Chapter 154: Disaster Relief
Dongfang Ye took the silver taels raised, as well as some of the grain bought, as well as the officials sent by the household department, all the way north, without stopping for a moment, because the people affected by the disaster could not afford to wait, and time was life.
The further north you go, the colder it gets, and gradually, the ground is covered with snow, making it harder and harder to walk.
"Lord Qiyuhan, the snow in front of you is too thick, it is difficult to walk, and the carriage and horse can't walk anymore!" The soldiers in charge of escorting the food came to report, because of this night trip to the East, the people in charge of the escort were all selected from the army. Dongfang Ye rode in a carriage, and the four guards opened the way in front of the carriage, and the soldiers needed to report the cold, and then he was responsible for conveying it.
"Lord Wang, the snow in front of you is blocking the road, what should I do?" Two steps behind, he walked with the carriage and reported the oriental night through the window.
"Let's stop!" This is what Dongfang Ye had long expected, from the capital to the north, there is a distance of thousands of miles, and there are many places in the middle that are deserted.
The geographical distribution of Tanglin is roughly distributed according to the provincial capital, state city and county seat, unlike modern times, many cities are inhabited between cities, the population is dense, and some places here are uninhabited for dozens of miles.
"Is there still a lot of distance from Xiazhou City?" Dongfang Ye got out of the carriage, looked at the situation ahead, and asked for cold.
"Back to the prince, this is already a disaster-stricken area, and about fifty miles ahead is Quanzhou City!" Han looked at the map, this is Tanglin after many years of artificial survey to draw the map, of course, compared with the modern is very rough, but in ancient times it is also precious.
"Wrap the horses' hooves in cotton cloth, and let a few more of you ride them. Bring the silver, let's go first! "The cart loaded with grain and grass is not easy to walk, and the snow is very slow. They could only move slowly, and Dongfang Ye decided to ride the horse first, the horse could still walk in the snow, but it was necessary to protect the horse's hooves to avoid frostbite.
"Yes!" Han received the order and began to prepare.
"Lord Wang! What should I do? Liu Xuan, the household attendant who interrogated, was responsible for coming over to help Dongfang Ye carry out disaster relief work. He was just a weak scholar, so he stayed in the carriage all the way, following Dongfang Ye. Watch the team stop and get off the bus immediately to see the situation.
"Follow them slowly! In front of Quanzhou City will be and! Seeing Liu Xuan trembling in the heavy snow, Dongfang Ye knew that he couldn't stand it and galloped immediately, not wanting their soldiers to be martial arts practitioners. There are some insiders who are not afraid of the cold. So he ordered him to walk slowly behind him.
"Yes, Lord Wang!" Knowing his situation, Liu Xuan didn't have a strong request, fortunately, there wasn't much food in the back, Dongfang Ye took away the four guards, or he didn't worry about the safety of the food.
The speed of horseback riding was also much slower in the heavy snow, and the group walked about twenty miles before they saw a village. Dongfang Ye ordered to go over and take a look.
A gray-haired old man struggled to clear the snow in the heavy snow, and his house had collapsed. Only a corner swayed in the cold wind, and the door collapsed, leaving only a hole to barely enter, but it was not safe, and he could only use a thicker stick to support it.
"Uncle, are you alone at home?" Receiving Dongfang Ye's signal, Han stepped forward and asked!
"You are?" Seeing such weather, and such a large number of people, the dress is also extraordinary, at least it is good material that he has never seen, the old man looked suspicious.
"Uncle, don't worry, we have no malicious intentions, I heard in time that there was a particularly heavy snow in the north this year, and many people's houses were damaged, so let's come over to see if there is anything we can do to help?" Han tried to answer in a soft tone, for fear of scaring this honest people.
"That's it! A lot of houses in the village can not live, there is no way to repair, this day is cold, want to find wood can not be found, this is not, can be a little repaired everyone is repairing, really no land to live in the state city, fortunately here from Quanzhou City, everyone to see if there is a way out! ”
The old man hunched his back, beat his sore back with his hands, and replied in a hoarse voice, there was an inexplicable sadness and desolation in his tone, and then looked at the mess in front of him, everyone couldn't help but sigh, this heavy snow has caused a lot of losses to the people!
"Leave two people to help, and the others will continue with me!" Outside, Dongfang Ye didn't want to reveal his identity, and when he saw the scene in front of him, he couldn't bear to leave, so he left two people behind.
There are many more people waiting for everyone's help, so it is imperative to go to the state capital first and discuss with the local officials the specific implementation measures, so they continue to move forward.
Seeing that the two powerful men stayed to help, and they could get up alone with the wood that he couldn't lift in his eyes, and one of his own thatched houses was quickly erected, and then the thatch was sorted out again and covered on the roof, the old man was speechless with gratitude, and the tears in his eyes kept rolling.
"Thank you so much! You're all good people, good people! He didn't know how to express his gratitude in words except for saying that he was a good person, but he was so shy that he didn't even have a meal for the benefactor to eat.
"No, uncle, this is what we should do, don't worry, someone will come to help you soon!" After finishing the old Han's house, the two did not stay, did not even drink water, rode on a horse and went straight to Quanzhou City, chasing Dongfang Ye.
Dongfang Night and a few people saw the gate of Quanzhou City after more than half an hour, the gate of Quanzhou Mansion was wide open, Quanzhou Zhizhou Ma Jianlin was waiting at the city gate early, this time Quanzhou is one of the more seriously affected places, received the news, the night prince will come in person, he is restless, he is afraid that the performance is not good, and the black gauze hat on his head is not guaranteed.
Seeing a group of people coming from a distance, he led a group of officials in Quanzhou to hurriedly walk forward to greet him.
"I don't know that the prince is coming, and the minister is far away, and I hope the prince will forgive the sin!" Ma Jianlin and the officials behind him were sincerely frightened, and they all knelt down and saluted.
"Get up! Let's talk about the current situation! Dongfang Ye didn't have the time to greet them, so he went straight to the point and asked about the current disaster.
"Back to the prince! Except for a few villages, more than half of the disaster was affected, and the other disasters were 20%, some of them could be solved by repairing, or some could ask relatives and friends to help them spend this period of time, but most of them poured into Quanzhou City! Ma Jianlin hurriedly reported the current situation, don't look at the fact that there are only two percent, and there are a lot of people in the whole state, he is about to die!
"How did you solve it now?" Dongfang Ye wants to know the current progress, the disaster is serious, as a state official, it is impossible not to take any measures, so that the people have been starving and cold.
I'm sorry, the order of the chapters in the previous chapter is wrong, it should be one hundred and fifty-three chapters, but the content is not wrong, forgive me, dear! (To be continued.) )