The night was dark, and Liuning County, which fell into a deep sleep in the past, had left some lights at this time.From time to time, there were bursts of hurried footsteps on the street, and the dim light from the lanterns spread from the street to the foot of Anfeng Mountain.

Few people in the county office could fall asleep, and County Magistrate Liu in the study was busy from early morning to evening, and then from evening to midnight.

The yamen servant standing outside the study saw the figure approaching from a distance, and hurriedly greeted him. "The head of Liu's case, my lord has been waiting for a long time."

Liu Yu nodded and walked quickly to the study.

"My lord, the head of Liu's office is asking to see you!"

"Come in!" County Magistrate Liu directly put down the water control strategy he was studying.

"Grassman Liu Yu has met the county magistrate!"

County Magistrate Liu stood up and helped Liu Yu up, "Why do you need to care about so many formalities at this time?! You came to ask for an interview late at night, but the method you mentioned before has entered the country?"

"I can assure you, the county magistrate, as long as I handle the goods imported by the people, no refugees will starve to death."

The elixir can make people not eat or drink for more than ten days, if it is not covered up, it is too shocking.Food will also be the best cover.Mixing elixir into food and drinking water can also ensure that everyone will eat it to the greatest extent.This is the best of both worlds.

"Okay, okay! That's really great!" County Magistrate Liu beamed with joy, "Your plan has been completed, can you talk about it?!"

Liu Yu hesitated for a moment. "I can only tell my lord that it involves the method of medicinal diet. For the rest, I'm sorry I can't say more."

"Medicinal diet?" Magistrate Liu thought thoughtfully.He has heard that medicinal food can strengthen the body when used for ordinary people, and it also has a slow healing effect for sick people.From this point of view, it is somewhat feasible. "This method may be popularized? If it can be popularized, it will be a great blessing for Wanmin!"

"At present, it is difficult to popularize." Liu Yu directly gave a negative answer.

Liu Yu has only heard of 'elixir' from Mu Jin, and it is likely that he is the only one in the world who can refine elixir.With Mu Jin's ability, it would be a loss to the world if time was really wasted on refining the same elixir.

"It's a pity." County magistrate Liu had a clear look on his face, and didn't ask any more details.There are many people in this world who have unique means, and these means have never been disclosed.Although he cares about all peoples, he will not ask everyone to contribute to all peoples.

Suppressing his regret, magistrate Liu patted Liu Yu on the shoulder. "From today onwards, you will arrange all the food and grass in Liuning County, and I will entrust the lives of all the victims to you! If you have any requests, just ask."

Although County Magistrate Liu said this, it was impossible to put all his hopes on Liu Yu alone.The warrior should dispatch food and grass from other areas and still not stop, and he will still ask the surrounding counties for help... If Liu Yu disappoints him, he can avoid losses as much as possible.

"I have a request, and the county magistrate must agree to it." Liu Yu said very cautiously.

County magistrate Liu couldn't help but follow solemnly, "What request?"

"I also ask the county magistrate to relocate people in strict accordance with the method of 'old and young first'! Not only our Liuning County, but also the other counties, please help the county magistrate to negotiate peace!"

After receiving Mu Jin's response, Liu Yu went back to the room and stayed for a long time.

Not only to prevent others from suspecting Mu Jin of the method he said, but also to sort out the precautions related to floods mentioned by Mu Jin in the past, and compare whether there are any negligence.

Although there is no negligence, he has one opinion that has not been implemented.

Mu Jin once said that letting the old and the young and the sick go first, followed by the young and middle-aged, and those with internal strength to suspend, can avoid casualties to the greatest extent.

Although Liu Yu couldn't understand the deep meaning of Mu Jin's arrangement for the time being, he dared not ignore it.

"Compared with this method, relocating the people in low-lying areas first can ensure everyone's safety. Temporarily changing the method of relocation may take longer. If there is a problem with the river embankment in advance, it is likely that there will be more serious problems. Huge damage!" Magistrate Liu frowned slightly.

He had talked with Liu Yu about the flood before, and Liu Yu had many suggestions that made him suddenly enlightened, but there were also some suggestions that he felt were of little use, such as the one in front of him.

"Master County Magistrate, I naturally have my own deep meaning in doing this, and please agree to it." Liu Yu still insisted.

"Is it still a deep meaning that cannot be said?" County Magistrate Liu asked.

Liu Yu bowed his head, it's not that he couldn't say it this time, but he himself didn't quite understand why he had to do this.

County magistrate Liu frowned even deeper, he hesitated for a long time before finally speaking. "I'll just believe you once. If the common people are injured, I will bear the responsibility together with you! But I can only guarantee that Liuning County will implement it in this way, other counties are not up to me to decide."

However, Liu Yu did not intend to give up other counties and districts, "Master County Magistrate, you can use the grain and grass on the mountain as a condition, presumably the others will also respect your intention."

"You...do you know what you are doing?! One of your actions may affect thousands of Li people!" County magistrate Liu couldn't help throwing Liu Yu a blueprint of the people's relocation.

"The migration method has been decided ten days ago. It is really thankless for you to arrange it like this now. I gamble with a city of people because I believe in you. Are you still not satisfied?"

"The county magistrate may trust me more." Liu Yu didn't even look at the blueprint.

He already knew that all the people had already started to migrate, and it would be a waste of time to change it now.He also wanted to raise it earlier, but even if he spoke, how many people would listen.Most of the respect and trust magistrate Liu placed in him was based on the guarantee just now.

Liu Yu put the drawings back on the table, and spoke in a leisurely manner. "If the county magistrate's trust in me doesn't make you open your mouth, you may consider it a deal. A deal in which I am willing to hang my life for the people of several counties."

County magistrate Liu met Liu Yu's gaze and sighed. "You convinced me."

"The county magistrate will soon know that this is a correct decision." Liu Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and the corners of his lips curled up slightly.

"Don't be too happy. If the people suffer more losses due to the relocation, it will be on your shoulders. Unless you are guilty of the crime with medicinal food, even if I share the blame, you will inevitably die!" County magistrate Liu Changing from his gentle attitude before, there was a bit of warning on his face.

"I don't need the county magistrate to share the blame, but I can share the credit with him." The smile on Liu Yu's lips remained unchanged.

Hearing what Liu Yu said, County Magistrate Liu felt a little relieved. "hope so."

"Since that's the case, what are you waiting for, magistrate? It's time for you to send people to the other counties for interrogation!" Liu Yu urged.

County magistrate Liu is also a straightforward person, since he agreed, he no longer pushes back.He directly arranged for a few yamen servants to go to the court for interrogation, and ordered the people below to change the migration method of Liuning County.

He also knew that such a change would definitely attract the attention of the sergeants and pass it back to the county lieutenant.But when the news from the county lieutenant comes back, the relocation here should be almost completed.

"You shouldn't have any other requests, right?" County Magistrate Liu made arrangements for the relocation, and looked at Liu Yu again.This time it was obviously not as refreshing as before.

Liu Yu nodded, "I have no other requests for now."

"Go down and rest. I'll let someone show you the grain and grass tomorrow." County Magistrate Liu waved his hand.

Before Liu Yu could leave, footsteps sounded outside the door again.

"My lord, news from Fenghe County! Guhe County was submerged an hour ago, and now the flood has spread to Fenghe County, and Fenghe County is already organizing the relocation of victims to Anfeng Mountain!" The yamen servant hurried in.

County Magistrate Liu hurried over and took the summons from the yamen servant. "The news is correct. Arrange the refugees and the people of our Liuning County to go up the mountain, according to the way I just said."

"Your magistrate..." The yamen servant was also a little confused.

County Magistrate Liu glanced at Liu Yu, gritted his teeth, "Do as I say!"

"Yes." The yamen servant responded quickly, and left in a hurry.

"Lord County Magistrate, I'm afraid I can't sleep because of today's situation, why don't I go and see the food situation now." Liu Yu offered to suggest.He has internal energy close to him, and without sleep for three to five days, he can still be full of energy.

"Okay." County magistrate Liu saw that Liu Yu cared so much about the common people, and his dissatisfaction with being forced to change the way of relocation dissipated a lot.There is even a vague suspicion that this method of migration is really more beneficial to the people.

But why didn't he see and feel the benefits of such a move?In the flood disaster documents of previous years, most of the low-lying people were rescued first.

It is a big problem to relocate all the old and young at once, not to mention other arrangements.If it wasn't for the huge flood this time, it was very likely that the entire Liuning County would be included, and he would never dare to let Liu Yu do this.

County Magistrate Liu's doubts were soon answered.

In the past two days, the torrential rain still has no tendency to stop, but it has not allowed the water level in several counties to completely submerge the river embankment.

Most of the local people in the nearby counties and Liuning County have already gone to the mountain, and the food on the mountain has been consumed in advance, which has attracted many people to criticize the arrangement of the county magistrate Liu.

It was only an hour before and after, and no one said much.

The people who always went to the foot of the mountain to see the water conditions under the mountain exclaimed, and everyone hurried over.They watched with their own eyes the mighty flood that quickly submerged Liuning County, and the remaining warriors dragged some young men who boasted they knew how to swim and fled towards the mountain with all their strength, followed by the flood.

Even at the speed of a warrior, he couldn't run through the mighty flood. He was directly driven into the ground by the water waves, and he stood up and continued to move forward after tumbling.If it is an ordinary person, I am afraid that if they are photographed, they will never get up again!

Everyone couldn't help looking at County Magistrate Liu, and County Magistrate Liu couldn't help but look at Liu Yu.

County magistrate Liu quickly came to his senses, looked away, and cleared his throat. "In this case, I'm afraid that the upstream water gate has collapsed, but I don't know whether it is Fenghe County or Guhe County. As far as I know, the water gates in the two counties have only recently been reinforced, and it stands to reason that they shouldn't just hold on for so long."

In the area where Fengjiang is located, there are many water gates (sluice gates) that can regulate the downstream water level. When the refugees in the first two counties migrated, the water gates were directly closed to ensure that the downstream would not be flooded in advance due to the impact of the upstream water level.

Immediately, the eyes of the people looking at the magistrates of the two counties have changed.

……

On the Golden Luan Hall, the golden dragon perched directly above, looking down at the quiet courtiers below.There was silence, only the sound of the person at the top flipping the memorial.The voice was unhurried at first, but soon became hurried as if it had been infected with the master's emotions.

"Snapped!"

Yu Chengyuan couldn't bear it anymore and threw the memorial down.

"Jiangning floods, Guhe is a vast ocean, Fenghe Liuning suffers one after another..." His voice was clearly angry, and he said word by word, "Fenghe water gate collapsed, causing the flood to directly submerge the five counties. ..., Da Sinong, I remember that at the beginning of this year, it seemed that funds were allocated to repair the water gate, and now this situation has happened, how do you explain it?"

"Your Majesty calm down for the time being, and listen to what I have to say," Chief Secretary Mu Huarong quickly stood up and said, "Your Majesty does not know that this flood in the south of the Yangtze River is so powerful that it is rare to see it in hundreds of years..."

"It's rare to see it in hundreds of years?" Yu Chengyuan laughed back angrily, "Then tell me why Guhe County was the hardest hit, but its water gate was not damaged at all? Da Si Nong, tell me, I have Why don't you know?"

"This..." Mu Huarong was in a state of distress. As a senior minister, he was far away in the center. He relied on Jiangning County being close to his hometown, so he inserted his own people in there. Who would have thought that the group of people would actually So useless, to poke such a basket for him? "Your Majesty said..." he said submissively.

"What did I say?" Yu Chengyuan didn't intend to let him go at all, "If I remember correctly, this Jiangning County should not be far from Mu Qing's hometown, right? You can do the same to your own hometown, Mu Qing, you It really opened my eyes!"

"Your Majesty's lesson!" Mu Huarong quickly knelt down and said, "Heaven and earth conscience, I have been conscientious since I took this position, and I will never do such a thing of cutting off children and grandchildren!"

Yu Chengyuan looked at his swearing expression, sneered, and didn't pursue further, just said, "Now, who is willing to clean up this mess?"

The whispers that surfaced during Da Sinong's self-defense before disappeared immediately after this sentence, like water that fell into a sluice.The silence returned to the Golden Luan Hall again, and it was even more solemn than before. If it was just a silence that had nothing to do with him before, now it is even more shrouded in a layer of fear of imminent disaster.

This kind of drudgery, which is obviously thankless, will be praised if it is done well, and beaten on both sides if it is not done well. Who would want to do it?

The ministers below looked at each other in blank dismay, no one dared to make such a move.

"No more?" Yu Chengyuan raised his eyebrows, with inevitably disappointment in his eyes, "Is this how you all serve the country?"

At this moment, a clear voice suddenly sounded, like a stone breaking the surface of the lake, ending the silence in the hall.

"Your Majesty is willing to go to investigate the cause of this matter, and please agree." A young man from below stepped forward voluntarily.

Yan Wei was born as a general, and was just transferred to the capital in the past two years.Usually, he doesn't have much sense of presence in this hall, and no one thought that he would stand up at this time.

"Oh?" Yu Chengyuan's face was calm, but his tone was somewhat relaxed. "Yan Aiqing has the heart to share my worries..."

Mu Huarong's expression changed slightly, and then he regained his composure.Changing his previous submissive expression, he stepped forward and said. "Your Majesty, there should be no delay in the disaster situation in the south of the Yangtze River. However, Mr. Yan is still young and lacks experience. I think Mr. Zhai Yongnian has such experience and is more suitable for this matter!"

As soon as he said this, everyone rushed to speak as if he had started something.

"Although Mr. Zhai Yongnian has experience in disaster relief, drought and flood have nothing in common. I recommend Mr. Li Shanwen."

"minister……"

The hall suddenly fell into a commotion, Yu Chengyuan looked at the scene in front of him coldly, tapped the armrest with his fingers unhurriedly, and after watching a good show for a while, he suddenly slapped the table.

"Do you think this hall is the Xijiekou vegetable market?!" Yu Chengyuan paused, and glanced at the momentarily silent hall, "I have my own arrangements for disaster relief, Fei Yang."

Fei Yang immediately sang, "If there is something to do, let's play, and if there is nothing to do, we will retreat—"

After that, Yu Chengyuan stood up.

The candidate for disaster relief has not been decided yet, so the old officials naturally don't want to let him go.

"Retire!" Yu Chengyuan completely ignored their persuasion, and simply left.

Yan Wei's eyes swept across the obviously unwilling courtiers in the hall, his eyes were a bit cold.That already cold face concealed his true emotions.

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