In the second year of Yuande, on the eighth day of April, in Sheyang County, Jiangdu State, the weather turned from sunny to cloudy, with a southeasterly wind.
Zhu Fuyan and Zhou Ren stood on the city wall of Sheyang County, looking at the sea in the distance.
Sheyang is an ancient city and a traditional salt-making base in China.
During the reign of Wu Ni and Liu Bi, this place was as important as Wu Ni's Tongshan for cooking salt.
At its peak, there were hundreds of thousands of people here cutting firewood to boil the sea and obtain salt.
The annual salt production reaches more than one million stones!
Liu Bi relied on the Tongshan Mountain in Kuaiji and the boiled salt in Sheyang to become the richest man in the world. With the power of a country, he raised 150,000 regular troops.
After Liu Bi was overthrown, according to the orders of Jin Shang, who was still the crown prince at the time, the Han generals Li Ji and Han Daidang who went south protected Sheyang.
When this area was handed over to the imperial court, Sheyang County basically maintained its original salt boiling factory and infrastructure.
After Zhufu Yan and Zhou Yuan were ordered to come to Jiangdu Kingdom, they visited most of Jiangdu Kingdom with Mohists from the Mohist family and officials from the Shaofu.
Eventually, the salt-drying base will be located here.
Because the environment and climate here are the most suitable place for drying salt.
Hardly one of them!
In the past nearly a year, Zhu Fuyan and Zhou Yuan started from scratch here and established a salt-drying base of 10,000 acres, totaling 100 hectares.
￡This base can produce 150,000 shi of coarse salt per month in summer when the sunshine is long.
Coupled with the original salt boiling factory, the average monthly salt production in Sheyang County last year was nearly 200,000 shi.
These salts became the best achievements of Zhou Yuan and his father Yan.
There are even rumors that the emperor will choose one of them to train as the future Shaofu Ling.
Such news made Zhou Yuan and his master excited, and they were gearing up to do something big this year.
Zhufu Yan even made a plan to expand the salt field area five times or even ten times this year.
pity……
Master Yan sighed in his heart.
The plan was aborted before it even started.
At the emperor's order, most of the population of Jiangdu State began to migrate inland.
Especially Sheyang County.
The entire people of Sheyang are almost gone now.
Only Zhu Fuyan and Zhou Yuan were left, with dozens of bureaucrats, sitting in the county town.
It's not that they can't evacuate, it's that they are unwilling to evacuate.
The salt fields, warehouses and docks in Sheyang County are all the accumulation of blood and sweat of the two people, carrying their hopes and future. They have developed a deep relationship. Zhou Yuan even vowed to live and die with the salt fields. Where the fields are and where the people are, the fields are where the people are.
Dead people die.
Although Master Fuyan is not as sentimental as Zhou Yuan, he is not willing to watch his hard work destroyed.
Of course, what's more important is that Master Yan feels that if he leaves and Zhou Yuan stays, wouldn't his Master Yan be a coward in the eyes of others after this?
This is so bad for the image!
Especially. Master Fuyan knows who Zhou Yuan's father is.
Therefore, my master, Zhou Ren, is congenitally superior to his father, Zhou Yuan, who has more confidence and potential.
Apart from anything else, as a close confidant of the late emperor, Zhou Ren could make the final decision at the critical moment by just saying a few words to the people in the East Palace.
However, in the past few days, the mood of everyone staying in Sheyang City has been like a roller coaster.
At first, as the people evacuated, only Zhufu Yan and Zhou Yuan and their respective followers were left, who would rather die than leave.
Everyone's heart is actually empty and very scared.
The emperor warned that an unprecedented storm was coming.
Sheyang County is right on the seaside. There is no doubt that if a storm comes, Sheyang will be the first to be hit.
We are all human beings and will be afraid.
Especially when there are few people, it becomes even more scary.
Even Zhou Yuan, who had vowed previously, could see clearly that the other party had some regrets a few days ago.
However, Haikou has already boasted and boasted, and if he gives in now, he will be laughed at.
Moreover, the entire west of Guangling was basically empty at this time.
Even if I wanted to leave, it was too late.
Wouldn't it be even worse if we encountered a storm halfway?
Therefore, everyone thinks it is better to stay in a safe city.
These days, everyone has been busy. They dug several strong cellars in the county government and stored enough water and food to wait for the big storm warned by the emperor.
Unfortunately, I waited and waited and was told that there was a storm. After April, not even a drop of rain fell.
The sun was hanging in the sky, and the temperature was beginning to get sweltering.
The mentality of Zhu Fuyan, Zhou Ren, and their subordinate officials also began to change to a strange place. Especially after the 7th, everyone's mood changed from nervousness to something similar to embarrassment.
What the emperor swore in front of the whole world was ultimately proven to be false.
The most embarrassing person was of course the emperor himself.
But the bureaucracy and the powerful are no better.
Officials, nobles and emperors are actually two grasshoppers on a rope.
Especially the officials, after this incident, many people clearly know and understand what it means to humiliate the minister and die, and how can the hair be attached to the skin without leaving it?
Reality is the best classroom, so that everyone can see clearly that once the imperial power is shaken, the status and identity come from the bureaucrats and dignitaries recognized by the imperial power, and they will inevitably waver.
Not only Zhufu Yan and Zhou Yuan saw this fact clearly.
The entire Wu, Chu, Qilu, and even the bureaucrats in the world knew this very well.
Because of this, most of the officials and nobles in the world are praying that the predicted storm will come soon.
If the storm doesn't come...
No one knows how this matter will end.
Although, some people are already preparing to clean up the mess.
Deceiving and fooling the people is the bureaucracy's specialty.
But the problem is that what happened this time is clearly and plainly displayed in front of the people of the world.
How can it be easily fooled?
Since we don’t know magic, it’s impossible to delete everyone’s memories in the world.
"Hey!" Looking at the still calm sea in the distance, Master Yan sighed. He was full of worries.
More than anyone else, Zhu Fuyan hoped that the storm would come soon.
Because he knows very well that if Jinshang collapses, then Jinshang’s cronies like him will definitely have nothing to gain!
At the beginning, the princes and ministers jointly executed the Lu family, and the corpses in Weiyang Palace and Changle Palace were not cleaned up for three days and three nights.
All the ministers and nobles related to the Lu family in the world were brutally purged.
For example, Sheyang County used to be the fiefdom of Sheyang Hou.
Where did Sheyang Hou go?
Of course, Zhu Fuyan would not want that kind of thing to happen to him.
Taking a deep breath, Master Yan closed his eyes.
Suddenly, Master Yan heard a surprised sound. He opened his eyes and looked along the sound.
He was stunned instantly.
On the other side of the sea, the sea that was calm just now suddenly seemed like the end of the world, and the whole world was plunged into darkness.
Thick clouds suddenly fell from the sky.
There was thunder and lightning among the clouds, and severe thunderstorms occurred from time to time.
A huge super vortex cloud that was beyond the imagination of Master Yan, wrapped in sea water, thunderstorms and strong winds, moving rapidly on the sea surface.
Moreover, the target is directly aimed at Sheyang!
boom!
The sun was so frightened that it disappeared without a trace in the face of this super disaster.
We have been in Sheyang County for almost half a year and have seen storms several times.
But they had never seen such a big storm, such a terrifying storm, such a fast storm.
At this moment, Zhu Fuyan realized how insignificant human beings are between heaven and earth.
Without enough time to sigh, Zhu Fuyan followed Zhou Yuan's footsteps and ran down the city wall quickly to the county government office, where the shelter had been dug.
At this moment, Master Yan was extremely lucky to be born under the rule of an emperor who was blessed by the gods of heaven and earth.
If it hadn't been for the Holy Son of Heaven, I'm afraid we would all have died without a burial place!
The speed of the super vortex cloud was so fast that it had already landed on the sea west of Sheyang County when Zhu Fuyan and others ran into the county office.
This extremely terrifying cloud has a central wind force of more than fourteen levels. The waves it rolls up are at least ten meters long. It is like a monster descending on the world. It easily sweeps away all human buildings, trees, earth and rocks along the way.
Up in the air.
And its movement speed is equivalent to that of a leopard running at full speed to hunt.
In the blink of an eye, it destroyed everything along the coast and then extended inland.
Moreover, its scope is very large. Once it lands, it will pull most of Sheyang County into its embrace.
The county seat of Sheyang County, in front of it, was no different from a castle piled on the sand dunes. With a single tear, the entire city was destroyed. The roofs of all the houses flew into the air in an instant, and bricks and tiles flew everywhere.
All.
It continues south, following a straight path.
Not surprisingly, it ignored the boundaries defined by humans and broke into the territory of the East China Sea Kingdom.
The residents of Donghai Kingdom encountered a nightmare they had never seen before in their lives at noon.
This is an extremely terrifying, unprecedented super hurricane, and its power is staggering.
An hour after landing, its central wind still showed no sign of weakening.
It's like a terrifying harvester.
Destroy everything in its path, uproot it, and push it.
Bridges were blown down, houses were blown away, livestock and humans were swept up into the air, and countless stones, mud, water, bricks, and branches were flying in the air.
Amidst the roar of thunderstorms and lightning, the terrified Donghai people knelt on the ground one after another, kowtowed and begged the witch god for forgiveness.
But, this is of no use.
The ruthless hurricane tore apart all their illusions.
"The Emperor of Chang'an has warned me a long time ago..." Countless Yue people were crying and shouting, running around, and many chiefs felt extremely regretful.
They were informed of this disaster half a month in advance, and the Emperor of Chang'an even sent an envoy to express his willingness to help and assist.
I hate myself for being so ignorant and ignorant. I ignored the warning of the Holy Emperor. This is what I deserve!
But before facing death, human beings finally burst out with the brilliance of humanity belonging to intelligent creatures.
When the hurricane came, the tribal elders and adults who observed its trajectory ran home one after another, stuffed the minors in their tribes into water tanks, hid them in strong cellars, and at the same time knelt down to beg the shaman god for blessing.
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At the moment when disaster struck, some women risked their lives to protect their children.
There was a father who used his body to hold down the two children playing beside him.
After the hurricane, when the remaining humans start to look for survivors, they can always find a father and a mother protecting their children under many broken limbs and even rubble.
But unfortunately, most of their efforts are ineffective.
But occasionally there are lucky people who retain their lives at the expense of their parents.
Everyone was excited and cheered for this.
But these are all things for later.
At this time, one-third of the East China Sea Kingdom entered a terrifying world like hell.
The unprecedented horrific hurricane destroyed most of their efforts over the past sixty years in less than half an hour.
Countless villages and tribes were destroyed.
Countless farmland has become a mess.
After the hurricane, the torrential rain made everything worse.
Donghai Country should be grateful for their tradition.
They believed deeply in the witch god. In the half month before the disaster, they evacuated a large number of people, especially the nobles and officials who occupied the middle and upper levels of the kingdom's pyramid, as well as a large amount of wealth.
There is still hope for them, and it is unlikely that they will be exterminated because of this.
Despite this, when the king of Donghai and his ministers in Dongou City received reports from all over the country, their faces turned pale.
Although the area where the hurricane passes only accounts for about one-third of the territory of the East China Sea.
But because it borders the Han Dynasty and has a flat terrain, the area has always been the sacred land of the East China Sea Kingdom, the most important source of wealth and the most densely populated area.
Even if a large number of people are evacuated in advance.
However, after this disaster, the backbone of Donghai Kingdom has been broken.
The monarchs and ministers of the East China Sea are clear to each other from top to bottom.
The East China Sea is finished.
It is no longer possible to restore local production and life with the power and national strength of Donghai State alone.
"Ask for help from Chang'an!" Luo Shen, King of the East China Sea, said: "Get ready, I want to go to Chang'an in person to pay homage to the emperor!"
This means that Donghai Kingdom has chosen to surrender to Chang'an comprehensively, without reservation, and completely, and to become a vassal similar to a vassal state, with political, economic, and military guidance under the guidance of Chang'an.
But, there is no way.
Everyone knows that if they don't do this, the angry victims and the hungry people waiting for food will tear them apart.
What's even more frightening is that the people of Fujian and Yue will definitely not let go of such an opportunity.
Surrendering to the Emperor of the Han, surrendering to the Emperor of the Han, everyone would lose their autonomy at most, but glory and wealth would still be guaranteed.
If Minyue dies, everything will cease to exist, and even the heads of people like myself may be lost.
Hurricanes do not change due to human will.
After destroying one-third of the Donghai Kingdom, it continued southward, crossed the border, and landed in Han territory again. It started from Gaoyou and swept all the way.
However, this time, it discovered a terrible fact that humans are cheating.
Wherever it passes, let alone people.
Not even a single livestock exists.
Half a month ago, humans moved everything away from its crossing point.
It can only be in vain, like venting, destroying those empty cities and lifting those empty houses into the sky.
However, as it goes deeper inland, its energy begins to run out.
By the time it arrived at Guangling City, it had already consumed most of its energy.
In the end, it had no choice but to demolish a section of the city wall in the west of Guangling City in a demonstration.
Then, it can no longer do anything.
The hurricane that lost its energy left a cyclone in the sky above Guangling City and then disappeared without a trace.
But, the hurricane disappeared.
The massive amount of rain it brings has only just begun to show its power.
Continuous heavy rain began to cover all the areas it passed through.
Floods even occurred in many places.
Floods and mudslides have caused secondary damage to vast disaster areas.
Things were fine within the Han Dynasty, and most of the people evacuated.
But the disaster areas within the territory of Donghai Kingdom are like hell on earth.
The flood swept away the corpses of various creatures and branches and leaves of plants, raging everywhere.
A more terrifying demon begins to awaken.
Countless deadly germs and diseases are ready to spread in the disaster areas.
What's even more terrifying is that when the surviving humans fled their homes after the disaster, they also brought these demons to those safe areas.
For the residents of East China Sea, the nightmare has just begun. (To be continued...)
