Urban Sims

After there was no objection among the ministers, Zhou Ming immediately set up an emergency relief team.

He himself serves as the team leader and is responsible for full command.

Giroud served as the deputy team leader, responsible for coordinating and collecting information on the disaster area.

As for the main force of disaster relief, 50,000 people were drawn from the 200,000 Imperial Guards stationed in the imperial capital to invest in disaster relief.

In fact, when Zhou Ming proposed that the military should participate in disaster relief operations, both the top military officials and the soldiers selected to participate in the disaster relief operations were not very motivated, were very resistant to the task, and even complained repeatedly.

Zhou Ming had to do some ideological work for them.

"As soldiers who protect the empire, you have the responsibility to defend your homeland during wartime. On the battlefield, you fight bloody battles with the enemy, and even shed blood and sacrifice... Each of you is a hero of the empire,"

"But in peacetime, you should also be the heroes of the empire. In the face of natural disasters that harm the people, you should fulfill your responsibilities and understand your vocation."

"Your bounden duty is to defend the empire and protect the people of the empire!"

"This is true in the face of war, and it is true in the face of natural disasters. You should also be heroes in peacetime."

"This severe flood in Andorhal County is a war against the gods of nature! I hope that each of you will fulfill your duties and fight with all your strength!"

"In addition, I have also formulated reward regulations. In this war, whoever performed well, which unit rescued more people, which unit did its best, I will have the inspector record it, and whoever performs outstandingly in the end will , I will give you promotions, promotions, rewards, and praises just like rewards for military achievements!"

As soon as these words came out, the 50,000 soldiers were collectively shocked, and their morale immediately rose.

Military exploits.

Where did the military exploits come from during peacetime?

If you can get something by participating in this disaster relief, why don't you work hard and show off?

50,000 soldiers instantly became easier to dispatch, and their enthusiasm was greatly improved.

In this way, there is money and enough manpower, but the relief materials are still not enough.

The victims in the disaster area need at least 2 million shi of food, millions of pieces of clothing, and a large amount of wood to build simple houses... The food, clothing, and medical services for millions of people have to be provided by him.

And we must at least solve the problems of food and medical care in the short term... After all, the victims who have little food on hand rely on various methods to survive for 5 to 10 days at most.

In addition, the imperial capital is 200 miles away from the disaster area. This journey is not long, but it takes at least a day.

So how to provide disaster relief and save as many victims in the disaster area as possible.

After about two hours of discussion, Zhou Ming formulated a five-step plan.

Step one: clear the road.

From all directions, we will quickly open up about four roads leading to the disaster area, so that there is a "disaster relief road" in the southeast, northwest, and east.

Step two: relocate the victims and deliver food at the same time.

Move the victims out of the disaster area, guide them to designated disaster relief points, and take some self-rescue measures, such as cutting down trees, building houses, etc., to improve the facilities at the disaster relief points.

On the other side, food is transported simultaneously from the imperial capital or surrounding counties to disaster relief points to solve the most urgent hunger problem... Since the disaster relief point is located between the disaster area and the counties and cities surrounding the imperial capital, it can save a certain amount of time in transporting food. .

Step 3: Provide medical services.

After a major disaster, there will be a major epidemic, which requires medical teams to be stationed to treat the wounded while carrying out epidemic prevention and disinfection work, and even carry out isolation treatment for some diseases with high fatality rates to avoid causing greater losses.

Step 4: After the flood recedes, guide the victims to carry out reconstruction work in the disaster area.

Step 5: Build dikes and control floods so that similar disasters will never happen again.

In addition to the above five-step plan, in order to improve the efficiency of disaster relief, Zhou Ming also invented three "artifacts" and established a rapid response force.

The three artifacts are:

Four-wheeled carriages with large carrying capacity... A total of 500 carriages have been prepared. Each carriage can carry 8 shi of grain, and the speed will not be very slow. Each batch of 500 four-wheeled carriages can transport enough grain for 500,000 people for one day. rations needed.

Tweeters... There is no doubt about the importance of tweeters. In this era, they can play the role of artifacts... As for the principle of the invention of tweeters, Zhou Ming will not go into details. Anyway, for him, manufacturing tweeters is the most important thing. The technical content is not high.

Flying controllable hot air balloon... Yes, Zhou Ming also invented the hot air balloon. The technical content of this thing is lower than that of the tweeter, because many materials are readily available, and there is no need to develop any batteries, but it is affected by the air flow in the atmosphere. The flight of hot air is generally uncontrollable, so Zhou Ming installed a power device on the hot air balloon for the warlock to control. That is, as long as the "power of blue" is input into the power device, the hot air balloon will Able to fly in the desired direction - when the wind speed is not very high.

Because of the additional power device and the special requirements for operators, Zhou Ming built a total of 10 hot air balloons.

Finally, there is the urgently established "quick response force". These people are all elite practicing warlocks selected from the army. Their average strength level has reached level 4. Warlocks of this level have used the "power of blue" to Being able to make some "short-term flights", "turn water into a wall and walk on flat ground", "harden sludge and turn into an earth wall", basically no matter what the natural environment, they cannot restrict their free movement.

What is even more worth mentioning is that there are three noble magic net walkers in this rapid response force. They are not military personnel. The reason why Zhou Ming allows them to join the rapid response force is because of Zhou Ming's determination to provide disaster relief. It impressed the kind-hearted people and made them willing to accept the official drive.

In addition, in terms of food, clothing, medicine and other supplies, Zhou Ming released news that the scale of the "business zone" will be expanded from 100 acres to 300 acres (200 acres will be moved from the palace that covers an area of ​​1,000 acres). acres of land), more businessmen will be invited to join in the cooperation.

Those merchants who were desperately hoarding and preparing to take advantage of the flood to make a fortune soon collapsed. Countless grains were delivered to Zhou Ming. As for the price, it was lower than the usual market price, equivalent to the previous price. Sold at cost price.

In this way, in order to deal with this flood, Zhou Ming concentrated all available resources.

Funds are relatively abundant.

There are enough manpower.

Countless merchants assisted in supplying supplies.

The disaster relief plan is also well developed and reasonable.

Plus the powerful assistance of three artifacts.

and highly capable warlocks from the rapid response force participated in this disaster relief operation.

The noble ministers in the court also stood with their hands folded and watched, letting His Majesty the Emperor do what he wanted. They did not help or interfere behind his back. They just wanted to watch a good show and hoped that their young and innocent emperor would pay some tuition fees. , learn to retreat when faced with difficulties, and never do similar stupid things that are not worth the gain in the future.

However, 10 days later.

The vigorous disaster relief operation lasted from high intensity to the end.

800 000.

Today's court meeting.

Looking at the enlarged and bold number placed in the most conspicuous position in the "Disaster Relief Situation Report", it almost blinded the eyes of all the ministers in the court.

"Currently, 800,000 disaster victims have been successfully rescued. The victims' emotions are stable, there are few illnesses, and supplies are sufficient. They can ensure one meal and two porridges every day. This... how is this possible?"

"According to my estimation, even if the court spares no expense and devotes all its efforts to provide relief to millions of victims, it would be considered good to save 300,000... 800,000, how is this possible?"

"Yes! It's impossible! I don't believe it, I don't believe it!"

"It can't be so powerful. How can our Emperor be so powerful? He is only a teenager, there is no way he can be so powerful!"

"This report is really hard for me to believe. I have to go to the disaster relief site to see for myself. I want to see it to believe it!" Prime Minister Benedict said.

"Yes! We all have to see is believing!"

The ministers all asked to go to the disaster relief site to investigate and personally count whether there were 800,000 victims!

Of course, Zhou Ming agreed to the ministers' request.