He couldn't even send a rescue.

Without excavators and modern medical support, a landslide is almost like death.

Zhu Xiang could only focus on other villages with better geographical locations, and help as many people as he could to survive the famine.

Human hands are too small to hold so many things, and even if they do, they can't avoid some things from flowing through their fingers.

Zhu Xiang arranged the few remaining potatoes to be planted in the mountains, and in addition to potatoes, other open spaces that needed to be replanted were also replanted like plains, all of which were replanted into large potatoes.

He has good wheat and good rice. However, at this time, the farmers can only survive the disaster by replanting the large mushrooms that can mature in three months and do not pick the soil.

When the seedlings in the hilly area also grew, Zhu Xiang stroked the seedlings and wiped his eyes with his rough hands.

"It's good to grow out, it's good to grow out." The calluses between Zhu Xiang's fingers gently brushed over the seedlings, "There is hope when the seedlings grow." ”

Even if the soybean is not yet ripe, farmers can still pick bean leaves to make soup, which is better than eating wild grass leaves that are not known to be poisonous.

After the seedlings grew, the farmers were a little idle for the time being, and Zhu Xiang could finally do the work of preventing and controlling the plague.

By the time the farmers were replanting, the plague had already spread in Shu County.

After the floods, parasitic infections and dysentery caused by polluted water sources, malaria and Japanese encephalitis due to excessive mosquitoes due to damp heat, colds and heat stroke due to damage to houses, and plague caused by animal carcasses and rats......

After the catastrophe, there will be a great plague, especially the summer flood, and in the transpiration of water and fire, countless plague ghosts will breed.

When Zhu Xiang instructed the farmers to provide disaster relief and replanting, he took some measures to control the spread of the disease.

For example, teaching farmers how to identify clean water sources, such as burning rotting animals, such as exterminating rodents and snails, such as collecting herbs that may be useful...... But these are all a drop in the bucket and have little effect.

Farmers can't leave their fields, they know that their water sources are polluted and they have nowhere to go, and it is too much of a luxury for them to make fires to boil water; Some peasants were so hungry that they could not resist eating even rotting animals, and it was difficult for officials to supervise every village if they strictly forbade it; It takes a lot of manpower and material resources to exterminate rodents and snails, and now farmers have no time to do these things, and for hungry people, both rats and snails can become food for their stomachs......

Only the mobilization of herbs played a slight role, at least the epidemic was brought under control in a few large cities and towns where people gathered.

For example, in Chengdu, after Zhu Xiang announced a few prescriptions that were barely useful for the epidemic, the wealthy households took the initiative to raise herbs to make medicinal soup and distribute it at several city gates.

Zhu Xiang used the seemingly healthy refugees to repair the city walls and houses, and the city of Chengdu was rarely in order after the floods.

After the rich and powerful discussed, they beat gongs and drums to give Zhu Xiang a book of all the people. Zhu Xiang's reaction was flat.

They were puzzled, so they asked the officials for the reason.

The official said: "Zhu Xianggong said that more than 50,000 Li people died in the flood and epidemic, and there are many people who cannot be counted at all. The Book of the People says that he saved the world and helped the people, but he thinks it is an exaggeration. ”

The rich man sighed: "Natural disasters, why should Zhu Xianggong suffer?" ”

The officials thought the same thing.

The power of natural disasters is unstoppable. And those ordinary people may not be able to live even if there are no natural disasters, Zhu Xianggong's status is noble, and there is no need to be depressed for the dead common people.

However, although he thought so, he unconsciously and willingly obeyed Zhu Xiang's command and conscientiously did what he would not normally do.

There were rich families in the city who applied medicine, and Zhu Xiang set his sights on the village.

He rode along the roads of the larger villages described on the map of Shu County, giving them herbs as much as he could, teaching them how to survive the epidemic.

Zhu Xiang walked through several pairs of straw sandals on crutches, inspected several important epidemic areas, and ruthlessly sent troops to block the epidemic areas.

In the epidemic area is hell, and outside the epidemic area is the world. What Zhu Xiang has to do now is to protect the world.

Ying Xiaozheng was impressed by his uncle.

He didn't expect that his uncle would be ruthless.

"I knew earlier, my uncle might as well be in Xianyang." Ying Xiaozheng sighed, "Although Zeng's uncle has a cloudy temper, at least my uncle doesn't have to force himself to do things he doesn't like." Uncle, I'm starting to hate Uncle Li Bing. If he doesn't let you take over the county for a while, he should do these things. ”

Zhu Xiang couldn't cry or laugh: "Zheng'er, in your eyes, how fragile is your uncle?" ”

Ying Xiaozheng said: "It's as fragile as the paper I use to write." ”

Zhu Xiang wanted to beat Ying Xiaozheng's ass a little.

Is Zheng'er relying on his aunt to be here, and no one beats his ass, so he is getting more and more arrogant?

"I feel guilty, but I have a clear conscience." Zhu Xiang said a very contradictory sentence, "Politicians often face trade-offs, and since I have reached this position, I have to bear such a responsibility." ”

Ying Xiaozheng pouted: "Uncle, when you once said that you couldn't be in charge of the army, you also said something similar. But then you said you didn't want to make such a trade-off, so you couldn't take the lead. I think I've really pushed you to that point, and you can still be in charge. ”

Zhu Xiang rubbed the arrogant little chubby head: "The rabbit will bite if it is forced to be ruthless, let alone people?" What nonsense are you talking about. ”

"Alas, when will I grow up." Little Fat Dun was swayed by his uncle's head, "When I grow up, I don't let my uncle do anything, my uncle only needs to enjoy glory and wealth." ”

"Huh? Zheng'er, you are a tyrannical thing. Don't you know how precious your uncle is? Zhu Xiang half-jokingly.

Ying Xiaozheng crossed his waist and said: "I have talents in the world, and it is no problem without the assistance of my uncle." ”

Zhu Xiang said: "Really? ”

Ying Xiaozheng put down his crossed hand, shrugged his shoulders and said, "Fake." But I'm not going to make it difficult for my uncle. ”

"Then you will grow up quickly, my uncle is looking forward to that day." Zhu Xiang carried Ying Xiaozheng on his shoulders, "Let's go, my uncle is free today, I will accompany you shopping." ”

Ying Xiaozheng hugged Zhu Xiang's head and said, "I want to buy Shu brocade for my uncle!" ”

Zhu Xiang said: "Buy!" ”

……

Zhu Xiang was so busy until October, the big shu was about to ripen, the potato flowers were about to wither, the pumpkin vines had already climbed all over the support, and Li Bing finally came back.

Ying Xiaozheng complained: "Uncle Li, do you know how much my uncle has suffered during this time? Why do you come back when the harvest is almost complete? ”

Li Bing apologized again and again.

Although Ba County and Shu County are connected together, Ba County is steep in mountains and mountains, and it has just encountered heavy rain, so it is difficult to walk.

After arriving in Ba County, Li Bing wanted Ba County Haoqiang to borrow grain, and he also lobbied for a while. When he returned, the famine in Shu County was almost over.

However, the food brought by Li Bing is still very useful.

Although the winter in Shu County is not as good as that of Qin and the Central Plains, the civilians are also very difficult. Relying only on soybean and a few potatoes is not enough to keep the civilians alive. Not to mention the many refugees whose fields and houses have been washed away and who are unable to replant at all.

Li Bing uses this food to work for relief, and the refugees can also hope to survive this winter.

"The man who escorted the grain in Bajun was a woman named Qing. She came to Shu County to receive the Shu brocade I promised. Li Bing sighed, "Bashi is even more shrewd than I imagined, they are pure businessmen, it is difficult to impress with moral principles, and they only accept benefits." I promised to give them priority in the future, and they will send food over. ”

At this moment, there are already officials in Chengdu who manage Shu brocade, although they are not called "brocade officials", but the Shu brocade produced by the official workshop has also become one of the most valuable commodities in Shu County.

Li Bing finally signed an official Shu brocade quota sales agreement with Ba Shi, and only then did he borrow these grains.

forced a county guard to do business with them, which shows that Ba's power in the local area has become strong to the extent that he is almost the king of the soil.

They were very confident, and this arrogance was not enough for the Qin State to spend a lot of effort to confront them. This is how a strong dragon can hardly suppress the head snake.

What's more, they made a profit on both sides of the transaction with Li Bing, and they did not deliberately lower the price. Li Bing was just a little aggrieved in his heart.

Ying Xiaozheng said: "Ba Shi, hum...... Uncle, what are you wandering in? ”

"Ah, it's okay, I just didn't expect Bashi to be so powerful." Zhu Xiang said perfunctorily.

He was thinking that the woman Qing who escorted the grain this time might be the widow Qing who was later famous in history.

Now Qing is not a widow, but because her husband is weak and sick, she takes care of the family property in her place. This time, the family sent her to Shu County, and it seems that they have recognized her talent.

Ying Xiaozheng said: "Ba Shi is really powerful. "It took a lot of effort to clean them up, and the dream self took a lot of effort.

Zhu Xiang originally thought that he had nothing to do with Qing, but he didn't expect Qing to take the initiative to visit Zhu Xiang.

The term "widow" in this era does not mean the meaning of later generations, not all women who have lost their husbands are called "widows", but "women who are over sixty years old and have no children and are widows". So when the widow Qing went to see Qin Shi Huang, she was already over sixty years old, nearly twenty years older than Qin Shi Huang. Qing's current age is about the same as Zhu Xiang.

Qing is not good-looking. She traveled from south to north, and also had to inspect the minerals at home, her skin was rough and slightly spotted in the sun and rain, and her clothes were relatively simple, and she did not wear jewelry that would hinder her walking.

However, her face is resolute, her eyes are flying on their own, and she has a charm of her own, which has attracted many officials to look at her frequently.

Ying Xiaozheng snorted coldly: "Qingcai can't look down on them, Qing is a virgin!" ”

This sentence caused Zhu Xiang's eyelids to jump. He remembered that Qin Shi Huang was the first king in history to publicly proclaim and praise and order the "chastity" of women.

Not to mention the pre-Qin, even before the Song Dynasty, the concept of women's chastity was not so important. Han Shi was even more eager to order that none of the widows should be allowed to observe the festival, and all of them would marry me and have children.

Qin Shi Huang because of his mother, the chastity of women attaches special importance to the construction of Huaiqing platform on the grounds of praising the widow Qing as a "virgin woman", so Huaiqing platform is also known as "virgin mountain", can be regarded as the world's first "chastity archway".

On the stone carved by Huiji, there are also very strict regulations on women's chastity such as "double death is not chaste" promulgated by Qin Shi Huang, and "children are not allowed to have mothers" for women who run away from marriage.

However, these regulations did not correspond to the status quo of the times, and even if Qin Shi Huang gave such an order, the order was not carried out.

It was not until the Ming and Qing dynasties that the order on chastity engraved by Qin Shi Huang was rampant in the world.

Zhu Xiang lightly knocked on Ying Xiaozheng's head: "Do you care about the heavens and the earth, but also take care of other people's women marrying?" Of course, a woman from a wealthy family can keep the family property without marrying. If a poor woman's husband dies and she can't live alone, will she just wait for death for the word 'chastity'? ”

Ying Xiaozheng hugged her head and muttered: "Uncle, do you want your aunt to marry again?" ”

Li Bing squirted out the water in his mouth and almost threw the water cup to the ground.

"If I die, it's up to her to decide how Snow lives." Zhu Xiang said, "If she meets someone who can rely on each other, and the two of them grow old hand in hand, as long as the snow life is happy, I will bless her." ”

Li Bing covered his mouth and coughed vigorously.

Ying Xiaozheng's face changed several times, and he said angrily: "With me, my aunt doesn't need to rely on others!" ”

Zhu Xiang couldn't cry or laugh: "Then without you, I didn't leave Zhao and become a nobleman?" ”

Ying Xiaozheng angrily gave Zhu Xiang a fleshy little fist, turned around and ran.

Li Bing covered his mouth and coughed vigorously: "You, what are you doing with him?" ”

Zhu Xiang was straightforward: "It was Zheng'er who asked me first." ”

Li Bing said: "When he asks you, you have to answer?" ”

Zhu Xiang said: "Of course. ”

Li Bing really didn't know how to answer.

He sometimes feels that Zhu Xiang and Gongzi Zhengzhen are not like a father and son, but like brothers or friends.

"If your wife knows what you said today...... Li Bing said with bad intentions.

Zhu Xiang said very cleanly: "She may give me a slap directly." ”

Li Bing: "...... Mrs. Ling is very powerful. ”

Unexpectedly, Zhu Xiang was still afraid of guilt.

After that, Ying Xiaozheng didn't mention anything about virginity or not.

It doesn't matter if he mentions it, Qin Shi Huang has carved a stone tablet, and no one in the world pays attention to him. Now Ying Xiaozheng will no longer transfer his good expectations for his mother to Qing, his aunt is still there, and he will go to Qingxiu to Huaiqingtai.