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"What will happen to other places? What's the situation at Mustang Mountain?" Chen Fan was very worried.This kind of torrential rain for several days does not need to break the embankment, just the river overflows the embankment and floods the village, and the people are hard enough.

"Yangma Mountain will be fine. It started raining in the north a while ago, and there are still a lot of rammed-earth houses there." Zhang Ci's expression was a little dignified.

Disaster relief is also very troublesome.It is too dangerous to sail on the river, and it may not be possible to travel by horse-drawn carriage on the road.

The emperor received an urgent report: several counties have been mostly flooded, and many houses have collapsed.Some people moved to a higher place in advance, but those who didn't have time to move, maybe didn't move seriously, were washed away by the water.

"How are those people settled?"

Hubu Shangshu said: "For the time being, they are still on the high ground or in the mountains. Now the weather is hot and there is no problem of cold protection, but now there is a shortage of food."

Jing Zhaoyin said: "There was a shortage of food in the north, but now it is washed by the water, and there is a shortage of food."

"Transfer some food from nearby counties that were not affected by the disaster, and hurry up to arrange."

Several ministers took orders to leave, and Zhong Shuling was called in.

"You send a letter to Changping Township Lord to ask her to prepare some food."

Zhongshu Ling was in a dilemma: "How should the minister deliver the letter? Or the imperial court's urgent delivery of the letter will be faster."

The emperor looked at him: "Stop pretending, you don't send letters to your son?"

Zhong Shuling remained silent.

"How to say?"

Zhongshu ordered a salute: "The letter from the minister to the son is just a communication between father and son, and it may not be able to persuade the Lord of Changping to pay the grain."

"She has always been generous. If you only talk about floods, she will naturally donate food."

"That's not official news. Besides, it's raining everywhere, so the pigeons may not be able to fly there smoothly."

"You just send the message, I will let the post minister report the message to various places in the south."

Zhongshu Ling saluted and went out.

The emperor snorted.

Zhongshu Ling didn't use carrier pigeons, but big eagles.Zhang Ci received the news that night.

"We are going to prepare food." Zhang Ci handed the letter to Chen Fan.

"How to send it out? The two big boats haven't come back yet, and there is only one small boat at home." Chen Fan didn't know where the boat went.

"The boat will come back anyway, let's prepare food first."

Chen Fan folded the letter: "Prepare tents, medicinal materials and masks, what if someone is sent over again? It is more convenient to send people to other places for disaster relief in flooded places." The ship of this dynasty Luck is still very developed.

General Yan and Imperial Physician Cheng were announced into the palace.

"You find a few more doctors from Beijing, and follow General Yan to the disaster-stricken county. Bring more medicinal materials and masks."

Physician Cheng agreed and left with General Yan.

The prince shook his head and smiled wryly: "At that time, the Imperial Hospital looked at so many medicinal materials and masks, and even laughed at Changping Township Lord. Now that they are about to use them, I don't know how they will feel?"

The emperor glanced at the prince: "Have you forgotten why I gave you a marriage?"

The prince restrained his expression: "The Lord of the town is used to planning for rainy days and making careful arrangements. The minister is grateful for the kindness and hard work of the father."

The emperor nodded: "I hope you can be more predictable in your actions. This disaster relief work must be properly arranged to minimize casualties and prevent epidemics in advance."

The prince responded, and asked again: "Is it better for some disaster victims to be resettled elsewhere?"

The emperor looked at him and said, "Our country of Xia is not too small, so it is still possible to resettle disaster victims here and there, right?"

The prince answered yes.

The southern states received letters from Kuaima, including Changping Township.

Chen Fan asked Zhang Ci: "We are in charge of Xianchun County, where is the most convenient way by water or land?"

"First by water, then by land."

"Who's going there?"

"Mo Jian, Xiang Jian and Chu Sheng all go there, and bring some nurses, villagers and doctors with them."

"Everything is ready, let's go to a big boat and a small boat, some live boats to run errands will do."

Everyone acted quickly, packed the supplies, counted the team, and was ready to go.

"Everyone, pay attention to safety! Protect yourself and take precautions!" Chen Fan urged everyone.

"Please rest assured, Mr. Xiang and Young Master!"

Chen Fan watched the ship leave, a little worried.

"Do your best and listen to the fate, we have enough things prepared." Zhang Ci comforted her.

"They are all rural doctors, can they handle problems?" Xiaomao's ailment is fine, what if something happens?

"Try to prevent it."

It has cleared up here in Changping Township. Except that the water in the river ponds, ditches and reservoirs is a little full, and the water in the fields needs to be drained again, there is no problem.Production and life have returned to normal.

When the spring sweet potatoes were harvested, Chen Fan asked each family to select staff and lead them to make sweet potato noodles.

The people who are selected are basically old men, old ladies and pregnant women.

The sweet potatoes are peeled, cut into pieces, and ground into sweet potato mash with a stone mill.They can do all these tasks, such as grinding with great strength, and peeling and cutting into pieces with little strength.

The next step is washing.Put the sweet potato mash into a gauze bag and squeeze out the water to get the first starch water.

Then add the sweet potato mash with water and stir evenly, put it into a gauze bag and squeeze out the starch water.Repeatedly, the squeezed water becomes clearer and clearer, and almost all the starch of the sweet potato is taken out.

"These mashed sweet potatoes can be mixed with soil to make fertilizer." Chen Fan gave the mashed sweet potatoes to the villagers.

After doing this, they can go home first.Chen Fan asked the cook to put the filtered starch water in a basin and let it stand overnight.

When they woke up in the morning, the children saw clear water above and white below.

"Pour out the water on top now, and move a little less," Chen Fan said.

The girl moved very steadily, and poured out the water on top, leaving the precipitated starch.

"This slurry can be used to make noodles. Let's try it at noon." Chen Fan put the slurry aside, added water to the starch, and said, "Stir it, let's settle it again, and the quality of the starch will be higher. .”

Before lunch, they found the water clearer.

After pouring out the water, Chen Fan said: "Basically, this is fine. If you want to filter it again, it's fine. Let's try different effects now."

Let a basin stand for two times, even if it is over.One basin was left to stand three times, and one basin was left to stand four times.

The noodles at noon were delicious, and the children had a great time eating them.

The starch in each pot was dug out and found a place to dry.

The sun was just right at this time, and the sun was very dry.

"The number of times of filtration is different, and the starch is indeed different."

"The more times, the whiter the starch."

Everyone put starches of different qualities into cloth bags.

Zhang Ci received the new news, and his expression was relaxed for a while, and dignified for a while.

"There is no problem with food supply, and the ground has been sterilized with quicklime, but drinking water is a big problem. Some places have mountain spring water, and some places can only drink well water, and well water is not necessarily safe." He sent the letter to Chen Fan .