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Chen Maosheng asked the magistrate of Ganzhou to issue a disaster relief mobilization order, and at the same time led people to rescue the disaster in Shangyou County. He thought this was a good opportunity to ease the conflict between natives and tourists.

"Director, the mountain has collapsed, half of Shixi Village has been buried!"

"Follow me!"

A collapsed mountain is a landslide.

Chen Maosheng led his people to set off overnight and arrived the next morning.This place is further upstream from Jilong Village, where all the Hakka people live. Due to the massive felling of trees and the reclamation of hillsides for arable land, the vegetation has been severely damaged.

There was a flash flood the day before yesterday, followed by a landslide. A whole mountain wall collapsed, directly burying half of the village.

This situation was very common in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties.It was not until the Qianlong period that the local people completely changed their minds and changed a large number of grain-growing mountainous lands to plant economic trees.Before that, neither the Ming Dynasty government nor the Qing Dynasty government would listen to any persuasion, and had to correct after frequent disasters and suffered losses.

As far as he could see, Chen Maosheng could only see howling, countless Hakka people were digging up the mound of earth and rocks, trying to dig out their neighbors and relatives.

A local official said: "Director, this must be dredged, otherwise there will be another heavy rain, and a barrier pond may be formed. Once the barrier pond accumulates water and breaks its embankment, the entire downstream will be flooded!"

Chen Maosheng immediately went back and called the people who were fighting for water some time ago, and asked them to see the situation upstream.

Immediately thereafter, an order was issued to organize the upstream, downstream, and nearby local peasants.

The forced formation of peasant associations played a huge role at this time.The peasant association organized the villagers, and several village chiefs were responsible for mobilizing supplies. More than 4000 people quickly started working, completely abandoning previous conflicts and enmity.

After explaining the truth clearly, no one dares to slack off, because it is about everyone's wealth and life.

Of course, if there is no official lead, it is estimated that the village next door will just stand by.Someone must stand up and be convinced by both forces in order to blend them together.

The sky began to rain again, and the rain gradually became heavier.

"Director, here comes the umbrella." An official held an umbrella for Chen Maosheng.

Chen Maosheng threw away the umbrella: "The people here are working in the rain, what do you think I'm holding an umbrella alone? You hurry up and rush to eat, don't make people work for half a day, and you don't even have a mouthful of hot food in the end!"

Immediately, Chen Maosheng directed again: "Dig over there first, don't let the mountains and floods accumulate!"

The flag of the peasant association was quietly planted on the mound of soil, not fluttering in the wind, but was constantly beating by the rain, surrounded by people digging soil and rocks in the rain.

"boom!"

Suddenly, another mountain collapsed.

The villagers working nearby fled one after another, but several people were still buried alive.

"Digging people, digging people quickly!"

Chen Maosheng shouted.

Dozens of people rushed over, digging soil and moving stones quickly.Three people were dug out in a row, and all of them died.

"There's still gas, this one still has gas!"

The fourth person was very lucky and rolled a large rock beside him, leaving enough gap space.He even suffered only minor injuries all over his body, and was temporarily unconscious due to lack of oxygen.

It was enough to save one, and everyone cheered.

The village chiefs of the upstream and downstream villages lead the women and children to deliver the freshly prepared meals.

"Young man, eat first." A middle-aged woman handed the clay bowl to the young man.

"Thank you, auntie."

The young man took the job and blurted it out before realizing that the woman was speaking Hakka.

Both sides were a little embarrassed, smiled at each other, and walked away.

Before it was too late, no one was wearing rain gear.Two village chiefs thought of it, so they sent a lot of coir raincoats and bamboo hats, and they didn't care about the difference between men and women at this time.Let the women who deliver meals help put the clothes on for the young and strong men who are working while everyone is eating.

When I saw those women, they were looking for acquaintances, walking around the ground with coir raincoats and bamboo hats.Chen Maosheng shouted immediately: "What time is it, and there are relatives and estrangements, which one is not working hard for everyone?"

After speaking in Jiangxi dialect, Chen Maosheng yelled again in Hakka dialect.

His Hakka dialect is really bad, and many tones are wrong, but everyone can barely understand.

The women finally let go of their prejudices, and put coir raincoats and pockets on the people around them one after another, regardless of whether the other party has feud with them or not.

Chen Maosheng also put on a bamboo hat and squatted by the river to eat.

Suddenly, an official from the county government rushed over in the rain and shouted excitedly: "Chen Zhangsi, Chen Zhangsi, Mrs. Chen is born, and she is a daughter!"

Chen Maosheng stood up holding the bowl, looked at the situation behind him, and said to the soap official: "Go back and tell my wife, I will go back to see her in a few days. If you haven't eaten yet, you can go and eat to fill your stomach."

Zao Li was stunned, nodded and said, "I'm going to eat."

The people around were all looking at Chen Maosheng at this moment, without saying a word, filling their stomachs and going to work separately.

Until now, they didn't really recognize this official, and felt that he was different from the previous officials.This is one of his own, not a high-ranking official.

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The surrounding areas of Ganzhou Fucheng are also fighting against floods. Due to the half-year drought, this place is very upstream and has not been greatly affected.

The first place to be tested was Wan'an County. After the Suichuan River flowed into the Ganjiang River, the water level of the Ganjiang River increased sharply.

Although Ouyang Shu, the county magistrate, was born in a wealthy family, he was able to stand out and rule a county, which naturally had his own merits.Two days before the arrival of the peak of the flood, he had already sensed that something was wrong, so he summoned the officials to rush to build the embankment, and notified the county mayors and peasant associations to make preparations.

There was no danger, only some riverside farmlands were submerged in Wan'an County.

Further downstream in Taihe County, the pressure on flood control has doubled.Not only are several rivers merging in, but the county seat is built at the sharp bend of the Gan River, which is very prone to bankruptcies.

Not only the peasant association organized farmers to mobilize, but also the residents of the entire county came to help.

Due to the sharp decline in the population of Taihe County due to the rebels, many people in this county have moved from other counties, including one-third of the residents in the county town.Migration of people is a complicated project, and there are many chaos in it. However, officials at all levels, from the county head, town head to village head, have been tempered.

It can be said that even if Taihe County does not launch a peasant association, these officials alone can respond quickly.

In Taihe County, there was also no danger, but more farmland along the river was flooded.

In addition to keeping the county seat here, the government and the people have to be organized to go to the countryside to help farmers.Help the farmers on the riverside to transfer and rescue those people trapped in the water.

The city of Ji'an where Zhao Han is located is really dangerous. From Taihe County to this point, three big rivers flow into it!

Officials, civilians, and soldiers were all dispatched, and Zhao Han sat directly on the pier wearing a bamboo hat.

The meaning is very clear, if the flood cannot be stopped, Zhao Han will be washed away.

Two-thirds of the entire Ji'an City is outside the city, and there are many government offices in the city, and [-] to [-]% of the residents live outside the city.It must not be flooded here, otherwise the losses will be incalculable.

The shopkeepers were the most active. The government sent people to recruit people, and the bosses encouraged the guys to sign up, and the salary was paid as well as extra rewards.When the flood flooded in, their shops would be destroyed, and they were as anxious as Zhao Han.

The students of Bailuzhou Academy had been transferred to the city ahead of time. The place was too easy to be flooded, and the academy was destroyed several times because of floods.

Many scholars from rich families neither served Zhao Han nor fled their hometown.So with an ostrich mentality, they hid in Bailuzhou Academy to study all day long. They called it research knowledge, but they just didn't want to face reality.

They lived temporarily in several inns and observed the situation outside through the windows.

I saw countless people moving soil from the outskirts of the city.Some pick, some carry, some carry, and some push with a trolley.The bearers who usually work in Fucheng to earn hard money, as well as the coolies on the docks, as well as many lower-level people who work hard, have become the main force in moving the soil.

Grain merchants donated a large number of sacks, all of which were used to hold grain, and are now used as sandbags to build embankments.

There were not so many sacks of soil, so we made bamboo cages out of strips.

A very simple bamboo cage with sparse grids, even beginners can learn it quickly.Bamboo craftsmen near Fucheng made a large number of bamboo strips, and the government sent people to transport them outside the city. Many women and old people learned how to weave them now.

All the soldiers in Fucheng were dispatched, including Zhao Han's personal guards.

At this time, if there are bad guys, they can easily sneak into Zhao Han's inner house, and they can also easily get close to Zhao Han himself.

However, even the spies sent by the government have joined the flood fighting team at this moment, doing what they can.

Fei Rulan came forward to call all the women in the city to deliver food and meals to the frontline flood fighters.At this moment, he is wearing a bamboo hat and a coir raincoat, shuttling around the embankment to ask for warmth, cheering for the officers, soldiers and common people who are fighting the flood.

Wang Tiaoding observed all this silently, and suddenly said to the scholars beside him, "Isn't this the Holy Lord? If this person is not a king, who in the world can do it?"

Everyone was silent and speechless.

Ji'an Mansion has encountered floods in the past, and most of them have given up outside the city.After the flood receded, the magistrate would come forward and persuade the big households to donate money and food, and then repair the stone embankment by the river.

No official has ever been able to mobilize the people in this way to fight against the flood.

Wang Diaoding pointed to Fei Rulan who was running on the embankment again: "This mother is a man of the world!"

A scholar named He Qiliang suddenly said: "Masters, today I know that there is a sage master, and I am willing to serve him. Although Bailuzhou Academy is good, it is better to go out to save the common people. Goodbye!"

He Qiliang left the inn and walked towards the embankment in the rain. Not long after, more than 20 scholars followed.

These people came to Zhao Han's side and bowed in unison.

He Qiliang asked: "Sir, we all want to serve, please send me an errand."

Zhao Han got up and bowed his hands in return: "You can go to the government office to follow the arrangement."

All the scholars bowed again and headed towards the government office in unison.

Chapter 222 [Zhao Tianwang's Wild Fan]

The real bitter battle is in Zhangshu Town.

Zhangshu Town is a town with the richest taxation under Zhao Han's rule.The fiscal revenue contributed by Zhangshu Town alone is worth the sum of Longquan and Yongning counties!

After the Gan River flows through Ji'an Mansion, it merges into a large river and several small rivers.When they arrived at Zhangshu Town, the Yuan River came again with floods. The two rivers converged and washed out a sharp bend, and even brought a large amount of sediment to deposit into a sandbar.

At the beginning, Wang Siren's officers, soldiers and navy had an absolute advantage, but they didn't dare to read Hekou.In fact, they dare not cross the sandbar. The river is narrow and the water situation is complicated. Even if they are not attacked by fire, they will be surrounded and ambushed.

With this, Zhao Han was able to calmly confront the government and army, but now because of this terrain, Zhangshu Town has brought huge pressure to fight the flood.

"Shut up!"

The bamboo whistle sounded, and more than 2000 farmers and soldiers came running.

Thousands of young and strong were organized by the peasant association and went to the lower reaches of Zhangshu Town.

The mayor of the town took his officials and knocked on doors from door to door, recruiting the townspeople to build embankments to fight the flood.

In fact, along the entire Ganjiang River, flood embankments have been built since the Tang Dynasty.

In particular, the east dike of the Ganjiang River in the upper and lower reaches of Fengcheng, from the Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, has been able to protect 60 mu of farmland.The Ming Dynasty continued to build more, but it was not until the Republic of China that the dikes on the Zhangshu Town side could be connected.

After the Wanli Dynasty, the local water conservancy was corrupted, and it all depended on the responsible local officials to call on the gentry to donate money to repair it.

As long as there are official organizations, the gentry are also willing to donate money, which is to protect their wealth.Take the dikes in Zhangshu Town as an example. Once the flood floods or breaks the dikes, it may submerge [-] mu of fertile land, because the banks are all low-lying areas.

The prefect of Linjiang and the prefect of Qingjiang are both in charge of the prefecture along the city, and they can't get through during the flood.

The safety of Zhangshu Town rests on the mayor Liu Tongyu.

Liu Tongyu was born as a scholar of a wealthy family, with both civil and military skills, and served as a civil servant in the army at the beginning.Together with Zhang Tieniu, he also captured Xingan County by defrauding the city. His position as mayor was not inferior to that of the county magistrate.

At this moment, Liu Tongyu was running on the embankment along the river to direct the flood fighting in the rain.

Under the organization of the government, the residents of the town joined in one after another, and the farmers, soldiers and farmers' association also took action.

No one dared to slack off. Their ancestors have lived by the river for generations, and they know that this year's situation is not right.This torrential rain has been falling for too long, and it finally cleared for two days in the middle, and suddenly there was another heavy rainstorm.

Not only did the town take people to observe the water level every day, but the common people also went to observe it every day. After all, once flooded, it would cover more than [-] mu of land, and there was no status in front of the flood.

The medicinal material merchants in Zhangshu Town all united to take action, sending money and dispatching men to build embankments.If the embankment breaks or floods, they will suffer the greatest loss. Many people have piled up several warehouses of medicinal materials.

From Zhangshu Town to the north, there are peasant soldiers and peasant associations on both sides of the bank, organizing the masses to come to fight the flood.

If you look down from a high altitude, it looks like countless ants carrying sandbags and mud baskets to and from the riverside, performing the most grand and magnificent epic in the world.

Fei Chun was actually the one who had the most headaches. Not only did he have to allocate funds for disaster relief, but after the flood receded, he also had to reduce or exempt the people's land taxes as appropriate.Although mountainous areas are not affected by floods, the drought is extremely severe, which means that taxes will be generally reduced or exempted this year.

The money and food in the official warehouse are not enough!

Originally, the truce of recruiting security, the smooth flow of salt roads, and the financial problems have been alleviated.As long as the harvest continues this year, or an average year, the warehouses in all counties will be able to pile up like mountains.

What the hell is a sudden disaster year?

Fei Chun felt a deep malice, and felt that God was deliberately against him.

Han Chengxuan, as the county magistrate of Nanchang appointed by the imperial court, also left Nanchang County at this moment, and came to the bank of the Gan River to direct the increase and build dams.

He had already been emptied, without any real power at all.

However, his performance in disaster relief was active, and at this moment he also obtained part of the command, as if he had become an official under Zhao Han's command.

After working hard for two consecutive days and nights, seeing the water level drop little by little, Han Chengxuan was so tired that he lay directly on the embankment.

"Master Han is eating." A woman brought the food with a smile.

Han Chengxuan struggled to get up, smiled and said, "Thank you."

While eating, while observing, the embankment is full of officials and civilians lying in disorder.

Hu Dinggui came over with his job bowl in his hand, and said with a smile: "It's better to be a thief than a county honorer. You are a good official. It's a pity to give your life to the dog emperor."