Chapter 54, Dragon River
Riding the northwest wind, Pan Long went all the way south, and it only took a few days to see the Dragon River winding in the vast land.
There are two large rivers in Kyushu, the one in the south is called the Tongtian River, which flows through several of the most famous lakes in the world along the way, and with it as the source, the famous waters such as Yunmeng Daze, Pengze, and Zhenze were born, which can be said to be the mother of all the waters in the world.
The one in the north is called the Dragon River, and there are no lakes along the way, only large and small rivers that either flow in or out. In the area where it flows, many places are arid wilderness, thousands of miles of red land, and only along the banks of the river have some green, which adds life to the earth.
For the people of the land of Kyushu, the existence of the Dragon River is even more urgent for them.
Moreover, the volume of this extraordinarily winding river is not as unstable as that of the Tongtian River. Sometimes the flood is overflowing, sometimes it is drying up, and in ten years, there will be at least a year or two of trouble. It's like a moody tyrant, always making people tremble.
Legend has it that the river was a dragon that was suppressed on the ground. Because it is unwilling to be suppressed, it often struggles with anger, and once it struggles, it is a disaster in the world.
The name of the Dragon River comes from this.
Therefore, the people of the Longhe River basin often envy the people in the Tongtian River basin, because the Tongtian River has a steady flow and occasionally floods, but it almost never dries up. Even if it is flooded, it will often not be very flooded, and it will not cause thousands of miles of Zeguo and human beings.
However, there is no way to choose one's birth.
They were born to live on the banks of this dragon river, and they have lived here for generations, and even if they wanted to escape, they had nowhere to go.
It's the end of winter, and the Dragon River is in dry season. Pan Long can see from the sky that the water level in the river has been pitifully low, even if the ice and snow have expanded the width of the river, and significant subsidence can be seen on both sides of the riverbed.
"Look at this situation, it's another disaster year!" Pan Long couldn't help but sigh, "I don't know how the imperial court is going to rescue the disaster?"
Di Luonan's plan naturally also has a part about disaster relief, the disaster relief system of the Great Xia court basically follows the one founded by Emperor Jiazi back then, at least Pan Long thinks that the system is still very reasonable, as long as no one takes advantage of the opportunity to make profits, or conceals the bullying and deceives the subordinates, or pretends to be deaf and dumb to delay the time, no matter what kind of disaster, it can be handled.
Unless an asteroid falls from the sky, dust covers the earth for months, the temperature drops dramatically, plants die, and then animals starve to death...... That's really unthinkable, and it can only be considered unlucky.
Although there are immortal demon gods and immortal Buddhas in the Kyushu world, if you want to resist this kind of world-destroying catastrophe, Pan Long feels that it may not be possible.
At this time, I have to praise another world, there was an asteroid named "Death" who didn't know what kind of nerve it had, and flew directly towards the earth. When the news broke, the world was in an uproar, and countless religious organizations jumped out and shouted that the end was coming or something.
Starfleet, which has been very non-existent since the establishment of the Earth Federation, was ecstatic, and the whole army was dispatched to meet the natural disaster - people all over the world watched the asteroid live broadcast as it was constantly derailed by round after round of shelling, and finally fell directly into the gravitational circle of Venus, and with a bang, smashed out a huge cloud of dust, which can be clearly seen on Earth with astronomical telescopes.
Anyway, there is a highly toxic storm on Venus all day long, and not even a single bacterium will survive, so it doesn't matter.
"Sure enough, in terms of changing the world, there are still more advantages in scientific and technological civilization!"
Thinking of this, Pan Long couldn't help but sigh.
Of course, this is also because the high-end forces in the Kyushu world are not very powerful, if those high-end forces have the ability to pick up the stars and the moon, the situation will be reversed.
But at least as far as he knows, even his teacher Bi Lingkong, a character who has almost touched the ceiling of force in the Kyushu world, can only move mountains and mountains at most, and if he wants to go further, he can only sigh that "human power has a limit, and so are crows."
Those mysterious gods and demons may have such abilities?
But they don't show up at all, and unless you can prepare the right rituals, it's impossible to prove the existence of these gods and demons, let alone expect them to take the initiative to interfere in the real world.
Disaster relief is a matter of mortals.
And Dillonan's reform plan is also aimed at the possibility that someone will make trouble during the disaster relief.
His plan is generally two sentences: to make a secret visit and take it immediately.
The former is talking about the fact that once a disaster occurs, the patrol envoys from all over the country will rush to the disaster area to understand the implementation of the disaster relief through open and secret visits, so as to ensure that the imperial court can understand the actual situation at the first time and not be deceived.
The latter said that once it is found that someone has delayed the time for disaster relief, or intercepted the disaster relief materials, or taken advantage of natural disasters to make a fortune in the country, then he will be taken down immediately, and if there is a condition, he will be escorted to the capital for processing, and if there is no condition, he will be directly clicked in public, and his position will be taken over by the deputy, and the deputy will also be clicked, then the patrol envoy will take over temporarily.
In a word, if you dare to stretch out your hand, I will dare to kill, you are welcome!
In Tilonan's reform plan, the status and role of the Wind Patrol Envoy were greatly strengthened. Even to the point of excessive abuse.
During the debate in the Golden Palace, some officials criticized that this was the "spy governance" that Emperor Taizu Jiazi had criticized in the past. And Di Luonan unceremoniously asked, "Are there still fewer things that Taizu criticized back then?"
"The drum needs to be beaten with a heavy hammer, and the current situation is that the imperial court needs a group of absolutely loyal, reliable and combative people to serve as a bridge between the imperial court and the people, and make up for the shortcomings of the traditional government structure. Di Luonan said, "Among the people who can be used by the imperial court, the wind patrol envoys are the most reliable, and there is no one." ”
Then there was a debate, asking him if he thought that the Patrol Envoy was more reliable than the important officials of the court.
This question is considered politically correct, but Di Luonan didn't buy it at all, and replied unceremoniously on the spot: "If you are all as reliable as the Wind Patrol Envoy, why do you need me Di Luo Nan to travel the world and go to the field to investigate?
On the spot, he called in several patrol envoys who were carrying materials outside the Golden Palace, and asked about their origins and resumes one by one.
As a result, each of these patrol envoys has relatives and elders who have been martyred in their families, and each of them has been injured and bloodied many times to protect the interests of the country.
Naturally, the officials who can participate in the Great Dynasty Meeting are not really stupid, and no one will be really tough enough to be tough in this situation - especially when the target of the toughness is the "Seven Killing Star" Di Luonan, who has killed hundreds of thousands of people mercilessly, and no one dares to bet on whether he will kill people.
Di Luonan won this most crucial part of the debate, and the next issues were like a boat on the water, and they were easily won one by one.
The account in the book is only a relatively important part of the whole debate, and many details that the compilers consider less important are missing. But even so, the people of Dingfeng Town were fascinated and applauded from time to time.
At least from this point of view, Dilonan's reform plan can indeed win the hearts of the people.
"I don't know if this reform of Dilonan is intended to make Bactria the Britain after the Industrial Revolution, or will it become the China of the Wuxu Reform? I hope it's the former......
Pan Long muttered to himself and fell from the sky.
Not far ahead, there is a large castle, just in time to go in and rest.
When he came to the city gate, he looked up and was slightly stunned.
There are two big characters on the city gate, but they are "Shangluo".
"Shang Luoguan, you're here?"
Pan Long couldn't help but be a little surprised - Shangluo Pass is an important passage from Yongzhou to Jizhou, it guards the mountain path "Shangluo Road", the geography is extremely precipitous, as long as it is guarded by an army, even thousands of troops are difficult to break.
In the past, Emperor Jiazi conquered the world, and the first occupation was naturally Jizhou, and then from Jizhou to Yongzhou. At that time, Shangluo Pass blocked the way of the army.
Emperor Jiazi did not rely on superior forces to forcibly attack the fortifications, but gathered a large number of sorcerers to jointly cast spells. Three days after casting, the earth shook and the mountains moved. The once narrow path has become wider, and the natural danger has naturally been lifted.
In the face of this completely irresistible enemy, the Shangluo Guanshou directly knelt on the ground and asked for surrender, and since then he has become a loyal minister of Great Xia, and has contributed a lot in the subsequent campaign, and is also one of the founding generals.
And Emperor Jiazi did not waste this forcibly opened up road in vain, and later when Kyushu Avenue was established, a road from Yongzhou to Jizhou was taken from here.
Shangluo Pass was later rebuilt, and although it was still nominally called "Guan", it was actually no longer a checkpoint, but an ordinary city.
The reason why Pan Long is so familiar with these is that, on the one hand, he has read a lot of geography and history books in his spare time in order to rebel in the future, especially during the period in Guangling City, he read a lot of books.
On the other hand, near this Shangluo Pass, there lives a friend of his.
"I remember when we were separated in Wugong Town, Brother Qiang said that after passing Shangluo Pass, it was Luokou Ferry. About fifty miles east from Luokoudu, there is a Lijia village next to the road, which is his hometown. Since you've come here, wouldn't it be too faceless if you didn't visit him at home!"
Pan Long muttered to himself and nodded again and again.
So after eating, he asked the best cloth house in Shangluo City, and when he entered the door, he said: "Wrap me twenty or thirty of your best cloth here, and I will go to visit relatives and friends, and I will take them as gifts." ”