Supervisor Wu Xiaoqi wore rain boots and walked on the muddy road where the flood had receded.
He looked at the wheat field in front of him. The wheat had been soaked by the floods and looked drowned, lying limply in the mud.
He is a son of a farmer. He only took one look at the wheat field and knew that the wheat could not be saved at all, and the field in front of him would definitely fail.
If it is rice, as long as it is not soaked for a long time, there is still hope of survival after the flood recedes, but the yield will be reduced.
Wheat cannot be soaked in water for a long time. After the flood, no particles will remain.
Wu Xiaoqi said regretfully: "We occupy the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and cannot replenish supplies for the army.
Precious materials must also be used to rescue local people who suffered from floods.
It is very likely that chaos will break out after a major disaster, so the headquarters asked us to maintain local order and ensure that order in the rear area will not be chaotic."
Supervisor Wu Xiaoqi shook his head, turned around and walked back to the camp.
Things have happened. Complaining has no effect. Doing your own thing is the most important thing.
The 1st Division had the only tank regiment of the 3rd Army.
When encountering more difficult battles, the headquarters will definitely use them.
When Wu Xiaoqi supervising the troops returned to the camp, he saw Chief of Staff Hua Zhenlei directing the engineering troops to dig wells near the military camp.
Diesel drilling machines are very efficient. Poland is a large plain. It only takes less than ten meters for sweet groundwater to flow up.
Chief of Staff Hua Zhenlei watched the well being opened and pointed to the swamp-like ground in the distance, with tattered debris still floating on it.
There were many human and animal carcasses among them. Soldiers from the First Division wearing rain boots were collecting the human and animal carcasses and burning them.
"Everyone has seen that all the water in the surrounding puddles has turned into dirty water.
The floods washed away everywhere, carrying a lot of unclean things.
Human and animal corpses and human and animal feces contain a large number of pathogenic bacteria.
We can also get sick if we drink this unclean water.
Only after the well water is dug out and boiled in a pot can it be drunk."
When Supervisor Wu Xiaoqi heard what Chief of Staff Hua Zhenlei said, he nodded repeatedly.
Flood disasters are only too destructive in the initial stage.
But the flood is still a natural disaster that makes you profound. That is, after the flood, there will definitely be a plague.
The ancestors of China could only rely on long-term experience to connect the two.
Now that biotechnology has made progress, people in the empire know that most plagues are caused by invisible little things.
Imperial scholars have long discovered that these little things called pathogenic bacteria, including the corpses and feces of humans and animals, contain a large number of pathogenic bacteria.
It is difficult for them to survive in boiling water, especially after major disasters, when wastewater has become a rare resource.
Supervisor Wu Xiaoqi stepped forward and asked: "I remember that our army does not have drilling machines. It should be that a new batch of logistics supplies has arrived."
Chief of Staff Hua Zhenlei nodded and said: "Not long after Wu Supervisor Army left, the logistics force has already transported new supplies.
Fortunately, this flood did not affect our army's logistics supply lines.
The logistics troops found a location about five miles away from us with higher terrain and connected to the logistics supply line, and it became a distribution center for supplies."
Supervisor Wu Xiaoqi nodded and said, "The floods have receded and a new batch of supplies has arrived.
We should also carry out disaster relief missions.
At this time, the local people's stored food was washed away and destroyed by the floods, and they may also become sick due to the floods.
At this time, if we go to provide disaster relief, we can at least gain the hearts and minds of some people and take the opportunity to form a servant army.
There is a servant army guarding this hell. We only need to leave a small force to control the local situation.
When we want to evacuate this area, it is unlikely that the high command will continue to block us."
The two of them immediately discussed with Commander Wei Jing and unanimously decided to go to the disaster area for disaster relief.
Commander Wei Jing is responsible for maintaining order and suppressing possible judgments.
Wu Xiaoqi's supervisor was responsible for distributing food and medicine on behalf of the bank, and selecting some local people to join them.
Chief of Staff Hua Zhenlei is responsible for staying at the camp to ensure the safety of the camp.
Cars cannot drive on the dirt roads soaked by floods.
The soldiers of the First Division could only transport some daily necessities such as food and salt by carrying them on their shoulders and on their hands like their ancestors did.
On their way to Warsaw, they passed through a small village.
The wheat fields around this small village have all been washed away by floods.
Many villagers stood beside the wheat fields and worried.
Wei Jing felt somewhat familiar with this situation.
He was still young at that time, and it was still the Ming Dynasty.
The family was hit by a natural disaster, and my father and grandfather just stood on the edge of the field and sighed.
People can survive natural disasters, but they cannot survive the man-made disasters that follow.
At that time, in the Ming Dynasty, due to natural disasters, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty might exempt the local area from taxes.
However, local officials continued to collect taxes from the people affected by the disaster as usual.
Since the imperial court has exempted taxes, any amount of money it can collect will be all the government's money.
If your family is hit by a disaster and you have to pay taxes, you can only borrow money from the gentry at a high interest rate that you won't be able to repay in a few lifetimes.
Once this money is borrowed, the family's land will soon become the land of the gentry, and their family will become the gentry's tenant farmers.
The lands of the landlords and gentry were basically expanded rapidly by various means due to natural disasters.
When Zhang Jing saw the scene in front of him, he realized that whether it was in China or the far west.
The people at the bottom of the class live similar lives.
Wei Jing immediately sent an interpreter to ask about the situation of these people on the edge of the field.
He quickly waited for the interpreter's report, and the specific situation was similar to what he thought.
The wooden houses in this village are still relatively strong after the flood.
The flood did not reach the roof, so they took shelter on the roof for several days until the flood receded.
They immediately checked the conditions in the fields and found that the wheat, which was almost mature, was basically in a state of failure after the flood.
Even if their fields are affected by disasters and the harvest is cut off, they still have to pay full taxes to the officials.
Their food had been soaked by the floods and sprouted.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Sprouted grains can be eaten for a few days, but cannot be stored for a long time.
In a few days, they will start to run out of food. How can they have any extra food or money to pay taxes?
Wei Jing asked the translator to inform the villagers that the Kingdom of Poland had been destroyed and that this place would be ruled by the Han people from now on.
Natural disasters have caused the grain harvest to be cut off, and it has been decided to waive the field tax this year.
They will also send officials to register everyone.
As long as you register, you can receive grain until next year, and the fees will be deducted from the field tax.
When the villagers understood this policy, they were so excited that they immediately knelt down to salute.
Wei Jing walked slowly and passed many villages and small towns.
The conditions of these villages and small towns are similar to those encountered before.
It's just that some situations are better and some are worse.
These people had sad faces and no hope for the future in their eyes.
When they learned that the Kingdom of Poland, the nobles who oppressed them, had been imprisoned.
The eyes of these people regained their brilliance.
Wei Jing pointed to the city of Warsaw with its gate open in front and still showing traces of gun smoke.
The upper and lower parts of the city wall are clearly separated, and you can see the traces left after being soaked by the flood.
"Wu Jianjun, I will obey your orders from now on.
I am good at marching, fighting, and suppressing rebellions.
I really don’t know anything about dealing with these trivial matters of disaster relief.”
Supervisor Wu Xiaoqi nodded and said: "Our division of labor is different. If there is a rebellion in the city, we have to rely on the ability of Commander Wei."
They entered the city of Warsaw and found that the city was completely out of order.
There were a lot of human and animal corpses and mud on the streets, and no one came to clean them up.
They looked at the situation on both sides of the street. Many locals looked frightened, and those with strong mobility were cleaning their houses.
There are also some people who continue to sit on the roof, holding black bread in their hands and drinking a pot of water.
They were afraid that the floods would rise again.
Supervisor Wu Xiaoqi discussed: "Commander Wei, we need to use food to hire some local people to clean up the environment in the city.
The weather is hot now, and the human and animal corpses in the city will soon rot under the exposure of the sun.
If left untreated, it can easily cause plague in the city.
Once the plague breaks out completely, it will harm everyone regardless of friend or foe."
Master Wei Jing looked at the mud at his feet. The mud still smelled bad.
"I also agree with this opinion. We must clean up the city of Warsaw before we can do anything else."
Supervisor Wu Xiaoqi immediately sent translators and recruited local people in the city.
He originally thought that the locals in the city would panic about their arrival.
Wu Xiaoqi did not expect that when these locals heard that they were hired to clean up the debris in the city, they would be given food the same day.
People in the city signed up so enthusiastically that the streets were almost overcrowded.
Commander Wei Jing said in surprise: "What's going on? As conquerors, we can be accepted by the locals immediately.
Western Europe is a land that is easy to rule."
Supervisor Wu Xiaoqi was also very curious before. After understanding the specific situation, he solved his doubts.
He heard the confused voice of Master Wei Jing, and then explained: "The ancestors said that if you have a solid warehouse, you will know the etiquette, and if you have enough food and clothing, you will know the honor and disgrace.
Hungry people, they don’t care who we are? They only care about us handing out food.
A hungry person will do anything to get a bite of food.
We have received reports that some people are already eating the same kind of food."
When Supervisor Wu Xiaoqi said this, he looked disgusted even though he had been living in the military for a long time.
Master Wei Jing asked in surprise: "How could this happen?
The food stored in local people's homes should be enough, and we have not touched the official warehouse in Warsaw City.
It won't get to the point where people cannibalize each other.
These local people will be our best workforce in the future.
I really want their lives to be worse than death. When they retreated, a fire lit the whole city, and then they encountered floods. I don’t know how many people are left in Warsaw.”
Supervisor Wu Xiaoqi explained: "I have sent people to investigate. All the grain in the official warehouse in Warsaw City has disappeared. Not to mention the grain, there is not even a mouse in the warehouse.
The grain stored in rice stores in the city also disappeared in large quantities.
Some people love to store food, and they still have enough food at home.
Some families are not wealthy and often need to buy food.
They have lost access to food.
Coupled with the loss of order in Warsaw, the evil in some people's hearts was released."
When Master Wei Jing heard that this was the reason, he combined the information he had with him and frowned and said: "I think this matter should be done by the French.
Not only in the area around Warsaw, but also in the northern region, human-induced river embankment failures have occurred.
There are very few forces with this ability, and France has the highest probability.
In addition, they transported food from Warsaw, obviously using famine as a weapon.
The French are using conspiracy to interfere with our army.
Whether we control it or not, the French people's goal has been achieved."
Supervisor Wu Xiaoqi also agreed: "Based on various information considerations, this matter was not done by the Poles.
They would not act so decisively, leaving no escape route for themselves.
The French are plotting against us, but their national power is limited and they cannot make more choices.
I just hope that after we resolve this matter, France will still exist."
The two chatted for a while, and they saw that the surrounding streets had been cleaned.
Except for the stench of mud that lingered for a long time, the situation in Warsaw was much better than when they arrived.
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Valier stood in line, his nose constantly twitching, smelling the aroma of freshly baked bread in front of him.
This kind of bread without sawdust will make people's appetite whet their appetite.
His stomach couldn't help but growl. He hadn't eaten enough for four days, and the smell of hunger was too unbearable.
The only food left at home is for his three-year-old son and his pregnant wife.
If he hadn't been clever these days and found a duck floating around, their whole family would have starved to death.
His next-door neighbor had his leg broken by a beam when his earthen house collapsed during the flood.
He climbed to the roof with difficulty, but died of hunger on the roof.
Valier recalled the memory of being hungry for the past few days, and his body was constantly breaking out in cold sweats.
The team moved forward very quickly, and no one dared to waste time for fear that the bread would run out.
It was Valier's turn. He looked at the bread neatly arranged on the counter and kept swallowing his saliva.
The Han man in front of him handed him two loaves of bread and a salted fish, which was his wages for a day's work.
Valier took the bread and salted fish. He couldn't understand what the Han man said, but he knew that the food in his hands could save his life.
He was also worried in his heart. The streets had been cleaned. He could have enough to eat today, but he would have no food tomorrow.
He was getting ready to walk home and share food with his relatives.
But he heard someone shouting in a familiar native language: "The Han gentlemen will continue to hire people to rebuild roads and river embankments tomorrow. This is a long-term job.
Food is still distributed, at least twice as much as today."
When Valier heard the news, he walked briskly back home to share the food and the joyful news with his family.
He thinks that the new noble master is much better than the previous noble master in the city.
It’s not like the city of Warsaw has never suffered disasters.
He heard from his father that during the previous disaster, the nobles simply ignored it and too many people starved to death.