Beauty has a disease

Chapter 107 Disaster
"But haven't the people been evacuated by the Shuntian government office?" someone replied.

Duan Chang heard the sound and looked over, "Then you know that the gate of Shuntian Mansion was closed yesterday, so I didn't want to get involved in this matter." Duan Chang pointed to Ember and continued: "She was the one who knocked on the gate of Shuntian Mansion and brought people The people braved the rain to evacuate and stayed up all night, so you still say she is useless?"

"But Mr. Ge, you didn't arrange for us!"

The meaning is not that we will not do it, nor is it impossible to do it, but you did not say it.

"Don't you just listen to my arrangements? Don't you think that the people won't tell me?"

"The situation was urgent, and I was in a hurry for a while. I remembered it later, but at that time there were already officers and soldiers doing this."

"Remember it? When did you remember it?" Duan Chang scolded, "By the time you remember it, it's already too late!"

Duan Chang flicked his sleeves and scolded for a while, and didn't give up until no one questioned him anymore. He slowed down, and his tone calmed down again. He looked at Ember and said, "Report the situation first."

Ember responded yes, and then briefly stated the situation of evacuating the people downstream.

"Before that, I want to explain a situation first, and I hope the elder Ge and the adults will forgive me."

"Tell me about it." Duan Chang signaled.

"Yesterday when I went to the government office to recruit people, the person in charge was not there, and only the teacher came out to deal with it. I showed Mr. Ge and my handwriting, but the teacher didn't believe me, saying that I stole it and it was a fake, because the time was urgent. It's not too late, and things will change later, so I used a little trick."

Having said that, Ember added, "It's just a small and innocuous trick, it won't get on the table, and it didn't cause any loss, so I won't repeat it here."

Ember said this first to remind Duan Chang and the others first, to give them a preliminary impression first, so as to save the master from being careful to sue her, who knows what she will be like after adding fuel and jealousy.

Duan Chang nodded, indicating that it was just a trivial matter, "Go on."

Ember continued: "Yesterday I took people to the lower reaches of the river, knocked on doors and led the people away..."

Ember narrated the evacuation situation from yesterday to today, her voice was calm and unhurried, and her order was clear. She narrated in a flat manner without any emotion.

"Because the evacuation was timely, there was also an element of luck. Those who could not withstand the breach of the river embankment at the beginning were not in the place where the villages gathered, so all the people downstream were evacuated and there were no casualties, but..."

"But what? But it doesn't matter." Duan Chang said.

"However, due to rising rice prices and food shortages, the people can't afford to eat, and their health is not good. In addition, the people are only temporarily evacuated now, but we need to ask for instructions on where to settle, so some people may not be able to survive. I'm afraid there will be damage."

"How many people were evacuated in total?" Duan Chang asked.

Ember replied: "Every one thousand three hundred and fifty four people."

Duan Chang responded quickly, "Li Lue, go and resettle the people."

Li Lue took the order and left.

"Elder Ge, isn't this what she should do?" Someone pointed to Ember.

Duan Chang raised his eyelids and looked over, "Whose business? Could it be that you also want to resettle refugees?"

No, he doesn't want to.

The man shut up.

There is not much difference in the nature of refugees and refugees. It has always been difficult to resettle these people. Not only is there pressure from the government, there may be riots by refugees, and there are even other things.

This is a thankless job. It is easy to ruin it, but it is very difficult to do it well.

And evacuation is more difficult than resettlement.Because you have to lobby one by one, there are a few people who obey the arrangement after listening to it, and most of them are the ones who say that they don’t believe it, and they still think you are alarmist. It wastes time and energy for nothing. One careless or bad luck, the whole The village was flooded, and no one survived.

"But you understand everything?"

Now no one made a sound to clearly express their resistance to Ember.

It has to be said that besides the fact that Ember's matter took up a lot of time, just seeing that she can "persuade" everyone away, it can be seen that her ability should not be underestimated.

"you……"

"Master Duan, the civilian girl's name is Ember."

"Ember." Duan Chang yelled, "What do you think about this flood?"

"Returning to my lord, flood control is a multi-faceted matter. The women of the people have seen very little, so I don't have any opinions for the time being."

After hearing Ember's answer, some people laughed softly, and put on a look of "Look, it really is so", obviously although they approved Ember on the surface, they still resisted in their hearts.

Duan Chang hummed, and then began to call other officials to report the situation.

"I went to check the river embankment yesterday. We have repaired six places, but we have broken through two places so far, and we have opened three new places."

Kou Zhun got up and pointed to the map to point to a few places, which were the approximate location of the opening of the embankment.

"Yesterday, Mr. Li, the minister of the household department, took me to check the building materials used in the fortifications. When I went yesterday, they were still in good condition, and the number was correct. But when I went today, the building materials were much less, and some were soaked in water and drenched in rain. They are all damaged to varying degrees, and I’m afraid they need to be inspected one by one if they are to be used again.”

"Refugees gathered outside the city..."

The officials reported the relevant situation one by one. They had discussed and exchanged these matters sporadically at the beginning, but now they explained them in more detail in front of Duan Chang. As for Duan Chang, he turned his back and looked at the map hanging on the wall with brows Tighten.

"Kou Zhun, what do you think?"

Duan Chang pushed back the discussion again and asked.

"Mr. Ge, I feel that the direction of our governance may not have much effect now."

Kou Zhun said worriedly: "Now it's the midsummer rainy season, and there will be no less rain in the future. Every time it rains, new holes will be opened. We can't fill the gap like this, but if we rebuild the river, the project will be too huge. Not to mention time-consuming and labor-intensive, the flood will continue to deepen during the construction period."

Kou Zhun shook his head and sighed, "It's hard!"

What Kou Zhun said was exactly what Duan Chang was worried about now, because a sudden heavy rain negated the original problem and brought new problems.

"But we have been dealing with floods like this all along."

"It is true that the imperial court used to strengthen the embankment to block the omissions, but this flood is obviously unusual."

"What if it's just a coincidence this time, it's not necessarily true that there won't be any new ones after we make them up."

"But flooding is the people's livelihood, and it is a major event that can be compared with the country and the country. How can we gamble on such a major event?"

"We will follow in the footsteps of our predecessors..."

"We can't just rely on the experience of our predecessors, but also have our own thinking. The situation is obviously different now..."

The officials argued again.

(End of this chapter)