"Governor Zheng, please get up quickly."

The Third Highness helped Zheng Yakun to get up, "My father is worried about the disaster here, and specially ordered to come and supervise the disaster relief matters, the disaster relief food allocated by the imperial court is already on the way, and the household department and the Ministry of Industry are also on the way, Lord He and I are worried about the disaster here, so we traveled lightly, and we arrived here first."

"Without further ado, Governor Zheng will tell us about the situation here first, and take me and Lord He to check the situation of the Honghe River at this time."

"Yes, yes." Zheng Yakun stood up, prepared a small boat, and took His Royal Highness and He Yanxiu to check the current situation, while telling the two of them about the disaster situation at this time.

His Royal Highness and He Yanxiu listened for a long time.

The disaster was worse than the two of them had imagined.

The flood water burst out at night, first washing away the villages closest to the Honghe, followed by several adjacent county towns, and then the Hongzheng Mansion......

The flood raged and swept over most of Hung Zheng Province overnight and spread rapidly to the surrounding areas.

In the early morning of the second day of the flood, Zheng Yakun hurriedly ordered the officials and soldiers in the city and nearby counties to go to the Honghe River to try to repair the river embankment, but because of the abundant rain in the upper reaches and the flood was rough, it was extremely difficult to repair the river embankment.

Even if it could be repaired slightly, the more difficult it was to build because the water pressure increased the more the embankment was closed, and several attempts ended in failure.

When His Royal Highness and He Yanxiu heard this, they all twisted their eyebrows.

If the river embankment cannot be repaired, the flood will not be stopped, and the affected area will only grow, and more and more people will be involved.

"Is there no other way?" The Third Highness asked in a deep voice.

Zheng Yakun also responded sadly, "I have tried many methods, but they can't, so I thought about throwing boulders to resist the flood so that the river embankment can be reconnected, but the boulders that can withstand the flood can be transported by extraordinary manpower, so I have to give up."

"If you think about it, you can only think about it after the people from the Ministry of Works arrive, and then they will find a way."

However, having said that, it will be a few days before those people from the Ministry of Industry arrive here, and the disaster relief cannot be delayed any longer.

His Royal Highness's face was gloomy, "Someone went to urge, let the Ministry of Works and the others hurry up and rush here!"

"Yes." Some people were ordered to leave, but their faces were also a little ugly.

Although His Royal Highness was anxious at this time, it was understandable that Qian Shilang from the Ministry of Industry was from His Royal Highness's side, and this disaster relief was obviously given to His Royal Highness a chance, and of course His Highness's people would not be too cooperative.

This time I went to urge, probably it won't have any effect, but not only will it have no effect, but I will be said a lot in the future, and I won't get much good face......

He Yanxiu also knew that the Ministry of Engineering could not be relied on, so he only twisted his eyebrows and looked at the drawings in his hand, staring at the direction of the Hong River and the terrain near Hong Zheng Mansion for a long time.

"Lord Zheng, what is this?" He Yanxiu pointed to an area on the map not far from the flood breach, to the north.

"There were villages and towns here." Zheng Yakun replied, "In the early years, the land was quite fertile and inhabited by a large population, but later the land over there was gradually no longer suitable for cultivation due to land compaction and saline seepage, and the people over there gradually moved away, and now there are not many people living here."

"Speaking of which, this area is not small, and the terrain over there is a bit concave, and further north it is adjacent to low mountains, so I originally thought that the water from the flood river would be poured in, made into a lake, and fish fry would be stocked, so that the people over there could have more livelihood."

Zheng Yakun said, seeing that He Yanxiu didn't speak, his eyebrows raised slightly, and asked tentatively, "What ......does Lord He mean?"

"Yes, open the embankment and release the water."

He Yanxiu replied, "Fill the water of the Honghe River into the depression to reduce the water pressure at the original embankment breach, and take the opportunity to repair the breach of the embankment, so that the breach of the embankment can probably be repaired."

Zheng Yakun's eyes lit up suddenly, "This is a very good idea, if that depression is poured into the flood river, it will be a natural lake, which can alleviate the flood water, and then flood in the future

When the river is connected, the dredging of the lake and the construction of the lake embankment during the dry season can also ease the flow of water during the heavy rain in the summer."

And with a lake, the water in the lake flows much more slowly than the river, and it is easier to open a few openings from the edge of the lake to irrigate water on weekdays than in the river.

It's a lot of work.

Zheng Yakun felt more and more that He Yanxiu's idea was good, and nodded again and again, "Lord He is really a young talent, quick thinking, and thinking about things that others can't think......

"Without further ado, I'll send someone to do it!"

To dig up the embankment along the saline-alkali depression, and take advantage of the change in the momentum of the water flow, seize the time to block the previous embankment, which must be properly coordinated without the slightest deviation!

Zheng Yakun felt pressured, and he was also carefully planning the details in his heart, assigning different tasks to the people under him, and striving to make the greatest achievements in the shortest time.

On this side, the flow of water should be channeled and the river embankment should be repaired, and on the other side, it should be opened to put grain and set up sheds for porridge.

Although the relief food has not yet arrived, there is a certain amount of food reserves in each prefecture and city in case of emergency.

In order to cope with droughts, floods, wars, etc., grain reserves are generally not placed in the city, but stored in relatively remote high places, and the grain reserves of Hongzheng Mansion are in a cave dug in a low mountain in the west of Hongzheng Mansion City.

Although the flood did not reach the water, the cave was located on a high level and was not affected, and the food in it was spared.

After the flood, Zheng Yakun sent people to transport the grain in batches to the slightly higher terrain near the prefecture, and there was no flooding for the time being, boiling porridge and giving alms, and relieving the victims.

However, the amount of grain in reserve is limited, and in order to be able to last until the arrival of relief food, the number of porridge sheds and porridge boiled every day is limited.

So much so that many people had to queue from the first day to the next, hoping only to receive a bowl of porridge to satisfy their stomachs.

As a result, the queue for receiving porridge is getting longer and longer, and the waiting time is getting longer and longer, from the earlier day to receive a bowl of porridge in one day, to two days to receive a bowl of porridge.

If you are unlucky, you may not be able to get a bowl for two days.

On both sides of the line, people left one after another, trying in vain to find a way out, and gradually some people fell down and could no longer get up......

A team leading porridge actually saw life and death at the same time.

When His Royal Highness saw this scene, his nose was a little sour, "Can the matter of exchanging food be done?"

He Yanxiu nodded, "There is a letter over there, and it has been agreed with the grain merchant Su family that the Su family will send coarse grains here in turn, and the fastest batch should arrive tomorrow."