Chapter 102: Yellow Water Comes
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The sky was slightly bright, and the pedestrians on the road appeared out of nowhere, and the whole road began to be noisy again. Horse-drawn carts and ox-carts creaked along the road, and peasants drove sheep, pigs, burdens, and barehands.
Jiang Hexing and others had eaten dry food on the side of the road, and it was already dark.
Jiang Hexing discussed with Li Bin and Zhang Meng, no matter what, they still had to go inside to have a look. Jiang Hexing asked Zhang Meng to put some spare wood on the car, and also prepared ropes, if nothing else, in case of any emergency, he should make a raft as soon as possible.
When the sky was completely bright, it was ready, dry food had been eaten, and the stomach was filled, and the car headed north again.
The road is not fast, there are many people going south, the key is cattle, sheep, and a lot of pigs, constantly wearing and wearing.
The carriage of Jianghexing was blocked from time to time, so I had to move forward slowly, and after walking all morning, I walked less than 20 miles.
On the east side of the road, the river rose a lot, the water level was less than 3 feet high from the road, and only a few reeds in the river showed their heads, and only the muddy yellow water flowed southward.
Seeing that it was about to be noon, Jiang Hexing stopped the vehicle and ordered to take out the water from the river, clarify it first, and wait for it to cook some food, and eat dry food in a row, which was really unbearable.
Parking the carriage on the side of the road, next to the turbulent Yellow River, Jiang Hexing was about to get out of the car, patted Jiang Hexing on the shoulder and said: "He Wang, look, what's going on in the river?" ”
Jiang Hexing turned his head and saw that the river was rising, less than a foot away from the river bank, and it was flat with the main road. Not only is the water big, but what is even worse is that there are all kinds of things floating on the river, messy trees, weeds, whirlpools, and going down the river.
From time to time, you can still see all kinds of corpses, including chickens, ducks and geese, pigs, cattle and sheep. The most frightening thing is that there are two dead bodies floating in the middle, and their heads are scattered, white and swollen.
Jiang Hexing glanced at it a few times, and felt a wave of nausea in his heart. I immediately thought that it was not good, it should be that there was already a big water upstream, and the river was about to overflow, and it was estimated that it would be on the road after a while.
Jiang Hexing ordered loudly, don't eat yet, build a raft first. Jiang Hexing and the others jumped out of the carriage, took out ropes and other things, and began to get busy.
The people on the road also began to be frightened, and they all screamed and cried, and ran forward. As he ran, he looked backwards in horror. People run wildly, and they can no longer care about cattle and sheep and other livestock, cattle and sheep, and they also feel a certain panic, and they run away one after another, and some even run directly into the turbulent river, and can no longer run, and float downstream along the rapids.
Jiang Hexing and the others put the wood on the side of the road and were tying it, seeing that the water had come up, and there was already water slowly seeping under their feet. The ground was already muddy, but fortunately there were three rafts that had been set up.
The wind rose from the north, and the wind came along the ground, and the wheat seedlings bent over, and could no longer lift their heads. Looking to the north, the sky was dark, and the frightened people rushed to the south frantically, running and shouting incessantly.
Yellow clouds are piled up in the sky in the north, and half of the sky is earthy yellow, and the yellow clouds are pressing south. The air was damp, as if it had just rained, and there was a fishy stench everywhere.
The yellow muddy water on the ground is rushing everywhere like arrows, and the low-lying places on the ground are already half a foot deep.
Zhang Meng asked Jiang Hexing whether he was running fast on horseback or running south in a carriage, the water should not be able to keep up. Besides, there is a high hill in the south, and when I get there, I am resting.
Jiang Hexing saw that the road was already in a mess, and there was almost no way to run, if they ran on horseback, it was estimated that they would have to be blocked with the people rushing on the road, and they would not be able to advance or retreat at that time.
Jiang Hexing asked Zhang Meng to arrange two or three soldiers to drive the carriage and go back as much as possible. The rest of the people, each with two days' worth of dry food, all got on the raft, followed the water, and saw if they could return to the edge of Junoze.
After a while, Jiang Hexing and the others also got on the raft. The sky and the earth are vast, the fog is shrouded, and the yellow water has overflowed.
The water was so strong that the raft entered the river and went downstream, and the wheat fields on both sides were already submerged in yellow muddy water. The green field disappeared, and only the waves rose and fell, and a few treetops were still swaying.
Jiang Hexing and the others looked at all kinds of dead bodies, all kinds of weeds, and messy trees in the water, and they were very depressed and helpless.
The river went straight to Junozawa, and they walked for two days, and everyone was cold and hungry, covered in mud, and embarrassed.
Jiang Hexing and the others dropped the raft and came to the shore. Zhang Meng sent someone to inform Chen Gang, and Chen Gang sent someone to ask the big boat to dock on the shore, pick up Jiang Hexing and others to get on the boat, and rest well.
After the group rested, Jiang Hexing asked Chen Gang about his current situation, and Chen Gang reported that not only Jiang Hexing's side, but also Wu Han's side also picked up a lot of people, and now everyone is gathering in Juyeze. Especially the two brothers Lin Ziwang and Lin Zisheng, went everywhere to gather the villagers and gather in Juyeze.
Wu Han and the others haven't come back yet, Jiang Hexing sees that he can't play a big role here, and now the disaster area has become a mess. The imperial court did not make any major moves, so it could only allow the victims to wander around or become food for fish and turtles.
After thinking about it, the disaster here is too great, and the Yellow River continues to flood. According to previous experience, every time the Yellow River bursts, the imperial court needs to mobilize the power of the state and hundreds of thousands of people to plug the gap.
This rupture will not be resolved in a few years. The Yellow River will roll back and forth in the future, and more refugees will be created.
While making various arrangements on the boat, Jiang Hexing sent people to Pingzhou Mansion and ordered them to send more boats and food, etc., and at the same time, they successively arranged for the refugees to Juyeze to be transported to various parts of Pingzhou.
After more than 20 days, it was completely summer, and Fan Jia, Xu Lang and others had already arrived in Juyeze.
Jiang Hexing rearranged that Wu Han was in charge here, Chen Gang was in charge of the water, Wu Han was on the ground, and Wu Han was assisted by Li Bin to try to transport the refugees to the greatest extent. Because Li Bin understands medicine, after the catastrophe, there will be a pandemic, and without him, many things are difficult to deal with. Therefore, I had to borrow him at this time. Fortunately, Li Bin is also a local and is willing to help the villagers in suffering.
After arranging, Jianghe Xing took a large boat, along Jishui, went upstream, and then entered the Yellow River, and arrived in Luoyang half a month later.
After arriving in Luoyang, Jiang Hexing and others abandoned the boat and went to Chang'an, a distance of 800 miles, ten days, and arrived in Chang'an.
After arriving in Chang'an, someone from the imperial court had already sent Jiang Hexing to the Barbarian Pavilion and arranged for Jiang Hexing and others to stay here.
Wang Mang is very busy now, and he doesn't have much time to meet Jiang Hexing for half a month. While Jiang Hexing was resting, he sent Xu Lang and Fan Jia to investigate. He and Zhang Meng stayed in the Barbarian Pavilion, waiting for Xu Lang and them to see if there was any news. (To be continued.) )