Chapter 367: Swaying down the Yellow River

Early August.

Shaanxi.

Shi Kefa stood outside the city of Fugu County, watching the more and more rafts floating down the upper reaches of the Yellow River, and couldn't help but burst into tears. These rafts have floated down one after another since noon today, and by the afternoon, there were more and more, and there were stances covering the Yellow River.

Shi Kefa had known this matter for a long time, but when the raft arrived that day, Shi Kefa was unsure of it, and he didn't dare to mention it to the victims, for fear that if the raft was not allowed to arrive on time, it would hurt the rafts. Therefore, he did not dare to tell the victims about this matter. Until today, he saw a large number of rafts appearing in front of him, he truly believed that it was true that there was a raft coming down in the upper reaches. He believed that what the imperial envoy Xu Guangqi said in his letter was true.

The victims had already surrounded the rafters and asked about their well-being. They were already excited to ask around the rafters and help clean up. Some helped the rafters take off the rafts ashore, some helped carry the rafts and dry the rafts, and some ran around to tell each other about the good news. The entire river beach was in full bloom.

The more and more rafts gathered, and it seemed to be covered with the Yellow River. Even Paudezhou on the other side of the river was alarmed. Countless people stood on the river bank and watched this rare "miracle".

The book office under the immigration officer has already started to register the waist cards of those rafters and conduct statistics. The whole scene is booming.

Shi Kefa stood on the wall of Fugu County, looking at this extremely spectacular scene from afar, and couldn't help but cry silently. This unprecedented immigration and unprecedented epic action really inspires people to move forward and cry.

"Sir, sir, good news, good news!" Shi Kefa's deputy Song Zhijie rushed to the city wall with a fast pace, shouting from afar. The soldiers on the city wall saw it and cast envious and admiring eyes. The people from the Yuanyuan Department are indeed powerful. There are so many rafts appearing on the Yellow River. I am afraid that all the rafts in the upper reaches have been brought. The people from the Yuanyuan Department have a way.

Shi Kefa quickly wiped the corners of his eyes and pretended that he had nothing to do.

"Sir, good news, good news!" Song Zhijie shouted in anger.

"Zhijie, look at you're anxious. I have eyes to see what happened when the raft has arrived." Shi Kefa said with a smile, with a little teasing meaning.

"Sir, isn't this? I just received a messenger from the deputy imperial envoy Zhou on the raft. He floated down together on the raft. He said that Master Zhou had already started recruiting rafters on a large scale in the upstream. He bought rafts on a large scale and was preparing to buy livestock from the Mongolians. Sir, now there is no shortage of sheepskin rafts, and even food is not enough. By the way, the messenger also said that Master Zhou wrote a letter to the rafts... Old Li, Old Li, come and meet Lord Shi..." Song Zhijie was very excited. The immigration officer he followed was the person to be trained by the Donglin Party in the future. The top figure of the Donglin Party, the deputy imperial envoy is still sending letters to him now, which shows that he has a bright future with Lord Shi, how can he not be happy?

"Little Li San greets Master Shi." The messenger rushed to the city wall and immediately saluted Shi Kefa.

"Okay, what did Lord Zhou say?" Shi Kefa smiled with satisfaction and began to ask the messenger.

"Sir, Master Zhou told the younger ones that they must deliver the letter. He also told the younger ones to inform the adults that there is no need to worry about immigration. He has already arranged a series of rafts in the upstream and will continue to send down the rafts in the future, saying that the adults can be relieved. The victims who come here can be transferred away first. Master Zhou told the adults that there are still some things in the letter, so please do as you wish..." The messenger named Li said something, and then delivered the letter.

Shi Kefa took the letter, checked the seal, it was intact, and looked at the handwriting. It was also Zhou Yanru's right. He tore open the letter and read it carefully.

After reading the letter, Shi Kefa frowned.

"Sir, what did Lord Zhou say in the letter?" Song Zhijie was Shi Kefa's deputy, and was preparing to inquire about the news from Shi Kefa and see what the deputy imperial envoy said to his own adults. Being able to participate more and know more about things can be considered as stepping into the Donglin Party circle. This will be beneficial to him in the future. From an official to an official, it is a very difficult road.

"You know the secrets! Master Zhou said in his letter that all the victims in the county should be transported away as soon as possible to avoid unpredictable times. These sent rafts should not be divided into other prefectures and counties for the time being. A batch of rafts should be organized to transport the victims in the county directly through Tongguan... Don't stop on the road..." The reason why Shi Kefa frowned was that the victims transported the victims at one stop at a time. The victims in his Fugu County should be transported to Xingxian or Jiazhou. The immigrants transported there will be transported downwards by the immigration officer there. However, what Zhou Yanru said in his letter to him was not only asking him to transport the victims away, but also asking him to immediately organize a large number of rafts to transport people directly through Tongguan... This is obviously contrary to the original immigration plan.

Song Zhijie couldn't touch the door either. After thinking for a long time, he said, "Sir, what does this mean?" Song Zhijie is not a year in the officialdom. He has ambiguous and curved things, and is not very transparent about these ambiguous things.

"Haha... Lord Zhou said, we were asked to sway through the market and form a huge fleet of rafts with hundreds of leather rafts, and transport people through Tongguan at one time, saying that we wanted to see the victims on both sides of the Yellow River, so that the victims on both sides of the Yellow River could see the scene of our hundreds of leather rafts transporting people, so that the victims along the way had more firm confidence in our immigration, that's all..." Shi Kefa smiled and said the original words in the letter, Zhou Yanru's letter to him

That's what he said, he asked him to organize hundreds of rafts to carry thousands of rafts at one time and go directly to Tongguan. As for the reason, it was also very convincing, which was to give the victims waiting for transportation on both sides of the Yellow River a signal and confidence. Look: Our rafts department has the ability to transport you away. Our rafts department has countless rafts... According to Zhou Yanru, this matter is to act for those rafts to show off and sway down the Yellow River.

Although Shi Kefa felt that this reason was very sufficient, he felt that it was like showing merit for himself and was suspected of robbing merit, and he was a little displeased.

"Good thing! Sir, this is definitely a good thing. Lord Zhou is indeed considerate. It is indeed necessary. Nowadays, the victims in Shaanxi are counting on rafts to save people. If the adults can form a huge fleet of rafts with hundreds of rafts and drift all the way, the scene can be imagined. Only the victims along the way will know the ability of our rafts to immigrate our rafts and have more confidence in us. Only when we immigrate with half the effort... In this way, we will be more relaxed when we immigrate, sir, now, the whole Shaanxi is making sheepskin rafts and making sheepskin wombs. Haha, the way to transport people with sheepskin rafts is proposed by the adults, and it should be the adults to take the lead in displaying and promoting it.

Get up and let other immigrant officials and the victims along the Yellow River know the achievements of their adults!, ​​Sir, let this matter be done to Zhijie. Zhijie ensures that it is done properly..." Song Zhijie agrees with Zhou Yanru's statement. It is absolutely necessary to sway the Yellow River. This is an opportunity to show off the achievements. Now all of Shaanxi is making leather rafts, but it is probably not dry yet. If someone can use a large number of leather rafts to show the function of transporting people in the leather rafts, it will obviously cause a great sensation. This contribution must be great. As Zhou Yanru said, it is a demonstration of the ability of the agricultural department and a good thing to enhance the confidence of the victims. So, he has to do it now. Song Zhijie doesn't want to get the credit for his credit. If he can show off in front of others, it will be a big deal.

Although Shi Kefa was a little disgusted with this kind of robbery and showing his own affairs, as Song Zhijie said, this is also a good thing to increase the confidence of the victims on both sides of the Yellow River. Shi Kefa nodded and said, "Okay, then please ask Zhijie for this matter. The hundreds of rafts floated down today will form a fleet of rafts, set off tomorrow, and floated through Tongguan. Along the way, we will promote the benefits of this raft. In other words, there are countless rafts to float down. The people of our Agriculture Department have purchased rafts in a large number of upstream and are still making more rafts to allow the victims on both sides of the Yellow River to see our existence and see the hope of immigration... to calm the people's hearts... As for the rafts made by our county, we will then transfer the rafts to Xing County every day." Shi Kefa made a decision immediately. Since this raft that shows off his achievements is beneficial to immigration, then do it, so.

"Don't worry, Zhijie knows it, let's do it now..." Song Zhijie was naturally concerned about this kind of thing that boasted about his achievements, so he immediately made arrangements. Today, only now, I am afraid that there will be less than two or three hundred rafts floating down. By the sunset, I am afraid that there will be more. I used these rafts to form a huge raft fleet to sway down the Yellow River. It is enough to shake the victims on both sides of the Yellow River. They also have just dried skin pigments. The victims here can be transported away in a few days... In addition to the raft fleet, a few people have to be sent down to explain to the immigration officials along the way, and they have to agree to the victims to do a good job of raft publicity along the way... Song Zhijie was thinking while walking, he should do a better job of swaying down the Yellow River.

Before dawn the next day, the river beach outside Fugu County was brightly lit and crowded. The adults packed up their bags, the children followed the adults, the rafters were yelling, and the immigration officials were making final preparations.

This time, the Yellow River is about to begin.

The super "fale" composed of hundreds of leather rafts began to float down gradually. Although the men's request was strange, the leather rafts could not be tied into a ball and separated, but they had to float together... However, the rafters were also common for the small leather rafts to form large leather rafts. They were also familiar with the "fale" of leather rafts. Soon, the entire leather raft fleet began to float down.

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On the Yellow River, a magnificent "fale" winds down the Yellow River. Hundreds of rafts "cover the Yellow River" are moving downwards in a mighty manner.

Not only the fish and shrimps in the Yellow River were alarmed, but also the people on both sides of the Yellow River. When countless people saw this fleet, they stopped and watched the fleet flow down the Yellow River.

Countless victims who were looking for immigration sites were looking for immigration sites. Seeing so many rafts carrying people down, the spirit on their faces also rose up, and their lifeless faces became brighter. They kept running, waved to the rafts, shouting, and looking for immigration sites downwards, not much firmer, and their pace also accelerated a lot.

When encountering immigration sites where a large number of disaster victims gathered, the scene was even more popular.

When passing the immigration site in Xing County, the victims who stopped and watched from both sides of the Taiwan Strait filled the entire embankment with tens of thousands of people.

The victims of the Xingxian immigration site looked at the huge "fale" in shock and the people drifting down the raft.

For the safety of the victims, the rafts only operate in shallow waters on the banks of the Yellow River, which made the victims along the coast even more crazy.

"Sir, sir, it's not good. There are so many rafts floating down the upstream, covering the Yellow River..." A man rushed into the room of the immigration officer in Xing County and said loudly.

"What's so fussy? To be careful, I've seen a raft before? How many?" said the immigration officer of Xing County disapproved. These days, Shi Kefa was indeed using a raft to transport disaster victims. He knew that the slaughter of animals in Shaanxi was said to be the first to do it. He was also slaughtering animals as a raft.

"Sir, it's really bad. I'm afraid there are hundreds of rafts, hundreds of rafts! The entire Yellow River is covered... The victims have gone up the river embankment to see the rafts..." This officer had never seen hundreds of rafts floating down together in his life. His face was flushed and he said excitedly.

"Hundreds?" Xing County Immigration Official asked in surprise. There was a raft where Shi Kefa had a skin raft. He knew that the raft was proposed by Shi Kefa. Therefore, on the entire Yellow River, Shi Kefa first started to transport victims with rafts. However, he heard that there were hundreds of rafts. The immigration official in Xing County was also surprised. Xing County only planned to slaughter two thousand animals, at most 200 skin rafts. He has only slaughtered 200 skin rafts. Now he has only completed slaughtering 200 skin rafts. Not one of them has been exposed yet. Shi Kefa has made hundreds of skin rafts. How can he not shock him!

The immigration officer in Xing County was very happy to hear that hundreds of rafts came from the river. Shi Kefa in the upper reaches had so many rafts. When the disaster and victims in Fugu County were completed, the rafts were empty. It was his turn to use those rafts. He was very happy because he had no tools to transport the victims. He immediately ran out to see what was going on. He also received the request from the Ministry of Agricultural Science and Technology to build rafts. Unfortunately, the sheepskin wombs were good but not good. He had to wait for the first batch of sheepskin wombs to make them into rafts. I was afraid that it would take several days to wait for all the rafts to be dried. I don’t know how long it would take. So, after Shi Kefa in the upper reaches had transported the victims, he was the biggest wish. Now that he heard about the hundreds of rafts floating down, why didn’t he look at the end?

When he ran up the river bank and saw the rafts all over the river reaching the sky and earth, he was also shocked.

"This Xianzhi is really capable! How could there be so many leather rafts?" The scene of hundreds of leather rafts transporting people suppressed the immigration officer. At this scale and speed, all the immigration from Hexing County will be transported out of his jurisdiction in a few days. The so-called huge and difficult immigration project in the ages, that is, he can complete it in more than ten days.

"Report, sir, there is a letter sent by Lord Shi of Fugu County." A commissioner immediately sent a letter.

The immigration officer immediately opened the letter and read it.

After reading it, the immigration officer said in an envious tone: "What a skill! Good skill, Xianzhi, good fortune..." Shi Kefa told him in the letter that upstream, Zhou Yanru, the deputy imperial envoy of the Ministry of Agriculture, had already hired, purchased, and made sheepskin rafts in large quantities. In the future, more and more rafts will float down, not only sheepskin rafts, but also dried meat, that is, food is also sent down. Today, he was in accordance with the requirements of the deputy imperial envoy Zhou Yanru, who wanted to use these hundreds of rafts to sway down the Yellow River to show a good show for the victims on both sides of the Yellow River. Therefore, this batch of rafts will not stay in Hising County, so he would not mind, and prepare for more rafts to arrive. In the letter, he said that when the victims in his place were almost transferred, the rafts from His Fugu County can be used to support Hising County.

After sighing enviously, the immigrant official became much more energetic and relaxed.

Looking at the scenes of hundreds of rafts falling down the Yellow River on both sides of the Yellow River, he knew that Shi Kefa's popularity was right and successful this time. In addition to envying, he was even more relaxed. When he was assigned to the prefectures and counties in northern Shaanxi to be immigrant officials, he thought immigration was the most difficult, because there were many disaster victims, few food, and difficult transportation. He knew that now he was a blessing in disguise. Because it was going down the river, because the raft would first transport the victims upstream, so his immigration work could end early. In the immigration evaluation, he must be evaluated as an excellence. This will definitely be of great help to his future career. Looking at the rafts all over the river, the immigrant official was even more ecstatic.

There were countless immigrants sitting on this raft, and some of them stood up excitedly and waved warmly with the people on the shore. It was definitely a thing worth glorious to be able to get so many people to watch. It was definitely a thing worth showing off to be able to leave this hellish Shaanxi first and run to the heavenly Jiangnan.

I don’t know who started, but the person on the raft sang the song “Start from the Start”.

"No matter how hard or difficult it is, you must be strong..."

"If the heart is there, the dream is there..."

The song soon spread throughout the Yellow River. People on the shore waved their hands enthusiastically, watching the people who were moving on the rafts enviously, and singing along with the people on the rafts. Some people here also taught them to sing this song.

"If the heart is there, the dream is there..."
Chapter completed!