It's October, and the leaves on the willows have begun to turn yellow, and occasionally one is torn off by the wind and flies in the air. The weeds on the side of the road quietly faded www.biquge.info emerald green color, and it looked particularly gloomy.

The first batch of Jingdong victims to arrive looked at the dilapidated outer city of Luoyang not far away, shivering slightly in the wind that became cold.

In July, the Yellow River broke from the east of Shanzhou to the east of Henglongsi, and the scale was so great that it could no longer be blocked, so the Yellow River could only be diverted. After passing through Dezhou Plains County, it was divided into three rivers to enter the sea on the north side of the old Hantang River. The flood mainly occurred on Hebei Road, but the largest number of people affected were on the densely populated Jingdong Road. Coupled with the floods in Lianghuai, there are many victims this year.

When the Yellow River passes through Guangwu Mountain, it is downstream, and there are no high mountains on both sides, and there is actually no fixed river channel. Every time a new channel is opened, it will be stable for a few years. Due to the large amount of sediment in the river, the river is constantly silted, and the river channel is raised after a while. When the manpower could not block it, he rushed to open a new river.

The vast North China Plain was silted out by the continuous diversion of the Yellow River, in the shape of a large fan, from the Haihe River basin in the north to the Huaihe River basin in the south. This vast land is divided between the Hai River, the Jishui River and the Huaisi River and their tributaries, and the larger Yellow River, which has no fixed basin of its own, must seize one of these three rivers into the sea. Every time it is diverted, it is a human disaster.

To control the Yellow River, we must control the desertification, and if we cannot control the desertification, all efforts will be in vain. After the flood, Xu Ping's recital only asked the imperial court to try its best to appease, but did not give any opinion on how to control the water. The reason is simple: tinkering with the downstream rivers can only be temporary measures, and it is impossible to restrain the water of the Yellow River.

The power of man, in the face of the infinite power of nature, always seems small and pitiful. Rather than spending countless manpower and material resources downstream to control the river, it is better to give early warning and spend energy on reassuring the aftermath of the disaster and minimizing the losses.

In order to make the lower reaches of the Yellow River relatively stable, the article must start from the middle reaches and leave the sediment in the Yellow River from Shaanzhou to Guangwu Mountain. Without this, it is impossible to succeed in river control downstream.

In Xu Ping's previous life, the Yellow River had already taken the water into the sea and was relatively stable. In order to stabilize this, the Sanmenxia Dam was first silted, and then a Xiaolangdi Water Conservancy Project was built. The purpose is the same, to leave the sediment in the middle reaches, and at most to release water and wash the sand at the right time in a fixed season. Once the Yellow River crosses the Guangwu Mountains, it loses the conditions for controlling sand on the Guangbao Plain, and no matter how much effort is made, it can only be in vain.

Will the project of desertification control be completed in this era? Xu Ping's heart has no bottom, at least at this time, it is impossible. Maybe in the next few decades, with better material conditions, you have a higher status, and someone listens to what you say, so you can give it a try. Now, don't think about the impossible.

Wang Yaochen stood at the city gate, looking at the crowd outside the city, although the autumn wind was gradually rising, he was still sweating profusely. These victims said that they had been recruited into the army, but they only had a structure to give them food so that they would not go hungry, let alone training, and now they did not even have their own organization.

Those who are officials are always afraid that a large number of people will gather under their rule, and once there are too many people, they will not be able to control them. Wang Yaochen is anxious now, and what he wants to do most is to settle these people down and form order.

Chong Shiheng ran around in the crowd with a few officials, and his voice was already hoarse. If the transport envoy wants to use the disaster victims to clean up the river, he can't make mistakes, and his pressure is greater than that of Wang Yaochen.

Yang Xuan is in the city to transfer the grain borrowed from the king of the camp and the field, the people take food as the sky, and now the most important thing is to let the victims eat a hot and full meal. When the meal is ready, the thing is half done.

Xu Ping had already left Luoyang, Xijing, and went to Heyin, Mengzhou, where he presided over the excavation of the river with Chen Yaozuo. Although Bishui County is presided over by Chen Yaozuo, at the very beginning, Xu Ping still had to take a look. For the victims who went to Luoyang City, Xu Ping only instructed Yang Xu, Wang Yaochen and others to let them be fed, clothed, and sheltered. The most important thing is to settle these people, and as for cleaning up the river and other things, everything will be done after the people are settled.

Staying in the division, Sun Wei sat on a stone bench in the courtyard, drinking wine and eating a piece of meat from time to time.

On one side, a public official who stayed behind in the division was sweating profusely, reporting the current situation outside the city.

After hearing this, Sun Wei frowned: "These victims from Jingdong are honest, they are just waiting outside the city in peace?" Didn't make a fuss? Go, go, and look there. ”

The official answered, turned around and was about to leave.

At this moment, another official rushed in, and when he arrived, he saluted and sang a promise, saying, "General judgment, the Henan Mansion and the Transshipment Department outside the city have begun to distribute food to the victims!" ”

"Oh, what to eat?"

"One is a big bowl of rice with two pieces of meat with a bowl of porridge, and the other is two steamed buns with two pieces of meat with a bowl of porridge. I don't know where they got so much pork, it is crispy and tender, very fragrant and smooth, no wonder the price of pork in Henan has risen in the past two days! The transshipment makes the company spend a lot of money! ”

Sun Wei looked at the official and asked him with a smile: "Why, you still begged for meat from others?" ”

The official lowered his head a little embarrassedly: "The little one saw that the meat was cooked very smooth, so he ate two pieces to taste the taste." ”

Sun Wei sighed: "It's good to be rich, it's good to be rich." Money is like honey, and it's true! ”

Outside Luoyang City, not far from the city gate, two large signs were erected. One piece reads: "Rice polishing here", and the other reads: "Snow white steamed buns here", in front of the sign, the victims are lined up in several columns, and the officials bounce back and forth.

Chong Shiheng led people to constantly shout in the team: "Today there is all the rice and noodles, there are countless fat, everyone slowly stepped forward, and they all eat!" Don't squeeze, come one by one, you will definitely have a full meal today! Don't wait in the line, come out to the other side, and add an egg to each person! ”

This was specially instructed by Xu Ping not to let the old and weak women mix in the crowd in line to avoid accidents. In public gatherings, these vulnerable groups are the most likely to have accidents, and they must come out alone. As for adding an egg, it is just for them to take the initiative to stand up and use it to attract people, but in fact, that egg is not necessarily much better than meat.

At this time, the sun was rising, and the rich aroma of meat wafted in the air with the autumn wind, filling half of Luoyang City.

(Note: I found it by chance, it turned out to be New China, and pork was more expensive than beef and mutton a few decades ago, let alone a thousand years ago.) In ancient times, it was not easy for people to eat some pork, and it was more fragrant than other meats. ）