Resource Tycoon Reborn

Chapter 473 Man-made disasters are worse than natural disasters

Director Zhang soon saw the cars Su Aijun and his entourage were riding in. These were imported off-road vehicles shipped directly from Fengyuan. Not only were the cars wide and thick, they were full of horsepower, but the chassis of the car was also high, so ordinary water would not be able to accumulate at all.

Chassis. And after Su Aijun's explanation, he learned that the engine exhaust pipes of these four off-road vehicles were actually near the front of the vehicle and higher than the roof. In this case, they would have driven into the river, as long as the river did not overflow the vehicle.

It is impossible to cause the engine to stall if it is lifted. In places like Pengxu City, it is generally impossible to be trapped in water.

"This Carrefour supermarket is really rich! It actually has such a good car!" Director Zhang couldn't help but secretly marveled. Although he didn't know the price of this car in foreign countries, but think about a top-notch ordinary car.

How much does it cost in China, and what grade is it? If you look at this car, it probably doesn’t cost 600,000 to 700,000 yuan. Don’t even think about it!

Su Aijun dragged Director Zhang into the first car, while Lin Lian and Fang Mingyuan got into Chen Zhong's car. The six staff from the Flood Control and Disaster Relief Headquarters who came out with Director Zhang got into the two cars behind.

The convoy slowly drove out of the gate of the Flood Control and Disaster Relief Headquarters. The car and a minibus from the Flood Control and Disaster Relief Headquarters had to follow behind the convoy.

The motorcade had not driven very far when strong winds blew past and raindrops the size of soybeans fell from the sky, mixed with countless white crystals the size of broad beans, hitting the car body with a crackling sound.

"It's hailing!" Lin Lian exclaimed in a low voice. On the front of the car, small white balls hit the body of the car and jumped up high. She looked out from the side window.

, the whole street is full of white crystals beating.

"Fortunately, it's not big. Hail of this size is not fatal to crops." Fang Mingyuan said softly. If there is another hailstorm and the crops near Pengxu City fail, the lives of the victims will be even more miserable this year.

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The hail did not fall for long. After a few minutes, it was completely replaced by heavy rain that connected the sky and the earth. The sky became dark. At three or four o'clock in the afternoon, Pengxu City seemed to have fallen into the night. Fang Mingyuan looked out of the car.

Go, as far as the eye can see, within a range of only ten meters, the leading off-road vehicle has already turned on its headlights.

"Oh, this is why the house is leaking and it rains continuously!" Chen Zhong sighed lightly. Such heavy rain is nothing more than making Pengxu City's flood prevention and relief work worse. The large and small rivers nearby are flooded with water.

It's definitely going to skyrocket.

"Here in the Huaihe River, it seems that flood control and disaster relief work have been very frequent in recent years. There are light rains and small disasters, heavy rains and big disasters. The residents living here are really pitiful." Lin Lian couldn't help but say softly. She lives in Qinxi Province,

The only impression of floods is the flooding of the Wei River. However, the floods in the Wei River are far from as large as the floods in the Huai River.

"Sister Lian, you are wrong about this. Historically, the Huaihe River Basin was not like this before the Southern Song Dynasty. At that time, this was the center of the Northern Song Dynasty, and Kaifeng, Tokyo, as the capital, was located in this area. At that time,

Kaifeng was the political, economic, military, technological and cultural center of China, and was also the most prosperous metropolis in the world at that time. The population of Kaifeng alone at that time reached more than 1.5 million! The reason why the Huaihe River Basin has changed

What it is today is mainly due to the several changes in the course of the Yellow River in history." Fang Mingyuan sighed, "There are both natural disasters and man-made disasters!"

"Man-made disaster? Mr. Fang, are you referring to Bald Jiang's order to attack the entrance to the garden?" Chen Zhong asked while driving the car carefully.

"Breaking the dams at Huayuankou? No, no, no, I'm not referring to this, but to Du Chong who ordered the dams of the Yellow River to be breached in the late Northern Song Dynasty!" Fang Mingyuan shook his head and said.

Du Chong was still a very important figure in the history of the Northern Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty. He was the only person in Chinese history who could become prime minister in both hostile countries. From this point of view,

His personal ability can be said to be very strong. But to the people of the Song Dynasty at that time, he was a sinner with blood on his hands.

Du Chong was originally from the Song Dynasty. He served as the governor of Cangzhou, the governor of Kaifeng and the governor of Jiankang. He can be said to be an important minister of the Song Dynasty. However, he did not hold any of these three cities. Du Chong can be said to have changed the territory of the Song Dynasty from the Northern Song Dynasty to

A key figure in the Southern Song Dynasty.

"History of the Song Dynasty" says that Du Chong "loved fame, was cruel and liked killing, but was not good at strategy." When he was left in Cangzhou, there were many Han people in Cangzhou who had fled from the Sixteenth Prefecture of Yanyun. Du Chong

Thinking that these people might be internal agents of the Jin soldiers, they all were killed indiscriminately. After leaving Tokyo behind, they immediately suspended Zongze's deployment for the Northern Expedition. They also cut off contact with the northern civilian anti-Jin forces and the final support for Hedong and Hebei.

A group of prefectures and counties, including many cities including Damingfu, were all captured by the Jin army at this time. As a result, all the rebel armies in Hebei were captured by the Jin army, and they were completely lost. They were invaded by the Jin Dynasty in the late Northern Song Dynasty.

More than one-third of the land.

When Zongze was alive, the area north of the Yellow River was an area fiercely contested by the Song and Jin Dynasties. It was mainly local anti-Jin forces who joined forces with the remnants of the Song army to resist the Jin army. The south of the Yellow River was basically still the territory of the Song army. A year after Zongze's death,

Much later, when Du Chong surrendered in Jiankang, the south of the Yellow River, the Han River, and the north of the Yangtze River became the areas fiercely contested by the Song and Jin Dynasties, and the south of the Yangtze River was the territory of the Song army.

At that time, the Jin army was moving south. Du Chong did not dare to fight with the Jin army. He abandoned Tokyo and fled to Kaifeng. His only countermeasure was to order the dams of the Yellow River to be opened and floods to block the Jin army's march south. However, his river break did not affect the Jin army's march south.

The Jin army's southward movement had a great impact, but it caused the Yellow River to change its course through the Huaihe River and enter the Yellow Sea. From then on, the Yellow River mainly entered the Huaihe River from the Si River, or the Bian River or the Wo River, or entered the Huaihe River from the Ying River, or divided into several branches at the same time to enter the Huaihe River, and then entered the Huaihe River again.

The Yellow Sea was not changed back to its current course until 1855. At that time, at least 200,000 people in East China drowned, and the number of deaths caused by displacement and plague was several times that. The Lianghuai region, the most prosperous and prosperous region in the Northern Song Dynasty, was destroyed.

As a result, nearly 10 million people became homeless and became refugees. The Yellow River Ancient Road in Pengxu City has remained since that period.

The huge amount of sediment swept by the Yellow River and its flooding blocked many channels on both sides of the Huaihe River, raising the riverbeds of many rivers in the Huaihe River Basin. The Huaihe River has since lost its original channel into the sea, and the basin has been hit by heavy rains.

, light rain and minor disasters, and no rain and drought. The Yellow River returned to its old course and entered the Bohai Sea, but the situation here has not been significantly improved. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, although there were many plans to renovate the Huaihe River into the sea, due to various reasons, it was not possible in the end.

Completely solved.

"Natural disasters and man-made disasters, hehe, sometimes man-made disasters are more terrifying than natural disasters!" Fang Mingyuan stared at the rain waterfall outside the window and said softly.

It had been raining heavily for an hour, and then the dark clouds in the sky became thinner and the sky became brighter. It was only a thirty-minute drive, but the group walked for nearly an hour and a half before arriving at Pengxu Railway Station.

South Station, and the car and minibus sent by the Flood Control and Disaster Relief Headquarters had to retreat when crossing a railway bridge because the water under the bridge was too deep.

When a group of people arrived at the South Railway Station, although it was still raining, it had become much lighter. There was water accumulation everywhere in the railway station yard, and a stream formed at the gate. Fortunately, the warehouse was located at a higher position, so there was no

flooded.

Accompanied by the staff of the railway station, the group entered the warehouse. Director Zhang directed his subordinates and the staff of the railway station to make statistics on these materials to facilitate receipt and registration.

However, the staff of the Flood Control and Disaster Relief Headquarters soon discovered that the materials stored in the warehouse did not seem to be worth more than 10 million.

"Professor Su, are some of these supplies not donated?" Director Zhang asked in surprise.

"Ah? All the materials here are donated by Carrefour Supermarket this time!" Su Aijun said strangely, "What's wrong? What's the problem?"

"All of them? But the supplies here, according to preliminary estimates by our staff, have exceeded 10 million yuan." Director Zhang was even more confused after hearing what Su Aijun said. His subordinates only counted about the same.

One-third of the supplies are worth more than 10 million yuan.

"Director Zhang, this may be the difference in estimated value between us." Lin Lian chuckled, "You also know that our Carrefour Supermarket is a supermarket chain company, mainly engaged in retail business for citizens. These materials, we

All are purchased directly from manufacturers in large quantities. When calculating the value, they are also calculated based on the purchase cost and freight, not the retail price. Therefore, Director Zhang does not have to doubt that all the materials in this warehouse are

Our Carrefour supermarket donated it to the Pengxu City Flood Control and Relief Headquarters."

"Ah?" Director Zhang was dumbfounded at that time. He has received flood control and disaster relief materials from various places not once or twice, but this is the first time that Carrefour Supermarket has calculated the value of flood control and disaster relief materials. How can there be any donations from enterprises in the past?

Donated materials are calculated based on the acquisition cost, and a 20% discount based on the market price is considered very good. Some even calculate the value of donated materials based on local prices in the disaster-stricken areas.

"Professor Su, Assistant Lin, this, this, this... on behalf of the Pengxu City Flood Control and Disaster Relief Headquarters and the victims, thank you! You are such a help in times of need!" Director Zhang excitedly held Su Aijun's hand.

Dao. If calculated in this way, the real value of the flood control and disaster relief materials in this warehouse should be more than 30 million yuan! This can be said to be a shot in the arm for the stretched finances of the Pengxu City Flood Control and Disaster Relief Headquarters!

"This donation amount cannot be calculated this way. It must be changed later!" Director Zhang said while asking someone to report the good news to the Flood Control and Disaster Relief Headquarters.