One kick to the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 199 Disaster Relief

Qinghe Township is a township in the west of Zhangzi County, with a total of eleven villages, and Baishigou is one of the villages in Qinghe Township.

Baishigou is located in a valley surrounded by mountains. The land is barren and there are no other resources. The whole village is poor.A heavy snowfall collapsed the houses of five of the more than 30 households in the village.The less affected ones were only a big hole in the roof of one or two houses.For those severely affected, the walls collapsed and the houses collapsed, and the whole family lost even a place to stay.

Although the village is poor, the folk customs are simple and the residents are very united.On the second day after the snow stopped, the whole village was mobilized to help the affected residents repair their houses.

It's just that there are too few strong laborers in the village, and the weather is freezing, so the construction progress is very slow. After working for half a day, only the roofs of two families that were less affected by the disaster were repaired.

Three other households were seriously affected. The roof of one household collapsed completely, and the walls of the other two households collapsed in half.

"Hey, the house of your three families can only be rebuilt. It won't take two to thirty days, so I'm afraid it won't work." An old man stood in front of the ruins of one of the houses and sighed.

"Third Uncle, where do we live?" the head of the family asked with a sad face.

"Third Uncle" said: "We can only squeeze in at someone else's house first." After saying that, he shouted to the people who were busy cleaning up the rubble: "Everyone, please stop for a moment and go home to free up the house. Today Let Chen Si and his family go to each house to have a squeeze in the evening."

"Third Uncle, our family of five is squeezed into one bed, and there is really no room for others." A man in his thirties said in the ruins.

Another person said: "My house can accommodate two people, Chen Si, you can go to my house and sleep next to me tonight."

"Second brother, thank you, then I will go to your house tonight." Chen Sichao said.

Everyone talked to each other, discussing how to resettle the families affected by the disaster. At this moment, two eight or nine-year-old boys rushed to the entrance of the village in a panic.

"Third Uncle, the officers and soldiers are here—" a little boy shouted.

When everyone heard this, they all panicked.They clamored to go to the mountains to hide.

"Don't mess up, don't mess up." The "third uncle" shouted loudly, "Taxes and grains have already been paid, so don't be afraid of officers and soldiers."

"Third Uncle, the officers and soldiers don't only collect taxes. Every time they come, they grab everything they see. It's not like you haven't seen it before. Let everyone go to the mountains to hide." A man said.

At this moment, the sound of neat footsteps came from the entrance of the village.Everyone looked around and saw about thirty soldiers running towards the village in three columns.

"It's too late to hide. It's a blessing or a curse. It's a disaster that can't be avoided. Young people, let's continue to do what we do and leave the officers and soldiers alone." The third uncle sighed.

After blinking a few times, the team of officers and soldiers entered the village.The crowd also discovered that among the officers and soldiers, except for the leader who had a long sword hanging from his waist, the weapons in the hands of the rest of the soldiers were actually shovels, picks, axes, saws and so on.Moreover, none of the officers and soldiers wore armor or helmets. They all wrapped their heads in blue scarves and wore liveries.

"Scatter! Work!"

As soon as the officers and soldiers arrived in front of the ruins of Chen Sijia, the officer leading the team waved his hand and gave an order.

"No!" More than 30 people responded in unison.Then, they scattered and ran directly into the ruins.

This startled the villagers in the ruins.If you are timid, run away immediately.

Unexpectedly, those officers and soldiers greeted the villagers with a smile, and then rolled up their sleeves one by one to clean up the ruins.

Everyone looked at it for a while, and they were all puzzled.

"Master Jun, what are you..." Chen Si boldly walked up to the officer and asked.

The officer said: "The county has an order, ordering me to wait for the eldest son of the county guards to go to various rural villages to see if there are any people whose houses have been collapsed by the heavy snow, and help them build houses to fight against the snow and rescue disasters."

When everyone heard the words, you looked at me and I looked at you, they couldn't believe it.

Chen Si asked again: "Qiu County ordered the officers and soldiers to rescue the disaster?"

The officer said: "What county magistrate Qiu, he died a long time ago. Now the magistrate of our eldest son county is surnamed Qin."

"Magistrate Qiu is dead?!" Chen Si was pleasantly surprised when he heard this, "It turns out that the county magistrate has changed, no wonder."

"I said, who is the head of this family?" The officer turned his head and asked everyone in front of him.

Chen Si quickly replied: "The villain, Chen Si, is the head of this family."

"Oh, so this is your house." The officer nodded, and said again: "Your house has collapsed like this, it seems that it can only be rebuilt."

"Yeah, I'm worried too." Chen Si looked worried.

The officer raised his head, looked towards a hillside to the east of the village, raised his hand and asked, "The tree on the hillside has an owner?"

Chen Sidao: "They are all wild trees, and they have no owners."

"Then it's easy to handle." The officer nodded, and then he beckoned to a soldier, and said: "Mr. Hu, those who lead you, hurry up and cut down the tree."

"promise!"

"The rest of the people hurry up to clear the site and then dig the ditch. Let's try to build a few wooden houses for this family today." The officer shouted to the soldiers: "Everyone, work hard and go back to claim the credit after finishing the work. Qin The county magistrate can say that this disaster relief is a war, and if you do a good job, you will be credited with military merits, and the rewards will be generous! After the disaster relief is completed, everyone will have enough wine and meat!"

"Boss, don't worry. People may die in wars. Disaster relief is just work, and there will be no deaths. There are military leaders. We will never be lazy." A soldier shouted.

"Yes yes yes, work quickly and go back to eat meat!" Another soldier echoed.

"Shut your mouths! If you have time to speak, why don't you move a few more stones?" the officer yelled.

It wasn't until then that the villagers were convinced that this group of officers and soldiers really came to work.

"Gentlemen, even the military master has come to work for us, everyone, don't be dazed, hurry up and work with the military master!" The man called the third uncle by Chen Si also came to his senses, Hong Shout out.

Only then did the villagers react, and immediately started to work.The bold ones even took the initiative to chat with the officers and soldiers.

The officer walked up to the third uncle, cupped his fists and asked, "Old man, are there any other families in your village that were affected by the disaster?"

The third uncle hurriedly cupped his hand in return, and said: "There are five families in the village that were affected by the disaster, and two of them were less affected. Everyone has helped repair the house. There are three more families like Chen Si's."

"Do the affected families have a place to live?" the officer asked again.

"Of course there is no place to live. We were still discussing just now, let them squeeze in another house and stay for a few days."

The officer said: "You don't have to worry about them. Our [-] or so people are just the first wave. After a while, some people from the county government will come, and they will bring tents and food. The county magistrate Qin said, just put Evacuating the treasury will not let the people suffer from cold and hunger."

"This... Qin county magistrate is too thoughtful, he is really a good official!" The third uncle said with emotion.

Afterwards, he turned around and yelled at a woman: "Chen Si's family, don't be dumbfounded, hurry up and greet a few women in the village, and go and boil some hot water for the soldiers!"

(End of this chapter)