There was a boom, and an earth-shattering thunderclap exploded in the sky. Li Hongzhang was suddenly petrified on the spot.

Trembling and holding on to the desk next to him, several times, he wanted to raise his hand to take the telegram in Yang Shixiang's hand, but he couldn't do anything.

The Yellow River burst its banks, which gave the same news as urging his life, and made Li Hongzhang feel like the sky was falling.

Every year, the imperial court will raise a large amount of silver from the household department to control and dredge the Yellow River, because it is worried that once the Yellow River has an accident, the downstream losses will not be counted with millions of silver.

Once the Yellow River bursts, then it will immediately be faced with serious losses to the people and property downstream, and then the problem of relief, the problem of refugees, will arise, and what is even more terrifying is that I don't know how many officials will use relief as an excuse to make money from it.

After the catastrophe, there will be corrupt officials, and after the catastrophe, there will be turmoil, this chaos is mainly because the government is too greedy, forcing the people to a dead end.

Over the years, the Qing Dynasty has suffered too many blows, and it can not withstand excessive pressure, and this time the Yellow River burst, once it is not handled well, will inevitably become a fuse, and then begin to spread.

Yang Shixiang obviously understood these truths, he looked at Li Hongzhang, who bowed his head and was silent, and walked up after a while, and said with a pale face: "My lord, now that the Yellow River has burst, within a thousand miles, both banks of the Yellow River have flooded, the people have been displaced, and once the food is waved, if you don't hurry up to relieve it, I'm afraid it will cause unnecessary trouble?" ”

Of course, Li Hongzhang knows that now that the Yellow River has broken down, it is useless to sigh here, and it is better to rush to take measures.

After giving the order to let all localities take precautions, take precautions in places where the flood has not yet arrived, and let the people evacuate, Li Hongzhang finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Picking up the tea in his hand, before he had time to drink it, Yang Shixiang next to him turned his eyes and suddenly approached Li Hongzhang, and said in a low voice: "My lord, I will find someone for you to take full command of the flooding of the Yellow River this time, and I absolutely guarantee that no one dares to disobey the transfer and play tricks." ”

"Who?" Li Hongzhang put down the tea all of a sudden, and he was really thinking about who should come forward to command this matter.

"Liu Jun." Yang Shixiang raised his head and showed a confident smile.

With a snap, Li Hongzhang patted his forehead, he blamed himself for being confused, such the most suitable person, why didn't he think of it just now.

Li Hongzhang and Yang Shixiang both know that Liu Jun's reputation is now in Zhili, Beijing and several surrounding provinces, from the governor to the county official, and no one does not know Liu Jun.

In their minds, Liu Jun is not only the embodiment of the rebellious ministers and thieves, but also the embodiment of terror, in private, Li Hongzhang knows that the officials of the imperial court are pale when they mention Liu Jun, and even among the officials, there is a saying that there has been a shaved head, and now Liu has shaved his head.

Liu's shaved head, as the name suggests, is a person who kills too much. Indeed, every time Liu Jun kills, he does not make a light move, Yingkou, Liaoyang, Northeast China, Outer Mongolia, that place, once there is a large-scale massacre, it is all related to Liu Jun.

Li Hongzhang smiled slightly, he knew that as long as Liu Jun was in command, those who wanted to embezzle relief food, or even those who were slow to rescue, had to weigh whether their teeth were hard enough and whether their heads were enough to be cut.

"Immediately tell Liu Jun about this, let him put down all his work, go to Shandong, and take full charge of this relief, Zhili, Shandong, and Baoji. The local government asked him to dispatch. ”

Li Hongzhang is ruthless, since he let Liu Jun come, then boldly delegate power.

Lushun, Liu Junzheng happily looked at a stone in his hand, this stone is a stone dug back by Zhong Lin'an in the Anshan area by several half-technicians of the Germans and Lushun, according to the firmness of the German technical hand, this is iron ore.

Iron ore, the saliva at the corner of Liu Jun's mouth is about to fall, these things, if they are developed, the direct railway, and others, there will be no need to worry about it from now on.

Like a treasure, Liu Jun took out a red cloth from the drawer and wrapped the stone, which was only the size of a fist, and decided to store it.

As soon as he put it down, before he had time to take a look at the future transportation and railway network and navy warships, he saw Zhong Lin walking in with an anxious face and messy steps.

, what a big deal is this, so that Zhong Lin doesn't know which foot to walk on, Liu Jun suddenly felt full of doubts.

"Head, no, I just received a telegram that there has been a continuous heavy rainstorm in the north recently, and the Yellow River has burst." Zhong Lin gasped for a few breaths and briefly stated the situation.

Damn, Liu Jun threw down the pen in his hand at once, and came to the map in three steps and two steps. The location of the breach was quickly found.

Rinnyima is actually in Zhengzhou, which means that now the Yellow River has overflowed, and the people along the Yellow River in Shandong have been seriously threatened.

Liu Jun knew that this was only the first flood tide, and in a few days, the upstream flood would roll in, and when the time came, it would really be impossible for ghosts to stop it. "The order was given, Weihai Ma Yunsheng's independent first brigade immediately drove to the Yellow River, along the coast, and raised the embankment. In the order, Li Rong's Fifth Corps and Wu Hao's Praetorian Guards immediately ended all training work and gathered at Yingkou and Lushun respectively. ”

Without the slightest hesitation, Liu Jun issued orders continuously, this time, he would not care whether the court agreed or not, he would send troops. Head to the Yellow River.

"Head, you want to go to the Yellow River, that's not our territory, the court will agree?" After Zhong Lin wrote down the order, he asked suspiciously.

"This time it's up to him. Liu Jun said this, took off the hat from the hanger next to him, and then said again: "Inform Li He, all the Beiyang Naval Divisions are dispatched." ”

At the Lushun Wharf, it was already very late at night, but at the Wharf of the Lushun Military Port, the warships of the Beiyang Naval Division, which had always extinguished the coal fire at this time, were now lit with billowing smoke.

A lighthouse in the distance, bright lights illuminate everything. The people who got up easily saw that tens of thousands of Liaodong troops were lining up in an orderly manner and were boarding the ship.

Something must have happened, and the attentive people found that the torpedo boats, which had not been used much in the harbor before, were now burning with black soot.

On the bridge of the Hashidate, Liu Jun looked at the Praetorian Guards who were boarding the ship below, and then looked at the huge Hashidate, and shook his head helplessly in his heart.

This afternoon, he summoned Li He and said his thoughts, that is, to dispatch the naval warships into the Yellow River and try to transport the people to a safe place, but Li He's words suddenly shattered Liu Jun's perfect dream.

In the Yellow River, except for the Pingyuan, Guangbing and torpedo boats, none of the rest of the Beiyang Naval Division could enter.

In the Beiyang Naval Division, except for the torpedo boats in Guangbing and Pingyuan, the rest of the warships were almost all of the same four tonnage, and such a tonnage, with the waters of the Yellow River, could not tolerate such a large warship at all.

If it is really necessary to dispatch warships to pick up and drop off, then it can only dispatch Guangbing, Pingyuan, a dozen torpedo boats, and fishing boats requisitioned from various places.

When Liu Jun heard this answer, although he was disappointed, he still had torpedo boats and two cruisers to enter, which was also very good.

At dusk, Liu Jun received news from Tianjin again, that is, Li Hongzhang handed over the current military and political power of Shandong to himself to direct the flooding of the Yellow River, after Liu Jun got this order, he was not polite, and at that time he gave the governor of Shandong, and at the same time ordered the Qing troops in Yantai, Qingdao, Longkou, Laiyang, and Weifang to rush to the Yellow River within two days and raise the embankments on both sides. Moreover, let the county officials along the Yellow River be sure to appear on the front line.

Liu Jun's order was very strict, if the army did not arrive for two days, then the military chief shaved his head to see him, and if the political chief was not at the scene, then if he was discovered, he would be beheaded immediately.

Li Hongzhang's meaning was to let Liu Jun go to Jinan to command, but Liu Jun was really worried about the people in his heart, and the first division of the Praetorian Guard had already been dispatched in the afternoon, and the second division was loading, so he couldn't wait, so he had to go to the front line in person. Command disaster relief.

"Are you all on board?" After a while, Liu Jun, who was walking back and forth on the bridge, turned his head and asked Li He.

Li He looked at the time, and after passing through the bridge, he looked at the dock: "Dashuai, there is about an hour?" ”

"Speed up, if we arrive a quarter of an hour early, we may be able to save a lot of people." After Liu Jun finished speaking, he turned around and returned to the captain's room, waiting for the ship to sail.