At the end of March of the fifteenth year of orthodoxy, Yushan Town.

Tang Yu, Guo Yongzhong, Liu Zi'an, Hu Dexing, and Chen Ziping were discussing fiercely in the town's government office, and at present, Xuzhou Mansion and the southern part of Yanzhou Mansion have been affected by the bursting of the Yellow River embankment, and more than one million people have been affected by the disaster.

However, at this time, the only person in Yanzhou Mansion who can take care of disaster relief is Yushan Town!

Before the army went south to quell the chaos, it had completely hollowed out the family funds of Yanzhou Mansion and Ren Chengwei, and at this time, ordering the prefectures, counties, and garrisons to provide disaster relief was only a superficial thing, and it was impossible to do a lot.

After receiving Liu Juntao's order, Tang Yu, Guo Yongzhong and others were also discussing how to deal with the current flood, and at the same time, several people were more concerned about how to reply to Liu Juntao and whether to truthfully report the current situation faced by Yushan Town to Liu Juntao.

This time, the Yellow River embankment burst, and the surging river water poured for thousands of miles, and Yushan Town's industries in the southern part of Yanzhou Prefecture and Xuzhou Prefecture suffered a huge blow.

According to preliminary statistics, at least 30 or so shops of the Ministry of Commerce were destroyed, four iron mines and coal mines in Xuzhou Prefecture were flooded, and the trade routes of the Ministry of Commerce to Nanzhili and the provinces south of the Yangtze River were cut off.

More than 40 farms were washed away by the flood, 13 granaries were flooded, and at least more than 100 villagers in Yushan Town were swept away by the flood!

According to Tang Yu's estimates, this time the Yellow River embankment burst, Yushan Town lost at least more than 200,000 taels of silver.

If it was just a loss of some silver, everyone would not have reacted so violently, mainly because now the victims from all over the country have begun to pour towards Yushan Town, this is a huge test!

Among several people, Chen Ziping and Guo Yongzhong strongly advocated that they should report the losses and difficulties faced by Yushan Town to Liu Juntao as soon as possible, and ask for instructions on how Yushan Town should deal with the current predicament in the next step.

After all, among the millions of victims, at least a dozen or two hundred thousand victims are flocking to Yushan Town's industries and strongholds everywhere, this is not a trivial matter, Guo Yongzhong and Chen Ziping do not think that everyone has the power to arbitrarily act on the spot!

Hu Dexing and Liu Zi'an are strongly opposed.

Hu Dexing said loudly: "At this time, the fighting in Fujian is fierce, if the situation in Yushan Town is reported at this time, the morale of the army will definitely be hit, and the general will be troubled." In this way, are we returning the request for instructions, or are we disturbing the morale of the army! ”

Liu Zi'an even said: "From Yanzhou Mansion to Fujian, the news transmission is very slow, and it will take at least ten days to arrive, and it will take nearly a month to make a round trip!" Are we going to do nothing for a month? At that time, even if the general has instructions, it will already be a month later, and the situation in various places will be completely out of control, and it will be too late for us to do anything! ”

Hu Dexing and Liu Zi'an's words, Guo Yongzhong and Chen Ziping couldn't listen to them at all, and the four of them argued endlessly in the lobby, while Tang Yu was a little hesitant and constantly dissuaded, proposing to allocate money and food first, collect the victims, do what should be done first, and report the situation to Liu Juntao at the same time.

However, both sides of the argument did not agree with Tang Yu's "middle" method, and both insisted on their own opinions, and for a while, everyone was deadlocked here, and no one could convince anyone.

The crowd quarreled from morning to noon, and it was not until Mr. Shan from the Confucian Mansion in Qufu County came that the argument came to an end.

This time, Mr. Shan came specially on the order of the Holy Father of Yan, and when he saw everyone, he said, "Everyone! Now that Yanzhou and Qingzhou are already in danger, the number of victims in various places is increasing day by day, if you don't plan early, these millions of people will sooner or later become homeless, and even civil uprisings will break out! Yan Sheng Gong has written to the imperial court to ask for disaster relief money and food, but this will take time, and before the imperial court relief arrives, I also ask you to lend a hand and help the victims in various places first. ”

Speaking of this, Mr. Shan clasped his fists at everyone and said: "When I came, Yan Shenggong was already mobilizing money and food, and at this time, Yanzhou Mansion and Ren Chengwei could no longer count on it, and we still need the two of us to work together to tide over the difficulties!" ”

Tang Yu, Guo Yongzhong, Hu Dexing, Liu Zi'an, and Chen Ziping also hugged their fists in return when they saw this, Hu Dexing said: "Mr. Shan, rest assured, we are discussing this matter, and we will definitely come up with a proper way today, please ask Mr. Shan to go back and report to the Holy Father: Now that Yanzhou Mansion is in trouble, my Yushan Town is duty-bound!" ”

"Good!"

Mr. Shan breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and said, "In this way, I will return to Qufu County immediately." Ladies and gentlemen, time is of the essence! ”

After Mr. Shan left, Hu Dexing said to everyone: "Now that Yan Shenggong has begun to act, do we have to wait another month?" ”

Everyone looked at each other, all thinking.

Guo Yongzhong said worriedly: "If we start disaster relief now, the victims will definitely come one after another, and our Yushan Town will be burdened with a heavy burden, and even be dragged down by millions of disaster victims!" ”

And they were all silent.

Hu Dexing pondered for a moment and said, "If Jun Tao is here, he will definitely order all-out disaster relief without hesitation!" ”

"That's right! My husband will definitely do his best to provide disaster relief, so you don't have to hesitate to just let it go! ”

Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and they didn't know when Guo Muying came, but they saw him pull his son Liu Guodong and walked in, and continued: "Now that Yanzhou Mansion is in trouble, our Yushan Town can't be left alone, and I ask you to go all out and advance and retreat with Yanzhou Mansion!" I will also take Guodong to Ansan Town today to prepare to open a porridge factory in Ansan Town to provide relief to the victims. ”

After listening to Guo Muying's words, everyone nodded secretly, admiring Guo Muying's profound righteousness very much.

Guo Yongzhong looked at his daughter and was even more pleased, and immediately said: "Okay! Then let's do a big job, we can't ruin the name of our Yushan Town! ”

At this time, Chen Ziping said: "Madam, then how do we reply to the general?" ”

Guo Muying pondered for a while, and then said: "At this time, the husband and our sons from Yushan Town are fighting on the battlefield, we must not delay our feet, and we must not spoil the husband's big affairs!" Everyone in Yushan Town is in charge, and I think my husband is also relieved. It is good for you to discuss and decide on this disaster relief matter, and there is no need to ask for advice on everything. ”

"As for the reply to my husband, I only wrote one sentence: Everything is fine at home, and the soldiers can fight with all their hearts!"

On the same day, Guo Muying, escorted by a team of young guards, rushed to Ansan Town with her son Liu Guodong.

And Tang Yu, Guo Yongzhong, Hu Dexing, Chen Ziping, Liu Zian and others also took action.

Liu Zi'an sent a reply letter to Liu Juntao according to Guo Muying's intentions, and then mobilized all the forces of the Fang Division to investigate the situation of the victims in various places, focusing on whether there were thieves who incited the victims to make trouble.

Tang Yu began to allocate money and grain, and opened dozens of porridge factories in Anshan Town, Dongpingzhou, Yanzhou Fucheng, Cao County, Shanxian County, Teng County, Fei County, Linyi and other places, and also sent a batch of money and grain to Yanzhou Prefecture for emergency relief.

Guo Yongzhong also took action, concentrating a large number of people from the Ministry of Civil Affairs to guide the victims to various places in Yushan Town in the southern part of Yanzhou Prefecture, so as to prevent the victims from being unable to receive relief in time.

Moreover, Guo Yongzhong also took the opportunity to purchase a large amount of destroyed farmland, and recruited some displaced people into the Ministry of Civil Affairs, preparing to raise the Ministry of Civil Affairs' industry to a higher level after the disaster.

As for the industries that were washed away by the flood in various parts of Yushan Town, they have also begun to be fully rebuilt, and all affairs have begun to unfold in an orderly manner.

At the same time, Yan Shenggong learned that Yushan Town had begun to do its best to help the people, so he said to Mr. Shan, who had just rushed back: "Fortunately, we have Yushan Town in Yanzhou Mansion, otherwise it would be really difficult to support our Confucian family alone!" ”

Mr. Shan also said: "Yan Shenggong is right, we have Yushan Town in Yanzhou Mansion, which is the blessing of the people and the court!" ”

Ren Chengwei commanded Lei Bo to learn that Yushan Town and the Confucian Mansion in Qufu County had begun to provide disaster relief on their own, and he also breathed a sigh of relief and said to Li Qianhu: "Okay! We have these two strong reinforcements, we are really fortunate to have three lives! ”

Li Qianhu thought for a while and said, "My lord, since this is the case, then we must also act as soon as possible, otherwise all parties will attract criticism in the future when they see that we are slow to act by the city guards!" ”

"Well, that's right!"

As a result, Lei Bo, the commander of the city guard, also ordered the garrisons in Yanzhou Prefecture to rescue the victims, maintain local law and order, and prevent turmoil and civil unrest.

More than ten days later, Liu Juntao, who was anxiously waiting for news in the camp, finally breathed a sigh of relief, looking at the reply letter with only one sentence, Liu Juntao took a long breath and said to Zhang Xiaojun and Yan Hu: "This is the military heart of the family in our country!" ”

Zhang Xiaojun and Yan Hu also sighed, and said one after another: "Then what is the situation at home at this time?" Isn't there any news from the Investigation Department? ”

Liu Juntao shook his head and said; "Since the family gives us peace of mind, then let's concentrate on suppressing the bandits, and leave the affairs of the family to them, I believe in everyone, just like I believe in myself!"