Chapter 557 Extra: The Large Ship Rescues People Quickly
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Lin Wenqian immediately instructed the rescue team to transfer the affected people to Lin Luoxi's boat, and then have her move them to a safe place.
A single ship can transport half the village's population, along with various livestock and poultry, saving a great deal of time and manpower, and enabling others to be rescued more quickly.
With the help of this ship, much of the loss was mitigated, and the flood victims were all rescued and brought aboard.
Only some houses were washed away, but no people or poultry were lost.
While Lin Luoxi was rescuing people at the front, she instructed local officials to lead a team to higher ground, where the floodwaters would not reach, to build resettlement houses and house the affected people.
However, due to the large affected area and the ongoing rain, the resettlement houses will not be built quickly.
With no other option, Lin Luoxi had to hire young laborers from the affected villagers to join the house-building team.
The affected villagers all wanted to rebuild their homes as quickly as possible, so they worked very hard during the construction process, which greatly accelerated the progress of the construction.
While Lin Luoxi was rescuing people, the construction team was building houses behind her so that the affected villagers would have a place to live.
The most crucial issues in building a house are money and basic necessities. The ten million taels of disaster relief money that Xiao Jingchen had Lin Wenqian and the others bring back was just a drop in the bucket for Quanzhou, a city with tens of millions of people.
But they couldn't let the people go homeless, so Lin Luoxi always used her own money to dig up the gold mine in her space to help the people.
The flood came too fiercely. Of the grain that had been salvaged earlier, only half of the harvest was left. A significant portion of the grain was washed away when the floodwaters surged in.
Therefore, Lin Luoxi not only had to pay for the money, but also for the food.
Several thousand acres of farmland suddenly appeared in the space, all of which were used to help the disaster-stricken people.
Fortunately, the space knew that the people outside were suffering from natural disasters. The crops grew quickly and could be harvested every half month, which was enough to feed tens of millions of people.
If the disaster in Quanzhou is this severe, I can't imagine how serious it is in Lingnan, which is adjacent to Quanzhou.
After marrying Lin Luoning, Nangong Mobai was sent by Xiao Jingchen to Lingnan to serve as the governor of Lingnan.
Knowing that Lingnan was suffering from disaster, Lin Luoxi could not stand idly by and decided to take her people and continue towards Lingnan.
Lin Luoxi, Xie Hanchuan, Lin Wenqian, Lin Wenjin, and Yang Xiaofeng took turns rescuing people, and managed to get all the residents of Quanzhou out of the flood.
He continued his journey towards Lingnan, intending to do his part to save the people of Lingnan from their suffering.
When Lin Luoxi arrived in Lingnan on her own ship, she discovered that the entire Lingnan Plain had become a vast expanse of water, and she could no longer see the former houses, let alone people.
"Oh my god, where have all the people gone??" As the boat sailed into the Lingnan area, looking at the vast expanse of yellow floodwaters before her, Lin Luoxi felt a deep sense of sorrow.
The extent of the disaster is comparable to that in Quanzhou; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the entire army was affected.
"Wife, don't worry, let's look for it in the higher places first."
In the Lingnan region, the plains are mostly flat, but there are also some high-altitude areas.
Perhaps those people have already escaped to higher ground.
Lin Luoxi had the boat steered to a place with more mountains, and sure enough, they saw many people there.
"Fellow villagers, how are you?" Lin Luoxi was very excited when she saw people and called out to them.
After shouting, I felt a bit stupid. They were all hiding in a makeshift shed, which was constantly dripping water. It was raining heavily outside and drizzling inside. How good could things be?
"Honorable guests, do you have any food?" The people hiding in the mountains all braved the rain to run to the shore and ask as they saw Lin Luoxi's ship approaching.
"Yes, where is your village chief? I want to talk to your village chief!" Lin Luoxi saw that as soon as these disaster victims heard that she had someone, they all stared at her menacingly.
Thinking that even if she gave all the grain to these people now, some people still wouldn't receive it, she immediately suggested that she talk to the village chief.
“I am Liu Cong, the village chief of these villagers.” A man from Central South China with a rather upright appearance stepped forward.
"Village Chief Liu, I am Princess Changping, and he is the ever-victorious General. We are here on orders from the imperial court to provide disaster relief."
"Have one person from each household in your village come over. I don't have much grain here; I can only give each household a little relief grain."
Lin Luoxi said this to prevent some people who like to take advantage from shamelessly taking an extra portion.
"Yes, Princess!" Upon hearing that the other party was a princess, Liu Cong dared not play any tricks and began calling out names from the crowd, asking the head of that family to come out and collect the food.
Lin Luoxi saw that the hill was quite large, and since they had occupied the land themselves and built sheds, in addition to giving them food, she also gave each of them a rainproof tarpaulin, so that they could cover the roof of the shed to prevent water from leaking inside.
Lin Luoxi still didn't quite believe this man named Liu Cong. After distributing the grain and oilcloth, he personally went to each household's shed to check.
As Lin Luoxi disembarked and walked into the refugee shed, several burly men exchanged glances.
Although the woman in front of her claimed to be a princess, she actually had very few guards on her ship.
Thinking that the young, strong men had managed to detain the so-called princess, and that all the food on the ship belonged to them, they believed that with food and oilcloth, they would be able to survive the flood.
These people's malice was so strong that it was impossible for Lin Luoxi, who was inspecting the refugee area, not to notice them.
A smile played on his lips as he walked further into the refugee area.
"Grab her!" One of the burly men saw that Lin Luoxi was some distance from the boat and immediately ordered the young burly men around him to capture Lin Luoxi.
"Liu Mazi, what do you want to do?" Liu Cong, who was following Lin Luoxi, immediately questioned her with a stern face when he saw that the ruffians from his village were trying to harm Lin Luoxi.
"She's a princess! If you dare touch a hair on her head, your entire family will be executed!" As a village chief, he was quite familiar with the laws of the dynasty and glared at the several eager young men.
"Stop talking nonsense. As long as we detain this woman, all the food on the ship is ours, and the ship itself is ours too."
"What princess? When it comes to survival, food is the most important thing!" Liu Mazi was very disdainful of Liu Cong's pretentious expression and waved for his brothers to take action.
"You dare!" Liu Cong stood in front of Lin Luoxi, determined not to let Liu Mazi succeed.
Although he was just the village chief, the aura emanating from Lin Luoxi was enough to prove that she was a princess. If you really offended the princess, not to mention surviving, the whole village might be slaughtered.
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