"What are you still standing around for? Do you want me to do it myself?"
Han Mo frowned and said directly.
Hearing Han Mo's words, the two had no choice but to hesitate any longer. Reluctantly, they could only nod, and then split up to lead their men into action.
Anyway, the preparation work was almost done. At this time, they were just notifying the nearby residents to evacuate while breaking the river embankment to prepare for flood discharge.
The turbid river water was now almost level with the embankment.
With the joint efforts of hundreds of laborers, in less than a quarter of an hour, the surging river water began to converge towards the low-lying area.
Seeing that the flood discharge work had begun, the Taoist priests in the distance no longer hesitated and immediately released a cage of carrier pigeons.
"Sir!"
Having spent so many years in the army, Jiang Yan was certainly no stranger to this situation. He immediately whispered to Han Mo.
"Don't bother with them. Let them go and report. I want to see who can laugh to the end!"
Han Mo sneered and then focused his attention back on the river.
With a gap that was a full three zhang long, the water level finally began to recede in an orderly manner.
Although the water flow was temporarily under control, the string of nerves that everyone had tensed up dared not relax in the slightest.
If, as Gao Zhiyao had said before, something was blocking the river channel upstream, then their most severe test should be on its way by now.
Half an hour later, the river water had finally visibly dropped by more than five feet.
"Look quickly, what is that!"
However, at this moment, someone with sharp eyes had already spotted a white line rushing towards them from the distant horizon.
"Everyone be careful, fall back! Fall back!"
Gao Zhiyao, who had the most experience, immediately recognized that it was a rapidly approaching wave.
At this point, even Han Mo's heart clenched.
This was the most severe test!
After passing this hurdle, they could finally breathe a sigh of relief, but if they failed to pass this hurdle, Neihuang would once again become a waterlogged land.
As fast as lightning, in less than a few breaths, that white line was about to reach them.
The water level, which had already dropped by more than five feet, suddenly rose again by more than four feet, and the water surface was almost level with the embankment.
Even Han Mo, an atheist, could not help but hold his breath and pray to the gods in the unseen realm.
It was unclear whether Han Mo's piety moved the gods or if their luck was truly good.
After the initial wave passed, the water level of the Wei River began to slowly recede again.
The surging river water continuously lapped against the embankment, but with the gap, the excess river water had long since flowed along the embankment they had built, into the low-lying area below.
"Long live Sir, long live Sir!"
Gao Zhiyao, extremely excited, immediately knelt on the ground and shouted loudly.
"Long live the Emperor, long live the Emperor!"
Han Mo's mouth twitched. Did you want to kill me?
Upon hearing this slogan, he quickly made a slight correction.
"Long live the Emperor, long live the Emperor!"
Lü Ying's reaction was also extremely fast. He quickly followed Han Mo and began to shout, as if the current Emperor, who was enjoying song and dance in the Fuming Hall, truly possessed divine power.
"Long live the Emperor, long live the Emperor!"
The entire embankment was filled with only this last sound.
Han Mo finally breathed a sigh of relief. This most difficult hurdle had finally been passed. As long as their luck was not too bad, once the rain upstream stopped, the most dangerous hurdle of this year's flood season would be safely passed.
Two hours later, the sky had reached noon, and the turbid river water finally dropped to a safe level.
Under Gao Zhiyao's command, the laborers on the embankment finally sealed the breached embankment again.
Although the drizzle was still falling from the sky, people's hearts were no longer in a panic.
When everyone looked at Han Mo, their eyes were filled with admiration. If it weren't for Han Mo's decisive action at that time, the entire Neihuang County would probably have been completely finished by now.
"I'll leave the matters here to you. I need to go back and rest for a while. Oh, and have someone go to the nearby towns later to buy fifty sheep so everyone can have a good time!"
Han Mo's words immediately turned the entire embankment into a sea of joy.
These laborers were all poor folk from the vicinity. Even in good years, they wouldn't eat meat more than once in these few months, let alone lamb.
After getting into his carriage, Han Mo's mood could no longer be happy.
With the release of those carrier pigeons, the people from the Transport Bureau should arrive by tomorrow night at the latest.
Although this matter had been planned by him long ago, now that it was upon him, he still had to carefully review all the possibilities in his mind.
He was not the kind of person who only took hits and didn't fight back. If he didn't make them suffer a great loss this time, how could he justify his long calculations?
"How are things at the embankment?"
Hearing that Han Mo had returned, Zhong Yanchong also came to find him specifically.
"Don't mention it. If I hadn't made a decisive decision, the entire Neihuang would probably have become a waterlogged land by now. But fortunately, it's finally over, and this year's flood season should be safely passed!"
When Zhong Yanchong asked again, even Han Mo felt a lingering fear.
If he had hesitated for another moment, perhaps everything would have turned out differently by now.
"That piece of land is still occupied?"
Zhong Yanchong asked tentatively.
"Otherwise, there's no other way at this time..."
"Then the people from the Transport Bureau should arrive around this time tomorrow!"
Although it was something they had discussed long ago, Zhong Yanchong still had a hint of worry in his eyes when he said it.
"Don't worry. You just sit back and relax. No matter what they say, just play dumb! If necessary, you can even put on a show of righteous enforcement!"
Seeing his worried look, Han Mo said with a carefree smile.
"I know you have a good relationship with those Taoist priests, but are you confident about this? This is not a joke!"
Zhong Yanchong naturally knew that Han Mo's relationship with Lin Ling Su seemed somewhat unusual. However, Lin Ling Su and his group were currently in Bianliang City. He was truly afraid that something might go wrong in the process.