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Wang Shishan and others, who received a new task, couldn't help but sigh that they were lucky. God really favored himself and the Kunpeng fleet, and just ten days after the Kunpeng fleet left Mawei, a strong typhoon landed in the Fujian area. If they had left for 10 days, they would have been affected by this strong typhoon when they came to sea. If that's the case, it would be a piece of cake to let the entire Kunpeng fleet die at sea.

Later, the World Meteorological Organization defined a tropical cyclone with a sustained wind speed of 12 to 13, that is, a speed of 33 to 41 meters per second, as a typhoon or hurricane. Typhoon is the name of China and other Asian countries, East Asia and Southeast Asia, but Westerners call it hurricanes. The cause of the typhoon is actually very simple, that is, the ground temperature is high, the air flow rises, the sea surface wind and water vapor due to the specific gravity dà, along the ground to supplement the ground air, the sea surface temperature is low to absorb the air and water vapor rising from the ground, the space is supplemented, due to the large sea surface, the temperature difference is small, the sea surface accumulates more water vapor, the rainfall range is wide, the volume of water vapor shrinks when the water vapor is formed, and the surrounding water vapor replenishes to form a strong wind.

This time the typhoon was not as strong as the few typhoons in the summer, but the difficulty was that the typhoon did not make landfall on the mainland, but only caused a little impact on the coastal areas, but this time it was different. This typhoon originates from the eastern Pacific Ocean, which belongs to the Northern Hemisphere, and the typhoon rotates counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere.

The passage of typhoons is often accompanied by strong convective weather such as strong winds and heavy rain or extremely heavy rain, with the typhoon making landfall from Zhejiang and then hitting Fujian in the south and then to the northern part of Guangdong. Finally, it turned a parabolic shape and scraped in the direction of Vietnam. Luzon is located in the interior of this large parabola. It's just a little windy and a few rains these days, nothing else.

And Chinese mainland is not having a good time, Zhejiang is the most severely affected, followed by Fujian, and then Guangdong. Jiangsu and the northern areas are also accompanied by strong winds and precipitation, and waterlogging has occurred in many places in Jiangxi, Anhui and other places, and the people have suffered heavy losses. It is also the poor repair of water conservancy in this era. In the 21st century, a typhoon like this will cause a lot of damage, but there will be no waterlogging. Because in the 21st century, most of the rivers were dredged and eventually opened into estuary channels.

As the typhoon passed, trees fell and houses collapsed, causing huge losses to the people. Most of the houses of the common people of this era were mud houses covered with a tight layer of thatch. Under the attack of typhoons. Very little has been preserved. Fortunately, when the typhoon hit Fujian. It has weakened somewhat, and is only scraped along the coast. But that's the case, in Fujian Province, no less than 5,000 houses were blown down by the typhoon, and nearly 30,000 people were homeless. This situation is much better than that in Zhejiang, where the disaster is even more severe.

"Shizi, the price of grain in Fuzhou City has risen by 10%, and if this momentum continues, the price will double in less than half a month! We've got to figure it out! Li Guangdi said to Geng Jingzhong with the report sent from below.

"Did the people send out? There are many places affected by the disaster this time, and the imperial court is afraid that it will not be able to transport a large amount of grain in a short time, so it depends on them! Geng Jingzhong sighed and said.

"I already set off yesterday, I guess I should have arrived in Moon Harbor now, and I will be able to reach Luzon Island in seven days!" Li Guang's face was equally solemn. "But when they come back with the king, it will take at least twenty days, and during this time, a large amount of food will still be needed!"

"Do grain merchants have more grain in their hands?"

"There are a lot, it is estimated that it can meet the needs of the victims of the disaster in Fujian for ten days! But these grain merchants are very treacherous, and what they like to do most is to hoard and wait for the price of grain to rise, in order to make huge profits! In the past, they have done this a lot! Li Guangdi has always hated the evil deeds of profiteers, and he can't help but rebuke them loudly.

Geng Jingzhong also thought of this, squinted his eyes, and a trace of murderous aura appeared on his face. But then they dispersed, these people were not what he wanted, although he had military power, but he also had to do things according to the law. "Are there any shareholders of our ocean trading company who are still engaged in the grain business, or are there any people in the road administration company who are also engaged in the grain business?"

"This should be there, I remember that there are grain and oil shops in the Gu Wang family in Fuzhou City, but their family's main business is not this!" Li Guangdi thought for a while and said.

Geng Jingzhong's eyes lit up. "It's good to have it, send someone to inform them first, let their grain and oil shops give me all the grain at a low price, and I will make up for their losses. In addition, we quickly sent people to notify the princess squares in various places and organized people to arrange disaster relief. Don't worry about the silver, buy a large amount of food to help the affected people. ”

"Shizi, this is also a drop in the bucket, this time the affected places are too wide, and the hungry people are everywhere, I'm afraid we won't be able to support it!" Li Guangdi said worriedly.

"If you can't support it, you have to support it, and we can do our best, we can still do a good job. This is a great opportunity for us to subdue the military and civilians of Fujian! "This time the disaster is so widespread, nearly a million people have been affected, including more than 300,000 homeless and hungry people. The reason why there are so many victims this time is that the typhoon destroyed the crops in the fields. It was already a low September, and the rice could be harvested in half a month, but a typhoon destroyed all the hopes of the people.

The coastal people have lived relatively well-off in the past two years, and many families have surplus food, so there is no problem in dealing with them for a while, but they are only dealing with them for a while, and it will not be long before they will join the army of hungry people. Due to Geng Jingzhong's large-scale road construction and the commercial activities of the two ports, most of the people have some surplus money in their hands, but the money cannot be used as food, and they have to be used to buy grain.

"The grain in the hands of the grain merchants alone is definitely not enough, even if it is not enough to add the granary of the government. But now it is impossible to buy grain from nearby provinces, our neighborhood, Guangdong, Jiangxi, and Zhejiang have all been affected, Guangdong is slightly better, and the other two provinces do not have enough food themselves. It will take a while for the uncle to come back, so in the end, there is only one way left! Geng Jingzhong set his eyes on Li Guangdi.

"Shizi, you mean, let all the big families provide food?" Li Guangdi said uncertainly.

Geng Jingzhong nodded. "Yes, Fujian families or local wealthy gentry have the habit of storing grain, in order to prepare for disaster years. According to my estimate, if we take out all their food, it will be enough for all of us in Fujian to eat for two months. That way, you'll have plenty of time to deal with these things! ”

"I think that if you issue a notice to let all the big families pay food, it should have a great effect, or we promise to give them some rewards or something, then they will be more active! As long as we can support the past month, when the king returns, and all thirty ships bring back food, it will be enough to support the people to survive this catastrophe! Li Guangdi's heart relaxed, if there is a way, as long as the method is set, the people below can do it.

"I still have to find Liu Bingzheng, there must be action on the government side, and it is necessary to open a warehouse for disaster relief. I just don't know how much grain is left in the granary of the government! "Liu Bingzheng is the governor of Fujian, and he has been in Fujian for more than three years, and Geng Jingzhong is very familiar with him. The reason is that this Liu Bingzheng is a very corrupt official, and a large amount of money is stuffed into the past, and many things in Geng Jingzhong's private are easy to do. Although it is Liu Zhaoqi, the current governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, who is in charge of Fujian, Liu Zhaoqi is not in Fujian at all, and has always stayed in Hangzhou, after all, it is much more prosperous than Fuzhou.

"We must take advantage of this time to seize the disaster relief to settle down the people, in my opinion, it is better to work for relief, the son of the world, you can notify the road companies to continue to work, and the wages will be settled with food for the time being. Presumably, in this way, more people will participate in the construction of the road, and the speed of road construction will be accelerated. At the same time, it can also repair the water, dredge the river, etc., and can resettle a large number of victims. First, it can help them settle down and have something to eat, and second, it will also help the development of Fujian! Shizi, what do you think? Li Guangdi's head was constantly running at a high speed, and he thought of a way to say it!

"Okay, this is a good solution! Do you say that we have so much gold and silver in our hands, and if we don't use it, we will be blind? Just do as you say, but the wages are still the wages, and it is too troublesome to distribute food, so let the people buy their own food, and the various grain shops in the province have nothing to do! Now I hope that our merchant ships can bring back the grain as soon as possible, otherwise when the imperial court transports the grain from Huguang, there will be nothing for us! ”

Geng Jingzhong clapped his hands and said.

"Yes, after all, this typhoon is sudden, in the first half of this year, Huguang is a bumper harvest, some places in Anhui Province, Shandong Province were affected, after the grain in Huguang was transported, the victims were appeased, although there is still a lack of food and clothing, but they will not worry about being starved to death." Huguang refers to the four provinces of Hunan and Hubei, Guangdong and Guangxi, and is the Central China Plain and the South China Plain. The climate of these places belongs to the north temperate zone, the rain is sufficient, the soil is fertile, suitable for farming, there are three crops a year, the winter wheat is harvested in summer, the rice is harvested in autumn, and the miscellaneous grains are harvested in winter, and it has always been an important grain producing area in our country. If there is no harvest in these areas, there will be a shortage of food.

"Let's do our best, Bo Minsheng is one thing, but the important thing is to do things well!" Geng Jingzhong said solemnly.

"That's for sure!" (To be continued......)

PS: Chapter 2 I'll hold on!