Chapter Ninety-Six: The Difficulty Between the Rivers

Ge Tiangong finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He even felt the current beneath the boat, noticeably faster.

I don't know if it's an illusion.

Ge Tiangong actually knows that this time down, the effect is not big, after all, Tianjin's river is not a sediment settlement, but these dozens of miles of rivers are like this, you must know that this section of the river in Tianjin, the height difference is only a few tens of meters, and the height difference of dozens of meters is average to dozens of miles of the river, what is the concept? As soon as the sediment was washed away, the water was clogged.

This little bit of effect is of little use.

However, before that, the methods of the ancients were even less useful for this situation. Moreover, the most important thing in today's experiment is that this kind of machinery can be driven by a steam engine, which also allows Ge Tiangong to have more ideas, such as a dredger that directly dredges the dredge.

In fact, Ge Tiangong feels that the efficiency of the dredger is not much different from that of this kind of ship.

As soon as the sediment is lifted again, the current will naturally push the sediment downstream until it reaches the sea. And dredging out, there are other processes, in terms of efficiency, it is difficult to say, who is higher and who is lower. But one thing is important.

The results of the dredger are visible to the naked eye. After all, the mud was dug up. How much mud there is, how much work is done.

And this kind of iron pickpocket boat is not so intuitive.

I have to say that Ge Tiangong knows how to be an official very well.

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Since the experiment was successful, Ge Tiangong didn't have to be on the ship all the time. Come and see Shen Guogong immediately.

"Not bad." Shen Guogong said: "You did a good job. However, this one ship is too small to be of much use. What you need, although I say, I can do everything, but there is only one requirement, and that is to be fast. How much can be built over there in Beijing? ”

Ge Tiangong said: "Thank you Guogong for your support. Among the grass people, the best way is not to transfer from Beijing? ”

Shen Guogong said: "Oh, where do you transfer it from?" ”

Ge Tiangong said: "Transferred from Liaodong, to be honest, Beijing's rivers are restricted, and the boats are very small, and the Guogong has also seen today's situation." Because the ship was small, something almost went wrong. Only sea boats are the most convenient, and Tianjin Linhai, this river can be put in by sea boats in ordinary times. Now that the flood is overflowing, it is more likely to enter the ships with more draft. And the only ones in the world that can produce steam engines are Beijing and Liaodong. Liaodong's production capacity is still above Beijing, and it is directly built in Yingkou, and it is only a few days from Yingkou to here. This is the most convenient way. ”

Shen Guogong said: "Okay, listen to you." Then Shen Guogong was a little worried, and said: "In your opinion, if you use this method, when will the water be drained?" ”

When Ge Tiangong heard this, he didn't know what to say for a while, he was silent for a while, and said, "Guogong, who has made this matter clear." This kind of tool, we've never used before. And I don't know if it's easy to use or not. What's more, there are unforeseen storms and clouds in the sky, and although it is sunny now, the weather is hot and humid, dragonflies fly low, I am afraid that there will be rain soon, and more importantly, when will the Yellow River break be blocked? This is also a big problem. ”

When Shen Guogong heard this, he could only shake his head, and he had nothing to say. The Yellow River, the Yellow River, is a speechless existence.

This time the floods in Hebei. Of course, it is caused by rainfall, but only rainfall, the flood in Hebei will never be so large, and the bursting of the Yellow River brings a large amount of flood water to Hebei, which is one of the most important reasons.

If the breach of the Yellow River is not blocked, it is difficult to improve the situation in the lower reaches.

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At this moment, He Xi is already in the river.

During this period of time, He Xi was not idle, he had already identified the most serious place for this flood. It's Riverhouse.

Hejian Province is located in the south of Tianjin, and the terrain is already low, and the floods of the Haihe River basin can easily accumulate in this place, not to mention, the floods of the Yellow River go north, part of it reaches Shandong, and the other part also reaches the river.

He Xi took a boat all the way to Cangzhou.

The feeling that He Xi had along the way was that he didn't see much land.

Yes, from a distance, there is an ocean, and there are just some trees. Although not at all, there is no land. Naturally, there are some places that are above the water, but there are too few of them.

It seems to be just a small island in the middle of the ocean. It's just a garnish.

And the people gathered in these places, dozens or hundreds of people gathered together, dressed in rags, and looked not like people at all, but like ghosts.

These people are not the worst. The worst is in the water.

Although He Xi moved fast enough. However, the efficiency of action in this era is so high, and most of them can enter the disaster area within a month after the flood. It's already fast. But for people, soaking in water for a few hours is enough to kill them.

Even if he was lucky enough to be in a high place and not drowned, ten days were enough to starve to death.

If you venture to find food in the water, add to eating raw water. The plague is deadly enough.

In short, when He Xi came, there were already a few dead people in Hejian.

And those who can persevere now are the lucky ones. Where are those who are not lucky?

In the water, all kinds of floating, after death, what does it look like? He Xi hadn't paid attention to it before, but just this way, he was already full. When I first saw it, I was still nauseous and vomiting, after all, many of these corpses were mutilated, and coupled with the swelling, it was simply unrecognizable. Disgusting.

But after a long time, He Xi got used to it.

At the same time, he also recognized the cruelty of this era and the fragility of life.

At this time, He Xi can truly understand the thoughts of some people in this era who are willing to be slaves and slaves.

Is this natural disaster a big deal? Probably yes. But He Xi didn't remember in his heart that there were any records of major natural disasters during the Hongwu period. It is really said that natural disasters are frequent during the Chongzhen period. The fact that it is not recorded does not mean that such natural disasters do not exist. Rather, it's too ordinary. Not worth a lot of hard work.

Now this kind of natural disaster that is not worthy of more pen and ink has become like this, and the kind of natural disaster that needs to be recorded in thick ink and color, what is it already like?

He Xi couldn't believe it.

This is quite ridiculous to say that there is no dignity or self-esteem at a time when people's survival is not guaranteed. To live as a dog is to die as a human being. Everyone's choice is different, and every choice may not be true until it really comes to an end. And death is real.

The prosperity on the surface of the Ming Dynasty is said to be hundreds of millions of currencies, so that He Xi forgets. In fact, Daming has another side.

The real and cruel side, I don't know how many people are struggling in the line of death, there are no natural disasters and man-made disasters, they can barely live, once there are natural disasters and man-made disasters, they are white bones exposed in the wild, and there is no rooster crying for thousands of miles.

Many Confucian scholars and doctors fought against He Xi until the death. The world in their eyes is like this, the living conditions of the people of the Ming Dynasty are weak, a little toss, they can't survive, natural disasters are inevitable, but man-made disasters can be less.

The change of the law from the court system is a matter of concept for the people above, and for the people, it is a matter of life and death.

But He Xi also strengthened his thoughts today.

Such a day, such a day when life is worse than death, it takes another 600 years for the people of the world to live, and He Xi feels heart-wrenching. Even for the sake of the people of the world, He Xi doesn't feel that what he did was wrong, he just felt that he was doing it too slowly.

The situation in Hejian Province far exceeded He Xi's expectations.

He Xi has many plans, but he has not had time to implement them, and there is no way to implement them.

The entire Hejian Province, just a few county seats, and a large number of people, thanks to the city walls of each county town, they protected the people in the flood, but this flood, I don't know how long it will take to recede. And in the face of the power of heaven and earth, the power of man is very weak. Although He Xi knew that Ge Tiangong and Shen Guogong had used all their resources to dredge the river. This allows the flood to drain faster.

But this is faster, and it's also measured in months.

He Xi now has only two choices, the first choice is to transport the grain to the counties, gather the people to the counties, and let the people eat relief food in the city for several months, and the second option is the cash-for-work planned by He Xi.