Chapter 1224 Surveying the Water Conditions
This restaurant is not far from the county government. The last time his daughter-in-law was unfilial to her mother-in-law, Liu Dadao bought two bowls of longevity noodles from his house. After leaving the restaurant, Zhu Pingan led Liu Dadao and others to inspect the drainage ditches and water accumulation in the city in the rain.
Jingnan is an old county town with a history of hundreds of years since its founding. Although the project is not a rubbish project, the drainage ditches are also facing aging problems. The blue bricks and bluestone slabs used to lay the ditches are aging and severely damaged. The situation of the ditches being blocked by soil, vegetation and domestic garbage is not easy to be optimistic. Now only It just barely maintains the drainage function.
The current rainfall is still within the tolerance of the drainage ditches, and there is not much water accumulation in the county. Only some low-lying road sections have water accumulation. If rainfall increases, the ditches will no longer be able to carry out drainage tasks.
This is a hidden danger.
Zhu Ping'an kept this in mind, and then took Liu Mu and others to the east gate to check the drainage outlets out of the county.
The terrain of Jingnan County is generally higher in the west and lower in the east, so the drainage outlets of the county are concentrated at the east gate of the county. The drainage outlet is made of natural giant bluestones. It is in the shape of an inverted trapezoid and is divided into three layers. Each layer has 6 square water outlets. Each water outlet is fifty centimeters long and about forty centimeters wide. The accumulated water in Jingnan County is collected from the west, drained out of the city through the east city gate, and poured into the Sanli River outside the city.
The drainage outlet is also an antique. Fortunately, the giant bluestone is sturdy. Although it has gone through the baptism of time, it is still strong.
However, six of the eighteen drainage outlets are blocked by silt, vegetation, and garbage, and the drainage is not smooth enough.
"Master, I'm coming, I'm coming."
Seeing that Zhu Pingan was about to wade into the water to clear the blockage, Liu Dao, Liu Dachui and others quickly rolled up their trouser legs and rushed into the water first. The water depth was just up to their knees. They waded to the drainage outlet and used wooden sticks to remove the blockage. Poke it out.
After clearing it, the drain outlet leaked like water.
After checking out Jingnan County, Zhu Pingan and his party walked along the drainage ditch outside the city towards the Sanli River.
Due to continuous rain, the water volume of Sanli River is much richer than usual.
Zhu Ping'an stood on the river embankment and looked around for a moment. He couldn't help but frown. There were many questions.
First, the phenomenon of occupying river beaches is serious. The fields on both sides of the river occupied the river beach and built fields around the river. The fields were like invaders, occupying the river beach and destroying the river beach to make it look ugly for better planting.
The second is the hidden danger of dams. In order to facilitate the diversion of water to irrigate the land, many holes were dug in the dam of Sanli River. Zhu Ping'an made a rough count and found that there were seventeen or eighty holes in the length of just about a mile.
The current volume of water in the Sanli River is not large, and these openings seem to have no impact. However, if the water does not cross the river beach, these openings will become ant nests that burst the embankment, and the flood will drive straight in and swallow up the village. ,county seat.
In addition, Zhu Ping'an also found that the embankment had traces of being dug to take out soil. A good embankment had pits dug into it. Although the embankment was not dug through, the stability of the embankment, The solidity has been seriously damaged
Ant nests can collapse a dike thousands of miles away. How can a dike with such holes be able to withstand the unpredictable flood.
Losing big things because of small things, ruining public affairs because of private interests.
Alas.
Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but sigh.
"Let's go to Fengyong Reservoir." Zhu Pingan led Liu Mu and others from Sanli River to Fengyong Reservoir.
Fengyong Reservoir is the lifeline of Jingnan. It not only provides Jingnan with abundant drinking water, but also nurtures thousands of hectares of surrounding paddy fields and irrigates tens of thousands of acres of farmland. Jingnan’s agriculture is inseparable from Fengyong Reservoir. .
Fengyong Reservoir is located deep in the mountains, and the road is difficult and muddy. Zhu Pingan and others had to break trees into crutches and move forward with difficulty. Halfway through the journey, a stream spread, covering the stone bridge, and the road could not be seen clearly. There were many similar scenes going forward. For the sake of safety, Zhu Pingan had no choice but to retreat, turned back, and found a man in the village at the foot of the mountain. Experienced and young guides will lead you to Toyong Reservoir.
The guide often goes to the mountains to cut firewood and is familiar with every plant and tree in the mountains. Although the stream spread to cover the stone bridge, the guide still accurately determined the location of the stone bridge and led Zhu Ping'an and his party to wade along the stone bridge.
Going a little further, we encountered danger again. A landslide blocked the road. Fortunately, a guide led the way and detoured through a hidden path. Although the road was slippery and difficult to navigate, we passed safely without any danger.
When they arrived at Fengyong Reservoir, Zhu Pingan and his party seemed to be fished out of muddy water. They were almost soaked through. Their clothes were torn several times by vegetation and were stained with grass. crumbs, mud.
After arriving at the destination, Zhu Pingan gave the pancakes and pickles to Liu Dadao and the guide. While eating the pancakes with the pickles, he inspected the Fengyong Reservoir. Fortunately, it was wrapped in oil paper. Although the pancakes were soaked by rain and river water, the soil and other stolen goods were kept away from the oil paper, so they could still be eaten.
With continuous rainfall, the water level of the reservoir has risen rapidly, which is clearly visible through the scale marked on the stone pillars. At present, the water level of the reservoir is approaching the warning water line. Of course, if the rainfall continues like this, the reservoir will be fine in the next half month, but the rainfall will increase sharply. Now you can take advantage of the fact that the rainfall is within a controllable range, open the gate and release water at the right time, lower the water level, enhance the water storage potential of the reservoir, and be prepared to deal with extreme rainfall weather.
There are also some hidden dangers in the reservoir dam slope protection. The slope protection stone retaining wall has cracks and damage. Fortunately, the situation is not serious.
Zhu Pingan was eating pancakes while looking along the reservoir embankment. He finished one pancake quickly.
Then, I rolled another pancake and watched it while eating.
Liu Dadao found that the guide was looking at Zhu Pingan with curiosity. To be precise, he was watching Zhu Pingan eating cakes.
"Fellow, what's wrong?"
Liu Dadao couldn't help but ask, didn't the young master also share the pie with you? Why do you keep staring at the young master?
“I’m just curious, shouldn’t the county magistrate have to eat big fish, meat, and delicacies? Why did the county magistrate leave the delicacies alone and go into the mountains to check the reservoir in the rain, but the food was still soaked? "Water pancakes and shredded pickles. Didn't my job as magistrate go to waste?"
The guide rubbed his hands and asked in confusion. He had been holding back these words for a long time, and when he heard Liu Dadao's question, he couldn't help but say them out.
It was hard for him to swallow the cake, but the county magistrate ate it in large gulps, and it tasted quite delicious.
How can you not be curious? !
"Haha, what about a meal of delicacies from all over the world? You, my fellow man, have listened to many stories, right? Since the young master arrived in Jingnan, I have not eaten a meal of delicacies from all over the world. It is not much better than what you eat. No. Is this an official job for nothing if you eat delicacies from the mountains and seas? But pull it down, fellow, you are talking about corrupt officials, our son is not an official for enjoyment."
Liu Dadao couldn't help but shook his head and laughed. . (End of this chapter)