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"So what's the situation now?" she asked hurriedly.

Gu Yichuan sighed, "I don't know yet."

Shen Nankui comforted him, "Yichuan, don't worry too much. The flood discharge channel has been completed by 70% to 80%. Maybe things are not that bad after all."

Now, the two can only think this way.

However, things often do not go as planned, and five days later, news came again.

Gu Yichuan's face was heavy. "The main flood discharge roads in Chenzhou and Xuanzhou have been completed and there are no major problems now. However, some tributaries outside the city have not been opened. When the flood came, many villages, towns and farmlands were flooded, and..."

He paused, as if he couldn't continue.

After a while, he continued, "The garrison troops and laborers who were digging the river channel failed to evacuate in time. When the flood came, many people were still working and were washed away. I'm afraid they are in great danger."

Shen Nankui was silent.

She never expected that this disaster would come so quickly and so unreasonably...

Her voice was a little choked up, "When something like this happens, how do they handle it over there?"

Gu Yichuan said: "Marquis Jianning has ordered that all efforts be made to dredge the remaining river channels, evacuate the people outside the city, and rescue the wounded."

Shen Nankui sighed deeply, "I hope the situation can be brought under control soon."

Although the Biliu River still broke its banks, the situation in this life was much better than in the previous life. In addition, everyone had already taken precautions, so even if the disaster could not be prevented, the losses would not be as severe as in the previous life.

Early June.

It has been raining heavily for days.

The water level in the Biliu River rose again, especially the section that flows through Chenzhou and Xuanzhou. The turbulent and turbid river current rolled in, as if it was going to swallow up everything in the world.

Fortunately, with the diversion of the flood discharge channel, the water of the Biliu River was divided into two streams, one was diverted to Chenzhou and the other was diverted to Xuanzhou.

The flood that could have submerged the two cities now flows through the city along the river. The people in the city feel fortunate while praying for peace in their hearts.

The flood was so severe that the people living in the lower reaches of the Biliu River could not wait for the government to notify them to evacuate, so they fled on their own. They did not go to Chenzhou and Xuanzhou, the two cities that had contained the flood, but took a detour to Yongzhou.

As the victims poured in, Gu Yichuang did not dare to open the city gates hastily to let them in, but he could not ignore them either.

The officers and soldiers were summoned to build simple sheds overnight on the open space outside the city to accommodate the victims. Although they were called victims, in fact only a small part of them were the people who were actually affected by the flood, and the other part were those who came to avoid the disaster, and these people even carried a lot of food with them.

However, the Yongzhou government sympathized with them for fleeing their homes and treated everyone equally. No matter if you were a hungry disaster victim or a commoner fleeing your hometown to avoid the disaster, you could receive a certain amount of food every day from the porridge stall at the city gate.

On this day, the sun came out in the afternoon, and it was a rare sunny day in such a long time.

Although the June sun was scorching, everyone wanted to bask in the sun to get rid of the musty smell on their bodies. At the same time, everyone also hoped that the rainy season would end.

As long as it stops raining, the water level of the Biliu River will slowly drop, and they will be able to return home soon.

There was a row of people sitting outside the shed. They didn't know each other, but since they came here together and were basking in the sun together, they just started chatting.

A middle-aged man who was dressed fairly neatly saw that the person sitting next to him was not only dirty, but also had a large wound on his leg. He couldn't help but ask, "How did you do that?"

The man sighed, shook his head and said, "I was swept into the flood, and when I was trying to escape, I was accidentally stabbed by a broken branch."

The middle-aged man asked: "Are you from Chenzhou or Xuanzhou?"

The man said, "Xuanzhou."

The middle-aged man looked puzzled. "As far as I know, the government in Xuanzhou is also resettling the victims. You were so seriously injured, why did you come to Yongzhou?"

The man smiled and said, "You know, I was originally involved in the labor of digging a river channel. When the flood broke out, I was instantly swept away by the water. After escaping, I should have waited for rescue by the government, but I subconsciously wanted to run to Yongzhou."

The middle-aged man asked curiously: "Why is this?"

The man said, "I thought, I don't know when this flood will end, and I heard that the first person who proposed to build a river to resist the flood was the governor of Yongzhou. He is so far-sighted that he will definitely be able to handle all the problems. Following him means there is hope. It is precisely because of this that I came here."

The middle-aged man was greatly shocked and pointed to a large group of disaster victims nearby.

"Are they all the same as you?"

The man nodded and said, "Yes, we all believe in Yongzhou's governor."

The middle-aged man stared at his legs, "But your injury..."

The man waved his hand nonchalantly and pointed to a straw hut not far away. "Look, see? The wife of the Governor of Yongzhou is kind-hearted. She had invited a doctor to see everyone for free when we arrived. However, there were many people with more serious injuries than me, so I didn't compete with them. Anyway, there is food and a doctor here, so I will definitely not die..."

As he was speaking, a man who looked like a doctor walked out of the thatched hut.

He looked around and his eyes fell on the man with an injured leg beside the middle-aged man. He waved at him, "Hey! It's you, the one who was not treated yesterday. There is no one here now. Come over here."

The man grinned and limped over.

"Okay, I'll come right away!"

The middle-aged man looked at this scene and smacked his lips dully.

Another refugee-looking person beside them had been listening to their conversation. He couldn't help but ask, "Brother, what about you? Why did you bring your family to Yongzhou?"

The middle-aged man said, "You may not know this, but the people in our town are all guided by a goddess."

"Goddess? What does she look like? What does she guide you to do?"

The middle-aged man looked mysterious and shook his head, saying, "The secret cannot be revealed. Anyway, we are in the right place!"

Shen Nankui, who was passing by behind the few people, paused when he heard this.

He Hua curled her lips and said, "What nonsense are these people talking about? Where in the world do goddesses come from?"

Shen Nankui thought for a moment and ordered, “Send someone to secretly find out what this so-called goddess is all about.”

She came here today, firstly for inspection, and secondly to instruct the doctor on some things.

Compared with the previous life, although the disaster has been alleviated a lot, it still happened in unexpected forms. She was afraid that the plague would also appear, so she asked Gu Yichuan to close the city gates and not let refugees into the city. At the same time, she invited a doctor to stay here to observe the situation of everyone at any time.