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

Chapter 692 Inspection of the Yellow River
Zhuge Liang arrived in Jinan and quickly accepted the disaster relief task. After working overtime for half a month, the disaster was finally brought under control.

This time, because Qingzhou has many high-lying areas, the flooded areas of the Yellow River are basically limited to Pingyuan County and Jinan County. The total affected area is less than two counties, with a population of about 200,000, and the pressure of disaster relief is much smaller than expected.

As supplies from the entire Kanto region flowed into Qingzhou, the relief work became increasingly smooth. A large number of victims were isolated and provided relief, and those who died in the disaster area were buried on the spot as quickly as possible, minimizing the possibility of plague.

But this did not make Ji Han relax, because the gap in the Yellow River has not been plugged yet. If the gap cannot be plugged in the next flood season, the entire Qingzhou area north of the Jishui River will basically be ruined.

However, it is not easy to plug the gap. As time goes by, Qingzhou has entered December, the coldest time of the year.

The climate in North China is obviously very different from that in Sichuan. In December, Qingzhou was freezing cold, and everyone had to stay at home and wait for the weather to warm up.

At this time, even Ma Su did not dare to say anything. After all, forcing the people to work in the cold climate of the north was almost the same as murder.

Moreover, Ma Su himself had problems. He had not recovered from his last illness, and he suffered from acclimatization again after coming to Qingzhou. If Zhuge Liang had not asked for the imperial physician from Chang'an to accompany Ma Su at any time, Ma Su might have died in Qingzhou this winter.

There is no way, the climate in the north is too bad for southerners...

It was also because of this that even though Ma Su was extremely anxious, he could only recuperate while waiting for the winter in the north to pass.

In this way, I stayed in Qingzhou until February of the following year, when the temperature gradually turned mild. At this time, there were only less than three months left before the flood season of the Yellow River!

"Three months... Can the gap be plugged in time?" Zhang Yi, who was traveling with them, was a little hesitant. Is it really possible to make it in such a short time?

"If it's too late, I will lead people to block it myself! Even if we have to face the surging Yellow River water, the gap must be blocked!" Ma Su didn't give too much hope, but just said slowly.

But what Ma Su didn't know was that when he said this, the generals on the left and right present all looked serious. They exchanged glances with each other and decided what to do next.

Even if it means risking one's life, the gap must be plugged in time. Otherwise, the general will be forced to come down in person, and everyone present will be a sinner of the Han Dynasty!
Soon, the group rode through the narrow road in Jibei and entered the northern part of Qingzhou from Yanzhou. Then they marched eastward along the south bank of the Yellow River and finally found a gap near Pingyuan County.

From the size of the gap, it can be seen that it is definitely not something that can be dug out in a short time. This also proves that Cao Wei had been planning this for a long time.

However, considering that Guanqiu Jian was fighting with Jiang Wei at the time and the outcome was still unclear, Ma Su guessed that Sima Shi's goal was probably not just to destroy the Shu army.

His target may also be Guanqiu Jian and his troops who are loyal to the Cao Wei court...

"This madman..." Ma Su gritted his teeth. He had never known that Sima Shi would become so crazy when he was pushed into a corner.

The current head of the Sima family is just like Sima Yi, a bastard who will do anything for the sake of his family. For such a madman, what he does is only determined by whether he needs to do it, not whether he dares to do it.

"It seems that exterminating the entire family is too easy for them..." Ma Su narrowed his eyes and hated Sima Fu's family who had already surrendered.

You are all bad people! "Go and get some people to start the work. Our project is not easy!"

Because at this time a large amount of Yellow River water was still gushing out through the gap. The large amount of water flow made it extremely difficult to fill the gap.

However, this did not pose a problem for the Han people, and the laborers quickly began to use bamboo strips to make baskets. Then they filled the baskets with stones and sank the heavy baskets into the gaps.

In this way, a large amount of stones will slowly fill up the gap. Then, by filling in the silt, the gap in the Yellow River can be slowly blocked.

This process was rather complicated and required a lot of logistics. However, due to the barrier of floods, the logistics of the civilians could only be transported from Yanzhou.

The road was not only long and narrow, but also close to the Yellow River. Such a long supply line was very easy to be attacked by the Pseudo-Wei.

This requires a big boss to be in charge and patrol here. Relying on his huge deterrent power, he can deter the Wei army from causing trouble...

There was nothing to say about this, except to directly report Ma Su's ID number. Although Ma Su was somewhat reluctant, he still took the job honestly under Zhuge Liang's personal hand holding the feather duster, and signed a military order.

So, when the laborers began to work enthusiastically, Ma Su had to take a hundred people and patrol along the narrow road in Jibei on a horse-drawn carriage.

This was an easy job, but it was also a bit too boring. Ma Su wanted to ride a horse to inspect the area several times, but was rejected by his attendants on the grounds that "the general is in poor health and cannot ride a horse for the time being."

"The Prime Minister always likes to use talents for trivial purposes. If a politically significant general like me doesn't personally go out and eat and live with the people, how can I show that we, the Han Dynasty, love the people like our own children?"

After many requests were rejected, Ma Su could not help but complain. But soon, the guards outside responded,

"Don't worry, General. Now the generals of the four expeditions and four garrisons have all gone to the front lines in person to eat and live with the people in your place. Even the Prime Minister has expressed his willingness to come in person. The people of Qingzhou can all feel his love for the people!"

"So, General, you should just rest and wait until you recover."

Well, Ma Su had figured it out. In order to prevent him from having to deal with the situation personally, the entire General's Mansion had colluded with the Prime Minister. Seeing this, Ma Su had no choice but to give up the idea of ​​personally dealing with the situation and instead just took care of his illness.

Ma Su inspected the area and found no trouble. However, what surprised Ma Su was that although the water of the Yellow River at that time was not crystal clear, it was still much worse than the later generations where a bowl of river water was half a bowl of sand.

The current flow of the Yellow River is, generally speaking, not much more polluted than that of the Yangtze River.

This is also because the destruction of vegetation on the Loess Plateau has not been so serious and there is not much silt in the water, so the problem of rivers on the ground has not yet troubled people today.

It was not until the Song Dynasty that the destruction of vegetation on the Loess Plateau became increasingly serious, and the Yellow River gradually became filled with silt. As the silt continued to sink to the bottom, the riverbed continued to rise, and eventually became the above-ground river of later generations.

(End of this chapter)