The incited grain merchants went to other places under the pretext of collecting grain for the country, looking for grain everywhere at a higher price than the imperial court. Wei Shuyu also led people to collect grain in a symbolic way, without taking this matter too seriously.
Li Jingzang sold a large number of fans using Qin Huai Taoism's pre-sale products. For a time, the Han Dynasty started a new trend of blowing fans all over the country, and they were proud to have fans at home.
Chang'an Daily continued to report on Dahan's overall planning policy and the progress of the investigation into the case of the grain merchant's extermination. It also opened a special section for merchants, and reported at length about the high quality and low price of fans, which triggered a nationwide trend.
Cities along the Yellow River that received a large amount of supplies are sending extra manpower to strengthen the river embankments.
Officials from the Capital Water Supervision Bureau submitted a proposal for a water conservancy dredging project, preparing to blast a hole at a crossing of the Yellow River and add a channel to the Yellow River to relieve pressure downstream. However, this plan was immediately rejected by Qin Huaidao.
The increase in the number of channels in the Yellow River will not only change the climate of the entire basin, but also the sedimentation in the Yellow River will become more severe after the water volume decreases, making it impossible to control it.
Furthermore, once it becomes two rivers, floods will spread over a wider area. Once the new river channel they designed breaks its dam, the entire North China Plain will suffer.
That is the granary of the entire Han Dynasty!
Now the Han Dynasty can only focus on prevention. As for modifying the river course and comprehensive management of the Yellow River, everything must wait until the situation is over.
It started to rain in Chang'an tonight.
Heavy rain is about to fall, and people are panicked.
Inside the Manna Hall.
Looking at the pouring rain outside the door, Qin Huaidao felt very heavy. This was the heavy rain he had never seen since he took charge of Chang'an. Every drop of rain falling seemed to add weight to the heavy burden on his shoulders. A stick of incense would not last long.
By the time it arrived, water was accumulated everywhere on the eaves and on the stone roads outside. People who had no time to return home were soaked in water. Many plants and trees were also crushed and broken by the sudden heavy rain, and their vitality was severely damaged.
Xue Rengui led the city defense troops on the road in the rain. News came that a large area of old houses in the east of the city had collapsed, and many people were trapped inside. Without the help of the city defense troops, the people alone would not be able to do it.
By the time he led the troops, Zhang Xuansu, the governor of Chang'an Prefecture, had already led his troops to carry out emergency rescue operations. More than a dozen old houses collapsed here. Some people were completely crushed underneath and could barely cry out for help, while others could not even cry out for help.
No, I don’t know whether he is dead or alive.
Seeing Xue Rengui arriving, Zhang Xuansu's tense nerves immediately eased a lot: "General Xue is here. It's great. Come on, help the people move these things away. There should be someone below."
Xue Rengui took action himself without saying a word, and the city defense troops behind also cooperated with the government troops to remove the broken bricks and beams of the collapsed houses, and tried their best to save the people buried below.
After moving for a while, they dug out a little girl from underneath. The little girl escaped because she hid in the cupboard, but the adults in her family were not so lucky. His father was injured by falling pieces of wood.
She was pierced through the chest and could no longer survive. My mother was hit in the head by something unknown, and a lot of blood had flowed out. Whether she could wake up still depended on her life.
Seeing the tragic situation, Zhang Xuansu was so angry that he shouted: "Where is Taiyuan Hospital? Why aren't the people from Taiyuan Hospital here yet?"
At this moment, Xue Rengui said: "Master Zhang, don't be anxious, let me take a look first."
He was born in the military, and he had fought with Qin Huaidao for so many years. Injuries in the army were common, so he could still do simple treatment and bandaging.
He first checked the person's injuries and found that in addition to being hit on the head, several ribs were broken, so he called the sergeant to find two pieces of wood, made a simple stretcher out of clothes, and pulled strips of cloth from his body to give to her.
The head is simply bandaged. As long as the bleeding stops, the hospital will take care of the rest.
After treating the man's wounds, Xue Rengui breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Sir Zhang, why are there so few government troops?"
Zhang Xuansu said: "The heavy rain is coming hard, and a lot of the grain that was originally harvested in the autumn is probably going to be flooded. I asked Sun Fujia to lead people to help the farmers harvest, otherwise it will be tragic if the grain is flooded by the rain and sprouts."
Fortunately, we have the general's city defense force, otherwise I really don't know what to do."
"Save people first."
Many soldiers worked together to brave the heavy rain and dig out the people buried underneath one by one. Only a few were lucky enough to be rescued. Most people were already doomed to their fate the moment they were buried.
Not long after, people from Tai Hospital rushed in. It took them a while to prepare treatment drugs and equipment. With the help of Xue Rengui, these young people from Tai Hospital temporarily requisitioned several relatively intact houses nearby without saying a word.
Start arranging the wounded and make soup for them.
Fang Xuanling stood in his mansion and looked up at the patio. As the chief official of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, he was also responsible for the important task of collecting disaster prevention materials. He knew very well that the current collection situation and quantity were far from enough.
Li Jingzang of Dahan Transportation Construction Company has not had time to spend the money he earned from the recent pre-sale of fans. Depending on the situation, the heavy rain may not be stopped for a while. If the same is true in the upper reaches of the Yellow River, he may not be able to survive this severe flood.
This important minister of the Han Dynasty was worried about the world. He looked sad and ignored the water and heavy rain outside. He held an umbrella and walked to Tai Chi Palace accompanied by the housekeeper.
At this time, several important ministers of the Ministry of State, Cheng Yaojin, Wei Zheng, and Li Jing, were also heading towards Tai Chi Palace.
Qin Huaidao, who was worried about the flooding of the Yellow River, received reports from several important ministers one after another, and asked them to be invited to the back of Ganlu Hall, and he hurried there.
After meeting several important ministers, Qin Huaidao behaved calmly and calmly. No matter how worried he was about the floods in the Yellow River, as the leader, he could not be disturbed.
"How is Chang'an?"
He did not mention the Yellow River issue first, but instead learned about the situation in Chang'an to ease everyone's emotions.
It can be seen that everyone is worried about the flooding of the Yellow River.
"An old house collapsed in the east of the city. It is reported that more than 20 people can't be pressed down below. Xue Rengui has already led the city defense troops. I believe there will be results soon. Sun Fujia, the captain of the palace, led people to plunder it. A heavy rain caused it everywhere.
It's such a mess, it's really unlucky." Cheng Yaojin complained a little. He was a careless and careful person, so it was not strange for him to say such a thing.
"Is the granary okay?" Qin Huaidao asked Fang Xuanling again.
"The granary is on a high ground and is guarded by grain soldiers, so nothing will happen." Fang Xuanling replied: "There is only a gap in the collection of food and materials related to the Yellow River flood. I am afraid that if there is a serious disaster, it will have a great impact on the people."
big."
Needless to say, Qin Huaidao also knew about this that the Yellow River was ferocious. Even in the original world, this tiger still caused huge losses when it encountered floods in the Yellow River.