Chapter 189: Follow-up
Liu Yao rowed away in the boat, and naturally many people saw it.
Some people pointed at them and laughed at a group of stupid hats, and some of them slapped their heads and hurriedly packed up their things and found boats and rafts to leave.
For a while, the mountains were busy, and the depression and despair of the previous days were changed.
On the observation deck of Huangjue Temple, Emperor Jiayuan looked at a piece of Zeguo's face and couldn't hide his sorrow. Kyoto has suffered a 100-year flood, and I don't know how many people will have to go hungry this year, and sell their children and daughters. But he, the emperor, could not save them.
Suddenly, several small boats appeared on the water, heading for Kyoto. Emperor Jiayuan looked at the slowly moving boat, quickly reacted, smiled and patted the still wet handrail and praised: "Which family's son is this, very smart!" ”
Emperor Jiayuan just asked casually, and he didn't necessarily know the answer, but the minions who were guarding next to him dutifully inquired.
Zhao Fu also had a smile on his face when he heard the little eunuch's whisper, and Emperor Jiayuan saw it and reprimanded: "What does it look like to be sneaky!" What did they say? ”
Zhao Fu Lao had a short-sighted smile on his face, "Your Majesty, the one who took the lead in leaving just now was the twenty-eight-year-old Tanhualang, the nephew of the head of the household department, and the wife Du Shi is the disciple of the Master of Joy and the younger sister of the Nine Emperor Princes. Now it is the county order of Hongxing County, and it is back to Hongxing County if you want to come to Liu Tanhua. ”
Emperor Jiayuan nodded with satisfaction, "Not bad!" I remember being a blessed handsome child, and this brain is not stupid! ”
Zhao Fu echoed with a smile, but he sighed in his heart that this Tanhualang was lucky, and he happened to crash into His Majesty's eyes.
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After Liu Yao left, whether he figured it out or listened to others. Many people rowed home, homemade.
Anyway, they don't have a big house to live in like the official master, and there are beautiful maids waiting for them, and it is better to live in the damp woods than to go back to the rooftop of their house. At least you can bask in the sun during the day and the moon at night. Own kennel, no matter how dilapidated it is, it is comfortable to live in.
Most of the people on the mountain walked away at once, and the rest were all old, weak, sick and disabled, and it was inconvenient to move. Waiting for their relatives to finish building their homes will come to pick them up.
Du Xiaoxi is also waiting to be picked up.
Liu Yao returned to Hongxing County, where only the roof was left, and found the roof belonging to the county government, and a group of people directly moved the boat to the roof and collapsed and began to rub their arms.
At this time, the water and the roof were only more than a foot apart, and a young man jumped to the roof next to him to salvage the red cloth that he didn't know from floating, and saw the dead sheep next to him staring at the eyes that had widened in a circle. Ahh Sure enough, it's not easy to take advantage of any cheapness.
Spent the night on the rooftop. On the second day, the water level had already dropped by half, and I thought that it would be possible to go all out in a day or two. That's when they found another big problem, no water!
The ground is full of water! You can't drink it!
A group of people have dry throats and are about to cry stupidly by themselves! I didn't expect such a big thing!
Fortunately, in the end, He Yang remembered that the ice cellar at home was well sealed. I think the ice inside is still clean. Eventually, a group of excavators set up a barrier to drainage. Finally, I ate shiny and cool ice cubes.
After another day, the rain will have completely receded. The entire county is littered with debris and the carcasses of various animals, as well as large fish that survive tenaciously with a flick of their tails. However, no matter how greedy you are, no one dares to eat it.
Many people have returned from Hongxing County, and Liu Yao began to lead the officials to urge families to clean up the streets, burn animal carcasses, and slowly restore the county seat to its original clean and peaceful state.
When Liu Yao led the people to rebuild their homes, Du Xiaoxi was walking around the courtyard with his son in his arms every day. There are still many old and weak women and children living outside the courtyard, and Du Xiaoxi is afraid that his son will be sick and dare not go out.
The old lady lived in the temple for a few days, it may be too damp, and her stomach began to feel a little uncomfortable, afraid that something would happen, these days, the old lady is lying on the bed covered with a thick quilt, and she does not dare to take it lightly. In the past few days, the old lady has no stomach rumbling and appears in front of her great-grandson in high spirits.
The old lady held the child for a while, even if she was tired, she sat and held the child and did not let go, Du Xiaoxi couldn't grab it, so she could only hold it for a while while she was breastfeeding.
Du Niang is really her own mother, and when the old lady came over the next day, she took the initiative to greet her, and pulled the old lady to talk about the day's homework.
In this way, after a few days, both parties can feel that the old lady wants to bully the child, and Du Xiaoxi, the mother, cannot agree to anything. So, in the end, it became two people guarding the child together.
The flood was bigger than anyone had imagined.
It wasn't until a few months later that news came from all over the world, and the world was horrified to find that almost all parts of the flooded Dashang encountered heavy rainfall of a long or short period except for the mountains and plains. In addition, many places in Beichang, Yunguo, and Dastan were affected. It's simply a continent-wide disaster.
The handling around Kyoto was effective and swift, and there was not much panic in the way Master Kiraku took precautions against the plague.
The only consolation of this flood is that there are not too many deaths, but the wheat seedlings in the fields have drowned, the long sprouts of the food stored in the homes have been soaked, and other losses are immeasurable.
The entire county was cleaned up to ensure that there would be no plague, so Liu Yao took Du Xiaoxi back.
Before Du Xiaoxi could find something to replenish his body, Liu Yao took someone away again.
Hongxing County has suffered a lot of losses this time, and the wheat in the fields has been destroyed, and now it can only be planted with buds with a shorter harvest period. Although it is not delicious and cannot be sold at a high price, it can at least provide a family's food ration for a year.
Liu Yao is urging the people to replant grain with his inspection every day, waiting for them to finish eating the grain that grows buds in their hands, and persuading the rich families in the county to donate money and grain. Then Master Tang speculated that the fleeing team would come back in a few days, and these refugees would not be able to enter Kyoto, and in the end, they would bear the brunt of these nearby places, and they must be prepared to deal with the refugees.
While Liu Yao was busy dealing with the disaster, two major events happened in Dashang.
Externally: Emperor Jiayuan sent people to Fanxi, which was almost unaffected, to exchange salt for grain, and Fanxi suddenly increased the price of grain by three times. In the end, the envoys of the Great Merchants returned in vain.
Internally: The mountains and plains are reversed!
The king of the mountain joined hands with the remnants of the former Song Dynasty to rebel!
Emperor Jiayuan sent people to the mountain plains in the land of fish and rice to transfer grain, and the king of the mountains beheaded the envoys, and then wielded his sword to kill the dissidents in the mountain plains. Soon, the king of the mountains and the remnants of the former Song Dynasty occupied the entire mountain plain, and now they are preparing to wave their troops to the north and conquer the great merchants who are now in the midst of a century-old flood in one fell swoop.
Emperor Jiayuan issued an order to stop the trade with Fanxi Yiqiē salt, trying to lower the price of grain. On the other hand, the Nine Emperor Princes, who had won a hundred battles, asked for orders to encircle and suppress the traitors in the mountains and the remnants of the previous dynasty.
(To be continued.) )