After a while, Jiang Hexing's temporary office, people are gathering one after another, but there is a lot of muddy water on each body. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info Xu Lang, Fan Jia, Du Pont, Zhang Meng, Chen Gang, and Zheng Yi are all here.

Fan Jia thought he was going to Chang'an, and just opened his mouth to talk about the current road conditions in Quanzhou. Seeing that Jiang Hexing's face was pale, he sat behind the desk in a daze, and didn't make a sound, unlike before, when people came, they greeted each other.

Fan Jia was a little scared, so he didn't dare to say more.

Zheng Yi saw that the personnel were coming, Wu Han couldn't arrive today, so he could only discuss first, and then talk to him in detail when he arrived.

Zheng Yi stepped forward and shouted softly: "Hewang, everyone is here, you can say anything you want." ”

Jiang Hexing came back to his senses and looked at the people in the house, all of them were covered with muddy water, Zhang Meng and Chen Gang were barefoot, it seemed that the water on the road was still very deep.

Jiang Hexing didn't want to talk more about their embarrassment, and pointed at Zheng Yi and said, "You can introduce it first." ”

Zheng Yi talked about the Yellow River and told it again.

As soon as he finished speaking, Du Pont immediately stepped forward and said: "King He, you have to save the refugees, the Yellow River breach, it is extraordinary." ”

Fan Jia said: "And the king, no, the Yellow River breaks, this is the imperial court to save it, after all, our Pingzhou power Weibo, even if we come to the rescue, how can we mobilize people." It is not the first time in history that the Yellow River has burst, and it did not take hundreds of thousands of people and hundreds of millions of dollars to cure the Yellow River. Besides, this is a matter for the imperial court, and it is not our turn to interfere. We have been in Quanzhou for a long time, and many businessmen have opinions in private. ”

Du Pont pointed at Fan Jia and said, "That businessman has an opinion?" You tell me, everyone is in Quanzhou, see the port and wharf here, build bridges and pave roads, which one is not grabbing land, striving to set up their own shops in Quanzhou, and is not in a hurry to go to Chang'an. Just you, Fan Jia, are rich and generous, don't you care about Quanzhou? ”

Fan Jia said: "Lao Du, don't be ignorant of good people's hearts. Our businessmen will seek profits, Quanzhou's affairs, we are not there, the same is built, but Chang'an went late, this year's business may not be done. ”

Du Pont said: "If you are in a hurry, you can go first, I don't think the king will stop you, right?" ”

DuPont lost his temper, his originally red face turned purple, and his eyes were bloodshot, and he looked very angry.

Jiang Hexing didn't speak, Xu Lang stepped forward and pulled the two apart and said, "What are you arguing about, I didn't let you quarrel with the king." ”

The two stopped talking, sat aside, each angry.

Xu Lang looked at Zheng Yi and said, "Zheng Yi, do you know when the Yellow River burst?" ”

Zheng Yidao: "There should be about 10 days, and it will rain on the road these days." It rained heavily everywhere and many roads were washed out, so I only learned about it this morning. ”

Xu Lang nodded, then turned his head to look at the river: "I'm not particularly afraid of the Yellow River breach, I'm afraid of the diversion, if the Yellow River is diverted, the Yellow River will no longer flow from the original river." If the breach is small, it will harm one or two counties, and along the nearby river, the water of the Yellow River can enter the sea.

If it is rerouted, it will be a big trouble, and the harm may take dozens of counties, with an average of 50,000 people in each county, and at least two million people will be affected. The Yellow River is different from other rivers in that it contains too much sediment, one stone of water, and six buckets of mud. If the water of the Yellow River is diverted, all the water in the entire Yellow River will roll out. Wherever the Yellow River water rolls, the river will basically be silted up by sediment.

The water of the Yellow River in the upper reaches does not stop coming down, and the water of the Yellow River in the lower reaches has no fixed channel. If it flows along the flat ground, the surface of the waterway must be very large, so that the river does not flow quickly. The sediment settles down and slowly rises above the surrounding area. In this way, the Yellow River will flow to the side.

In this way, where the Yellow River flows, a fan will be formed. ”

Saying this, Xu Lang took a wooden stick from behind the door, he put the wooden stick on the ground, held one end with his hand, turned the wooden stick, and drew a fan on the ground.

Everyone saw clearly and understood what Xu Lang meant, if the Yellow River does not have a fixed course, the harm is great, and it can be described as a thousand miles of Zeguo.

Jiang Hexing naturally understood this truth, and nodded at Xu Lang and said, "Mr. Xu, your demonstration is very thorough. The Yellow River is a big problem, and the main thing is to control the Yellow River from Dayu in history. In later generations, the control of water was also to talk about the Yellow River. The Yellow River has no river and has been affected too widely. If there is a river, it will slowly silt up.

We are not discussing the management of the Yellow River today, and we do not have the power to manage the affairs of the Yellow River now, nor do we have the ability to do so.

What we have to do is to see where the Yellow River is harming, and then send people to rescue the people affected by the Yellow Water. ”

Chen Gang next to Xu Lang said: "He Wang, our sailors can contribute this time, and last time Dongjun rescued refugees, our sailors can play a big role." This time, our sailors were willing to be the main force and go to the place where the Yellow River flowed to pull the refugees out in warboats. ”

Before Jiang Hexing could answer, Xu Lang shook his head and said: "King He, it is right to save people, but I am afraid that it will not work with warships." ”

Chen Gang looked at Xu Lang with a pale face and said, "Mr. Xu, why can't the warship, where the Yellow River flows, silting up the river is a common thing." Our warships were all large ships, and the river was shallow, so it was easy to run aground. You don't know the way, how can you send a warship, isn't it easy to get into danger? ”

When Chen Gang heard this, he blushed and stopped talking.

Jiang Hexing said to Chen Gang: "If you save people this time, you are indispensable, but we have to understand it clearly." ”

Jiang Hexing then said to Zheng Yi: "Inquire clearly whether the Yellow River will break or be diverted, so we can make arrangements as soon as possible." ”

Zheng Yi agreed and went out immediately.

Here, Jiang Hexing gave orders to Chen Gang and Zhang Meng, and the army gathered to prepare warships, grain and grass, and medicine.

At this time, Zhang Meng proposed that among the merchants of Phoenix Island who came with him, there was a person who specialized in medicinal materials, and he brought many people.

Jiang Hexing asked them to go back and prepare first, and also called this medicinal herb merchant to come too.

They went back to prepare, Xu Lang was old, so let him stay in the county office and wait for news from all sides.

That night, Zheng Yi got the news that the breach was very large and the Yellow River was diverted. If you send someone to rescue you quickly, you can save a lot of refugees.

Although it was night, the county office was brightly lit. Zhang Meng and Chen Gang both came back again, and they reported that they were ready to leave early tomorrow morning.

Zhang Meng brought a tall fat man, who looked like a pampered person, with a rich body and a graceful face.

This person is Li Bin, a wealthy businessman who was rescued by Ma Yuan in Dongjun back then, and has been doing medicinal materials business on Phoenix Island in recent years, and he is familiar with several states and counties by the sea.

After a little greeting, Jiang Hexing said that he invited Li Bin to participate in the rescue and ensure that all the medical expenses would be paid by Pingzhou Mansion, which would only be good for Li Bin's business, and there would be no harm.

After listening to Jiang Hexing's speech, Li Bin knelt down on the spot and kowtowed to everyone in Pingzhou first.

Xu Lang hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, and asked curiously, "Mr. Li, why are you doing this?" This time, we are going to save the refugees, and we will rely on your medicine to save the refugees from their illness. We really have a request for you, why do you want to give such a big gift? (To be continued.) )