Three Kingdoms: I, Ma Su, just want to die

Chapter 691: The whole country supports Qingzhou
Zhuge Liang's letter directly shattered Ma Su's idea of ​​personally participating in disaster relief. The last sentence, which said he would personally arrest him, made Ma Su behave himself.

Zhuge Liang obviously knew Ma Su well. If he hadn't persuaded him, he would have really rushed into the disaster area. Given Ma Su's physical condition, it was uncertain whether he could come out after entering.

Given Ma Su's position, if something unexpected happened to him, the government would have to send extra people to look for him. In this way, Ma Su would not only fail to serve as a role model, but would also cause trouble for the government's disaster relief efforts.

Therefore, Ma Su should just stay away from this kind of thing.

In the end, Ma Su was not able to personally provide disaster relief as he had hoped. Instead, he continued to stay in the center and was personally responsible for adjusting the deployment and carrying out large-scale disaster relief.

Fortunately, as time went by, Ma Su discovered that the disaster was not as serious as he had imagined.

The total population of Pingyuan County and the northern part of Jinan County was not large, only about 100,000 people in total. The impact of such a large-scale disaster was not as great as he had imagined. And the scale of the victims was far smaller than he had imagined.

In just one month, a large number of disaster victims in northern Jinan received relief. Moreover, under Ma Su's repeated emphasis, all relief tents were required to pay attention to hygiene as much as possible.

The effect seems to be insignificant, and generally speaking, the plague has not broken out.

The only problem was that a large area north of the Ji River had since become a flooded area, and Pingyuan County was mostly submerged in the Yellow River.

This is just the beginning of the flood. If the gap in the Yellow River is not blocked in time, when the flood arrives, this area of ​​Pingyuan County will be completely ruined.

Ma Su had no good solution to this problem and could only plan how to block the gap in the Yellow River.

While Ma Su was trying his best to control the scope of the disaster, Zhuge Liang also sent the news to Chang'an. Once the news came out, the entire Ji Han court was shocked.

No one expected that Cao Wei would be so cruel that they even dug up the Yellow River in order to stop the Han army from advancing north.

However, after the shock, the court of Ji Han also responded quickly. After Liu Chan personally issued an edict for disaster relief, the Shangshutai passed it at the speed of light, and the decree for disaster relief was issued in just a few days.

Liu Chan even said that the whole country would support Qingzhou in disaster relief!

All under heaven belongs to the king. We are all subjects of the Han Dynasty, how can we give up easily?

At the same time, the various counties in Guandong were also mobilized in advance under Zhuge Liang's deployment. Many of the materials that Zhuge Liang planned to use for the next attack on Cao Wei and Dongwu were requisitioned and transported up.

In a sense, Sima Shi's plan was very successful. After the Yellow River stopped flowing, Ji Han really had no energy to care about it anymore. Even Zhang Yi, who was stationed at Baimadu, was transferred to assist in disaster relief.

Once the external pressure was gone, Sima Shi could focus on the next plan. As for whether he would be hated by Western Shu because of this... Ma Su had long been unwilling to let them go, so Sima Shi didn't need to consider this at all.

However, what Sima Shi did not expect was that this move of his also helped Ji Han. After he took the initiative to cut off the Yellow River, which Guandong believed to have created a natural disaster, the hearts of Guandong people were instantly sent to Ji Han's arms.

After all, compared to the taxes collected by Ji Han, safety is the priority of the Guandong nobles. When seeing Ji Han's efficient response speed and disaster relief attitude to the disaster, most of the Guandong nobles were relieved.

This imperial court is quite reliable. They can really help us when we are in trouble.

Therefore, with the help of Sima Shi, Ji Han solved the problem of people's hearts in Kanto that had never been solved!
In December, Zhuge Liang finally arrived at the seat of Jinan County and took over the disaster relief work from Ma Su. Along with Zhuge Liang came money and grain transferred from Xuzhou, and the disaster relief work gradually stabilized.

"Thank you for your hard work, Youchang. If it weren't for you, the disaster would have spread to Donglai..." Zhuge Liang looked at the disaster situation that was gradually stabilized by Ma Su, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh, waving his feather fan and praising Ma Su.

"The reaction is really quick, and the means are decisive enough!" "Your Excellency the Prime Minister is too kind..." Ma Su shook his head and said with a wry smile.

"Under this disaster, what I did was far from enough... What a pity! If I had known that the Pseudo-Wei was so crazy, I would have had a chance to prevent this tragedy."

Taking the initiative to dig up the Yellow River to defeat the enemy... Such a cruel method has only appeared a few times in the past two thousand years...

"Don't blame yourself too much. No one would have thought that they would have no moral principles at all... They are the shame of Confucianism!" Zhuge Liang's face darkened and he waved his hand gently.

"We will settle accounts with them in the future! This is not your problem. On the contrary, your disaster relief was indeed timely this time...so I won't hold it against you for coming out without permission."

"Tell me about the current situation. Once we have all the follow-up supplies, we will have to find a way to restore the affected areas."

In response to Zhuge Liang's question, Ma Su immediately gave a response.

"Prime Minister, we don't know how big the area where the Yellow River is cut off is, but judging from the situation, it is obviously not small."

"Because the Wei army dug up the south bank of the Yellow River, a large amount of river water gushed out and spread to the entire Pingyuan County. The water flowed southward into the Ji River, forming a large yellow flood area in this area..."

"As things stand now, if the gap in the Yellow River cannot be blocked in time, the disaster here will continue. As time goes by, Qingzhou will surely be filled with the plague..."

In general, Qingzhou was lucky this time because the Jishui River was still there, blocking the gushing Yellow River water and saving most of Qingzhou.

Moreover, at that time, even if the Wei army dug up the Yellow River embankment, it would not be so large that the Yellow River water would flow all the way into the Huai River like a bald man's masterpiece in later generations.

But even so, the situation is very troublesome. At present, the entire area between the Yellow River and the Jishui River has become a flood area. It is difficult for civilians to pass through it and it is difficult to find the location of the gap.

If the gap is not plugged, the disaster will never be contained.

"Is it feasible to pass through Yanzhou and advance eastward along the narrow path of Jishui River?" Zhuge Liang raised his eyebrows, pondered for a moment and then spoke.

It's not that there is no way from Yanzhou to Shandong. There is still a narrow passage there. If you can't directly go north from the south bank of the Jishui River to block the gap, you can only find another way.

"Maybe, but... it's too close to Hebei. If we send a large number of people from there, the Wei army can easily harass us from the south." Ma Su scratched his head and asked.

"You personally guard the key pass. I don't believe that the Pseudo-Wei will dare to move south!" Zhuge Liang was not worried and could only give a solution.

However, as soon as this plan was put forward, Ma Su subconsciously asked.

"I'll go? Then who will take charge of plugging the gap in the Yellow River?"

"Hmm? Do you still want to go and plug the gap in the Yellow River yourself?"

Zhuge Liang's eyes suddenly became dangerous.

(End of this chapter)