Chapter 600 The flood is coming
On April 16, Jiang Xingchen received news from his old man that Xiangyun Leader, the southernmost part of the empire, was first attacked by heavy rains, and a village was flooded by mountain torrents. Although the old man tried his best to rescue him, many casualties were still injured.
The increasing and expanding rain clouds seemed to release all the anger accumulated over the years. The heavy rain continued to spread northward and did not stop for three consecutive days. Wherever they passed, dozens of towns were flooded and turned into ponds, and the water overflowed the roofs, causing a large number of civilians to suffer.
On April 20th, heavy rainstorms came to Xiangyun's main city, and the water from the moat filled the whole city.
At this time, extreme weather began to explode completely, and many parts of the country were covered by dark clouds. Although it did not rain, it quickly developed outward and soon began to form. In just two days, it covered nearly 70% of the empire.
At this time, people were still confused and even cheered for gratitude, thinking that nearly a month and a half of the drought was finally over. Just before and after sowing, the rain came too timely.
Many people were shouting, this is simply God's blessing, it seems that this year is another bumper year.
At the same time, the atmosphere in the Imperial Palace Hall was not as happy as the outside world. The situation of Xiangyun Territory has been reported. According to the description of Lord Xiangyun, his territory has become a country of territories.
"It's been a drought, why did it suddenly turn into a flood?" the ministers shook their heads in disbelief.
"There is not too large a river in Xiangyun Township to release floods, and almost all towns have flooded. I heard that the situation is more serious than being ravaged by the Lingsun River!" Someone whispered.
"Although the rain in Xiangyunling used to be quite small, it has never been so heavy... and the rainy season is not yet here. What's going on in the past few years!"
"It's the season for sowing. This flood may not be solved. This year, Xiangyun will understand that there is no harvest..."
The emperor glanced at everyone. He frowned slightly and said in a deep voice: "Until Grand Duke Xiangyun sent the message, the rain was still stopped from time to time, and there was no intention to stop at all... Now Grand Duke Xiangyun sent a letter to ask for help, do you have any ideas?"
When the Emperor said this, the hall immediately became quiet. Everyone looked down at the ground, as if they were studying the patterns of the floor tiles, and no one spoke.
Just kidding, help. How to help is nothing more than paying people. Now our family is busy with spring farming. Besides, what are the benefits of paying money? Maybe it will be wasted... The most important thing is that in Xiangyun, even if we pay people, it will not work.
"What? Is there nothing I want to say?" The emperor's expression was as gloomy as water. Xiangyun Ling is a grain production place, not much worse than Qi Yue Ling. If there is really no grain there, it will have a great impact on the empire.
"Emperor, if you can't, just take a photo of some of the troops coming over!" The marshal bowed and said.
"Army..." The emperor hesitated for a moment, then nodded: "This is the only way for the time being, but you must be careful of the eight kingdoms!"
After this sentence, the Fang family and several other families also stood up and said that they could send their own private soldiers...
Things were settled. The senior officials of the empire contributed their money to help Xiangyun leader overcome the difficulties, and at least ensure that some places can cultivate.
Walking out of the palace hall, the ministers looked up at the gloomy sky at the same time, and for some reason, their hearts were tight.
"It's cloudy, so stop heavy rains in the imperial capital, right?" a man murmured.
"Don't be so stupid!" Several people immediately covered his mouth...
Three more days have passed, and this issue of Star Monthly magazine came out, which published details of Xiangyunling's flood. I couldn't say it when there was nothing wrong in the past, but now it has happened, so I don't have to worry about it.
When the Star Monthly issue of this issue was released, everyone's chins didn't fall to the ground, and it was really a flood.
In an instant, the discussion about Duan family and building materials was suppressed, and the statement that was considered a rumor was immediately revealed.
"It's really a flood. The Xiangyun leader is all flooded. I'll go there. Where did the news come from? This is amazing, you can predict it!"
"I'll just say it, this news may be true, and you don't believe it yet... Who said it at that time? Only the evil pen believed this rumor..."
"I also said that this news was spread by Xingchenling, to let those builders buy cement! I really don't know what the people who said this thought... I saw it now, even Xingchenling was spreading by others, but they were still predicting things like gods!"
"Who told this news as a rumor at that time? Stand up and I promise not to beat you to death!" This was what the Nanjiang Leader and Nanshan Leader, who were closest to Xiangyun Leader, said.
The Star Monthly has already said that heavy rain tends to spread northward. Isn’t this the rhythm of patronizing these two territories?
While people were talking, they also began to feel a little panic. Although the flood was far away in Xiangyun Leadership, the rumors were said, this time it was a national flood.
By this time, they had already believed in the rumors. At this time, the dark clouds in other parts of the empire became more and more, and some experienced old people frowned. Such thick clouds were definitely not the light rain they were looking forward to.
When people heard the words of the old people, they had gone from talking at the beginning to panic, and finally to fear.
"Is there a flood here too? If that's the case, will our spring plowing be delayed?"
"It shouldn't be. There are big rivers here to drain floods, and the arable land will not be flooded..."
"It seems that it is really a wise move to build flood control dams in major territories... But can they repair it? It's a month since the rainy season..."
When people were panicing the flood, the second day after the Star Monthly was published, the supplement of the Empire Monthly was released this month, which also describes the floods in Xiangyun.
This time, the Imperial Monthly made no remarks that were expected to be contrary to the Star Monthly. He also called on all the lords to help Xiangyun take over, which was an important place for the imperial food.
As soon as the supplement to the Imperial Monthly was released, the architectural families started to move first, all of which increased their investment, and tried to repair the dam as soon as possible. Now they also saw that the rain would definitely fall, and it was not small. If the dam was not completed, the consequences... they all felt their scalp numb.
At the same time, cheers rang out on the embankment of Dahong River in Heluo-ling. With their work day and night, the flood control dam was finally built.
"Huh~ It's finally done. Look at the sky, it's really dangerous. Who knows when this heavy rain will come!"
On the embankment, Duan Qingshi looked at the rolling red river and sighed in his heart. At this time, he understood why Jiang Xingchen asked him to speed up. It was not that he was anxious about the construction of underground facilities led by Xingchen, but that he was worried about the upcoming heavy rain.
"The rainy season is still one month away. This weather is really evil... It is obviously spring drought this year, so why did such a big flood cause?" Duan Tiehui sighed, looked up at the sky, and said, "This rain is probably not small!"
"It doesn't matter how big it is. No matter how big the flood control dike is, no matter how big the water is, Jiang Xingchen is so powerful. The cement he made is exactly the same as what he said!" Duan Qingshi said.
"The most amazing thing is Mr. Jiang's methods. How could he know that there will be heavy rain... and let us speed up!"
The father and son chatted happily for a while, and Duan Qingshi said, "Let's go, let's go find Heluo Grand Duke and tell him that the embankment is built. After he sends someone to inspect, we will take people to Xingchen to take him!"
"Well! I really don't want to stay in this broken place. When I think of them looking at us, I feel awkward, as if it's so much hatred for us! Not to mention that Ling Xun is not our responsibility, even if we lose money, we will help them rebuild the house. What else should we do..."
"Okay, let's go!"
Two days after the Duan family in Heluo led the project, the flood control dams of Nanjiang, Hongyuan City, the three leaders on the east side, and Qingshanling were also completed one after another! Immediately afterwards, the flood control dams of major territories were also completed in a hurry within these two days.
The builders who finally finished the project breathed a sigh of relief and were very grateful that they really didn't know when the heavy rain would fall.
In the past two days, the sky continued to be gloomy, and the dark clouds became thicker and thicker, making people feel more and more depressed.
Xingchen led the leader, Jiang Xingchen frowned with the news from the old man.
Nanjiang and Nanshanling were hit by heavy rains, the river water level rose sharply, and towns with slightly lower terrain were flooded. As the two territories made preparations in advance, there were no major casualties. However, the losses were also quite large, and many arable land was soaked and many houses were flooded.
"Oh!" Jiang Xingchen sighed deeply. Such floods are simply unavoidable. With such a huge loss and so much arable land cannot be planted, there will definitely not be too many supplies and tourists in the future.
"Mr.!" Grandpa Fu entered the house and bowed, "The embankment has been built for several territories for purchasing cement!"
"How are the materials prepared?" Jiang Xingchen asked.
"I have purchased nearly 20 million yellow crystal coins in total these days, especially grain! All our warehouses are basically full, and craftsmen are now building larger warehouses." Grandpa Fu replied.
"Well! That's it!" Jiang Xingchen nodded, put the news on the table, got up and walked out of the door. The dark sky outside made him feel very uncomfortable.
Suddenly, a drop of rain fell from the sky and hit Jiang Xingchen's face.
After touching his face, Jiang Xingchen raised his head. A drizzle in the sky had fallen, and it was already dense as silk in no time.
"Finally got off!" Jiang Xingchen murmured.
On this day, the entire Qiankun Empire began to rain heavily, and the area with the largest drop was Heluotang! (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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