The villagers of Liujia Village were sleeping soundly, when suddenly a shrill gong sounded outside. The sound of the gong woke up all the sleeping villagers, and many children cried because of it. Liu's second sister-in-law covered her youngest son's mouth and said, "Don't cry." "Something must have happened, otherwise the lieutenant would not have struck the gong at this time.

As soon as the child's crying stopped, Liu San's sister-in-law heard the chief shouting: "The Yellow River bursts, everyone get up quickly." ”

The chief's son was arrested quickly in the county office, and as soon as he got the news, he asked his son to send a letter back overnight. As soon as the chief heard that the Yellow River had burst its banks, he told his people to pack up their things and go to the mountains, and he brought a gong out to inform the people in the village.

Liu San's sister-in-law was stunned when she heard this. It was her husband Liu San who slapped her on the back before she woke her up: "What a god, hurry up and pack up your things and take your things to the mountains." "It was raining heavily before, and everyone was worried about flooding. I thought it would be fine when the rain stopped, but I didn't expect the flood to come.

Liu San's sister-in-law came back to her senses, quickly dressed her younger son, and woke up the two older children. Then she asked the eldest daughter and eldest son to help her husband, and she packed her clothes and stuffed the valuable jewelry, gold and silver into the package.

Liu San sorted the rice, noodles, other vegetables, clothes, bedding, etc., into baskets, and then moved them to the mule cart. Seeing that his wife even had to put those jars and jars on the mule cart, Liu San couldn't bear it anymore and said, "Don't take it anymore, hurry up, if the flood comes later, you won't be able to leave." "Liu Sanjia is relatively wealthy in Liujia Village, otherwise there would be no mule carts.

Behind Liujia Village is a big mountain, and the highest mountain is more than 100 zhang. These mountains and forests are all covered with trees and green grass. When the flood comes, it's perfect to take refuge in it. And the mountain is high enough that the flood will definitely not be able to drown.

When they reached the foot of the mountain, they saw some people coming down from the mountain. These people are turning back and moving things.

Although the mule cart was loaded with a lot of things, it could not reach the top of the mountain, and could only reach the halfway point of the mountain.

Halfway up the mountain, Liu San unloaded the mule cart, put some of the things on the mule's back, and then lifted four baskets down from the wagon. Liu San handed Liu San's sister-in-law a flat pole and said, "Hurry up and carry the things up the mountain with the child, and I will catch the mule behind." "The mule has a lot of stuff on its back, and it will definitely go very slowly.

At this moment, there was a rumbling sound in the distance.

The lieutenant chief had experienced the flood, and when he looked at the scene in the distance, his face changed greatly, and he shouted to the people below the mountain: "The flood is coming, everyone run to the mountain." No matter how good things are, it doesn't matter how they die, so they quickly lost them and ran up the mountain. "Everyone was in big bags and small bags, and they were originally walking very slowly. [--There are almost all the books I want to read.,It's faster than the general station.,There's no advertising in the whole text.] But the screams of the chief could be heard, and many people threw their things down and ran up the hill.

Liu San saw that Liu San's sister-in-law's legs were weak, and said, "We are halfway up the mountain, and the flood is not so fast." You hurry up and take the child to the top of the mountain, and I will arrive later. He still couldn't bear his mule and what was on it.

Liu San's eldest daughter was very sensible, holding the second brother and carrying the younger brother on her back, and ran towards the mountain as fast as she could. When Liu San's sister-in-law saw the child running towards the top of the mountain, she also hurriedly carried two baskets of things and ran towards the top of the mountain.

The flood roared from afar, engulfing their village in an instant.

When Liu San's sister-in-law arrived at the top of the mountain, she put down her things and looked back, and saw that the flood had reached halfway up the mountain. Liu San's sister-in-law knelt on the ground and shouted: "The head of the house, where are you?" If there are three strengths and two weaknesses in the head of the house, how can they live as orphans and widows?

Liu San's sister-in-law, who was crying sadly, saw Liu San coming over with a load of things.

touched the sweat on his forehead, put the things next to Liu San's sister-in-law and said, "There are still a bunch of things underneath, I'll go and get him." Without waiting for Liu San's sister-in-law to react, she went down again.

In the midst of Liu San's sister-in-law's heartbeat, Liu San came back with a large bag of things. As for the mules, they were nowhere to be found.

A woman next to her sat on the ground and cried: "God, the house is gone, the food is gone, there is nothing, how can people live?"

When Liu San's sister-in-law heard these words, tears immediately fell. With such a big flood, the house and the grain hidden in the cellar will definitely not be saved. The little family property that the husband and wife had worked hard to save was destroyed by the flood.

Liu San also had tears in his eyes, but he was a man and relatively strong. helped Liu San's sister-in-law up and said, "People are more important than anything else. As long as there are people, things can definitely be replaced. His words were completely comforting his wife, and now in this world, it is really unknown whether he can live without food.

After appeasing his wife, Liu San had time to look down at the flood that had reached the halfway point of the mountain.

I saw countless debris floating on the water. There was thatch and firewood, furniture and clothes, and dead cows, sheep, chickens and ducks. And the most frightening thing is the corpses floating on the water, old and young, all of them are swollen, and it makes people tremble and feel frightened.

There were also living people floating on the water holding wooden planks, and when they saw someone on the mountain, they shouted for help: "Help, help!"

The people on the mountain heard these cries for help and wails, but none of them went down. In such a big flood, if you go to save people, you will accidentally put yourself in it.

At this time, a man holding a big pine tree shouted: "Uncle, I'm Ah Xing, uncle, I'm Ah Xing, save me." ”

No one wants to put their life on the line for an outsider. But if it's your own relatives, it's a different story.

When the lieutenant heard the cry for help, he immediately called two young and strong men, tied a rubbed straw rope around each of them, and then went into the water to save people.

This Ah Xing was lucky and was rescued by Shun Lì. As soon as he landed on the shore, he immediately hugged the lieutenant and cried loudly: "Uncle, it's gone, it's gone, grandpa and father are gone." "Ah Xing's family is from the town, they got the news after dawn, and the town is not like Liujia Village, where there is a big mountain behind it, so you can run to the mountain to avoid floods. So when the flood came, they couldn't avoid it at all, and they were all swept into it.

Ah Xing cried, and the people on the mountain immediately began to cry bitterly. They are crying not only for the loss of their homes, but also for the fear of the future. Soon, the entire summit was surrounded by sadness and despair.

The news of the flood in the south of the Yangtze River reached the northwest ten days later. Xu Wu wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead and said in a low voice: "Princess, there is really a flood in Jiangnan. Nearly half of the prefectures and counties in Jiangxi, Anhui and Jiangsu provinces were flooded. "As for how many people were killed or wounded, they have not yet received exact information. However, the flood is merciless, and Jiangnan is now in a miserable situation.

Although Yuxi had been prepared for this for a long time, her hands still shook when she heard Xu Wu describe it. After half a sound, Yuxi said in a hoarse voice: "Floods are often accompanied by plagues, I hope Yu Baojia can prevent the plague." "During this time, Yuxi was on fire and couldn't speak.

Xu Wu smiled bitterly: "If we write a letter to remind us, I'm afraid we will say that we harbor evil intentions." "The princess's prediction for the northwest is accurate, but the prediction for Jiangnan is not accurate. Of course, Xu Wu knew that even if the princess predicted correctly, Yu Baojia and Yu's family would not believe it.

Yuxi didn't speak. It was only now that Yuxi felt that ignorance has the benefits of ignorance. At least you don't have to carry so many responsibilities and burdens.

At this time, Tan Tuo asked to see. The flood accompanied the plague, and the drought accompanied the locust plague. Yuxi can't control the affairs of Jiangnan, but she can still call the shots in the northwest. During this time, Tan Tuo was in charge of killing locusts.

Doctor Bai has been summoned to the city of pickaxes, and then several old farmers who have experienced the locust plague have been invited. Discuss a solution to this problem together.

After research and exploration, they found that locusts like to lay their eggs in low-lying areas. Therefore, Tan Tuo also came up with several methods, the first is to cut the aquatic weeds in the low-lying and waterlogged places and dry them, which can be used as fuel and remove the places where the locusts lay eggs; second, encourage the people to catch locust eggs; third, dig a long ditch for the newborn bugs that remain after catching the eggs, dig a ditch at certain intervals, and then let the people beat the gong to drive them away, and the locusts are frightened and jump into the ditch, that is, fill and bury them with soil.

Tan Tuo said: "So far, a lot of locust eggs have been killed. But there are too many of them, and the range is too wide to be wiped out. As Yuxi thought, the whole of the northwest has now become a breeding ground for locusts to breed offspring and larvae to grow. They want to exterminate them all, but they can't.

Yuxi said: "Destroy as much as we can, and do our best to minimize the loss." After a pause, Yuxi said, "In addition to killing these larval locust eggs, we must also prepare for locust prevention. "Ok-hee doesn't want to see an overwhelming number of locusts appear in the sky above Pickaxe City.

Tan Tuo said: "Once the locust plague appears, there is no good way to capture and kill it for the time being. Therefore, we can only let the government below prepare more nets. "When the locusts appeared, they caught them with a net and burned them.

Yuxi nodded and said, "Lord Tan, I just got the news that there was a flood in the south of the Yangtze River, and nearly half of the prefectures and counties were flooded. ”

Tan Tuo was shocked, and then looked uneasy: "Princess, the flood in Jiangnan is not good news for us. "Jiangnan is an important grain producing area, and in previous years, they purchased a large amount of grain from Jiangnan. Now there is a flood in the south of the Yangtze River, and there is no money to buy food.

Thinking of this, Tan Tuo felt a little happy in his heart. Thankfully, they have been preparing since last year and have stockpiled a large amount of grain. Otherwise, there would be more than just a lack of water and a possible locust plague.

Yuxi hummed and said: "The flood in Jiangnan is bad news for the whole world. ”

Tan Tuo sighed and said, "It's a drought and a flood, God is going to force people to death." ”

Yunqing returned, and Yuxi told him the news. After finishing speaking, Yuxi said: "Nowadays, only Liaodong is in the whole world. "There was also a drought in Liaodong, but it was not strict, and it only rained for more than a month. Compared to other affected provinces, this is not a problem at all.

Yunqing was very familiar with Liaodong, and said: "Although Liaodong has not been affected, the grain it produces every year is not enough to supply the army. So don't worry about Yan Wushuang taking advantage of this to expand the army. ”

Yuxi frowned and said, "What Yan Wushuang wants to do can't affect us for the time being, what I'm worried about now is the locust plague and the northern captives." These two are their vital interests.

Yunqing said: "Don't worry about the northern captives, the situation outside the Saiwai is no better than ours. I'm worried about the locust plague. "Because of the drought, the meadows withered in large areas, and the cattle, sheep and horses of the northern captives died in herds. They have nothing to eat, and they will definitely come to the Central Plains to rob. However, now Yucheng soldiers are strong and well-armed, so they are not afraid of them coming to rob them. There is a possible plague of locusts, and they have no good solution.