060. Difficult decisions
What Shaowu can do is to order the cities to coordinate the forces of all parties and resolve disputes as much as possible, tell everyone about the consequences of the flood, and call on the people to work together to tide over the difficulties. People everywhere www.biquge.info did see the floods, and the water levels of the Great River and the East China Sea, including the rivers on Ba Yuan, continued to rise, inundating many places that had never been flooded before.
But the flood that the people saw was not really a great flood. Even if there are no unexpected monstrous disasters this year, there will still be flooding on the Ba Yuan, not to mention that the amount of water flowing from the upper reaches of the river has been slowly increasing between the mountain passes transformed by the Sacred Beads. In this case, no one knew when the water would rise, so the situation was stable at first.
But when the autumn harvest season arrived, many people began to mumble in their hearts because the flood water no longer rose, and even receded slightly. Many people thought that the catastrophe was over and that the king's statement about the flood was exaggerated. The crops in the fields of my hometown were confiscated, and many valuables were thrown away in the village without being brought out, and many people wanted to go back.
It is common knowledge that the flood waters will recede after autumn, and winter is the dry season. Although the water level in all rivers is significantly higher than in previous years, it is no longer rising or even receding a little bit compared to the summer, and people think that it should be fine. Many people have made requests to return to their homes, and the officials of the various cities have long received orders from the young people to prohibit them from doing so.
The officials of the city also made it clear to the people that the real flood did not come, and it was Lord Peng Keng's family who used the magic power of the immortal family to create a long causeway to block the flood in the upper reaches of the river, and bought everyone time to relocate, escape and resettle, but the flood will pour down from the upstream at any time.
After such a long period of tossing, suffering so much, and paying such a big price, many people's mentality has changed.
Some people no longer believe in this statement of the city officials, and many tribal leaders have united to ask the monarch for his life, since Lord Peng Keng has the ability to stop the flood, then let everyone return to their homes to harvest the crops, and by the way, get back more goods, because there are too many things that they didn't let them take when they left.
There were even people who made tentative demands - can they let Master Peng Keng's stop the flood forever?
For such a request, Shao Wu could not and could not agree, and he could not agree to the people's request to return to their homes. The flood will come at any time, saying that it is to harvest the crops and get the goods back, and who knows how long it will take for these people, and many people are afraid that they will stay in their homes. As soon as this opening is opened, I am afraid that the situation of the whole country will get out of control.
The king did not allow the people to return to their homes, but it was impossible to tie everyone's legs, and some people secretly ran back. It is foreseeable that if someone dares to disobey the king's order and return to the empty city and village, he will do more than just harvest his own crops and retrieve his own goods.
Someone took the lead and snuck back, and more followed. In order to carry out the king's orders, the officials of the various cities will, of course, take strict precautions, and even send military formations to supervise them, prohibiting the people in the resettlement camps from leaving at will. This, in turn, led to protests from the people, because they were refugees who had lost their homes, and they were only in such a situation because they were ordered by the king, not prisoners.
Not every official in the city and every soldier in the army can be calm and wise in dealing with this kind of thing, and conflicts have broken out in many places, even bloody conflicts on a large scale. It was at this time that I don't know who was spreading rumors everywhere, claiming that all this was a conspiracy of Ba Jun.
The rumors may not have been deliberately fabricated, but they were just malicious conjectures in some people's hearts, but they are spreading more and more. For example, in the area around Mizuru Castle, some people say that the tribes of the former Bamuro Province wanted to rob the tribes of the former Zomuro Province from the place where they had lived for generations, so they used the flood as an excuse.
Along with the rumors, there are also rogues. These rogues came from those who quietly returned, but instead of returning to their hometowns after leaving the camps, they formed gangs to loot the towns and villages, and loot all kinds of goods. But for these people, there is nothing to be done about the city.
Shao Wu did not allow the people to return to the danger zone, and of course he would not let the officials of the various cities lead the army back, so knowing that someone had formed a gang to loot in various places, the military formation could not pursue it. The king's orders instead became a protection for the rogues, as they operated in dangerous areas that the king did not allow to enter.
Another source of rogues was the rebels, who organized themselves to rebel against the supervision and restraint of the local city and the military formations, and fled after the conflict broke out. In the event of a large-scale military suppression, they retreated to a dangerous zone ordered by the monarch to be re-entered, and officials everywhere were helpless against it.
In just over half a year, Shaowu's prestige in Pakistan has fallen to its lowest ebb, and many people have gradually become disappointed and even hopeless about him and the entire country.
In fact, Shao Wu has not yet lost control of Pakistan, at least the officials of the city and the local military formations are still obeying his orders, but the country is already full of chaos. Because the accustomed life has been changed, the old order has collapsed, and the new order has not yet been established, people's hearts are anxious.
At present, there are only a few rioters, but the actions of these few people will have a great impact on the new order that has not yet been established, and if this momentum is not curbed in time, Pakistan will sooner or later fall apart. It is not a question of who rebels and stands on their own feet, but the complete collapse of the entire order, in which all will become victims.
Shaowu has never encountered a situation since he succeeded to the throne, and his mood can be imagined. After listening to this, Huwa only asked, "Senior brother, what are you going to do?"
Shaowu: "I have no solution, so I can only ask my junior brother to take me to see Lord Chongboku." ”
The stakes are very high, and as soon as he said he would leave, Huwa immediately left Badu City with Shaowu, accompanied by Kunwu and Xuanyuan. The Shanzha Demon King is still in Badu City, and whoever takes this opportunity to make trouble in Badu will not be polite!
Shaowu flew up to the clouds, he didn't like this feeling before, because he couldn't fly, he had to be carried by other masters, and he seemed to be helpless in the sky, and his safety was completely in the hands of others, far less down-to-earth than feeling down-to-earth. But being carried by a tiger baby to fly in the sky is an exception.
Overlooking the land of Bayuan on the clouds, I even saw people moving in the evacuated city and villages, gathering crowds to occupy the city lord's mansion and live, looting all kinds of goods to enjoy. In fact, you don't need to be very close to see them clearly, you can see what is going on when you look at the past and see the smoke from all over the place. People should have evacuated long ago, but who is lighting the fire?
It should be a no-man's land, but it is infested with bandits who loot goods and rebels who are hiding from the official army. Shao had to obey his orders, and he ordered the people not to return, and he would not send an army to suppress them, which would only put more people in danger.
When I finally reached the sky above the Nether City, I saw in the distance the mountain range rising from the flat ground and the high lake surrounded by the mountain range, which was no less large than the Eastern Sea. As soon as a few people approached, two red-clothed people suddenly appeared on the clouds and stopped the way: "Feng Xianjun, Lord Chongbokun is concentrating on casting spells, don't disturb him for no reason, may I ask you what's the matter?"
Shaowu stepped on the void, but he felt as stable as standing on the ground, and stepped forward and saluted: "Two immortals, I don't want to disturb Lord Chongbo, I really have something urgent to see." ”
Huwa also spoke: "Ba Jun asked to see Lord Chongbokun, there is indeed something important to discuss, and it is related to Lord Chongbokun. Please rest assured, we will never disturb Lord Chongbo, it is too late to thank him, just to say a few words, and I want to ask him if he needs help?"
These two red-clothed men were Bingchi and Ding Chi, and after they left the sky over the West Sea, they really took the initiative to come here to protect the Dharma for Chongbo, and when they heard this, they got out of the way. Huwa and others met Chongbokun.
Chong Bo Kun sat upright in the clouds, closed his eyes and did not move, and only said with a divine thought: "Ba Jun is far away, Shu Kun can't get up to greet him, what are you looking for me?"
Shao Wu didn't know how to think, so he could only speak: "I want to ask Lord Chongbokun to receive his supernatural powers! It's winter now, and it's the time when the water potential of the downstream rivers is the lowest and the water level is the lowest. At this time, the best time is to release the flood downward. ”
In front of Chong Bo Kun, Shao Wu did not explain why he made this decision, presumably the immortal family could understand the reason for the beginning and end with a change of mind. What kind of efforts has Shao Wu devoted to the unification of Ba Yuan and the governance of Ba Yuan since he became the king of Ba Wu? Now that he has personally asked Chong Bo Kun to release the flood to flood Ba Yuan, I am afraid that only he knows his inner feelings.
This Ba Jun had gray temples a few months ago, and when he said this, although his expression tried his best to remain calm, his voice couldn't help but tremble slightly, and the whole person instantly seemed to be ten years old.
Everyone heard Chong Bocan's sigh in the Yuan Shen: "Do you think I don't want to let go? The flood is too big, and with my cultivation mana, I have already urged the Breathing Earth Divine Bead to the extreme, and I can't put it away anymore." ”
Chong Bo Kun explained his situation, which everyone had not thought of beforehand. The Xiyang Divine Bead is an artifact of the Emperor of Heaven, and the Emperor Taihao used the hand of the Tiger Baby to erase the imprint of the soul of the Emperor Xuanyuan.
Not only could the Soul Bead not be collected, but he also had to urge the mana to maintain it, otherwise it would be a landslide and the earth would crack, and the Soul Bead would be washed away by the flood and it would be difficult to find it.
Shao Wu was stunned for a while, and then asked, "Lord Chongbokun, can you stop the flood forever?"
Chong Bo Kun replied: "Of course not, maybe three years, five years, even ten years, eight years, but there will always be a day when you can't hold on." The longer I hold out here, the greater the consumption, and in another year and a half, even the differentiated body of the gods who control the water in various parts of China will be difficult to maintain.
In fact, there is another way, that is, I cut myself here, the immortal form and the mountain range are integrated, and the Xiyang Divine Bead will forever transform the mountain range, and I and the Xiyang Divine Bead will no longer exist. Does Bajun want me to do this?"
Shaowu: "Of course not! I'm here to beg you to let go as soon as possible, and if the Divine Bead rushes away with the waves, I will do everything in my power to help Lord Chong Bo Kun find it." After all, you are the minister of China's water control, and if you get out as soon as possible, you can better lead the people of China to control the water. ”
Chong Bo Kun finally opened his eyes and said with a wry smile: "Since you say this, it is not in vain that I will help you." I also planned to let go when the water level of the lower rivers was at its lowest in winter, but since I couldn't recover the Divine Bead, I had to do that. I've been waiting for Ba Jun to come, even if Ba Jun doesn't come, in a few more **** I will send someone to Badu City to inform you, and Ba Jun really came by himself. I just ask Ba Jun, once I let go, do you know the consequences?"
Shao Wu gritted his teeth and bowed down in the void: "I know very well, thank you Lord Chongboku!"
Huwa's expression moved slightly, because Chongbocang's words had a fairy divine intent, which was said to Huwa alone, and the others present did not notice it. As soon as Chongbo Kun let go, more than 13,000 people will die in Bayuan, and those who violate the king's order and return to the danger zone will be those who have violated the royal order. Although Pakistan cannot accurately count, Shao Wu also has a rough idea.
There are more than 70 cities in the whole territory of Pakistan, and there are more than 300,000 people registered by the warehouses in various places, and many people are not included in the official statistics for various reasons, adding up to almost 400,000. More than 100,000 people have been ordered to relocate, but the area that will be engulfed by the flood has never been cleaned up since the beginning of the migration.
In the beginning, some people stayed quietly, and this happened when Nether City was moved. Later, some people violated the royal order and quietly returned, and in the end, they directly disobeyed the order and organized a tributary Kou and rebel army. Huwa also heard Chongbocan's deep helplessness, not only for the fate chosen by these people, but also for the choice he made.
Chong Bokun also asked Huwa a question, not for Huwa to answer, but for Huwa to weigh it herself. True immortals who have transcended reincarnation, if the lower realm interferes in the affairs of the human world, they will inevitably be involved in the fate of the law, and they will no longer be detached, and any choice they make will have to be borne by themselves.
For example, as soon as Chongbokun lets go, more than 10,000 people will die immediately, and will this hand be let go or not? If Chongbokun has never intervened in this matter, then even if more than 100,000 people die downstream, he will have nothing to do with him in terms of fate. But since he has already intervened, if he lets go at such a time, in a sense, he will also kill more than 10,000 people with his own hands.
In fact, the same decision was made by Shaowu, but the matter still had to be handled by Chongbokun. Perhaps, from the perspective of a dispassionate bystander, no one will blame this on Chongbokun, but who can guarantee that all the people of the world will think so?
People may put forward various hypotheses, such as Chong Bo Kun holding out for another two months, and asking Shao Wu to send people to various parts of Ba Yuan to inform the more than 10,000 people that the flood is coming, and order them to move to safety in time, so that all the people will not die. There was a better solution, so why not?
Often, people only put forward hypotheses without really considering the feasibility of those assumptions. Those people have already violated the king's orders, will they obey the king's orders this time? The monarch has already done the same thing, and the results have already been seen, so why do it again? )