Late Tang

The time has entered August, and the first ten days of August have passed in a blink of an eye.The yellow osmanthus on the osmanthus tree has just bloomed, exuding an attractive fragrance of osmanthus, but it has been blown away by continuous torrential rain.

Li Jing looked at the water curtain under the eaves like the Milky Way falling down from the sky, and couldn't help but frown a little.Ten days ago, when dark clouds gathered in the sky, the joyful faces of the people could be seen everywhere.The drought that lasted for more than half a year made people's desire for rain reach an extreme.Although it was just a dark cloud, it was already full of surprises.

The heavy rain fell in the joy of everyone. At that time, countless people rushed out of the house, raised their arms to welcome the dripping rain, and enjoyed the baptism of the heavy rain to their heart's content.The torrential rain poured down, and in just half a day, the ground had accumulated rainwater up to the back of the feet.

However, the rain did not stop, and the continuous torrential rain seemed to rain down the accumulated rain for half a year.

one day, two days, three days

Up to now, this rain has lasted for ten days.Except for the occasional short pause, it is basically continuous.The joy of the people at the beginning has long since disappeared, and now, everyone is beginning to frown again.The rainwater from the heavy rain began to form inland waterlogging, and many low-lying places began to become a swamp country.

Even big cities like Dengzhou, Duli Town, and Qingni City have complete sewer and ditch systems, which cannot drain water in time.Some lower urban areas of several large cities have been flooded.Several neighborhoods and even the entire first floor were submerged in water, the deepest being more than ten feet deep.

The waterlogging caused by the torrential rain made the city look directly at the sea.The most direct consequence is that a large number of civilian houses and shops were flooded.

Li Jing had to urgently dispatch the Zhendong Army to organize disaster relief, and asked the newly established county governments to organize disaster relief and transfer the affected people.In addition to the waterlogging in several cities, many people living along the river were also affected and their houses were flooded.

And those mining areas are more serious, and most of the mining farms are newly built this year.Most of the miners were recruited by refugees, and most of the houses they lived in were shacks dug out in a hurry.With such heavy rain, those huts had no time to drain water, and the huts almost turned into puddles.

All the mines in Dengzhou and southern Liaoning were shut down, and even most of the large number of workshops were shut down.Almost all the merchant ships in several seaports stopped in the harbor, and no ships went to sea.

"Yuan Hong, how long will this rain last?" Li Jing turned around and asked Yuan Hong.

Yuan Hong's face was ruddy, and he even had a slightly raised belly.At this time, he was wearing a hard-horned headdress, a green round-neck robe and beard, and a black leather whip on his feet. His face was glowing red, and he had grown a beard on his chin.I can't see the appearance of the little Taoist priest and onmyoji when he was among the refugees at all, but he looks like a scribe and poet.

Since following Li Jing, Yuan Hong has been performing well.In the battle of attacking Cat Island, he accurately estimated the time of heavy rain and made great contributions to the capture of Cat Island.After that, Li Jing asked him to form a weather forecasting team, which did a good job.Especially the last time he prayed for rain, he predicted that there might be rain that day, but it actually rained when Li Jing prayed for rain that day, and fish also fell, which gave Li Jing the title of envoy of the dragon.

Afterwards, Li Jing promoted Yuan Hong to the rank of counselor, and became a subordinate of Li Liang, the staff officer, who was responsible for observing the weather and providing weather information.The grade is the eighth grade.

Yuan Hong was also quite nervous when the county magistrate summoned him.Swallowing his saliva, Yuan Hong said carefully: "According to my forecast, the rain should be almost over for the time being."

"Be precise! When will it end, today or tomorrow?" Li Jing asked directly.

Although the ten consecutive days of heavy rain caused the temperature in southern Liaoning to drop sharply, beads of sweat still appeared on Yuan Hong's forehead.

"Back to the Duke, I predict that the rain should end tonight, and it will not exceed tomorrow at the latest. But"

"But what, just say something."

Yuan Hong strengthened his courage and said: "However, in the next month, it may be cloudy and rainy. Although there may not be heavy rain like the present one, it is difficult to have clear and good weather."

Li Jing fell silent. If the weather is really like this in the next month, it will be troublesome.

"Mr. County, I don't know if I should say something under my post."

Li Jing nodded, motioning for him to speak directly.

Yuan Hong said: "After such a heavy rain, there is a high possibility of an epidemic outbreak. Once the heavy rain stops, we should make preparations for epidemic prevention after the waterlogging subsides."

"This matter, you go back and write a detailed report immediately. Then I will call the officials of the county government, the doctors of the counties and townships, and the military doctors in the army to study how to prevent the epidemic together." After the flood, the epidemic is easy to occur , Li Jing is also very clear.At this time, the medical conditions are limited. Once an outbreak of the epidemic is unimaginable, we can only find ways to prevent it in advance. "

"Your Majesty, in addition, locust plagues are prone to break out after floods and droughts. Especially after floods, if it is a spring flood, there may be a summer locust plague. If it is a summer fire, there may be an autumn locust plague. Right now, this autumn, It is very likely that there will be a plague of autumn locusts." Yuan Hong reminded again.

Li Jing frowned again. Although the locust plague is not as terrible as the epidemic, if the locust plague is serious, it is even more serious than the flood and drought.There was a major locust plague last fall, and a small locust plague broke out this summer. If there is another locust plague this autumn, even southern Liaoning may have no harvest.

Right now, Li Jing is farming in southern Liaoning, mobilizing immigrants, and the people of Youzhou who have been plundered to reclaim wasteland.

Fifty hectares of land, that is, 24 mu of land, were reclaimed as a village. Fifty couples were arranged in each village, and each household was rented to these village households at the rate of [-] acres of land cultivated by each household.These households are all hungry people sent from the Central Plains. They have farm tools and rented cattle from the Liaonan Governor's Mansion. Each household has [-] mu.Thirty percent of the grain grown goes to the households, and [-] percent goes to the Zhendong army.Calculated on an average yield of eight buckets to one stone per mu, each household can get [-] to [-] stones of grain, and after shelling, there are still about [-] stones, which is [-] catties of grain. The water fee, as well as the expenses such as seeds and agricultural tools, can meet the food and clothing of the family.

At present, there are already 100 villages in southern Liaoning, and it is planned to develop another 70 villages before next spring.In this way, the Zhendong Army can have 50 tuns and [-] million mu of land, and can get [-] shi of grain for the army a year, and [-] shi of corn even after shelling.

The 50 shi grains are quite a lot. A cavalry ration is three to five shi millet a year, a war horse is three shi millet a month, and a year is 36 shi millet. A cavalry with man and horse needs forty shi millet a year, 50 shi millet. The food can support [-] cavalry.

If it is only for infantry, it can support 10 people for a year.

"You also think of a way to see if there is any way to prevent the locust disaster. If you come up with a good and useful way, then I will reward you with a hundred taels of gold and a three-level official promotion!"

When Yuan Hong heard the words, the blood rushed to his forehead, he was so excited that he saluted Li Jing as if he had been promoted to the third rank, and he was still a little dreamy when he left.

"Jun Gong, Mrs. Gongsun, please see me!" Yuan Hong had just left when Liu Xun came in to report.

"Gongsun is back? Invite her in quickly!" Li Jing asked Liu Xun to invite him in when he heard that Gongsun Lan had returned.Gongsun Lan came to Beijing this time with his mission, the purpose was to inquire about the imperial court and some information about the north.

After a long time no see, Gongsun Lan is still so charming.As soon as she came in, she threw herself into Li Jing's arms with a smile on her face like a flower. She couldn't tell that she was a charming young woman, but she looked like a young girl in Huaichun. "Did you miss me these days?"

Li Jing smiled and said: "I haven't seen you for a day, like three autumns, I think about it day and night. Come on, what news have you heard?"

"You are an enemy, you don't have me in your heart at all." Gongsun Lan gave Li Jing a look of dissatisfaction, "I still miss you all day long, I can't eat well, and I can't sleep well. I rushed back all the way, I wanted to see you soon, but in the end I almost lost my life."

"What's the matter? Did you meet a bandit on the road?" Li Jing asked with concern. Although it was a dewy marriage, after a long time, there is still affection.

Seeing Li Jing's concerned expression, Gongsun Lan immediately turned from anger to joy, and said with a smile: "I met a few ignorant thieves on the road, but with the guards you sent, these people are just looking for their own death. That's all. When we came back, there was heavy rain on the road, so we stopped in Huazhou. Who knows, the Yellow River suddenly burst its embankment that night. It rushed into the territory of Huazhou, and the city of Huazhou was flooded. Fortunately, we ran fast and escaped on horseback. You don't know the danger at that time. When you look at Huazhou the next day, it has been submerged more than two feet deep. The Yellow River flows eastward and rushes into Bianzhou, Yanzhou, Puzhou, Caozhou, Yunzhou, and Songzhou. states and other places."

Speaking of this, Gongsun Lan was a little scared.

"The water rushed into Yunzhou and poured into Juye Lake. That Juye Lake has now become a sea, and even Liangshan, which was originally on the edge of Juye Lake, has now become an island in the lake."

Li Jing couldn't help being startled when he heard this. Could it be that the water park in Liangshan in the Song Dynasty turned out to be because the Yellow River broke its embankment this time, and the water of the Yellow River flowed into Juyeze, and finally became?Come to think of it, it should be.

He also did not expect that the heavy rain caused the Yellow River to burst.Previously, there were continuous droughts, locust plagues, local water conservancy failures, and no one cared about flood control.Now that there is continuous heavy rain, the water in the Yellow River is soaring, and the embankment suddenly burst. It is conceivable that the disaster caused by this must be greater than the previous drought and locust plague.

Drought and locust plagues caused crops to fail, but after all, there are still some wealthy households and landlords who can survive.But this flood is different. Once the Yellow River broke its embankment, the six prefectures of Hua, Bianzhou, Yanzhou, Puzhou, Caozhou, Yunzhou, and Songzhou were all greatly affected. Back is also doomed.

Sure enough, Gongsun Lan immediately said: "You'd better get ready early. When I come back, I will be followed by countless people affected by the disaster. There are a large number of refugees from the six prefectures, some of them are going to Huaibei, and most of them are going to Ziqing." Come on, in the end, they will definitely have to come to our Dengzhou!"

(To be continued)