Chapter 242: Fishing in Troubled Waters
The water spread rapidly, completely engulfing the ferry.
Bai Wulan's eyes looked at Luo Shui surging in the distance calmly, and Luo Lingzhi and Gu Huaiyi, who came back from Taishou Mansion next to him, also had solemn faces.
"There is no heavy rain today, and the reason why Luoshui is rising so fast must be because Jiang Mao opened the floodgates again, but I am afraid that the torrential rain upstream has not stopped at all. And so on and again, and the dam will last even shorter than we planned. Dredging the river, does Luo Niangzi have eyebrows? ”
Bai Wulan turned his head to look at Luo Lingzhi and continued, "I took people to check the situation of the embankment before, it was very bad, not only did there be many collapses, but there were even people who dug the embankment at will to make it easier to enter and exit...... I have put Bai Lingqing in charge of leading the displaced people to repair the embankment. In a short period of time, tens of thousands of catties of food in the cabin can still be handled, but it is not a long-term solution, how many supplies are there in Sichuan City? ”
"Only five thousand stones! Less than a million silver! ”
Gu Huaiyi replied in a muffled voice.
Bai Wulan's heart sank, and then he said: "Then we will transport grain from Huainan while collecting grain from the big families in the city, but the distance is too far and it may not be able to be delivered before Luoshui is poured into Sichuan City." ”
"Do your best to obey the fate of heaven!"
At this moment, even Bai Wulan can't be foolproof.
Luo Lingzhi blinked, "It's okay, I've said everything, leave the matter of food to me, don't say 20,000 stones, 2 million stones." You just need to arrange for everyone to repair the embankment and dredge the waterway, the matter of the city wall has been handed over to Cui Taishou, he can't do nothing? ”
"Does Luo Niangzi have a way to get enough food?"
Bai Wulan thought about the tens of thousands of catties of good rice that suddenly appeared in the cabin, as well as Luo Lingzhi's mysterious ability to retrieve things from the air, and believed in his heart that these 20,000 stones of grain were not a small amount, and you must know that all the granaries in the entire Huainan were only tens of millions of stones together.
Huainan has a population of several million!
Although it is far better than the miserable situation of the people in other places starving all over the wilderness, it is still far from enough compared with the food and materials that the country can store for the people to eat for nearly nine years in the prosperous era.
"Don't worry, there's enough food."
The food in the space has been piled up before, and the space that has not moved after the upgrade two days ago has changed again, there are thousands of hectares of fertile land alone, and a river gushes out of the valley in the distance, she went to see that although it is not as rich as the spiritual power in the spiritual spring water, it is not bad, at least the water source for irrigation is completely fine.
Now most of the thousands of hectares of fertile land are planted with rice, and the cotton seeds obtained from the Yang family lady have been harvested again, and now there is a whole field planted with cotton, and after cultivating more seeds, Luo Lingzhi plans to plant another hundred acres of cotton...... In short, she has a lot of supplies in her space.
The mere 20,000 stone of grain is nothing more than a drizzle.
Seeing that Luo Lingzhi said confidently, Bai Wulan nodded directly, "When the food runs out, Wulan will come to Luo Niangzi to ask for it." ”
"Well said."
Luo Lingzhi smiled, and then thought of the map she asked for from Cui Taishou, she couldn't understand it at all, so she simply pulled Bai Wulan back to look at it, pointed to the map spread out on the floor and said to him: "Look at it, this water distribution map is intricate, if you want to dredge the river, which rivers should be built?" How do you plan for it? And this, these are all the maps of Sichuan City and its vicinity, and the mountains and landlines are all ......"
After all, it is completely impossible to complete the cultivation.
The main thing is to divert the raging flood water out of Luoshui.
Bai Wulan didn't understand water conservancy, but he could understand this picture, but after looking at it carefully, he still shook his head, "Although Wulan has learned a lot, he is not proficient in water conservancy." Lady Luo, look—"
Bai Wulan pointed to the tributaries that came out of Luoshui: "From this map, you can see that there are dozens of rivers in the branches that flow out of Luoshui, and Wulan can't see the best drainage method just from the map, so you still have to send people to check the siltation of the river everywhere first, so that you can combine the existing information and think about the appropriate method." ”
"Okay, Zhao Feihu and the others have good water quality. I asked him to take someone to check the situation of this Luoshui tributary. ”
Luo Lingzhi also knew that things were in a hurry, otherwise the few rivers selected would not be enough to divert floods, and it would be a complete waste of effort, and Chuancheng would still have to suffer.
Seeing that Bai Wulan trusted Luo Lingzhi so much that he would definitely be able to take out the food, Gu Huaiyi was worried in his heart, and at the same time, he could only hope for the time being, but looking at the two of them frowning at Yutu, he vaguely felt that he had neglected something important.
But at this time, Gu Huaiyi was full of worries about food, and he didn't think about it.
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The sky was dark, and even though the clouds obscured the scorching sun of the approaching autumn, the air was still dreary. Bai Lingqing stood on the embankment and looked at the nearly 3,000 displaced people divided into several teams and were working hard.
"Drink some water first."
Zhao Pan threw a kettle to him, and he had already poured a whole pot with a rumbling pot, and then wiped the beads of sweat on his head with his sleeve, and when his eyes swept to the group of people who were hiding in the shade and lazy not far away, he couldn't help but squint his eyes, and scolded coldly: "Except for a few people who are working, the others have basically not done any work except for people here since the morning, and they just want to eat white rice!" ”
Bai Lingqing glanced at it, and didn't go over to scold, but said lightly: "Write down the matter, don't give it to them when you receive food later, you should work honestly if you want to be hungry twice." ”
The main reason is that these people are not homeless people who follow him to the north, there are guards from the Huainan Palace, exiles who escort them, and even lazy officials, etc., who are mixed, and he is not good at going up to manage them at this time.
The master and Bai Wulan handed over the matter of repairing the embankment to him Bai Lingqing, and he had to do it well.
As for these people who fish in troubled waters, they have to find a way to clean it up.
"Well, anyway, the section of the embankment they are responsible for has not been moved at all, and the evidence is there, see how they quibble." Zhao Pan is not an impulsive person who causes trouble, and after thinking of a solution, he didn't go to close it, and continued to work.
Bai Ling glanced coldly at the dozens of people resting in the shade, and then turned around to inspect the situation elsewhere.
Gollum ......
Being looked at coldly by Bai Lingqing's cold eyes, a timid person swallowed his saliva and muttered, "Isn't it bad for us to do nothing like this?" What should King Gu Hades do when he makes trouble for us? ”
Liu San snorted coldly, "What are you afraid of?" We are officials, where is there a reason to work in person, why can't Lao Tzu urge those people to work here? He Gu Hades can manage so much! ”
The rest of the lazy exiles looked at each other, and their eyes fell on Zhao Su and the others who were working hard.