Almighty System Great Master Qin

Chapter 72 The natural disaster strikes
Xiao Hong, who had left the early court, sighed. He could clearly see that Qin Shihuang did not support the loosening of business laws, and he was still worried that amending the laws would lead to instability in Great Qin.

At this moment, an iron cavalry rushed into Xianyang and said loudly: "Dongjun urgent report, block death!"

Pedestrians along the way hurriedly gave way to give way to the cavalry.

At this time, before the ministers left Xianyang Palace, they saw the knights breaking into the palace gate.

Everyone hurriedly moved out of the way to make way for the knights. It was stipulated in the laws of the Qin Dynasty that no one was allowed to block the urgent report. Those who violated the rules in serious cases would even be punished by the three clans.

"It's only been comforting for a few days, what happened?" Everyone sighed. Although Qin Shihuang unified the six countries and their status has risen, more and more things have happened with it.

As far as Qin Shihuang now needs to review 120 catties of bamboo slips a day (one catty in Daqin is equivalent to half a catty now), that is more than 60 catties, this is not counted in the Qin Dynasty system, Qin Shihuang’s power has been infinitely expanded, and the world every day Many things that happened had to be passed through his eyes and ears, and Qin Shihuang could only sleep for five hours a day at most, so Xiao Hong felt that Qin Shihuang probably died of overwork.

When the knight entered Xianyang Palace for a cup of tea, a visitor hurried to the meritorious minister waiting at the gate of the palace, bowed and said, "Your Majesty has a decree to order all officials to enter the palace."

"Let's go." Everyone tidied up their clothes in a tacit understanding and headed to Qilin Hall.

"See Your Majesty." When everyone entered the Qilin Hall, Qin Shihuang was already sitting on the dragon chair, and everyone had to bow and salute at the entrance of the palace.

"Mianli" everyone found their own seats and sat down.

"Show the urgent report to everyone." The visitor beside Qin Shihuang stepped forward, picked up the urgent report and read it aloud.

A major flood occurred in East County, and East County was the most severely affected. Tens of thousands of people have died. Currently, hundreds of thousands of people's houses have been destroyed, resulting in displacement. A large number of farmers have been destroyed. Millions of people are already in a state of food shortage. In the situation, all the turf and tree bark have been eaten away, and there is almost a situation of people exchanging food for food. Moreover, many bandits are taking advantage of this opportunity to cause trouble. Diseases and insect pests caused by floods are endless, and the governor of Dongjun has no power. To deal with it, you can only report it to the court for help.

Xiao Hong knew very little about the history of the Qin Dynasty, and he really didn't know that there were major floods in the history of the Qin Dynasty, otherwise he wouldn't have made preparations in advance.

Hearing the tragic image of Dongjun, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty couldn't help sighing and shaking their heads.

There is only one way to encounter such a wide range of natural disasters!
Open the warehouse to release food!
But in Da Qin, this is not an easy thing.

Although Qin Shihuang built a lot of granaries in various places, these grains are tax grains, which are mainly used for the rations of soldiers during the army's battles, the payment of corvee expenses, and the rations and salaries of officials.

Moreover, at present, many granaries in various parts of Daqin have only accumulated less than half of the grain, and the harvested potatoes have been promoted to the whole country. At present, the imperial court does not have any extra potatoes.

The most important thing is that Qin Shihuang has been preparing to attack Baiyue. Although the method proposed by Xiao Hong has eased the action time, Baiyue will definitely fight.

Moreover, there are tens of thousands of people who control strings in Maodun's hands. Once Maodun strikes, Qin Shihuang will definitely dispatch troops to go there.

At that time, the food needed will only increase.

If we open warehouses to release grain now, what should we do if there is not enough grain for the expedition at that time? No one can take this responsibility.

Looking at the crowd, Xiao Hong just shook his head and sighed, and went out with a wat board in hand, saying: "Your Majesty, I have a way to solve the flood."

Qin Shihuang's eyes lit up immediately, and he asked eagerly: "Mr. Wu'an is worthy of being a minister of the brachius, what can I do?"

"First, the imperial court sent officials and ministers to the disaster-stricken areas to sit in town and organize craftsmen to help the people repair houses."

Everyone knows Xiao Hong's method, but the disaster area is very wide, involving the East County area. How many craftsmen need to be mobilized to help people repair their houses?
Even if all the craftsmen in Xianyang were transferred, there wouldn't be enough people, and the only way was to recruit civilian workers.

However, the scope of the disaster is too large, and potatoes have just been popularized, and people all over the country are urgently planting them. Now that they are recruiting civilian husbands, wouldn't they cut off their way of life.

"Mr. Wu'an, your method is not practical. It is the time to plant potatoes in various places. If a large number of peasants are recruited, the farmers in various places will be destroyed," Feng Quji said with a headache.

"Your Majesty, I didn't say that I need to transfer civilian husbands"

"It doesn't take some folks, it's not enough to rely on craftsmen"

"Your Majesty, there are many bandits in the disaster-stricken East County taking advantage of the fire, and the imperial court will send troops to garrison them to deter Xiao Xiao and stabilize the situation in various places. Is my minister right?"

"That's right." Qin Shihuang nodded.

It was normal, and he was going to do it.

These bandits actually came out to make trouble at this time, so according to Qin Shihuang's temper, he would definitely take advantage of this to pull them out to avoid future troubles.

"Then there is no need to recruit civilians this time. Dongjun needs at least 10 soldiers and horses to be stationed. Your Majesty can make a decree to let the soldiers cooperate with the local officials, ministers, craftsmen and common people, which is enough to build a simple garrison in a short period of time." Shelter gone"

It was very common in later generations for soldiers to enter disaster-stricken areas and help people restore production.

When the common people are in danger, the soldiers will always appear on the front line. They take it as their bounden duty to defend their homes and the country.

"This..." Meng Yi couldn't help but stood up and asked, "Mr. Wu'an, if these [-] soldiers participate in the construction of the people's shelter, who will guard the various places and arrest the bandits? Once the remnants of the Six Kingdoms take advantage of this to act rashly , so what?"

"Dare to ask Wu Dehou, can you lead the cavalry to support Dongjun at any time?"

Li Xin immediately stepped out, bowed and said: "As long as His Majesty gives the order, I am willing to lead the iron cavalry and be ready to support Dongjun at any time."

The thirty thousand cavalry are currently still led by Li Xin, Ren Xiao and Tu Sui.

And Xianyang has a straight road leading to Dongjun, and it only takes one and a half days for the cavalry to arrive at Dongjun, and there are [-] soldiers stationed in Dongjun, even if they all participate in helping the people build shelters, the remnants of the Six Kingdoms will not dare hands on.

"Your Majesty, if you are still not at ease, I would like to go to Dongjun personally to guard the various places." Seeing that Qin Shihuang was still hesitating, he hurriedly said.

As long as Xiao Hong arrives in Dongjun, not to mention the remnants of the Six Kingdoms, even the bandits will not dare to move rashly.

"Your Majesty, if the people in the disaster area are ignored, the remnants of the Six Kingdoms will take advantage of the momentum to win over the people. At that time, the people who cannot survive will follow the remnants of the Six Kingdoms to rebel, so what?"

When Xiao Hong said this, Qin Shihuang's face changed drastically, and all the officials were even more uproarious.

"rebel!"

"Okay, Lord Wu'an's proposal is approved." Qin Shihuang felt that it was a good idea for Xiao Hong to recruit soldiers to help the disaster relief. Anyway, they will go to the disaster area to guard. As long as a part of the force is left to be vigilant, the rest will help the disaster relief. .

Besides, there are tens of thousands of cavalry, enough to deal with all mutation factors.

(End of this chapter)