In the Guiyi Workshop, it was pitch black.

The only thing visible is a few candles on the second floor of the sales office, swaying in the wind.

Changsun Chong, who ate some fruit for dinner, sat on the ground with Du He and Wei Siren, relatively speechless.

The rain is still falling outside, and the water has already flooded the first floor, and if it continues to fall, it is likely that the second floor will not be spared.

The southwest corner of Chang'an City, where Guiyifang is located, is a low-lying place in Chang'an City, and after Guiyifang has been renovated, there is a circle of walls around it.

The purpose of this fence is to make the construction inside go more smoothly, so that everyone can see the details of the construction inside.

As a result, in such a heavy rain, the wall became a scourge.

Otherwise, the water in Guiyi Fang would not be so deep.

After all, Chang'an City is the capital, and the drainage measures are still so-so.

"Goo!"

Eldest Sun Chong's stomach rang uncontrollably.

The little fruit prepared for the guests at the sales office has long been carved up.

The eldest grandson Chong relied on the guards around him to be strong after all, so he was able to eat a few fruits at night.

There were more than 100 other guys and customers on the second floor of the sales office, and these people didn't eat anything at night.

"Brother Wei, do you think that workshop city will be flooded even more severely? After all, there are still more than ten miles away from Chang'an City, and the surrounding water may have poured into the workshop city. ”

Eldest Sun Chong's words, even he felt that it didn't make sense to make sense.

At the beginning, they laughed at Li Kuan, digging holes everywhere under the ground like rats.

Now that I think about it, Li Kuan was trying to prevent a scene like this today, right?

I just don't know if it has worked.

"There is a huge artificial lake in the middle of the workshop city, and it is quite deep. The excavated earth built a dam around the artificial lake, which then brought in living water from the Weishui tributary. However, because it is now a dry season, there is basically no water in the artificial lake. Originally, everyone thought that the artificial lake was like a joke, but now it has become an important measure for people to store water and alleviate the stagnant water. ”

Wei Siren said with a bitter face.

He doesn't have the Ah Q spirit of Changsun Chong.

"Although Li Kuan is very jealous of what he does, and we can't understand the rules of doing things many times, I have to say that his vision is still good. If we had dug the sewers like that, we probably wouldn't have flooded like this. ”

Du Wei had suffered in the hands of Li Kuan, and he had received the favor of the Chu Mansion when he was in Guangzhou, so although he still didn't like Li Kuan in his heart, he would no longer hack him there indiscriminately.

The eldest grandson Chong saw that Wei Siren and Du Wei didn't answer him, and he couldn't help but show a sneering expression on his face.

He is also a face-saving person, and he knows that what he said just now is completely blind speculation.

"Brother Du, your family is in a fish pond near Qujiang Pond, are you still raising fish this year?"

Wei Siren also saw that Changsun Chong was a little embarrassed, and quickly changed the topic.

However, these words made Du Wei very speechless.

Which pot is not opened, which pot is mentioned!

Not to mention that he pushed to expand the area of the fish pond near Qujiang Pond at the beginning, but he lost a lot under the impact of rice fish.

With this today, it is impossible for a fish pond to be free of stagnant water.

Don't ask, the fish inside must have been soaked.

When the water is over, there will still be 10% of the fish left, which is a gift from God.

"It's dark at night, and I don't know if the water will flood to the second floor in the second half of the night, so let's take advantage of the moment to squint for a while, otherwise there will be no place to sleep if we want to sleep then."

Du Wei looked at the dark outside, and only the sound of raindrops crackling was left.

The Du family has made tens of thousands of dollars from the renovation of Guiyifang, but looking at the current appearance, it is estimated that they will lose all of them overnight, and they will have to be upside down.

……

The Affiliated Medical Center of the Medical College of Guanshishan Academy.

The terrain here is relatively high, and it was constructed by Nanshan Construction Engineering like Guanshishan Academy, so except for a few low-lying places with some stagnant water, the whole was not affected by flooding.

However, as the night deepened, the inside of the hospital became even busier.

Since this afternoon, a number of injured people have been sent to the hospital one after another.

Sun Simiao, Lin Ran, Peng En, Qi Mo Duoduo, Kujo Xingxiang and other Lang Zhong all stayed in the hospital and did not go home.

"Master, the patients who are going to have surgery have all been done, and the rest are some simple bandages, you have worked hard all day, rest early."

Lin Ran, who had just been busy in the silkworm room for a few hours, came out and saw the white-haired Sun Simiao writing there and not knowing what he was busy with.

"Chang'an City was hit by such a flood, and the most troublesome thing was not the various injured, but the response after the disaster. The great plague will be followed by the great plague, which has been proven for thousands of years. For teachers and students, I am afraid that after the stagnant water recedes, there will be a bad situation in Chang'an City. It is imperative to remind everyone not to drink raw water and not to defecate casually, which is more important than any disaster relief. ”

Sun Simiao has gone through several dynasties, has a lot of experience, and his vision is longer than that of Lin Ran.

The other Lang Zhong in the hospital were busy solving the current problem, but he thought about the situation after the water receded.

Obviously, in this case, it will be difficult for the people to make a fire, and maybe they will drink two bowls of dirty water directly when they are thirsty.

As for urine and urine......

There may not even be a place to sleep, and how many ordinary people would care so much?

"That's true. Through microscopic observation, even the clearest mountain spring actually has a lot of microorganisms in it, not to mention the turbid and dirty water, and it is really easy to get sick to your stomach when you drink it. ”

Lin Ran also realized at this time that he needed to think about the next things, but he felt that there was nothing he could do.

"However, we can only move around the hospital now, and the rest of the place is full of stagnant water, even if we make a good plan, it is useless."

"Next to the medical hall is the Guanshishan Academy, where there are hot air balloons. When the rain stops, we can completely contact His Royal Highness the King of Chu through a hot air balloon. When the time comes, His Royal Highness the King of Chu will definitely have a way to spread these plans. ”

Sun Simiao is still very confident in Li Kuan.

This is also a lot of experience accumulated over the years.

"Datang Daily's newest printing workshop is set up in the workshop city, and I remember that the sewers there were very exaggerated, and they should not be affected by the water as much as our medical center. As long as we can get them to print more of our proposal and distribute it everywhere in hot air balloons, we can really solve some of the problems. ”

It has been eleven years since Lin Ran came to Chang'an City, although his skills in dealing with people are still far inferior to his medical skills, but he is not the kind of stunned young man.

For some things, he can also come up with his own suggestions.

"Well, let's try along that line."

Sun Simiao continued to refine his plan as he spoke.

……

The football field of Guanshishan Academy is now occupied by tents.

"Zhu Tong, are you sure that this rain will stop the day after tomorrow?"

Liu Yuan looked at the more and more tents on the playground, and the worry in his heart grew stronger.

The Guanshishan Academy has now become a shelter, and many villagers whose houses were flooded in the vicinity have fled to the academy for shelter.

Liu Yuan urgently arranged for people to vacate a number of classes for everyone to use, but as more and more people came to Guanshishan Academy, he began to arrange for people to set up tents.

"Dean, our meteorological research institute has observed the celestial phenomena for an afternoon this afternoon, and we are basically eighty percent sure that the heavy rain will stop the day after the day. Although tomorrow will not be as exaggerated as today's rain, it will still rain heavily for a day, and the water in Chang'an City, even if it will not continue to rise, will not fall anywhere. After dawn, there will definitely be more people in need of help. ”

After the two brothers, Zhu Tong and Zhu Yin, returned from Nanyang, they established the Institute of Meteorology.

Although many people don't understand the content of their research, they feel that it is as mysterious as the Taoist priests.

However, Liu Yuan already felt the importance of the Meteorological Research Institute from the importance of Li Kuan, so he trusted Zhu Tong and Zhu Yin.

"I've had people set up temporary rescue teams, and all the trainees have stopped teaching. Those who can swim will start to go out of the academy tomorrow to save people, and those who can't swim will help maintain order in the academy and don't make a mess. ”

Guanshishan Academy has a huge swimming pool, and swimming is also a skill that students learn, so there are many people in the academy who can swim.

Of course, swimming in a swimming pool and swimming in a flood are two different things.

Liu Yuan just felt that as a Guanshishan Academy that had not been damaged by the flood, if it did not contribute to the disaster relief, it would be very unfavorable to the reputation of the academy.

Li Kuan often mentioned the word "soft power" to him, and Liu Yuan felt that organizing students to go to disaster relief and expand the influence of the academy was actually an effective measure to improve the "soft power" of the academy.

"Well, the mechanical workshop has organized people to make the proposed sampans and wooden rafts overnight, and after dawn, they will start arranging personnel to go everywhere to rescue people. With such heavy rain, some people's houses must have been submerged and people were hiding on rooftops. If they are not rescued in time, there may be a lot of casualties. ”

Zhu Tong was also born in poverty, and he can understand the difficulties of ordinary people.

"I don't know if the teacher's side has been affected in any way, I hope everything is okay!"

Liu Yuan sighed and continued to brave the heavy rain to inspect the disaster prevention and relief work of Guanshishan Academy.

……

"Ahem!"

In the Penglai Palace, the lights are brilliant.

Empress Changsun, with the help of the palace maid, sat up from the bed.

Historically, she died of illness six years ago, but due to the joint treatment of Sun Simiao and Li Kuan, Empress Changsun's health improved after dietary therapy.

However, in just over ten years, she gave birth to three sons and four daughters, plus before Li Shimin ascended the throne, she worked hard in the country, and her body has actually been hollowed out.

Even after being relieved by dietary therapy, it is only a few more years of life.

Since last year, her health has deteriorated significantly, and in recent months, she has been bedridden for a long time.

Even Sun Simiao and Li Kuan don't have much to do.

"Still no news from His Majesty?"

The pale Empress of the eldest grandson knew in the afternoon that Li Shimin had paid a private visit.

But when the palace gate was closed, he didn't come back.

In addition, when she learned that Chang'an City was full of stagnant water, and some places had reached the roof, she couldn't help but feel a little more worried.

"Back to the queen, there is no news yet! Fang Xiang is in the Hanyuan Palace, and every half an hour, he will let Lan He pass the news to the harem. At present, Fang Xiang is already arranging personnel to search for His Majesty's whereabouts. ”

"Ahem", Empress Eldest Sun showed a hint of disappointment on her face, "Did the Taishi Bureau say when this rain would stop?" ”

"I heard it won't be until tomorrow night at the earliest. However, the water accumulation in Chang'an City is not expected to increase much. It's still raining heavily, but it's much better than in the afternoon. ”

When Empress Changsun heard this, her mood did not relax, but became even heavier.

It won't increase, and the implication is that it won't decrease much.

"You go and call Lan He over, and I'll ask him again."

After being silent for a while, Empress Eldest Sun felt that she still had to ask Lan He in order to relax.

Although the Daming Palace is very large, during the special period, everyone is very neat, for fear that their hands and feet will be slow and they will be angry by the directors of the palace.

Soon, Lan He appeared in front of Empress Changsun.

"Niangniang, it's late at night, Your Majesty Jiren has his own nature, he will definitely be safe, you can rest early."

Lan He was an old man beside Li Shimin, and when he saw Empress Eldest Sun sitting there with a very bad complexion, he hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him.

In the Daming Palace, there are few people who dare to persuade the eldest grandson queen.

"Lan He, let me ask you, did Your Majesty say that he was going to Guiyi Fang and Workshop City today? Do you think when it rains heavily, is he in Guiyi Fang or in Workshop City? ”

Empress Changsun ignored Lan He's persuasion, but wanted to further deduce Li Shimin's current situation.

"Niangniang, Your Majesty has a private visit and never tells others where you are going. But judging from the previous conversation between His Majesty and Commander Li, the biggest possibility of leaving the palace this time is to go to Guiyifang and Workshop City. You also know that during this time, Guiyifang and Workshop City were the most discussed by the people of Chang'an City after tea and dinner, and His Majesty also wanted to see with his own eyes what the situation of these two places was. As for where was His Majesty when it rained? I dare to surmise that Your Majesty is in the Workshop City. ”

Hearing Lan He say that Li Shimin was in the workshop city, Empress Changsun couldn't help but be a little excited, "What is the basis for your speculation?" ”

"It is the time for His Majesty to leave the palace and return to the palace for private visits in the past. Generally, His Majesty leaves the palace after the early dynasty and then returns to the palace before the sun sets. Today is about the same, after the early dynasty, it was only about nine o'clock, His Majesty took Li Tong to lead them out of the palace, according to calculations, they could arrive at Guiyifang before ten o'clock.

At present, most of the buildings are still under construction, except for a small number of buildings that have been handed over to buyers; More than half of them are only the ruins of the demolition and relocation. Even if Your Majesty arrives at Guiyifang, he won't stay there for too long. Considering that there is still some way to go from Guiyifang to the workshop city, I estimate that His Majesty will leave the city before twelve o'clock.

This torrential rain began to fall at about half past twelve, and by that time His Majesty should have arrived in the workshop city, or was already in the workshop city. It rained too much later, and by the time His Majesty wanted to go back to the palace, he might have been blocked by stagnant water, so he didn't come back before the palace gate was closed. ”

Not to mention, although Lan He did not follow Li Shimin today, he guessed Li Shimin's general itinerary.

"If I'm not mistaken, Kuan'er has put a lot of effort into that workshop city, and all the sewers have been built much wider than those in Chang'an City. I heard that the imperial history also impeached him at that time, saying that the sewers of the workshop city were built more magnificent than the Daming Palace, and there was a suspicion of violating the system. ”

"Yes, there is such a thing. However, these twists and turns have been left by His Majesty, and the sewers of the workshop city continue to be built according to the ideas of His Royal Highness the King of Chu. Lan He glanced at Empress Eldest Sun's face and added, "Niangniang, the sewers in Workshop City are unmatched anywhere in the Tang Dynasty. Even if you can't completely dredge the stagnant water, it won't leave much behind. Therefore, there is no problem with His Majesty's safety in Workshop City. ”

Hearing Lan He say this, Empress Changsun breathed a sigh of relief.

Although she also knew Lan He's words, there was an element of comfort in them.

But at this time, no matter how strong she is, she also needs comfort.

"After the rain stops, let Fang Xiang immediately arrange for someone to go to the workshop city, and he will have to return to Daming Palace as soon as possible!"

After Empress Changsun said this, she couldn't help but cough a few more times.

The Penglai Hall of Nuoda, against the backdrop of the coughing sound, seems a little strange and quiet.

Tonight, it is estimated that few people in the Penglai Hall will be able to sleep well.

……

"Everyone worked hard today, stayed up late, I asked the kitchen to prepare a supper for everyone!"

In the workshop city, in the four-wheeled carriage workshop, it was busy.

Wang Fugui, who was stranded in the workshop city, personally stared at it here.

Eighty percent of the parts of today's four-wheeled carriages are made of wood, so a large amount of wood is hoarded in the workshop.

Today, the workshop city is located outside Chang'an City like an isolated island, surrounded by stagnant water on all sides.

Wang Fugui decisively asked the four-wheeled carriage workshop to start making all kinds of rafts.

Anyway, as long as you can walk in stagnant water, it doesn't matter if the raft is sold poorly, the key is to build it quickly.

"Shopkeeper Wang, our eighth-level worker has urgently designed a raft with a simple structure and easy processing, and is now adjusting the production line to make it according to the method of the assembly line. By daybreak, there were at least three hundred rafts available to everyone. ”

"Not enough, three hundred ships are far from enough! Our workshop city escaped the torrential rain this time, which completely illustrates our advantages. This is the time for us to expand our strengths. This year, isn't it true that the house in our workshop city cannot be sold? Now I want to let the people in the workshop city do what they can in the disaster relief, and bring some homeless people who have been affected by the disaster to our workshop city for refuge. So we need more rafts so that more people can be in the rescue team. ”

Wang Fugui has been holding a breath in his heart during this time.

Although with Yang Benman's miraculous cooperation, the housing prices in Workshop City seem to have stabilized.

However, Wang Fugui felt that he was still slapped in the face by Guiyifang.

This tone, he has been looking for an opportunity to give it back.

"If that's the case, then we can produce a batch of simpler rafts that can be used in places where the water is less turbulent. In this way, the production speed can be much faster. ”

"At least 2,000 people can be dispatched from the academy to participate in disaster relief, and the more rafts there are, the better. After all, a raft can't fit a few people, and when the time comes, it will be necessary to consider letting the trapped people ride together. ”

Wang Fugui knows very well that the drainage system of Chang'an City is far inferior to that of Workshop City.

Not to mention the rest, just the Guiyi Workshop that blocked itself did not have any decent drainage measures at all.

Moreover, this drainage system is not so easy to change if you want to.

If you really want to build all the drainage systems in Chang'an City into a workshop city, it is better to build a new city directly.

"Okay, shopkeeper Wang, I'll arrange it right away."

"By the way, you can arrange for someone to go to that unified instant noodle workshop of Yuchi Xiaotian Che and buy all the instant noodles in their warehouse. In addition, go to the gold gold iron shop and buy all the iron pots. Tomorrow morning, our workshop city must be able to accommodate more than 20,000 victims. ”

It is unknown how many people in Chang'an City have been left homeless by the floods.

But what is certain is that in the coming days, at least 100,000 people will not have secure shelters.

Workshop City, Guanshishan Academy, and other places must be additional places of refuge.

Even if Wang Fugui and Liu Yuan didn't take the initiative to arrange, those victims would run here by themselves.

When the time comes, the situation will be completely different.

After all, the victims who have lost everything can do anything.

"No problem, there are so many workshops in the workshop city, it's really not good, when the time comes, we can ask each workshop to come forward and collect a group of victims into our own workshop. When the water recedes, these victims will be in a hurry to go home to clean up the mud from their houses and rebuild their homes. ”

The feelings of the Chinese people towards home are not comparable to those of ordinary countries.

But as long as there is a place to live of their own, no one will want to send someone to the fence.

This is also why everyone in later generations will have such special feelings for the house, even if it is to spend the savings of the two families, they must buy a house of their own.

In fact, for Chinese people, the house is not only a place to live, but also contains very complex emotional factors and other functions in it.

"Hopefully, it doesn't need to be to mobilize the workshops, otherwise it will mean that the flood will be worse than imagined."

Wang Fugui looked out the window, although it was pitch black, but the sound of the rain hitting the roof made people clearly feel that the heavy rain was still continuing.

Tonight, destined for sleeplessness!