amaotonovel Chapter 244 Wang Guangyang: If the Yangs can play games, so can I, the Wangs!
Chapter 244 Wang Guangyang: If the Yangs can play games, so can I, the Wangs!
As the saying goes, "He's all bark and no bite inside, but he's all smiles on his face."
Although Wu Yanhu, Chen Mo, and Lü Peng were cursing Magistrate Yang in their hearts, they did not show it on the surface.
What Wu Yanhu and the others did not expect was that after assigning them a series of tasks, Magistrate Yang added, "When you are done with your work, you may want to take some time to think about how to organize the people to cope with natural disasters such as earthquakes, droughts, and floods. It would be best if you could write it down and show it to me later."
If you have no experience or contingency plan when facing natural disasters, you can only proceed blindly. The fact that nothing major happened this time can only mean that Magistrate Yang and the people of Ningyang County were lucky.
But who can guarantee that they will have the same good luck when facing natural disasters again?
Just like the four artificial lakes outside the city, it was precisely because the artificial lakes were dug and filled with water before the drought began in the first year of Hongwu that the people of Ningyang County were able to preserve part of their harvest after the drought arrived, so as not to face the predicament of having no harvest at all, and not to become refugees because of the drought.
Therefore, Magistrate Yang thought of having Wu Yanhu and others write a contingency plan for natural disasters such as earthquakes, droughts, and floods in the opposite direction.
We may not need it in the future, but we can't live without it.
Wu Yanhu and the others were completely bewildered.
If they could buy a pill to undo their mistakes, Wu Yanhu, Chen Mo, and Lü Peng felt they would do anything, even go bankrupt, to buy one and vow never to set foot in Ningyang County again!
Just as Wu Yanhu and the others were about to cry, Magistrate Yang suddenly said, "Oh, right, prepare your articles on drought, flood, and earthworm resurrection. Write down everything you can think of. I'm going to show them to the imperial court, and you'll be rewarded handsomely."
As soon as Magistrate Yang finished speaking, Wu Yanhu and the other two were overjoyed and immediately bowed to Magistrate Yang, saying, "Thank you, Magistrate."
After leaving the county government office, Wu Yanhu, Chen Mo, and Lü Peng gathered together.
Wu Yanhu spoke first: "Brother Chen, Brother Lü, which of you has experienced drought or flood?"
Chen Mo shook his head slightly and said, "I've experienced minor droughts, but I've never experienced a major drought."
Lu Peng sighed helplessly, "I've never experienced either major or minor floods."
After he finished speaking, the three of them fell silent again.
Was the promise made by Magistrate Yang any good?
Really fragrant!
If we can write good articles on how to deal with drought, floods, and earthworms, the three of us can also catch the Crown Prince's eye. We can forget about being promoted or transferred, but if we catch the Crown Prince's eye, we'll have more opportunities than others in the future, right?
However, none of the three of them had actually experienced floods, droughts, locust plagues, or earthworms, so how could they possibly write the article that Magistrate Yang wanted?
Wu Yanhu sighed slightly and was about to speak when Chen Mo suddenly said, "We haven't experienced this before, so we don't know how to deal with it. But hasn't the county magistrate already demonstrated it to us?"
"When the earth turns upside down, the first thing to do is to evacuate the people, the second is to arrange for the yamen runners to patrol the streets to prevent petty thieves from causing trouble, the third is to send people to guard the granaries, and the fourth is to prepare for opening the granaries to release grain."
"If we write articles based on this idea, then drought must mean digging canals and reservoirs—that is to say, we can't wait until the drought to dig them; we have to dig them in advance. The same goes for floods."
As Chen Mo finished speaking, Wu Yanhu and Lü Peng's eyes lit up.
Yeah, if you can't write it yourself, surely you can at least copy it?
Damn it, since Magistrate Yang treats the three of us like cattle and horses, then we can naturally copy his articles as well.
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Just as Wu Yanhu and his two companions began to painstakingly copy Magistrate Yang's articles, Wang Guangyang, the Vice Minister of the Shandong Provincial Secretariat, was also preparing to copy Magistrate Yang's work.
Unlike Magistrate Yang, who was unaware of the epicenter's location, Wang Guangyang, the Provincial Councilor of Shandong Province, learned of the epicenter the day after the earthquake.
The earthquake did not occur in Jinan Prefecture or Yanzhou Prefecture, but in Weihaiwei.
Or rather, the earthquake did not occur directly in Weihaiwei, but rather on the seabed of the Bohai Bay.
The underwater earthquake triggered a massive tsunami that completely submerged the newly established city of Hongzhou. Liangmu Mountain in Jiaoshui County, which is over a hundred feet high, was also submerged twice in one day. Even Weixian County, which is quite a distance from Weihaiwei, was almost submerged.
As the Vice Minister of the Shandong Provincial Government, Wang Guangyang now has to face several prefectures and counties that have been hit by floods, and the people who have lost their homes.
In the past, Wang Guangyang felt that all he could do was open the granaries and distribute grain, and then ask the imperial court for relief and tax exemption policies.
However, after witnessing the various tricks that Magistrate Yang played, Wang Guangyang suddenly felt that he had failed as the Vice Minister of Shandong Province.
How did Yang the Madman manage to make Ningyang County so prosperous?
Why can't I, Wang Guangning, get things going in Shandong?
Yes, Shandong Province is large in area but sparsely populated and divided into a large number of prefectures and counties, which makes it inconvenient for me, as the Vice Minister of State Affairs, to operate and the scope of my actions is not very large. But surely setting up a Jinan Prefecture should not be a problem?
Before Wang Guangyang could figure out where to start, Hongzhou was completely submerged by floods, and the people of Hongzhou were displaced as a result.
What troubled Wang Guangyang even more was that the fields in the Hongzhou area were completely ruined. Even if the floodwaters receded soon, the fields submerged by the sea were no longer suitable for normal cultivation.
"Where should we begin?"
Wang Guangyang frowned slightly.
The people of Hongzhou were dispersed and relocated to other prefectures and counties, and then land was distributed to them.
Or should we relocate all the people of Hongzhou and establish a new prefecture city to settle them?
The former method is more time-saving, less labor-intensive, and less expensive. However, this kind of dispersed relocation must take into account both the people of Hongzhou and the people in the resettlement areas. Even if the relocation is carried out in village units, it must be carefully considered.
The latter doesn't require much consideration and shouldn't take much time, but the cost of building a city is high, and choosing a location to build the city also requires a lot of thought.
Besides this, what should be done about the land that has been flooded by seawater?
The more he thought about it, the more his head ached, and Wang Guangyang couldn't help but rub his forehead.
If Yang were the madman, how would he settle these people?
How will he deal with the flooded land?
Otherwise, I will simply relocate all the people of Hongzhou to Ningyang County and let that madman Yang have a headache.