Yangcheng

When Tong Shaoxuan and his party arrived at the foot of Fucang Mountain, they saw more than a dozen people standing by the stream at the foot of the mountain, observing the water level of the stream.

"The water level has risen a lot."

"If the unlucky rain continues, will there be a flash flood?"

"It's hard to say. It rained a lot this year."

"Let's pay attention and observe more. If it doesn't work, talk to the county magistrate and let him make a decision."

They were chatting when they vaguely heard someone calling them in the distance.

Looking back, isn't it the county magistrate they just mentioned?

Ge Gong walked through the heavy rain and explained to everyone the possibility of a mudslide. When everyone heard this, their faces changed.

Indeed, it has been raining too much for the past few days, and the stream has been swollen and cloudy. It seems that there are already signs of a mudslide outbreak. However, everyone has seen it and speculated, but they may not take immediate action.

Although Ge Xiancheng is the acting county magistrate, he is a scholar, and he has never been the leader who gives orders. He speaks things slowly, but Tong Shaoxuan is in a hurry.

Tong Shaoxuan spoke so earnestly that he wished he could spit out three sentences in one word.

It is said that the soil on Fucang Mountain has been loosened many days ago. Judging from the turbidity of the stream, the soil loss is serious. Even the rats who are several squares away have felt the vision and moved one after another. The mud and rocks on the mountain may collapse at any time!

Tong Shaoxuan's voice was thinner, but the speed of his speech became faster when he was in a hurry. Even if his words were well-founded, everyone was just hesitating and not immediately incited.

Seeing this situation, Tang Jianwei quickly raised his voice and said fiercely:

"What are you waiting for! Hurry up and go back and pack up your things, take your family and follow Mr. Ge! Do you want your whole family to be buried alive?!"

Tang Jianwei is a martial arts practitioner, he wields knives and sticks with dignity, is full of air and has a aggressive temper, and his diction is quite sharp.

Hearing the terrifying word "buried alive", everyone instinctively tightened their scalps and asked:

"now?"

Mr. Ge stomped his feet, and said sadly: "Of course it is now! Pack up your things quickly!"

This persuaded them all.

A group of people ran towards the workshop, Tong Shaoxuan and Tang Jianwei followed behind them.

Tong Shaoxuan sighed: "Sometimes it's really not good to be too gentle."

Tang Jianwei: "That's right, people are cheap bones. You are so delicate and cute. If you talk to people well, they won't believe you. If you are more aggressive, others will think you can be trusted."

Tang Jianwei's fallacies would subvert Tong Shaoxuan's ideas from time to time, but these fallacies gave Tong Shaoxuan, who was familiar with the sages' books and always followed the rules, a kind of reckless joy. Door:

"Come out! A mudslide is coming! If you don't want to die, the whole family will come out immediately!"

Sure enough, the ferocious door smashing effect was remarkable, Tong Shaoxuan smashed five or six houses, and all of them opened the door immediately.

Seeing that the streets full of water were full of people from the yamen, and even the soldiers guarding the city were beating the gate frantically. When they heard about the mudslide, everyone's faces were ashen, and they immediately called their families out and followed the county magistrate to take refuge.

The rumbling sound came from not far away, and Tong Shaoxuan looked towards Fucang Mountain.

Hu Erlang and others had just gone to investigate the situation on the mountain, and now they came running wildly, shouting as they ran:

"Let's go—! The mudslide is coming! It's really coming!"

Tong Shaoxuan's face changed in surprise, and he quickened his movement of smashing the door.

Ge Xunqing stood together with the yamen servants at various main roads in the square, shouting to let the panic-stricken people with children in their arms and old people on their backs know where to go.

There are more and more people in the lane, and the fear and heavy rain make the lane more and more chaotic.

An old man in his sixties was pushed and shoved and fell to the ground. The people behind couldn't see her at all. As soon as he was about to step on her back, Hu Erlang immediately flew over to protect her, his majestic body Block the trampler directly.

"Don't panic!" Hu Erlang roared like a lion roaring, his voice pierced through the heavy rain and reached the ears of many people.

"Follow one by one! Don't push, don't squeeze! Follow me!" Hu Erlang shouted, holding the old man in one arm, and picked up a child who was alone with the other.

Tang Jianwei followed Tong Shaoxuan closely, and someone bumped into him without thinking, and she pushed him away.

"Watch the way!" Tang Jianwei protected Tong Shaoxuan, preventing her from getting hurt in the chaos.

Tong Shaoxuan's eyes were only on the evacuation of the people, and he didn't feel that Tang Jianwei was protecting her at all.

Fortunately, Tong Shaoxuan and the others came early. The people in Min'an Square had just evacuated, and several huge boulders fell down with the mountain soil. The walls of the square were like brittle tiles in front of them. In the blink of an eye, more than half of Min'anfang was swallowed up.

Hearing the movement, everyone looked back, and the beautiful mountain peaks they were familiar with on weekdays had now collapsed into a distorted shape, lying crookedly in the workshop.

Seeing this scene, everyone couldn't help being terrified.

If the magistrate and the others come one step late, the consequences will be disastrous!

"Don't look!" Tong Shaoxuan yelled, "What are you doing in a daze! Go! Go quickly!"

Hearing her shout, the shock finally settled down, and the pace of her feet became faster.

Ge Gong asked them to take refuge in the sick room temporarily.

At the beginning of the founding of Da Cang, there was a serious epidemic, and many people died.

The Great Cang Center has learned a lot from a pitfall, Beijing Central has established a special institution to accommodate patients, and hospitals have been set up in prefectures and counties.

The sickroom is generally built next to the temple, separated from the outside world, and equipped with a granary and medicine store, which is convenient for rescue when the epidemic comes.

When there is no epidemic, these wards are vacant, just to accommodate the suffering people.

Ge Gong took two people from the ward to the ward, and asked everyone to rest here temporarily, waiting for the next arrangement.

Ge Gong is dripping all over his body, but he has no time to rest, and a few young ladies are still running around outside, so what's the matter with him staying here?

Ge Gong quickly took people back to see if there was anyone missing.

Tong Shaoxuan shouted for so long, his throat hurt like tearing.

She knocked on the door again with Tang Jianwei and Ge Xunqing to make sure that everyone had come out.

"A Nian Yangon! Let's go! The mudslide is coming again!"

Tang Jianwei has been observing Fucang Mountain not far away, and heard the loud rumbling noise from far to near, and the momentum is even bigger. This time it may be more violent than the previous wave!

When they were about to leave, Tong Shaoxuan suddenly heard a faint cry for help coming from the room.

"Help...Is there anyone, help me."

Tong Shaoxuan stopped and looked back.

someone.

There is someone in this room!

The ground was shaking violently, and the next wave of mudslides was imminent. Tang Jianwei and Ge Xunqing ran halfway, and seemed to hear Tong Shaoxuan shouting something.

The sound of the rain was so loud that Tang Jianwei thought it was his hallucination, but when he looked back, he saw Tong Shaoxuan more than ten steps away from her.

It's still at the door of the house that smashed the door just now!

"A Nian?!"

Tang Jianwei ran back quickly: "A Nian! What are you doing?!"

Tong Shaoxuan listened to the door for a while, and after making sure he heard it right, he kicked the door:

"There's someone in there!"

"what?!"

Min'an Fang is considered to be a place where the poorer people in Su County live. The houses are old wooden houses, which are not considered strong. Tong Shaoxuan kicked two feet and did not open it. Tang Jian Weifei kicked the door directly into the air.

Tong Shaoxuan was about to enter the house, Tang Jianwei looked back, the mudslide quickly engulfed him, within a hundred steps!And it is advancing towards them with swift force!

"It's too late! Ah Nian!"

Tang Jianwei pulled Tong Shaoxuan, trying to grab her by the back collar, but he didn't expect her to jump so fast that he didn't pull her!

Tong Shaoxuan saw a person lying on the ground in the heavy rain, raised a hand towards her, it was the person who was asking for help!

Tong Shaoxuan didn't even see whether the man was round or flat, and he didn't know where the strength came from, so he directly pulled him up and carried him on his back.

Tang Jianwei was also dumbfounded. Does Tong Shaoxuan still have this strength?

"Let's go!" Tong Shaoxuan glanced at the overwhelming mudslide, and he had rushed within fifty steps, the speed was astonishing!

Tang Jianwei still wanted to say that she would carry someone back, but the peak crisis in front of them couldn't allow them to stop at all!

Tong Shaoxuan ran away with someone on his back, as if he had practiced light kung fu.

Tang Jianwei supported the man behind her, and while helping Tong Shaoxuan to reduce the burden, he whipped Tong Shaoxuan to run faster like a spinning top!

Tong Shaoxuan has never run so fast before, so fast that he can take off without Xiang Yuesheng!

The fishy smell of the soil had penetrated into their sense of smell, Tong Shaoxuan didn't dare to look back at all, he just ran wildly!

Tang Jianwei suddenly yelled and rushed forward, hugged Tong Shaoxuan, and held her tightly in his arms!

Before Tong Shaoxuan came back to his senses, a big wave of mud splashed on them and even pushed them out several steps.

Tang Jianwei covered her mouth and nose, and tightly held her in his arms. After an unknown amount of time, the terrible vibration and washing sensation disappeared, only the sound of heavy rain pouring on her body.

Tong Shaoxuan got up coughing and found that he was still alive and Tang Jianwei was fine.

Everything behind was covered by mudslides, and all the old houses disappeared, only a majestic and majestic slope.

They were really fateful, only to be swept away by the mudslide and covered in mud, otherwise it would not be such a gentle thing to become clay figurines, and they would have been buried alive.

Tong Shaoxuan and Tang Jianwei made sure that each other was safe, so they went to see the rescued person.

This time I could see clearly that it was a young woman whose legs seemed unable to walk.

"Are you okay?" Tong Shaoxuan asked her.

The woman was directly pushed aside by Tang Jian Weihu who came up just now, and now she looked at Tong Shaoxuan crying and recognized her:

"You are Tong Changsi?"

Tong Shaoxuan: "Ah? You know me?"

"I'm also from the women's department of White Deer Academy, and I'm Dong Chongling."

He was actually a classmate, but he should not be in the same class. After all, Tong Shaoxuan had never heard of this person's name.

It is not suitable to stay here for a long time, the mudslide may come again, Tang Jianwei was about to propose to leave quickly, but saw the woman hugging Tong Shaoxuan, crying bitterly in her arms.

"It's terrible... Fortunately, you saved me... When I woke up, there was no one at home, and I don't know what happened... Woooooo..."

Tong Shaoxuan was startled, and immediately wanted to push her away.

Tang Jianwei's eyes widened.

Where did the little hoof come from?Let you touch it and get started?How dare you really hug me?

Tang Jianwei directly grabbed her back by the collar, took her aside, raised his hand and shook her, almost throwing her out:

"What are you doing? It is my wife's bodhisattva heart to save your life. Believe it or not, I will stuff it back into Lord Yama's stomach immediately?"

The man was dumbfounded by her loss, and couldn't say a word to Shang Tang Jianwei's ferocity.

Tong Shaoxuan said: "Let's leave quickly! It's too dangerous here! Can you go?"

The man whispered, "My leg is broken and I can't walk."

"Both legs are broken?"

"Yes……"

Really satisfied.

After a while of running just now, Tong Shaoxuan's legs were out of strength, and she didn't have the energy to take care of the moment of life and death, but this time she slowed down, her legs were no different from noodles, not to mention carrying someone on her back, even walking by herself was difficult.

There is no way, and it is impossible to see her buried here alone.

Although Tang Jianwei disliked her extremely, he still helped her up and dragged her away.

It is impossible to memorize.

After dragging Mrs. Dong for a block, Ge Xunqing hurried back:

"I said where did you go! Why did you disappear in the blink of an eye! Huh? Who is this?"

Tong Shaoxuan said: "Let's go to the sickroom first! Let's go!"

When I arrived at the ward, I found that the huge ward was full of people, and some of them could not be resettled in the ward, and temporarily lived in the temple.

Tang Jianwei threw Dong Chongling to the ground, and went over with Tong Shaoxuan to ask Ge Gong how many people there were.

Ge Gong said that there is no specific inventory yet, but he estimated that there are more than 300 households.

And Hu Erlang and the others are still searching the surrounding area, monitoring the movement of the mudslide, to see if there are any trapped people.

Ge Gong was covered in mud and sat on the ground: "Looking at the situation, I am afraid that not only Min'anfang and Changjuanfang will be affected by the disaster, but also Sichongfang and Guandefang are extremely dangerous and should not be inhabited anymore. Hu Erlang should be able to The people of these two squares also evacuated to take precautions."

Ge Xunqing's face was serious: "Then how can I live there? It's going to be overcrowded right now."

Ge Gong said: "As long as there is food and medicine, the place where we live can be moved around, it doesn't matter..."

Just as he was talking, a group of guards ran over hurriedly, asking Ge Gong to come out and talk to him about something.

Ge Gong walked to a place where there were few people, and was obviously taken aback after hearing what they said.

Tong Shaoxuan asked Tang Jianwei: "What are they talking about?"

Tang Jianwei said: "Don't be the worst situation I can think of."

Ge Gong waved to Tong Shaoxuan and the others, and they walked over, and heard Ge Gong say: "The people who went to check the granary said that the granary in the county is empty, there is not a grain of grain."

Tong Shaoxuan and the others almost shouted: "What?!"

Ge Gong asked them to keep calm as much as possible, and not to teach the people to know, otherwise it would cause panic.

Ge Xunqing supported him, Aye, dizzy: "Grandma, what should I do? Is everything taken away by that...that She?"

Mr. Ge sighed, and seemed helpless: "For the present plan, we can only go to see how much money is in the bank, and whether we can buy some grain from neighboring counties for emergency."

Tang Jianwei was not very optimistic: "Even the food has been emptied, so it would be strange to give you money. Logically speaking, shouldn't the imperial court allocate funds for such a natural disaster? And the neighboring counties should also be donated as charitable donations, right?"

Tong Shaoxuan said: "It may take a few days for the news of the mudslide in Su County to reach the center. It will take fifteen days at the earliest for the center to distribute food and medicine until the supplies are all in place. We'd better pray that the neighboring counties will not be affected by the disaster." Otherwise, there is no hope for charity donations, and maybe they will grab food from us at that time. Unfortunately, most of the farms in our county are at the foot of Fucang Mountain, and we don’t know how much food we can get this time.”

Tong Shaoxuan's words were like a curse.

Fucang Mountain collapsed in a large area, burying two counties in a row.

Su county is considered good, but neighboring counties are even more pitiful, almost all of them were buried clean.

Therefore, the mudslide erupted extremely fiercely, and it was impossible to prevent it. There were many casualties in the neighboring county, but in Su County, because of Tong Shaoxuan's alertness, only two people escaped and were buried in time, and one of them was rescued by Hu Erlang's inspection team.

But because there were too many deaths and injuries in the neighboring county, the entire granary was buried, and the dispatch could not arrive so quickly. The granary in another neighboring county was emptied in an instant, and under the instructions of the governor, the whole granary was transported there.

Ge Gong didn't expect that the governor didn't leave food for Su County at all, so he was very angry, and he didn't take human life at all!

But there is nothing to do, so I can only think of another way for the time being, and I will definitely join him if I have a chance!

Ge Gong wanted to go further to Min County to find food. The soldiers came back from exploring the road and said that because of the heavy rain for days, not only Fucang Mountain, but also many smaller mountains and roads had floods and landslides. The road to Min County It is blocked, and Min County is not close to the sea, so it cannot be transported by sea.

It is said that the newly appointed Magistrate Ruan had already rushed here overnight after hearing of the disaster in Su County, but it would take five days at the earliest to arrive.

Even if County Magistrate Ruan flew over with wings now, it would be useless without food.

Families in Su County who were not affected by the disaster donated a lot of food for disaster relief, but most of the households with farms put their food in the farm, not to mention that all of them were buried, and their own families also needed to eat, so it was impossible to take out all the food.

Seeing that the food was about to run out, the victims suffered from hunger for several days, and all of them turned to Ge Gong.

It made Ge Gong one head and two big.

The people in Su County were already considered moderate, and they were just asking him when he would have food, but if this continued, even the most moderate people would not sit still, and it might cause riots.

Just when Ge Gong was having a headache, a merchant ship came to the port.

The merchant ship originally wanted to dock in Su County for three days, let the crew get out of bed to rest, and replenish supplies by the way.

But when I arrived in Su County, I found out that there was such a big disaster here, and I didn't dare to come down for fear of an epidemic.

Tong Shaoxuan knew that there were often private ships transporting goods at the port of Suxian County. Because the counties in Angzhou had more mountains, less cultivated land, and limited grain output, they needed to be transferred or purchased from other places, so there were often transport ships. The grain ship passed by.

If you are lucky, you might meet a merchant ship transporting grain!

Tong Shaoxuan and Tang Jianwei took Ge Gong to the port immediately, found the captain, and were overjoyed after asking, God help Su County, this is actually a ship transporting golden rice from a neighboring country to Dongchun!

Tong Shaoxuan and the others immediately asked about the price. After hearing the price, let alone Tong Shaoxuan and Ge Gong, even Tang Jianwei felt dizzy.

"Why is it so expensive?!"

The captain was originally from Da Cang, married a wife and had children in a neighboring country a few years ago, and took root there, so even if he is a Hu Ji, Da Cang speaks very authentically.

What the captain said also made sense: "This is high-quality grain for the nobles of Dongchun. It is small and delicious, so it is naturally expensive. What's more, our business is based on credit, and we signed a contract. If we sell the grain to you, Breaking the contract is not just a matter of scolding, you have to lose money! It’s not impossible to sell the golden rice to you, after all, it’s about human life. But we can’t lose money. Look at the people on our big ship, all pointing to this money alive."

Having said that, the bank is empty, and the price of 5 taels is really unaffordable for Suxian.

Even in the entire Su County, every household pays one or two dollars, and they can't afford it.

What's more, not everyone can afford this tael of silver.

Ge Gong wanted to write an IOU to the captain, but he didn't know if he could do it in the future, but Tang Jianwei held Ge Gong and said to the captain:

"5 taels is 5 taels, the captain will take me on board to order the goods."

Ge Gong and the captain had the same puzzled expression.

Mr. Ge was puzzled. He heard that Tong's restaurant could make money, but he took out 5 taels of cash in one go?Even the richest man in Su County can't do it, can he?

The captain stood still, this little lady looked pretty, she should be from a wealthy family, but what is 5 taels, she can afford it?

Tang Jianwei saw what the captain was thinking, and asked him with a smile: "Could it be that you think the little girl can't afford it? After the little girl inspects the quality of the grain, bring the cash and we'll pay the money and deliver the goods."

The captain said with a chuckle, he said "yes", but he didn't think so.

Ge Gong looked at Tong Shaoxuan, but Tong Shaoxuan's expression was exactly the same calm as Tang Jianwei's, as if the two had already communicated silently, and at this moment their hearts were connected.

"Let's go." Tong Shaoxuan said to the captain, "Please lead the way."