1292. Coal mine collapse
Who's in the way! ”
Before the county commander and the others came back to their senses, a soldier hurriedly rushed to Zhao Dongting, making a gesture to draw a knife, and asked.
Zhao Dongting's face was calm and calm, with a sense of nobility that naturally existed without needing to show it, and asked, "What happened outside the city?" Why so many defenders? ”
The county commander and the others, who had finally come back to their senses, were stunned again in an instant.
Who is this man?
Who does he think he is?
How did you come up with such a commanding attitude?
The thoughts in their minds were spinning, and they only thought that Zhao Dongting was not the eldest brother of any family.
But even the eldest son, the county commander and others still don't like it in their hearts.
After the emperor came to power, he was most disgusted with those things that happened in the country that were tyrannical and domineering by relying on his family background. Up to now, it can be said that many big families have been dealt with in various places.
If it was usual, they wouldn't want to have a bad relationship with this kind of boy. But now, it is a hundred thousand urgent, and there is no need to take care of many.
The county order shouted: "Get out of the way!" Do not obstruct the official in the execution of his official duties! ”
He is already polite, otherwise, in the name of blocking the official frame and obstructing official business, it is enough to detain the "son-in-law" in front of him.
Zhao Dongting remained silent, just untied a golden token from his waist.
When the county commander and others saw this token, they all changed color instantly.
Six Dragons Order.
Although this token can't be compared with the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon Order and the Nine Dragons Order, the six lifelike dragons are enough to show how noble Zhao Dongting's identity is.
Zhao Dongting restructured the DPRK-China token a few years ago.
The five-clawed golden dragon is respected, and the phoenix order is secondary.
After that, there was the Nine Dragons Order and the Eight Dragons Order...... and then to the Tiger Order, the Wolf Order, and so on.
And those who can hold the Golden Dragon Order, except for the emperor's special envoy Qincha, are only those highest-ranking and most respected ministers in the court. Even, even the vast majority of the imperial relatives failed to possess the Golden Dragon Order. Because of the dragon, tiger and other orders, they all have real power. Those who hold the order have the right to temporarily mobilize the defenders from all over the country.
The Six Dragons Order, don't say that it is them, the county-level officials, that is, the state government officials see it, and they don't dare to pant loudly.
The county magistrate, the chief bookkeeper and others couldn't help but show extreme shock in their eyes. Then he hurriedly dismounted, and saluted Zhao Dongting: "Xiaguan has seen a bad trip!" ”
Zhao Dongting nodded slightly, pinned the Six Dragons Order back to his waist, and ignored the surprised and confused pedestrians on the side of the street, only asked again: "What happened outside the city?" Why are you in such a hurry? ”
The county magistrate didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly replied: "Back to the top of the city, I am waiting to go out of the city in a hurry, but it is really a coal mine outside the city...... There was an accident. ”
"Accidents?"
Zhao Dongting frowned and said, "What accident?" ”
The county ordered: "Collapse...... It's collapsed. ”
Zhao Dongting's face changed instantly.
Collapse......
This is no small matter.
Over the years, Zhao Dongting has been benevolent and loves the people, and today's Great Song Dynasty is no longer as worthless as before, and human life is not as valuable.
No wonder the county makes these people so anxious.
Zhao Dongting immediately stopped stopping the county order and the others, and hurriedly said: "Then go to the rescue quickly." ”
As he spoke, he stepped aside.
The county commander and the others looked at Zhao Dongting deeply a few times, although they felt that they would inevitably snub Shangguan if they left like this, but this was said by Zhao Dongting, and the accident outside the city was indeed quite big, so they had to confess to Zhao Dongting, and then hurriedly galloped towards the outside of the city.
Zhao Dongting frowned slightly and returned to the side of the women on the street.
Le Chan and the other women also had worried looks on their faces.
Le Chan said: "Husband, such a thing as a collapse in a coal mine is quite serious, right?" ”
Zhao Dongting sighed in a low voice: "It depends on how big the collapse is." ”
After speaking, he said: "Let's go and have a look!" ”
Then the group rented a few horse-drawn carriages in the city and hurriedly asked the coachman to carry them to the coal mines outside the city.
In these years, the mining industry was not developed, and even coal mines were rare in the past. Although coal mines have been opened in various places after the natural disaster, there is only one coal mine outside Cenxi County.
This is an order issued by Zhao Dongting, and the number of coal mines in various places is strictly controlled.
Because this coal mine alone has been able to meet the needs of the people of Cenxi County.
Moreover, in this era of beautiful mountains and rivers and pure environment, Zhao Dongting really does not want to affect the ecological environment due to excessive exploitation.
This is also the reason why he has always struggled with whether to start the industrial revolution in this era in advance.
There are pros and cons to the prosperity of industry and science and technology. For example, in later generations, although technology has reached an incredible level, the ecological environment has also been greatly damaged.
Zhao Dongting is a person who has traveled from later generations, and he cherishes the original ecology of this era more and more.
After about half an hour out of the city, you can see the coal mine.
The mountain is dark, and by now, the entire mountain has been bulldozed.
There are several roads that wind down from the top of the leveled hill.
These are all roads for coal wagons and rickshaws.
But at this time, it can be seen that some roads have been covered with loess and black coal.
Most of the mountain looks devastated.
Zhao Dongting had just lifted the curtain, and when he saw this scene, his brows involuntarily froze again.
The collapse was even more serious than he had imagined.
'M afraid......
I'm afraid that the mine below has collapsed nearly half.
In this era, the mines were all operated by hand......
Then the workers buried underneath are afraid that they will ...... Countless.
As the carriage got closer and closer to the coal mountain, Zhao Dongting's mood became more and more solemn.
Until the foot of the mountain.
You can see that there are a lot of dirty coal miners gathered here in groups of three or five, and most of them still have palpitations on their faces.
They were all talking and pointing at the mountain.
And the county commander and others didn't dare to go up the mountain at this time.
The defenders of Cenxi County only strictly guarded a few mountain roads.
Workers with relatives or friends who had not yet descended the mountain cried and tried to rush up, but they were stopped by these soldiers.
The county commander and others were sweating profusely, and they were all at a loss. Even Zhao Dongting and others didn't find it.
But until this point, the ground still occasionally shaking. It also means that there are still places in the pit that are collapsing, and they dare not go up the mountain.
Officials reassured the workers and their families.
But the crowd sentiment is still getting more and more turbulent.
Zhao Dongting frowned deeply, at this moment, he also had a feeling of powerlessness.
In this case, Mo said that it was too late to dispatch the forbidden army, and even if it was too late, with the equipment of this era, it would be difficult to go up the mountain to save people.
Forcibly trying to save them can only result in more people being buried inside.
More than ten minutes passed, and the tremors no longer seemed to show signs of recurrence.
The sweaty county commander finally breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said to the workers: "Everyone be safe, this county will send soldiers to rescue the trapped villagers!" ”
There's no way out of it.
How many can be saved.
Zhao Dongting stood in the crowd and did not speak.
Under the orders of the county commander and others, more than 200 soldiers soon walked towards the mountain quite solemnly.
Most of them had never experienced anything like this, and they were really nervous.
Zhao Dongting looked at it and sighed in his heart.
With this amount of troops, it is really impossible to rescue the buried workers.
Not to mention anything else, just the loess, black coal, etc., that buried the mountain roads, are not something they can remove in a short period of time.
Sure enough, soon a soldier ran down and said to the county order: "My lord, the soil is soft, let's ...... We can't climb up......"
The prefectural commander was busy discussing countermeasures with the surrounding chief bookkeepers, guard corps commanders and others.
In the end, I saw the county commander gritting his teeth and saying, "Then blow it up!" Use the thunder to blow up a road for this official! No matter what, you can't give up on the people on the mountain! ”
This made Zhao Dongting quite appreciative of this county order.
That's a good officer.
But he still stood up and shouted, "Slow! ”
When he spoke, many people present looked at him.
The county commander and others were busy saluting him again.
Zhao Dongting waved his hand and said, "You can't use thunder!" If it is blown up with thunder, it may cause another landslide, and the casualties will only be greater. ”
The county commander had a bitter face and said anxiously: "Then, what do you say about Shangguan?" ”
"Master, you can't die without saving!"
"yes, then what do you say!"
The crowd gradually became a little angry, and some people even made quite disrespectful remarks.