Fenghou

Chapter 1579 Floods
The rain started to fall heavily again. Dozens of horse-drawn carriages stopped at the pier of the Weihe River. Sergeants, holding umbrellas, guarded the emperor and dozens of high-ranking officials to inspect the Weishui River. collapse, the river is about to overflow, and the situation is precarious.

The guards were also terrified, and several guards kept persuading the emperor to leave quickly.

Zhong Xiangguo was also shocked. He was still thinking about the plan while sitting in the court hall, but with the current situation, there was no time for them to continue discussing.

Zhou Kuan said loudly: "Your Majesty, the rain will not stop, there will be heavy rain, we can't delay any longer, we must make a decision immediately."

Jiang Yanxian also said: "The situation is indeed critical. The embankment collapsed within a day or two. If it is not rescued in time, not only Jianzhang County will be destroyed, but a large area of ​​land around Jingzhao will be flooded. Your Majesty, act immediately .”

Chen Qing nodded, "Then let's vote! Xiangguo, who agrees to release the flood in Jiangjiawa, please raise your hand!"

The seven prime ministers all raised their hands at the same time, and Chen Qing himself raised his hand. He immediately said: "Since everyone agrees, let the flood discharge in Jiangjiawa. In addition, the 30 garrison troops in Jingzhao must all go into action and use mud bags to reinforce the flood." Embankment, warehouse, take out all the sacks!"

Chen Qing immediately mobilized 30 troops to the banks of the Weihe River and raised the embankment with mud bags. Busy, using all animal power to transport dirt and mud bags.

At the same time, on the north bank of the Weihe River, about fifty miles west of Xianyang County, soldiers from the Firearms Battalion ignited two huge iron fire mines.

"Boom! Boom!" There were two violent explosions, mud splashed, and a gap of tens of feet was opened in the river embankment. The ferocious river water poured out, roaring and galloping towards tens of thousands of mu of low-lying places.

At night, a large lake formed to the west of Xianyang County, and the Wei River gradually dropped below the warning line.

But the rain was still falling, and at night, the warning water level was exceeded again. The court quickly adopted a second flood discharge plan to discharge flood in the depression east of Mei County, and the Weihe River poured out again, and the water level began to drop rapidly.

Although the two floods flooded nearly [-] mu of farmland, it also kept millions of mu of farmland in Guanzhong and the safety of millions of people. Six consecutive flood peaks were able to pass through the border safely.

Three days later, the rain gradually subsided, and Chen Qing led the senior officials to inspect the Weishui River again. The Weishui River had dropped below the warning line, and the current was not as fast as before. The pontoon bridge was rebuilt.

Chen Qing then went to Jiangjiawa area to the west of Xianyang to inspect. A large lake with a width of five miles from east to west and a length of more than [-] miles from north to south appeared in front of them.

A few days ago, it was still a wheat field, but the terrain was low-lying. Due to the continuous rain, the wheat was basically destroyed, and a pool of water was formed here, but now it has simply turned into a large lake.

This is the vicissitudes of life. I wonder if this lake will still exist hundreds of years later?
"Has the official path been broken?" Chen Qing asked looking at the vast water.

Zhang Yuanlang hurriedly said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the official path is at a high place. Although it is underwater, it is only one foot deep. After a few days, the official path will be exposed. It should not affect the official path."

"You mean the lake will get smaller?"

"Exactly, the lake has just been formed. It is a lagoon. When it stabilizes, it will be reduced by about [-]% compared to the current one. Weichen inspected the surrounding area yesterday and found that two small rivers have flowed into it, thus replenishing its water source. On the one hand, the sun will evaporate, and on the other hand, there is a steady stream of running water, so it will form a balance in the end."

Chen Qing nodded, turned to Jiang Yanxian and said, "Notify the government to register the submerged land, and the government promises to pay twice the market price!"

Jiang Yanxian quickly laughed and said: "My minister simply calculated that about [-]% of the submerged land in Xianyang County is official land, and there are not many private lands. In Mei County, it is mainly military land, and there are not many private lands either. .”

"That's the best. The continuous rain this time has brought great losses to today's farmland. We must plan ahead and mobilize grain from all over the south of the Yangtze River and Sichuan as soon as possible to prevent food prices from skyrocketing. In addition, we must organize farmers to build water conservancy and water storage lakes." , to give farmers a chance to earn money.”

"Wei Chen understands!"

Chen Qing said to Zhang Yuanlang again: "Although the flood has gone down now, we must prevent it from seeming, especially now that the rain is not clear. I hope that the Ministry of Industry and the Metropolitan Water Supervision will closely monitor it and find a new flood discharge plan."

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will closely monitor the water situation and have sent people to find a better flood discharge point."

After finishing the arrangements, Chen Qing returned to Tai Chi Palace.

When he returned to the imperial study, he saw Zhong Huan sitting outside waiting, Chen Qing smiled and said, "How long have you been waiting?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, I have just arrived!"

"Come in and talk!"

Chen Qing walked into the imperial study and sat down, and asked with a smile, "Is there any clue about the assassin's investigation?"

"Weichen preliminarily judged that it was the work of the Wa Kingdom!"

"Really? Is this your inference, or is there any solid evidence?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, it's just an inference. I haven't found conclusive evidence yet, and I haven't caught the assassin."

"Okay! Then tell me how to deduce it. The deduction also needs a basis, and you can't just imagine it."

"Weichen went to investigate the Donggong construction site the day after the assassination, and found that Hu Zhen, the supervisor, was an internal response, but he had already been murdered, but the other party killed him hastily and did not search his belongings carefully, leaving behind clues , we searched his belongings ourselves, and found that he had a booklet, he was learning Japanese, and second, we found that he left a bag of gold with 100 taels, and there was a note in it, which should be an IOU, "Pay for gold One hundred taels, one hundred taels still owed, as proof. 'The signer is Yuan Benyi; thirdly, we found a letter he wrote to his family, in which there is a sentence,'The Japanese forced me to be in a hurry, and I regret it! Weichen believes that this sentence is the most direct basis, and based on this sentence, the humble official deduces that the assassin is a Japanese. "

Chen Qing nodded. The second and third items are indeed more solid evidence. The original meaning should be the Genji family in Japan. It has a huge power and has trained a large number of warriors. The so-called bushido spirit and ninjas of the Japanese are all from the Minamoto family. create.

"So is there any information about the Jingzhao Wa people?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the minister is still investigating closely, but not yet!"

"Where did you investigate?"

"Weichen mainly comes from two aspects. One is Hu Zhen's contact with him over the past year. His friends and family members. It is the Japanese students and Japanese businessmen in Jingzhao, Wei Chen believes that they must have had contact with spies."

"How many Japanese students and businessmen are there in Jingzhao?" Chen Qing asked again.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, there are very few foreign students, only seven of them, all of whom are studying at Guozixue, but there are more than forty Japanese businessmen, and they have also established a Japanese chamber of commerce. These are the targets of our investigation."

Chen Qing nodded, "The 10,000+ Japanese army has been trapped in Koryo, and their escape route has been cut off. They will inevitably launch crazy assassinations to disrupt our court and force us to withdraw from Korea. Therefore, I must strengthen my guard with all my strength. Not only me, but also the seven ministers."

"Weichen understands that Weichen has stopped everything and is doing his best to strengthen security to prevent the second assassination by the Japanese."

(End of this chapter)