Chapter 2197

The flood control soldiers on the scene disregarded their lives and spontaneously jumped into the breach, holding hands and using their flesh and blood to resist the flood. This scene made many people teary-eyed. The photographers on the scene took several touching photos with hot tears in their eyes.

However, using such a method could only resist for a while. After all, the Great Wall of flesh and blood was not the real Great Wall and could not resist such a large flood. The flood still rushed toward the Jiangkou urban area and dug the breach larger and larger.

The flood control soldiers were bearing the scouring of the flood in the breach. They could not stand steadily, their physical strength was gradually failing, and they appeared to be swaying and in imminent danger. The officers directing on the scene could only let them come up; otherwise, they were afraid they would all be washed away by the flood.

The situation was extremely critical. If the flood continued to rush into the urban area like this, that city protection embankment might not be able to hold it. By that time, it would be a disaster for the people.

The officer directing on the scene made a prompt decision. He forcibly requisitioned several ships on the spot and drove the ships to the breach to sink the ships to plug the breach. When a large ship of over a hundred tons sank at the breach, the water flow finally decreased a lot, and the soldiers and civilians on the scene cheered.

The water flow became a bit gentler, which was related to the blocking of the large ship, and also related to the breach becoming larger and larger. The breach was large, and the water flow was naturally not so urgent, but the water volume per second was still getting larger and larger.

Two hours after the embankment breached, Vice Premier Xu finally arrived at the scene. Along with him arrived an expert group, the group that Shi Wenguang served as the team leader.

By this time, the people in the flooded part of the Jiangkou urban area had all hidden on the roofs, but this was not a long-term solution. The situation was truly in imminent danger.

The news of the embankment breach in Jiangkou City spread across the country like the wind. Chongjin County, not far from Jiangkou City, naturally also received the news.

When Su Xinghui heard this news, he sighed in his heart. Jiangkou City still did not escape the fate of the embankment breach. Even he could not change such a fate, which made Su Xinghui feel a sense of powerlessness for a moment.

To tell the truth, Su Xinghui had been holding his breath during this period of time. He was truly too tired. Although the situation in Chongjin County did not seem too critical this time, achieving this had cost Su Xinghui countless efforts.

Su Xinghui in this life had changed many things. He had made many people around him live a good life and made the lives of more than one million people in several counties better and better. This once made him think that he was omnipotent.

However, the breach of the Jiangkou City embankment made him know that he was not omnipotent after all. Such a feeling, coupled with the fatigue accumulated during this period of time, made him produce such a sense of powerlessness.

Su Xinghui really wanted to rest. If he were allowed to go home now, he could sleep for three days, but he could not rest.

In fact, he had already slept on the embankment for more than a week. Now that the news of the Jiangkou City breach had come, the flood prevention situation was even more critical, so he could not leave the embankment even more.

Su Xinghui knew that it was not time for him to rest yet. He shook his head, drove that sense of powerlessness out of his mind, and cheered himself up.

Su Xinghui took out his mobile phone and made a call to Yu Ruizhi. Yu Ruizhi had returned to the capital during this period of time. He received Su Xinghui's call and asked, "What? Great County Magistrate Su, I heard that you have been sleeping on the embankment for more than a week. Are you tired?"

Su Xinghui said, "It's okay, I can still hold on."

Yu Ruizhi said, "Don't work too hard, you still have to pay attention to your health. By the way, you called me today, what's the matter?"

Su Xinghui said, "You've heard about the embankment breach in Jiangkou City, right?"

Yu Ruizhi said, "Of course I've heard of it. What? You want me to contribute some effort?"

Su Xinghui smiled and said, "Brother Yu knows me well."

Yu Ruizhi scolded with a smile, "I knew you wouldn't let me go. Tell me, what do you want me to do?"

Su Xinghui said, "Of course, it's to donate some flood control materials to Jiangkou City. Isn't that what your charity foundation does?"

Yu Ruizhi said, "What you said is indeed a bit reasonable. Isn't that what Sister Sister Ruoqiu and I run this charity foundation for? But, you said it too late. Sister Sister Ruoqiu has already arranged it, and a batch of flood control materials will be transported to Jiangkou immediately."

Su Xinghui said, "Brother Yu, thank you so much."

Yu Ruizhi said, "It's not your turn to thank me for this. You are not the Mayor of Jiangkou yet."

Su Xinghui laughed, and then said sincerely, "Brother Yu, this time fighting the flood, you have indeed contributed too much. If it weren't for your help, the days in our Chongjin County would not have been so easy this time."

Yu Ruizhi said, "Alright, alright, don't be sentimental. Our relationship, is it necessary to say this? If you want to say it, your help to us is even greater. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have today. What is this little money?"

Now for Yu Ruizhi, millions or tens of millions really didn't count for much. He was not a stingy person to begin with, and the money he had earned over the years was all earned under Su Xinghui's guidance. As long as Su Xinghui spoke, what would he be reluctant to give?

Su Xinghui said, "By the way, Brother Yu, for the flood control materials you transport to Jiangkou, it is best to transport more sand and stone materials. Now that the place where the Jiangkou embankment breached needs to be plugged, this is the most urgently needed material."

Yu Ruizhi said, "Okay, I know. I will find someone to mobilize it immediately."

After making this call to Yu Ruizhi, Su Xinghui felt relieved. For Jiangkou City, what they lacked most was sand and stone materials, because the whole territory of Jiangkou City was located on the Yanglan Lake Plain, and there were no mountains in the territory, so there was no place to produce stone materials at all. And plugging the breach naturally required a large amount of sand and stone materials.

Su Xinghui could be considered to have contributed to the plugging of the Jiangkou City breach.

The embankment breach in Jiangkou City touched the hearts of the people across the country. Many people spontaneously started to donate money to the people in the disaster area. Every day in the news, there was a lot of news about spontaneous donations from people in various places.

In various government units in Chongjin County, there was also a phenomenon of spontaneous donations.

Su Xinghui did not advocate any organized donation activities. If someone wanted to donate, they could donate voluntarily. Therefore, even the county government did not officially organize any donation activities.

Su Xinghui had always felt that help for the affected people like this should be done by the government, or by wealthy people with power who were willing to engage in charity themselves, such as the Yu Ruizhi and Yu Sister Sister Ruoqiu siblings. But if the government organized donations and let ordinary people donate, it would be a bit suspected of moral kidnapping.

Of course, if someone was willing to donate themselves, there was no problem. This could also be considered a manifestation of social love.

Su Xinghui himself made a call to Lu Xiaoya. He and Lu Xiaoya donated one thousand yuan each in an extremely low-key manner, which could be considered a token of their feelings.

Instead, the Hudong Province Artists Association and Calligraphers Association both called Su Xinghui, saying that they wanted to hold a charity sale in Jiangcheng. Members of the association would donate their own works to be auctioned in public, and the money from the auction would be donated to the people in the disaster area.

Su Xinghui felt that their activity was good. He responded immediately and immediately asked Lu Xiaoya to organize a few of his old works and send them to Jiangcheng to participate in this charity sale.

He was too busy now. He was still staying on the embankment, so naturally, he couldn't have time to paint anything. However, even if his old works were to be sold, they would still be worth a lot of money.

But he was not counting on selling paintings to make money now, so he felt that sending these paintings to Hudong Province to participate in this charity sale was still quite meaningful, which could be considered as fulfilling some of his personal feelings.