The rain came as soon as it was said, and it rained for seven or eight days in a row.

Wu Yanzhi's marching speed dropped from ninety miles per day to sixty miles at two stations.

On this day, it was finally close to dark, and then I crossed the river and arrived at the station in Dengzhou (rang) county. When I crossed the river, I saw that the water was extremely turbid, and the water level was significantly higher than in the past.

Sui County is also the county where the capital of Dengzhou Prefecture is located, and Naqian County Cheng has already greeted them outside the post house.

"Cheng Qian De of Beizhi County welcomes Ambassador Wu back to his hometown!" He was very polite, although Wu Yanzhi's hometown was the neighboring Xinye County, not the Sui County.

"Qian Xiancheng has worked hard!" After saluting and meeting, they entered the inn for rest and dinner.

Naqian County Cheng accompanied Wu Yanzhi and others to dinner. During the banquet, he suddenly lamented: "This rainstorm, the loss in the county is not small, more than 200 houses have been washed away.

One hundred and twenty people drowned, and more than seventy are missing. The losses in Xinye County downstream are even greater, especially in Wannian Township and Fuping Township. ”

When Wu Yan heard this, he immediately put down his chopsticks in shock, and his face was very bad: "Oh? Does Qian Xiancheng know how much they have lost? My fiancée is in the Peng family's compound by the river in Wannian Township! ”

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but be shocked!

When Qian County Cheng heard Wu Yanzhi's words, his face became extremely ugly: "Yes...... Is it? That's not good. The contemptible people heard that the Peng family's compound was washed away by the flood, and not many people escaped! ”

When everyone heard this, they hurriedly stared at Wu Yanzhi.

Wu Yan heard that the Peng family was too unfortunate, so it seemed that he should rush back early to see the situation. Although he is from another world, he is still very uncomfortable.

What makes Wu Yanzhi even more regretful is that this heavy rainstorm must have killed and disappeared at least a thousand people, maybe thousands! How many families have died and wives have been separated!

The advantage of living by the river is that the harvest is guaranteed, and there is no fear of dry weather. But I am also afraid of flooding caused by heavy rainstorms, especially heavy rainstorms at night, which will almost be a catastrophe.

However, he also knew that not to mention this small Dengzhou, that is, the prefectures and counties near Chang'an and Luoyang near the river, sometimes encountered heavy rainstorms, and it was very normal for thousands of people to die, and it was said that tens of thousands of people had it.

Moreover, even in Luoyang City and Chang'an City, it is very common for houses to collapse and hundreds of thousands of people die in the event of a long period of heavy rain.

This is not to say that it is safe to live in Liangjing, because at that time, the proportion of mud houses was overwhelming, and it was easy to be overwhelmed by heavy rain.

At this time, the ability to resist heavy rain disasters is very weak. Everyone was in a heavy mood, and the dinner was naturally not fragrant, and the banquet was dispersed soon.

After dinner, in the living room of the post house, Qian Xiancheng accompanied Wu Yanzhi, Jiang Shipeng, and Cui Yu to chat.

During the banquet, Naqian County Cheng had already explained why the county's Wang County Order did not come to greet them, it was because he went to Wang Tingshi to ask for the opening of the Yicang to release grain and save people.

"Qian Xiancheng, you just said that Wang County ordered to ask for the opening of Yicang, how did this matter go?" Wu Yanzhi asked.

Qian Xian Chengyi shook his head: "Qi Qi Wu Langzhong!" This is a bit difficult to do, because it is harvest season.

I'm ready to start issuing a document to let the township collect rent and adjust it! According to the meaning of the Zheng Thorn History, it seems that although some people have suffered from the flood now, most people should not be short of food, because after all, it is the time of the grain harvest!"

"And what are the results of your investigation?"

"After detailed statistics, even in this county, there are more than 600 households affected by the disaster. Now the season is too coincidental, and people are getting ready to start harvesting rice.

When the heavy rain came, all the rice that had not yet been harvested in the paddy fields was washed away. At least 300 households will have their harvest reduced by more than 70 percent this year.

Now more than 160 households have completely washed away the paddy in their fields, and a total of 932 people have run out of food! ”

"In a situation like this, the righteous position has not been opened, under what circumstances will the position be opened?" Wu Yanzhi was puzzled.

"Ambassador Wu, this opening of Yicang requires the imperial court's book. If you don't make a book, if you release grain without authorization, you will be severely punished.

What's more, now is the season of food, of course, this Zheng Thorn Shi is also a little timid and afraid of taking responsibility. ”

"Since you are in charge of the history of a state, you want to benefit the people, why are you afraid to take responsibility? How unreasonable!

You hurry up and implement the disaster situation, and I will go back to Xinye County tomorrow to see how the situation is there.

If the disaster is really serious, I will go to discuss the matter with Na Zheng Tingshi, and strive to open the righteous warehouse within three days and save the lives of thousands of people. ”

As soon as Naqian County Cheng heard Wu Yanzhi's words, he quickly got up respectfully and gave Wu Yanzhi a big gift: "Humble on behalf of the thousands of disaster-stricken refugees in Dengzhou, thank Ambassador Wu!" ”

"It's a small thing, it's incumbent!" Wu Yanzhi nodded.

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On the second day, Wu Yanzhi adjusted the original plan, and he asked Cui Yu to lead everyone to Raozhou to deal with the preparations for the copper mine.

He left the secretary Jiang Shipeng, Yao Kuan, Yufei and two maids. If you really want to open a righteous warehouse, there are many more things!

He rode a horse with a few people, along the muddy road, and rushed to Changshou Township, more than 20 miles away, which was Wu Yanzhi's hometown.

As far as the eye can see, many of the rice fields on both sides of the road have been washed by heavy rain, and many old farmers are harvesting rice in the rice field water.

Wu Yanzhi approached a few houses and asked, and those people all had stiff faces and kept sighing.

An old farmer in his sixties said: "Lang Jun, I'm afraid the grass people will have to harvest 30% less this year!" But this is still very good, the following Wannian Xiang, Fuping Township, many people are afraid that they will not be harvested! ”

"What is the damage in the village?" Wu Yanzhi asked.

"The villain expects that the township will reduce production by at least about 30%, and the specifics are only clear to the village and a few villagers." He shook his head.

Wu Yanyi listened, it seems that this place is relatively light. However, if they pay the tax according to the standard of previous years, they will still be green and yellow next year, and they will have to reduce the tax appropriately!

Along the way, he learned about the damage to farmers.

After all, horses were much faster than people, and an hour later, they arrived at Dagou Bay, where Wu Yan's hometown was located.

The Wu family lived on an open flat land in Dagou Bay, far from the river.

Two hundred paces away, in the midst of the fog, a village of fifty or sixty households lay on its back, some of them with smoke rising from their roofs.

"Secretary Jiang, the smoking house on the right is my house." The Way of Martial Arts.

Jiang Shipeng looked over, there were seven or eight smoking houses on the right, where could he tell where was Wu Langzhong's home?

There was no damage to the area, but no one was harvesting the rice because it was not fully ripe and it was still drizzling.

Because if the rice is dried in time without sunlight after being recovered, it will become moldy and spoiled.