Chapter 36: Rapid Reconstruction
"One, two, three, four......"
After arriving at the relief site, the ministers immediately dispersed, and then counted the victims in the simple wooden hut like sheep, one by one.
In order to count the number of people in the relief sites, the officials used a variety of methods.
There were stupid officials who counted the victims one by one according to the number of people, but they quickly became dizzy, and they were shaken by the countless moving faces and developed a dense phobia, which could not be sustained.
Smarter officials first calculate the approximate population density of the people in the disaster relief site, and then measure the area of the disaster relief site.
The smartest officials went straight to the kitchen and asked the cooks how much food the victims consumed each day.
In the end, a figure that is not too far off: 650,000.
A total of 650,000 people have been resettled in the largest relief site in the east.
Together with the three relief sites in the north, west and south, an average of 50,000 people were resettled each.
The total is 800,000.
In the "Disaster Relief Report", the total number of people resettled in the disaster is indeed 800,000, and there is not a trace of water.
This......
The ministers fell silent.
Staring blankly at their emperor, a 14-year-old minor, there was a big question mark in his head.
How?
How exactly did His Majesty the Emperor do it?
With the conditions and facilities of the empire, even if the county of Andohar is very close, but the millions of victims, even if the imperial capital does its best, it will save a maximum of 3,400,000 people, at most half of them, and it is impossible to save all of them.
But their Emperor His Majesty did the impossible: almost all the victims were saved.
created a miracle that they couldn't believe but put in front of them.
But even so, His Majesty the Emperor still didn't seem to be very satisfied, and still muttered in front of them:
"There are 1.5 million people in Andorhar County, 300,000 people were drowned by the sudden flood, another 200,000 people were trapped in the flood and gradually drowned and died, and then another 200,000 died of exhaustion and starvation due to lack of timely rescue and lack of food. ”
In the end, only 800,000 people were rescued. ”
"In fact, at the time of the floods, if the people of Andohar had gone to the imperial capital two days in advance to report to the police, at least 200,000 fewer people would have died. ”
"If the rescue forces had acted more quickly and had more advanced equipment, more than 100,000 fewer people would have died. ”
"If Andohar County had established a sound early warning system for the disaster, taken preventive measures and evacuated the victims in advance, the total loss of the victims would have been reduced to less than 10,000 people, and 700,000 people would never have died or gone missing. ”
"Although natural disasters are terrible, if people do not have the determination and preparation to deal with them, they will only be unable to escape and suffer heavy losses. ”
"On the contrary, if all precautions and preparations are made, it is more than enough for Andorhar County to save itself, so why bother to rescue from all sides?
Hearing the words of His Majesty the Emperor.
Surprisingly, no one among the ministers stood up to refute it, but they all fell into deep thought, feeling that although His Majesty was young, what he said made a lot of sense.
It's just that......
Anyone can talk about the big truth, but whether the truth is said, whether it can be done, and whether it can be turned into concrete practice is another matter.
Moreover, His Majesty the Emperor rescued the 800,000 victims, and after learning the specific rescue method, the ministers all obeyed, but what should be done after that?
You must know that these 800,000 victims have almost nothing, and they all have to rely on the state to support them, and then they have to take out a large amount of money and food to rebuild their homes and resume production, at least for three years without any return, as if they are carrying a huge burden on their backs.
Finance Minister Tashik initially estimated that more than 5 million gold ruyers would be spent on money alone, and countless grains would be spent.
The state treasury certainly cannot afford such a huge burden, after all, it only closed the loophole last year.
I can only ask His Majesty the Emperor to continue to pay money and do good deeds to the end.
So how did Zhou Ming do it?
He contracted all the reconstruction projects in the entire Andohar County, continued to invest huge sums of money and food, and immediately organized 800,000 victims to carry out vigorous reconstruction work after the flood waters basically receded.
And then in just one year, three extremely ambitious projects were completed!
The first is the construction of an Andohar reservoir with a storage capacity of more than 50 billion cubic meters, using millions of tons of cement (Zhou Ming had people burn it), the reservoir has a lake area of more than 1,500 square kilometers, and the main dam is 80 meters high, which is fully capable of resisting the catastrophic flood once in a century.
After the completion of the Andohar Reservoir, not only will the flooding be completely controlled, but it will also bring three major benefits.
One is irrigated farmland, tens of millions of acres of farmland, will be fully and well irrigated, and the county of Andorhar, which has been flooded nine times in ten years, will become one of the most fertile grain producing areas in the Orunian Empire.
The second is fish farming, which can be raised in the vast lake of the Andohar Reservoir. Tens of thousands of fish ponds excavated downstream of the reservoir can also raise countless fish...... Let all kinds of fish become the local specialties of Andorhar County, and create a lot of wealth for the people.
The third is to turn Andohar County into an industrial area.
After the completion of the Andohar Reservoir, the 80-meter-high drop of the main dam is enough to provide countless hydraulic resources, and the placement of a large number of hydraulic machinery here will undoubtedly bring a huge increase in production efficiency to the industrial development of the Orunian Empire.
In addition, around the Andohar Reservoir, the county of Andorhar, which has become a land of fish and rice and an important industrial town, will export countless industrial and agricultural products to the outside world, creating countless opportunities and wealth.
In the face of these opportunities and wealth, how could Zhou Ming let it go?
His Royal Business Group will work closely with the victims of the disaster in Andorhar County, sign purchase and sales contracts, take over all agricultural and sideline products, process them industrially, and finally sell them nationwide...... It is expected to bring at least 10 million gold rupiah to the Royal Commercial Group every year.
And the post-disaster reconstruction funds that Zhou Ming took out were only about 10 million gold taps...... You can pay back in one year.
In addition, Zhou Ming also spent millions of gold tower dong to build a two-way track from the imperial capital to Andorhar County, which is convenient for the exchange and transportation of personnel and products...... This is the second ambitious project.
Plus the completion of the third ambitious project of the plan...... The central airfield of the Imperial Capital and the light gas (light gas, inert gas, similar in nature to the 'airless' in the previous copy, very low density) float boat manufacturing plant are also under intense construction.
In just one year, Zhou Ming has completed two major things, completed the reconstruction of the entire disaster area, and expects that from next year, Andohal County, which has become the "land of fish and rice" and "important industrial town", will bring him extremely rich benefits.
In short, the construction activities are down.
It's so efficient.
The pace of construction.
It's unbelievable.
It can be described as "god speed".
According to the original expectations of the ministers: the reconstruction of the disaster area will take at least three years, as for the jaw-dropping Andohar Reservoir that rises from the ground, it is not in the plans of the ministers at all, if the empire has such a plan, the construction fund of the reservoir will be at least 50 million gold talders, and the construction period must be more than 20 years!
But in less than a year, the reservoir stood in front of them, and they rubbed their eyes vigorously, thinking that they were hallucinating.
How?
What was the strength to build such a huge reservoir?
Could it be that there are gods who are helping out?
In front of Zhou Ming, the ministers asked one after another, because they really couldn't believe that they could build that water storage dam by relying on the power of mortals.
The ministers guessed correctly, in order to speed up the construction of the Andohar Reservoir, Zhou Ming did use the power of "beyond nature".
Blue Power!
This neutral and soft power, although slightly lacking in attack power, is simply effective in controlling water and dirt.
In addition, there are 100 magic network walkers, who played a huge role in the construction of the reservoir with more than 10,000 excavators, which created a "miracle" in the eyes of countless people.