After the first assistant's wife is reborn

Chapter 130 Disaster Explosion
Xia Siwen was still in a daze when his grandfather gave him a handwritten order from the emperor.

Xia Chun is calm.

The main reason is that the most trusted person in Xia Chun's life is his father-in-law Ding Dai, and now, he has another son-in-law Wei Ziqian.

The errands arranged by these two for their son must not be wrong.

In addition, the father-in-law escorted his son to Xuzhou to take up the post. Although it is a temporary position, it is better than his son's official position in the Ministry of Rites for many years, with no hope of promotion. In comparison, he will have more prospects.

Maybe, taking this as an opportunity, when he is transferred to the capital, his son's official position will one day go up.

Xia Chun himself is a pure minister, or a lonely minister.

It's just that his official position is not prominent, and it's a relatively embarrassing official position. The philosophy of the Xia family's father and son literati is noble.

I usually don't like handovers, I just bury my head in doing errands, unscrupulously form cliques and smuggle shortcuts.

Therefore, the father and son have been officials for many years, and their grades have not changed much.

The Xia family father and son are incomparable with Wei Daxun father and son, and they are also pure ministers, lonely ministers.

But their official position is there!

They disdain other officials, and they can't guarantee that they will forcefully stick their hot faces and cold butts to them.

Just like Mrs. Wei's birthday a few days ago, people from almost every household in the capital came to celebrate her birthday.

Even if they failed to come to the door, they still sent someone to send congratulatory gifts.

However, it is impossible for the Xia family to receive such treatment.

Needless to say, the Xia family's foundation is not deep, and there are no intertwined in-laws to help.

However, now there is, there is a big tree like the Wei family to rely on.

It's time for the Xia family's father and son to raise their official positions to a higher level, but the Wei family didn't help.

The Xia family didn't care about outsiders' cold-eyed understanding.

The Xia family and the Wei family didn't want to marry each other, they just hoped that their daughter's life would be easier.

The severe drought in Suzhou is the same in Xuzhou, but it is not as serious as Suzhou.

After Xia Siwen took office, he didn't rest all day, and immediately went to the farm field to investigate the disaster situation in person.

He is waiting to take people to dig ditches and divert water from the upper reaches of the Yellow River to irrigate the farmland.

Unexpectedly, when I returned to the government office, of course there would be thunder and lightning at night, and it would rain heavily.

Once it rains, it keeps on falling.

It has been raining for four or five days, from heavy rain to light rain.

Everyone changed from joy at the beginning to worry.

I didn't expect that the drought had just appeared, but the waterlogging actually broke out!

Xia Siwen immediately took a few officials under him, and drove from Xuzhou City to the county town below in a carriage.

Dinghe County is the lowest-lying county in the entire Xuzhou area, so Xia Siwen rushed to Dinghe County first with his entourage.

Grandfather Ding Dai was worried about Xia Siwen. The old man knew that his grandson was doing idle work in the Ministry of Rites and had never experienced the current battle. He was worried that he would not be able to handle the disaster well due to his inexperience.

"It's okay, grandpa don't worry, grandson has read the case files on dealing with flood disasters."

It's no wonder that General Ding is worried about him, this is a disaster!If one is not wiped, if it is not handled properly, the common people will suffer.

Xia Siwen comforted his grandfather, and when he arrived at Dinghe County with his entourage, there was a section of the official road that was close to the waters of the Yellow River. Break down the embankment.

Xia Siwen frowned, wrote the urgent performance in the car, sealed it, and handed it over to the nearest posthouse immediately, ordering it to be sent to the capital urgently.

He is worried that once the flood breaks out, the people will not be able to harvest the crops in the fields, but their houses will collapse, and they will be homeless.

In addition, it was the first time for him to be the governor of a continent, and he personally took the lead in dealing with the disaster situation. He had to work hard to do his job well both in public and in private, and he couldn't ask the people to leave their homes and flee famine.

Let alone disappoint my sister-in-law Wei Ziqian.When Wei Ziqian left, the weather in Xuzhou was still dry, and besides, he didn't come here because of the drought.

Xia Siwen has little experience in flood control, but he knows that once the Yellow River breaks the embankment, the houses of the people along the banks will be flooded, and hundreds of people may not even have a chance to survive.

As soon as Xia Siwen arrived in Dinghe County, he rolled up his trouser legs in the rain to visit fertile fields in various places, and the situation was very bad.

The millet is not resistant to rain, and the black ears are about to rot. If the rain does not stop quickly, the people in Dinghe County will suffer. He remembers that the Yellow River surged ten years ago, and the water depth on the flat ground was more than six feet, washing away houses and tile houses. The crops in Zhouzhou and other places were all damaged. The local people starved to death from autumn to the end of the year.

He didn't dare to think about how the people of Xuzhou would be saved if the situation happened again.

Bending down to pull up the millet seedlings, the roots have rotted visible to the naked eye. Originally, due to the drought, the ears and grains were not fruitful.The color of the ears of millet was really gray and black, and he was so anxious that the rain seeped into his clothes along the coir raincoat, and when the cold wind blew, goose bumps all over his body.

"Wen'er, change a coir rain hat." A voice came from behind, but it was the grandfather Ding Dai in a coir raincoat, with his trouser legs rolled up like him, and his hair coiled. Put down that leaky hat.

"Grandfather, why are you here?" Xia Siwen asked in surprise.

On rainy days, the roads are muddy, not only slippery, but also full of potholes. When walking, you have to explore them, otherwise, you will fall into the puddles.

My grandfather is getting old, so there must be no accidents.

"Grandfather is with you." Ding Dai said casually, brushing away the water stains on his beard.

"No, it's raining too much this time. If it's not guaranteed, the embankment will collapse. If the embankment collapses, the surrounding houses and farmland will be destroyed. You should live in the post house first, where it will be safe and will not be easily washed away." It was very difficult at this time. Going back to the city, I can only ask my ancestors to stay in the post house for safety.

Since Ding Dai came, how could he give up halfway and retreat?Therefore, continue to follow behind him.

Thanks to the elite soldiers brought by Ding Dai, they moved quickly and helped to transfer the old people and children in the dilapidated house.

Compared with the yamen servants brought out by Xia Siwen from the yamen, they are more efficient than one.

Therefore, most of the trapped people were evacuated and were not injured or killed by the collapse of dilapidated houses.

The grandparents and grandchildren took their entourages to a nearby dilapidated temple until it was dark. First, they helped their grandfather Ding Dai to the open space behind the Bodhisattva seat. Down.The group rested for a while, and ragged people could be seen everywhere in the ruined temple, moaning and lying inside. Although it was a shelter from the rain, it was so cold that the sun had not been seen for several days, and there were icicles in the bones. .

Old General Ding's subordinates were all from the army and were capable of surviving in the wild. Without Ding Dai's instructions, he immediately found half-dry firewood to start a fire, and took off his wet clothes to dry them.Don't catch a cold and get sick.

　Xia Siwen: It's hard to get promoted, so it's better to send a prefect outside.I just want to do a good job in my career to prove my strength, and I don't want to be recommended by my sister-in-law.

　　It's just that God is not as good as people want, and the common people will suffer.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)