Zhang Xiaoying was preoccupied with the flood and did not sleep soundly.
She woke up before dawn.
The rain had not stopped, but it had changed from a downpour to moderate rainfall.
This gave the people of Guangxing County hope.
Meanwhile, the Associate Prefect of Jiangning City, following the orders of the prefectural magistrate, arrived with a team of Prefectural Soldiers to provide disaster relief.
The mobilization of Prefectural Soldiers was strict; without an order from the Imperial Court, they could not mobilize too many soldiers.
Upon arriving in Guangxing County, the Associate Prefect went straight to the embankment to examine the extent of the water disaster.
After learning that the flood diversion had maximally saved the downstream towns, the Associate Prefect was surprised, "How did you manage to dig through that mountain in such a short time?"
