Lu Fang was silent, chewing Yu Yuanwei's words carefully.
Yu Yuanwei, are you tacitly agreeing to use this opportunity to build momentum for the Wang and Xu families?
He had already thought of asking Yu Yuanwei to write an inscription for the Wang and Xu families.
Although Yu Yuanwei has returned to his official career, his writing is still hard to find.
In Ningyuan County, if someone's home can have Yu Yuanwei's autograph written on it, it is not just a matter of appearance. It also means that they are related to Yu Yuanwei.
Anyone who wants to cause trouble must consider how many points he will take.
Later, when Lu Fang left Yu Yuanwei's home, he took two pieces of characters with him.
It was already evening at this time, and the stagnant water in Ningyuan County had finally been drained away.
There are many boys on the street cleaning the ground in front of the door.
There are more people sorting goods in the store.
Naturally, there are many people who blame others.
But in any case, such a flood obviously will not cause too much damage to these Ningyuan merchants.
There shouldn’t be anyone who is directly flooded and goes bankrupt, right?
As for the ordinary people in those towns and villages, it's hard to say.
Their life is not easy. Even if their vegetable fields are flooded, it is an unbearable loss. Let alone the collapse of their houses.
Lu Fang returned to the Bestore and saw Zhu'er, Fu'er, and Chen Youxi returning the goods to their original positions.
He said: "Let's leave it like this for now! Otherwise, if it rains heavily again, we will have to move it up again."
Chen Youxi looked worried, "You mean there might be another heavy rain?"
Lu Fang said: "Who can tell for sure! Before it clears up, there is a possibility of another heavy rain."
He looked at the sky.
At this time, although the dark clouds had drifted away, it was still gloomy.
"well……"
Chen Youxi sighed softly when he heard this.
…
Shortly after finishing dinner at Bestore, Lu Liang came over.
He looked a little solemn.
The two brothers were sitting in the main hall, and Fu'er was busy making tea.
Chen Youxi and Zhu'er were also accompanying them.
Lu Liang said: "All the government officials who were sent to the villages and towns have returned. The situation is not very good."
Lu Fang said: "How exactly?"
Lu Liang sighed: "Our Ningyuan County has nine towns and thirteen townships under its jurisdiction. In six of them, the roads leading to the outside world were blocked by collapsed rocks, and there were collapses in several places. It was difficult for the government officials to climb up.
I went to figure out the situation, and one of them was almost buried underneath because of it.”
With that said, he took out a stack of paper from his arms and handed it to Lu Fang.
This is the situation of disasters in various towns and villages.
In this era, towns are similar to villages in the 21st century. There are dozens of households with fewer people, and two to three hundred households with more.
The head of the township in charge is a highly respected local squire.
They really didn't take Lu Liang's instructions too seriously.
Lu Fang read them one by one.
In nine towns and thirteen townships, hundreds of houses collapsed. Ponds and canals burst their banks, causing vegetable fields and fertile fields to be flooded.
Six people were crushed under their houses and were seriously injured because they could not escape.
Dozens of people were slightly injured.
The damage to property and livestock is currently difficult to estimate.
Lu Fang breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, the flood was not particularly serious and was caused by a sudden increase in rainfall. It did not turn Ningyuan County into a vast ocean.
It would be best if no one dies.
Then he handed these materials back to Lu Liang and said: "Organize manpower to clear the official roads as soon as possible, and then arrange for those who have nowhere to resettle to live in temporary shelters. The county government will pay for it, and let the township chiefs organize manpower to repair it."
Collapsed houses, private schools and other buildings. Then let them report the property losses suffered by each household, and the county government will compensate them as appropriate. The medical expenses of those injured will also be paid by the county government."
Lu Liang was stunned, "The county government will pay for all this money?"
There is no such precedent in the Chongqing Dynasty, not anywhere.
Most local county governments control what goes in but not what goes out. After all, it is really not easy to collect that little tax. It would be good if you can cope with it.
Lu Fang said: "Of course the county government will come out, otherwise how would others think you are a great master? Besides, the charity money must be used up, right?"
Lu Liang smacked his lips, "You really don't feel bad about using other people's money."
Lu Fang stared blankly, "I got all these donations!"
"Chengchengcheng."
Lu Liang said: "I will do as you say! I will summon workers tomorrow to clear the blocked official roads."
Lu Fang nodded, "Let them be careful. Those places that are still collapsing should be ignored for the time being. Human lives are at stake."
"I know that."
Luliang Road.
These days, life is not a big deal, but it is not a small matter either.
It's not a big deal, because even if someone loses his life, it won't be known to everyone.
And it is not a small matter, because when the number of casualties reaches a certain number, it will affect the future of the county magistrate of Luliang.
"Right."
Lu Fang added: "We still need to issue an announcement to let people everywhere pay attention to epidemic prevention. Those places that have been flooded should be fumigated with vinegar. In places that are seriously flooded, use small boats to pick them up temporarily.
Settling in at the shelter!”
"Um."
Lu Liang nodded again.
Zhu'er, Chen Youxi, and Fu'er all looked at Lu Fang blankly, their eyes full of surprise.
Plan strategies.
Lu Fang's appearance at this time is worthy of these four words.
It was really hard for them to imagine that Lu Fang was so capable in managing local areas and dealing with floods.
Judging from the way Lu Liang nodded repeatedly, he seemed to be Lu Fang's student.
In fact, Lu Liang is the county magistrate of Ningyuan County.
After a while, Lu Liang left.
Chen Youxi couldn't wait to ask Lu Fangdao: "Who did you learn these from?"
"I saw it on the news in my past life."
Lu Fangxin said.
But it was obviously impossible to say anything, so he scratched his head and said: "I just figured it out myself. In short, it is to protect people's lives and property safety!"
"Protect people's lives and property safety..."
Chen Youxi murmured, then sighed, "It's a pity, I don't know how many officials in the Chongqing Dynasty can have such thoughts as you."
Lu Fang smiled and said: "There should be quite a few."
But I don't really have much hope in my heart.
From the reasons for the collapse of the previous dynasty, we can roughly understand what the current Great Yu Dynasty is like.
The previous dynasty was overthrown because it touched the interests of the aristocracy. In the eyes of these aristocrats, do they really care about the lives and deaths of ordinary people?
This is a blood-sucking, pyramid-like era.
However, he still firmly believes that no matter what era or social system we are in, benefiting the people cannot be a bad thing.
From a personal point of view, Lu Liang now has no backer in the government. Only with the support of public opinion can he go further in the officialdom.