Fu Xiaoguan was shocked.
The first thing that came to his mind was whether something had happened at Jinling's home.
Dong Shulan and Yan Xiaolou only have about a month left before giving birth. If something goes wrong, it will be a big problem!
He took the letter and quickly unfolded it to take a look...
"On July 25, the tenth year of the Xuanli calendar, torrential rain fell across the entire Yangtze River basin, lasting for five days. The water level of the Yangtze River rose at a visible rate. By the night of July 30, the torrential rain was still continuing, and the Yunmeng Lake became a vast ocean, submerging villages and farmland within a radius of 300 miles."
Under the impact of the surging flood, the Jingjiang River Dam collapsed in three places at midnight, posing a huge threat to Jiangling City and the Jianghan Plain below.
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At the same time, the Daling River Basin in Wu Dynasty also experienced rare rainstorms this year.
Among them, the dam in the middle section of Daling River in Wuyuan Prefecture collapsed, affecting almost the entire Wuyuan Prefecture. Wherever the flood passed, villages and houses collapsed and all farmland was destroyed. The governor of Wuyuan Prefecture ordered the opening of Dongchengkou. The flood passed through Dongchengkou and saved the prefecture capital, but destroyed dozens of towns and villages in the three counties below Dongchengkou.
According to preliminary estimates by Tianji Pavilion, the death toll in Wuyuan Prefecture exceeded 300,000, and the number of homeless people... reached millions!
Your Majesty is furious. By the time this intelligence was sent, Emperor Wu had already left Guanyun City, and 100,000 Blood Robe Guards, led by General Bai, were rushing from the Doufang Mountain training base to Wuyuan Prefecture.
Fu Xiaoguan frowned. Firstly, the Jingjiang Dam had three breaches. If not handled properly, the consequences of a complete dam collapse would be unimaginable.
Secondly, he was unfamiliar with the Wu Dynasty, and the Daling River had such a serious dam collapse accident...
"Do you have a map of the Wu Dynasty?"
Cui Yueming took out a map from his arms and spread it out on the table.
Fu Xiaoguan looked at the Daling River on the map. Cui Yueming explained, "Wuyuan Prefecture is named after five plains. The Daling River flows through two of them. One is called Shizhang Plain, and the other is called Yehuo Plain. It's right here..."
Cui Yueming pointed at the two plains and continued, "The entrance to Dongcheng is located on Shizhangyuan. It was originally used to irrigate all the fields in Shizhangyuan. Once it was dug up, it became a flood discharge outlet. As a result, the flat Shizhangyuan shared the flood of the Daling River. The three counties, dozens of towns, and hundreds of villages on Shizhangyuan were destroyed by the flood."
Fu Xiaoguan listened and watched silently, and after a long time, he sighed.
It's out of reach, and even if he could, he would be powerless to do anything.
Whether it was the crisis in Jingjiang or the tragedy in Wuyuan Prefecture... he was powerless!
Water control is a long-term systematic project. If we have no respect for God, once he gets angry, it will be beyond human control.
What else can we do at this time?
The only thing we can do is to go to the scene in person like the fat man and command everyone to save as many people as possible.
As the saying goes, one should always be prepared for danger when in peace, otherwise, one can only leave everything to fate.
"Give me this map..." Fu Xiaoguan calmed down, put the map away, took out a letter from his sleeve pocket, handed it to Cui Yueming, and issued an order that had nothing to do with the flood:
"Send this letter to Yan Hanyu, the one-armed prince of Yi State... It's not top secret, so we need to spread the word and let Yan Liangze know."
Cui Yueming was startled. He was naturally puzzled, but he didn't ask. He was about to turn around and leave when Fu Xiaoguan explained to him:
"This Yi monarch made Yan Hanyu a one-armed prince and granted him the Long Beach County... I heard that place is really poor. After all, Yan Hanyu sold his hand to me, so I can't just stand by and watch him die."
No one knew what Fu Xiaoguan was up to, but Ning Yuchun, Yun Xiyan, and Cui Yueming all knew that it was definitely not a good medicine.
What does he want to do now?
The Yi State is at war with the barbarians, which is certainly a good thing for the Yu Dynasty. Could it be that he wants to make the Yi State even more chaotic?
If civil unrest broke out in the Yi Kingdom, causing Feng Xianchu to lead his troops back to his country, the barbarians would be able to withdraw their hands, which would be disadvantageous to the Yu Dynasty!
Fu Xiaoguan did not explain any further. Cui Yueming bowed and left. However, Fu Xiaoguan's gaze fell on the window again, and he sang leisurely:
"Life is only a few short autumns, so I won't stop until I'm drunk..."
"Today is Mid-Autumn Festival, you two, I'll treat you two to drinks at Shuiyun Tower tonight!"
Fu Xiaoguan put away the information and left, leaving Ning Yuchun and Yun Xiyan in the secretariat's office.
Yun Xiyan finished his work, looked at Ning Yuchun and asked, "Master Ning, you've spent quite a while with Earl Ding'an. Has he... always been this mysterious?"
Ning Yuchun shook his head and smiled. "I can't really put it into words. Sometimes, he really is just an eighteen-year-old boy, cheerful and straightforward. But sometimes... he feels like an eighty-year-old wise man. It's impossible to guess what he's up to, and I can't fathom the deeper meaning behind his words."
Ning Yuchun paused, raised his eyebrows, and continued, "In short, he wouldn't do anything without a purpose. I'm afraid the Yi Kingdom will cause trouble again."
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Fu Xiaoguan returned to the backyard and wrote another long letter to Fatty. In this letter, he wrote down all the water conservancy knowledge he knew.
He hopes that Fatty will pay attention to the management of the river and that such tragedies will not happen again.
At the same time, he was also plotting against the Yi State, and the Yi State's monarch Yan Liangze was also plotting against him.
In the imperial study of Tailin City, the capital of the Yi Kingdom, Yan Liangze was sitting opposite his prime minister Bian Muyu.
"General Feng has never disappointed me. Now half of the Blue Banner territory of the barbarians has fallen into my hands. Tuoba Feng sent a letter of peace. There is a sentence in this letter that I deeply agree with. Therefore, I gave up the plan to occupy all of the Blue Banner territory and agreed to Tuoba Feng's peace proposal."
Bian Muyu had naturally read the letter, and he also knew the sentence that Yan Liangze deeply agreed with.
The saying goes like this: There is a fish in the North Sea, its name is Kun. Kun can still hunt it in the water, but if Kun turns into Peng, who can defeat it?
It would be better to hunt it together while it is still a Kun, cook its meat, and eat it together!
Yan Liangze paused for three breaths before continuing, "If Fu Xiaoguan dies, the reforms of the Yu Dynasty will come to a halt, and the Wu Dynasty... will have no hope. As for you and me, we have avenged Bian Ronger."
"So I've thought about it and decided that it would be better to let the Huang Kingdom grow stronger. Next spring, the Huang people will march south. Regardless of who wins or loses between the Huang Kingdom and the Yu Dynasty, it will be beneficial to my Yi Kingdom.
As for Fu Xiaoguan..."
Yan Liangze unconsciously clenched his fists. Even though he was the king of a country now, he had a deep fear of Fu Xiaoguan.
"To deal with Fu Xiaoguan, I certainly won't send troops to attack Waqiao Pass, but I also can't let him comfortably call the shots in Wofeng Road. So, I have to give him some trouble and make him upset."
Bian Muyu was a little disappointed, "This... can't be used to cook its meat."
Yan Liangze didn't comment. He poured a cup of tea for Bian Muyu himself and said, "Kun is too big. We have to kill it slowly!"
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