In mid-June, Wu Changqing and his party had already inspected Xuchang, Xinyang, Wuhan, Yueyang and other places and came to Changsha.

However, he could not go out and inspect in Changsha because of the heavy rain that has been falling for days.

It is not only raining in Changsha, but even more rain in Yichang, Jingmen, and Jingzhou. The entire eastern part of Chongqing, southwestern Hubei, and northwestern Hunan are all raining continuously.

After nearly a week in a row, Wu Changqing was a little worried.

Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China, Dahua has actually experienced several floods, but the scale is relatively small. In addition, Dahua is actively cleaning up the river, and its resistance to floods is many times better than that of the Ming Dynasty.

However, because no major floods have ever occurred, the court has never made up its mind to spend huge sums of money on flood control.

Hundred officials, including Wu Changqing, were a little lucky, and felt that it was impossible to be so unlucky. In the past few years, there will be major floods.

Therefore, they are more inclined to put financial and material resources into production, and prepare to increase productivity first.

After the large-scale machinery is manufactured in the future, we will do the flood control all at once.

However, this time the rain was very heavy.

Wu Changqing didn't know how much floods this kind of rainfall would cause, but he had a foreboding that the situation might be bad.

"The telegram, I want to know what's around here."

Probably because of the heavy rains, Wu Changqing's mood was a little worse, questioning the people below.

A few days ago, he received a telegram from Yichang and Jingzhou, saying that heavy rains continued there, but the news was cut off in the past two days. The connections between Xiangyang, Changde, Yueyang and other places are still there, and the water levels in those places are rising, and the situation is very bad.

"Return to your Majesty, maybe the wire has been damaged."

Xu Wen from the Ministry of Communications replied that Ma Shiying has retired due to age and physical reasons, and he is a newcomer to succeed Ma Shiying.

Some ministers, such as Qian Qianyi, Ma Shiying, Qian Taoli, Zhao Chongming, all began to retreat due to age and other reasons, and now there are many new faces in the officialdom.

"Will the line be repaired? If the line is broken, will the horses be sent to report? Without the telegram, these people will not be able to do anything, right?"

Wu Changqing asked.

As the saying goes, the emperor is angry, floating the corpse for thousands of miles, and the emperor loses his temper. The consequences are very serious.

Xu Wen hurriedly went down to deal with it, arranging people to go to Jingzhou area quickly to pass the news and check the route.

As for the danger of rushing on a rainy day, I can no longer take care of it at this time.

No matter how dangerous God is, there is no danger to the emperor.

After Xu Wen went down, Wu Changqing discussed with others whether he should start preparing relief supplies in Nanjing.

It's not sure whether there will be a major flood. If you mobilize rashly and there is no flood in the end, you will have a joke.

At the same time, financial and material resources will be wasted.

However, we waited until the floods had already occurred before we started preparing, and then we were afraid that it would not be too late.

It also takes a lot of time to transport materials from Nanjing to Yueyang.

This is also Wu Changqing's eagerness to know the news of water levels in other places, and he needs to make clearer judgments.

"I don't think it is necessary. Let's prepare after the floods. Throughout the ages, disaster relief has been the same. It is not said that we should prepare for disaster relief only because of the prediction of possible disaster.

Moreover, compared to before, we now have a huge advantage. Once there is a flood, you can immediately notify the rear by telegram to make preparations, which will take ten and a half days faster than before. "

Hong Chengchou said.

It is foreseeable that in the event of a disaster, Dahua can certainly do better than the previous dynasties. This is progress, and there is no need to pursue too high.

For Wu Changqing, he also wants to do better.

"The minister thought that we should prepare early and be prepared. Moreover, some experienced local farmers judged that this rain will definitely cause floods."

Another official said.

"Passing my order, let the people who may be hit by the floods prepare to escape, let the officials in those places prepare to rescue the people, let the 13th Division stationed in Wuhan prepare for disaster relief, and let Nanjing prepare something first. Disaster relief supplies and ships are prepared at the same time. If there is no flood, it will be treated as an exercise and some experience can be accumulated..."

Wu Changqing did not immediately carry out the relief work without much fanfare, because he was not sure whether a major flood would happen.

However, it’s always right to make some preparations first, but if it’s a big deal, it’s nothing to toss about as an exercise.

The emperor has spoken, and others can only follow suit.

Besides, Dahua is rich now, and he is not afraid of messing around.

Even if it is a waste of money, it is not a big deal.

Unlike the previous Ming Dynasty, even if there was a disaster, there was no money for disaster relief.

If you have money, you can have a lot of choices.

Two days later, Wu Changqing received accurate information that Jingzhou was hit by a disaster.

The heavy rain caused a large number of tributary rivers to flood into the Yangtze River, and the river water from the upper and middle reaches directly exceeded the maximum flow of the Yangtze River in this section.

A large amount of river water began to pour into the low-lying areas on both sides of the Yangtze River, and because the rainfall has not stopped, this situation will become more and more serious.

The flood disaster of the Yangtze River is a bit lighter than the flood disaster of the Yellow River.

Most areas of the Yellow River are above-ground rivers. The riverbed is much higher than the surrounding cultivated land. The residential area is much higher, and the water level is naturally higher. Once a flood breaks the bank, the flood can directly inundate the surrounding area, and it is fast and swift. , Does not give people time to respond.

Once the embankment bursts, there is almost no possibility of survival for people nearby.

In the Yangtze River Basin, only a few areas will be lower than the water level, and floods in most places are caused by the water level rising slowly, and there is a process. The evacuation can be predicted in advance, and the danger of flooding is much smaller than that of the Yellow River suddenly bursting.

Of course, in some areas with special terrain, there are still great dangers.

For example, in the Baili Shazhou area of ​​Jingzhou, its terrain is much lower than the upper river surface, and there is a natural terrain drop.

Usually the upstream water flow is small and it is fine. Suddenly a large amount of river water rushes down, and the river surface of Baili Sandbank cannot discharge the flood.

Fortunately, there are not many such places, otherwise there will be countless deaths and injuries.

People on the riverside found that after the flood was rising rapidly, as long as they were willing to give up their belongings and escape to a higher ground, there was not much danger to their lives.

Of course, this is for Dahua today.

If it was the former Daming, escaping from the flooded place was only the first step to escape, and then what to do if you were hungry was the biggest problem.

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