On the land of mountains and seas, the north and the south are experiencing completely different flood disasters.
A Dongyi man raised his head. His expression was numb, and he was holding on to a broken bow in his hand. The bow string had long been destroyed by the rain. He was walking aimlessly on the desolate hills. His tribe was swallowed up by the flood. All his people died in just one night, and he was the only one left in the vast world.
A small tribe with dozens of people would not have the slightest ability to resist in the face of such a major natural disaster, and even a powerful tribe could not withstand it for long.
In the north of Dongyi, the three channels of the Yellow River roared into the sea. As soon as Wei State fled to the ancient Yan land, it encountered floods.
As a result, they were almost destroyed. The small country between Peng and Ai, which had brought long-term harassment to the Central Plains, was dramatically made to withdraw from the game without any warning.
The land is devastated, and the water level of the river has risen by more than ten feet under the months of heavy rains. The people have lost the land they depend on for survival and have no choice but to move. Some people have closed the gates of the large earth and stone city, but the tall city gate Although it was tightly closed, it still could not stop the violent flood.
The flood soon overflowed the low city wall and rushed into the city. There were almost no high mountains in the Dongyi land, and those low mountains and hills were not enough to withstand this huge flood.
As a result, tens of thousands of people drowned in the city.
White waves stretched to the sky, and corpses floated hundreds of miles away, covering the river and being eaten by fish and shrimps.
The walls were broken and the cultivated land was destroyed.
The mountains and forests are dark, and the water waves are surging to the sky, reaching the sea in the east.
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"They did not listen to our warnings and caused such a disaster. The leaders of Dongyi are stupid people, but their people do not deserve this kind of suffering."
"This is a sign of the incompetence of the administrators. They rely on their own imagination to judge nature and have not built flood control projects for so many years. Institutional flaws are the reason why they cannot be compared with us."
Wen Ming came here with a group of friends. This time he was ordered by the superiors to control the flood and provide disaster relief.
Chonghua felt that this was a good opportunity to attract people's hearts. Annexing people's hearts was equivalent to integrating the territory and population, which could directly solve the problem of Dongyi's hatred from the source.
After all, in this era, there are still a few people who are afraid of power but not moral. The Central Plains not only shows powerful force, but also shows a very high moral standard. Power and virtue coexist, and the Dongyi people have no reason not to obey.
In the past, the reason for not coming to help was because everyone was too busy taking care of themselves to sacrifice themselves for others. But now, we have systematic flood prevention measures in place.
Wen Ming led his flood control team:
Boyi, Yijian, Guo Zhi.
The four water-controlling brothers and the legendary trio who wrote the "Wuzang Mountain Sutra" have arrived.
Dayu saw it while walking.
Boyi knew it and named it.
Yi Jian heard about it and was determined to do it.
Guo Zhi is responsible for driving.
There is also a non-staff member, Nvjiao.
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Although Wen Ming said that it would be a hindrance for me to control the water, women and other things, but the superiors said that it is best for you to bring a Dongyi native, so as to maximize the effect of attracting people's hearts.
Wen Ming declined several times, but because the big shots were working on the joint system, they had no time to reply to him, so Wen Ming had no choice but to take her on the road.
Later, when Wen Ming left, Chonghua came to him privately and told him some situations.
"I'm thinking that you have a heavy responsibility this time, although this girl will definitely interfere with your big things, so I'm here now to teach you some ways to deal with women."
Wen Ming was suddenly pleasantly surprised!
Brother, I didn’t expect you to have this skill?
"That's right, don't underestimate me."
Chonghua said, I am no longer what I used to be. I am also thirty years old. When I reach middle age, I can’t help myself. I understand many things that I don’t understand. You are only in your twenties and you don’t know much about women. …
"The key points are three sentences: drink more hot water, think too much, and be happy. Understand, remember to learn and apply it."
"real?"
Wen Ming felt something was wrong, but Chonghua said there was no problem. His wife used to help him farm and made a mess. Didn't he mean that as long as she was happy?
Our married life is so harmonious! (Referring to complete inability to communicate.)
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Of course, Nvjiao is not such a pretentious girl. After all, she is a Dongyi person who is good at shooting, and she seems to be a born optimist.
Therefore, Wen Ming basically did not use Chonghua's advice, and in the busy disaster relief work, Wen Ming gradually forgot about these things.
The disaster relief work was very heavy. Wen Ming and several people came mainly to see the river problem. There were other leaders from the Central Plains involved in the pacification work for Dongyi.
On the way, in those areas that were not affected by floods, the victims were resettled. People's eyes were numb, and some people could no longer cry.
There were also people from the Nine Tribes of Dongyi. When they saw the people from the Central Plains, they thought of the previous notice, and their expressions suddenly changed several times, and they lowered their heads like ostriches.
"The flood is not over yet. According to Brother Zai's prediction, this flood will become normal and will last for at least three years..."
"The course of the big river will change... It should be diverted into Heze, then northeast to join the Wenshui River, merge with the waters under the Taishan Mountains and the branches of the Mengshan Mountains, and then flow northward into the Canghai..."
"The method of dividing water mentioned by Brother Zai... When water gathers, it will cause disaster, but when it is separated, it will be profitable..."
Wen Ming held some instruments in his hand, like the original level that Yu Zai had. These were all "high-precision equipment" that Wen Ming dug out of Yu Zai's backpack.
Wen Ming spent a month visiting the nearby waterways and determined the simplest and most efficient water vein. He wanted this water vein to flow directly eastward into the sea.
So, he returned to the place where various tribes gathered for refuge and mobilized the masses to carry out construction work. He worked with the people, eating and sleeping on the construction site, digging mountains and rocks, and running around under the stars.
Boyi and several others also followed Wen Ming and ran around, but when they were controlling floods and recording the situation in the Dongyi area, they met a man.
That was Shuhai, where he recorded the direction of the water flow, the conditions of the mountains, and the geographical environment. He carried several packages with him, which were densely packed with bamboo pieces.
That was exactly the "Man and Nature" that Yuan Zai had suggested and asked him to write...
Wen Ming went up to contact him and was shocked when he learned his name!
"You are the author of Shu Hai! Man and Nature!"
Nice to meet you, Teacher Shu!
When he learned that Wen Ming and the others were going to write and sort out the geographical environment of the Dongyi region, Shuhai became very interested.
He told Wen Ming that he had gone to the west and north in the past few years and wrote a lot. Last year, he also met a fellow traveler who also had a geography book called "National Geographic".
As we all know, there are now different versions of Shan Hai Jing!
""Man and Nature" writes about the geography of the central and northern parts, and "National Geographic" writes about the geography of the west. Now you want to write a geography book about the east, and I will definitely help you complete it..."
Shuhai said, are you interested in setting up an editorial department together?
