He changed Tiwat

The ice lotus on the ground shattered into pieces, along with the hand inside.

Even if Dr. Bai Zhu himself came, I doubt he could reattach such a severed limb.

"Hand! Hand, my hand!" Jiang Lingjun screamed in terror upon seeing this.

"What happened to your hand?" Gan Yu tilted her head slightly, looking puzzled.

As Jiang Lingjun watched Gan Yu approach, his legs trembled, and he didn't even have the strength to stand up. He could only try to shrink his body back.

"Miss Jiang, do you need my help?" Gan Yu's voice was very kind.

Jiang Lingjun first shook his head frantically, then nodded frantically, "Save me! Save me!"

Gan Yu gently grasped Miss Jiang's wrist with her slender hand. "If you need help, remember to say 'please', okay?"

"Please...please spare me," Miss Jiang pleaded.

The ice on her wrist finally stopped spreading.

Gan Yu took out a medical bandage from her body and carefully wrapped it around Miss Jiang's wound. As she moved, blood gradually seeped out from Miss Jiang's severed limb.

"Young lady, you should know how to be polite. In over three thousand years, no one has ever dared to speak to me like that."

Gan Yu smiled sweetly and spoke softly to her.

Of course, only Miss Jiang heard these words.

Something warm seemed to be dripping down the cuffs of Miss Jiang's suit trousers.

Then her eyes rolled back, and she collapsed motionless in her seat.

"Bai Xiao, the prisoner is suddenly feeling unwell. Take her away to rest," Ning Guang instructed calmly.

Stunned, Bai Xiao finally came to his senses and hurriedly summoned the guards outside the door to take the unconscious Jiang Lingjun away.

For a moment, only Ningguang and Ganyu remained in the courtroom.

“Miss Gan Yu is truly kind. Actually, it wouldn’t matter if she were killed,” Ning Guang said.

Gan Yu shook his head, the two unicorn horns on his head swaying. "When my mother was alive, she taught me that our Qilin clan takes benevolence as its foundation. Gentleness and elegance are the rules of our clan. When we are at leisure, we are patient and orderly. When we move, we are graceful and dignified. We do not kill."

"Oh." Ningguang nodded, seemingly impressed. "Has Miss Ganyu ever encountered a situation where she had no choice but to kill?"

Gan Yu blinked. "I'm just a secretary who sits in an office every day. I don't encounter that kind of situation."

Ningguang smiled, and Ganyu smiled in return.

Chapter 364 There is no such thing as an impregnable river embankment in this world [4k]

At first, no one paid attention to this disaster. It was just a heavy rain, a high tide, a river changing course, a dam collapsing... until the disaster became relevant to everyone.

—From "The Chronicle of Returning to Xincheng"

"I'm afraid things are about to change."

Han Fulai looked up at the overcast sky.

"It would be troublesome if it rained heavily."

Ke Qing, with her back to Han Fulai, also looked up at the sky.

She was wearing a yellow safety helmet, the kind miners often use, which covered her two cat ears, and her pigtails swayed behind her head.

A gust of wind blew by, and somehow a strand of purple hair drifted into Han Fulai's hand.

He couldn't help but gently squeeze a strand of hair in his hand.

A strand of hair slipped mischievously through his fingers, like a cat.

Ke Qing turned around, seemingly unaware of what had just happened, and simply patted the handle of the shovel in her hand, saying, "We need to work harder and finish the dredging work before it rains."

It was almost time for her shift to rest, but Keqing clearly intended to continue working.

For once, Han Fulai had no complaints about working overtime. He raised his hand to adjust his safety helmet and replied earnestly, "Yes, Master Ke!"

Then he shouted to everyone around him, "Everyone, give it your all! We must finish the work before dark!"

A thunderous roar of agreement erupted from the surrounding crowd.

They are currently at the construction site of the Guiliyuan River embankment.

Besides his superior, Yuhengxing Keqing, Han Fulai is now surrounded by Patrick and Galcha from the water conservancy engineering team, Galcha's assistant Lu Tong, construction workers, and Thousand Rock Army soldiers responsible for his protection.

With so many people gathered in the foundation pit of the dam, if there is heavy rain, the soft soil under their feet will turn into a muddy swamp, and they might all sink in. Of course, it is better to speed up the construction.

For Han Fulai, participating in the construction of the Guiliyuan Dam was a novel experience. Whether before or after his time travel, this was the first time this liberal arts student had worked on a construction site.

Over the past few days, Han Fulai has truly experienced what it's like to "move bricks on a construction site".

Among the seven stars of Liyue, perhaps only Keqing would actually work together in the mud with her secretary and workers.

Ke Qing on the construction site and Ke Qing in the office are practically two different people.

Han Fulai's use of "Master Ke" was no joke. On the construction site, Ke Qing was a true master craftsman, and Han Fulai was now considered Ke Qing's apprentice.

If he was usually the one teaching Keqing at Yuehaiting, now their positions have been reversed.

In Han Fu's view, Ke Qing in the office still had the feel of a naive young girl, and often had moments of confusion. But Ke Qing on the construction site was simply a veteran who had been through many battles. She had an air of authority in her eyes, all her judgments were accurate and decisive, all kinds of project arrangements were well-organized, and her deployment of troops was quite methodical. She could be called a master of project management.

Not only did she direct operations on-site, but she also personally participated in the work, taking on all the dirty and tiring tasks.

A commander who leads by example is always able to inspire morale, and the workers' enthusiasm for their work soared to unprecedented heights.

Han Fulai, who was in the midst of it all, even felt a sense of fulfillment that he was “changing the world,” which made him want to sing “We workers have power.”

Thanks to Keqing, the efficiency of the entire project may have more than doubled.

Especially... being able to "move bricks" with a beautiful girl like Keqing on the construction site makes even that seem less arduous.

Looking at Ke Qing's back, Han Fulai thought to himself that Ke Qing's outfit was actually surprisingly suitable.

Of course, you can't wear your usual light and airy clothes to the construction site.

Ke Qing is now dressed like everyone else around her, wearing a yellow hard hat and gray work clothes, with white work gloves on her hands. From a clothing point of view, she looks very unfashionable.

However, Ke Qing managed to make this outfit look beautiful.

While other girls wearing helmets and work clothes might only "seal off" their good looks, Ke Qing looks so dashing and capable. The work clothes, soaked with sweat, cling to her body curves, making one feel that the work clothes are a kind of "uniform temptation"... How to put it, the more tightly the packaging is wrapped, the more people look forward to the surprise after uncovering the packaging.

"Oh no, what am I thinking?" Han Fulai was startled and quickly looked away.

Just then, a raindrop fell from the sky, hitting his helmet with a "plop" and splashing up a small water droplet.

Han Fulai unconsciously tightened the shovel in his hand.

He suddenly had a bad feeling.

According to the original plan for the "Guili New Area", the dike repair and land improvement should have been carried out simultaneously. However, the land improvement work was suspended shortly after it began. The entire water conservancy project team is now gathered on the riverbank, working overtime to repair the flood control dike.

They are building dikes now to prepare for the upcoming rainy season in Liyue.

Every year from June to July, in Liyue it is the so-called "rainy season", with a lot of rainfall and a surge in the water level of the Bissil River, also known as the "flood season".

In some years, there are also continuous heavy rains in the autumn, which is called "autumn flood". The flood that Qingcezhuang suffered last year was caused by the autumn flood.

For Liyue, whose productivity was still in the feudal era, such a natural force was almost impossible to resist. Apart from the usual reinforcement of the dikes, all Keqing and her companions could do was lead the people to evacuate in advance and carry out post-disaster reconstruction work.

For example, the reason why a large area of ​​land in the northwest of Qingce Village is uninhabited is because that area was flooded several times in history by the surging Bishui River, causing the villagers of Qingce Village to abandon their land.

Of course, the Bishui River does not flood every year. It usually only happens once every ten or even several decades. Ordinary people may not encounter it more than a few times in their lifetime, but if they happen to encounter it, they can only accept their bad luck.

However, Han Fulai and Keqing's goal is to ensure that the people of Liyue no longer have to "accept their bad luck" or "rely on the weather for their livelihood."

This is precisely the significance of water conservancy projects.

Logically speaking, it's only halfway through May, and there should still be some time before the flood season. However, continuous rainfall has already caused the water level of the Bishui River to rise, and areas around Dihuazhou that were originally waded through are now completely covered by the rushing water.

This is a very dangerous sign—the rainy season may be coming early this year.

And it came at a very inopportune time.

The Bishui River flows from west to east, joining Yunlaihai in the east, while its source in the west is Fontainebleau.

Before Patrick and Galchard arrived in Liyue, Fontaine was facing a "water level" crisis.

If the water level rises at the source, the water level downstream will naturally rise as well.

If heavy rains are added, there might really be a flood.

Patrick and Garcia exchanged a glance, their eyes filled with worry.

When they took on this water conservancy project, they thought it would be an easy task to complete and never imagined that they would actually encounter a flood in Liyue. But now things seem to be developing in a bad direction.

For these two, Liyue's funding for the research on "Crystal Mapping" and "Calculation Machine" was based on the completion of this water conservancy project. To put it more bluntly, their future was basically tied to this.

They might even be more eager to complete this water conservancy project than the people of Liyue.

However, even the water god couldn't change the fact that it was going to rain, so the two mortals were even more powerless to do so.

The only course of action now is to do our best, and leave the rest to fate.

The section of the river they are currently responsible for has been surrounded by temporary dikes to block the water, and the original accumulated water has been drained. Ke Qing and her team are leading the workers in the final dredging work.

In theory, the foundation for a dam should be built by removing all the silt, down to the original soil.

The banks of Guiliyuan have been filled with silt by the Bishui River for many years. Based on the geological conditions here, it would probably be necessary to dig down to a depth of half a meter to one meter.

Based on the engineering experience of the Fontainebleau Academy, there are some clever methods that can save this labor, such as the "self-weight compression method of the embankment".

By utilizing the self-weight of the flood control dike, it sinks and compresses the silt, causing water in the soil pores to dissipate under pressure, thus strengthening the foundation. This effect can be achieved by slowing down the filling speed during construction and raising the dike in stages and evenly, which is also very cost-effective. The disadvantage, of course, is that the construction period will be slightly longer.

This approach would normally be very common and appealing, but we can't afford to worry about that now.

They temporarily changed the foundation to the "subbase method".

In Liyue, where there are no excavators, the construction team is currently clearing the silt entirely by hand. Workers are working in three shifts, overtime, relying entirely on shovels and wheelbarrows to remove the silt. The next step is to lay a layer of gravel on the foundation and backfill it manually to make these high-strength materials the foundation of the dam—which obviously requires additional labor and extra Mora.

Cost isn't really a big problem. For Ke Qing and her team, with four trillion yuan already in place, paying a little more in costs isn't a big deal. The key issue is time.

According to Garcia's calculations, at the current rate of rise in the Bishui River, it is conservatively estimated that it may exceed the historical warning level in another week—and if today's rain is heavier, it may take five days.

Building the flood control dikes before that is a race against time.

Normally, if Guili Plain is flooded, it's fine, since there are no people living there or farmland, and nobody cares. But things are different now. If Guili Plain is flooded again, the development plan for the "Guili New Area" will have to be delayed until at least next year.

—At that time, it was uncertain who was in charge in Liyue, and they might not have supported this development plan.

Moreover, the public opinion momentum that Han Fulai and Ke Qing have built up through the opening of the strata abyss may not last long.

In order to save time, the engineering team had to change another design.

Their original plan was to build a "mixed rammed earth and stone dam".

The side of the dam facing the water was built with stone blocks, while the side facing away from the water was built with rammed earth. Between the stone blocks and the rammed earth, a structure made of bricks, lime and glutinous rice juice was used to fill the gap, reducing the lateral earth pressure acting on the stone blocks.

Such a dam is quite sturdy, much stronger than the ordinary rammed earth that Liyue has used since ancient times.

However, the construction schedule simply couldn't be met.

Therefore, they had to resort to traditional rammed earth dams again, and the height of the dam could only be built up to 15 meters, which is about half a meter above the historical water level. At the current construction speed, this is already the limit.

Anyway, let's just see if it can withstand this current flood season first, and then we can raise and reinforce it later.

Of course, with Fontaine's experience in water management, even rammed earth dams can be transformed into something new. The engineering mechanics of the Fontaine Academy of Sciences has given ordinary rammed earth dams higher strength.

In addition, the two scientists designed a "stone embankment" to protect the front of the rammed earth dam.

These "stone baskets" are large, round baskets woven from wooden or bamboo strips, one to three meters in diameter, filled with large stones, and arranged in a row along the riverbank to protect the dikes.

According to Han Fulai, this thing should be a modern "breakwater," used to slow down the flow of water and prevent the dam from being eroded. Moreover, it is simple to make; large bamboo forests can be found in nearby Qingce Village to weave stone embankments, which can be described as adapting to local conditions and is indeed a good method.

But if a flood really happens, will all the things they've prepared be effective?

As night fell, a man walked alone on the mountain road east of Qingce Village, holding an oil-paper umbrella.

In the pouring rain, an oil-paper umbrella is practically useless; the person under it would have been soaked to the bone long ago.

However, the traveler's blue robe was spotless, and the muddy mountain path was like flat ground to him, giving him a leisurely air of strolling in the rain.

However, the long spear on his back, adorned with blood-red scars, exuded an aura that kept strangers at bay, disrupting his leisurely demeanor—even the rain seemed to be deliberately avoiding the spear.

The gun's name is "Salt Alas".

This mountain road leads to a secret place in Qingce Village.

Despite being called a secret place, it's really just a lake in the mountains. The water is so clear and clean that you can see right to the bottom, and there isn't even a single fish in it.

According to local legend, immortals once lived in this lake hundreds of years ago, but their whereabouts have since vanished.