August and September were generally calm, and at the end of August, the patrol went out to patrol the place according to the imperial history, but it was only a routine matter, and there was no target for Yanghe in Pizhou, which disappointed many people.

At the beginning of September, Qi Shangxian, the director of the Water Department of the Ministry of Industry, was impeached and dismissed by Governor Cao Yun and Governor Huaiyang Shi Kefa, which made everyone even more shocked and carefully examined the energy of Lord Yang He.

However, although Pizhou was calm, the outside world was turbulent, and news came that on August 15, Zhang Xianzhong recaptured Lu'an, cut off the arms of the people of the state, men on the left and women on the right, and formally established political power, named "Mandate of Heaven".

Immediately, Zhang Xianzhong won the victory of the Jiashan Ridge against the siege, "the great earthquake in the south of the Yangtze River", Zhang Xianzhong returned to Shucheng, set up the old battalion, the front, the middle and the rear four battalions, the battalion dozens of miles, and created the sailor battalion in the three rivers west of Chaohu Lake, and the water and land were gathered in Anhuikou.

At this time, Zhu Xianzhen was defeated, Li Zicheng surrounded and opened the seal with millions of soldiers, and Zhang Xianzhong changed his name to change the yuan, and ran rampant in Jiangbei, which made people feel more and more that the Ming Dynasty was not in good shape.

The heavier the feeling that the building is about to fall, the shadow of the troubled times hangs over the hearts of every people, and unconsciously, the more people are close to Yang He.

At the end of September, Chen Xinjia was executed, and it was also the season of wheat planting and rice harvesting.

At the beginning of the year, Yanghe reclaimed wasteland in Xin'an Township, built water conservancy, built polder walls and culverts, etc., and reclaimed about 10,000 acres of rice fields. Among them, the 5,000 acres of rice fields on this side of Jiaoshan Villa have the greatest hope of harvest, because the paddy fields here have been abandoned for less than two years.

In mid-to-late May, 10,000 acres of paddy fields were planted, and now it's harvest season.

As early as July and August, the rice growth in each field is gratifying, and the villagers see it in their eyes and hearts. In September, the golden ears of rice in the fields sway in the wind, like golden waves. Seeing that the harvest was in sight, the villagers were very happy in their hearts.

Yang Chunliang and others from the Gongtun Institute soaked in the fields all day long, and they were so happy that they couldn't see their teeth. They estimated that the harvest of each paddy field was the best on the Jiaoshan Villa side, and it was estimated that the yield per mu could reach about one stone and six buckets. The remaining Zhuangzi's rice fields are a little worse, but the basic harvest is also three or four buckets with one stone.

The final result is basically the same, after the harvest, Gongtun statistics, 10,000 acres of rice fields, the average yield per mu is about one stone and five buckets, this yield shook the surrounding affiliated Zhuang people, that is, many nearby Pizhou villagers, faintly have heard about this.

This is an incredible achievement, you must know that in Pizhou all over the place, the rice yield per mu is one stone and eight buckets for the upper field, which is many years of ripe field, one stone and five buckets for the middle field, one stone for the lower field. The average yield per mu of the rice fields in Xin'an Township has reached one stone and five buckets, and they are only the fields they have cultivated in the first year.

The reason why there are such good results, in addition to good water conservancy, I heard that Yang Xianggong applied fertilizer, what is called phosphate fertilizer, which can be described as a treasure, which can greatly improve the fertility of the field.

But everyone just heard about it, and they didn't know why it was, and the clouds and mountains were covered with fog, because the villages directly under Xin'an Township were closed to the world, and outsiders were strictly forbidden to enter. In the township, the villagers directly under the village can go to the boundary of the attached village, but the people of the subsidiary village are strictly forbidden to go to the boundary of the village directly under the village.

Yang He set up each village to protect each other, the surface is not systematic, the chief of the village is called the owner, it seems that one by one is not related, only in the management system of Xin'an Village, only know the connection between them, such as Shou Shan Zhuang, Yang He hand book name: Xin'an Township Shoushan Bao - nine guarantees.

The bumper harvest of the rice fields greatly boosted the soldiers and civilians under Yang He's rule, and Yang He was not only happy, but also strengthened his idea of continuing to build water conservancy and apply all kinds of fertilizers.

In addition to paddy fields, there are a large number of wheat fields in Xin'an Township, generally Yang He will rule a standard Zhuangbao, there will be five or six thousand acres of land, he Xin'an Township 15 directly under the village, before the autumn sowing a total of about 80,000 acres of fields, 10,000 acres of rice fields, more than 70,000 acres of wheat fields.

The rice harvest is abundant, and the wheat fields are also ready for sowing.

These more than 70,000 acres of wheat land, some of which were planted with beans earlier, in addition to harvesting beans, are also used to fertilize the fields when turned over the ground.

The villagers of Xin'an Township are busy, harvesting rice, harvesting and sowing, ploughing the ground, creating moisture and sowing seeds, and applying phosphorus fertilizer.

The power of phosphate fertilizer has been vividly reflected in the rice, of course, it should be used at this time, each wheat field is applied according to the yield of one stone per mu, that is, the amount of one hundred and eighty-eight catties, and it is hoped that by next summer it can be harvested, so that the average yield of each wheat field can reach one stone.

Sowing and harvesting, Xin'an Township is busy, Yanghe newly set up four townships earlier, the same vigorous reclamation of land, water conservancy, hope to next autumn sowing before the reclamation of 200,000 acres of land, so that there will be a harvest in the summer of the next year.

In this cycle, developing step by step, Yang He was busy with hope.

Recently, there was good news that the general soldier Huang Degong and Liu Liangzuo jointly attacked Zhang Xianzhong to Baojialing, Zhang Xianzhong was defeated, fled for 60 miles, was beheaded 10,000 levels, and captured 10,000 horses.

It seems that the situation in Daming has improved, but Yang He has always had worries in his heart when he travels around the country.

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In September, autumn rain falls from time to time, especially in September, and it is even more rainy.

Fortunately, the rice fields were harvested, and there was no major impact. Wheat can be sown late, as the saying goes, "cold dew rape, frost wheat", "frost to the beginning of winter, planting wheat Mo relax", there is still time before the beginning of winter, more than 70,000 acres of wheat land can be sown in autumn.

On September 27, it was already late autumn, and the weather was quite cool, especially in the morning and evening, and the cold wind was blowing, and the soldiers and civilians all changed into thick winter clothes.

On this day, it fell again and drizzle, Yang He came back from the newly established Bayi Township inspection, the rain hit his big hat and oil jacket, braving the cold, and behind him Chen Qiuao and others were all rain hats and felt clothes, covered with mud.

The roads in Bayi Township and other places have not yet been repaired, and the dirt roads are full of mud, and the walking is deep and shallow, and it is not comfortable to ride a horse.

Turning from the "North Gate of the Town" to the cross street, Yang He planned to go back to his Lian General Mansion Office and sit in the newly built Xihua Hall Fireplace Warm Pavilion.

Yang He's face changed when he heard this, and he muttered, "It still happened." ”

He didn't go back to the mansion, led Chen Qiuao and others straight to the Dahedu Wharf, all the way through Nanguan, Ying'en Street and other places, saw many people around the discussion, everyone sighed in fear, and said: "I heard that Kaifeng has broken the river, and the Yellow River is full of corpses, which is unbearable." ”

Yang He calmly faced, quickly whipped his horse, and quickly crossed the Surabaya Bridge and Yangshan Embankment, and then arrived at the dock market town.

Under the autumn rain, the wharf streets are busy, and there are shallow men and dykews wearing robes and hats everywhere.

Some of them carried willow shoots, straw, reeds, gravel, soil and other things to prevent the river on the embankment. Some men and noses were covered with cloth over their mouths and noses, and they carried down the corpses, both men and women, old and young, and their bodies swollen and swollen, and their flesh and skin turned white, and they were all drowned.

Watch them carry the body to the northwest of Elephant Mountain, where it seems that a grave pit is being dug to bury the body. Many wharf patrols led the joint defense team, and the merchants and ordinary people helped, or wore hats and hats, or big hats and oil coats, all with heavy expressions.

Yang He gritted his teeth and rode his horse straight to the embankment, where more shallow men were busy, and there were also silicon workers, who were working together to bundle the scrolls.

Soft materials such as willow shoots, straw, and reeds are layered and evenly spread, and then pressed with gravel and soil in layers, put on a big rope, and roll into bundles like rolling shutters. It can be revetment and plugging, especially in temporary rescue and plugging interception.

Here, Yang He met Zhizhou Su Chengxing, Tongzhi Zhang Kuixiang, and Chen Tai'an, who arrived in a sedan chair. Judge Song Zhiyuan was in charge of the river, and it was the autumn flood at this time, and he had been on the embankment with Huang Sien, who knew the same thing as the river.

When a few people met, they didn't care about greetings, they all went up to the embankment, roaring like thunder, and the mighty Yellow River water in front of them, turbid currents were surging and rushing, and they were roaring desperately.

The turbidity waves are surging, and the large river water that is more than ten miles wide hangs high, surging, constantly impacting the high embankment, and then on both sides of the embankment, there are plains, cities, villages and towns in various states and counties.

The raging waves and the majesty of the river make people tremble.

At this time, the water of the Yellow River swept away, and then the river water was miserable!

The corpses floated densely, like dead fish, half-floating and half-sinking with trees, sediment, utensils, furniture, etc., half-floating and half-sinking, half-hidden and half-visible, down the torrent, and then gone away in a blink of an eye.

There are also some corpses and artifacts rushing to the moon embankment and the wisp embankment outside the main embankment, and they are floating and floating there, coming and going, and the scene is really terrifying.

"This is ......" Yang He trembled when he heard Zhizhou Su Cheng's voice, "So many people drowned, I'm afraid there are hundreds of thousands, is this really Kaifeng River?" ”

The people around him were also staring blankly, their expressions trembling, and the river was full of dense dead people, which was too shocking.

Yang He gritted his teeth, seeing that more people on the embankment were busy, and knew that Huang Sien was in a big hat and oil coat, covered in mud and water, and was directing, in addition to strengthening the embankment, he also asked people to use bamboo poles and other objects to fish up the corpses by the river, and then carry them to the grave pit on the side of Xiangshan to be buried.

I saw that the corpses were fished up, and they were full of them on the embankment, but there were more corpses waiting to be salvaged on the shore.

Yang He said to Chen Qiuao beside him: "You ask people to go back and inform that all the township soldiers have come to the river embankment, as well as patrols and joint defense team members." Then transfer masks, lifting racks, lime and other materials, and all of them must be disinfected with lime on the dock. ”

Chen Qiuao responded, and immediately sent someone back to inform him, at this time Huang Sien came over, looking tired, his eyes were bloodshot, and his staff behind him, Jia Shuweng, Pizhou Guanhe Judge Song Zhiyuan and others followed, and they were also very tired.

Huang Sien nodded at Yang He, obviously hearing his words.

Zhizhou Su Chengxing went up and couldn't wait to say: "Lord Huang, is it really Kaifeng River?" ”

Huang Sien sighed: "Judging from the utensils that were picked up, they are indeed the things of the people of Kaifeng. ”

He sighed: "The Kaifeng River embankment is strong, and I don't know why it will break." ”

Chen Tai'an hated and said: "It must be a thief, they have been besieged for a long time, and they can't beat the city, so they dig the river embankment and irrigate the city!" ”

Tongzhi Zhang Kuixiang gritted his teeth: "It's really a loss of conscience, there are millions of people in Kaifeng, and they can do it." ”

Huang Sien sighed: "The top priority is to strengthen the river embankment, salvage the corpses on the bank, and let them be buried in the ground." ”

Zhizhou Su Cheng said: "Lord Huang is kind-hearted, and it should be like this." ”

Yang He listened silently, looking at the corpses on the embankment, they were all ordinary people, they were lying side by side, silent, unrecognizable, swollen and swollen, some people's eyes were still open, like dead fish, terrifying and weird.

Yang He's heart trembled, although he had seen many cruel scenes, but in this situation, there was still a feeling of chilling hairs.

The shallow men in their robes and hats carried the dead down the embankment, and then the bodies were salvaged and covered with the embankment.

Everyone watched silently, how innocent are these poor people, who want to be buried in water?

Suddenly, Yang He heard a bang, something was broken, and then something rolled to the foot of Yang He.

Yang He looked at it, and his heart trembled, but it was a human head, vaguely like a young woman, and her eyes were bulging, which was very scary. A young man over there was at a loss, and he said repeatedly: "It's all soaked, and it will fall apart as soon as you lift it." ”

In front of him was the body of a headless woman, whose head was broken and bleeding, and a dead baby in her arms, soaked in the water and covered with mud. The baby was held with its head in her arms, and she held it tightly in her arms, as if no force could separate her mother and child.

The young man trembled, and the old man who carried him with him said, "Quickly pick up your head and pick it up." ”

The young man hurriedly came over to pick up his head, and then shouted in panic: "I can't catch it...... I can't connect to ......."

His voice was crying: "What should I do, I can't catch it." ”

He whimpered and cried: "I didn't mean to, sister, you are in the spirit of heaven, don't blame me." ”

He let out a cry at the end, causing a whimper to be heard around him.

Yang He looked at the woman, her mouth was wide open, full of river mud, and the corpse that was disconnected from her head was still tightly hugging her child.

The embankment beside her, densely packed with corpses, and in the river below the embankment, endless corpses roared with the river.

In this situation, I couldn't bear to see it, listening to the whimpering sounds around me getting more and more poignant, Yang Hemeng's nose was sour, and he burst into tears.

Poor man, this is the catastrophe of the Ming Dynasty, but an even greater catastrophe is yet to come.

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On the 10th day of October in the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Huangyakou.

This is the north of Jizhen Xiongguan, according to legend was built in the Northern Qi Dynasty, the soldiers of the past dynasties must fight for the place, the Ming Dynasty and the brick overhaul, the construction of Huangyaguan City, Qi Jiguang presided over the Jizhen Town, more to the Huangyakou Great Wall to heighten and reinforce.

After the reinforcement, the Great Wall of Huangyakou takes Guancheng as the center, extends to the two cliffs of the Luhe River, reaches the Banlagang Mountain in the east, and reaches the Wangyanding Mountain in the west, all of which have cliffs to rely on. There are many fortress walls and walled cities such as Shuikou, East and West Slightly City, Phoenix Building, Widow's Building, Taiping Village, etc., which are protected by many fortress walls, and the Xiongguan is dangerous and narrow, and it is extremely solid.

After the completion of the Yellow Cliff Pass, it has been protecting the hinterland of the Ming Dynasty behind him, but the years are lost, the male army is no longer there, and the wall of the city has collapsed, and it gradually loses its majestic momentum.

It was almost five watches in the early morning, and it was past the beginning of winter, and the cold wind was howling, which made people's lips and faces swollen, and their bodies trembled. Especially on this night in the Northland, it is even more cold and biting, and the cold wind splits the face, which really feels like a piercing muscle.

The dense fire torches and lanterns on the city walls swayed in the wind, and some bonfires were lit, and some of the night watch sergeants slept soundly against the bonfires.

The night did not receive a report, and the Tartar sentry rode out of the outpost outside the Lu River, fearing that the slaves would invade, and asked the city garrison to be on strict alert. So the garrison of Huangyakou increased the number of people for the vigil, but at this time, it was almost five o'clock in the morning, everyone was sleepy, and it was cold, so many people didn't care.

A team was always sleeping soundly against the city wall, and was suddenly awakened, it seems, what movement did he hear?

It was the sound of iron hooks thrown against the walls, tapping against the masonry.

The team leader was terrified, and the cold hair on his body was trembling, and he shivered out of the battlement, and saw that under the city wall, a vigorous black shadow was rising up the rope.

With the flickering torches beside him, he also saw that not far below, a burly figure was rapidly rising, this figure was wearing very fine and thick iron armor, the fire swayed with a faint metal cold light, and there was a small flame flag with an oblique tip behind it.

At this time, this figure was raising its head and meeting the general gaze of this team, with extremely ferocious and violent eyes, and a barbaric aura that made people's whole body cold. In particular, he was unhelmeted, his scalp was miserable, his surroundings were smooth, and he only had a handful of hair the size of money on the back of his head, which was braided, very, very small, hanging down behind his head, like a long mouse tail.

The whole body of the team leader was like being immersed in an ice cave, cold to the bone, and there was only one thought in his heart: "Money rat tail, it's a Tartar, and the Tartar is in the Kou again." ”

Seeing that the figure was speeding up, and seemed to be roaring at him, showing Sensen's teeth and the rat whiskers on both sides of his lips, the team leader could no longer hold back the fear in his heart, and screamed bitterly: "Tartar, there are Tartars!" There are tartars! ”

At this time, in the shadows below, the clanging sound of the iron armor seemed to be pulled apart, and then the bowstring sounded, and a heavy arrow roared over like a ghost, and with a pop, the team was always shot by a javelin, and his iron-clad cotton armor was shot through, and he instantly lost his strength, staggered a few steps, and sat on the ground.

This is the crescent moon arrow used by the Qing army for close shooting, the arrow body is thick, the weight is large, the arrow is wide, the shape is like a big chisel, the weight is more than 120 grams, if it is shot, unless the wound is treated immediately, it will soon lose blood and die.

The team always sat on the ground, and in the blink of an eye, they were already unable to lie on the ground, and they didn't even have the ability to treat their wounds.

At this time, his shout had already shaken the city, and the whole city was in an uproar, and more and more black shadows threw iron hooks and rose upward. Suddenly, in front of the city on the west bank of the Lu River, between the mountains and the river, there were still dotted torches lit up, and the shadows were full, and they seemed to stretch to the end of the mountains and waters.

Looking down from the sky, if there is an extremely long fire dragon on the bank of the Lu River, it winds and turns, and reflects the starlight in the sky.

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