Beginning in mid-April, it began to rain in most parts of the Xia Dynasty, and in many places it was still heavy rain, and it continued to rain for a full month.

Without waiting for the following excerpt to come up, the imperial court can predict that there will be floods this year.

Floods and droughts occur almost every year, just big and small floods, just rush, no need to report to the imperial court, the local can also be solved, but once it needs to be reported to the court, it must be a flood that pours the sky, the kind that destroys the withering and decaying, and this year is obviously big.

On the tenth day of the rainstorm, Shen Jinqiao discussed with Rong Junzhi to send troops out, let people inspect the river embankment, do a good job of temporary fortifications, and let the people go to the high ground to take shelter from the rain, but even if the work was done in advance, when the flood came, the destructive power did not decrease much, the destroyed houses, the destroyed fertile fields, and the dead people.

A series of numbers are in front of you, and you have to lose enough money in the treasury in the past two years, otherwise you will have to worry about this group of officials to death.

Disaster relief is urgent, but it is still raining, and the road will definitely be difficult.

Shen Jinqiao and Rong Junzhi naturally couldn't go in person, Shen Jinqiao chose a suitable official, and by the way, the Eighth Prince, and now King Ning and King Cheng were put over for disaster relief.

Not to mention whether Rong Junzhi is jealous of these two people, as a prince, he enjoys honor and leads Yulu but does not work, Shen Jinqiao is the first to refuse.

King Xiang and King An were both called out of temper, why can't they stay out of the matter?

Officials: Your Majesty and the Queen Mother are really big-hearted.

No matter which dynasty, after the emperor ascended the throne, he was eager to kill these brothers one by one, for fear that they would compete for the throne, and even if they could not die, they would have to be half-crippled, or weaken their powerful position, so as to stabilize their throne.

But their majesty is obviously not, all the princes, one counts as one, they are all driven away to work, especially King Xiang and King An, not to mention that they are afraid of their power, it seems that they just want to pile up all the work on them.

Although it is said that the prince has power and ambition, but with their current hard work, it is estimated that they want to be a carefree prince who has no real power and waits for death.

Even if they have ambitions, now that His Majesty has great power and military power, they can't rebel and turn the sky upside down, and they won't let them return after they are back, and they are dragged to work every day and are not allowed to rest, isn't this bullying?

Belch...... That's a big deal.

King Cheng and King Ning were ordered to set off, but this relief was not an overnight thing, as short as two or three months, and as long as half a year.

The silver for disaster relief has been distributed, the food has been dispatched, and the fortifications have begun.

The officials of the Ministry of Works discussed the fortifications together, but there was nothing to discuss, and they almost always did the same thing, except that they had to list the exact plan and the money they probably needed and write it down in the fold and submit it to the royal authorities.

"Your Majesty has arrived, and the Queen Mother has arrived!"

The emperor and queen drove to the Ministry of Industry at the same time, and the officials were so frightened that they saw people coming in before they even walked out of the door, and quickly knelt down to greet them.

"See Your Majesty, see Niangniang."

Now that the emperor and queen are in charge of the government at the same time, it is not surprising that the two of them appear together.

Rong Jun raised his hand: "Let's get up." ”

Stretched out his hand and put it on Shen Jinqiao's shoulder, escorting her to Yutu.

Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry stepped forward: "I don't know what Your Majesty and Niangniang have to say when they come to the Ministry of Industry?" ”

Rong Junzhi said casually: "Let's see how prepared you are." ”

The Ministry of Industry Shangshu hurriedly said: "The ministers and others have discussed the same, but we still need to calculate, tomorrow will definitely be able to give Your Majesty and Niangniang a clear plan, and the people of the Ministry of Industry are also ready, just wait for the heavy rain to stop, and start work immediately." ”

Shen Jinqiao walked over to look at the map, and Rong Junzhi walked over: "What do you see?" ”

Shen Jinqiao shook his head and looked at Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry: "Liang Shangshu, you asked people to take out all the files of the floods over the years." ”

Liang Shangshu hurriedly waved his hand to let people get it, this is the Ministry of Industry, and it was moved quickly, one box after another, full of seven boxes.

Shen Jinqiao wanted to say that they should count it, but when he saw so much, his eyelids twitched, when did this have to be counted?

Helplessly: "That's it, no need, I bother Lord Liang to circle out the flooded areas this year and distinguish the hard-hit areas." ”

"Your Ministers obey." Liang Shangshu stepped forward and quickly circled the map with special ink, the ink was very clear, but it would disappear when it dried.

Shen Jinqiao picked up another pen and drew another area on the map: "This is the distribution map of His Majesty when he went to the southwest for disaster relief five years ago. ”

Shen Jinqiao stared at the drawing: "I have seen the record of floods before, although there is no detailed file, but the central part of the place here has always been the hardest hit area of floods, almost every time there is it, but the terrain here is flat, the land is fertile, the people are reluctant to give up, every time the flood comes back, but the next flood destroys everything, and many people die every time, and the cycle repeats, a vicious circle." ”

Liang Shangshu stepped forward: "Niang Niang said very much, but this is also a helpless thing, in order to support their families, it is impossible for the people to leave this land, and the court has built fortifications every year, but the mountain torrents are ravaging, destroying and decaying, and it is not controllable by manpower, it is really helpless." ”

Shen Jinqiao pursed his lips: "That can't be put away, we have to find a way to solve it, otherwise we have to allocate funds for disaster relief every year if the tax revenue here can't come up every year, what's the use of coming?" ”

Rong Junzhi stepped forward to observe the map: "Can there be a sand table?" ”

Liang Shangshu nodded: "Yes." ”

"Quick, bring the sand table over."

To build fortifications, sand tables are naturally indispensable.

The sand table was raised, and a group of people surrounded him, Liang Shangshu explained: "Your Majesty, Niangniang, please see, this is surrounded by terrain, surrounded by mountains, but in the middle is a super large plain, and this mountain range is destined to rain, this terrain and weather are nailed, there is really no way to change it, but to build official business." ”

Rong Junzhi looked at the sand table: "The weather is not man-made, but the terrain can." ”

Rong Jun pointed to a low mountain col: "The terrain here is low, forming several small lakes and swamps, and many small streams converge here, if you open the gap in the mountain col, you can effectively dredge the river." ”

A group of officials gathered around, and someone immediately shook their heads: "Your Majesty, these lakes can't be opened, if it's the dry season, this is their only source of water, if the lakes are opened, they won't be flooded, but they will definitely die of drought." ”

Droughts and floods, both are great natural disasters.

Shen Jinqiao had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and pointed to it: "There is a river here, but it is blocked by high mountains, so it is forced to turn around, if a river can be dug out, the water transportation is constant, not only can evacuate the flood, but also supply water." ”