Yahouzhai, Wutong County, Zhengyang Prefecture, Fuping Province, Guangxi.
Magistrate Yu Zhengwu was sleeping soundly at noon when he suddenly heard the piercing sound of an electric bell.
He opened his eyes in confusion, opened the door and walked out of the back house.
Han Yewen, the county's on-duty director of the Works Bureau, walked over with a sad face.
When he saw Yu Zhengwu, the county magistrate, he sighed and said: "Something big has happened in Yu Zhi County, and the government has sent us news.
There was a flood in the Danube River, and the imperial court chose our province, Fuping, as a flood discharge site.
The flood will reach our county early tomorrow morning, and the government requires us to move the people to higher ground as soon as possible, and move as many people as we can."
When County Magistrate Yu Zhengwu heard the news of such an explosion, he was already in a drowsy state, as if a heavy hammer had hit his head directly.
As a county magistrate, he knew the tradition that had been popular in official circles since the empire.
When a civil servant encounters an emergency, whether he can perform well is closely related to his future.
If you perform well, everyone will prosper.
Unless your performance is unsatisfactory, unless you are a person with a monstrous background, there will only be one end, and that is to be demoted to a remote area.
Yu Zhengwu is only twenty-seven years old this year, and he is in his prime years.
He was promoted step by step, not to mention becoming a minister. At the age when he knew his destiny, he still had the confidence to serve as governor of a province.
If you don't perform well during this flood, you will have to be relegated to a remote area and serve as a county magistrate for the rest of your life.
When the county magistrate Yu Zhengwu thought of this situation, he immediately became anxious.
He could tell from the notice from the government that the key to this assessment was not to reduce flood losses, but to ensure the survival of the people as much as possible.
Magistrate Yu Zhengwu carefully recalled the notice from the government, and this situation was obvious.
The notice from the imperial court made it very clear that the flood was caused by the imperial court's initiative to release floodwaters.
Since it was the court's active choice, the court had already predicted the damage that the flood might cause.
Fuping Province is a major agricultural province, and the most valuable thing is the wheat in the fields.
Not to mention the wheat that is filling, even if it is mature wheat, there is no time to harvest it at this time.
The only thing the government can do is to minimize casualties.
The county magistrate Yu Zhengwu even judged that the imperial court had no underlying intention to notify.
The lives of Han people are definitely more important than the lives of indigenous people.
He looked at Han Yewen, the director of the Bureau of Works, whose hands were shaking in panic because of the news, and who was at a loss.
County Magistrate Yu Zhengwu loudly ordered: "Director Han, your Work Bureau has all the moving vehicles available to be driven to the county government office for me."
County Magistrate Yu Zhengwu saw Director Han taking orders and began to mobilize vehicles.
He immediately asked people to inform all the government offices about the matter, and asked the chief officials of each government office to come to the county office immediately for a meeting.
County Magistrate Yu Zhengwu checked his watch and saw that thirty minutes had passed and most of the chief officials from various government offices in the county had already arrived at the county government office.
He immediately asked someone to close the door and said angrily: "You are all good, but some people are still procrastinating at this time.
Everyone knows their fate.
There is not much time left for us now. If you don’t want to go to the farm to farm in the future, then you should follow my arrangements and help as many people as possible."
There is no time now for them to discuss a perfect solution.
County magistrate Yu Zhengwu could only arrange various affairs based on his own knowledge.
"The flood is coming. Our Wutong County is a large plain with no higher terrain at all.
Now we can only inform the people that the flood is coming and ask them to go to the roofs to avoid the flood.
What the county government officials have to do now is to move all the food, clean water, and coal to the third-floor corridor of high-rise buildings such as department stores.
Places with multi-story buildings such as county primary schools can accommodate people to avoid disasters."
The county magistrate Yu Zhengwu did not panic. He asked a county yamen to be responsible for an area.
In this way, various yamen will not blame each other, and wherever a major accident occurs, the person responsible can be found.
The county magistrate Yu Zhengwu arranged everything. He went to the back house of the county government and arranged for his wife and children to take refuge in the county elementary school.
He knew that the building of the county elementary school was the strongest building in the county.
If all the buildings in the county are destroyed by floods, the county elementary school will be the last building that can stand firm.
Wutong County officials saw the magistrate doing this, and they also arranged for family members to attend county primary schools.
Wutong County Primary School originally had only more than 600 teachers and students.
Thousands of people suddenly poured into the school, and everyone hid in the upper floors of the dormitories and teaching buildings.
They looked at the busy people on the street in horror.
The county magistrate Yu Zhengwu arranged everything. He walked out of the county office and saw Han Yewen, the director of the Work Bureau who didn't know what to do.
He asked: "Director Han, have all the officials been sent out?"
Han Yewen replied respectfully: "The officials arranged by Mr. Yu have already taken vehicles to the countryside to inform them of the arrival of the flood.
To places far away from the county seat, tractors and motorcycles are dispatched.
For places closer to the county seat, they can only be notified by bicycle."
County Magistrate Yu Zhengwu nodded and said, "We can only do our best and obey fate.
When there is a flood in the countryside, if the house is not strong, you can also hide in a tree.
Even if you prepare a few wooden boards, you can still survive.
This is much better than not knowing any news and drowning in your sleep."
Han Yewen said with emotion: "Our Wutong County is far away from the breached river embankment, so we still have some preparation time.
I don’t know how miserable it will be in the county town that is closer to the breached river embankment.”
Magistrate Yu Zhengwu waved his hand and said: "Don't say that, the imperial court has also made a lot of preparations.
I asked my friend and learned the whole story.
The military has been reinforcing the river embankment and went to notify counties near the breach to prepare for the arrival of floods.
Their preparation time is more sufficient, and they can make more preparations during the day.
Those of us who are not near or far away can only wait for the court to convey the news step by step.
In this way, the speed will be much slower.
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The imperial court is afraid that if it directly informs the grassroots, there will be chaos."
County magistrate Yu Zhengwu also knew the court's difficulties.
Gui State had just been established and the political power was not yet stable.
Especially the indigenous people of the Holy Roman Empire, what would they do if they knew that a catastrophe was coming? No one could predict.
The imperial court could only choose to keep everything under control.
Director Han Yewen saw that the arrangements for disaster relief were basically completed.
He asked the doubts in his heart: "Master Yu, why did you choose to spend so much effort transporting water and food to the upper floors.
The imperial court asked us to try our best to ensure the survival of the people, why don't we choose to use the limited transportation capacity to transport more people."
County magistrate Yu Zhengwu explained: "The county government only has as many cars as there are people in it.
We simply can't transport many people, so we will have to choose which ones to transport when the time comes.
People who are not worried about scarcity but inequality, who are not transported out, will feel abandoned and will inevitably cause trouble.
Like now, just notify the news and let them save themselves.
In this way, no matter what happens, he will only blame himself for not doing a good job, but not the government for not saving him.
Floods will cause a lot of casualties, but after the floods.
If there is not enough food and boiling water, greater casualties will occur.
Food that has been soaked in water cannot be preserved for a long time, but it cannot be eaten without treatment.
There was a large amount of human and animal feces and human and animal carcasses in the water after the flood.
Directly consuming contaminated food and drinking contaminated water is likely to cause the spread of the plague."
When Han Yewen heard the word "plague", his face turned pale with fright, and he no longer questioned the magistrate's decision.
He had experienced the plague since he was a child, and the horror of the plague was deeply rooted in his bones.
The county magistrate, Yu Zhengwu, stayed up all night, checking and filling in the gaps.
He saw that at dawn, the officials who had been sent out were returning to the county with village representatives one after another. All the villages under the jurisdiction of Wutong County had been notified.
When the county magistrate Yu Zhengwu saw this situation, he finally felt relieved.
What he should do has been done, and all he can do next is wait for fate to decide.
Magistrate Yu Zhengwu and his close friends had a big meal at the county government office.
They took rubber airbags and climbed to the roof of the county government office, looking around.
County Magistrate Yu Zhengwu saw many people sitting on the roofs of the county town.
Some people were nervous and had a lot of wood tied to their bodies.
Magistrate Yu Zhengwu heard the sound of rumbling water coming from the southwest.
He picked up his telescope and looked toward the southwest.
A white line on the ground is constantly advancing.
County magistrate Yu Zhengwu saw the flood hitting a wooden or mud house, and the house was soon destroyed. The people on the roof fell into the water, and disappeared after a few floats.
The flood hit the tree as thick as a bowl, and it uprooted the tree directly.
It was the first time he saw the power of floods. This power of nature was terrifying.
Amid the exclamations and shouts of the people, floods rushed into Wutong County.
It may be that the dense housing blocks the flood and the power of the flood is no longer so strong.
County magistrate Yu Zhengwu saw that the floodwater was very turbid, with a lot of debris floating in it.
Floods flowed through Wutong County, and the water level was rising rapidly.
In just a few minutes, the floodwaters had already reached the roof of the first floor.
County magistrate Yu Zhengwu could only pray that the floods would not continue to rise.
Most of the houses in Wutong County are bungalows. Once the flood reaches the height of the bungalows, most people in the county will be affected.
His prayers may have had an effect; the flood level did not decrease, but it did not continue to rise.
County Magistrate Yu Zhengwu predicts that the flood level will only decrease after the flood peak passes.
Only when the flood recedes is the time for them to provide disaster relief.
When Han Yewen saw that the peak of the flood had passed, he shouted excitedly: "Great, the peak of the flood has passed, and the biggest crisis has been avoided."
He has knowledge of water conservancy and knows that the first wave of a flood is the most powerful.
As long as the first flood peak is passed safely, the probability of subsequent major accidents will not be too high.
County Magistrate Yu Zhengwu also raised the corners of his mouth slightly, knowing that he had passed the most critical moment.
The imperial court would never sit idly by and watch Wu State continue to release floods.
Wu State caught them off guard. Once the court reacts, they will definitely find ways to retaliate and solve the situation of continuous flooding.
The first wave of flood peaks is definitely the strongest. Now we have passed the most powerful flood peak, and then we will rescue the people after the disaster.
County Magistrate Yu Zhengwu has sufficient confidence in this matter.
There are many airships flying in the sky over Guiguo.
They observed the flow of the flood from the sky, and promptly conveyed what they saw to King Qutian of Gui via telegram.
Qutian, the king of Gui, collected the situation through telegrams and continuously issued orders to the prefecture offices and local garrisons in various places to prepare them for floods.
King Gui Qutian put down the telegram and looked at the map that was constantly painted in red.
“The main wheat growing areas in Fuping Province have been destroyed by floods.
Food could no longer be saved, but fortunately the notice was given in time, so there were not many casualties among the people.
The indigenous people were also relatively peaceful and did not take advantage of the chaos to cause trouble.
This king can give greater trust to the indigenous people."
King Gui Qutian's tense expression relaxed a little. He urged Prime Minister Tong Hegui to mobilize the power of the whole country to rescue and heal the people affected by the disaster in the province.
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Mao Dashan destroyed the embankment of the Danube River, and he led his men to run downstream along the embankment.
He is not worried about the flood at all. The flood will inevitably rage in the direction of the blasted gap and will not affect the lower reaches of the Danube River.
After the Danube River breaks its banks, it will inevitably lead to chaos in the area.
They can take advantage of the chaos to hide.
The people of Wu Guoling's underworld heard a muffled sound while they were sleeping.
Many people were awakened and chose to walk out of their rooms to observe the situation outside.
More people continued to sleep soundly even if they heard the noise.
This sound is like muffled thunder.
The continuous rainy days in Wu State have made the local people accustomed to such sounds.
Liu Sanping, a small official in the Yamen, was sleeping soundly at home.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! He suddenly heard the sound of rumbling and rumbling, and he also heard the sound of buildings collapsing.
The rumbling sound was also mixed with the screams of humans and animals.
This unusual sound immediately woke Liu Sanping up.
He got up, put on the rubber raincoat issued by the yamen, braved the rain outside, and went out to observe.
After he went to the ground, he discovered that water had entered the room. The water level had almost reached the bed and was still rising.
Liu Sanping exclaimed loudly: "Everyone, wake up quickly, it's flooded."
After he shouted these words, he immediately picked up the gong he usually used for patrolling and struck the gong hard.
Liu Sanping's neighbors woke up from their sleep. They found that a large amount of water had entered the room, and they immediately ran out anxiously.
Liu Sanping held a flashlight and began to look around.
He saw that some houses around his dormitory had been destroyed by floods, and the people in the rooms were buried directly in the houses.
He was fortunate that the house he lived in was a concrete building built by the imperial court and would not be easily washed away by floods.
Liu Sanping shouted: "Everyone, please find a way to save people."
"The water level is rising rapidly and the house will soon be flooded. How can we save people now? We have to find a way to save our lives."
In such an emergency, Liu Sanping and others chose to save others, while some chose to protect themselves wisely.
The county town was completely unprepared and fell into leaderless chaos when faced with such an unexpected situation.
Not only Lingyin Mansion, but also the Danube embankments in five different places in the Wu Kingdom were attacked. Three of them were discovered in time and these people were dealt with.
In two places, including Lingyin Mansion, the Danube River embankments were directly blown open, and floods raged across the territory of Wu.
King Qi of Wu was resolute and waiting for the miserable situation of Gui.
He suddenly heard that the river embankment in Wu State had also breached, and that the river embankment had been blown open by unknown persons.
The smile on Wu Wangqi's resolute face froze, and he immediately showed a ferocious expression.