Chapter Twenty-Nine: The King's Carry

In the first year of Zhiping, Jinei, Song, Bo, Chen, Xu, Ru, Cai, Tang, Ying, Cao, Pu, Ji, Shan, Hao, Si, Lu, Shou, Chu, Hangzhou, Xuan, Hong, Hubei, Shi, Yuzhou, Guanghua, and Gaoyou sent envoys to inspect the country, relieve relief and pay rent.

The above is a record in the history of the Song Dynasty, although it is only a few short sentences, but it records a huge flood, and this flood was born in the core area of the Great Song Dynasty, dozens of state capitals with Kaifeng as the affected by the flood, the strictest zhòng and even the entire state capital was flooded, the water was full of dead bodies, and only a few people who fled to high places were spared.

In contrast, the flood of Kaifeng City is not particularly severe, the Bianhe River, the Cai River, the Jinshui River and the Wuzhang River are the four main rivers of Kaifeng City, but under the heavy rain, the water of these four rivers poured into the city, so that most of the Kaifeng City was flooded, the deepest place submerged the entire dwellings, the road can be sailed, some shallow places submerged a small half of the house, some people fled in advance, some too late to escape can only climb on the roof to survive.

Although Zhao Yan traveled from the afterlife, it was impossible for him to fully remember everything in history, for example, he did not have the slightest impression of this huge flood, let alone prepare in advance, and finally when the rain poured into the county palace, Zhao Yan made a decision in desperation and took the people of the palace to the other courtyard outside the city for temporary shelter.

Zhao Yan's Guangyang County Palace, in the southwest of Kaifeng City, and the other courtyard is in the east of the city, so on the way, Zhao Yan and they need to first pass Guò from the Xingguo Temple Bridge on the Bianhe River, enter the West Jiaolou Street, and then go east from Zhulu Street, through the East Cross Street and the old Caomen Street, and the annex of the County King's Mansion is ten miles east of the old Caomen.

Lao Fu, as the chief housekeeper of the palace, is very effective, and by the afternoon, ten carts have been prepared, among which Zhao Yan and Cao Ying and a few personal maids sit in a car, and most of the rest of the cars are loaded with some property, and there are dozens of subordinates to follow, as for there are still a lot of things and subordinates left in the mansion, they will go to the courtyard in batches in the next few days.

When Zhao Yan's convoy passed the Xingguosi Bridge on the Guòbian River, he saw that both sides of the river had been flooded, and the two ends of the Xingguosi Bridge had also accumulated deep water.

There was also water on Xijiaolou Street and Zhuolu Street, but it was not too deep, only to people's knees, and the car that Zhao Yan was riding was pulled by four horses, but even so, it was not easy to move forward in the water.

Zhao Yan's ten big cars are not the only ones on the street, Zhao Yan's vehicles are full of people who are fleeing with their families, and their homes are the same as the county king's mansion, they are all flooded, there is no way to live at all, and even staying in the house will be dangerous, God knows when the house will collapse, so it is safer to escape.

Compared with Zhao Yan sitting in the carriage, the people who fled around them are the real victims of the flood, regardless of men, women and children, they all carry a big burden, which contains all the things they can take away from their homes, even pots and pans have to be carried with them, the people with better conditions drive ox carts, and there is a family on the cart, and the worse ones are pushed by men, and the old people and children are seated on the carts, and the women carry huge burdens to help men push carts, and some of the worse people are carried by men. In the baskets at both ends were the children and belongings, and the women and the old man followed, wading through the muddy water.

Zhao Yan on the carriage looked at the miserable situation of the fleeing people on both sides, and finally couldn't help sighing, turned his head and looked at his carriage, Cao Ying was lying opposite him, and now she was sleeping fragrantly, but her body was not well, and she coughed twice from time to time.

The tranquility in the carriage is in stark contrast to the panic outside the carriage, although Zhao Yan is also very sympathetic to the people fleeing outside, but he is powerless, even he himself is one of the fleeing, although he has been educated to sacrifice himself since he was a child, but people are selfish, especially in his previous life, Zhao Yan has quite rich experience, he is no longer the hot-blooded boy back then, he knows that his ability has a limit, not to mention a saint and a great hero who saves the country and the people, he is just an ordinary person with a special identity, The only thing that can be done is to take care of the people around you and live your own life, as for disaster relief, there are naturally those ministers in the political hall to worry about.

After Zhao Yan's carriage came to Zhulu Street, the situation here was much better than other places, there was only a thin layer of water on the road, at most it was only up to the ankles, which was worthy of being the closest road to the imperial city, which also made Zhao Yan and their progress speed up a lot, but even so, by the time they went out of the city gate, the sky was already completely dark.

Lao Fu took his subordinates to walk in front with torches, and when there was a mud ditch on the road, they would stop and fill the ditch with thatched branches, so as to facilitate the passage of the carriage behind, but even so, Zhao Yan and their carriage were stuck in the ditch several times and could not get out, after all, the era of the Great Song Dynasty was all mud roads, and the rain washed all into mud ponds, and it was better in the city before, on the one hand, the road conditions in the city were better, and secondly, even if they were stuck in the mud, they could spend a few small money to find some young and strong refugees to help carry them out, But now after leaving the city, not only is the road worse, but it is also dark, and at this time, I can't find anyone to help, so I can only rely on the king's own family.

“??” Zhao Yan suddenly felt that his carriage suddenly leaned to the left, and Cao Ying and Xiaodou Sprouts in the carriage were also awakened, and they opened their eyes one by one and looked at Zhao Yan with confusion.

"It's okay, maybe the car is slipping in the ditch again, Lao Fu will let people deal with it!" Zhao Yan said with a light smile, now they have been out of the city for half an hour, if it was in normal times, they would have walked ten miles away, but the mud-like road surface has greatly hindered their previous progress, and now it is estimated that they have only walked halfway.

As soon as Zhao Yan's words fell, he heard Lao Fu shouting outside the carriage to push the cart, and then Zhao Yan felt that his carriage was being pushed by someone, and the coachman in front of him was also desperately whipping the horses, but this time it seemed to be very deep, and the carriage was pushed and shook several times, but it did not come out of the mud pit.

"You stay still in the carriage, I'll go out and have a look!" After Zhao Yan finished speaking, he didn't wait for Cao Ying and them to react, pushed the car door and walked out, but at this time, the rain in the sky was much lighter, and the torches could burn in this drizzle, illuminating the surrounding environment, but everywhere he saw was muddy.

Zhao Yan jumped out of the carriage and came to the back of the car, only to see that among the people pushing the cart were not only the family members in the mansion, but even the guards of the palace had joined in, but these people were covered with black mud, and they all looked exhausted, even if Lao Fu was jumping and scolding beside them, they really didn't have much strength to push the cart.

"Lao Fu, don't scold, the guards and family members have made great efforts today." Zhao Yan opened his mouth at this time, and Lao Fu and those guards saw that Zhao Yan had actually gotten out of the car, which made them all surprised, and hurriedly saluted him, "See the county king!" ”

Looking at these tired guards and family members, Zhao Yan smiled and nodded, and then spoke: "I know that I have come all the way today, thanks to your efforts, everyone is not light now, but now we are only a few miles away from the courtyard, as long as we get there, not only can there be hot water to wash your face and bathe, but also hot rice to eat, and this king announced that all the people who participated in the move today will each have a reward of 100 yuan, what do you think?" ”

"Thank you for the reward!" When these guards and family members heard that there was a reward, they all replied energetically.

"Good! In order to have a hot meal tonight, this king and everyone push the cart together! Zhao Yan said, tucked the hem of his clothes into his belt, threw an umbrella and walked over to push the cart with everyone.

"The king of the county can't!" Lao Fu saw that Zhao Yan wanted to push the cart with them regardless of his identity, and immediately stepped forward to stop him.

However, Zhao Yan gently waved his hand to block Lao Fu and said: "Lao Fu, you are old, just shout the number next to you, let us young people do these heavy jobs!" ”

Zhao Yan said, really carrying the car with his shoulders, those guards and family members saw that even His Royal Highness the King of the County came down to push the cart with them, and they were all excited with tears in their eyes, and they also pushed with Zhao Yan with a loud roar. Lao Fu had no choice but to shout the number next to him, but this time he only used two forces to push the car out of the mud.

"Hahaha~, well done! We have waded through such a big water in the city, and we can't let these last few miles of road stand in the way, brothers cheer up! Zhao Yan looked at the advancing car, wiped the muddy water on his face and laughed, and the guards and family members who pushed the cart with him were also shocked, and the fatigue just now seemed to be swept away.

Next, Zhao Yan did not go back to the carriage, but directed the convoy with Lao Fu outside, every time he encountered the carriage stuck in the mud, Zhao Yan pushed the cart with everyone regardless of his identity, and the clothes on his body soon became mud shirts, and his face was also covered with black mud, and he couldn't see that he was actually a county king of the Great Song Dynasty.

Cao Ying in the carriage opened the window and looked at Zhao Yan who was pushing the cart with the guards not far away, and her beautiful face showed a confused look again, a county king who is willing to work with lowly people, even if such a person is bad, how bad can he be? Thinking of this, Cao Ying showed that her heart was so chaotic for the first time, especially when she heard Zhao Yan's hearty laughter after launching the car, it made her mood even more chaotic, and her little heart "plopped~" beat very hard.

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