Under the city walls, in the mud.

Li Di tucked his clothes into the belt around his waist, standing barefoot on a wooden plank, commanding the soldiers of the forbidden army, collecting the corpses that had been hit by the flood under the walls of Bianjing.

His feet were covered with mud, but he had no sense of taste, and angrily scolded the soldiers of the Forbidden Army who stood on the planks and refused to put down the mud.

After drinking for a long time, he saw that some soldiers of the forbidden army still refused to go into the mud, so he stepped into the mud first.

Li Di participated in political affairs, regardless of danger and dirt, and walked around in the mud.

The other soldiers, even if they have a background that leads to the sky, have to put down their bodies and enter the mud.

The mud under the walls was not deep, and the deepest point was only knee-deep.

Two feet away from the city wall, it is deep.

Some soldiers of the forbidden army went to try it.

Almost didn't bury it.

There is the location of the moat, where the silt is deepest, and it can reach a zhang.

Li Di scolded and asked the soldiers of the forbidden army to risk their lives without knowing whether to live or die.

Just let them clean up the corpses under the city walls.

The corpses were pulled out of the mud and placed on the plank, which was being scratched out of the plank.

Eventually, they piled up together to form a mountain of corpses.

After the mountains of corpses piled up, Li Di asked people to carry fierce fire oil, pour it on it, and burn it on the spot.

Whether the floating corpse is sent into the city or left outside the city for a long time, it can cause a plague.

So it had to be burned on the spot.

The fire has never been extinguished from the moment it was lit.

Li Di dragged Kou Ji and stood not far from the corpse mountain, making his eyes wide.

"If you don't settle those displaced people well, the mountains of corpses that will pile up will only become even bigger when the time comes."

Li Di just tugged on Kou Ji's arm, and his voice trembled slightly.

Kou Ji stared at the cheeks and corpses that were quickly burning in the flames, resisted the urge to vomit, and said with a pale face: "I won't let this happen......"

Li Di dragged Kou Ji's arm a little harder, and said, "The old man knows that you have the ability, your grandfather also knows, and Wang Zeng also knows." We know that if you dare to make a military order, there must be a way to resettle those displaced people.

But we still want to stop you in the court, do you know why? ”

"Gott~"

Koji bent down and threw up.

It wasn't until he emptied the contents of his stomach and spit out sour water that he raised his head with a pale face.

Seeing the floating corpse being scorched, burned, and turned into charred corpses and corpse oil, he really couldn't accept it.

Although when he was in Baozhou before, he also burned the Liao army.

But at that time, he sat in the gate building, listening to the screams outside the city, but did not look at the tragic situation outside the city.

Now it's different, Li Di pulled him, and he had to let him see it.

He not only had to look at the tragic situation in front of him, but also had to answer Li Di's questions.

"I didn't know before, but now I know ......"

Kou Ji said in a deep voice.

Li Di asked, "Why?" ”

Kou Ji retched and said, "You are afraid that I will act recklessly and eventually cause this tragedy." ”

Li Di reminded fiercely: "It's not a tragedy! It's a matter of human life! ”

"That's right! Grass Kan human life! ”

Koji was forced to repeat a sentence.

Li Di pointed to the burning corpse mountain and asked, "If you don't handle the displaced people well, this is what happened to them." Now, do you still dare to resettle the displaced people? ”

Kou Ji resisted the urge to vomit and asked, "Why not?" ”

Li Di's eyes narrowed.

Kou Ji said calmly: "The homeless people are handed over to me, even if I don't handle it well, there may be a mountain of corpses." If it is handed over to other officials in the DPRK and China, it will not be something that the corpse mountain can stop.

Wang Xiang said yesterday that the imperial court has always dealt with displaced people, almost one in ten. ”

When Li Di heard this, he trembled with anger.

He was not angry with Kou Ji, but angry with the officials in the court.

He was angry that the officials were inactive, and there was no good way to keep all the displaced people alive.

I am also angry that I have no good way to save all the displaced people.

In his heart, those displaced people did not die in the flood, and that was a gift from heaven.

It was Heaven who kept them alive.

But if it is because the court is not properly placed, it is a man-made disaster.

In the face of natural disasters, he was powerless.

But man-made disasters, he always felt, could be avoided.

Li Di trembled angrily, but he didn't spare Kou Ji, "The old man is staring behind you, staring at you to settle those homeless people." If too many of those homeless people die, the old man will use Chao Wat to smash your head. ”

When Kou Ji heard this, he was unhappy, "Grandpa Li, you're a little unreasonable. ”

After the flood, those displaced people were displaced and traveled long distances to Bianjing City, and those who slept in the open along the way were bound to contract all kinds of diseases.

Therefore, after arriving in Bianjing, some people can't stand it, or they are seriously ill and will inevitably die.

Kou Ji is not an immortal, he can't snatch people from Hades.

Li Di said arrogantly: "The old man doesn't care, the old man just stares at you, and the old man is unreasonable." ”

When Koji heard this, he didn't know what to say.

Li Di was obviously stimulated by the corpses outside the city.

That's why he put pressure on him so out of shape.

Kou Ji accompanied Li Di like this, watching the mountain of corpses in front of him turn into ashes.

When the corpse oil flowed down the mud and flowed sideways on the ground, igniting a raging fire, Li Di fell to the ground with a pop.

Kou Ji hurriedly helped Li Di up, sighed, and said, "Grandpa Li, didn't you say that people who can be officials and big officials are like iron and stone?" ”

"The old man has never drunk human blood, so this heart is still flesh ......"

With Kou Ji's support, Li Di stood up and said sadly.

Kou Ji nodded slowly and helped Li Di to walk towards Bianjing City.

When he walked under the cave of the city gate, Li Di only grabbed Kou Ji, and said with a slight redness in his eyes: "Baby, you have to remember that no matter how big an official this person is, no matter how much power he holds, he can't treat those who look exactly like us as beasts!" ”

Kou Ji heard the weight of Li Di's words, nodded solemnly, and said, "I wrote down ......"

Li Di nodded, and with Kou Ji's support, he trembled into the city gate.

Entered Bianjing City.

The two did not leave.

In order to deal with the imminent influx of displaced people, the imperial court specially set up military tents at several city gates in Bianjing.

In every tent, there are people in charge.

Behind each military tent, people are carrying food one after another.

After Kou Ji sat down in the military tent with Li Di, he got a not-so-optimistic news.

This time the Yellow River flooded, and the affected places were not only Bianjing City, but almost all the counties in Kaifeng Prefecture suffered floods.

Outside Kaifeng Prefecture, there are also people in two states who have suffered floods.

More than 300,000 people were affected.

Some of the people who were not seriously affected by the disaster, led by local government officials, have already begun post-disaster reconstruction and resettlement work.

For these local government officials, this is a rare time to make political achievements, so few people shirk it.

But more people poured into Bianjing City in droves.

A flood that left them with nothing.

In addition to going to Bianjing City to beg for a mouthful of imperial food to eat, they didn't know what other ways to survive.

"Rough estimates put 200,000 people in the disaster......"

Li Di dropped the paperwork in his hand and closed his eyes in pain.

When Kou Ji heard this number, his heart jumped slightly.

The resettlement of 200,000 homeless displaced people is a big problem.

Bianjing City is different from Baozhou.

When Kou Ji was in Baozhou, he could lead the soldiers and civilians of Baozhou to eat big households and rob them.

But not in Bianjing.

"How much space has the imperial court allocated to the displaced people to settle down and start a business?"

Kou Ji asked.

This is his primary concern.

If there is not enough space for the displaced people to live.

Even if he has great ability, he can't settle these homeless people.

When Li Di heard this, he said murderously: "In the place outside the city, you took a fancy to that area, so you placed the displaced people in that area." If it occupies someone's property, the court will naturally compensate for it.

If anyone disagrees, tell the old man.

The old man went to them himself. ”

Obviously, if someone stumbles in this matter, Li Di will definitely let him see the power of the knife.

Hearing Li Di's words, Kou Ji was also relieved.

Kou Ji arched his hand to Li Di and said, "That kid will go down and prepare first." ”

Li Di nodded with a gloomy face.

Kou Ji got out of the military tent and returned directly to the mansion.

Then he summoned Liu Heng, Cao Tong, Zhang Cheng, Mu Chong, Qian Le and others to discuss.

……

Two days later.

Mu Chong arrived at Kou Mansion and found Kou Ji who was holding the drawings to explain to the craftsmen.

"Kou Gong Ministry, the first batch of things you wanted, our people have been transported to the outside of Bianjing City, and they are parked on the Wuzhang River outside the city. At the first command, things can be delivered to wherever you want. ”

When Kou Ji heard this, his heart was shocked.

"Good!"

"Let your people, quickly move things outside the South City Gate. When you get to the north gate, look for Liu Heng, and Liu Heng will tell you where to put your things. ”

Kou Ji commanded.

Mu Chong agreed, went out, and went to find the housekeeper of Mu Mansion to move things.

Kou Ji couldn't help but sigh, "The efficiency of a businessman is faster than that of the imperial court......

The relief food for the imperial court has not yet been delivered.

The first batch of things promised by Mu Chong and the others to Kou Ji had already been prepared, and they were also transported to Bianjing City.

The relief food for the imperial court was transferred from Changping, which was the closest to Kaifeng Mansion.

Since the documents of the imperial court were delivered, they have not been delivered to this day.

After Mu Chong left, Qian Le and Meng Weizhong arrived at Kou Mansion one after another and told Kou Ji that the first batch of things they had prepared had been transported to Bianjing City.

Among the three, only the wood transported by Qian Le had a little accident.

Qian Le's timber is on the waterway, which is tied into wooden boats and flows down the water.

When it was transported into Bianjing City, it was stopped by the navy patrolling the Bianhe River.

Kou Ji asked people to go to Cao's Mansion and said hello to Cao Wei, and the sailors happily let the Qianle timber transportation team go.

After the first batch of things that Kou Ji wanted arrived, he led the craftsmen in the palace out of Bianjing.

After two days of drying.

The silt outside the city has begun to solidify.

Many of the solidified mud blocks cracked one after another, and the mud skin was warped outward, and after people stepped on it, there was a rattling sound.

Although the silt has solidified, there is not much danger for people to walk on it, but it is difficult for cars and horses to pass.

On top of the silt blocks, you can see the soldiers of the forbidden army everywhere.

They followed the orders of the imperial court and searched for the corpses outside the city.

One by one, the floating corpses were dragged out of the mud and piled up in a pile.

Burning fires rose everywhere in Bianjing City.

Kou Ji took the craftsmen and stepped on the silt blocks to the north gate of Bianjing City.

There are two reasons why Kou Ji chose to be outside the North City Gate.

First, the outside of the north gate is higher than the outside of the south gate, and when the flood rushes down, the damage at the north gate is far less serious than that at the south gate. Even if there was silt, it was not as deep as outside the South City Gate.

Second, there is a royal garden built outside the north city gate, so the large area of land around the north city gate is all imperial villages.

Occupy the Huangzhuang to settle the displaced people, and there is no need to quarrel with others because of the problem of the land.

After Kou Ji and the others arrived, Liu Heng and the others had already arrived.

Mu Chong and the others were instructing the laborers to move things.

Liu Heng led people and used pieces of bluestone slabs to build a place where things could be placed in the open space.

Kou Ji grabbed Liu Heng and asked, "Where did you get the bluestone slab?" ”

Liu Heng pointed to the Ruisheng Garden, which was half eroded by the flood not far away.

Kou Ji was stunned.

Liu Heng said with a big grin: "Ruisheng Garden is built on a low hill, and the flood only eroded the outer wall, and only a few courtyards were infiltrated inside. The bluestone slabs in the yard were loosened by the blisters, and they came out with a prie.

Anyway, no one is in charge of Ruisheng Garden now, so I'll pry it out and use it first. ”

When Kou Ji heard this, he couldn't cry or laugh, and pointed at Liu Heng, but he couldn't say a word of accusation.

"Go back and think of a way, tell the court about this, and exempt you from responsibility on the grounds of resettling displaced people."

Kou Ji admonished.

Liu Heng nodded.

Then the two of them stared at Mu Chong, Qian Le, and Meng Weizhong's people and began to move things.

Liu Heng watched the laborers under Mu Chong and others carrying packages and running quickly on the mud blocks, and couldn't help but sigh: "Mu, Qian, and Meng are more reliable than the imperial court." ”

Kou Ji said lightly: "Many times, money is more effective than orders. ”

Liu Heng looked sideways at Kou Ji and asked, "How do you say it?" ”

Kou Ji pointed to Mu Chong, who was instructing the laborers to move things, and said: "Mu Chong hired eleven big boats in one go, and told all the boat bosses that whoever sent the things to Bianjing City first would be rewarded with twenty taels of gold." ”

"Then the boat bosses rushed to row the boat and sent the things to Bianjing City?"

"Not bad......"

"What if Mu Chong orders them?"

Liu Heng asked.

Kou Ji pondered for a moment and said, "Maybe they will arrive later than the food from the imperial court." ”

Liu Heng sighed and said, "Imperial court, ......"

He didn't say anything wrong with the court.

But from his tone, it was obvious that he was dissatisfied with the efficiency of the imperial court.

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