: The rain falls in the goose swallow

With the support of the villagers of Lijiazhuang, Dong Zunhui won a big victory and completely defeated the Liao army, which was twice as good as himself. Even the Liao army chief Gao Mohan was almost killed by the soldiers of Dong Zunhui's troops. He could only wear a helmet and flee in a panic!

Dong Zunhui immediately ordered his subordinates to collect ships along the route to ensure that no ships were left on the north shore. As for the losses caused by the people's fishing moratorium during this period, they were all compensated by the Youzhou Treasury. Anyway, Xiao Haizhenxin surrendered to the Zhou Dynasty and was about to buy the people's hearts and consolidate his power. He would definitely be happy to subscribe to these white slips, so as not to be disinterested in the people.

I have to say that the old farmers Gao Mohan was looking for were very knowledgeable about the weather. After only two days, it started to rain heavily and it fell to the end of the month. It was early September and it finally stopped raining, but the sky was still gloomy and misty, and I had never seen a sunny day.

Originally, Yelu Shulu was planning to send troops south again to shock the Youyan area, but seeing the weather conditions, Yelu Shulu decisively stopped: If the troops south are washed away by the flood, then he who has recently ascended the throne and became emperor will suffer a great loss of face! It would be better to stop going south and hand over this mess to Hou Zhou!

At this time, the rivers in the north of Youzhou all surged, and even those who were good at swimming in the south could not swim. Dong Zunhui was shocked when he saw the moat outside Youzhou City was already parallel to the ground. The terrain of Youzhou City was relatively high, and even with so much rain accumulated here, the entire Youyan area would not be flooded!

Dong Zunhui was very worried and took the initiative to come to Xiao Haizhen's mansion to ask for a meeting. After a few days of great victory, Xiao Haizhen was also very polite to Dong Zunhui, personally welcomed him out of the mansion and put his arms into the mansion.

The two of them came to the living room and sat down with their hosts and guests. Dong Zunhui said anxiously: "Mr. Xiao, it rained heavily last month, and the rivers in various places surged and there was a lot of water accumulation. I heard from the local people that it was easy to rain heavily in October in recent years. If floods and floods occur, the people will suffer!"

Xiao Hai really disagreed and said with a lip voice: "General Dong, don't worry, there are unexpected situations, and it's always raining. What can we do?! Even if something goes wrong, I believe Your Majesty will understand us!"

Dong Zunhui looked at Xiao Hai who was really dissatisfied and couldn't help asking: "Mr. Xiao, I wonder if you have a plan for flood control and disaster relief? We must prepare for it!"

When Dong Zunhui saw Xiao Haizhen shook his head repeatedly, anger arose in his heart. Since he was an official, he had to benefit the other party. Now you are pretending to be deaf and dumb, how can you be worthy of the people who call your parents official!

However, Dong Zunhui now has no power to control civil affairs, and he has just been beaten by the emperor and dare not act beyond his authority. If he annoys Xiao Haizhen, Dong Zunhui will have no way to prevent floods and disasters.

Dong Zunhui rolled his eyes and whispered: "Maybe Lord Xiao doesn't know that there are many idle officials in our Zhou Dynasty. They don't have their jobs on weekdays and enjoy criticizing the government every day, and have won a lot of reputation! Especially those annoying censors, who stare at us every day and think about making a name for themselves every day! For them, impeaching us is their greatest opportunity! We must do our job well to avoid provoking these bitches!"

After Dong Zunhui said this, Xiao Hai really heard it. He slapped his thigh and said loudly: "Brother, what are you reminding me? This is not good for our Great Zhou. If it is in the Great Liao..."

Dong Zunhui quickly smiled and said, "Brother, be careful. We are all Zhou ministers now, so it is better to follow our Great Zhou standards in everything!"

Xiao Haizhen nodded repeatedly, "Brother, let me tell you the truth. In the past, when it rained heavily every year, I, the governor of Youzhou, only sent people to guard the four gates of Youzhou to prevent floods from entering the city. As for the people on all sides, they can only leave it to fate. In the words of you Central Plains, I am also willing but not capable enough! I wonder what plans and measures do you have for this "flood fight and disaster relief"?"

Dong Zunhui had known that Xiao Haizhen was indifferent to the fight against the flood, but he did not expect that he had just guarded the four gates and did not take any measures. No wonder Youyan fell under the rule of the Liao people, and the number of people decreased significantly. At first, Dong Zunhui thought that the people could not bear to exploit them and all left their hometowns. Now he realized that the natural disasters every year alone cost many innocent people's lives!

Before Dong Zunhui's reincarnation, he was just a commoner in modern times, and he had any experience in flood control and disaster relief. However, he had read some reports on TV and newspapers in his previous life, and finally he could come up with something.

Dong Zunhui said with a wry smile: "I am just a material for war, and I don't know any flood control and disaster relief measures. However, when I was in Kaifeng Prefecture, I heard local officials say some precautions, and personally led the troops to pass through the Bian River. I think we can take the following measures. First, through the county yamen runners, the local young and strong people are organizing local people to inspect the rivers in the jurisdiction and strengthen the river embankment; secondly, immediately evacuate the people in high-risk areas to prevent sudden collapse of the embankment; thirdly, check the local government treasury and register the grain storage in the government treasury to provide relief to the victims..."

Dong Zunhui said more than ten things in one breath. Even illiterate civil affairs like Xiao Haizhen thinks these measures are indeed feasible and full of insights. Xiao Hai is really impressed. Look at others, the battle will be smooth sailing. Even civil affairs such as flood control and disaster relief can be easily done. This is what it means to be both civil and military!

Xiao Haizhen immediately recruited documents and ordered him to carefully copy the measures Dong Zunhui said, immediately carve the plates and distribute them to the governments in the entire Youyan area to ensure that each county can receive two notices. At the same time, Xiao Haizhen also adopted Dong Zunhui's suggestion, implemented the flood prevention work of each county to the people, and implemented the top leader's responsibility system. If the dike collapses due to human reasons in the region, the top leader will be rectified on the spot!

As soon as this order was issued, all over the country complained and complained. However, the chief executives of various places finally paid attention to flood prevention work. They no longer stayed in the county town, and would not stay on the ship to work. Instead, they personally walked up to the embankment and led the county's civilians to carry out large-scale reinforcement.

By the third day of October, although there were constant warnings in various places, there were basically no large-scale collapses and no large-scale refugee waves. People in low-lying areas had left their hometowns under the persuasion or enforcement of the government, and went to big cities or higher places to avoid disasters. Due to the strict orders of Youzhou Prefecture, although the officials deducted disaster relief supplies, they did not dare to do it too much. Although the moldy rice tasted badly, it could barely fill its stomach, and the people survived because of this, much more people than in history.

Dong Zunhui was not idle either. He had been leading his troops to fight on the front line of flood fighting and rescue. With him as an example, the officials of Youzhou who had just joined the Zhou Dynasty did not dare to be negligent. Although they cursed in their hearts, they still followed Dong Zunhui and kept patrolling the embankment near the prefecture. Not to mention, although they were sweating every day, they were at ease. They were not as good as they had collected money from ambitions, and they had nightmares at night.

On the third night of October, the weather was quite cool. Dong Zunhui hurriedly took a shower and went to bed early. It rained heavily last night and soaked on the dam for a whole day last night. Today, he walked on the dam for most of the day. He really had no energy to stay up late.

In the middle of the night, I saw a sudden light from the sky, and soon there was a loud noise! ​​Thunder was coming, and it was raining to collect my clothes! Soon, lightning was flying in the sky, and the thunder continued. Raindrops as big as beans rushed down in a series, smashing the roof tiles!

Dong Zunhui turned over and jumped up from the bed, quickly pushed open the door and saw heavy rain. Although he was holding a torch, he could not see the ground five meters away! Dong Zunhui was shocked and immediately shouted to the soldiers in the room: "Get together now, we are ready to go to the dam!"

The soldiers have become tired these days. After hearing Dong Zunhui's orders, although they tried their best to save time, they took half an hour to get together.

Dong Zunhui put on a straw raincoat and was about to lead the troops to the embankment. At this time, Xiao Haizhen, who never went to the embankment, also jogged in and shouted to Dong Zunhui: "Brother, big things are not good. I just received the notice that there was a sudden heavy rain in Hejian, Mozhou and other places, and the water situation surged. Dangers are constantly coming from all over our Youzhou! It is said that the river embankment has been flooded with water, and now the city is full of water!"

Dong Zunhui immediately said, "I would like to ask my brother to immediately order the four doors to avoid flooding. Anyway, a large amount of cushions have been prepared on the four walls, and the people in Youzhou have also undergone unified evacuation. There should be no major problems. It's just that the berth guards have no time to escape. This is my fault!"

Xiao Haizhen immediately ordered someone to do it, and then climbed up the city tower with Dong Zunhui to look into the distance. He saw that the river embankment that Dong Zunhui and his friends could no longer see any trace during the day, and they were all soaked in the heavy rain. Dong Zunhui's troops were not familiar with the road conditions and had not been on the night of the embankment, and all of them were spared. Only more than 500 young and strong men were responsible for the dam on duty!

Seeing Dong Zunhui very upset, Xiao Haizhen sighed, "Your brother, don't regret it. I think the crime of breaking the dike is not yours. It must be the derby of the upstream government, which caused the river bank to collapse and the river water to soar! Fortunately, at your suggestion, the people in the four fields have been evacuated in advance, otherwise tens of thousands of people would have been washed away by the flood tonight!"

Dong Zunhui sighed: "Looking at the moment when the heavy rain comes, our Youyan is about to suffer a great disaster! I immediately submitted a memorial to the court and requested rescue. I hope my brother will write a letter to me. Your Majesty is kind to others and kind to the people, and will definitely send people to come to rescue. However, there are often major epidemics after the flood, and the Youyan people will suffer!"

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Chapter completed!