The rise of the poor

Chapter 1230 Jiangnan Zeguo, especially Jiangsu and Zhejiang

It was only a few days later that Zhu Pingan learned that a strong typhoon passed along the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, bringing the heavy storm and rain that lasted for several days.Fortunately, the typhoon bypassed China and turned towards the island country in the northeast sea, and did not make landfall on the land of China. This is luck among misfortunes.However, even so, under the influence of this typhoon, heavy rains continued in the Jiangnan area for several days, and eventually led to Chengze, a water town in the south of the Yangtze River. According to preliminary statistics, more than 130 counties suffered severe flood disasters, of which Jiangsu and Zhejiang were the hardest hit.

Jingnan was not spared either!Although Zhu Ping'an mobilized the common people to take precautions in advance and repaired and repaired flood control projects, human beings are still too small in the face of this major flood.Especially after the flood came from Taiping County and other directions, several floods converged, and Jingnan was ravaged by floods.

However, the efforts of Zhu Ping'an and the Jingnan people were not in vain. When Taiping County and other places were already ravaged by floods, the flood control project in Jingnan County lasted for more than a day before declaring its failure, winning Jingnan a Days of reaction time.

Zhu Ping'an took advantage of this day to move the people of the whole county to the higher flood avoidance area.Although Jingnan also inevitably suffered from floods, no one in the county died in the floods. Only a few elderly people and children fell a few times during the transfer, and their bodies were not seriously injured.

"My God, my house, my house is knocked down."

"Father, our house collapsed, so the rice we harvested at home was also soaked in water?"

A flood victim in the flood shelter watched helplessly as his mud house was soaked in the flood and collapsed in the distance. The husband and wife hugged each other and cried out of breath.Although the house is just a mud house, it is almost everything to them. It is their biggest support for sheltering from the wind and rain and standing in this world. The house not only contains food and finances that they have not had time to get there, but also theirs. hope.

Now that the house has collapsed, it seems that their lives have also collapsed, and they can't help but feel sad.

There are many sad families like them in the flood shelter area.Most of the villages at this time were mud houses. When the flood came, except for a few brick houses and lucky mud houses, most of them were ruined.They urgently came to the flood refuge area to seek refuge. Basically, they brought gold, silver, bedding, and cattle, sheep and other livestock with them. As for the food and other heavy objects at home, it was too late to move them out.

Now when the flood comes, the family has not had time to move out, and it is basically ruined by the flood.

Their homes were destroyed and their belongings were destroyed. For a while, people in the flood shelter area couldn't help crying from their hearts.

"Okay, don't cry, you guys. Houses can be rebuilt when they fall down, food can be planted again if they are soaked, and property can be made again if they are destroyed. Aren't we big guys all good? This is already a blessing in misfortune We will leave the green hills without worrying about no firewood. When the flood recedes, we will build a new home.”

The grey-haired Li was alive and transparent, seeing the crowd crying, he couldn't help clapping his hands to encourage them.

"Lizheng, you always say it's easy, but it's not so easy to build a home again. We can bring out only these things, and the others were destroyed by the flood. What can we use to build a home again?"

"That's right, Lizheng. We haven't paid off the debt we owed when we built the house. Now that the house has been destroyed, how can we build a new one?"

Li Zheng's words inspired some people, but most people are still immersed in sadness and cannot extricate themselves.

"Are you still promising? What happened to your ancestors when they fled from disasters and came here from scratch? At least you all carry gold and silver. Besides, you are all young and strong, so there is nothing to be afraid of. One brother and three gangs, everyone gathers firewood, and we big guys help each other, cut down trees, make blanks, and build houses. Besides, I believe our county officials will help us."

Li was blowing his beard and staring.

"County Venerable?! Don't mention the County Venerable, Lizheng. At the beginning, the County Venerable mobilized us to repair the dam, saying that it was for flood control, and we all went too. You have always seen this. But in the end, the dam was also repaired. The flood should have come, or we should have suffered. We have done all our work in vain, and our sins have not gone unnoticed.”

"That's right, when the county magistrate issued an order, my men and children rushed to repair the dam, but they couldn't stop it. As a result, the flood still came, and my house was also destroyed by the flood."

Some victims whose homes were destroyed couldn't accept the facts and blamed Zhu Ping'an.

"Bastards! What are you all doing nonsense! Let me tell you! The reason why you are standing here alive is thanks to the blessing of the county lord. What face do you have to arrange the county lord? If it weren't for the county lord to mobilize The big guys repaired the dam and blocked the flood for a day, so we would have no chance to escape here. If it weren’t for the county magistrate, we would have been washed away by the flood as soon as the flood came.”

When Lizheng heard these remarks, his forehead was bruised with anger, and he pointed at their noses and cursed back.

"Every one of you pick up the bowl to eat, put down the bowl and scold your mother! This stinky disease needs to be cured! Old Zhangtou, old Zhangtou, come here, come here, tell them about your village. Each of you will know how happy you are gone."

Lizheng was teaching those who criticized Zhu Ping'an in the village, and at the same time beckoned to an old farmer, asking him to come over.

Lao Zhangtou escaped from Taiping County. This flood shelter is not too far from Taiping County. Some victims of the disaster in Taiping County fled here after hearing that Jingnan County had set up a flood shelter.Old Zhangtou is one of them.Up to now, there are still many disaster victims in Taiping County who have heard the news and have fled here one after another. Almost every hour or so, more than a dozen people flee from Taiping County to this place.This flood shelter has successively accepted more than 100 refugees from Taiping County.

"Lizheng, what do you want me to say?" Old Zhangtou was holding a baby who had not been weaned for a long time, with a look of bewilderment.

"Just tell the truth." Li Zheng said.

"Ahem, let me just say it. All the young and old in Jingnan County, I am Zhang Dashan, and everyone calls me Lao Zhangtou. I am from Xiangyukou Village, Taiping County, just twenty miles ahead. Our village was flooded the night before, and the whole village was still asleep. The flood broke down the embankment in front of the village and poured into the village. It was too miserable. The big guys didn’t even have time to cry for their parents. It was swept away by the flood. Fortunately, I was outside and rescued my little grandson, so I was lucky enough to escape with my little grandson. The whole family is gone." The old Zhang said, tears could not be held back Live flow down.

"Grandpa doesn't cry, grandpa doesn't cry"

The little baby is still young, I don't know why grandpa is crying, and he raises his fleshy little hand to wipe his tears.

"Don't cry, old Zhang. You still have a grandson. The blood of your old Zhang family is still there, and hope is still there."

Lizheng patted Old Zhangtou on the shoulder.

"Well, well, as long as my little grandson is still there, my old Zhang family will never have a descendant." Old Zhang nodded vigorously.

"Did you hear that?! If it weren't for our county lord who took us to repair the dam, blocked the flood for more than a day, and won us valuable transfer time, our village would not have escaped being swept away by the flood in the middle of the night!"

Li is taking the opportunity to lecture the villagers.

After hearing what Lao Zhangtou said, the villagers lowered their heads one by one, and they all wanted to understand.Indeed, although repairing the dam failed to stop the flood, it gave them a chance to escape.Xiangyukou Village didn't even have time to react because no one commanded flood control in advance.

(End of this chapter)