Outside the city of Mianzhou, there is not a straw hut, let alone a homeless person, but there are many convoys in and out. These people looked at this large group of people and made way for them automatically.

Qi Hao looked at the huge word 'Mianzhou' on the city wall, and said in a low voice: "It's finally here." ”

Hearing this, Yi Kun smiled and said, "Lord Shizi, Master Zong is still behind us!" Qi Hao promised Yuxi that he would not travel at night, but even then it was much faster than Zong Siyuan, the minister of the Qin Mission, who was in a carriage.

Entering the city, Yi Kun asked, "Lord Shizi, do we still live in a post station?" The post station in the state capital is definitely better than that of a county government. However, there is a bad place in the post station, the location is generally relatively remote.

Qi Hao shook his head and said, "No, go to the prefect's yamen first." "It's just a stop in Jiang County, and it's convenient to live in a post station. This time I want to live for a while, how can I live in a remote place.

When I arrived at the prefect's yamen, I learned that the prefect of Qin was not in the yamen, but took people out to inspect it early in the morning.

Qi Hao directly identified himself to the housekeeper of the Qin Mansion, and then said, "Let him come to see me when the Qin Governor comes back." ”

Where did Steward Luo dare to refuse, he hurriedly responded, and asked Qihao if they had arranged a place to stay. If not, he can arrange it.

Yi Kun couldn't wait. But before he could speak, Yu Zhi said: "We have already arranged a place to live, and it is on Songxia Road." ”

Steward Luo hurriedly said: "The old slave here is familiar with it, so let the old slave take the young master with all the adults." ”

Qi Hao nodded.

Yi Kun whispered to Yu Zhi: "Brother Yu, you are too uninteresting, and you won't tell me when you arrange your accommodation." "Let him think that the group is going to live in the prefect's yamen.

Yu Zhi said expressionlessly: "You didn't ask me again. "No matter what, he will tell Qihao. As for Yi Kun, he would respond if he asked, and he didn't say much if he didn't ask.

Yi Kun choked.

Looking at the rows of houses in front of him, Yi Kun was very surprised: "Why haven't any of the houses here collapsed?"

Steward Luo said: "The people who live on Songxia Road are either rich or expensive, so the house here is very full of materials, and it is estimated that this is why the house did not collapse." ”

Qi Hao has studied astronomy and geography, although he is not proficient, but he still knows the most basic theory. With such a big ground movement, the fact that the house did not collapse here is not only because the foundation is solid.

When I entered the house, I found that there was nothing but trees inside. The house I lived in had nothing but beds. Yi Kun himself thinks it's nothing, but it's too aggrieved for the prince to live so simply.

Qi Hao didn't think it was simple, but there were some things that had to be bought: "Let people go and buy mosquito nets." "It doesn't matter if the others are down, this mosquito net is indispensable. He didn't want to be bitten all over his head.

After a pause, Qi Hao said again: "Go buy a barrel basin again, I want to take a bath." In addition to a few sets of changing clothes, Qihao also brought a bag of Liu'er's homemade dried flowers. These dried flowers were specially prepared by Liu'er. There was no way on the road, and now that he had a place to stay, he would definitely have to take a bath to get rid of the smell on his body.

When Yu Zhi heard this, he said, "Lord Shizi, instead of waiting, let's go to the street and have a look." "No matter how much you hear, it's far less than what you see with your own eyes.

Qi Hao nodded and said, "Let's go see it in the afternoon!" Now he just wants to take a shower and get a good night's sleep.

Took a shower, ate something casually, and went to bed. After waking up, he took Yi Kun and Yu Zhi and his party to the most prosperous street market in Mianzhou, Yunshang Street.

Steward Luo wanted to follow, but Qi Hao didn't let him, but just told Steward Luo to wait for Lord Qin to come back and see him. ”

The shops on this side of Yunshang Street have also collapsed a lot, and most of the shops that have not collapsed are closed, and only a few shops are open.

Lu Bai looked at this deserted street, and felt very uncomfortable. I don't know how many people died in this earthquake.

When the group went out of Yunshang Street, they encountered officers and soldiers patrolling. The person at the head, the big man with a full beard, politely asked Yi Kun to take out the household registration for him to check.

After the big one took Yi Kun's waist card and looked at it, he returned his hands to Yi Kun and said, "My lord, I am offended." ”

Yi Kun didn't care, this is people's duty, how can it be considered offended.

Qi Hao asked: "Do people who come out have to carry their household registration with them? What if they don't bring them?"

The big man bowed his waist and said, "A notice has been posted, so that they must bring their household registration when they travel." If you don't bring it, you have to lock it up. If no one came to collect them within two days, they were sent out of the city, and there was a special place outside the city for these people. ”

After speaking, the big one explained: "This is easy to manage. Otherwise, it's easy to get into trouble. ”

Qi Hao nodded slightly and said, "Where are you going to settle the survivors?" I saw a lot of grass huts outside the city of Jiang County, and there were many people living there. But there was no half of the people outside Mianzhou.

"There are sixteen settlements, and the closest is more than four miles from here. ”

Thinking of Yin Kangle and her sister, Qi Hao asked, "What about those children who have lost their relatives?"

The eldest one was a little surprised, he didn't expect this teenager to know so much. The big one quickly covered up the different colors: "Those orphans have been placed in Liangshan Temple." After speaking, he explained: "Liangshan City is a temple with relatively strong incense in Mianzhou, and this ground movement has not affected it. The abbot of Liangshan Temple personally went down the mountain and told Qin Jiangshan that he could send those children who had lost their relatives to the temple and be taken care of by the monks of the temple.

Qi Hao heard that Liangshan Temple was more than 20 miles away from Mianzhou, and immediately said, "I don't know if you can take us to Nanlin?"

The big one guessed Qi Hao's identity, and it may be beneficial to his future to have the opportunity to get close to the prince. hesitated, but finally politely refused: "I can't leave my post without permission." "If the Lord of Qianhu knows, he will have to walk around without eating.

After a pause, he said, "But if the young master doesn't mind, I can let someone show you the way." "Qi Hao is not strict about his identity, and he does not scream nonsense.

Hearing this, Qi Hao looked at it twice, and said with a smile: "Yes." "This guy is nice and principled.

The big one chose someone from his team and gave a few words of advice.

Officers and soldiers who met patrols along the way had to be interrogated, and by the fifth time, Lu Bai's face was a little unsightly. However, Qi Hao's expression was very calm, and he didn't dare to say anything.

Looking at Lu Bai, who looked impatient, the little leader who checked them was very apologetic and said, "Where is the duty, please forgive this brother." "In fact, just look at them riding horses and swords, you can know that their status is not low, but there is an order from above, and if you see suspicious people, you must strictly check them. It's also because Yi Kun's waist card belongs to the Ming Palace, otherwise they would have checked them one by one.

Qi Hao said with a straight face: "It is precisely because of your dedication to Mianzhou that there is no chaos, how can I blame it." "Not only is it not to blame, but it should be rewarded. However, he did not have the right to reward and punish these people, so he did not mention this stubble.

When the little leader heard this, he felt ironed, but said politely: "This is our business. ”

After the little leader and his party left, Lu Bai explained: "Lord Shizi, I didn't blame them, I'm afraid that it will be too late." "It takes a lot of time to check once, and it's a waste of their time to do so many times.

Qi Hao didn't blame Lu Bai, but said: "There are no rules, there is no circle, don't do this next time." ”

Lu Bai was a little ashamed: "Yes, young master." ”

Looking at the dense grass shed, Qi Hao looked at Lu Bai and said, "Go and call the person in charge here, and I'll ask him." ”

The person in charge of security here is a man named Chen San. Regarding Qi Hao's question, Chen San did not answer immediately, but asked hesitantly, "I don't know who this young master is?" He can't reveal this information to others at will.

Yi Kun said with a cold face: "This is the prince of the world." Seeing Chen San's dazed look, Yi Kun added: "Our master is the son of King Ming." Yi Kun despised Chen San very much, and he hadn't even heard of the prince, so he was really unheard.

When Chen San heard that it was the prince of the Ming Dynasty, he immediately knelt on the ground.

Qi Hao asked, "How many people live here?" After hearing that more than 2,000 people lived, Qi Hao asked again: "How do these people live now?" The two thousand people are scattered and not concentrated together.

Chen San said: "They receive food based on their household registration. ”

Qi Hao frowned and asked, "But after the earth movement, most of the houses collapsed, and it is impossible for everyone to have a household registration?"

"At that time, a notice was posted that those who lost their household registration could go to the government to reapply for it. For this matter, the Qin prefect found all the literate people, and he was busy for five days and five nights. "Everyone was so tired that they almost fell down.

Qi Hao asked a few more questions, and Chen San knew everything and said everything.

A quarter of an hour later, Qi Hao said to Yi Kun, "Let's go in and have a look." In Jiang County, he just rode a horse and looked at the grass huts, but he didn't know the specific situation.

Chen San said with some concern: "Lord Shizi, there are a lot of fish and dragons inside. If any of the people who are not long-sighted offend the son, the little one cannot make amends for his sin. "The prince has three long and two short, he must be buried with him.

Qi Hao smiled and said, "No one dares to offend me." "There are Yi Kun, Yu Zhi and others around him, and those people are not without eyes.

Ordinary people are afraid of things, and when they saw such a group of people coming, they all closed their doors and hid in the house.

Chen San took Qihao and the others to a grass hut and said, "Second sister-in-law, I am Chen San, you open the door." After speaking, Chen San explained: "My second brother went to get firewood." "The government will distribute food, but the rest of the things have to be taken care of by themselves.

Soon, a woman with a withered face came out of the hut, and looked at such a large group of people with some fear.

Chen San was also astute, although he knew Qi Hao's identity, he didn't say anything: "Second sister-in-law, this young master is thirsty and wants to come in and drink saliva, is there water in the house?"

The woman nodded hurriedly and said, "Yes." ”

Qi Hao followed the woman in.

In the hut there was a bed made of several wooden planks, and on the bed was a quilt full of patches. Other than that, it's just some pots and pans.

Chen San poured a glass of water from the clay pot and gave it to Qi Hao, and said, "The government has posted a notice telling us not to drink the raw water from the river directly, but to let the water run for half an hour before boiling it." "When the earth is shaken, the water is not clean, and people who drink it are prone to get sick. After precipitation, boiling, there are many fewer germs. The common people don't understand so much, but they just do what the government says.

This Qi Hao is clear.

Yi Kun saw that the quilt had been moving, and his expression was grim, so he stepped forward with a sword and lifted the quilt. When he saw that it was two children who looked exactly the same, he quickly withdrew his sword.

The two children looked at the fierce and vicious Yi Kun and cried loudly. The woman's face turned pale with fright: "What are you going to do?" After speaking, she pushed Yi Kun away vigorously, and then wrapped the quilt in her arms with the two children: "Don't be afraid, my mother is here." ”

Yi Kun was a little embarrassed.

Qi Hao didn't expect such a change, and said to the woman a little apologetically: "I'm sorry, my uncle is too nervous, please don't worry about him." ”

The woman was full of anger, but she didn't dare to say anything excessive when she looked at the sword in Yi Kun's hand, but said, "The water is in the clay pot, you drink the water and hurry away." ”

The two children looked like they were about two or three years old, and neither of them was undressed and slippery.

Qi Hao looked at the two children without clothes and asked Chen San, "Do you have no clothes to wear?"

Chen San nodded and said with a sad face: "My second brother's family has to support five children, and they are already poor, but now they have suffered this catastrophe. Fortunately, the government will give us rations, otherwise we would not have been able to live. ”

Speaking of this, Chen San said to the woman: "Second sister-in-law, this is the son of the prince and the princess, the son of King Ming." It is also thanks to the prince and the princess that we can not starve to death. "I think they were suffering from a drought here, not to mention giving food, not even food taxes. At that time, many people were forced to sell their children and daughters, and their families were ruined.

When the woman heard this, her face turned pale, and she immediately knelt on the ground and kept her forehead: "Please spare your life." "Her behavior just now was obviously offensive to the prince.

The house was very narrow, and after Yi Kun and Yu Zhi followed in, the grass shed didn't even have a place to turn around. So Qi Hao had no way to help the woman: "You get up quickly." ”

Wherever the woman dared to get up, she kept prostrating. The two children turned pale with fright, curled up in a ball.

Seeing this, Qi Hao immediately retreated, and then asked Chen San: "Are there many people like your second sister-in-law?"

Chen San nodded and said, "Most of them are similar to my second brother's family. "His own family is fine.

Qi Hao thought for a moment and asked, "After the ground moves, is there no one to pick up the things in those collapsed houses?" Unlike floods and fires, things like clothes can still be found after the house collapses.

Chen San shook his head and said, "Unless it's your own house, other people's houses are not allowed to be inspected." If you dare to disobey the order, you will be directly beheaded if you are caught by the officers and soldiers. On the third day of the ground movement, the officers and soldiers stationed outside the city entered Mianzhou City to maintain law and order.

Qi Hao nodded, asked a lot of questions, and then left with everyone.