Chapter 730

Starting from late June, Shangjun County began to rain continuously, and the rain was not small. Not only Shangjun County, but also the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River have been raining during this period. As a result, the water level of the Yangtze River quickly rose to the warning water level.

After the water level rose to the warning water level, it was even more impossible for Su Xinghui to have a day off. He and Qi Jian must stay in the town government every day to sit in command, and from time to time they have to go to the embankment to inspect, so as not to let the embankment guards slack off and appear off-duty.

All staff of the town government must also be on standby at all times. Some people are led by the leaders in charge to go to the embankment to participate in flood control and disaster relief, and others must also stay in the town to prepare to take over at any time. The day is divided into four shifts, each shift is six hours, and the embankment cannot be without people for a second.

Not only can the work of flood control and disaster relief not be delayed, but other work cannot be left behind. Especially the vegetable planting matter is the top priority of Pengjiawanzhen at present and cannot be stagnant. Therefore, all staff of Pengjiawanzhen government are busy all day long, almost unable to touch the ground, and it is not bad to be able to sleep for five or six hours every day.

This evening, after dinner, Su Xinghui went to the embankment again. The person who went to the embankment with him was still Liu Yongjun. During this period, Su Xinghui took Liu Yongjun wherever he went. Su Xinghui felt that the young man's energy and character were good. Therefore, he planned to focus on cultivating Liu Yongjun and let him follow himself so that he could learn more things.

Speaking of which, since Liu Yongjun followed Su Xinghui for more than a month, his temperament has also become much more steady. This should be influenced by Su Xinghui.

This made Su Xinghui very gratified. Young people must experience some things to become steady and not impulsive. Although this month is not long, Liu Yongjun followed Su Xinghui every day, and the things he experienced may be more than what he experienced in the past few years, so he naturally matured much faster.

Walking less than one kilometer north from the town government is the main embankment. Therefore, the two did not drive, but each wore a raincoat and a pair of rain boots, and walked to the embankment.

On the way, Liu Yongjun looked at the continuous rain and frowned, "Mayor, it seems that I haven't seen such a long rain in the past few years."

Su Xinghui nodded. It is true that it has not rained for so long this year in the past few years. It has been almost a week, and there is no sign of the rain stopping.

However, in his previous life, he had experienced the great flood in 1998. He also went to the embankment at that time, but he was not a town mayor at that time, but an ordinary staff member. On the embankment, he guarded for nearly a month.

In 1998, it also started to rain in June, and it rained for more than a month without stopping. They also experienced a thrilling month on the embankment, and there were countless dangers. Later, at the Dawan Town at the easternmost end of the county, the main embankment broke. At that time, the county leader who led the team there was suspended because of this.

Compared with the rain that year, this year is still good. At least he knows that except for 1998, Shangjun County has never had a breach or a collapsed embankment in any year.

Su Xinghui laughed, "Little Liu, are you a little nervous?"

Liu Yongjun smiled embarrassedly, "Mayor, I am a little nervous. It is impossible not to be nervous watching the water level of the Yangtze River rise day by day."

Su Xinghui said, "Little Liu, you don't have to be nervous, nothing will happen. As long as we are united, no matter how high the water level is, we can hold it."

Liu Yongjun nodded, "Mayor, I see that you are about the same age as me, and you shouldn't have seen such a high water level many times, right? Why are you not nervous?"

Su Xinghui laughed, "How do you know I'm not nervous? However, I am the town mayor, and all the common people in the town are looking at me now. If they see that I am nervous, what should they do? Doesn't it make people panic? How can we fight the flood?"

Liu Yongjun said, "Mayor, so you are also nervous!"

Su Xinghui said, "Don't tell others about this, otherwise it would be bad if people are in chaos."

Liu Yongjun laughed, "I know, Mayor."

Hearing Su Xinghui say this, Liu Yongjun suddenly felt that he was no longer nervous in his heart.

Before long, the two went to the embankment. The embankment was in a tense atmosphere. A temporary wooden shed was built every few dozen meters on the embankment, which was for the embankment guards to rest inside.

Of course, it is said to be rest, but it is only to sit on a wooden board inside. Sleeping is impossible. The discipline regulations during the flood season stipulate that people guarding the embankment here cannot sleep. Even the shift from 1:00 to 7:00 in the morning can only sit and cannot sleep. If you want to sleep, you have to wait for the next shift to change shifts before you can return to the town to sleep.

This is not yet the most critical moment. At the most critical moment, people who go to the embankment for flood control and disaster relief cannot leave the embankment 24 hours a day. Even if they sleep, they have to sleep on the embankment. If there is any emergency, they can jump up and carry sandbags.

Now there are three people in each wooden shed. Two are farmers sent by various villages to guard the embankment, and one is a cadre or party member sent by the town government, various units in the town, and various villages.

These three people will take turns to inspect the back of the main embankment they are responsible for. The main goal of the inspection is to see if there is any piping on the embankment.

Piping is the most dangerous phenomenon in flood control and disaster relief, which is a hole in the embankment, which is constantly hollowed out by the river water until it reaches the back of the embankment. As long as a through hole is formed, it is very dangerous. This hole will be quickly hollowed out by the river water, and it is possible to develop into embankment collapse within a few hours, causing a breach.

Therefore, the most important thing to guard the embankment is to check whether there is piping on the embankment. If piping occurs, although it is dangerous, as long as the piping is discovered in the first time, there are still many ways to block the opening.

The method of checking piping is to dig a ditch parallel to the main embankment at the bottom of the embankment on the back of the embankment. If piping occurs, you can see signs of sand and water gushing out in the ditch. Experienced people can see at a glance that piping has occurred.

And the people on the embankment now naturally have rich experience. They almost go to the embankment every year.

In every wooden shed Su Xinghui saw, there were two people sitting, and the other person was inspecting at the bottom of the embankment, not daring to slack off at all.

Su Xinghui walked to a wooden shed at will. One of the two people in the wooden shed was a farmer, and the other was a staff member of the town agricultural economic station. He saw Su Xinghui and stood up and said, "Mayor, you are here."

Su Xinghui said, "Don't get up, sit down, is there any situation in this section?"

The two said, "No, no, we are all taking turns to go down to inspect. If piping occurs, we will report to the leaders in the first time."