There are few people in Dongting Cave who can't water, and there are few who can't play boats.

When they noticed that these women in Tang military uniforms were constantly paying attention to the side of the ship, many people also went to check.

I thought it was a broken boat and the boat was leaking.

But those who really understand boats, whether they are big ships or small boats, at least in principle, are the same. They knew when they looked at the obvious scale on the hull, especially when the glaring red part had fallen below the waterline.

The ship's draft has reached its limit.

When an old man staggered to the side of the boat and struggled to climb onto the side of the boat, many old people moved, and they all began to get off the boat by themselves and move to the wooden raft.

"You don't have to get off the boat, this boat can hold up!" Su Sancoral shouted.

One of the old men smiled: "Female doll, you are the military academy of the Tang Dynasty, and you are the biggest official on this ship." The old man went into the water to fish at the age of twelve, don't look at the big boat, the old man also knows boats. If there is heavy rain, the wind will be stronger, and the ship will not be able to hold on. ”

"Yes, I can hold on!" Su Sango's mouth was also completely stiff.

The Navy regulations strictly stipulate that the waterline is the dead standard, and it must not be exceeded. Because Li Yuanxing's ship has not yet gone to the open sea, there are only four standards at present: the South China Sea waterline, the summer and winter sea water of the East China Sea, and the freshwater waterline.

Now it's over the limit.

For a ship with a load of 500 tons, more than three inches is really very dangerous.

It was useless to persuade Su Sankou, and dozens of old people still got off the boat. But dozens of old people can weigh it. There are already thousands of people on this ship, plus the pull of the cables, the wooden raft is much lower than the ship, and the weight of a five-hundred-ton ship, dozens of old people, does not play a role in reducing the pressure on the waterline at all.

It was dark again, and the hearts of the people were a little more nervous.

"Turn on the lights, I think someone is going to come looking for us!" The second mate said to Su Sango.

"Continuous telegram, we ......" Su Shan gritted his teeth and said loudly: "Help!" ”

Help, will there be a boat coming? Many people did not know who could answer this question. But Su Coral is full of confidence. She believes in the Tang Navy, omnipotent!

Asking for help, how can it not work, this is not a cry. This is a telegram that can transmit 800 miles.

The first rescue flotilla has dispersed. There are many that are located further upstream. Su Coral is exactly this batch of ships.

The second batch, originally parked at Huating Port, was the first giant ship of Datang. The 3,000-ton "Tiande," which was loaded with a heavy load and was handwritten by the Emperor Tai of the Tang Dynasty, was heading up the river with 40 fleets of all sizes.

"Report, received a distress signal. Under the Dandong Navy, the Jeju Storm was trapped, and more than 4,000 people asked for help, and the ship was already five inches below the waterline. Now in Dongting Cave, the specific location cannot be determined. ”

"Order, the White Shark is the flagship, and this ship leaves the team to go to Dongting Lake!" Without the slightest hesitation, the captain immediately ordered.

He knew very well that he was the only one who could fit 4,000 people at one time, and the rest of the ships still had to be dispersed to save people, so sending eight 500-ton ships would affect the upstream to save people. Although the White Shark is a 1,800-ton battleship, just because it is a battleship, there is too much space on board for the configuration of the battleship.

Saving people and transporting goods can be.

But even if the important part of the battleship is to save people, no one is allowed to approach casually, there are too many secrets of Datang.

On Dongting Cave, there is only waiting, not despair.

Because the female captain said that the Tiande under the Huating Navy would come over, there was no superfluous explanation.

A pillar of light shot into the sky, marking the location of the storm in the dark and rainy night.

A big ship, a super ship with a load of 3,000 tons. The length is 58 zhang 7, the width is 12 zhang, the height of the whole ship has reached 12 zhang, and the water surface is also 7 zhang high. The lowest part of the ship's height is the foredeck, which is also close to nine feet high.

Flowing into the Yangtze River in reverse, in order to protect the ship Tiande behind, it only drove at half speed.

The Tiande is the only super ship in Datang with sixteen steam engines. Such a design is outdated, and even if the new ship has more than the load of the Tiande, there will not be sixteen steam engines, because the power of the steam engines is also increasing, and the design scheme is also improving.

The speed of seventeen knots, riding the wind and waves.

A long whistle sounded, and the ship was still not visible, but the sound came in the night.

"Honk!" The whistle of the Storm also sounded in the night.

The Tiande slowed down, slowly leaned over, and when the distance was still three miles away, the Tiande turned on the spotlights on the ship, this ship is too much, and it can even be said that there are redundant steam engines, which can supply power to the whole ship. A few lights can't affect the total power of the entire ship.

Su Shan strode to the bow of the ship and gave a Tang military salute to the Tiande.

On the Tiande, the captain of the Tiande, who was standing in the captain's room, also responded with a military salute, not caring whether the other party could see it, but what he cared about was his own heart.

Even if he is an old shipwright who has dealt with ships all his life in Dongting Cave, he could not imagine that there is such a big ship in the world.

The two captains did not leave the ship, this is the rule of the Datang Navy, except for the ship docking, the captain will never leave the ship. On the sea, the ship is in the people, and the ship is dead. There was a huge difference in the size of the two ships, both of them were on the deck, and the captain of the Tiande shouted loudly: "Your ship, how is it." ”

"I only have two boxes of coal, and I've almost run out of food on board. There was slight damage to the hull, but it did not affect the boat. I have applied to return to Hong Kong and the instructions given to me are to go back to Wah Ting directly. ”

The captain of the Tiande nodded, there are almost 4,000 people here, and the grain and coal that a 500-ton ship can carry are limited. Four thousand people ate for two or three days, and it was not easy to keep two boxes of coal.

A large wooden box was sent down from the Tiande first, and he didn't say anything, just let him move to the captain's room first.

Then there was coal, clean water, enough food for the boatload to feed for three days.

Untying all the rafts, the Tempest turned around and took more than 400 old and weak people back to Huating first. Tiande is not a battleship. At that time, when it was designed, it was designed according to the luxury cruise ships of later generations. Originally, it was for the royal family, but Li Yuan went out to sea once and never sat on it again, and the rest of the royal children were full of overseas fiefdoms.

But no one dared to drive this boat to the fiefdom.

Even if you have the courage to mass-produce it, you have the qualifications to use it.

Li Er has his own special flying boat, which is much faster than a ship, and it is also stable.

Originally, Wu Cao planned to transform this ship into a yacht, a luxury yacht. But before the plan could be implemented, this heavy rain came. I just dismantled the luxurious bedroom. There is also the Tiande in the living room for disaster relief.

Four thousand people got on board, just climbed up the ladder in a queue. The ship was reassigned a place to live, and the captain contacted the states in his captain's room to see if the men were placed there first.

Until now. There is not a single resettlement site that can be truly considered safe.

The rain is still falling. I don't know the way at all. There is a risk that it will be flooded. The resettlement sites set up by several states are all in the mountains, but there is no way for sea boats to get close to them. How to transship is still a problem that needs to be solved.

Li Yuanxing, who took a nap, had already woken up.

There were one-foot-thick telegram records piled up on the table in front of him, and Li Yuanxing didn't ask his subordinates to sort them out excessively, just arranged them in chronological order. I've seen it myself, and it's not too late to sort it out.

didn't ask his subordinates to do it, Li Yuanxing was afraid that he would miss something.

Rubbing his eyes, Li Yuanxing put down the few sheets in his hand and said to the cabinet master: "Grandpa, is there anything you want to criticize?" ”

"Criticism?" The cabinet master asked rhetorically.

"For example, there is no systematic, there is not enough organizational capacity. The cooperation of all parties can only be said to be reluctant, and in terms of logistical support, there is only food, but they do not know that the disaster relief needs more. After that, it has been more than 10 days, and there is still no truly reliable and reassuring resettlement site for the victims. ”

Li Yuanxing's words did not agree with the cabinet master.

"Standards are made by people, and they are implemented by people. First of all, there is no standard in this matter. There is no record of disaster relief in the historical records before such a catastrophe. It is important to know that there are three steps in disaster relief before the road. ”

Li Yuanxing understands what the cabinet master means, to put it bluntly, don't use modern standards in ancient times.

The cabinet master continued: "In the previous disaster relief, the first step was to pull out the village alive and pile up the dead. The second step is to distribute some grain to the official wealthy households, and open some kind of porridge shacks and so on. The third step is to reduce some taxes from the royal family. ”

"In the historical records, there are also earthquakes, flood relief, and the like?"

"That's a gold on the face, I've already asked the local officials, and the historians. They must know more than you read in books. ”

Li Yuanxing was still a little disappointed.

The cabinet master sat next to Li Yuanxing, this is the real persuasion.

"Think about how many people didn't understand when you were in Luoyang, even your subordinates may not understand you. They just do what you tell them to do, but they don't have the autonomy or the enthusiasm and conviction they have. ”

"That's right, that's it, the people are still scared."

The cabinet master said again: "Look at the present, at least the people already have a sense of relief when they see Datang's military uniform." It is impossible to eat a fat man in one bite, so the meal must be eaten one bite at a time, and I believe that it will not take more than thirty years. When Datang faces natural disasters, it will have a truly mature system. ”

"Maybe I'm in too much of a hurry."

"It's too urgent, according to the current state of soil and water conservation and vegetation, it is much better than in the future. There is only one Dongting Cave, although it flooded the village of tens of thousands of people, but the water of the Yangtze River did not flow out of the river. Add to that the other lakes, especially Poyang Lake, and only the villages in the lake area are flooded at the moment. ”

"The pearl field is all saved, and the rest will not be a big problem."

The cabinet master took a cigarette pouch and lit one for himself, approached Li Yuanxing and whispered: "In later generations, many rivers have dried up, many small lakes have disappeared, and you want to dig a canal to lead the Yangtze River water to Hangzhou Bend, it is all a dream." What's more, the future generations will not wait for the water to flow to this side, and the embankment will already burst in front. ”

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