Three Kingdoms: I, Liu Feng, do not want to die

Chapter 15: It rained for more than ten days, and the Han River overflowed
Three days have passed since Liu Feng showed his power at Shen Dan’s daughter recognition ceremony.

During these three days.

Whether Meng Da was intimidated by Liu Feng's power or had other intentions, he also restrained himself a lot.

Not only did he recall the soldiers who were on long vacation and restrain the soldiers who were looting civilians' property, but even his close confidants in the army, such as Li Fu and Deng Xian, no longer disobeyed Liu Feng's military orders in public.

Meng Da was so "sensible" that Liu Feng did not suppress him further.

The purpose of the suppression was to establish authority, not to get rid of Meng Da.

The calamity in Jingzhou was already of hellish difficulty, and Liu Feng was not stupid enough to force Meng Da to rebel and continue to increase the difficulty of the trial for himself.

The messenger who had gone to deliver the beautiful jade and letters to Deng Fu, the governor of Fangling, also returned.

To be convenient for others is to be convenient for yourself.

Liu Feng gave Deng Fu beautiful jade and wrote him a letter praising him, so Deng Fu would naturally not be stupid enough to offend Liu Feng at this time.

Not only did he treat Liu Feng's envoy well, he also asked the envoy to bring back a joint letter from the nobles and celebrities of Fangling, expressing their support for Liu Feng as the governor of Fangling.

Although Deng Fu's statement was just to make peace rather than to pledge allegiance, Liu Feng was very satisfied with Deng Fu's attitude.

In the current situation, it is already a rare opportunity to be able to maintain harmony.

The newly appointed deputy general and chief clerk Deng Fan has also been quite active in the past three days.

In order to demonstrate his talents well enough in front of Liu Feng, Deng Fan almost worked day and night to organize a team of clerks and carry out the initial work of enriching the registered people.

Faced with subordinates who are willing to work actively, Liu Feng will naturally not be stingy with rewards and comfort.

Not only did he send people to deliver good wine to Deng Fan, but he also went to boost Deng Fan's prestige when Deng Fan was arranging work for the newly formed team of clerks.

This made Deng Fan work even harder.

Liu Feng was not idle either.

In addition to being busy supervising the formation of volunteer soldiers, most of his time on weekdays was spent patrolling the city to increase public support.

This made Liu Feng's reputation in Shangyong City increasingly higher.

The vendors who sold coarse-grain cakes at the time not only spared no effort to publicize Liu Feng's benevolence and righteousness every day, but also sewed a flag with "Liu Lang Cake" inscribed on it after obtaining Liu Feng's consent.

Seeing how approachable Liu Feng was, the vendors followed the example of the vendor selling coarse grain cakes and sewed flags after obtaining Liu Feng's consent.

Ever since.

A large number of mobile vendors with flags prefixed with "Liu Lang" appeared on the streets of Shangyong, selling products such as "Liu Lang Big Melon", "Liu Lang Small Melon", "Liu Lang Green Bean", "Liu Lang Yellow Bean", "Liu Lang Cake", etc.

Even some tailor shops had flags saying "Liu Lang Tailoring" hung outside their doors.

No one is stupid.

Once this flag is hung, neither the idlers on the street nor the officials who want money will dare to cause trouble.

Liu Feng also took the opportunity to discipline the idle men in Shangyong City, either forcing them to return to the fields or sending them into the army.

The public security of the entire Shangyong City was also improved, which made the people of Shangyong more and more respectful of Liu Feng.

“Ding da.”

The crisp sound of raindrops was heard.

Liu Feng looked at the raindrops falling from the sky, and his expression gradually became solemn.

"It's raining in Shangyong."

“Has the rainy season arrived in the Han River Basin?”

It hadn't rained in Shangyong for half a month, and the sudden rain today made Liu Feng guess something.

Liu Feng’s guess was correct.

The rainy season in the Han River Basin has indeed arrived, and it is more severe than in previous years.

Xicheng, Shangyong, Fangling, Nanxiang, and Xiangyang were all hit by heavy rains for days.

Everyone thought it was just a heavy rain that was common in the rainy season.

It was not until five or six days of heavy rain that people realized something was wrong.

As news of river embankments being flooded continued to reach Shangyong, Liu Feng's mood became heavy.

Liu Feng found that he had overlooked a very critical issue: that is the impact of the continuous heavy rain on the roads.

This is not the cement road or asphalt road of later generations, which becomes dry as soon as the sun comes out.

Most of the roads nowadays are ordinary dirt roads. Even if the government conscripts laborers to build roads, they only pave some gravel on the official roads.

Nowadays, the world is in chaos and there is no maintenance, so that even the official roads become muddy and difficult to travel after rain.

Liu Feng immediately had the idea of moving his troops to Fangling.

However, it has been raining heavily for several days, so this idea has to be put on hold for the time being.

Deng Fan, who originally planned to persuade the mountain people and barbarians within a thousand miles of Shangyong and Xicheng to submit, had to temporarily terminate his plan.

This made Deng Fan feel very guilty, and he apologized to Liu Feng, saying, "I am ignorant of the weather and have ruined the general's plan."

Liu Feng did not blame Deng Fan.

With the weather being like this, how could human power easily resist it?

This was a bad thing in the impoverished ancient times: once it rained heavily for days, many things could not be done.

Unlike later generations, modern infrastructure and transportation can greatly reduce the impact of rainy and snowy periods on work.

As recorded in history.

The rainstorm lasted for more than ten days, and even Shangyong City was flooded.

Fortunately, Shangyong City has a favorable terrain for drainage, so mountain torrents come and go quickly.

It was not until the end of August that the torrential rain that had lasted for more than ten days in the Han River Basin finally ended.

After the heavy rain in Shangyong turned into light rain, Liu Feng immediately summoned Shen Dan, Meng Da and Deng Fan to discuss moving troops to Fangling.

Ever since Liu Feng established his authority half a month ago, Meng Da has been somewhat afraid of Liu Feng.

In addition, during this period of time, especially during the heavy rain, Liu Feng patrolled the city in the rain every day to ask about the well-being of each household, which made Liu Feng's reputation in Shangyong City extremely high!

At present, whether it is the wealthy and famous people or the ordinary people in Shangyong City, they all call Liu Feng "Liu Lang" affectionately in private.

This made Meng Da dare not disrespect Liu Feng in person, and he could only curse him in private, saying "If you adopt a son from a poor family, he will become hypocritical."

Therefore, when Meng Da heard that Liu Feng wanted to move his troops to Fangling, although he was reluctant, he dared to be cautious: "The roads are difficult to travel after the rain. Moving the troops to Fangling may tire the soldiers and laborers, which will damage the general's military prestige and popularity."

Shen Dan was also in a dilemma: "Most of the people gathered by the Shen family are in the area of ​​Shangyong to Xicheng, a thousand miles away. If we move the troops to Fangling, I am afraid that the food and grass will not be supplied in time."

Deng Fan saw further and asked, "General, are you moving your troops to Fangling because you are worried that the former general will be at a disadvantage in the battle at Xiangfan?"

Liu Feng looked at Deng Fan approvingly.

Deng Fan’s military vision was not too bad, as he was able to think that moving troops to Fangling was related to the Battle of Xiangfan.

Liu Feng did not hide it and said, "I moved my troops to Fangling because I was worried that the former general would not be able to fight well in Xiangfan."

"Fangling is closer to Xiangfan and Zigui. Not only can we more easily detect changes on the Xiangfan battlefield, but we can also transport some food and grass from Zigui to Fangling for military use."

Meng Da frowned: "That being said, Shangyong cannot afford to fail. We must also be on guard against Cao's troops in the south taking advantage of the opportunity to attack."

"Deputy Army General, please forgive me for being blunt, but our military duty is just to defend Shangyong, Fangling and Xicheng."

"General, you have fought for many years. Even if the heavy rain has affected the battle in Xiangfan, there is no need for Shangyong's troops to help you."

"Besides, the former general also had some complaints about the deputy general."

(End of this chapter)