Thousands of miles south of the Yangtze River into Zeguo, half of the people are victims. People who survived the floods not only had to endure the pain of losing their loved ones, but also faced a severe existential crisis, displacement, hunger and cold, and weeping.

The people of Jingnan are a little luckier than the vast majority of the victims, at least they don't have to bear the pain of losing their loved ones.

"Our first priority at the moment is to resettle the people and the victims, and build more temporary houses in the flood shelter areas, which can also be thatched huts. There is a shelter from the wind and rain, and the people have a sense of security in their hearts. If the people are not helped, under the instigation of some well-intentioned people, a potential uneasy force will be formed. There are countless examples of riots in history, and in the final analysis, it is the lack of timely relief. ”

Zhu Ping'an summoned all the officials of the county government, organized them into several groups, arranged for them to be responsible for relocating and rescuing the people in different flood shelters, and emphasized to them the purpose and significance of helping the people before leaving.

"The county respects assured, now is a critical period, and we will do our best to complete the tasks assigned by the county."

Zhang Tongsheng, Liu Fuzi and other officials have surrendered their orders, and they also know the importance of helping the people after the disaster. In addition, they are all natives of Jingnan, and they are naturally very concerned about the resettlement of villagers.

"Another point that must be paid special attention to is that as the saying goes, after a catastrophe there must be a great epidemic, after the flood, houses, gutters, corrals, etc. are all submerged, all kinds of filth, stolen goods, etc. are spread everywhere, rodents, mosquitoes are overflowing, it is easy to breed a variety of epidemics, spread among the population. While you are relocating the people, you must do a good job of epidemic prevention. First, plan thatched toilets in flood shelter areas, strictly prohibit people and disaster victims from defecating anywhere, and be sure to use toilets in the planned thatched toilets; Second, the water source is the well water from the deep veins, followed by the well water infiltrated by the river, and the ditch is the second, and it is strictly forbidden to drink raw water, and it must be boiled before drinking; Third, it is necessary to keep the people and disaster victims clean and hygienic, change their clothes frequently, take a bath once every two days, and mix the bath water with herbs such as peilan to prevent plague; Fourth, if it is found that there are people with fever, dysentery, and other symptoms among the people or the victims of the disaster, they must be isolated. Fifth, if there is any trouble or trouble among the victims, they will be severely punished...... Well, for the time being, I think of this, you have good measures and suggestions in practice, and tell me in time. ”

As a modern person, Zhu Ping'an is well aware of the importance of post-disaster epidemic prevention and has instilled modern epidemic prevention experience in them.

"Yes."

Zhang Tongsheng and others received orders one after another, they didn't think about it so much, and they couldn't help but be even more impressed by Zhu Ping'an.

"The county respects, resettlement and rescue of the people, grain and grass are indispensable. Most of the people's autumn harvest grain stocks were soaked in the floods, and the rations they carried with them during the emergency evacuation were limited, and they are basically running out at present. If the supply of grain and grass is insufficient, the people will be hungry, and in order to fill their stomachs, I am afraid that things will change.

Liu Fuzi said that he was more worried about the food problem. In history, most of the common people rebelled because they couldn't eat enough, couldn't survive, and rebelled when they were cornered. For example, the Yellow Turban Rebellion during the Three Kingdoms period.

"Yes, County Zun, this is the same reason as the soldiers and horses go first before the grain and grass are moved."

As soon as Liu Fuzi mentioned the food problem, everyone else also felt the same way, and was also worried about the food problem.

The reason why they are all so worried about the food problem is because they all know that some time ago, in order to cash the bounty for the young people who defend the city, Zhu Ping'an, not only exhausted his personal pockets, but also converted all the 12,000 stone grain stored in the county yacang into silver taels, and cashed the bounty to everyone. This matter is well known to the entire Jingnan people, and everyone praises the county and believes in it, and praises the county respectfully.

The county is indeed commendable for doing this! But Clinker thought, now it's flooded?! In a year of famine, food is too important. The county honored the grain stored in the warehouse and converted it into two silver taels for everyone to cash in the silver, and the grain in the warehouse was not ...... Without?! Now is the time to run out of food, how can you not worry.

"You don't have to worry, Mr. Qian, tell everyone how much grain is still in the warehouse."

Zhu Ping'an knew what everyone was worried about, smiled calmly, and said to the Qian warden on the side.

"Ladies and gentlemen, our county yacang currently has a total of 20,000 stone of grain." Qian Warden was the only one among the people who didn't worry about food, and after Zhu Ping'an's voice was behind, Qian Warden stepped forward and said to everyone.

"What, 20,000 stones? Didn't the county honor convert all the grain stored in the warehouse into two taels of silver and give the young men who defended the city to cash in the silver? When everyone heard this, their mouths opened wide in surprise, and their surprise was overflowing.

Previously, after years of savings, Jingnan Warehouse had only accumulated 12,000 stone of grain. They thought that there was no grain stored in the warehouse, but they did not expect that there were 20,000 stone of grain in stock. One stone of grain is about 150 catties, and 20,000 stones of rice is 3 million catties. For a county, 20,000 stone of grain is a lot of money. Generally speaking, the county government warehouse has reached the standard of 10,000 stone of grain. Storing 20,000 stones of grain, the counties that can do this are all the big counties that have been famous for a long time, and there are no more than 50 in the entire Ming Dynasty.

"Mr. Qian, is it really fake?"

Happiness came too suddenly, and after the surprise, everyone couldn't help but be a little suspicious and couldn't believe it.

"How can this be false? After the autumn harvest, the county said that the grain was prepared for famine, and taking advantage of the abundant and cheap rice, I bought 20,000 stone of rice in the warehouse and stored it in the warehouse as the reserve grain of the county government to prepare for emergencies and prevent trouble. Half a month ago, as soon as the rain began, the county commander instructed my warehouse to prepare for flood prevention and waterlogging, and we made sufficient preparations according to the instructions of the county honor, and it is no exaggeration to say that my warehouse did not lose a grain of rice in this flood. The money warden swore to everyone.

After getting the confirmation, the officials relaxed their hearts. The ancients said: If you have food in your hands, you don't panic in your heart.

After all the officials left, Zhu Ping'an sighed. Grain...... Food is a big problem.

Although after the autumn harvest, he learned from the experience of the previous dynasties to accumulate grain and prepare for famine, and took advantage of the abundant and cheap rice to purchase 20,000 stone of grain with the confiscated reward of Gonggong Qian and others, and stored it in the warehouse to prepare for the famine.

Although there are 20,000 stone of grain, there are enough 3 million catties, which seems to be a lot.

However, for this flood, for the people of Jingnan County, there is not much food.

Jingnan is a large county, and with the mountain people, there are more than 60,000 people.

Since Jingnan's flood prevention measures are more effective than those in neighboring counties such as Taiping County, and flood shelters have also been set up, many of the displaced victims in Taiping County and other neighboring counties have fled to the flood shelters near Jingnan after hearing the news. According to preliminary statistics, there are currently as many as five or six thousand, and the number is still increasing. As the news spreads, the number of people who come to Jingnan every day to flee may increase exponentially.

According to the calculation of six taels of grain a day for a common person, 20,000 stone of grain can only support about a month.

This is still an optimistic estimate.

A month seems like a long time, but for ancient times, the response time of the imperial court disaster relief is not as good as that of modern times.

Of course, this is not the main thing.

Zhu Ping'an's biggest concern was that the imperial court was unable to provide relief for the floods in the south of the Yangtze River. In recent years, the Ming Dynasty disasters have occurred frequently, Shaanxi has been in drought for many years, the imperial court has been relieved for many years, and the government treasury has consumed a lot, coupled with the flood in Zhili in the first half of this year, the drought in Jiangxi, and the famine in Datong in Xuanfu, the imperial court has already shown its embarrassment. Zhu Ping'an has inspected the Taicang treasury, and knows how empty the Ming treasury is. Now, I am afraid that if the imperial court wants to provide disaster relief, it will be more than enough for a while.