A few days later.

In the palace of Shunde, it has a new look.

Other than that.

With one letter after another, there was also a newspaper to the entire Ming Dynasty.

Everyone in the entire Ming Dynasty also knew that Guo An, the Duke of Dingguo, was named the king of Shunde County of the Ming Dynasty because of the auspicious grain of corn and sweet potatoes, and became the first living king with a different surname in the Ming Dynasty.

Moreover, even the merchant who brought back corn and sweet potatoes, Shen Zhuang was actually named a viscount.

The four great sages of the Guo family were also named viscounts because of their meritorious cultivation!

Your Majesty and the imperial court actually value corn and sweet potatoes so much?

Thinking about it, Daming and the others, while their faces were full of shock, they couldn't help but be full of excitement.

"If we can also find an auspicious grain from overseas, wouldn't we be able to be crowned kings or even princes?"

"Dreaming, who is the king of Shunde, who is you?"

"That's, that's!"

"As long as you give me a viscount, we will be satisfied!"

"Fart, you who can drown in the next stream, and dare to go to sea and find the grain of auspiciousness?"

"These auspicious grains must be in the hands of those powerful and businessmen!"

"The Way of the World ......"

"If you can let your turtle grandson eat a full stomach, you can thank the king of Shunde and His Majesty, you are not satisfied!"

"Hey......

……

At the same time.

Xingtai County, Shunde Prefecture, Guojia Village, is even more jubilant, and all the Guo family members are full of joy.

The person in the main room of their Guo family actually became the king of Daming County!

Even, he also drove the four Guo family members to become the viscount of Daming!

The entire Xingtai County has become the palace of Shunde!

Their Guo family is really soaring!

And these people surnamed Guo, and even the relatives of the Guo family, have all risen with the tide and become a very noble family!

"Governor Liu's Mansion has arrived!"

"Wang Tong knows!"

"Li Zhixian has arrived!"

"Commander Tan arrives at ......"

"Li Family ......"

"Zhang's ......"

In the Shunde Mansion, there are characters with heads and faces, all with a lot of congratulatory gifts, and they walk into the Guo family's mansion with gentle faces.

Regardless of whether they sincerely congratulate or are forced to be helpless, they dare not offend the Guo family openly and slack.

In a small town far away in Jiangsu, it is also so lively.

Their Shen family actually jumped directly from a merchant family and became a powerful person in the Ming Dynasty!

Ancestors bless!

……

Just when all the officials, gentry and people in Daming were amazed by the new county kings and viscounts of Daming.

The kings of the Ming Dynasty who stayed in Beijing also took their year-end bonuses from last year and began to return to their respective domains in large carts.

The weather in Daming is also gradually warming.

The snow and ice are melting, the land is thawing, and the water in the rivers is beginning to rise slowly.

Seeing this scene, all the people of Daming were full of joy.

"Looking at this scene, this year should be a good time!"

"There was a big drought last year, and there will be more water this year!"

"If this is the case, we can plant the corn and sweet potatoes that the king of Shunde sent to find these Furui grains, how good it would be!

This year, there will be a bumper harvest! ”

"Don't be verbose, hurry up and go out to pick up more firewood and come back, and start spring plowing early this year!"

"Ah Gong can't wait!"

"Hahaha......"

"You little rabbits, don't talk nonsense, as the saying goes, after the catastrophe, there will be a plague!

Although I don't know if there will be a big epidemic this year, God is moody, who knows what will happen again this year?

In our village, there were ten prime of life who went to pave roads with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince last year, and there was no shortage of food last winter, which was much better.

However, it was because of the great drought in the north, Your Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince were kind to the people of my north.

This year, I waited for no major drought in the north, and those people in the south naturally rushed to pave the road with His Royal Highness the Prince, and it would not be our northerners' turn! ”

"This ......"

Around the old man, all the adult men in the village couldn't help but fall silent.

This matter, although they do not want to accept it.

However, it is bound to appear.

Suddenly.

A young man heard a few clicks.

Immediately, he hurriedly concentrated his mind and looked into the small river on the side, his eyes suddenly widened, and he couldn't help but exclaim.

"Ice cubes...... So much big ice? ”

"Where's the ice?"

The old man and the men in the village glanced at the young man, and then they all noticed something strange in the river!

"Ah Gong, this season, why is there so much ice in the river?"

A man, who had just turned his head, asked Ah Gong beside him.

But he suddenly found that Ah Gong, who has always been unfazed by the collapse, will actually change his expression greatly, and he is still a little frightened!

"Ah Gong?"

"The flood is coming, the flood is coming!"

Ah Gong shouted, and shouted to the group of village men in front of him: "Ergou, Dazhu, Dashi, you go back quickly, and greet everyone in the village, especially those little cubs, all of them are far away from the riverbank and are not allowed to approach!" ”

"Ah Gong, what the hell is going on?"

The young man named Ergou asked with a shocked face.

Ah Gong's expression was solemn, and he said slowly: "If I am not mistaken, such a big ice appeared so early, maybe there will be a big flood this year."

Even if there is no big flood, the river water in these days will be much faster and faster on an unusual day! ”

"Flooding? However, this year is only a few days ago, and it has rained for so long, how can it be ......?"

The men were all full of doubts.

"What do you cubs know!"

Ah Gong glared at the young man who was still full of disbelief, and the goatee under his mouth was still jumping and jumping.

"When did the old man lie to you?"

"Ah Gong, don't be angry, let's go!"

Several young men hurriedly ran to the village.

The older middle-aged people who stayed beside Ah Gong were also full of sorrow when they saw more and more ice cubes appear in the river.

"Ah Gong, this river is getting bigger and bigger, do you want us to tell the villages below?"

"No need to run that leg!"

Ah Gong shook his head slowly, and said helplessly, "This river is much faster than you can run."

By the time you run down, what should have happened has already happened.

Moreover, in the following villages, there are also a few old immortals in their villages, and they all know what disasters will be brought about by this situation in the river at this time! ”

"I hope there won't be any problems with the Yellow River embankment!"

"It wouldn't be, would it?"

A few adults were suddenly shocked.

"Ah Gong, the embankment of the Yellow River is so strong, and besides, it hasn't rained heavily now, but there are some ice cubes in the river!"

"No!"

Ah Gong muttered to himself for a long time, then shouted directly and said: "No, last year's drought, those officials only cared about collecting grain for their families, and ignored the embankment, and did not strengthen it much.

After last year, and the collapse of the winter, there may be problems with the embankment.

There was so much snow last winter, if it had all been accumulated, it would have melted into water now, and there was so much ice, it was much worse than the heavy rain on a hot day! ”

"Hiss......"

All the middle-aged people were shocked again, and hurriedly said, "Grandpa, what should I do?" ”

"Yes, Ah Gong, if the embankment collapses, our village will definitely not be able to escape!"

"Yes, Ah Gong, what should we do?"

"Ah Gong, do you want us to report to the lieutenant chief?"

"The newspaper chief?"

Ah Gong couldn't help but sneer, "What's the use of telling him about this?" Do you think that what we can think of, he can't think of? ”

"If they don't think of it, even if you say it, they won't believe it, and they will even scold us for being nosy!"

"But Ah Gong, if there is really a problem with the embankment, then we will all suffer!"

Ah Gong sighed helplessly, "We can only take precautions first!" ”

"Preparedness?"

Several middle-aged men were all full of surprise.

"Hmm!"

Ah Gong nodded lightly, and then said, "Let's go back, greet everyone, and move the valuable things at home, as well as the grain, to the hill behind the village."

Then, send someone to keep an eye on the side of the embankment every day, and as long as you survive this half a month, you will be fine! ”

"Ah Gong, this ......"

"Hopefully, it's all the old man, I guessed wrong!"

Ah Gong glanced at the river that was gradually getting bigger and walked towards the village.

If so many people in the village go to the hill behind the village with their previous belongings and food to hide, he has to come forward!

But despite this, Ah Gong talked hard for a long time, and finally persuaded most of the people in the village to move the food and money from the family to the mountains.

The rest of the family, he can't persuade it.

On the first day, nothing happened.

On the second day, the river became bigger, and it was fine!

Some people in the village began to doubt Ah Gong.

Those who have not moved are full of pride.

The people who moved to the mountain were also a little impatient and wanted to go down.

It's just that I was persuaded.

On the fifth day, the river became bigger, and it was still fine!

Now, people's hearts are even more floating.

There are one or two families who can't bear it anymore and sneak down the mountain.

It's just that.

The entire Kaifeng Mansion, as well as the people in the surrounding villages, don't know.

In their minds, the immensely sturdy embankment of the Yellow River is being hit by blocks of ice the size of houses.

Every time it hits, the heavy and sturdy embankment has to be shaken up a few times.

By night, tiny cracks had appeared in the embankment.

I don't know how long it took, when the sky was getting brighter.

The cracks in the embankment have become very large, and even the water has begun to flow out.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, with a dull sound, a crack in the embankment was finally overwhelmed and exploded directly.

The monstrous river, swept through the ice blocks, vented down from the cracks in the embankment, and rushed towards the wide fields and villages in the distance.

All the way unimpeded.

A moment later.

The flood rushed into the village.

Houses collapsed and washed away.

The people who were asleep, after being awakened, saw such a situation, and they were directly frightened.

Hurriedly got up, dragged his family, and fled in all directions.

There are also hundreds of people, directly in their sleep, smashed to death by the ice blocks of the water, or drowned, swept away, and went into the distance.

Thundered!

I have been passing by a hill, and the people on the mountain who were awakened came out to see this scene, and their faces were full of horror.

"It's flooding!"

"Everyone, get up, it's flooding!"

"What?"

Suddenly, on the hill, there was a lot of noise.

After a while, they all looked at the grandfather on the side with a happy face and a grateful face.

"Ah Gong saved our lives!"

"Thank you, Grandpa!"

"Ah...... Daddy, daddy, why aren't you here? ”

"yes?"

When the crowd was wondering, a man whispered: "I seem to have seen the third brother Tie last night, going down the mountain!" ”

"This?"

Everyone looked at each other!

"I can't stand the hard days on the mountain, so I went to sleep at home!"

"Hey!"

Soon, there were a few wails on the side again, and some people in their family secretly ran down!

But.

At this time, no one will pay attention to them.

Because.

The flood was so great that their relatives in the distant village would not be able to escape.

However, looking at the water below the mountain, they could only stare dryly.

At the same time.

In the city of Kaifeng Fu, farther away from them.

The gatekeepers yawned and walked heavily, preparing to open the gates.

But I heard a rumbling sound coming in from outside the city.

"The voice?"

"Could it be that a large group of cavalry is coming?"

"Don't open the city gate first, go up to the city wall and have a look!"

"Go ......"

As soon as the people walked up to the city wall, they heard the loud bang of the city gates.

Looking down at the city, everyone's eyes widened, their faces were full of fear, and their whole bodies were trembling.

"Big water?"

"Got a lot of water?"

"Where did you get all this water?"

"Embankment!"

"The levee to the north must have collapsed!"

Click!

Just as the city gate officials were full of horror, the city gate under the city wall was directly washed away, and the sky was full of water, rushing towards the city!

Kaifeng Mansion suffered a big flood!

A few days later.

The news then reached Jingshi.

Jingshi up and down, shook again.

"It's just spring, and it's not raining heavily, so how can there be a flood?

Fortunately, King Zhou walked slowly on the road, otherwise wouldn't he have been washed by the water?

Why didn't the officials of Kaifeng Prefecture notice it in advance? ……”

In the Fengtian Palace, Zhu Di looked at the ministers below, his face full of anger.

Hubu Shangshu Yuxin sighed lightly in his heart and bowed to Zhu Di.

"Please also ask Your Majesty to calm your anger, Kaifeng is close to the Yellow River, and it is deeply affected by the river.

From ancient times to the present, every few years in Kaifeng, the embankment of the Yellow River will burst and destroy the city of Kaifeng.

It's just that, like this time, at the beginning of spring, there is a flood, which is really rare! ”

"Your Majesty, for today's plan, we need to send officials to Kaifeng for disaster relief!"

"Yes, Your Majesty, I heard that when the Yellow River broke, the sky was getting brighter, and the people were still asleep, and there were heavy casualties in the area around Kaifeng!"

“……”

Zhu Di stared at the ministers below for a long time, and then asked in a deep voice: "In this way, which secretary is willing to go to Kaifeng for disaster relief!" ”

“……”

……

"Kaifeng burst the embankment?"

In the palace of Shunde, Guo An was also shocked when he heard the news.

"Exactly!"

Xu Yong nodded hurriedly, and then said again: "Your Highness, I heard that Kaifeng suffered heavy casualties.

Moreover, even His Royal Highness King Zhou was almost washed away by the flood! ”

"In the morning, the people haven't woken up yet, and there must be a lot of casualties!"

Guo An sighed lightly, and said, "Go and prepare the carriage, Your Majesty should call me into the palace!" ”

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Xu Yong responded and hurriedly went down.

Really.

In less than a moment, a eunuch came to the palace and passed on Zhu Di's edict to summon Guo An, the king of Shunde County, into the palace.

Guo An did not delay and entered the palace with the eunuch.

Wu Lou.

Zhu Di's face was gloomy.

Zhu Gaochi on the side also had a heavy face.

…… (End of chapter)