The sky was already bright, the wind on the river had lightened, and the thunder had stopped fighting, but the heavy rain that had been raining since the early hours of the morning had not stopped, and it even felt like it was getting heavier and heavier. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

All the people got on the boat again, because there was no wind on the river, so the boat continued to sail in the direction of Nanjing, but now the view on the river is not very good, and the heavy rain has greatly reduced the visibility. Looking into the distance from the boat, I saw a white expanse, almost unable to distinguish the boundary between the Yangtze River and the earth. As a result, the speed of the ship has slowed down considerably.

All but the necessary sailors went into the cabins. Zheng Sen and Kong Zhang temporarily sheltered from the rain in Li Xiangjun's room. Through the small window in the room, several people looked out at the white river.

"I've never seen this heavy rain in my life." Huan'er said.

"How old you are, just talk about it for the rest of your life." Kong Zhang said, "But so far, it is the first time that Kong has seen such heavy rain." And it's been going down for more than two hours now, right? It's not small at all. ”

"Look, what do you see on the river?" Li Xiangjun pointed out the window and said suddenly.

"Where?" Zheng Sen hurriedly asked, while raising the telescope in his hand.

"Over there, at 10 o'clock on the port side. There's something there. Li Xiangjun replied that she had followed Zheng Sen on such a long boat, but she already knew how to use a lot of common terms on the Zheng family's boats.

Zheng Sen looked over there, and sure enough, he saw something floating over there, and when he looked closely, it turned out to be a big tree.

"It's a big tree." Zheng Sen frowned and replied, "It seems that this heavy rain caused the flood and rushed from that tributary. ”

Then more floating objects appeared, including large trees, logs, sticks, and even floating corpses.

"I'm afraid some of the tributaries have already burst, and I don't know ...... this flood," Kong Zhang sighed.

"If such heavy rain continues like this, I am afraid that the entire Jiangnan will become a Ze country. And then there will be a flood of people. Then it is impossible to say that the dead will rest on their back, and the displaced people will be everywhere. Xiangjun, when we arrive in Nanjing, we must move immediately. You immediately buy all the money in your hand, including what I put on your side, into grain as quickly as possible, regardless of the price, and buy as much as you want. In addition, if you can, you can borrow some from your sisters and friends, and the interest can be a little higher, and I will be responsible for repaying it. The action must be fast, otherwise I am afraid that after two or three days, the rice shops will not only increase the price, but even close their doors. After buying rice, Brother Bangui, you take my prayer post, as well as the family teacher's prayer post, and go to ...... Go to Mr. Ma Yaocao, and Mr. Yang Longyou, if you are not worried about reputation, you can also go to Ruan Dacheng, and tell him that if you want to have a better reputation, hurry up and seize the opportunity. Then prepare the soup kitchen.

After this heavy rain, I am afraid it will take a long time to wait for the water to recede. And when the water receded, this season's crops were completely destroyed. The big famine troubles are yet to come. A large number of peasants will become homeless, and it is estimated that your food will not last long. So, I immediately went to Matsue, then changed ships and went to sea, organized a fleet as soon as possible, and sent them overseas. Brother Bangui, Xiangjun, I have to ask the two of you for this matter. Zheng Sen stood up and bowed to the two of them.

The two also hurriedly stood up, and Kong Zhang said: "Don't worry, Da Mu, I don't dare to say that I will definitely be able to do a good job, but I will definitely do my best to do a good job." ”

"It's the same with slaves." Li Xiangjun also replied.

"In addition, Xiangjun, your mother has experienced human feelings, if there is anything you don't understand, you should ask her more." Zheng Sen admonished again.

"Damu, can you bring some food when your fleet arrives?" Kong Zhang asked.

"I'm afraid it won't be much." Zheng Sen shook his head and replied, "It's not because I can't get too much food in my hands for a while, but because if I bring too much food, I'm afraid something will happen." ”

"How can something happen when the grain is brought here?" Kong Zhang asked puzzled.

"Brother Bangui, think about it, why do I say that those big families, those rice shops will be closed." Zheng Sen did not answer, but asked rhetorically.

Kong Zhang thought about it, his face gradually sank, and he said with a blushing face: "I see, I understand!" What a damn one! ”

"What are you talking about? Why didn't I understand at all? Li Xiangjun asked with a puzzled face.

"Because some people don't want the farmers to be given relief at all." Kong Zhang replied with a dark face, "If this heavy rain does not stop today, and it continues like this, large areas of the fields will be flooded, and the farmers in those fields will have to go into exile if they do not receive handout." And their fields have become terra nullius. Moreover, in many large households, most of the land at home is actually the land of the service. Although these fields belong to them, they cannot collect too much rent on these fields, nor can they sublet them to others at will. Now if those people go into exile and can't come back, they will be able to dispose of the fields as they please. In addition, after the great flood, the boundaries of the fields were all messed up, and it was just right to occupy more land. In my hometown, every time there is a disaster or something, after the disaster, the farmland of the big families will increase by a large amount. Therefore, when the famine comes, large families are often reluctant to provide relief. ”

"And anyway, there are also displaced people in other places now, and when the flood passes, the fields are in their hands, and they have no difficulty finding people to farm." Zheng Sen also added.

"This, this is ......" Li Xiangjun's face also turned white.

"Yes, this is to make a fortune in the country, and to make a fortune. It's just that when there is really money to be made, how many people can endure it! Kong Zhang said, "If Damu just transports those homeless people away, then it will be a good thing for these people." If Damu brought a large amount of grain, it would offend the profiteers who planned to hoard Juqi, and the big families who wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to occupy more land would also be unhappy. If these people are one or two, it will be nothing, I am afraid that there will be a large area by then. ”

"How are these people so bad!" Huan'er couldn't help but scold.

"Hehe," Zheng Sen smiled bitterly, "these people are not necessarily really bad, and many times, there is no way." ”

"Damu, what do you mean by that?" Kong Zhang's eyes widened and he asked.

"Brother Bangui has heard of Gu raising?" Zheng Sen sighed, "I've heard that the Miao people have the art of raising Gu. The method is to mix all kinds of poisonous insects into a large urn, so that they devour each other, and the last one left is Cheng Gu. Now the troubled times have shown their heads. People in troubled times are actually like insects thrown into a big urn, if they don't devour others, they will inevitably be devoured by others. Just like those rogues today, in fact, weren't they honest people? It's just that he was thrown into this big urn, and if he didn't rob others, he would starve to death. Although it is said that 'starvation is a small matter, but loss of festival is a big thing'. However, as the so-called 'courtesy is not inferior', this requirement that they would rather starve to death than 'lose their temperance' was not aimed at them in the first place. The land is limited, and the population is too large, if you can't expand the territory, then it's really no different from raising Gu. In the end, only the worst and most shameless guys survived. ”

"There's no time to wait!" Kong Zhang sighed, "It is urgent to restore Zhou Zheng!" ”

Listening to Kong Zhang's words, Zheng Sen suddenly discovered a very interesting thing, that is, many times, it seems that the most important innovations are actually under the banner of retro. The reform of Western New Thought under the oppression of medieval theology was under the banner of reviving Greece and Rome, while the reform of Christianity, especially Protestantism, also seemed to be under the banner of returning to the Bible.

In the history of China, there have been many reforms under the banner of restoring the Zhou government, for example, Wang Mang, who was ridiculed by later generations as the most failed traverser in history, has done things under the banner of restoring the Zhou government. It's me Daming, Fang Xiaoru, and Huang Zicheng have also engaged in Fujingtian.

"Is it possible that I still have to make an Oriental Renaissance here?" Zheng Sen couldn't help but think like this.

At this time, there was a knock on the door outside, but it turned out that the captain had sent someone to inform him that Nanjing was near.

Until this time, the rain was still falling, and the rain did not mean to get smaller at all. The boat gradually approached Yanziji, and as far as the eye could see, Yanziji seemed to be deeper into the Yangtze River than when it arrived last time, and the dock near Yanziji seemed to retreat far behind.

The Anjiang slowed down and passed by Yanziji, where the sailors responsible for recording the hydrology observed some of the marks they had left on the cliff and told Zheng Sen that the water level had risen by five feet.

"Judging from this number, the river water in the previous section will pour into the Qinhuai River, but I am afraid that the old hall and the Confucius Temple will be flooded. I don't know what the way into the city is from here. Zheng Sen said.

"The terrain over the Guanyin Gate is not low, it should be fine." Li Xiangjun replied, "Let the boat dock first, Mr. Bangui and I will go straight to Nanjing, Zheng Gongzi, you work harder, don't stop, go directly down the river, and send these people away, while preparing the fleet to rush over as soon as possible." ”

Zheng Sen looked at the heavy rain outside, frowned and said, "It's raining outside, it's raining so much, it's estimated that you will definitely get wet with an umbrella." Don't get sick again. Well, by the way, you wait a minute. ”

With that, Zheng Sen walked out, and after a while, he came in with a big coat.

"This is a gift from someone, if you put this on, it is estimated that it can be much stronger. Huan'er, after going back, don't care about 3721 first, boil hot water for Miss Li, and then arrange for her to drink a bowl of ginger soup. If you want to go out, you must take good care of Miss Li. Zheng Sen said to Huan'er again.

Huan'er took the coat and prepared to help Li Xiangjun put it on. Li Xiangjun said: "Da Mu, I didn't know before, it turns out that you can also be verbose like this." ”