Nan Ming Sun Never Sets

Chapter 219

Bai Mingxiu was wrapped up thickly, and walking along the Huangpu River, he frowned, and asked Fu Shandao of Yangtze River Logistics: "Is it true that some river sections even experienced small-scale freezing?"

Fu Shan nodded and replied: "Yes, a few places in the south of the Yangtze River have been frozen, and the snowfall in Yangzhou has been heavy in the past three days, with several feet of snow accumulated."

Bai Mingxiu was a little worried. The sudden snowstorm and severe cold caught him off guard.The severe cold may lead to a reduction or even extinction of some crops, and even cause problems for the livelihood of many people.

Tang Beilu, the chief minister of the cabinet, said: "The governments in the south of the Yangtze River have raised the state of emergency, and mobilized grassroots organizations at all levels to carry out disaster relief and prevention activities. Fortunately, we have brought a batch of coal from Australia for power generation and steelmaking. Now The Council of Governors has urgently notified the production department to coordinate the production of fuel and distribute it to people everywhere for heating. The Food Corporation is also preparing to fight the famine. We have prepared the first phase of grain reserves at this stage, but we have no idea how much we may consume There is no accurate estimate yet. The situation in the four provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, and Guizhou is much better, while Sichuan basically has no major problems because the population is too small."

Bai Mingxiu asked: "How much impact will the handling of these affairs have on our future wars?"

Tang Beilu replied frankly: "The truth is, the impact will not be great, because we have not used any supplies from the military. Some rivers in the south of the Yangtze River are frozen, which may affect the logistics speed, but we have already got 70.00% of the supplies in place. Some Impact but limited."

Bai Mingxiu nodded and said, "I hope so."

In northern Guangdong, Li Dingguo was preparing for the next war. At the last moment, the three major military regions of the Ming Dynasty Restoration Army joined forces. The South China Military Region wanted one to go out of northern Guangdong to Huguang, and the other to go out of Chaoshan to Fujian.The previous snow was not heavy, and there was not much accumulation in northern Guangdong, but the temperature has been very low in recent days, and everyone's life is not easy.

After Li Dingguo inspected the camp, he suddenly saw a middle-aged man in formal attire waiting outside the camp with a stern expression.He knows this person, his name is Xiang Xingtian, he is the commander of Jin Yiwei, and he is also an important person around the prince.

"Prince Jin, I have something important to discuss." Xiangxing Tianbai said simply and plainly after seeing him.

Li Dingguo didn't have an in-depth chat with Xiang Xingtian alone, he only knew that the commander of the Jinyiwei held an astonishing power in his hands.

The two came to a safe office, and Xiang Xingtian quickly said to Li Dingguo: "There is a serious situation. This winter snow disaster has caused very serious consequences for Henan and Huguang. Many people died of freezing in the north." , Many crops were frozen to death in the ground. Many ordinary people who could not survive cut wood for warmth, and at the same time migrated to the south due to lack of food, forming a wave of homeless people. We judge that there should be someone behind this wave of homeless people Promoted, now some refugees are flocking to the south of the Yangtze River, and some refugees are flocking to Guangdong. Our Jinyiwei agents judge that at the current speed, within three to four days, the first wave of refugees will arrive in Shaozhou, northern Guangdong. government."

Li Dingguo frowned, "What? There are still refugees in the snow disaster?"

Xiang Xingtian sighed and said: "Because of the defeat of the Qing Dynasty and the tense war, the exploitation of the common people became more serious. After the increase in the three salaries, it even led to the bankruptcy of many self-cultivating farmers, not to mention those tenants. Originally, many small farmers The rations I have stockpiled can only keep them breathless. Now that there is an extreme cold and snowstorm, there is nothing I can do. In the report my subordinates gave me, the lines are full of desolation, saying that the refugees from the south to the east passed by. On the road, there may be a frozen corpse within a few hundred steps, and many refugees are even naked in such weather, alas, how miserable can be described.”

Li Dingguo became a little silent after hearing these situations. He also experienced a similar situation when he was young.When the disaster hit, he saw the tragedy of cannibalism with his own eyes, and people would do anything to survive.In this troubled world, human life is like grass, and he has heard and seen a lot.It's just that under the new country established by Bai Mingxiu, he saw too prosperous changes, which made him full of hope, and he was far away from those pasts, but this time the disaster brought him back to the past.

"What instructions does Your Highness have? But the time to advance the army?"

Xiang Xingtian replied: "For the time being, we still need to see what the situation of the homeless people is. In fact, His Highness has made a plan for dealing with serious natural disasters a long time ago. Although it may not be fully applicable, we are prepared to some extent. Guangdong Province naturally needs to mobilize supplies to ensure the livelihood of the victims, and may need to deploy some military forces to maintain law and order. If such a large number of victims cannot be evacuated in a short period of time, the prince decided to transfer the victims to Jiaozhi Province, Qiongzhou Prefecture and Taiwan government."

Xiang Xingtian said to Li Dingguo seriously: "King Jin, maintaining the stability of Guangdong is the first priority. After the disaster victims enter our territory, we must control them all, and they cannot move around, causing disputes and turmoil. Both the local government and the military will step up the dispatch of supplies, including food and heating supplies, to ensure the livelihood of the victims. Initially, we have set up more than a dozen large-scale resettlement areas, which may require some military assistance from the South China Military Region."

"What about the Northern Expedition?"

"Let's look at the prince's arrangement. The prince probably doesn't want to give up the war he has been preparing for so long. Alas, the Qing court has placed such a heavy burden on us. We guess that there should be Hong Chengchou's tricks behind it. After all, this It is very likely that the Qing government deliberately used this method to hold us back because this disaster will not cause such a large-scale refugee wave."

Li Dingguo said bitterly: "If this is the case, then we cannot let Jiannu's treacherous plan succeed."

Xiang Xingtian was still a little worried about the next response. He repeatedly told Li Dingguo: "King Jin, please make your subordinates vigilant. I always feel that this refugee incident will not be so simple. The Qing army is now It is impossible to gain any advantage over us on the frontal battlefield. Therefore, we must guard against indiscriminate methods."

"This king saves me, and I would like to thank the Commander-in-Chief for his warning."

Xiang Xingtian said: "I have a series of phalanxes for managing the victims and a handbook written temporarily. The troops in charge of this area should organize and study it as soon as possible. It will definitely be useful at that time. In short, everything should be careful. "

(End of this chapter)