Great Tang’s Talented Little Landlord

Li Wangyou dared not continue to stay in Zhengzhou. After hearing that Xuzhou had broken the embankment yesterday, he was ready to set off immediately.

However, he was about to board the ship, but stopped again and turned to Zhengzhou Provincial Governor instructed.

“HuProvincial Governor, how much grain does Zhengzhou have now?”

“Back to Lord Marquis, Zhengzhou does not have much grain, but Lord Marquis does not need to worry about food. Luoyang’s In the unwinding, there is a large amount of grain stored for emergencies. Lord Marquis can order to transport grain from the Changping warehouse in Luoyang to Xuzhou.”

Zhengzhou Provincial Governor is also a human being, and I heard it right away. I quickly replied the meaning in Li Wangyou’s words.

He didn’t lie either. Great Tang has set up Changping warehouses in Luo, Xiang, You, Xu, Qi, Bin, Qin, and Puzhou to store a large amount of corn.

The purpose of these grain reserves is to stabilize grain prices and prevent low-grain prices from hurting farmers, and secondly to prevent poor harvests in bad years.

For example, in the locust plague in the second year of Zhenguan, the local government relied on the grain in the warehouse to help the victims.

The second is to deal with major national events, such as military expeditions or major Engineering Project construction.

Luoyang is not far from Zhengzhou, but it is more than two hundred miles away. It takes four rounds of Carriage to transport food and it can be there in one day.

Li Wangyou ordered people to recruit Ministry of People officials on board, and after questioning them, he confirmed this point, and then he felt relieved.

There is grain from the Changping warehouse in Luoyang, and he ordered the Qiu family to start transporting grain to Zhengzhou, it shouldnt be a big problem to come.

In his mind, for this kind of catastrophe, as long as there is enough food to ensure the survival of the victims, there will be no trouble.

Li Wangyou instructed the Ministry of People officials to keep a few people and ordered them to immediately set off to Changping warehouse in Luoyang, ready to transfer grain to Zhengzhou, and then transport it to Xuzhou through Tongji Canal.

He hurriedly boarded the ship and led the fleet to Xuzhou.

Zhengzhou is also more than two hundred miles away from Xuzhou. It can be reached in three or four hours by boat downstream.

When fleet drove into Xuzhou territory, everyone was shocked by the sight in front of them.

Their fleet originally drove along the Tongji Canal.

Tongji Canal is an artificial canal excavated by Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, who made more than one million men and women in Henan counties.

Because of the dragon boat of Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty, the canal was dug very deep, 40 steps wide, which is about 60 meters, which is quite wide.

But when fleet drove into the territory of Xuzhou, everyone could hardly tell where was the river and where was the land. As far as the eye could see, it was almost a vast ocean…

Although the Tongji Canal has not breached, the outside of the river has been completely submerged by large water, even over the embankment of the Tongji Canal, and poured into the canal.

On both sides of the river bank, you can vaguely see distant villages, and only some ruined walls are left at this time. In the filthy water, the corpses of cattle, sheep and pigs floated, and even the corpses of people drowned in the flood could be seen floating in them.

On a tree and roof in the distance, many people took refuge there. After seeing fleet, they shouted for help. It was miserable.

Li Wangyou didn’t dare to neglect, so he quickly ordered fleet to put down the boat and let the imperial army go to rescue people.

Fortunately, Li Wangyou, because they are many people, are surrounded by more than a thousand imperial guards, so when they set off from Fenglingdu, they recruited more ships.

Zhengzhou Provincial Governor also arranged ships to accompany them after learning about the floods in Xuzhou, but there was a place to house the rescued victims.

Li Wangyou passed the order again and immediately transported the rescued victims back to Zhengzhou for resettlement. He continued to lead fleet towards Zhichangshe County, Xuzhou Prefecture.

Because the fleet of Li Wangyou along the way is constantly rescuing the victims on both sides of the Tongji Canal, when fleet arrives in Changshe County, it is already evening.

Looking from afar, half of the city wall in Changshe County has been soaked in the flood. Obviously, Xuzhous prefecture was also besieged by floods. I am afraid that the tens of thousands of people in the city are also in danger.

Li Wangyou originally wanted to change the boat immediately and go to Changshe County, but was persuaded by everyone.

At this time, the sky is already dusk, and the situation in the city is unknown, so don’t enter the city rashly to avoid accidents.

Li Wangyou think about it and think about it now that there is no lighting at night, and his fleet not at all carries food for rescue, so its really wrong to enter Changshe County rashly. He did not insist anymore.

However, he still ordered the Prohibition Army to send troops to take a boat to Changshe County to find out the news. If possible, find the Provincial Governor of Xuzhou and the officials of Changshe County to bring it back, so he can inquire about the situation.

Standing on the bow, watching dozens of forbidden soldiers, rowing a small boat to the county seat not far away, Li Wangyou couldn’t help but sighed then said.

In this era, human lives are too fragile in the face of catastrophes.

Moreover, he always felt that he still seemed to have overlooked something, but he didn’t think of what it was for the time being.

At this time, Su Changqing walked to his side, stood shoulder to shoulder with him, and looked at the city wall of the county town submerged in the flood. Suddenly he said: “Wangyou, there is something, I think you want Plan early.”

“What?” Li Wangyou did not understand what the beauty boss said.

Su Changqing pulled away the messy hair on the front of his forehead, and said leisurely: “You have forgotten that since ancient times, there must be a major epidemic.”

The boss’s words suddenly thundered like a thunder, and it blew in Li Wangyou’s ears, causing his body to shake involuntarily.

Sure enough, he had always felt that he had forgotten something!

Pandemic!

Since ancient times, because of poor sanitation conditions in China, after a major disaster, a major epidemic has almost become a law.

Especially after the flood, the corpses of those domestic animals and people were immersed in the flood. It is certain that the virus is overflowing in the water at this time. If it has not been treated, it would be strange that people and animals drink these contaminated water sources and do not get sick.

Because of the poor medical conditions and lack of experience in preventing the epidemic, once an epidemic breaks out, even the officials and doctors are equally likely to get sick and die.

Li Wangyou thought that if Xuzhou followed up with an outbreak after the flood, the scene would be too terrifying.

Thinking of the scene of the raging epidemic, a layer of white hair suddenly appeared on his back.

At this time, I saw a boatman at the bow of the ship, tying the bucket with a rope, putting it in the river and lifting a bucket of water, and then he was about to lift it into the entrance.

Li Wangyou immediately rushed over, kicked directly, kicked the boatman who was about to drink the raw water, and staggered the water he held in his hands.

The boatman was kicked in a daze, but he didn’t understand what he had done wrong, which made the nobleman angry.

He didn’t dare to argue, so he knelt down quickly, asking for crimes.

Li Wangyou ignored the boatman and directly recruited Niu Wu.

“Niu Wu, the order is passed on. In the fleet, no one is allowed to drink raw water. It must be boiled before drinking. Everyone should wash their hands with saponins at least three times a day. If so Violators must be punished severely!”