The Yangtze River Squadron, which escorted or monitored the Li Tang mission, also sent a steam battleship and five Mengchong ships to lead the way.

Suddenly, a Mengchong boat leading the way stopped.

After a while, the Mengchong ship was side by side with Li Xiuning's flagship, and a naval officer shouted with a copper-skinned loudspeaker:

"Please follow the pilot fleet, the fleet will be temporarily moored at Liyang Port."

As a microphone, Chai Shao shouted loudly: "Thank you for letting me know, we already know."

The exchanges between the two sides were concise and to the point. Li Xiuning was used to this, and the people of the People's Revolutionary Federation did not seem to have a good impression of these forces that were kings and hegemons.

In fact, this is not difficult to understand. After all, the People's Revolutionary Federation's land tax is extremely low, and there is no need to levy corvée, and often send medical teams to the countryside, plus the daily publicity of the preacher.

The closer to the old district of the People's Revolutionary Federation, the more Li Xiuning and others felt that kind of rejection and hostility.

Li Xiuning sighed helplessly: "Alas! What the people want, I am afraid that it will be difficult for me in the Tang Dynasty to make progress in Jiangnan."

Chai Shao and Shi Concubine Xuan were also silent about this. It was not that they raised others' ambitions and destroyed their own prestige, but the people-based People's Revolutionary Alliance and Li Tang, a feudal dynasty based on powerful landlords, had the essence of existence. difference.

A single mu jin tax is enough to win over a large group of farmers.

Even after Li Xiaogong took charge of Bashu, he quickly blocked the border, and used the terrain of Bashu Basin to block the inflow of information from the People's Revolutionary Federation, but he still couldn't stop the secret spread of rumors.

After all, the black-clothed guards have long been scattered throughout the Central Plains, and with the addition of portable radio stations, information in many areas is unimpeded.

Bashu has not suffered serious wars, in fact it is a situation with good and bad.

The replacement process of feudal dynasties is actually "bloodletting therapy", which consumes some farmers and landlords through internal self-mutilation, so that the remaining people can obtain a certain share of resources.

But Bashu, which has not undergone bloodletting, is now very densely populated, and the Bashu family and tyrants are very xenophobic.

In order to alleviate the conflict, Li Xiaogong had to come forward and "reasonable" with the aristocratic family, and asked him to release part of the illegally occupied farmland and population.

Some farmers without land were relocated to Guanzhong and Hexi Corridors.

If these peasants are not given land, the ideas of the People's Revolutionary Federation are spreading all over the place. Once they are instigated, Bashu may directly explode.

In fact, Li Tang's internal stability is not very stable. There are still small uprisings from time to time in the Guanzhong Plain, and in order to maintain a strong military force, high taxes have to be levied.

If it weren't for Li Yuan's use of the People's Revolutionary Alliance as coercion, threatening the tyrants of Guanzhong and Bashu, and forcing these guys to donate money, grain and materials, Li Tang would be really poor.

The purpose of Li Xiuning's mission this time was to delay the time and show the bronze artillery in front of the People's Revolutionary Federation. With the danger of the Three Gorges, the Revolutionary Federation made a fool of himself.

As for the rabble Zhuxia Alliance, Li Tang did not take them seriously. Unless they can be twisted into a single rope, they will be defeated sooner or later.

Just when Li Xiuning was full of thoughts.

The fleet arrived at the port of Liyang City unknowingly.

The port is not on the main stream of the Yangtze River, but next to the moat on the south side. The former moat was excavated into a large area of ​​water and turned into a small lake.

This is also the reference plan for new ports around the Yangtze River. Setting up docks on the main stream of the Yangtze River is not conducive to transportation and loading and unloading, and is not conducive to flood control.

This project uses natural rivers, moats, depressions, 20,000 migrant workers, and three tons of blasting explosives.

This artificial lake with an area of ​​240,000 square meters and a "C"-shaped artificial lake was built, with an average depth of about 3 meters, and the excavated earthwork alone reached 520,000 cubic meters.

It looks like a huge amount of work, but in fact, it is only 26 cubic meters of earthwork per capita, plus dams, wharves, and lighthouses, it only took 73 days.

With the organization ability of the People's Revolutionary Federation, plus three meals a day, including fish and meat, and wages, if only 20,000 people were recruited, the entire Liyang City would be willing to come and work.

This is much more conscientious than Yang Guang's prostitution-style repairing of the Grand Canal.

In addition, building such a large project is not a casual thing. The People's Revolutionary Federation has a special engineering department, which will not only be equipped with professional engineers, but also have a lot of auxiliary tools.

When the Li Tang embassy arrived, Liyang New Port was put into use less than three days ago.

While lamenting the grandeur of this port, Li Xiuning suddenly saw two familiar figures, Song Shidao and Shang Xiuxun.

However, she did not casually go up to reminisce about the old days. Now she is an ambassador of the Tang Dynasty, and every move is related to the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and the People's Revolutionary Federation, so she must be cautious in her words and deeds.

The naval officer in charge of the navigation came over with his subordinates: "Envoy Tang, after the boat is parked, follow me to the guest house. You should rest in Liyang for a few days and wait for Yangzhou's instructions."

"I'm bothering General Fang." Chai Shao said with a smile.

"Just call me Colonel." Fang Lixin replied coldly.

The guest house was in Liyang City, and they quickly entered Liyang City along the cement road that had just been laid.

The Liyang Guest House is not a new building, but a large mansion of Du Fuwei's subordinates. After a little renovation, it was set as a guest house.

Other cities are similar. Those confiscated mansions have been transformed into public facilities, including supply and marketing cooperatives, guest houses, libraries, schools, hospitals, and public toilets.

From the carriage, Li Xiuning saw that the pedestrians were either smiling or hurrying. No beggars or refugees were found along the way.

This is not to pretend to show her, but it is the way it is. People who need a huge labor force need people everywhere.

Those who are really incapable of working will be taken in uniformly and arranged to live in almshouses.

If they have the ability to work, but are unwilling to work, they will directly parade in the streets, then spank their buttocks in public, and they will not change after repeated teachings. They will either be sent to labor camps or exiled to new territories in the south.

In fact, the real lazy person is a rare existence.

After all, this is not a modern developed country, you can eat old without labor, or receive welfare.

If you didn't work in ancient times, you would have starved to death long ago.

When they arrived at the guest house, Li Xiuning and his party had just placed their luggage when they found that there was a large dark cloud in the southeast, rapidly approaching Liyang.

Not just the dark clouds, but the winds that are building up.

"The storm is coming, strange..." Chai Shao wondered secretly.

Li Xiuning turned around and asked, "What's weird?"

"I'm wondering... The army seems to be a prophet, knowing that a storm is coming." Chai Shao said uncertainly.

"Unpredictable prophets? Can they still predict the celestial phenomena?" Li Xiuning was skeptical. After all, there are so many strange things in the People's Revolutionary Federation, and it is not impossible to predict the weather.

Shi Fei Xuan was also thinking about this.

After half an hour.

On the surface of the Yangtze River near Liyang, violent storms began to appear, and the wind even reached more than 8.

And the torrential rain caused many low-lying farmlands to start to accumulate water.

The weather station in Liyang City is constantly monitoring the heavy rain with rain barrels, anemometers, anemometers, barometers, thermometers, and high-powered telescopes.

As Chai Shao guessed, the alliance does have the ability to weather forecast.

Although there is no satellite cloud image, the alliance has established a large number of weather stations in various states, through which weather data can be collected.

Then, through the radio station, it was gathered to the headquarters of the Weather Department in Yuhang Prefecture, where there were more than 100 meteorological analysts who specialized in analyzing the data.

For example, the storm forecast in Liyang this time is based on the data feedback from Liuqiuzhou and Luzon states, and thus the analysis and speculation.

A week ago, a tropical cyclone was detected in the southeastern waters of Luzon, and it moved rapidly northward.

Last night, I brushed past Keelung House in the northern part of Liuqiu Prefecture.

According to the air pressure and temperature in various places, the Ministry of Weather speculates that the typhoon, numbered "Coral", will land on the coasts of Jiangdong Prefecture and Xuzhou, bringing gusts of magnitude 9 to 11 and heavy rain to the local area.

This year, the cold air in Xianbeilia in the north is obviously weaker, and the high pressure in Xianbeilia in Zhongzhou is very likely not enough to force the typhoon to land in the Jianghuai region.

These forecasts, all through careful calculation and analysis, are the result of the efforts of hundreds of weather institutes.

For agricultural production and transportation, part of the weather can be predicted, in fact, a lot of losses can be avoided.

Now sailing on the southeast coast has become very safe.

This is also one of the goals of Zheng Sen's southward strategy. Only by expanding the site to Luzon can real-time monitoring of this tropical cyclone in the western Pacific be possible.

Otherwise, it will be too late to prepare until the typhoon reaches Liuqiuhe Lingnan.

The southeastern waters of Luzon state are the tropical cyclone nests in the western Pacific Ocean. As long as this area is well monitored, the southern states will have an extra buffer time.

Agricultural production and navigation are really needed for accurate weather forecasting.

Menggu's invincible fleet suffered a blood loss in this regard.

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The torrential rain in Liyang continued for three days and three nights, and the coastal areas of Jianghuai had become a swamp.

Many soybeans and broad beans grown in winter are soaked in water, and winter bean harvests in low-lying areas are basically a foregone conclusion.

Inside the guest house, Li Xiuning, Chai Shao and the others were relieved to see such a terrible rainstorm.

Chai Shao's face was filled with joy: "In this torrential rain, the winter beans in Jianghuai and Jiangnan may not be harvested. The grain production in their territory will be reduced, and they will definitely not be able to go north to the Central Plains next year."

"If we can delay for a while, we will be sure to keep Bashu and Guanzhong, and then we will plot the Central Plains." The depression in Li Xiuning's heart suddenly dissipated a lot.

Only Shi Fei Xuan remained silent, her heart was complicated at this time.

After all, the ascetic attaches great importance to compassion, but the People's Revolutionary Federation is also a mortal enemy.

Perhaps there is no mercy in this world, and stance is the criterion of good and evil for most people. This thought involuntarily emerged in Shi Fei Xuan's heart.

And in Liyang's Military Administration.

Song Que sent his son Song Shidao and took his troops to inspect the situation throughout Huainan Prefecture.

The regular army stationed in Huainan Prefecture consists of three regiments, totaling 15,000 people, and several hundred thousand militiamen.

Song Que, as the military chief of Huainan Prefecture, must not sit still because Huainan has been hit by floods. This is also the difference between the Human Revolutionary Federation and the feudal dynasty.

The People's Revolutionary Federation believed in the victory of man over the sky, while the feudal dynasties paid attention to the relationship between man and nature.

If the Central Plains Dynasty encountered such a natural disaster, the rotten Confucian should jump out and point at the emperor's nose to make irresponsible remarks, and then the emperor would make an edict.

After coming into contact with a series of new theories of the Human Revolutionary Federation, Song Que now scoffs at the so-called induction of heaven and man.

Zhao Keji, the governor of Huainan Prefecture, also brought people to check the dams and disaster-stricken areas of the Yangtze River.

He and Song Que met at Wangbei Fort near the Wagang Army.

"Comrade Song Que, are you here to inspect the border defense?"

Song Que shook his head: "Li Mi doesn't have the courage, I'm just worried that the large-scale influx of refugees on the opposite side will bring security problems."

"That's true. Comrade Song Que is troubled by the issue of the border. If the refugees come over, they will all be resettled. We may not have many other things, but we have enough food." Zhao Keji said with great pride.

Song Que was not worried about the food either, and the People's Revolutionary Federation was indeed not sure about the food.

In Southeast, Liuqiu, Lingnan, and Guangnan prefectures that were not affected by the disaster, the third season of autumn and winter rice has already begun to be harvested.

In addition to the 1.87 million tons of grain currently in stock, there are 2.06 million tons in stockpiles in the newly controlled states.

A number of tropical states in the south can buy back at least 800,000 tons of grain by the end of the year. With so much grain in hand, even if all the northern states fail to harvest, the People's Revolutionary Federation can still handle it.

Moreover, in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River plain, there is no problem with the early rice and late rice in the territory. Many farmers have enough food in their families to eat for a whole year.

After all, many farmers are frightened of starvation, and hoarding food has become a genetic instinct. When they encounter an official like the People's Revolutionary Federation, which only collects tax per mu, they naturally hoard food desperately.

Even if they sell grain to grain strategy companies, they will keep rations and seeds for at least a whole year.

However, in winter in Jiangdong Prefecture and Xuzhou, soybeans and broad beans are actually mainly grown. Soybeans and broad beans are now only miscellaneous grains. When the grain companies buy them back, they will not be used as reserves, but as raw materials for oil extraction, and soybean meal is used as feed.

Therefore, it will affect the supply of soybean oil and feed soybean meal next year.

Song Que didn't think about this. After all, he was in charge of military work. He reminded:

"I'm not worried about food, but medical supplies may need to be urgently allocated by the Governor's Office. After all, major epidemics often occur after major disasters."

Zhao Keke nodded: "I reported to the Governor's Office yesterday that as soon as the weather clears, 200 tons of lime and a batch of epidemic prevention materials will be sent over."

"I can rest assured that."

The People's Revolutionary Federation has a complete set of epidemic prevention and disaster prevention systems, and has plans for all aspects. As long as the following people are put in place, there will be no major problems under normal circumstances.

If there is a big problem with adequate preparation, it is malfeasance.

Compared with the People's Revolutionary Federation, it is easier to deal with.

The Wagang Army, who was entrenched in the middle reaches of the Huai River, seemed at a loss at this time, or sat numbly watching the floods.

Fortunately, Zheng Sen didn't have any expectations for these grass-headed kings. He did not resume production in the area under the Huaihe River, but moved out a lot of people from the beginning.

The plains on both sides of the lower reaches of the Huaihe River and the southern plains of the lower reaches of the Yellow River, UU Kanshu www.uukanshu. com has been abandoned in a large area.

How to divide the abandoned area is based on the distance from the river and whether the area is lower than the level of the river.

Generally, the safe distance starts from 50 kilometers for extending the life of the river, and in some areas it even reaches about 100 kilometers.

And these areas have not been wasted, but have been converted into pastures that are convenient for transfer.

This is a special regulation for the lower reaches of the Huaihe and Yellow Rivers.

The reason for this is not entirely because of fear of natural disasters, but also because of man-made disasters.

After all, Huayuankou God of War is not an isolated case. Never underestimate the cruelty and darkness of human hearts. Many heroes do things by unscrupulous means.

Taking the lives of hundreds of thousands of people to bet on whether Li Mi, Wang Shichong, Dou Jiande and others would dig the river bank against his conscience, Zheng Sen's heart is not that big.

He would rather abandon farming and become herdsmen than believe in the character of these grass-headed kings.