Chapter 826

Li's words made everyone stunned.

Wei Shuyu didn't understand and asked, "Ziyou, why do you have to hurry back because of such a heavy rainstorm outside? I'm afraid the ships at Fengling ferry don't dare to set sail today?"

Fang Yiai also advised, "this is the truth. I'd better wait and make plans when the rain stops."

It's hard for Li to explain this matter. Does it mean that he predicted the flood in Xuzhou?

As for the dandies' persuasion, Li forgets worry and can only be vague: "I'd better go to the ferry. Besides, to tell you the truth, my brothers, I've been jumping my eyelids and panicking in my heart today. I always feel that something big is going to happen, so I'd better leave early."

The dandies looked at each other when they saw him talking like this, but they didn't continue persuasion.

If you can go back to the evil nature under the rain, there is nothing wrong.

The rain kept pouring down. Li forgot to worry about getting Li Chengqian and Li Tai ill, so he simply asked the inn owner to find them some carriages. They took shelter from the rain and went to the ferry.

On the ferry, the boat that sent them across the Yellow River yesterday was still waiting on the dock, but the boatman shook his head when he heard that he was going to cross the river.

"If you don't go down and don't listen to your orders, you really can't cross the river this day. You look at the river, the current is fast, don't say, and you can't see the situation in the river. It's too dangerous to cross the river under such circumstances."

Li forgot to worry about standing under the oil paper umbrella and overlooking the Yellow River, but he had no choice but to admit that the boatman was right.

In the heavy rain, the water mist on the Yellow River is diffuse. Let alone see the other side, it's only one or two feet away.

Moreover, the water flow in the Yellow River is much more urgent than yesterday.

Originally, the river between Fenglingdu and Tongguan was wide and gentle, so it was selected as the ferry port.

But now, after a night of rainstorm, the water of the Yellow River shows a kind of roaring momentum, and there is no sailing boat within the sight range of the river.

The rainstorm that began last night showed no sign of stopping, but intensified.

The rainstorm mixed with strong wind made the water of the Yellow River roll up several feet high waves and scour the river bank.

The ships on the dock, even if they had been fastened and fixed, still swayed.

What makes Li forget worry more is that after a night of rainstorm, even outsiders like them can clearly see that the water level of the Yellow River has risen a lot.

"Is there any other way to cross the Yellow River?" Li forgets worry and continues to ask.

Now they are trapped on the North Bank of the Yellow River. If they want to return to Huayin county or Chang'an, they must cross the Yellow River. For thousands of years, there has been no bridge on the Yellow River. If you want to cross the river, you can only take a boat.

The boatman opened his mouth and shook his head reluctantly: "noble man, if you want to cross the Yellow River in this weather, you'll die by pinning your head to your waist! Who is so bold and doesn't want to die?"

The dandies also advised, "son worry, don't take risks. I'll go back to the hostel first. I can't say that the rain will stop soon."

Li forgot to worry and nodded, motioning the dandies to escort Li Chengqian and Li Tai back first. He went to call Niu Wu.

"Niu Wu, take the central part of the mansion and go to the boatman of the ferry to see who is willing to cross the Yellow River and send a letter to Tongguan opposite. Tell them who will help me send a letter to the opposite side, and I will reward 100 liang of gold."

As the saying goes, there must be brave men under heavy rewards, but one hundred liang of gold is not a small number.

Six hundred copper coins are enough for these boatmans who make a living on the Yellow River to earn for many years. Li forgets worry and doesn't believe that no one is interested.

In fact, as he expected, with enough money to stimulate, Niu Wu soon brought two boatmans who had been living on the Yellow River for a long time.

Li Qieyou was not vague. He immediately asked Niu Wu to get two hundred liang of gold and send it to them on the spot.

He is not afraid that these two people take the money and run away. As long as they are not like Luo Hui and there are big men like Hou Junji behind them who secretly help them, where can these ordinary people go even if they take his money and want to run?

Li Qieyou found a shop nearby, asked the shopkeeper to borrow a pen and paper, immediately wrote several letters, sealed them with his own seal, put them into several bamboo tubes and sealed them with fire paint.

After finishing these, he called the two boatmans and handed them some bamboo tubes.

"Give these two bamboo tubes to the Duwei who guards Tongguan. After reading them, he will deal with the letters in other bamboo tubes. As long as you send them to the Duwei, it will be a great achievement! I will be rewarded after you, okay?"

"Promise! Dare not die for the Marquis!"

The two boatmans now know that the noble man who gave a hundred liang of gold was a marquis, and naturally worked even harder.

That's why they dare to put their boats into the water and take risks to cross the Yellow River in this weather.

Li forgot to worry, dressed in coir raincoats and hats, stood on the bank and watched the two ship owners untie the cables of the two wooden ships and swing the boat to the other side of the Yellow River. With little effort, the two wooden ships disappeared into the dense water curtain and disappeared.

Li Qieyou could only pray secretly in his heart that the two people could send the letter to the other side safely.

No wonder he was cruel and used a lot of money to attract people to risk their lives for him. It really can't be delayed.

If Li Er and chaotang could have ordered disaster relief one day earlier, more than 100000 people in Xuzhou would have survived.

Otherwise, under the rainstorm, Xuzhou will be flooded. Under today's conditions, Li forget worry can fully imagine how Xuzhou will be like an ordinary hell on earth.

Last night, Li Qieyou had ordered someone to find the map and roughly read the map of Xuzhou.

Fortunately, Xuzhou does not rely on the Yellow River, which shows that the flood in Xuzhou this year is not the burst of the Yellow River.

Of course, if the Yellow River breaks its banks, it will not be just Xuzhou.

However, there are Yinghe River, Shuanghe River, Qingliu River and other rivers in Xuzhou, of which Yinghe River and Shuanghe River are tributaries of the Huai River.

In history, the flood of the Huaihe River has caused large-scale floods for many times. "Heavy rain, light rain, no rain and drought" refers to the Huaihe River Basin.

Li forgets worry almost to be able to conclude, now still does not stop the rainstorm, the influence scope must be quite large.

Even the water level of the Yellow River has risen a lot, not to mention the Huaihe River Basin.

Zhenguan four years Xuzhou flood, must be caused by this rainstorm!

After seeing off the messenger, Li forgot to worry and sighed helplessly. He went back to the hostel with Niu Wu and others and waited patiently for the rainstorm to stop.

No one expected that the rainstorm lasted three days and nights, but it didn't mean to stop.

And the two boatmans who risked their lives to cross the Yellow River to deliver letters also had no news. Li Qieyou doesn't know whether Li Er and chaotang have received their own letter.

On the fourth day, the rainstorm finally stopped, but it still didn't clear up, but there was a drizzle.