Chapter Ninety-Three: Disaster Relief Begins

The biggest reason why the first railway line built on the Beijing-Guangzhou Line was built on the Taihang Mountain was that it was water conservancy, in order to avoid floods. Why is that? Under normal circumstances, it should not be more flat land that can be reclaimed, and it is more prosperous, but in Hebei, for a long time, the really prosperous is the prefecture and county close to Taihang Mountain.

This is all due to one reason, and that is the problem of water conservancy.

Hebei's water conservancy is sluggish, but the places on the plains are easy to be flooded and are not suitable for development. The place close to Taihang Mountain, although there is less flat land, but because of the topography, it does not accumulate water, but is more developed.

But that's the long-term plan.

And now it's just a matter of thinking.

It's just that He Xi returned home and before he could sleep, Yao Guangxiao came to him.

"What is the Yellow River breaching?" He Xi was taken aback.

Yao Guangxiao said: "It's not just the problem of the Yellow River bursting, the Yellow River water out of Yangwu has broken into the Wei River, and from this north, Hebei and Shandong have all been harmed by it, and even ------."

He Xi said: "Even Tianjin is a problem. ”

Just afraid of what's coming? Yangwu is on the north bank of the Yellow River, and the north and south banks of the Yellow River are broken, and the flood has different places. If it is a breach on the south bank, the flood will flow into the Huai River, which is called the Huai River. Between the Yellow River and the Huai River, there are many rivers, but they are only a few hundred miles. Although it is unfair to the local people, sometimes there is no way.

Sometimes the south bank is artificially broken, but the south bank flooding is controllable.

However, the north bank bursts, the flood is not easy to say, generally rushed into Shandong, stranded in Shandong, such as the so-called Shuibo Liangshan, in fact, it is formed by the Yellow River flood stagnation. If it is not enough to stay in the river, it will rush into the Daqing River and enter the sea.

The Daqing River is basically the current Yellow River.

In addition, the course of the Duowei River, the so-called Weihe River, is actually the North Canal. The Weihe River was actually one of the Yellow River channels a long time ago, no, it can be said that most of the main rivers flowing eastward in the entire Yellow Sea Huai Impact Plain were once given by the Yellow River.

Now the flood of the Yellow River flows into the sea through the Wei River, and as mentioned above, it is no longer enough for the Haihe River in Tianjin to undertake the nine rivers in Hebei. Now that there is the Yellow River, the problem is even more serious.

Although it is said that the flood backflow endangers the city of Beijing, it probably will not happen.

At least, this trend has not yet begun to be seen. Even if it really happens, there are many ways to defend Jingshi, but He Xi doesn't want to do that. That is to find a way to discharge the flood, and if the flood is discharged in other places, it is unlikely that the Tianjin flood will be reversed.

It's just that in this way, the harm to the people is too great.

As a last resort, He Xi doesn't want to use it.

Now that time has not yet come, He Xi is not only worried about the city of Beijing.

He Xi looked out the window at the heavy rain that seemed to be leaking, and He Xi said: "The whole of Hebei is in danger." ”

Yao Guangxiao said: "My lord, you must also prepare for the construction of Beijing City. ”

He Xi was silent for a moment and said, "I understand. ”

In Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, the people always come first. Today's weather, I have been reported by many places in Hebei on the water situation, and I know that Hebei is going to suffer this time. But He Xi never expected that the Yellow River would come to join in the fun.

The scale of the flood in Hebei this time will be very large.

Immediate relief is needed.

The entire Hebei manpower and material resources are here in Beijing, and the fastest way to provide disaster relief is to use the materials here. However, as a result, the construction of Beijing City will be stopped for a while. Originally, because of the rain, He Xi was worried about whether the project could be completed as scheduled. Not to mention it now.

He Xi is also very clear about the matter of disaster relief, and it is urgent, and if he delays it a little, he doesn't know how many lives will be lost. But in the construction of Beijing City, He Xi also has his own plans.

He Xi muttered secretly in his heart: "Can you come to a cash-for-work?" ”

It's easy to say, but it's not easy to actually do it.

What is a job? Now there is only the Beijing City Project. It is a big expense to first open up the transportation between Beijing and other places, and bring the victims from all over the country to Beijing. Not to mention the cost of other things, there is also the need for more manpower to organize.

However, He Xi was eager to give it a try.

Because, Beijing is short of people.

There is a shortage of people, not only now, but also in the future.

You must know that the city of Beijing built by He Xi is not a military city, but an industrial city. You need to have a large working population. But now, even if the local population and the foreign population are counted, there are only more than 300,000 people.

That's a lot to talk about.

Historically, after the construction of Beijing City, it was claimed to have a population of one million, but in fact, it was because there were a large number of Beijing guards and their families in it. Today, this population is the local people in Beijing, as well as the people who participated in Zunhua and the construction of Beijing.

Although it is said that these people are now more in the construction of Beijing City, He Xi does not feel that there is any problem with the consumption of these industrial populations in Beijing City in the future.

He Xi thought about it, and secretly said in his heart: "Perhaps, this is an opportunity." ”

Opportunity is opportunity, but how to take advantage of it is a question.

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Yao Guangxiao came only to report the news, but two or three days later, the edict from Nanjing arrived. It was the envoy who went out to sea in a torrential rain and came from Tianjin.

The order of Zhu Yuanzhang brought by him made He Xi immediately preside over the disaster relief in Hebei, and everything should be based on disaster relief. Other things can be suspended.

After Shen Guogong received the holy decree, he also expressed his attitude to He Xi and said: "Lord He, only you give an order, and my side will absolutely obey." ”

He Xi said: "With Shen Guogong's words, I am relieved." Now there is one of the most difficult tasks that Shen Guogong needs to do. It is about the success or failure of this disaster relief. ”

Shen Guogong said, "Please speak." ”

He Xi said: "That is to dredge the Tianjin River. ”

When Shen Guogong heard this, he couldn't help frowning, and said, "It's not that I'm postpoking, but this is this thing, I really don't know how to do it?" ”

Dredging the river is generally in the dry period, and now there is an ocean, from the water surface, you can't see where the river is, how to dredge, send people into the water to dig? Impossible.

He Xi also knew that there were many difficulties in this. But the problem is that the Tianjin River is not only a problem for Tianjin, but a problem for the whole of Hebei.

What was the most terrible thing about the flood? It was the flood that surged and flooded the acres of villages, but if it was only flooded for a day or two, the problem was not too big, but the crop yield was reduced and the harvest was lost, but it was immediately replanted and some of it could be saved.

The biggest problem is that the rain has stopped, and the flood has not receded, for months, and that is the real death. Not to mention, flooding the fields not only makes the crops unharvested, but also affects the next planting, let alone replanting.

There was also water everywhere, and with the sanitary conditions of life in this era, a great plague was brewing.

Many people were not drowned by the flood, but by the series of secondary disasters caused by the flood that did not recede.

Now that the flood has come, everything is over. Going to disaster relief now is just to recover the damage. But the biggest way to recover the damage is to let the flood pass as soon as possible. Let the earth return to calm as soon as possible.

Therefore, the water accumulated in Tianjin will be lost one point less if it is discharged one day earlier.

This is He Xijue's top priority.

He Xi also knew that there were many difficulties, and it was also the reason why he had to Shen Guogong to do it, because it needed to be carried out by the army, and ordinary people could not carry out this task at all.

He Xi said: "Ge Tiangong. ”

Ge Tiangong's face was full of excitement and said, "The grass people are here. ”

He Xi said: "Shen Guogong, this is my disciple, the most proficient in machinery, you go to Tianjin, the specific details, just listen to what he says." ”

Shen Guogong was a little unconvinced, and said, "You ------"

Ge Tiangong said: "Please rest assured, I will not disappoint Guogong." If not, please behead me to thank the world. ”