Marquis Anyang said: "Okay, I already know. You can go." Marquis Anyang sat on the stone and rested enough. He slowly left the stick, turned around and waved to them, and walked away. Walk into a reed field. In this reed marsh, you can hear the chirping of water birds. This is the lower reaches of Zhangshui River. The land of Zhao and Wei was bounded by the Zhang River, and crossing the Zhang River was the territory of the State of Zhao. Anyang Hou stood on the bank of Zhang River, looking at the rushing river. Marquis Anyang was thinking at this time, if the Zhangshui is managed well, it will be the mother river that nurtures the people on both sides of the Zhangshui; if the Zhangshui is not managed well, it will be like a wild beast and the people on both sides will suffer. Anyang Hou stood on the bank of Zhangshui River and looked from a distance, seeing a boat rowing towards here. This boat is made of lotus leaves. Maybe it is the fishermen who fish on the Zhangshui River. Anyang Hou called out: "Boatman, boatman." Standing on the bow of the boat was an old man. The old man looked at Anyanghou on the other side and shouted: "Old Chongjia, are you going to cross the river?" Anyanghou shouted: "Yes. ah!"
The fishing boat slowly rowed over here, stopped by the river, and asked: "Where are the Chong family going?" Marquis Anyang replied: "Let's go along the Zhanghe River." The fisherman said: "Old Chong family , please get on the boat." He reached out and pulled Anyang Hou onto the boat and stood at the bow. The fisherman turned around and said: "Old Chong, stand still, the boat is about to leave." Anyang Hou stood on the bow of the boat, looking down at the sparkling river water, and responded immediately: "Okay." The old man was rowing and looking at it. Looking at Anyang Hou, he said: "The old gentleman must be a bug in the officialdom." The old man was quite accurate in seeing bugs. He asked curiously: "Why do you make such a guess?" The old man said with some pride: "I usually sit here. There are a lot of insects in my boat. Whether it's the common people or the high officials who want to cross the river, I can tell them at a glance." Anyang Hou smiled and said: "What you said is right or wrong. I am just a minor minister in the Yeling Mansion. The water in the Zhang River is in trouble. The people along the coast will be seriously affected by the disaster. This is what my master is worried about, so he sent me to inspect the terrain on both sides of the Zhang River." Anyang Hou sat cross-legged on the bow of the boat again and said: "After the major disaster, the epidemic will definitely spread. Why are the people here It was not affected!" The old man said: "A bug came to Yedi and treated our people. It only took three days for the epidemic here to be controlled. I don't know what it spread in the well water. Medicine, after we people drank the water from this well, we all recovered and it was amazing." Marquis Anyang also heard about this insect when he came here, but he didn't know its name? It was very mysterious, so he asked: "Do you know who this insect is?" The old man said: "I know, it is the insect saint little ant." The little ant is respected by all insects, and there is a saint among humans. Confucius, there is a little ant in the world of insects. Xiao Yi preached benevolence throughout his life, and was taught by Confucius in his dream, inheriting the mantle. Anyang Hou respected it very much and asked: "Do you know where it lives?" The old man said: "I don't know about this. Listen to the insects in the village. When it comes to Ye, listen to I have also heard the sound of dragons roaring in the distance. Some villagers saw a giant dragon hovering in the sky, and its sound could shake the mountains and rivers." There was a rumor in the past that a little ant survived a tribulation and became an immortal, and its sky was always There is a giant dragon coming out. Is this rumor still true? We knew before that it went to Luoyi, the capital of Zhou Dynasty, but later we lost track of it, as if it had evaporated in the world of insects. Only later did we hear the rumor that it had become an immortal and rode on a giant dragon to the nine-layered clouds. This made Anyang Hou become silent, quietly looking at the river, and took out the slips to record.
The boat travels to the middle and lower reaches, which is a low-lying area and a natural reservoir. The boat stopped here, and Anyang Hou disembarked here. He stood in a low-lying place, surrounded by mountains. This is a good place for flood distribution. He opened the slip and recorded it. Then he looked at the surrounding terrain and drew a map of the terrain. Then he put away the slips, stood up and left. Get on the boat and go up the river, climb the nearby mountains, and stand on the top of the mountains. The little ant is seen in Yedi. I guess it must be in the state of Wei. I have long wanted to visit it. I asked the little ant for advice on how to govern the country. I went to many places to inquire about it, but I didn't know where it lived, so there was no result. of return.
Anyanghou returned the same way and stood in front of the mansion gate. The servant came out of the house to greet him and said: "Master, you are back." Anyang Hou said: "I am back, please come into the house." The servant followed behind Anyang Hou and said: "Master, five days ago, Ye Ling came I paid a visit to the government." Marquis Anyang turned around and asked, "What brings it here?" The servant followed and said, "The young one sent it away. It said something before leaving. If the master comes back, tell it ." Anyang Hou stood in the courtyard and said: "No need to tell it, you go down first." The servant then retreated.
Anyang Hou entered the study alone, sat in front of several cases, and began to sort out the notes recorded in it. The sun was setting in the west, the sky was darkening quickly, and the study was completely dark. Marquis Anyang stood up and stood in front of the window, sighing: "It's getting dark again." It was so stuffy in the study that it was suffocating for a while. Outside the study, a strong wind blew, and the treetops swayed in the wind, making a creaking sound, accompanied by constant lightning, lighting up the night sky. Anyang Hou looked up to the sky and said: "It seems that a storm is coming, and the people of Ye are going to suffer disaster again." Anyang Hou was extremely anxious, as this was the first storm since autumn.
At this time, Ye Ling fell on the couch and had just fallen asleep. He was awakened by a thunder explosion. He sat on the end of the couch, sweating profusely, and said: "No, the storm is coming." At this time, he thought of the people in the lower reaches of Zhangshui River. common people. Lightning is accompanied by thunder, and this storm is going to be more violent. He immediately dressed and went to bed, put on a beam crown and walked out of the mansion.
Local officials were summoned to the lobby of the Yeling Yamen Office to discuss strategies to control the flood. Ye Ling said anxiously: "It's going to rain, and the people in my Ye area will be in trouble. What should we do? What should we do?" He was pacing back and forth in the lobby of the government office. These local officials all looked to Ye Ling, hoping that he would come up with an idea. At this time, Ye Ling was like an ant in a hot pot, anxious. At this time, there was a heavy rain in the sky. Ye Ling ran out and looked up at the sky and said: "Heaven is angry and the people are suffering." At this time, it stood in the violent storm, and other officials rushed out together and shouted: "Ye Ling big insect" ." At this time, it must be calm, must be calm, and must not be anxious. Then he walked into the lobby of the government office, sat in front of the desk, and said, "Where is Ye Cheng?" Ye Cheng stood up and knelt down and said, "Ye Ling Da Chong." Ye Ling said anxiously: "Take the government servant Bai Chong with you. The people in the middle and lower reaches have been moved to the upper reaches. It is extremely urgent. Go quickly." Ye Cheng ordered hundreds of government officials and said, "Follow me." Ye Cheng led hundreds of government officials and ran out together. Ye Ling looked at these local officials and said, "Come with me to Zhangshui and block the flood." Then he put on his raincoat and bamboo hat and walked out together to Zhangshui.
On the way, Ye Ling turned around and said, "Where is Fa Cao?" Fa Cao rushed out and said, "Ye Ling is a big bug." Ye Ling said, "Take my Ye Ling talisman and go quickly to mobilize the troops stationed in Ye." Fa Cao was stunned for a moment. Yes, because Ye Ling cannot mobilize the army without the king's tiger talisman. Ye Ling asked anxiously: "What are you doing here?" Fa Cao said: "But I don't have the king's tiger talisman." Ye Ling said: "What time has this happened? If the matter is urgent, go quickly." Fa Cao said: "I'm going to go now."
Ye Ling led hundreds of local officials and government officials to Zhangshui. Dig the soil, put the dug soil into sacks, and throw it into the roaring river. Ye Ling stood aside and saw the sacks thrown into the river being washed away by the rapid flood. Ye Ling looked up to the sky and shouted: "God, can you bear to see my people in Ye suffer disaster? God, please stop." Ye ordered Tu Su to kneel down and look up, and shouted: "God, I Tu Su Please, please save my people in Ye." Fa Cao came with 200,000 garrison troops, knelt down and said, "Ye Ling Da Chong, I'm waiting for 200,000 officers and soldiers to come and serve under my command." Ye Ling He stood up and looked at the 200,000-strong army and said, "You came just in time to block the flood and buy time for the people downstream to move." The 200,000-strong army jumped into the rushing river together and joined hands to build the The Great Wall of Flesh. The government officials standing on the shore were busy digging soil and putting the dug soil into sacks. Ye Ling and the officials stood in a long row, passing sacks of soil, one after another, into the river to fill the river. Looking up at the sky, heavy rain is still falling, lightning pierces the sky, and thunder after thunder echoes throughout the night sky. The river was so fast that it seemed like there was a danger of being swept away by the fast water at any time. By blocking the flood, they are competing with death for time.
These government officials rushed to people's homes and beat gongs and drums to wake up the sleeping people. They ran in the countryside, running from the beginning of the village to the end of the village, shouting: "The flood is coming, the flood is coming, pass the order of Ye Ling, follow us to move upstream." The people were awakened by the noise and rushed to the reed field to gather. . During the migration process, several elders refused to leave. They are widowed old bugs. Their sons were sent to the battlefield to die, and there are no bugs to take care of them. They are the most loyal old bugs who guard the village, sitting on the threshold and refusing to leave. The yamen servants and others came forward to persuade them: "Old Chong, come with us. All the villagers have followed us. The flood is coming. Come with us." The elder shook his head and said, "We will go wherever home is. Wherever we are, we are all old bones. We are dying insects. We will not leave." Ye Cheng stepped forward and asked urgently: "What is going on with you?" A government servant stepped forward and said: "Big insects, they None of them are willing to leave." Ye Cheng said: "The flood is coming soon, and there is no time to explain. They don't want to leave, so they are forced to carry them on their backs." They lined up in a long line, moving forward in the wind and rain. .
Marquis Anyang was still sitting in front of several cases, sorting out the transcripts along the way. It was windy and rainy outside, and lightning illuminated the entire study, accompanied by several thunder blasts. The servant entered Anyanghou's study and said, "Master, it's already late at night. Let's go to bed early." Anyanghou stopped writing and put down his pen, raised his eyes and asked, "In the courtyard, what's the situation outside?" the servant replied. "Ye Ling summoned the local officials from Ye area and rushed to Zhangshui." Anyang Hou took a breath and said, "That's good, that's good." The servant stood in front of Anyang Hou and said, "Master ." Marquis Anyang said: "I know, you can go down first." Then the servant withdrew. Marquis Anyang picked up the pen in his hand and continued to organize the records.
In Zhangshui, a thousand-mile embankment was quickly built to block the flood upstream. Ye Cheng stepped forward and said: "Ye Ling, the people in the lower reaches of the river have all moved to Gaoping in the upper reaches." After hearing this, Ye Ling was very pleased and said: "Very good, very good, Ye Cheng, you did a good job. , we also rushed to Gaoping to join the people." They braved the pouring rain and walked on the muddy road, moving forward with difficulty. The water level continued to rise, breaking through the newly built thousand-mile dike and pouring down, like thousands of horses galloping, with momentum like a rainbow. Huge waves rolled into the sky, rolling up thousands of piles of snow.
