Early Tang Dynasty: forge ahead

Chapter 114 A completely different style of painting
Muzhou, governor's office.

Master Xu Yu came to the Governor's Mansion and walked back and forth. The entire staff and servants of the Governor's Mansion were busy running back and forth.

The heavy snow came too suddenly.

Such snow disasters are rare in Jiangnan, and officials in all directions lack experience in dealing with snow disasters.

In many places, wind and snow directly blocked the roads and completely lost contact.

Master Xu Yue was blinded and knew nothing about the disaster situation in the counties under the jurisdiction of Muzhou and what problems the villages in all directions encountered.

He sent six or seven waves of people to check the situation, but they were all stuck on the road. Some had no news at all, and some were stuck at the inn along the way.

Xu Yushi found that the land route was impassable, so he chose to take the water route, using the Xin'an River and Fuchun River to connect with various parts of the state.

However, no news has come yet, and Master Xu Yu is so anxious that he has sores on his tongue.

"There is news. Xu Shijun has contacted Sui'an County. Magistrate Zhang reported that the county has completely lost contact with the surrounding villages. Many houses in the county cannot withstand the snow and collapsed, causing heavy losses. In the county The granary collapsed, and only part of the grain was rescued. The county is now extremely short of grain, and I hope your envoy can help."

The visitor hurriedly handed over the letter in his hand.

Master Xu Yu frowned and took a closer look. His brows were furrowed. While thinking, he immediately issued an order: "Immediately send an order to County Magistrate Zhang, asking him to do everything possible to contact the surrounding villages. As for the food issue, Let him first gather the food in the hands of the people in the city and deal with the disaster, and I will find a way to support him."

Xu Yushi immediately called the governor of the state, Shi Xiezhen, to provide corresponding support.

Before the instructions were finished, someone else came to report to Tonglu County.

"Your Majesty, the county magistrate of Tonglu County is bedridden due to the snowstorm. The situation in the county is now chaotic and no one is in charge. The situation is serious. I have some understanding. Now the people in the county are helping each other. In addition, the food supply in the county The storehouses were crushed by heavy snow and we are in urgent need of food."

"asshole!"

Master Xu Yu was so angry that he stamped his feet. What does it mean to be "so anxious that he is bedridden"? It was clear that he did not dare to take responsibility.

Because Ji Wen and Ji Tao committed crimes, he promoted the county captain to acting county magistrate to temporarily handle county affairs.

How could I have thought that at the critical moment, it would be so incompetent.

And the granary, why did it collapse again?
Master Xu Yu thought for a moment, but he also figured out the reason.

There are many typhoons and heavy rains here in the south of the Yangtze River, and the climate is humid, especially the south wind and fog. Water can seep out of the house for no reason.

Most of the granaries in the south of the Yangtze River are built in ventilated places. Some are specially built at high places to avoid moisture. They are large and round and float underground. They are mainly designed to resist moisture and wind. Once the huge domes accumulate a lot of snow, , it is not easy to clean up with intention, let alone such a natural disaster now.

Due to Jiangnan's insufficient prevention of snow disasters, I am afraid that food shortages will occur in many places.

When Master Xu Yu thought about this, his face turned pale and he shouted: "No! Zhu Zi mistaken me!"

Xie Zhen and the messenger both thought that Master Xu Yu was talking about Lu Feng, the acting county magistrate of Tonglu County who did not dare to take responsibility.

Little did he know that Master Xu Yu was scolding Ji Wen.

Ji Wen's management of Tonglu County focused on silkworm production and neglected farming.

Because there are few able-bodied men in the county, farming is not very profitable.

Ji Wen decided to revitalize the county with silkworms. His initial plan was to re-weave silkworms to form a domestic sales cycle and revitalize the county's economy.The attitude towards food is laissez-faire, there is no need to have too much, just enough is enough. If this is not possible, you can also bring it in from the surrounding areas.To the north of Tonglu County is the Suhu area, a major grain-producing area in the south of the Yangtze River. Grain can be purchased easily.

But later, the development route was the same as that of Qingxi County. In order to compete for a while, he forcibly fought with Qingxi County, which led to economic imbalance in the county. The original sericulture industry was in a mess, and the neglected agriculture was even more unable to be self-sufficient.

Now that the wind and snow have blocked the road and crushed the granary, what will happen to the livelihood of the whole county?

"Hurry! We must do our best to rescue Tonglu County!" Master Xu Yu's heart jumped out of his mouth. This generation of county magistrate was his choice. If a tragic disaster happened, he, the governor, might be implicated. He immediately arranged for Xie Zhen to come to the rescue. Tonglu County takes the lead.

Master Xu Yu suddenly thought of something and asked, "There's no news from Qingxi County yet?"

The upper reaches of a large river are Sui'an County, the middle reaches are Qingxi County, and the lower reaches are Tonglu County.

There is news from Sui'an County and Tonglu County upstream and downstream. Why is there no news from Qingxi County in the middle reaches?

"Report!"

Master Xu Yu waited for a stick of incense, and finally the messenger heading to Qingxi County arrived.

Envoys from other directions were so anxious that they were sweating profusely. In the middle of winter, they wanted to run three steps at a time and then two steps to report, for fear of being delayed for a minute or a second.

The messenger from Qingxi County walked into the lobby unhurriedly.

Master Xu Yu asked with all his face, "What's going on in Qingxi County?"

A trace of confusion flashed in the messenger's eyes, and he said: "Replying to the messenger, everything is fine!"

He didn't know the situation in the surrounding counties. He just saw that Qingxi County was in good order and thought that other counties were the same, so he was not impatient.

This made Master Xu Yu so anxious that he almost wanted to curse: "Why is everything okay?"

Seeing the always elegant Xu Shijun's appearance, the messenger hurriedly said: "My subordinates arrived in Qingxi County by boat. The people in Qingxi County are doing well, either clearing the snow from the eaves or sweeping the snow from the streets. There are also children. There is nothing unusual about making snowmen and playing with snowballs. County Magistrate Chen is not in the county office, but is helping to break the ice in the nursing home. The well water in the nursing home is frozen and water cannot be pumped out."

Xu Yushi's mind didn't immediately turn around. Why was this style of painting completely different?

Master Xu Yu suddenly thought of the warning letter he had received before, and felt enlightened. He sighed: "Chen Fudao is a man of gods."

The messenger took out a booklet from his arms and said, "County Magistrate Chen also wrote a booklet to the envoy."

"Quick, bring it quickly!"

Before Master Xu Yun could wait for the messenger to hand it over with both hands, he had already stepped forward and snatched it with his face covered.

He glanced at the beginning and went straight to the point:

This kind of wind and snow is rare in a century, and has never been experienced in other places in the south of the Yangtze River.The official believes that the most important thing now is to connect the villages, towns and counties in all directions and prescribe the right medicine.

In this time of natural disaster and crisis, we should work together to fight against the natural disaster.

Qingxi County has sufficient food supplies to supply the needs of Sui'an and Tonglu counties...

The people of Qingxi County are short of manpower, and there are soldiers commanded by Captain Xi nearby. In an emergency, if they can be mobilized, they can be enough to fight ten...

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Chen Qingsi will explain one by one what he should pay attention to when facing snow disasters, as well as his current understanding of the situation and relief methods.

Master Xu Yu read the book word by word, closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, and said: "Pass my order, the officials of Sui'an County and Tonglu County are temporarily under the command of Qingxi County Magistrate Chen Qingsi. Then pass the order to Commander Xi, asking him to cooperate. County Magistrate Chen fights the disaster together."

He then looked at Xie Zhen and said: "Take back all previous arrangements and fully support Fenshui County."

Sui'an County, Qingxi County, and Tonglu County are all on a large river and can be connected to each other by waterway. However, Fenshui County is located to the north of Muzhou, far away from the Xin'an River and Fuchun River. Although there are rivers nearby, they are all frozen, and the waterways are frozen. No communication, communication has not been restored yet.

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