Chapter 519: People are moving under the natural disaster

I didn't know that Li Bai and Wang Wei, who were followed by a group of 'terrifying' 'militants' behind them, finished breakfast slowly, stayed under the shed that sheltered from the rain, looked at the bubbles on the ground outside that were smashed by the heavy raindrops one after another, and felt the humidity and coolness brought by the wind and mist, and were silent for a long time.

"It is estimated that it is really rushed, the rain for half a month in a row, the natural disaster resistance, the sky is nine feet of thunder, and it is destroyed for thousands of miles. Dragon King Water of the East China Sea, hey" Li Bai read two sentences, and suddenly lost his interest in composing poetry, and sighed with a sad face.

Wang Wei clicked his mouth twice, and he also felt bored, and suddenly remembered an important thing, and said: "It is said that this is a city and a house is half-gone, why is there no stagnant water?" ”

As he spoke, his eyes followed the rain that fell to the ground and gathered into a river, and when he looked at it, he showed a look of relief, and said: "It turns out that the drainage ditches have been dug out one after another, and you look there, there are wooden stakes nailed, for fear that people will accidentally fall down and be washed away." ”

Li Bai followed, but didn't it, the small rivers that gathered together entered the artificially widened drainage ditch, churning and heading out.

"In this way, the local officials are still a group of capable officials, what is the meaning of the imperial court sending the two of us here?"

For a while, Li Bai felt that the imperial court was a bit stupid.

Wang Wei was about to nod his head in agreement, when the rain curtain suddenly appeared, some old and some young, some of them were dressed in clothes, and some let the heavy rain fall on their bodies, wet the clothes on their bodies, and they were blown by the wind and sticky to their bodies.

"Dad, Dad, here, this is it, Chengdong Bun Shop, Dad, let's go, mother, there are buns to eat." A little boy of seven or eight years old, shouting excitedly in the rain, pointed his little hand at the sign of the breakfast shop, and with the other hand went to pull a woman's clothes.

Seeing the people who suddenly appeared, Wang Wei was stunned, and it could be seen from the clothes on the body of the person who came that the living conditions of this group of people at home should be good, muslin clothes, shoes with mille-feuille soles, although the face is a little bit of vicissitudes brought by work, u ucom will arrive~

It is normal for children to be literate, there is a school to teach, and there is a baby fat on their faces, and they know at a glance that the things they usually eat can keep up with the nutrition.

The question is what a group of people don't stay at home and go out in the rain? And the children, why don't they go to school?

Confused, a group of people crowded in, some people went to find the owner of the shop, far away, the sound of rain and thunder outside was loud, Wang Wei and Li Bai didn't hear clearly what the person said to the owner of the shop.

After a while, the newcomers sat down, despite the dampness, and another woman brought food to them, and a large bowl of millet porridge in front of one of them did not see any other fritters, buns, or cakes.

Only the child had an extra peeled boiled egg in front of him, and there was more rice in the porridge.

Without waiting for Li Bai and Wang Wei to ask curiously, the woman first opened her mouth and said to the people who came after: "The county will give twenty yuan a day to be responsible for relief, or wait for the heavy rain to pass, before winter, and they are all on credit, and they really can't take out other things. ”

The proprietor inside came out, pinched a fritter in his hand, and put it in front of the child, who stood up very obediently and bowed, "Thank you, uncle." ”

The proprietor was happy, hurried into the house, and came out with a big goose egg in his hand, which he knew at a glance that it was salty, and put it in front of the child.

The child thanked him again, quickly peeled the goose eggs, used chopsticks to pick out the oily yellow and put it into his mother's bowl, then tore more than half of the fritters and put them in his father's bowl, and the eggs were sent to the old man to prevent others from returning the things, and said, "I am literate at home, listen to me." ”

As for the other adults, it seems that they are not from the family, so he doesn't care.

Li Bai and Wang Wei looked at each other for a moment, and Li Bai said, "Add two steamed buns per person, count us in." ”

Seeing that someone was paying, the owner of the small shop naturally wouldn't stop it, and took out the steamed buns and gave them one by one, and everyone hurriedly got up to thank Li Bai and Wang Wei.

Li Bai and the others were not in a hurry to leave, sat down and asked the owner to send a cold meat plate with a little wine, and used this as an excuse to sell two bowls of wine, eating and drinking while listening to others chat.

Listening to it, the expressions of the two people became serious, and Li Bai, who had previously praised the county officials as capable officials, did not continue to praise.

It turned out that in addition to the county seat of Hongnong County, all other places were washed away, in order to prevent the county seat of Hongnong County from being washed, the river of Honglu Water had already been dug and broken.

This is nothing to Wang Wei and Li Bai, it is normal, Zhang Xiaobao wrote about the method of fighting disasters, mentioned that if you can't do anything, you should rush to the countryside to protect the city first.

This is not to say that the rural areas are not important, but this rush refers to the resettlement of people in the rural areas, and only the land and houses in the rural areas, not the people, because if the cities are washed away, the money spent on rebuilding will be too much, several times that of the rural areas, or even dozens or hundreds of times.

The problem is not here, it is when the crowd is talking, about property.

As a place between Chang'an and Luoyang, Hongnong's breeding industry is very large, close to the river, there are ponds for raising ducks and geese, there are herds of pigs, cattle and sheep, there are countless chickens, not to mention fish and shrimp, and the ones that cannot be sold are just by taking advantage of the convenience of the Yellow River, and the salt transported from Jili Prefecture is put into the fish and shrimp together, and put into the jar to make marinade sauce.

From the clothes on these people and the children's tutors, we can know that the life of the people of Hongnong is not bad.

Since it's not bad, what about the money? What about things? Didn't the other animals and the family's money take with them when they were fleeing from the flood?

Li Bai and Wang Wei, who were surprised, continued to listen, and listened for about half an hour before understanding.

In addition to the county seat, the people in other places were all sent by the county officials to the county seat, and when the Honglu water and its tributaries did not reach the point of breaking, they thought that they were dug up in advance, because the materials used in the construction were good, and they were all solid and good stones and cement, so it was quite difficult to dig.

The river opened, and the rain continued to fall, and the county officials made many assurances, so that the people followed, and as for all kinds of things for breeding, as well as the family's belongings and money, they all made a booklet, saying that they would give it after the disaster had passed.

Those who did not agree with it were either enforced or thrown away in the local area and left to be washed away by the great waters.

Therefore, these people who have gone through several inspections and body searches have no money on them, so they can only wait for the help of the county yamen.

The county does not distribute grain, and often closes the position and says that it will not be opened, and only distributes the people who receive it to various restaurants and shops to eat, and does not give cash to the restaurant stores, and owes money on credit.

Several things come together to give people a very awkward feeling.

Wang Wei is from the Ministry of Industry, but he has also done things in the local area before, and he is in charge of the warehouse, and it is not far from here, and he has also been instructed by Xu Si, and he saw that something was wrong, and asked Li Bai again, "Brother Taibai, what do you have to say?" ”

Li Bai is from the household department, even if he is no longer willing to take the initiative to learn, the forms that should be done must be done, and the ones who should be listened to must be listened to.

Listening to Wang Wei's question, he felt that his mouth was a little dry, so he took a big sip of wine, took a deep breath, and said: "This shows that someone is in urgent need ......of money, and he just dares to go to a natural disaster and be used by him or them. ”

"So we were sent, the emperor seems to know, and he can't trust the local officials anymore, so let our two officials from the court clean up the people." Wang Wei was a little angry, but also a little proud, he thought that he and Li Bai came to show that the imperial court attached great importance to things, and put the burden on the two of them.

Li Bai nodded his head twice, his eyes were full of determination, solemn and solemn.

Of course, they would never have imagined that Li Longji sent them here to inspect them, one is ability, the other is honest or not, what Li Longji really trusts is the nine babies who are about to get off the train, if the two of them do a good job, then the nine babies should come over to play, if they don't do well, no matter how difficult the things they encounter, and no matter whether they will be in the same stream, Xiaobei As soon as they make a move, they will settle it directly.

The train stopped at Hongnong Station with the sound of screeching brakes, and hundreds of people rushed out of the carriages, and as soon as they arrived at the platform, they dispersed in all directions, and soon disappeared into the rain.

The five people who had been on the platform for three days glanced at each other suspiciously, and when one of them spoke up: "There are so many people who came today, they are in a hurry, and they don't look like officials. ”

The person next to him also looked more puzzled, thought about it carefully, and said with confidence: "What are you afraid of, there are really officials who go in alone, and they don't want to do things, and they are allowed to enter or leave the city, you see, what is that?" ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the cars hanging behind the passenger cars that had just passed, the first of which was gone, but the cars behind were dragged into another track, dragged by a group of horses and mules, very slowly, and it was obvious that the carriages were heavy with their loads.

"Let's take a look." The people who spoke earlier rushed first, because of the independence of the railway system, they simply could not know the news from inside the railway.

The five men approached, and after waiting for a while, after all the carriages had come in, the canvas covering the top was opened, and an oilcloth appeared inside, and the canvas brought something down, and when I looked closely, it was rice.

"Grain." The person who spoke first spat out two words and looked nervous, and the other four people also changed their faces.

The second person who spoke just now looked around and said, "Quick, go back and report the news, there is grain coming, who is so powerful that he knows that the price of grain in Hongnong County has risen?" ”

At that moment, a man ran away and got on his horse outside the platform.