil deeds run rampant. I'm waiting for you behind. Let's fight again!"
After saying that, he jumped onto the embankment behind him with nimble legs and feet.
With the help of his son, Zheng Ruozeng was left far behind.
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