The Reborn Lao Tzu Is the Emperor

Chapter 1291 Coal Mine Collapse
"Who is in the way!"

Before the county magistrate and others came back to their senses, some soldiers hurriedly rushed in front of Zhao Dongting, pretending to draw their swords, and shouted.

Zhao Dongting had a calm and calm expression on his face, with a natural nobility that didn't need to be displayed, and asked, "What happened outside the city? Why are so many defenders dispatched?"

After finally regaining consciousness, the county magistrate and the others were stunned again in an instant.

Who is this person?
Who does he think he is?
Why did you come up with such an bossy attitude?

Thoughts were swirling in their minds, and they only thought that Zhao Dongting might be the eldest son of some family.

But even the elder brother, the county magistrate and others still didn't like it.

After the emperor came to power, he hated the things happening in the country that relied on his family background to run amok.Up to now, it can be said that many big family sons have been dealt with in various places.

In normal times, they wouldn't want to have a bad relationship with this kind of young master.But now, it is extremely urgent and does not care about many things.

The county magistrate shouted: "Get out of the way quickly! Don't hinder me from performing official duties!"

He was already being polite, otherwise, it would be enough to imprison this "brother" in front of him in the name of obstructing the official frame and obstructing official duties.

Zhao Dongting remained calm and just untied a golden token from his waist.

When the county magistrate and others saw this token, their expression changed instantly.

Six Dragon Order.

Although this token cannot be compared with the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon Token and the Nine Dragon Token, the six lifelike dragons are enough to show how noble Zhao Dongting's status is.

Zhao Dongting reorganized the Chaozhong Token a few years ago.

The five-clawed golden dragon is the honor, and the phoenix order is the second.

Then came the Nine Dragons Order, the Eight Dragons Order...then the Tiger Order, the Wolf Order and so on.

As for those who can hold the Golden Dragon Order, apart from the emperor's special envoys, the only ones who have the highest status and the most respected veterans in the court.Not even the vast majority of royal relatives have the Golden Dragon Token.Because of the orders of the dragon and the tiger, they all have real power.The holder of the order has the right to temporarily mobilize the defenders in various places.

Liulong Ling, not to mention county officials like them, even state officials would not dare to gasp loudly when they saw it.

The eyes of the county magistrate, chief bookkeeper and others couldn't help showing extreme shock.Then hurriedly got off his horse, and saluted Zhao Dongting: "The lower official has seen the superior!"

Zhao Dongting nodded lightly, pinned the Liulong Ling back to his waist, ignored the surprised and confused pedestrians on the street, and asked again: "What happened outside the city? Why are you in such a hurry?"

The county magistrate didn't dare to neglect, and hurriedly replied: "Reporting to the superior, I waited to leave the city in a hurry, but there was an accident...in the coal mine outside the city."

"ACCIDENT?"

Zhao Dongting frowned and said, "What accident?"

The county magistrate said, "It's... a landslide."

Zhao Dongting's expression changed instantly.

collapse……

This is no small matter.

Over the years, Zhao Dongting has been benevolent and caring for the people. Today's Great Song Dynasty is no longer like before, where human life is so worthless.

No wonder the county magistrate was so anxious.

Zhao Dongting immediately stopped blocking the county magistrate and the others, and hurriedly said: "Then go to the rescue quickly."

As he spoke, he stepped aside.

The county magistrate and others took a deep look at Zhao Dongting. Although they felt that such a departure would definitely neglect the Shangguan, this was what Zhao Dongting said, and there was indeed a serious accident outside the city, so they had no choice but to apologize to Zhao Dongting, and then hurriedly He galloped out of the city again.

Zhao Dongting frowned slightly and returned to the side of the girls on the street.

Le Chan and other women also had worried expressions on their faces.

Le Chan said: "Husband, the landslide in the coal mine is probably quite serious, right?"

Zhao Dongting sighed in a low voice, "That depends on how big the landslide is."

After finishing speaking, he said: "Let's go and have a look too!"

Then the group rented a few carriages in the city, and hurriedly asked the driver to drive them to the coal mine outside the city.

The mining industry is still underdeveloped these days, and even coal mines were rare in the past.Although coal mines were opened everywhere after the natural disaster, there is only one coal mine outside Cenxi County.

This is an order issued by Zhao Dongting, which strictly controls the number of coal mines in various places.

Because this coal mine alone can already meet the needs of the people in Cenxi County.

Furthermore, in this era of beautiful mountains and clear waters and a pure environment, Zhao Dongting really does not want to affect the ecological environment due to over-exploitation.

This is also the reason why he has always been entangled in whether to start the industrial revolution in this era in advance.

The prosperity of industry and the prosperity of science and technology have both advantages and disadvantages.For example, in later generations, although technology has developed to an unimaginable level, the ecological environment has also been greatly damaged.

Zhao Dongting is a person who traveled from later generations, so he cherishes the original ecology of this era even more.

About half an hour after leaving the city, you can see the coal mine.

The mountain is dark, and up to now, the entire mountain has been bulldozed.

There are several roads winding down from the flat top of the mountain.

These are all roads for coal carriages and rickshaws.

But at this time, it can be seen that some roads have been covered by loess and black coal.

Most of the mountain looks devastated.

Zhao Dongting had just lifted the curtain of the car, and when he saw this scene, his brows involuntarily froze again.

This landslide was even more serious than he had imagined.

I'm afraid...

I'm afraid that the mine below has collapsed by nearly half.

And the mines in this era are all operated manually...

Then the workers buried below are probably... countless.

As the carriage got closer and closer to the coal mountain, Zhao Dongting's mood became more and more dignified.

until the foot of the mountain.

It can be seen that there are many dirty coal miners gathered here in groups of three or four, and most of them still have the lingering fear of escaping death on their faces.

They were all talking and pointing at the mountain.

And the county magistrate and others did not dare to go up the mountain at this time.

The defenders in Cenxi County only strictly guarded a few mountain roads.

Workers who had relatives or friends who had not yet come down the mountain cried and wanted to rush up, but were stopped by these soldiers.

The county magistrate and others were sweating profusely, all at a loss.Even Zhao Dongting and others did not find it.

But until now, the ground still occasionally shakes.That is to say, there are still places in the mine that are collapsing, and they dare not go up the mountain.

All the officials comforted these workers and their families.

But the public opinion still couldn't stop getting more and more turbulent.

Zhao Dongting frowned deeply. At this moment, he also felt quite powerless.

Under such circumstances, not to mention that it was too late to dispatch the forbidden army, even if it was in time, with the equipment of this era, it would be difficult to go up the mountain to save people.

Forcibly saving them will only result in more people being buried inside.

More than ten minutes passed like this, and the shock seemed to show no signs of recurrence.

The sweaty county magistrate finally breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said to the workers: "Everyone be safe, the county will send soldiers to rescue the trapped villagers!"

He also has no other choice.

How many can be saved counts.

Zhao Dongting stood in the crowd and did not speak.

Under the order of the county magistrate and others, more than two hundred soldiers soon walked towards the mountain quite dignifiedly.

Most of them have never encountered such a thing, and they are really nervous.

Zhao Dongting watched and sighed inwardly.

With this strength, it is really impossible to rescue those buried workers.

Not to mention anything else, just the loess, black coal, etc. that buried the mountain road are not something they can remove in a short time.

Sure enough, soon some soldiers came down and said to the county magistrate, "My lord, the soil is soft, we...we can't climb up..."

The county magistrate was busy discussing countermeasures with the surrounding masters, the commander of the garrison regiment and others.

In the end, the county magistrate gritted his teeth and said, "Then bomb it! Use the Thunderbolt to blow up a path for me! No matter what, we must not give up on the people on the mountain!"

This made Zhao Dongting appreciate the county magistrate quite a bit.

This is a good officer.

But he still stood up and shouted: "Slow down!"

As soon as he made a sound, many people present looked at him.

The county magistrate and others saluted him again in a hurry.

Zhao Dongting waved his hands and said, "You can't use the Thunderbolt! If you use the Thunderbolt to blow it up, it may cause another landslide, and the casualties will only be greater."

The county magistrate had a bitter face, and said anxiously: "Then, what do you think the Shangguan should do?"

"My lord, you can't just ignore death!"

"Yes, then what do you say!"

The crowd gradually became a little angry again, and some people even made quite offensive remarks.

(End of this chapter)