I became the son of Renzong

Chapter 645

The Bianliang Rail Terminus is located outside Bianliang City.

Before the time came, the artisan soldiers and rail soldiers in the workshop city, as well as some new troops stationed in Bianliang, were all ready to go.

This time on the expedition, the soldiers did not carry weapons...

Not bad, although the preparations for the government offices are not yet ready, the workshop city and the army have strictly followed the orders.

Zhao Xi didn't expect that the imperial court would be able to strictly enforce the order during the first gathering like this. After all, Song Dynasty was used to being at ease, getting used to drunkenness, and getting used to a mediocre life.

Even in the face of disasters, they are used to waiting for God instead of saving themselves.

Dam breaks are different from drought and flood disasters. As long as you don’t go to the disaster site where the dam breaks, you will only see the usual days.Although the heavy rain is still falling, looking through the car window... the crops watered by the rain along the way are green and lush, which is very eye-catching.

Zhao Xi was quite worried in his heart...
"Official, what is the purpose of this trip?"

Even Wang Anshi didn't understand the official trip.It doesn't make sense, it's Tianwei, it's the Yellow River dam break, it's not a severe drought, and manpower is really limited in the face of a cover-up disaster.

In Wang Anshi's view, the imperial court should focus on post-disaster relief, instead of spending time and money to make the people of Bianliang agree with the benevolence of the officials.

In the southeast of Bianliang, arrange temporary resettlement sites, store relevant food, etc., and wait for the victims to survive the water, and the court can resettle them carefully.

What is that?With tens of thousands of soldiers, ministers and workers, they rushed to Huazhou in a mighty way, and then looked at the stretching water of the Yellow River... Is it to interpret the meaning of looking at the ocean and sighing?

"I want more people to survive!"

Zhao Xi understood them. Even ministers like Fu Bi and Wang Anshi, who cared about the country and the people, had never experienced this kind of disaster relief.

"But this..."

Forget it, don't talk about it, it's all here, and it's useless to say more.Just think of it as accompanying the officials to buy people's hearts, anyway, the disaster relief will not be delayed.

When people have not seen the real disaster scene, they will never have the so-called empathy. No matter how specific the text is, no matter how vivid the description is, it will never compare with the visual impact.

Zhao Xi thinks that he has quite a lot of knowledge, but at the moment when he was close to the Huazhou dam collapse, he still couldn't help being infected... a tragic word...

The resettlement site sought by the Dushuijian and Huangcheng Division is located in the north of the Yellow River Dam in Huazhou.There should be three or five miles away from the dam break, and there is a raised hill.

It has been six or seven hours since the dam collapsed. Watching the water of the Yellow River constantly scouring the gap, the dam collapsed bit by bit. The roar was as deafening three or five miles away.

The water rolled out of the gap and raged outside Huazhou City, which was already a vast ocean... Standing on this gentle hill, it seems that you can hear the cries of the people in Huazhou City who are still holding on. ·····
Zhao Xi hopes to see the survivors, the people who have been submerged in the water, survive the impact of the dam collapse, save themselves, and wait for the court to rescue them alive.

However, no.While the soldiers were setting up the temporary camp, Zhao Xi had already slipped around... he could no longer approach Huazhou, and all the following officials disagreed and dragged him desperately.

"If the gap can't be closed, the water flow outside Huazhou can't be slowed down, and people can't survive even if they want to. The most urgent thing is to plug the gap!"

Zhao Xi probably understood the situation at this time.

"Officials, there is no way to close the gap! The water is rushing, and whatever is lost will be washed away!"

Everyone knows that only by plugging the gap can Huazhou's urgent situation be resolved.At this time, judging from the situation at the scene, it seems that Huazhou City is still using the city wall to block the water flow and minimize the disaster in the city.

If the gap can be plugged, it means that the emergency in Huazhou City has been completely rescued, so that Huazhou City will not suffer from the damage of the dam collapse.

But how could such a rushing water flow be blocked?
"Officials, even if the gap is blocked, soldiers will not be able to enter Huazhou City in a short period of time, and Huazhou City will not be able to leave people. The terrain of Huazhou is relatively low, and the dams are high. Huazhou City is higher."

"Blocking the dam is only to slow down the flow of water outside Huazhou City, it still depends on God's will!"

The accompanying officials knew that Huazhou was almost hopeless.The current Huazhou is a pond, a very large pond, soaking the entire Huazhou...
"Perhaps boats are feasible!"

"Boats? Did the Yellow River break the dam? Not only the water rushed in, but also a lot of silt. Such a shallow water level, coupled with the unknown terrain outside the city of Huazhou, made it impossible for the boats to move forward!"

The ministers and workers talked a lot, but Zhao Xi seemed to be a little distracted...

In future generations, past generations, Zhao Xi recalled the great flood, what did the army do at that time?Really blocked the flood with flesh and blood.But at this time, even if the new army has absolute loyalty to Zhao Xi, Zhao Xi still dare not try to let the soldiers of the new army risk their lives to plug the gap...

Regardless of whether the soldiers of the new army would carry out their orders, even the accompanying officials, including the lieutenants and generals who led the new residence, would not agree with Zhao Xi to do so.

Using the new army trained by the imperial court to save those useless people... No one would agree, and even the soldiers of the new army would have other ideas about Zhao Xi.

With the current values, Zhao Xi didn't dare to try, and didn't dare to believe in his specious loyalty education.

Boat?Probably not. Huazhou is not in the south of the Yangtze River. There are no standing materials such as bamboo rafts. Most of the boats carry goods and guests. The design of draft and load makes it difficult to say that it can travel in such a mixed mud and water terrain. .

At this time, there were no assault boats, no rafts, and there were not even many bamboos around Huazhou...

How should I go in and rescue them?As for plugging the gap, Zhao Xi has never seen it and heard of it, even if the soldiers are not allowed to plug the gap with flesh and blood, it is not difficult.

"Su Song, the workshop city buys wool, but has it ever collected sheepskin? I once ordered you to collect sheepskin."

"Back to the official's house, there are indeed sheepskins in the workshop city, and the sheepskins have been divided according to the official's order. At present, there is not much progress, and they have not been reported to the officials."

Su Song was a little stunned, wondering why the officials would think of talking about the sheepskin at this time.The officials said that sheepskin can be cut into several layers and then made into boots and the like.Although at that time the officials were not orders, but gossip, Su Song has always been very concerned about the gossip of the officials.It seems inappropriate to say this at this time.

"Is there any craftsman from the northwest in the workshop city?"

"Go back to the official's house, yes."

"Send a rail car back to the workshop city, and bring the whole sheepskins in reserve, as well as the craftsmen in the northwest, to this place!"

(End of this chapter)