Three hundred and twentieth chapters disaster silver
Before the retreating people reached the west gate of the city, the river had already rushed into the city.
"Here comes the water!"
The people suddenly panicked, and the originally orderly retreat suddenly became chaotic.
The people who had originally clung to their property and were reluctant to go up the mountain now fled in panic towards the mountains to the west of the city.
But how can the speed of a person compare with the speed of water?
Not to mention, in the current panic situation and the crowds, it is even more difficult to retreat.
The river water came almost instantly, and everyone was swept into the flood in an instant.
Within a quarter of an hour, the entire city turned into a vast ocean, and the floods continued to increase.
Under the constant persuasion of the government guards, the county magistrate went up the mountain with the first group of people.
They stood at a high place, and although they could not see the flood sweeping away everyone, they could clearly see the entire city turning into a vast ocean.
The county magistrate's legs suddenly went weak. If the government guard next to him hadn't been quick to hold him up, he would have fallen to the ground.
Almost the entire area suffered from floods.
The news soon spread to Bianzhou from these places.
Morning meeting.
The atmosphere in the entire court was a bit dull.
Zhao Qian had just announced the news of floods in various places, "The Ministry of Household Affairs immediately allocated one million taels of disaster silver and transported it to Hedong County."
It was Hedong County that suffered the flood.
Hedong County is located on the lower reaches of Changhe, the largest river in Zhao State.
It has always been an area prone to floods.
But no year's floods are as bad as this year's.
In the entire Hedong County, two-thirds of the county magistrates were affected by the disaster.
Hedong County is the fiefdom of King Yan, and although King Yan is a vassal king, he belongs to Zhao Qian's faction, and he is also a rare vassal king that Zhao Qian can trust.
Due to both emotion and reason, Zhao Qian wanted to send disaster money to Hedong County.
The Secretary of the Ministry of Finance was famous for being stingy, but this time, Zhao Jin did not see any shirk from him and readily agreed.
Zhao Jin's eyebrows skipped a beat, and he almost couldn't recognize that every time the Ministry of War approached the Ministry of Revenue to ask for money, the iron rooster who would carefully calculate even two pennies and was unwilling to give more was the cheerful Minister of the Ministry of Revenue just now.
"In addition to disaster relief, the dam must be repaired as soon as possible." Zhao Qian frowned, "Do you have any recommendations for my dear friends?"
The courtiers looked at each other. Building dams was not an easy job, but it was still a good job.
Zhao Xingyu glanced at one of the courtiers.
The other party immediately stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I am not talented, so I have asked myself to be responsible for repairing the dam."
The one who stood up was the Minister of Industry.
Zhao Qian glanced at him and snorted coldly, "You are indeed incompetent."
This minister of the Ministry of Industry had always engaged in corruption and bribery, but because the amount was not large and it was within Zhao Qian's acceptance, Zhao Qian never dealt with him.
When the water is clear, there will be no fish. Zhao Qian never requires all courtiers to be clean and honest, and will not care about them as long as they are within the scope of his tolerance.
But repairing dams today is different from the past, and there is no room for opportunism.
Summer has just begun, and if there is a problem with the dam, floods may happen again.
The Minister of Industry's face turned blue and white, and he repeatedly apologized and returned to his seat.
Afterwards, many people came forward to recommend themselves or recommend others, but Zhao Qian did not agree to any of them.
Not to mention that most of these people are either from the prince's faction or the three princes' faction, or they are honest officials but lack the ability to manage the river.
Or they may be capable, but engage in corruption and bribery.
In the court hall, there had been a stalemate over this matter for more than half an hour. Zhao Qian's fingers were rubbing the armrests of the dragon chair and his eyes were half closed.
Finally, Zhao Qian settled on a lieutenant from the Ministry of Industry, who was recommended by the Minister of Industry.
Zhao Jin has been staying quietly in his position. He is self-aware and does not know much about water conservancy.
The only one that is known is Dujiangyan during the Qin Dynasty.
But the construction of Dujiangyan requires a suitable geographical environment.
Zhao Jin has never seen the situation of the Changhe River in Hedong County, so naturally he cannot make a conclusion.
Once he takes over this job, if Hedong County is not suitable to build the capital of Jiangyan, it will be over.
Because of the flood, the court meeting ended very late this time. When Zhao Jin walked out, he passed by the Minister of the Ministry of Finance and was surprised to hear the other party's mutterings.
"After these one million taels of silver are allocated, most of the national treasury will be empty."
The voice of the Secretary of the Ministry of Finance was full of heartache. It was obvious that he was not without heartache after allocating the one million taels of silver.
Zhao's tax revenue was still mainly agricultural taxes, and the national treasury could not be filled at all.
It seems that after this flood is over, we can propose to Zhao Qian about business taxes.
After deciding on the candidates, they transported the disaster relief team, brought along several officials responsible for repairing the floor, and set off from Bianzhou City on the same day.
When the convoy passed a mountain col outside Hedong County, a large number of bandits poured out from all around!
The soldiers suddenly became alert, and the leader of the school captain shouted sharply: "Who are you?! How dare you stop someone from robbing the government?"
A burly man walked out from among the robbers, holding a large knife in his hand and the back of the knife against his shoulder.
He looked the captain up and down and sneered: "You are the ones who are robbing!"
The big man removed the big knife in his hand from his shoulder, and pointed the tip of the knife at the vehicle transporting the disaster relief, "Brothers, come on! This is a fat sheep!"
As soon as the big man gave the order, the bandits immediately swarmed up.
"Bang!"
"Clang!"
After the two sides fought, the captain discovered that these bandits were no less inferior to them soldiers!
In one of the carriages, the lieutenant from the Ministry of Industry was hiding inside and shivering.
Has he ever seen such a scene? Just now he quietly peeked through the car curtain and saw a bandit piercing a soldier's chest!
In the carriage, there were two officials, both of whom were going to repair the dams and regulate the rivers.
A bandit noticed the carriage and walked directly towards the carriage holding a bloody sword.
The robber frowned and carefully opened the car curtain a little with his knife.
Suddenly, the Minister of Works and others saw the car curtain being lifted a little, and then, a rough and ferocious face appeared in front of them.
"Hahaha! It turns out there are three turtles hiding here."
The three civil servants were so frightened that they almost suffered cardiac arrest. They wanted to get out of the carriage, but the robber was guarding the door of the carriage with a knife.
While the robbers were laughing, Mr. Zhonglang from the Ministry of Industry jumped out of the adjacent window!
The robber was startled and poked his head over to take a look. After the other person fell to the ground, he immediately stood up and ran away in one direction.
Gongbu Zhonglang had no idea which direction he had chosen, he just kept running forward.
Suddenly, his steps stopped, and a sharp knife tip pierced out of his abdomen.
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