1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 137 Fighting the Flood?

In March, it is already autumn in Hanzhou, but the strong sunlight every day and the occasional rainfall make the people in Jianye City not feel the feeling of the crisp autumn season at all.

Almost all the crops in the field have been harvested, except for the sugar cane that is widely spread on the edge of the forest, which is still erected in the field, and all other crop stalks have been cleaned up by hardworking farmers.

The entire Jianye City has more than 6000 mu of farmland, and a total of more than 900 tons of grain is produced. This is the output of high-yielding crops such as corn, potatoes, and sweet potatoes.

According to the climatic conditions in northern Hanzhou, the management department in charge of agricultural production discussed with experienced farmers and agreed that another crop could be planted.

After continuous transshipment by two ships on the Hanzhou side, more than [-] immigrants stranded in Batavia have been pulled back.The vast majority of these populations are substantiated in terms of agricultural production.

Pan Qifeng expanded the original production villages to twelve, and the number of people in each village ranged from eighty to ninety to one hundred and twenty-three.Among them, five production villages are allocated in Heishanbao, and the first cultivation of various crops is carried out on the more than 4000 mu of farmland that has been prepared.

The more than 6000 mu of farmland and the newly reclaimed more than 2000 mu of cultivated land in Jianye City will be planted on a large scale with corn, sorghum, potatoes, sweet potatoes, soybeans, and peanuts, because these crops have been sown for a season. More suitable for the land and climate here.Instead, the cultivation of wheat and rice was abandoned.

At the same time, the planting area of ​​sugarcane has expanded to more than 800 mu in the farmland near the forest land.At that time, Jianye City will develop the sugar cane industry and export it to Batavia in exchange for corresponding production and daily necessities.

In fact, looking at the current agricultural production in Hanzhou, it can be seen that the entire food crop production is relatively simple, and it is full of coarse grains such as corn, sorghum, and potatoes, and the economic crops are only peanuts and sugar cane.If only relying on one's own ability, it is completely unable to satisfy people's production and life.

"Why today's dinner is roasted potatoes and corn paste? Sister-in-law of the Ding family, you can't change the canteen!" Tan Zhongfu complained while holding a ceramic rice bowl.

Considering potatoes, sweet potatoes are not easy to store. These days, there are a lot of potatoes and sweet potatoes in the dining bowls of Jianye City and Heishanbao.Usually, corn paste is served with sweet potatoes in the morning, steamed buns and rice porridge for lunch, and at night, roasted potatoes are served with corn paste.

"Ah Fu, you've only had a full meal for a few months, and you're actually starting to be picky about the variety of meals?" Ding's sister-in-law held up the rice spoon and said bluntly: "Hurry up and take the rice away. If you don't want to eat, you can eat it." Pour the rice to the newcomer, he will be able to lick your bowl clean after a while!"

Tan Zhongfu was not annoyed at being scolded by Ding's sister-in-law. He smiled and handed over another pottery bowl, "Give me some more fish, and two more spoonfuls of soup!"

Recently, Jianyecheng Shipyard built a small fishing boat of about 20 tons. The daily catch has increased to 10 tons, which can almost satisfy the entire population of Hanzhou, and every meal can eat fish.The method is also simple, chop a few big fish into several pieces, add some oil and fry them in a pan for a while, then add water and cook a pot of fish soup.

Two batches of immigrants arrived one after another. It was thought that they would be transferred from the bustling Batavia to an uninhabited desert island to work for the legendary plantation owner.

Who would have thought that the place they came to would be a desolate continent.But in this remote continent, their hearts gradually settled down.I learned from the immigrants who came here half a year earlier that no one will wantonly bully them here, and there will be no murderous killings.Here, they will be allocated their own houses and even land.However, it will take three years of reclamation and labor for Hanzhou before they will be allocated the promised [-] mu of land.

Although the daily meal is extremely simple, it can ensure that everyone can eat enough.The most rare thing is that every day at noon and evening, there will be delicious fish soup.It is not right, it is said to be fish soup, but there are many large pieces of fish in it.Boiled with oil and salt, with a little spice, the taste, the taste, it is estimated that the rich people in the village may not be able to eat it!

After more than ten days of isolation and recuperation, the immigrants who arrived can basically get rid of the disheveled faces when they first arrived.And those immigrants who came a few months earlier were even more ruddy, fierce, and their physical strength was much stronger than before.

Just when the whole Hanzhou was about to start a new round of crop planting work, a rare storm hit Jianye City.

The torrential rain lasted for a day and a night, and the rainfall reached a terrifying 40 centimeters, turning the entire Jianye City into a swamp.

As for the small reservoir outside the city, the water level was fully overflowing, and the large water flowed slowly towards Jianye City along the terrain.

"A few more openings must be made, otherwise, the entire Jianye City will be flooded!" Qi Tian said loudly to Pan Qifeng, "Immediately organize at least 200 people to rush to the dam of the reservoir! Immediately!"

Pan Qifeng cupped his hands, and immediately turned back to the city to gather his men.

Qi Tian touched the rainwater on his face, and looked at Jianye City in the distance with some worry.

When the city was first built, although drainage works were done, but now that there is such a heavy rainfall, I am afraid that the drainage pipes built with masonry and cement will not be able to discharge the accumulated water in the city in time, and the city will inevitably be severely flooded.

But fortunately, the storage area is built on a higher terrain, and there will be no water accumulation in a short time, which will affect the safety of the stored materials.

However, if the water level of this reservoir continues to rise, the overflowing flood will definitely overwhelm it.

The first to rush to the reservoir dam was the newly formed Marine Corps.Niu Hu and Li Fade ordered all the soldiers loudly, and immediately used shovels, picks and other tools to dig a temporary channel towards the sea in order to control the flow direction of the flood discharge breach.

The bamboo and wood cloaks worn by everyone could not cover the pouring rain at all.Some soldiers simply tore off their cloaks, waved their picks, and dug hard.

"Yuan Shan, you go back and ask the cafeteria to boil more ginger soup and prepare some dry clothes!" Qi Tian yelled at Qi Yuanshan.

Hearing this, Qi Yuanshan rushed back to Jianye City in the heavy rain.

"Xiaotian, you should go back to the city too!" Yu Fukun said to Qitian solemnly, "You are the most familiar with the planning of the city. Go to the city and organize young people to drain the water to avoid flooding too many houses!"

Qi Tian knew that Yu Fukun was worried that he would be caught in the rain because of his young age.Look at the reservoir, the water is still overflowing.Pan Qifeng led Min Zhuang and rushed over with tools.Now, only a few breaches need to be made to let the rising flood flow into the sea, and Jianye City should be safe.

When the dry season comes, the reservoir must be completely remodeled.Who would have thought that such a heavy rainstorm would suddenly come during the rainy wet season.

Nima, the whole small-scale flood fighting, rescue and disaster relief!

After the torrential rain raged for a day and a night, I finally stopped the rain exhausted.After another morning of drizzle, the sky began to clear.

All the people in Jianye City did not start working. They were all in their respective residences, draining the stagnant water flowing into the house.

One night of emergency rescue and disaster relief caused dozens of people to catch a cold.Peng Laogui stayed in Heishanbao and continued to do vaccinia vaccination experiments. In Jianye City, there were only two inexperienced apprentices.In desperation, the only option is to let the cold patient drink a lot of ginger soup, and then wrap in heavy clothes to heat up and sweat.

During this period, medical technology and medical research were not perfect, especially in a backward place like Hanzhou, where a small cold could kill many people.

In the afternoon, the stagnant water in the city gradually receded.Qitian asked people to bring a large amount of quicklime from the lime kiln, and sprinkled it all over the city and in front of and behind houses for disinfection and moisture protection, so as to avoid outbreaks of epidemics after the flood.

Because of the heavy rain, the connection between Jianye City and Montenegro Castle was also temporarily interrupted.Regarding the situation over there, Qi Tian was still a little worried, not because he was afraid that Heishan Fort would be flooded. When the city was built, Heishan Fort was located on a very high terrain.

What he was worried about was the resident camp that had just been built outside Montenegro Fort.There were only a few farming and animal husbandry officials belonging to the civil government, and they were afraid that they would not know how to deal with the heavy rain.There is also the Panxi River not far away, whether the water level has risen, and then broke through the river bank, wreaking havoc on the thousands of acres of farmland that has just been planted nearby.

"About 400 mu of farmland was flooded, and the seedlings in it must have been washed away by the water!" Wang Zhenliang pointed to the splashed farmland and said with a sigh: "When the water completely recedes and dries up, it will take some More than ten days... let's replant."

"My lord, there are more than 1000 people now. Shall we repair the river embankment first? Don't say another day, there will be another heavy rain, and another piece of our land will be washed away!"

"Wait first." Qi Tian said helplessly: "We need to organize people first to repair the flood discharge channel of Jianyecheng Reservoir."

The torrential rain in the past few days caused the water level of the reservoir to rise sharply. In order to protect Jianye City, several breaches had to be dug out.As a result, the water potential was too great, and several breaches quickly formed a dam break, causing almost half of the water in the reservoir to drain.

In the past few days, taking advantage of the fine weather, Hanzhou mobilized more than 1000 people to barely block the broken dam.At the same time, flood discharge channels must be built to prepare for the later heavy rain.

(End of this chapter)