Because of the thought of the Twist Army, Feng Yunshan had a lot of thoughts. Feng Yunshan, who is familiar with this period www.biquge.info of history, knows that at this time, Zhang Lexing and Gong Deshu, who are from Bozhou, have already formed a twist and gathered more than 10,000 people, but they have a difficult time when they want to come. A character jumped out of Feng Yunshan's mind: Yuan Jiasan.

This person took over as Zhou Tianjue, led the Qing army and regimental training, and suppressed the twisted army in northern Anhui, which was very powerful. If it weren't for the Northern Expedition of the Taiping Army and the later Luzhou being captured by Hu Yixuan, I am afraid that the Twist Army at this moment has been wiped out by this person's troops.

Later, why did the Twist Army rise all of a sudden? Feng Yunshan was a little puzzled. He looked at the map and suddenly saw that the Yellow River did not flow from Kaifeng to Qingzhou to the sea like the Yellow River in later generations, but turned southeast to Xuzhou in Kaifeng Mansion and entered the sea in Huai'an Mansion.

At this moment, Feng Yunshan slapped his head and remembered: The Yellow River has been diverted! In the summer of 1855, the Yellow River was diverted, a huge disaster that affected several provinces and affected more than 10 million people.

Why did the Twist Army suddenly rise, for ten years, it is precisely because of this diversion of the Yellow River!

It is said that it is a diversion, but in fact, the Yellow River burst its embankment, which not only directly flooded tens of thousands of villages, drowned hundreds of people, but also allowed locusts to breed for several years, and the locust plague was raging.

Thinking of this unprecedented catastrophe like the end of the world, Feng Yunshan shuddered.

There was only one voice in his head shouting: "Save them, save the millions of people who have drowned in the diversion of the Yellow River!" ”

Feng Yunshan had a splitting headache, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "It turns out that this is my first mission here!" ”

Fan Ruzeng and Liu Shengbang on the side were inexplicable, looking at Feng Yunshan suspiciously, not understanding what the Holy King was saying.

Feng Yunshan didn't bother to explain to them, he held the map in his hand a little tremblingly, but his head was thinking about the great diversion of the Yellow River that should take place next year, the last natural diversion of the Yellow River in history.

According to the relevant information that Feng Yunshan learned in his previous life and collated by later generations, he recalled that in the nearly 200 years from the beginning of the Qing Dynasty to the end of Daoguang, the Yellow River broke more than 360 times, with an average of about once every six months, compared with the Ming Dynasty's average of more than seven months.

In the three consecutive years following the Opium War and in 1851, the Jintian Uprising, the Yellow River underwent four large-scale collapses, each killing hundreds of thousands.

And this is just a rout, compared with next year's major diversion of the Yellow River, it is just a small thing.

According to the analysis of water conservancy experts in later generations, the most fundamental reason for the many failures of the Yellow River at this time was caused by the siltation of the downstream river, and the most fundamental solution was to dredge the siltation of the downstream river. However, dredging hundreds of miles of rivers, this huge project, not to mention this era, even in the 21st century, when there are countless large machinery in later generations, is difficult to really implement.

But no matter what, Feng Yunshan has to do something, he can't turn a blind eye!

And Feng Yunshan remembered that he once saw a book mentioning that before the Yellow River broke in 1855, Wei Yuan, the first person in modern China to open his eyes to the world, had found that the terrain on both sides of the Yellow River was already high in the south and low in the north, and thought that the northern decision of the Yellow River was inevitable. Feng Yunshan remembered that in his later years, he should have devoted himself to studying Buddhism and became a monk in a temple in Dongyuan in Hangzhou, so he had to find him as soon as possible and ask for advice on how to solve it. At the same time, Feng Yunshan was ready to let Liu Changyou, vice minister of agriculture, take the lead and gather people who knew the river and river officials from the Manchu Qing Dynasty to find a solution.

In any case, since God has given him this historical responsibility, Feng Yunshan will not shirk, he will do his best to reduce the damage caused by the disaster.

Thinking of this, Feng Yunshan became even more anxious! Originally, I just wanted to unify the whole country as soon as possible, integrate the strength of the whole country, and prepare to fight against the British and French powers, but I didn't expect to suddenly remember such a major event now. Compared with the attack of the great powers, the disaster of the diversion of the Yellow River and the bursting of the embankment is even more urgent.

It seems that the attack on the Manchu Qing has reached the point where it cannot be delayed!

It is necessary to occupy this area in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River as soon as possible, so that the people can be organized to deal with this great disaster of Genesis in advance!

Feng Yunshan was there alone, thinking a lot, until Fan Ruzeng didn't know when he retreated, he didn't know.

When he found that Liu Shengbang was the only one left in the room to accompany him, Feng Yunshan came back to his senses: it is useless to think too much, do the things at hand first. The first step was to defeat the Manchus and occupy the lower reaches of the Yellow River as quickly as possible, so as to organize a disaster response.

Feng Yunshan had just cleaned up his mood, and at this time, Wang Minyun came with Luo Xuan.

"Hey, Brother Outline has returned to Guangzhou? Why don't you give notice in advance, this king can send someone to the dock to meet you. "Feng Yunshan is clear about Luo Da's return, after the naval battle between Ben and the Perry fleet of the United States, Luo Outline would have been able to rush back a long time ago.

However, because the warship "Chen Kai" was sunk, the rest of the "Four Eyes", "Iron Bull", and "Humen" three warships were all heavily damaged, and the captured flagship of Perry's fleet "Mississippi" was renamed "Annihilation", which was also damaged in many places, so Luo Xuan led the warships and docked at Ryukyu Island until the shipwrights, sailors, foreign technicians and others repaired all the warships, and then let the warships go to Xiamen, and he himself led the captured three American warships: two steam paddle fast sailing cruisers "Annihilation" and "Keyang", a dhow frigate "Captive Yang", returned to Guangzhou.

"The Holy King laughed!" Seeing Feng Yunshan again, Luo Xuan, who had been at sea for several months, was tanned and black, and couldn't help but laugh: "Holy King, my subordinates have brought all the three captured American warships back to Guangzhou this time, on the one hand, I want to show you, and on the other hand, I just want the craftsmen of Changzhou Shipyard to carefully measure and study it to see if they can be imitated." ”

"I see, there is another aspect, that is, you Luo Outline for the sake of the king's table credit!" Feng Yunshan laughed and joked, of course, this can only be done with an old brother like Luo Xuan, who has known each other for many years and fought side by side.

Luo Xuan smirked. In fact, he knew in his heart that the Holy King deliberately teased him like this, and the purpose was naturally to let them return to the previous close friendship relationship between the monarch and the minister, which was frank and unsuspicious.

Thinking of this, Luo Xuan sighed with some emotion: If the winner is like this, what more can the husband ask for?

Feng Yunshan didn't know about one of his jokes, so he made Luo Outline more loyal, and he suddenly came over and hugged Luo Outline: "Even if you don't show merit, Yunshan has to say: Brother Outline has worked hard!" ”

Luo Xuan was hugged by Feng Yunshan's slightly thin body, he was almost fifty years old, he never gnawed when he was bleeding and injured, for some reason, he only felt a sore nose, and he wanted to cry.

He forcibly held back, sucked his nostrils sharply, and blinked his eyes vigorously, not wanting his appearance to be discovered by Feng Yunshan. However, the sensitive Feng Yunshan had already noticed the abnormality, pretended not to know, loosened the outline, deliberately diverted the words, and said with a smile: "It's also a lot darker!" It's a bit like the black people on the African side. ”

Wang Minyun and Liu Shengbang, who were beside them, were also moved by the friendship between the Holy King and Luo Xuan, and when they heard this, they couldn't help laughing.

Luo Xuan also smiled, and by the way, he pressed the emotion just now into his heart, and only after he stabilized did he get down to business: "Holy King, my subordinates returned to Guangzhou this time, and brought back nearly 100 captured foreigners back to Guangzhou, and several foreigners were seriously injured and died on the road, and now there are about 87 foreigners." The leader, named Buchanan, seems to be some lieutenant colonel of the foreigner, and said that he was the deputy of the foreigner named Perry. I took them back to Guangzhou and handed them over to you at the disposal of the Holy King. ”

"Lieutenant Colonel Buchanan? Perry's adjutant? Feng Yunshan hadn't heard much of this name. What he didn't know was that this Lieutenant Colonel Buchanan, whose full name was Franklin? Buchanan, not long ago, was the first principal of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis.

Eight years ago, Buchanan was ordered by the U.S. Navy to leave his favorite position as captain of a warship and come to Maryland's capital to establish the U.S. Navy's only regular officer school.

"Holy King, according to the general secretary from the mouths of the surrendered foreign captives, this guy named Buchanan was originally the principal of a naval academy, and he presided over the establishment of a naval officer school on the foreigners' side, and he was very interested in warships, especially those powered by steam engines. Holy King, if this person can be recruited......" Luo Xuan said of this Buchanan situation.

It seems that this person's experience has made Luo Xuan, who doesn't like foreigners very much, also fall in love.

"Oh?" Feng Yunshan was a little surprised, and turned his head to Liu Shengbang and said, "In this case, Shengbang, these foreigners will be handed over to you, and this person must be recruited." The rest of the foreign captives should also have some skills, and they are all sent to the post station, so that people can closely monitor and treat them well. ”

Liu Shengbang hurriedly responded.

"If they return to the Holy Kingdom and serve the king, they will first go to the Cheung Chau Shipyard to restore the design drawings of these Western warships with reference to the three captured American warships, and be responsible for assisting Hua Yufang and them to copy these warships." Feng Yunshan laughed a little cruelly: "If they are unwilling to submit to the Holy Kingdom, you will dispose of them at will until they all return to the Holy Kingdom!" ”

Wang Minyun has always seen the gentle and easy side of the Holy King Feng Yunshan, and when he saw Feng Yunshan's smile at this moment, he suddenly felt a chill on his back, and secretly said the heart of the king, and he was really unpredictable, and became more and more cautious.

Luo Xuan said again: "Holy King, my subordinates just got off the ship, and I heard Mr. Wang and the Shengbang brothers say that our captive army has won many big battles, saying that they have occupied almost all of the Jiangnan area?" ”

"Not bad! Zhejiang and southern Jiangsu have all belonged to my holy country! "Feng Yunshan has a silky color.

"Isn't that the general trend of the Qing Demon gone? Holy King, when the Northern Expedition attacks the Qing Demon, his subordinates also want to participate. "Luo Xuan may have smelled the rumors, and he will ask for battle as soon as he comes back.

"Haha, Brother Outline, don't worry, you are indispensable for war. Today, the king has gathered all his brothers to discuss, and the Holy Kingdom has decided to go north. At that time, the general commander of the Outline brothers will lead the water division from the sea route to the Zhili Jingshi of the Qing Demon. Seeing that Luo Outline was eager to fight, Feng Yunshan's mood was also a lot lighter.