The Rebirth of Han Yuxi - Chapter 917

[Chapter 917 Floods (2)]

The five hundred and ninetieth chapter floods (2)

The villagers of Liujia Village were sleeping soundly when suddenly there was a piercing sound of gongs outside. The sound of the gong woke all the sleeping villagers, and many children cried out loud. Sister Liu covered her youngest son’s mouth and said, “Don’t cry.” There must have been a major incident, otherwise the Lichang would not have been beating the gong at this time.

As soon as the child’s crying stopped, Liu Sansao heard Li Chang shouting, “It’s flooding, everyone, get up.”

The chief’s son was arrested at the county government office, and as soon as he got the news, he sent the letter back overnight. As soon as the governor heard that there was a flood, he ordered his family to pack up and go to the mountain, and he brought a gong and came out to inform the villagers.

Liu San’s sister-in-law was stunned when she heard this. It was her husband, Liu San, who slapped her on the back and woke her up: “What a daze, hurry up and pack things up and take them to the mountains.” It rained heavily before, and everyone was worried that there would be floods. I thought it would be okay if the rain stopped, but I didn’t expect the flood to come.

Liu San’s sister-in-law came back to her senses, quickly dressed the younger son, and woke up the two older children. Then let the eldest daughter and the eldest son help her husband, while she packs her clothes and stuffs valuable jewelry, gold and silver into the package.

Liu San sorted the rice, noodles, other vegetables, clothes, bedding, etc. into baskets, and then moved them to the mule cart. Seeing that his wife had to put the pots and jars on the mule cart, Liu San couldn’t bear it any longer, and said, “Don’t take it any more, hurry up. If the flood comes later, you won’t be able to leave if you want to go.” Well, otherwise there would be no mule carts.

Behind Liujia Village is a big mountain, the highest mountain is more than 100 zhang. These forests are all covered with trees and green grass. When the flood comes, it is perfect to hide on it. And the mountain is high enough that the flood water will certainly not be able to submerge it.

When they got to the foot of the mountain, they saw some people coming down from the mountain. These people are going back and moving things.

Although the mule cart has a lot of things, it cannot reach the top of the mountain, but only halfway up the mountain.

Halfway up the mountain, Liu San unloaded the mule cart, put some things on the mule’s back, and then lifted four baskets from the cart. Liu San handed Mrs. Liu Sansao a pole and said, “Hurry up with your things and take the child up the mountain. I’ll drive the mules behind.” The mules have a lot of things on their backs, so they will definitely go very slowly.

At this moment, there was a rumbling sound in the distance.

The lichang had experienced the flood, and his face changed greatly when he looked at the scene in the distance, and he shouted to the people below the mountain: “The flood is coming, everyone runs up the mountain. It doesn’t matter what happens to the things, so quickly throw them away and run up the mountain. Come.” Everyone was in big bags and small bags, and they were walking very slowly. But this will hear the voice of the lichang, and many people throw their things and run up the mountain.

Seeing that Sister Liu’s legs were weak, Liu San said, “We’re halfway up the mountain, and the flood isn’t coming so soon. Take your child to the top of the mountain quickly, and I’ll be there later.” He still couldn’t bear his mule and its contents.

Liu San’s eldest daughter is very sensible, holding the second brother, carrying the younger brother on his back, and running towards the mountain at the fastest speed. When Liu Sansao saw the child running towards the top of the mountain, she hurriedly carried two baskets of things and ran towards the top of the mountain.

The flood roared from afar and engulfed their village in an instant.

When Liu Sansao reached the top of the mountain, put down her things and looked back, she saw that the flood had reached halfway up the mountain. Liu Sansao knelt on the ground and shouted loudly, “Head of the house, where are you?” If the head of the house has any shortcomings, how can the orphans and widows live?

Sister Liu San, who was crying sadly, saw Liu San rushing over with a load of things.

Touching the sweat on his forehead, he put the things next to Mrs. Liu San and said, “There are a bunch of things down there. I’ll go and bring him up.” Before Mrs. Liu could react, she went down again.

While Liu Sansao was trembling, Liu San came back with a big bag of things on his back. As for the mule, there is no trace.

A woman next to her sat on the ground and cried, “My God, the house is gone, the food is gone, and there is nothing left. How can people live?”

When Liu Sansao heard these words, tears fell immediately. With such a big flood, the house and the food hidden in the cellar will definitely not be able to be preserved. The family business that their husband and wife had worked so hard to save was destroyed by the flood.

Liu San also had tears in his eyes, but he was a man and he was stronger. He helped Liu Sansao up and said, “People are more important than anything else. As long as people are there, things can definitely be re-arranged.” He said this to comfort his wife. In today’s world, it is really unknown whether you can live without food. .

After comforting his wife, Liu San had time to look down at the flood that was already halfway up the mountain.

I saw countless debris floating on the water. There was thatch and firewood, furniture and clothes, and dead cows, sheep, chickens and ducks. And the most frightening thing is the corpses floating on the water, old and young, all swollen, looking terrifying.

There is also a living person floating on the water holding a wooden board, and seeing someone on the mountain shouting for help: “Help, help!”

The people on the mountain heard these cries for help and mourning, but no one went down. In such a big flood, if you go to save people, you will accidentally put yourself in it.

At this moment, a man holding a big pine tree shouted loudly: “Uncle, I am Axing, uncle, I am Axing, save me.”

No one wants to risk their own life for an outsider. But if it is his own relatives, it is another matter.

After hearing the cry for help, the licheng immediately called two young and strong men, each tied a twisted straw rope around his waist, and then went into the water to save the person.

This Ah Xing was very lucky and was rescued smoothly. As soon as he got ashore, he hugged the chief and burst into tears: “Uncle, it’s gone, it’s gone, grandpa and parents are gone.” Axing’s family is in the town, and they got the news after dawn. And the town is not like Liujiacun, there is a big mountain behind it, you can run to the mountain to avoid the flood. So when the flood came, they couldn’t avoid it at all, and they were all involved.

When Ah Xing cried, the people on the mountain also burst into tears. They were crying not only for their lost home but also for their fear of the future. Soon, the entire mountaintop was surrounded by sadness and despair.

The news of the floods in the south of the Yangtze River reached the northwest ten days later. Xu Wu wiped the sweat on his forehead and said in a low voice, “Princess, there is really a flood in Jiangnan. Nearly half of the prefectures and counties in Jiangxi, Anhui, and Jiangsu were submerged by the flood.” As for the number of casualties, they have not yet Get the exact message. However, the flood is ruthless, and Jiangnan is now in a terrible situation.

Although Oak Xi was already prepared for this, her hand trembled when she heard Xu Wu describe her. After a while, Yuxi said in a hoarse voice, “Floods are often accompanied by plagues. I hope Yu Baojia can prevent the plagues.” Recently, I have been eating the medicated food cooked by Quan Momo.

Xu Wu smiled bitterly and said, “If we write a letter to remind us, I’m afraid we will say that we are hiding evil intentions again.” The princess’s predictions for the Northwest were accurate, but the predictions for Jiangnan were not accurate. Of course, Xu Wu knew that even if the princess’ prediction was accurate, Yu Baojia and Yu family would not believe it.

Oak-hee did not speak. It was only now that Oak-hee felt that ignorance had the benefits of ignorance. At least you don’t need to carry so many responsibilities and burdens.

At this time, Tan Tuo asked to see him. Floods accompany this plague, and droughts accompany locust plagues. Oak-hee couldn’t control the affairs of Jiangnan, but she could still decide the affairs of the Northwest. During this time, Tan Tuo was in charge of killing locusts.

Doctor Bai has been summoned to Haocheng, and then he has invited several old farmers who have experienced the plague of locusts. Discuss together a solution to this problem.

After research and exploration, they found that locusts like to lay their eggs in low-lying places. Therefore, Tan Tuo also came up with several methods. The first is to cut off the aquatic plants in the low-lying water and dry them. After drying, they can be used as fuel and remove the places where the locusts lay their eggs. The second is to encourage the people to catch the locust eggs. ; Third, dig long trenches for the remaining newborn hoppers after catching eggs, dig a ditch at a certain distance, and then let the people beat gongs to drive them away.

Tan Tuo said: “So far, a lot of locust eggs have been killed. But the number is too large and the scope is too wide to kill them all.” As Yuxi thought, now the entire northwest has become the breeding offspring of locusts and A breeding ground for larvae to grow. They want to kill them all, but they can’t do it.

Yu Xi said: “We can destroy as much as we can, and try our best to minimize the loss.” After a pause, Yu Xi said, “In addition to killing these larvae and locust eggs, we also have to do a good job of preventing locusts. Prepare.” Oak-hee didn’t want to see the overwhelming locusts appearing over Gaocheng.

Tan Tuo said: “Once the locust plague occurs, there is no good way to catch and kill them. Therefore, we can only ask the officials below to prepare more nets.” Lose.

Yuxi nodded and said, “Master Tan, I just got the news that there has been a flood in Jiangnan, and nearly half of the prefectures and counties have been submerged by the flood.”

Tan Tuo was extremely shocked, and then looked uneasy: “Princess, the flood in Jiangnan is not good news for us.” Jiangnan is a major grain production area. In previous years, they purchased a large amount of grain from Jiangnan. Now there is a flood in the south of the Yangtze River, and even money can’t buy food.

Thinking of this, Tan Tuo felt a little fortunate. Fortunately, they have been preparing since last year and have stored a lot of grain. Otherwise, now it is not just worrying about the lack of water and the possible locust plague.

Yu Xin sighed: “The flood in the south of the Yangtze River is a bad news for the whole world.”

Tan Tuo sighed and said, “It’s another drought and another flood. God is going to kill people.”

Yunqing came back, and Yuxi told him the news. After speaking, Yuxi said, “Now, in the whole world, only Liaodong is in better condition.” Liaodong also experienced drought, but it was not serious, and it only rained for more than a month. This is nothing compared to other disaster-hit provinces.

Yunqing is very familiar with Liaodong, and said: “Although Liaodong has not been affected by the disaster, the food it produces every year is not enough to supply the army. So don’t worry about Yan Wushuang’s expansion of the army.”

Yu Xi frowned and said, “What Yan Wushuang is going to do won’t affect us for the time being. What I’m worried about now is the plague of locusts and the abduction of people from the north.” These two things are related to their vital interests.

Yunqing said, “Don’t worry about the Beiluren. The situation outside the Great Wall is no better than here. I’m worried about the locust plague.” Because of the drought, large areas of the grassland withered, and the cattle, sheep and horses of the Beiluren died in groups. They have nothing to eat and will definitely come to the Central Plains to rob. But now Yucheng has strong soldiers and well-equipped weapons, and they are not afraid of them coming to grab it. It is the locust plague that may come, and they have no good solution.