Chapter 1016 The Flood Recedes

The flood comes quickly and goes away quickly.

After the peak of the flood, the water level gradually began to subside.

But everyone still dared not take it lightly.

Everyone is gritting their teeth and holding on.

By almost dark, the flood water outside the flood control dam had receded to below the knee line and was still receding rapidly.

The remaining flood can hardly cause much damage to the flood control dam.

At this point, they could basically declare victory.

When the exhausted Yun Zheng asked everyone to retreat, almost everyone collapsed to the ground, gasping for breath.

They hadn't eaten for a whole day.

Under such circumstances, everyone was actually exhausted after enduring hunger, cold and fighting the flood for a whole day.

However, when they looked at the official fields that they had sworn to defend to the death, smiles appeared on their faces again.

Although the official fields were in a mess after being washed away by the rain, they were at least not submerged by the flood.

In this case, some seeds will definitely be washed away, but at least most of the seeds buried in the ground are saved.

"Your Highness, look over there!"

Just when Yun Zheng was secretly rejoicing, Qu Zhi suddenly shouted.

Yun Zheng stood up despite his fatigue and looked in the direction where Qu Zhi's finger was pointing.

In the flood that had not yet subsided, more than a dozen sheepskin rafts and small boats were approaching them.

Only when the sheepskin raft and wooden boat approached did Yun Zheng recognize the people.

"It's the princess and Madam Miaoyin!"

Before Yun Zheng could wave to Shen Luoyan and the others, Qu Zhi started shouting.

Hearing Qu Zhi's shouts, many people who had collapsed on the ground got up.

The wooden boat that Shen Luoyanshen and Miaoyin were riding on approached the flood control dam. The two jumped and landed on the flood control dam one after another.

Looking at these soldiers covered in mud, and then looking at the disheveled Yun Zheng, the two men couldn't help but have red eyes.

Although they did not come to fight the flood, just by looking at the appearance of these people, one can imagine how much effort they have put in to protect this piece of official land.

Shen Luoyan wiped the mist from his eyes and turned to look at the approaching sheepskin raft and wooden boat, "Quick! Bring the things up!"

Under Shen Luoyan's order, sheepskin rafts and wooden boats stopped outside the flood control dam.

One by one, people jumped up and busied themselves carrying down the baskets and barrels.

They opened the office's warehouse and mobilized everyone in the office to make steamed buns and rice balls. The wooden barrel was filled with boiled brown sugar ginger soup.

Shen Luoyan stood on the flood control dam and shouted, "There are limited steamed buns and rice balls. Everyone can get half a steamed bun or a rice ball first. More food will be delivered later! Line up and get them one by one!"

When they heard that there was something to eat, the crowd suddenly cheered and lined up in several queues to get the food.

When Shen Luoyan was calling for help to distribute food, Miaoyin came to Yun Zheng, supported him and asked distressedly: "How did it become like this?"

Yun Zheng smiled tiredly, "There's nothing we can do! The water is too high and the flood control dam is almost broken. We can only build a human wall..."

Build a human wall?

Hearing Yun Zheng's words, Miaoyin's heart trembled violently.

Although she didn't see the scene, she could imagine what it was like.

"You bastard! You don't even know how to take care of yourself!"

Miaoyin's eyes turned red, and she quickly helped Yun Zheng sit down, "You take a rest first, I'll get you something to eat."

"No hurry! Let the brothers eat first!"

Yun Zheng waved his hand, "How much more food will be delivered later?"

"It's enough for you to eat anyway!"

Miaoyin rubbed her eyes and explained, "There is enough food and drink. The main reason is that there are not enough rafts. When the water recedes, the food can be delivered..."

There is not much rainfall in Fuzhou.

Many people in their sixties and seventies have never seen this kind of flood in their lives.

Changle County is not close to any large rivers, so there are even fewer rafts and boats.

With these rafts and canoes, they searched almost the entire county town.

"That's good!"

Yun Zheng let out a long breath and asked, "Is the county town flooded?"

Miaoyin replied: "It's okay inside the city, but many places outside the city were flooded. Fortunately, when we came, the water was receding in most places."

"This is really like when it rains it pours!" Yun Zheng rubbed his head in pain, "Now, we have to start disaster relief again..."

"Yes!"

Miaoyin sighed, "Last night's strong wind overturned many thatched houses, and today's heavy rain has caused disasters for many people..."

Actually, if it were just this, it would be fine.

But at this time the wheat has begun to ear, and it would have been harvested in a while.

But this strong wind will blow down a lot of wheat, and the wheat in low-lying areas will definitely be soaked again.

As a result, Changle County is facing a total wheat harvest this year.

The people worked so hard on the crops and were about to harvest, but then such a strange natural disaster occurred.

For the government, this is adding insult to injury.

For ordinary people, it is even worse.

Although they all had a headache, there was nothing they could do to change it.

This is a natural disaster, not a man-made disaster.

In the face of such natural disasters, human power is too small.

Now we can only pray that after this storm and disaster, there will be no more natural disasters later this year.

At least it's been a good year, so let them store some food.

We are always spending more than we earn and it's hard to make ends meet.

Yun Zheng cursed the heavens in his heart and asked, "Did Zi'er order anyone to help with the disaster?"

Miaoyin said, "Don't worry about disaster relief for now. Ye Zi and Lord Sun should still be busy with this matter! However, large-scale disaster relief must be discussed after the water recedes."

"Okay, as long as they arrange it."

Yun Zheng patted Miaoyin's hand and said, "Don't worry about me for now. Send someone to notify the people behind us to quickly bring the food and drinks over. Once everyone is full, we can find a place to rest! Everyone is exhausted after a day's work! By the way, after what happened today, I guess many people will fall ill. I'll arrange for someone to boil some medicine..."

"Okay, then you take a rest first."

Miaoyin looked at him helplessly, then got up to do what he had asked her to do.

After dark, a large field of torches lit up in the distance.

As the water level receded, many people rushed over carrying food and brown sugar ginger soup.

Now, everyone was finally full.

Yun Zheng ate two steamed buns in a hurry and drank a few gulps of ginger soup. Then he called Qu Zhi over and said, "Take everyone back to rest quickly. I have already told Miaoyin that someone will send the medicine over later..."

Qu Zhi nodded and asked, "Do you want to change a group of people to guard tonight? I am afraid that there will be another heavy rain like this tonight..."

"Um……"

Yun Zheng thought for a moment and nodded, "Then do as you wish! If you send someone over, bring some firewood, otherwise it will be hard to get through the night..."

We really need to send someone to guard it.

Otherwise, if something unexpected happens at night, all their efforts today will be in vain.

"I will finally understand!"

Qu Zhi nodded heavily, "It's getting late, Your Highness has been tired all day, go back and rest early!"

Today, they were extremely tired, and Yun Zheng wasn't much better.

Yun Zheng participated in the whole process, including carrying sacks and building human walls.

With Yun Zheng's power, being able to do this is almost unimaginable.

"it is good!"

Yun Zheng smiled tiredly, "I hope I can get a good sleep tonight!"