The heavy rain stopped for three days, but the flood raged for another five days. Zhang Zhong was finally exhausted. Fortunately, there was no danger to his life. He lay there and fell asleep, no one would disturb, one by one. The people looked at Zhang Zhong with a special look.
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan are also thin. They have just woke up and are eating and drinking. The roasted meat is put in their mouths, and there is wine next to them. They take a sip from time to time.
There are now more than 20,000 people living on the entire land composed of wooden rafts. In addition to the people from this state, there are also people from other states and mountain people who are not so exclusive at this time. They know who they are. Saved them, and helped with some work in the past few days.
The sun came out, and the dark clouds finally dissipated. When the first ray of sunlight came down, some of their loved ones were crying quietly, some were silent, and others were sitting there looking at the surrounding scenery in a daze.
Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan were full. They stood on the wooden raft and looked up at the sun. Zhang Xiaobao yelled: "We have survived. When the water is all back down, we will start to build our new home. The Zhang family pays for it and is willing to stay. Those who have dropped off can be allocated a piece of land here."
With his shouting, the local people became happy, and those who had been rescued from outside also temporarily let go of their grief. After all, they are still alive, so they can't beg others to give happiness. There will be a new life in the past.
Most of the people are willing to stay. Some people still want to go home to see if there are any. If there are any, they will find it here. If not, pack up the things worth remembering and come back.
The mountain people don't know how to choose at this time. They don't understand the language here, and there are only a few people in each tribe who can speak here.
People who see here are preparing to rebuild. Think about the days on the mountain. Some mountain people also want to stay, but they are afraid that people here will disagree.
According to the tribe, these mountain people got together and started to discuss. In a few days, they knew that the mountain people who came down the mountain would get a lot of things for the first time. After some discussions, someone who could talk found Zhang Zhong. Zhang Zhong was still asleep, but he was yelled by the mountain people, rubbing his eyes, his face was puzzled.
"My lord, we are going to stay, and people who haven't been washed down on the mountain will also be found. Will the adults go back and give those things? And we don't know how to farm, can the adults send someone to teach? we?"
The mountain man asked Zhang Zhong. Zhang Zhong was now sober. Hearing the mountain man said he would like to go down the mountain, he nodded: "This is natural, but I can't give you those now. You can wait for it to be shipped from other places. As you can see, there is nothing here. Everyone has to stick to it.
Don’t worry about farming. There are many open spaces in this state. Not only will we send someone to teach you how to farm, we will also teach you what to say here, recognize the words here, and you won’t have to pay any tax this year, so just live here. "
"Thank you, my lord, I'll tell them. It's okay to give less things first. As long as we can eat, we don't want so much. Adults can really teach us mountain people to read? Look down on us."
The mountain people seemed very happy.
"It's not mountain people, they are all people under the rule of the official. Go ahead and talk about it. It will be fine. At this time next year, the official promises that you will all have a new house to live in. Everyone can put on new clothes. If you can eat meat every day, for one year, if you give it to the official for one year, the official can do it."
Zhang Zhong promised that he has the confidence that other people can't do it. His family needs money and goods to come over, and it is very easy to build a new place.
This mountain man happily left and went back to the clan and told others that other mountain people had also come over. Zhang Zhong repeated what he said just now, and got all the mountain people right, and then he started to eat it. The rice is very simple, with braised pork rice and some small pickles. Zhang Zhong ate it very fragrantly and solved a major concern.
Look at the slightly higher place next to it, and after leaving the traces of the water, he said to the person next to him: "This is really fertile. First plant the rice that I brought, and see how it grows here. Then plant the white stack, as long as the white stack grows out, there is no need to worry about money here."
"What the master said is that the things made by Bai Diezi will definitely be bought by someone who is willing to spend a lot of money, and the things are rare and expensive, and the marine fish here is made into dried salted fish, transported by a big ship, and can be sold. At a good price, there are fish to eat and it can be used as salt."
People from Zhang Zhong's side followed the Dao, full of yearning for the future here.
They are stable here, just waiting for the water to recede, and then construction will begin, but the surrounding states are not in such a good mood. One by one, the governors wrote about the disasters encountered in the state, and they even brought a copy of the petition. The papers sent up by the army post, and the papers on it will be sent back in a short time.
Zhang Zhong also wrote a book here, but did not plead guilty. He did not think he was guilty. He had just arrived in the place and had not had time to do anything. The flood came. If he was given half a year, he would definitely Repair the water conservancy and so on.
Only the disaster situation here is stated, and the preparations for this time are also written in the book. The whole state, after a flood of local people, statistics show that only one hundred and twenty-one people have died and those who have disappeared. It was considered dead, and the people under his men searched a wide range of areas, but hadn't seen it yet, and basically there was no possibility of surviving.
When he rushed into the sea, even if he was not drowned, he would be dehydrated and die, even if he was eaten by a few fishes. This loss made him very sad, but there was no other way. He did everything he needed to do.
There was no loss at home. Twelve of the eighteen large ships broke down. Fortunately, they did not sink. They were all stranded. Some of them got in a lot of water. They hit a rock, and some were stranded on the beach. Come on, this is easy to handle, just let someone get it in the water.
The money borrowed and the materials paid for in installments in the previous period could not be collected, and a lot of the things on the ship were consumed. Even the ship repairs were counted together. In half a month, the family lost more than 50,000 yuan.
The wealthy people who are ordinary people are crazy early, but the people in the Zhang family are indifferent. The loss is not good, but the foundation of the family is not touched, and the money-making business is on the capital side.
The reaction of the two families made Liu Shaoqing and the four very frustrated. They hoped that more people would die, but only over a hundred died. They hoped that Zhang and Wang’s family would be sad for the loss of money, but the family did not respond. , It seems that the loss is not tens of thousands, but only a few cents.
What makes them even more uncomfortable is that all the money in the family is gone, and they owe a butt of debts. The least owed is 3,000 guan, and the most is more than 4,000. How can this be paid? It seems that I can only pay back slowly from the Yongye field, and there is also the salary that should be paid, Zhang Zhong said, only leaving the money that will enable his family to eat and wear clothes, and all other debts will be collected.
As for the subordinates in the family, they can be dismissed, do some work outside, support themselves, and see if they can still show off as before.
The four dared not say anything. Now is not the time when they threatened the governor's life in the first place. They are now in danger. No matter what Zhang Zhong said, they nodded and agreed.
Two more days passed, the water receded, and all the wooden rafts fell to the ground. Zhang Zhong started to get busy and had the wooden rafts torn down. There were some big trees washed down and started to build houses. The ground only needs to be ploughed once, and planted with rice seedlings and cotton seedlings sent by Zhang Xiaobao and Wang Juan.
Li Xun also followed suit. First, he wrote a safety letter to his father, and then assigned one hundred and fifty guards to help, leaving only fifty people responsible for the safety of himself and Wang Zhang's family.
After a few days of busy work, the second batch of ten ships sent from the capital also arrived. When they came, they didn’t know what happened here. They didn’t load any food. They were filled with handmade products and fabrics. Some frozen lamb.
There is still some grain in the local area, and the big movable ship has gone along the sea to Zhejiang-Hangzhou, ready to go there to buy grain. The lamb from the new ship has become a good thing here, and handmade products can also be used. , Cloth is used to make tents.
A big flood caused heavy losses to other states. The population of Luzhou increased to more than 20,000. Part of them went to the beach to dry salt. This is fast. Those in charge of salt drying have seen this method for the first time. So long as you dig some ponds, if there is any sun or crystals, you can produce a lot of salt.
Everyone knows that they can quickly produce a lot of salt, and they are more confident in the future. If there is salt, there is money.
This matter could not be kept secret. Lianzhou and Su Maozhou nearby and Xin'anzhou further west also discovered this matter and sent people in surprise to ask about it.
Zhang Zhong received visitors from several states and told people in several states the method of drying salt in detail. He himself had already written this method as a book and sent it up.
"Xiaobao, it seems that many plans are going to be postponed. At this time, there is a big flood. Wait a few months for us, then it will be safe. It is true." Wang Juan did her and Zhang Xiaobao well. Put the plan on the table and said dullly.
A big flood disrupted the rhythm of the two people and killed them. It's hard to accept this kind of thing.
Zhang Xiaobao is also depressed. Don’t look at the delay of just a few months, but on the whole there will be more delays, especially the construction of the wharf, which needs to be restarted from scratch. Naturally the same is true for the dock. Everyone is repairing houses and farming. There is no time. Come to build the dock.
"I'll admit it if it took a while, but if several states are hit by the disaster at the same time, our goods won't be able to sell. How can there be spare money to buy goods from the capital? A large number of caravans will be formed in a while. Let's buy hard when we go out, right
After buying things from here, transport them to the capital to sell them. You can also sell some in Kaifeng. If the surrounding states are rich, won't they develop faster? "
Zhang Xiaobao made up his mind to spend a lot of money this time, which is far from the return rate in the original plan.