Chapter Twenty-Eight: There is an earthquake in Chang'an

"On June 12, the third year of Zhenguan, the Jingshi earthquake, from the northwest, the flying sand and dust, the black air barrier air, did not see the day, and the people on the Vermilion Bird Street were like sitting in the waves, and they all fell. The cement and stone road was broken and cracked, and the merchants and ordinary people fled in all directions.

Before long, the sound of the four fields was like a thunderbolt, and the birds and beasts were frightened. It was night, and there were three earthquakes in a row, and the flat ground opened a few feet. There is a ditch under the Yanxing gate, and the water is like a spring. The officials and the people were injured, fortunately Xu Gong had a advice, and His Majesty the Holy Son of Heaven announced that the people took refuge outside the house, which was a great luck, and there were no casualties. At noon on the 13th, there was another great earthquake. In mid-June, the earthquake was as good as before. Since then, it has been shaking from time to time, and it has been shaking twice. From the 19th to the 21st, the heavy rain on the third day, the two squares of Qinglong and Dunhua on the edge of the Linqu River became a river, and the houses were washed down, and the terrain of the newly built stadium was high, and it was spared.

After this earthquake, the officials and people inside and outside the country did not dare to enter the house, day and night, and could not be distinguished. Chang'an is fortunate this time, and Luoyang is a serious disaster, Luoyang city house collapse is especially bad, there is fire in the air, burning on all sides, crying shocking the sky. His Majesty the Son of Heaven ordered Li to lead 3,000 troops into Luoyang, stay at the pavilion, save the people, and stop the three people. In Zhuozhou, Liangxiang and other places, the streets cracked, and black water gushed out, three or four feet high. Shanhaiguan and Sanhe are flat and sunken, surrounded by rivers. The great earthquake of this place lasted for a few days, and became weaker and weaker, because of the edict begging to speak out. Even if the group of gangsters was swept away, Haining Si'an turned out to be a sign of peace. -- "Historical Records of the Tang Dynasty." Earthquakes》

Xu Yang has been so scared that he doesn't even dare to go to the Zhuangzhu's Mansion these days, he really doesn't know that there is an earthquake in Chang'an in the third year of Zhenguan, although the earthquake is not strong, and the destructive power is not great for the capital, but there is no mention of this earthquake in Baidu information from beginning to end. After Xu Yang thought it out later. I couldn't help but jump to my feet and scold. The ancients have always been very ignorant of earthquakes, the sky is overturned, and there is a big movement under their feet, and they have always put the responsibility on the rulers, so the earthquake is only Li Erlai's back, and I don't know which god in the sky he offended before the disaster fell.

It seems that Li Er is also very dissatisfied with this pot, and quietly asked the historian to use a Spring and Autumn brushwork in the history books, adding hundreds of years of changes and wars. The record of this earthquake is gone.

But the history books are gone, but Xu Yang is still here, thinking that those historians who did not seriously record history for personal gain almost killed themselves, Xu Yang wanted to dig them out of the tomb and whip the corpses, but after thinking about it, it is the sons of Mr. Yan Zhitui who record "History of the Tang Dynasty" and "Living Note" today, so he dispelled this idea.

There was a big hole in front of Yanxing Gate, and the water filled with Qujiang Pond flowed along the tributaries along the rivers of Dunhuafang, Lizheng Fang, and Shengdaofang into the collapsed mouth, and now the whole lake has become a small lake, and it can no longer be passed through people.

This time, the earthquake devastated Chang'an only a limited extent. After all, the epicenter of the earthquake is in Luoyang, and it is the place that is most severely affected. To say that this time the situation is the most severe, mainly because after the earthquake, it rained heavily for three consecutive days in the entire Guanzhong.

The rainstorm for three whole days, even for a while, did not stop, although the drainage system of Chang'an is very good, but can not stand such a large-scale rainfall, Longshou Canal, Yong'an Canal, Qingming Canal, several major water channels are all full, and finally even several rivers in Chang'an City are also full.

The Furong Garden next to Qujiang Pond used to be the favorite gathering place for scholars and officials, but from the second day of the rainstorm, no one dared to go there again, Qujiang Pond as the water conservancy hub of Datang, now it looks like it is afraid of people, the whole lake is full of rising river water, almost the same height as the dam, the tiger roaring ape on both sides of the river in the past can not be heard, can only hear the sound of the rain.

As the old saying goes, what are you afraid of, the dam of Qujiangchi finally failed to withstand, the heavy rain that has not been encountered in a hundred years washed down the dam several zhang high, and the water rushed directly into Chang'an City, the first to bear the brunt of the Qinglong and Dunhua two squares, although the Tang people built the building strong, but they are extremely afraid of water, the water will collapse as soon as it washes, so this time the flood passed, people did not die much, but the entire Qinglong Fang and Dunhua Fang were moved to the ground.

At that time, the scene was miserable, there were ruins everywhere, bricks and trees were lying horizontally, the two squares did not even have an intact building, although the surrounding squares also suffered disasters, but compared with Qinglong and Dunhua Fang, there were some small things.

In front of such a doomsday landscape, there is a large row of buildings built on the hill next to Dunhuafang intact, like a god of war standing on the slope of the mountain, and you can vaguely see the red banner on the huge building, which reads 'Hujia cinnabar, Liujia tea and the like', needless to say, there is a small football stadium built by Cheng Chumo and their sponsorship, as well as the Datang Auction House built by Xu Yang.

Ignoring these messy things, Li Er was busy at this time, and the first time the dam was washed away, he promulgated the "Zhaotianxia Book", exempting the criminals of the world from the first class of criminal law, and called on the people of Chang'an to tide over the difficulties together in the "Datang News", and instructed the household department to allocate 300,000 yuan to help the people of Qinglong and Dunhua rebuild their houses......

A small silver cylinder fell from the mouth of a gold-carved dragon's head, rolled down the copper slide, hit a copper bell, and finally landed in the mouth of a beautifully carved toad, making a crisp sound.

Li Chunfeng looked at the huge bronze in front of him excitedly, the Fenghou Earth Movement Instrument that had been lost since the Han Dynasty was now reproduced in his own hands, this huge sense of joy made him a little unstoppable after many years of pure heart. "Quick, quickly order someone to go to the northwest to inquire, and see if there is an earthquake!" Li Chunfeng's eyes were full of anticipation.

"Dean, Xu Junhou is here." A doorman guarding the door came in and said respectfully.

"Hmm." Li Chunfeng seemed to be looking forward to something, and shook off his robe and said, "Hurry up, please!" ”

Xu Yang had just come out of the palace, and finally persuaded Li Er, and he was finally responsible for the construction of the two squares of Qinglong Dunhua, using cement and more advanced drawings to create a building that can resist earthquakes and waterproof, and is the first class in the world.

"Xu Junhou." Li Chunfeng saw Xu Yang, and said with some excitement: "Thanks to the drawings given by Guigu, Poor Dao has ordered someone to use gold, silver and copper to create this wind and earth motion instrument, I just saw that there are silver beads in the northwest direction that fell into the mouth of the copper toad, and now I have sent someone to see it, if the earthquake is consistent, Xu Gong has done a great good deed this time." Li Chunfeng's words are a bit flattering, and it is extremely rare for him to be such a Taoist priest.

"Chunfeng Dao Chief doesn't need to mind, this wind and earth movement instrument was originally created by Zhang Heng, a son of my Han Dynasty, but it was just lost in a thousand years of war, and now it is also excellent to be able to predict the earthquake for the people of my Tang Dynasty again." Although Xu Yang said so, his original plan was not for the people, but to hurriedly let Li Chunfeng, who studied the astronomical calendar, study the earthquake, so that Datang would also cultivate some talents in this area, otherwise he would not know when another earthquake would occur, and without anyone who could report it in time, his life might be lost.

At this time, Li Chunfeng still looked a little elated, and seemed to be looking forward to the return of the little guy, Xu Yang was not in a hurry, and now there was still light rain outside, although the earthquake had passed, but the rainy weather still continued, but watching the raindrops slowly become weaker, it can also be known that this heavy rain is finally about to pass.

Before the tea was two cups, the door was hurriedly pushed open, and a little guy with wet hair and muddy boots ran in, at this time Li Chunfeng didn't care about the impurity of the little guy's body, and sat up from the chair all of a sudden, and asked with some excitement: "What's the situation?!" ”

The little guy opened his mouth and smiled: "Elder Qiqi, the kid went out to explore the horse, and he only traveled less than a mile, and he heard from the mouth of his neighbors that there was an earthquake in the northwest, so he came to report it." ”

When Li Chunfeng heard this, his face flushed a little with excitement, and he said excitedly: "With the blessing of this divine object, if there is another earthquake, this wind and earth movement instrument will be able to notify His Majesty as soon as possible!" ”…… (To be continued......)