This restaurant is not far from the county government office. In the last case of a daughter-in-law being "unfilial" to her mother-in-law, Liu Dadao bought two bowls of longevity noodles from his house. After leaving the restaurant, Zhu Ping'an 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, which has a history of hundreds of years since its establishment. Although the project is not a shoddy one, the drainage ditches are also facing the problem of aging. The blue bricks and bluestone slabs used to pave the ditches are aging and seriously damaged. The ditches are blocked by soil, vegetation and domestic garbage, which is not optimistic. Now they can only barely maintain their drainage function.
The current rainfall is still within the tolerance range of the drainage ditches, and there is not much water accumulation in the county, only some low-lying sections of the road have water accumulation. If the rainfall increases, the ditches will be unable to bear the drainage task.
This is a hidden danger.
Zhu Ping'an kept it in mind, and then took Liu Mu and others to the east gate, focusing on checking the drainage outlet leading out of the county.
The terrain of Jingnan County is generally high in the west and low in the east, so the drainage outlets of the county are concentrated at the east gate of the county. The drainage outlet is built with natural giant bluestones, in an inverted trapezoidal shape, divided into three layers, each layer has 6 square water outlets, each water outlet is 50 cm long and 40 cm wide. The accumulated water in Jingnan County gathers from the west, is discharged outside the city through the east gate, and flows into the Sanli River outside the city.
The drain outlet is also an antique, but fortunately the giant bluestone is solid and remains strong despite years of wear and tear.
However, six of the eighteen drainage outlets were blocked by silt, vegetation and garbage, making drainage not smooth.
"Sir, I'm coming, I'm coming."
Seeing that Zhu Ping'an was about to wade over to clear the blockage, Liu Dadao, Liu Dachui and others quickly rolled up their trouser legs and rushed into the water first. The water was just up to their knees. They waded to the drain and poked the blockage out with wooden sticks.
After it was unblocked, the drain flowed out freely.
After inspecting Jingnan County, Zhu Pingan and his party followed the drainage ditch outside the city and headed towards Sanlihe.
Due to continuous rain, the water volume in Sanli River is much more abundant than usual.
Zhu Ping'an stood on the river bank, looked out for a moment, and couldn't help but frowning. There were a lot of problems.
First, the phenomenon of occupying the river beach is serious. The fields on both sides of the river occupy the river beach, enclosing the river to build fields. One piece of field after another is like an invader, occupying the river beach. In order to better plant, the river beach is destroyed beyond recognition.
The second problem is the hidden danger of the dam. In order to facilitate water diversion for irrigation, many holes were dug in the dam of Sanli River. Zhu Ping'an roughly counted and found that there were 17 or 18 holes in the short distance of about one mile.
At present, the water volume in Sanli River is not large, and these openings seem to have no impact. However, if the water volume overflows the riverbed, these openings will become ant holes for the breach of the dam, and the flood will rush in through them, swallowing up the villages and county towns.
In addition, Zhu Pingan also found traces of digging the embankment to take soil. The embankment was dug into many holes. Although the embankment was not dug through, its stability and firmness were seriously damaged... ...
An ant hole can destroy a thousand-mile long dike. How can such a dike with holes in it withstand the unpredictable flood
Lose the big for the small, sacrifice the public for the personal.
well... ...
Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but sigh.
"Let's go and take a look at Fengyong Reservoir." Zhu Ping'an led Liu Mu and others from Sanlihe to Fengyong Reservoir.
Fengyong Reservoir is the lifeline of Jingnan. It not only provides Jingnan with abundant drinking water, but also nourishes thousands of hectares of paddy fields around it and irrigates tens of thousands of acres of farmland. Jingnan's agriculture is inseparable from the Fengyong Reservoir.
Fengyong Reservoir is located deep in the mountains, and the road is difficult and muddy. Zhu Ping'an and his companions had to use wooden sticks as crutches to move forward with difficulty. Halfway through the journey, a stream spread and flooded the stone bridge, making it difficult to see the road. There were many similar scenes ahead. For safety reasons, Zhu Ping'an had to decide to retreat and return. He found an experienced and strong guide in the village at the foot of the mountain to lead him to Fengyong Reservoir.
The guide often went up the mountain to chop wood and was familiar with every plant and tree in the mountain. Although the stream water spread over the stone bridge, the guide still accurately found the location of the stone bridge and led Zhu Pingan and his party to wade through the water and walk along the stone bridge.
A few miles ahead, we encountered another dangerous situation. A landslide blocked the road. Fortunately, there was a guide leading the way and we took a hidden path to bypass it. Although the road was slippery and difficult to walk on, we passed it safely without any danger.
When they arrived at Fengyong Reservoir, Zhu Pingan and his group were almost soaked, as if they had been fished out of mud and water. Their clothes were torn by grass and trees and were covered with grass clippings and mud.
After arriving at the destination, Zhu Ping'an shared the pancakes and pickles with Liu Dadao and the guide, and ate the pancakes with pickles while checking the Fengyong Reservoir. Fortunately, the pancakes were wrapped in oil paper, and although they were soaked by rain and river water, the dirt and other contaminants were isolated outside the oil paper, so they were still edible.
The water level of the reservoir has risen rapidly due to continuous rainfall, which can be clearly seen from the stone column markings. At present, the water level of the reservoir has approached the warning line. Of course, if the rainfall continues to be like this, the reservoir will be fine in the second half of the month, but we are afraid of a sudden increase in rainfall. Now we can open the gates and release water in time while the rainfall is within the controllable range, lower the water level, enhance the reservoir's water storage potential, and prepare for extreme rainfall weather.
There are also some hidden dangers in the slope protection of the reservoir dam. The stone retaining wall of the slope protection has cracks and damage, but fortunately the situation is not serious.
Zhu Ping'an ate a pancake while checking the reservoir dam and finished a pancake very quickly.
Then, he rolled another pancake and ate it while watching.
Liu Dadao found that the guide was looking at Zhu Ping'an with curiosity, or to be more precise, watching Zhu Ping'an eat the cake.
"My friend, what's wrong?"
Liu Dadao couldn't help but ask, "Didn't the young master give you some cake? Why are you staring at him?"
"I'm just curious. Shouldn't the county magistrate eat the best food every day? Why did our county magistrate ignore the best food and go into the mountains to check the reservoir in the rain? He ate soaked pancakes and pickled vegetables. Isn't our county magistrate's position in vain?"
The guide rubbed his hands and asked in confusion. He had been holding back these words all the way, and when he heard Liu Dadao's question, he couldn't help but say it out loud.
The cake was a little hard for him to swallow, but the magistrate ate it with big mouthfuls and seemed to enjoy it very much.
How can I not be curious?!
"Haha, what do you mean by delicacies every day? You must have heard too much about that, fellow villager. Since the young master came to Jingnan, he has not eaten any delicacies. What he eats on weekdays is not much better than what you eat. If he doesn't eat delicacies, then he is in vain as an official? But forget it, fellow villager, you are talking about corrupt officials, right? Our young master did not become an official to enjoy himself."
Liu Dadao couldn't help but shook his head and laughed.