Within a few days, the various departments of Shandong Town began to run at high speed, although at this time all parts of Shandong were pouring heavy rain, but because most of the official roads in various places have been hardened and paved with cement pavement, the allocation of various materials and the deployment of garrisons in various places have not been greatly affected.

At the same time, due to heavy rains for several days, the water level of the Yellow River in the Yanzhou section has skyrocketed, and the water level of the Yellow River in Qingzhou has also been rising.

Liu Juntao was also shocked three times a day when he heard the news, and Gu Yi, the political envoy of Shandong, Li Chengming, the governor of Shandong, and Zhu Qiaozuo, the envoy of Shandong, also took action after receiving Liu Juntao's notice, after all, no matter how big the gap with Liu Juntao is, it is not as important as his own head.

The three of them all began to act, and at the same time strictly ordered officials in various places to pay attention to flood control, and jointly wrote to the imperial court, explaining that the heavy rain in Shandong continued, and the danger that the Yellow River was very likely to burst, and asked the imperial court to immediately allocate men, horses, money and food just in case.

After receiving the order, Gu Quan, the prefect of Yanzhou Prefecture, mobilized all the magistrates and officials of each county, and in the places where the Yellow River passed, he even asked the magistrates to live on the embankment and not leave!

Although Liu Juntao looked down on Gu Quan's personality, after hearing the news, he had to sigh that although the civil officials of the Ming Dynasty had begun to fight for power and profit and covet authority, when the matter came, most of the civil officials were still able to go up, and they didn't dare to say how capable they were, at least they would not be as responsible as the civil officials in the late Ming Dynasty!

In this way, all the civil and military generals from all over Shandong took action and miraculously stood together in the face of natural disasters.

A few days later, the Yellow River in Shandong was safe and sound, and everyone was a little relieved, but Liu Juntao was still worried.

At this moment, a thunderous news spread: the Yellow River embankment in Yanzhou Mansion suddenly burst, and more than a dozen gaps raged in Shanxian and Cao counties in an instant, and the monstrous flood approached Chengwu County in the north!

The three ferry towns of Huanggukou, Lijikou and Zhuwangkou, which are close to the embankment of the Yellow River, were flooded in an instant, and the people of the three places, together with Shanxian County and Cao County, were killed and injured countless times, and corpses were everywhere!

In the lower reaches of the Yellow River, the Yellow River in Xuzhou is also soaring, and the Yellow River embankment in Xuzhou is also in danger.

After Liu Juntao heard of the breach of the Yellow River, he immediately ordered the soldiers of the trapped army stationed in Yanzhou Mansion to dispatch, and the general Zhang Xiaojun immediately led his troops to the disaster relief.

The money and grain mobilized by the Ministry of Commerce, as well as the doctors from the Medical Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, were immediately dispatched to the Yanzhou Prefecture.

At the same time, Liu Juntao was also worried about the situation in Xuzhou, and immediately ordered Yan Hu, the general of the Yingyang Army stationed in Qingzhou Mansion, to immediately dispatch a group of troops and horses south to Xuzhou, ready to deal with a possible embankment break.

For a time, all the officers and soldiers of the Tiance Army in Yanzhou Mansion and Qingzhou Mansion were dispatched, and the officers and soldiers of the Tiance Army in other prefectures and counties also took action, constantly advancing and getting closer to the disaster area.

Governments across Yanzhou have also taken action, but in the face of the monstrous floods, these efforts have been insignificant, and the situation is getting worse, and the affected areas are also expanding.

Moreover, at this time, the disaster relief means of the Ming Dynasty are also extremely scarce, although Liu Juntao has made preparations in advance, but in the face of natural disasters, he can still only use the horse-drawn shoulder to strengthen the embankment, and can only let the soldiers rush to the disaster area on foot, and the efficiency of disaster relief and flood control is far less than that of later generations.

Liu Juntao received the reports sent by the trapped army and the Yingyang army successively, and learned that although the two armies had been doing their best to provide disaster relief, the people of Yanzhou Mansion and Qingzhou Mansion were still suffering heavy casualties, and Shandong Town was also suffering great losses.

Liu Juntao couldn't help but be furious when he heard the news, and scolded at the hazy sky.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Juntao received a message from the Ministry of Intelligence: At this time, the banks of the Yellow River in Daming are basically larger than continuous, not only Shandong has been affected, but even Hebei, Henan, Nanzhili and other places have been affected to varying degrees, and this flood has affected several provinces, which can be described as a heavy blow to Daming!

The most worrying thing is that at this time, the flood of the Yellow River also poured into the Grand Canal, which greatly affected the Cao Yun, and even the Cao Yun in Shandong was cut off for a time, which immediately made the ministers of the DPRK and China terrified.

Faced with such a situation, Liu Juntao, Gu Yi, the political envoy of Shandong, Li Chengming, the governor of Shandong, and Zhu Qiaozuo, the envoy of Shandong, once again jointly went to the imperial court and asked the imperial court to immediately carry out disaster relief.

At the same time, the civil and military officials in Hebei, Henan, Nanzhili and other places also played one after another, and for a time the request for disaster relief flew to Emperor Jingtai's book case like snowflakes, which made Emperor Jingtai frown, and the illness of the prince Zhu Jianqi was getting worse day by day, which made Emperor Jingtai want to cry without tears.

At this time, Emperor Jingtai also understood that dealing with the flood and helping the victims was the top priority at present, so he called a court meeting with a strong spirit, and issued an order on the same day, ordering the household department to immediately raise money and grain, and immediately mobilize relief money and food to the disaster area within ten days.

At the same time, Emperor Jingtai also affirmed the disaster relief action in Shandong Town, and clearly rewarded and toured all over the country!

Then, Emperor Jingtai was ready to select ministers who were familiar with water conservancy from the court, and immediately went to the disaster area to provide relief, renovate the Yellow River embankment, and strive to ensure that the water was unharmed!

For a time, the ministers of the DPRK and China recommended several directors of the Ministry of Works, but Emperor Jingtai vetoed them one by one, and the first day of the court ceremony was fruitless.

The next day, Emperor Jingtai once again convened a court meeting to discuss the candidates for the disaster area in the south, and this time, Emperor Jingtai directly proposed to go south to Xu Youzhen, the left deputy capital, on the grounds that Xu Youzhen was familiar with water conservancy.

In this regard, Shi Heng, the governor of the right capital, strongly opposed, after all, Xu Youzhen is his right-hand man, this time he went south to sort out and rectify the Yellow River, which was as short as a few months and as long as years.

However, Emperor Jingtai turned a deaf ear to Shi Heng's opposition and still insisted on his own opinion.

Seeing this, Chen Xun, the first assistant of the cabinet, immediately came out to speak, fully supporting Emperor Jingtai's proposal, and the ministers of civil power in the court also echoed one after another.

It is said that Xu Youzhen is familiar with water conservancy and is indeed the best candidate, but as soon as Xu Youzhen leaves, it is very likely that the political pattern of the DPRK and China will be broken.

However, Yu Qian was not easy to express his position, worried that if he supported Shi Heng, he would let this proposal be shelved, and the disaster relief matter would eventually be delayed.

As a result, Yu Qian was silent in the court and did not comment on this discussion.

At the court meeting, Emperor Jingtai and the first assistant of the cabinet, Chen Xun and other civil and official forces, and the right governor Shi Heng and others came and went, arguing for a long time, and finally Emperor Jingtai had the upper hand, Shi Heng could only bow his head in the face of Emperor Jingtai who always insisted on his own opinion.

On the same day, Emperor Jingtai issued an order to appoint Xu Youzhen as a disaster relief inspector, transferred 3,000 soldiers and horses from the Beijing battalion, and went south to Shandong to control the flood of the Yellow River within three days!

At the same time, Emperor Jingtai also ordered Liu Juntao, the chief military officer of Shandong Town, as well as Gu Yi, the political envoy of Shandong, Li Chengming, the governor of Shandong, and Zhu Qiaozuo, the envoy of Shandong, to order everyone to fully cooperate with Xu Youzhen and strive to ensure the continuous luck of Cao!

When receiving this news, Hu Dexing, deputy chief soldier of Shandong Town, had already gone to Yanzhou to sit in the town, and at the same time, the Xuzhou Military Bureau had also completely stopped production and carried out evacuation, after all, the Yellow River embankment in Xuzhou was also in danger at this time.

Liu Juntao is already anxious about this, if he faces the enemy, even if the situation is unfavorable, Liu Juntao can deal with it calmly, but at this time, Liu Juntao is facing a monstrous flood, it is God, and he can't help but feel a little bottomless in his heart.

And the news that Xu Youzhen was about to go south shocked Liu Juntao's heart slightly, and his originally irritable mood calmed down a little.

Although Xu Youzhen's personality is not worth mentioning, Liu Juntao despises him very much, and Xu Youzhen is a complete villain in his heart.

But Liu Juntao also has to admit that Xu Youzhen is indeed a capable talent, especially in water conservancy, and can be said to be the most capable person in the Ming Dynasty at this time.

"It seems that this town will inevitably have to cooperate with Xu Youzhen!"

Looking at the heavy rain outside the window, Liu Juntao couldn't help but sigh in his heart.