Fight the Giants

  Chapter 671 Big Wave

  Yang Fu hurried over with a solemn face.

   "What happened? Uncle, don't worry, just speak slowly."

   "Hangzhou Mansion has suffered a disaster! The folks in Hangzhou came to report in a hurry. There was a strong wind and flood. Half of the shop was flooded. The goods in the warehouse were all soaked in water!"

"What!"

  Flood in Hangzhou government? "What's the situation?"

"I don't know the exact situation. I only heard that when the guys came, the whole city was soaked in water. They got orders from the steward to report the news by boat. They heard that the storm started from the coast, and Hangzhou was not spared. I'm afraid that the shop in Ningbo is gone."

  There was a big turmoil, and half of the shops in Hangzhou were flooded, and people even died. The Ningbo shop is in the port, so how could it be spared.

  Guangfengshui has opened shops along the canal. There are shops in Hangzhou, Jiaxing, Huzhou, and Ningbo in Hangzhou Prefecture. The whole city of Hangzhou has been flooded? If half of the shop is submerged, how much water will the city have to rise? I can not imagine.

   "Step on the moon!"

  Treading the moon and dodging in.

   "Hurry up, go and inquire in person to see if there is an urgent report from the palace, and then inquire to see the specific affected counties and towns and the disaster situation!"

"yes!"

  The folks in Hangzhou have all gone to the capital to report the news, and the palace may have received the news long ago.

  Huo Xi ordered the others: "Hurry up, get someone to inquire about the news!"

"yes!"

   "The goods in the shop are gone. They should be sent immediately to find out whether there are any casualties, and what is the situation at the houses of the staff and managers. Uncle, let's go, I will go to the shop with you!"

   The two of them arrived at the shop, and the guy who came to report the news told the story again.

"We don't know the disaster situation in other places. We only know that the city of Hangzhou is very windy and rainy, and the tide floods into the city. It quickly spreads from the ankles to the knees and then to the waist. In the low places, the houses have no roof. ! Animals and all sorts of things floating in the water."

   Guy still has lingering fears when he said it.

"The shopkeeper asked us to report the news. We started rowing over, the water rose high along the way, the waves were strong and the wind was strong, and then we saw that both sides of the river were full of dikes! We came all the way and saw many people standing Waving to us on the shore for help."

  There were people calling for help along the way, and the two of them were afraid of delaying things, so they simply gave the boat to the people who asked for help, bought two horses with a lot of money, and rushed to Beijing to report.

  Concentrating on reporting to the main shop, and then wondering what's going on in the shop and what's going on at home, the two clerks were very anxious.

   "You guys are doing a good job! Stay at ease. After we understand the situation, we will send someone over to check, and then send you back."

   "Thank you, Master."

  Huo Xi comforted them, and asked about the situation in detail.

   And sent someone to the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce to inquire about the news.

  Now, because of Huo Xi's relationship, the Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce treats Guangfengshui like a guest of honor. Every time a meeting is held, Guangfengshui can sit in the front row.

  Seeing that Huo Xi couldn't sit still and was walking back and forth in the room, Shen Qianzhong comforted him: "Don't worry, my boss, I have already asked all the companies."

   The storm came quickly and caused great losses. Now the guys set off from Hangzhou, and it has been a few days since the surge occurred. It is useless to worry about it. We only need to see how to deal with the post-disaster problems later.

   After a while, Tayue came over first.

   "Girl, I got it clear."

  The urgent reports from various prefectures along the coast of Zhejiang Province had been delivered to the palace two days earlier, but it was not known whether the palace refused to send them, or Zhang Fu was not in the court, and the entire family did not receive any news.

  July 16th, there was a big storm in Hangzhou.

  The report: It was rainy, strong winds, river tides were raging, and the height of the sky and water was several feet high. It was about ten miles from north to south and fifty miles from east to west. In the 19th and 20th years of Renhe, countless people died of drowning.

  County governments all over the coast also reported: "The sea is overflowing, the house is broken and people are hurt, and there are two out of ten."

   "Great winds and floods damage the crops, and those who drown will not be counted"...

   "There are countless huts that have been lost, the rainstorm has continued, and the houses have been pulled out, and the sea overflows. There are more than 1,000 bad residents in the area, and 167 men and women are drowned. The death of cattle and horses is impossible."

  "The tide of the sea surged to the flat ground, surging for more than ten feet, and many people drowned.

  Tayue took the famous post of the British government to investigate the news, and quickly copied the news from various newspapers. Every time a report is made, everyone's heart is tugged.

   Now I don't want to think about the shop and the goods, but I hope that the shopkeeper, the staff and their families are safe.

   "Our shop in Ningbo is at the port, I don't know everyone..." Shen Qianzhong couldn't continue.

  Huo Xi clenched his fists. Even in modern society, there is nothing we can do in the face of natural disasters, let alone in today's environment.

  The big wind tide mentioned in the report is a storm surge, which is an abnormal rise and fall of sea water caused by a hurricane, so that the sea water is higher than the usual tide level, or a tsunami caused by a hurricane. The destructive power ranks first among marine disasters.

  The more everyone listened, the more panicked they became. The tide was several feet high, countless people were drowned, and countless houses were lost... After hearing this, the two guys squatted on the ground and cried.

   They escaped, but I don't know if their family members are still there.

  The more we cried, the more sad they became, and everyone rushed forward to comfort them.

   "Maybe they are just as fateful as you, because they fled to high places when the tide rose."

   "Hangzhou Mansion is still far away from the sea, so it shouldn't affect much..."

   But there is a Qiantang River in Hangzhou, the tide is several feet high, and half of Hangzhou City is gone. Suburbs, low places, waist-high water, can people, crops and livestock be spared?

   The dry consolation from everyone failed to soothe the flustered hearts of the two guys.

   Soon, people who went to various shops to inquire about news also ran back.

   There are also people from many companies who came to inquire about the news. Now everyone knows that there is someone behind Guangfengshui, and the news is better than them.

   "I heard that there is a big wave in Hangzhou?"

   "The coastal cities are all gone? What's going on? Have you heard any news?"

  Jiangnan Chamber of Commerce Zhongda, which one does not have a store in Zhejiang? There is no sea trade business that does not open shops in Ningbo and Songjiang.

The two men of Guangfengshui, who are also the clever shopkeepers of the Hangzhou government, sent them out to report the news when the city first entered the water. , which is only two or three days later than the report.

  More and more people flocked to Guangfengshui's shop to inquire about the news. As soon as they heard that the palace had received reports, it seemed that the news was true.

   Listening to the news in the report again, the more I listened, the more shocked I became.

  The shop is over, and the staff and managers don't know if it is safe or not. Everyone's face is very dignified.

"Uncle, shopkeeper Shen, I have to work hard for you. You can bring some people to visit our several shops in Zhejiang and help deal with the aftermath. If there are casualties or property loss at home, you must do a good job of comforting them. They pay for a year or two of wages as an emergency."

   "Okay. We'll get there."

   "Go back and pack your things first, I will send Tayue with a team of people to follow you." There is also the family of my uncle in Huzhou, I don't know if they are all right.

   Several shops in Zhejiang have a lot of staff, and there are Zhuangzi Zhuang servants, tenants... Huo Xi is very anxious.

  (end of this chapter)