Elaborate on the world of mortals

Chapter 296 Remembering History
If we say that Lingdong Road in the past may have been the situation of each prefecture taking care of each prefecture, then the post-disaster Lingdong Road is not only the three states of Dengzhou, Zhaozhou, and Yunzhou, but the rest of the states are also quite united.

The Zhaozhou plague incident not only made many people panic, but also made people worry.

The phrase "save the hometown" can reflect the mood of these Dengzhou men. To save Zhaozhou is to save themselves, to save Lingdong, and to save their hometown.

Moreover, after the disaster, although the court and the people also had some filth, although it was impossible to cover everything, it was just as Chu Hang wrote in the late night article.

Confidence is supreme in a catastrophe!

Whether it is the government's agitation or the folk's self-importance, there are both human struggles and myths and miracles, all of which represent the struggle of Lingdong.

Now all the people in Lingdong have the confidence to overcome the difficulties, which is also the confidence that Chu Hang can say that "man can conquer nature".

The dry food brought by the "trackers" has been eaten up, but along the way, there will be government officials and even ordinary people in the county who will spontaneously come to meet them, or bring food, or bring tea, and what's more, they will directly join the team to help the cable boat, so that some people who are physically weak to rest.

Before the fleet reached Zhaozhou, more people in Zhaozhou came after hearing the news, and the county magistrate and county captain of Tianyu County in Zhaozhou even came in person.

So much so that Chuhang had to come forward to persuade some people to go back. After all, there were too many people, and the two sides of the river could not use their skills. Some Dengzhou men who were far away from home were also persuaded to go back, and more and more people from Zhaozhou take their place.

For four days and five nights, seventeen large merchant ships loaded with cargo that had been stranded outside Dengzhou were carried to the territory of Zhaozhou by the shoulders of Lingdong elders.

The past few days have been traveling day and night, people are constantly being replaced, people are constantly following, and the boats are almost non-stop.

The boatmen on the boat were exhausted, but they knew they had no right to call themselves tired.

And as the team grows, from the beginning to tow one by one, to the next two or three towed together, the front and back are scattered and orderly!

Before dawn, seventeen large ships were hung with lanterns, and there was also a long dragon of lights following along the coast, and the sound of the chant below was still one after another.

"Hey yo~ hey yo~ hey yo"

"Keep going, ho, we're going to get out of this shoal soon—"

Chu Hang was at the front of the team, yelling in a hoarse voice that he no longer had a rope, and his shoulders were already bloodstained.

"Listen to Master Chu, it's almost here, work harder—"

"Hey yo~ hey yo~ hey yo"

Most of the "trackers" in the team have been replaced by Zhaozhou people, but the same concerted efforts, the same obedience to commands, and the same confidence doubled.

As long as they think that these dozens of large ships are loaded with life-saving things, as long as they think of such a huge number, everyone seems to have endless strength. The more the ship sinks, the more excited they are!

Tan Yuanshang had already returned to the boat, and he had also gone down to try to help with the slack, but it didn't take long before blisters appeared on his tender palms.

It was another sleepless night, not only because the chanting never stopped, but also because Tan Yuanshang became more and more excited, because judging from the terrain, Zhaozhou City was coming soon.

It was the darkest hour before dawn, and Tan Yuanshang looked at the front of the long line of trackers, as if he could see the Lingdong Disaster Relief Sima.

Others can take a rest, but this Master Sima has no one to replace. In his own words, he may have an accident in a moment.

Four days and five nights, never sleep a wink!
Tan Yuanshang felt that after this incident, when he returned to the capital, he must go to the palace to face the saint. Such a person is actually just Sima promoted by Li Qian temporarily, which is too unreasonable!
Those champions in the Jinke, the top three in the palace, wrote gorgeous and beautiful articles one by one, but which one can take up this burden and be worthy of this kind of thing?

"Cha la la la."

Amidst the creaking of ropes and wood, the hull shook slightly.

"Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo." "

There was a burst of mud rolling under the bottom of the boat, and the sound of bubbles was endless, which meant that it was dragged out of the shoal again, and there was deep water twenty miles ahead, which could reach the outside of Zhaozhou City.

"Drag out—drag out—"

"Go and help the people behind!"

"Go, go, work harder!"

One after another, the large ships left the last section of the shallow water channel, formed a fleet again, and reached the deep water area of ​​the Datong River.

When the last boat was pulled out, cheers were already heard on both sides of the river, as if a battle had been won, and the boatmen on the fleet also cheered together, and everyone was infected by the emotions of the crowd.

The fleet continued to move forward, and there were countless people following on both sides of the strait.

The sky turned white, and the light of dawn gradually illuminated the earth.

The crowd was blocked by the checkpoint set up in Zhaozhou City, because the plague area was ahead, ordinary people were not allowed to enter, and everyone was outside the checkpoint, watching the fleet go away on both sides of the river.——
In Zhaozhou City, the news that the fleet is about to arrive has spread all over the city. Everyone knows that as long as the fleet arrives, there will be no shortage of medicinal materials!
A large number of people have already gathered on the Linhe pier outside the city, and they all look forward to the direction of the river.

Zhaozhou Zhizhou and Yi Shuyuan were at the forefront of the crowd, and there were at least a thousand people on the wharf talking about it at the moment.

Suddenly, someone shouted.

"Here we come!" "Where is it?"

"Over there, on the river!"

"Come, come, really come!"

"The fleet is here, the medicine is here—" "The medicine is here!"

The crowd became agitated and looked into the distance with increasing excitement. Those large merchant ships brought the hope of life continuation.

The ships are bigger than people imagined, and the number of seventeen ships seems to stretch for a very long time. You can imagine how much cargo is loaded on them!

"Great, great! Zhaozhou City has been saved!"

The fat chin of Zhaozhou Zhizhou couldn't help shaking with excitement, and he couldn't help saying "OK" repeatedly.

"Mr. Yi, with so many medicines, it should be able to cure the epidemic, right?"

Yi Shuyuan let out a long breath.

"It can save many, many people!"

As the ship slowly approached, on the deck of the first big ship, Tan Yuanshang searched the crowd on the pier, and soon found Yi Shuyuan, and he was relieved again.

When the big ship fixed the gangplank, the crowd on the pier also retreated one after another. Under the distribution of officials, they went to the ships that were gradually approaching the shore one after another. They would unload the cargo on the ship as quickly as possible.

Tan Yuanshang was the first to get off the boat and hurried to the pier, ignoring the magistrate of Zhaozhou who was about to step forward, and went directly to Yi Shuyuan, and greeted Yi Shuyuan before anyone approached.

"Mr. Yi, it's been so many years since I saw my husband is safe, and Tan is relieved! The emperor has always missed you, and you are finally willing to come out of the mountain!"

The Zhaozhou Zhizhou on the one side paused, and his heart skipped a beat. Good guy, I thought he was just a doctor with excellent medical skills, but he didn't expect to be a hermit.

Yi Shuyuan saluted Tan Yuanshang back.

"It's been a long time since Mr. Tan. Yi is just a storyteller who knows a little bit about medical skills. It's nothing more than a helping hand in a catastrophe. Now it's important to save people!"

Tan Yuanshang dared to come to Zhaozhou City in person, and Yi Shuyuan also admired him more. After all, Tan Yuanshang is truly rich and powerful, so there is no need to risk his life.

Moreover, Tan Yuanshang may not necessarily ask the court for money for these seventeen ships of life-saving goods, or there is a high probability that they will be given away.

On one side, the magistrate of Zhaozhou hurried to talk.

"Yes, yes, saving people is the most important thing, Mr. Tan, in Xiazhaozhou, Zhizhou Wanshixing!"

Tan Yuanshang, who frowned slightly when he heard Yi Shuyuan's words, turned to Zhizhou to salute.

"Oh, Master Wan, Tan Yuanshang is being polite!"

Of course, not all of the seventeen large ships were loaded with medicines, but they definitely accounted for the majority.

As people carried the medicinal materials down the boat one by one, the fragrance of the medicinal materials permeated the entire pier, and gradually extended to the city.

Just by taking a sniff, Yi Shuyuan understood that the vast majority of these medicinal materials are by no means just fakes.

In the current situation where the whole Dayong medicinal materials are very tense, God knows what method Tan Yuanshang used and what price he paid to get so many life-saving things.

Tan Yuanshang watched Yi Shuyuan staring at the medicinal sacks passing by, and couldn't help but sigh.

"Sometimes, there are some things that are not easy for the imperial court. Businessmen naturally have their own solutions. There are still many people who have the desire to serve the country but are inconvenient and afraid to contact the government directly. Many people did not have the desire to serve the country at the beginning. So I hoarded some things, but gradually regretted it, and these people will come to me in private!"

Yi Shuyuan looked at the medicinal materials temporarily piled up on the pier, and nodded slightly.

"The Lingdong disaster was a battle. To a certain extent, it gradually united Dayong's scattered hearts. Some people praised it, while others scolded it. But it is undeniable that the world has seen the court's determination to rescue the disaster."

"Sir, what he said is true!"
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Tan Yuanshang and the crew were not able to enter Zhaozhou City immediately.

The suggestion given by Yi Shuyuan and the local officials was to stay on board for three days. During these three days, everyone should drink the "Qubing Pingfeng Soup" prepared with newly arrived medicinal materials.

One bowl each in the morning and evening, for three consecutive days, after which the people on board can disembark.

In the early morning three days later, Tan Yuanshang went to the city early to find Yi Shuyuan, and followed him all the time, anyway, he went wherever Yi Shuyuan went.

In a large inn that was requisitioned, there was a strong smell of medicine just after entering it.

"Cough cough cough" "cough cough."

Coughing sounds could be heard faintly from both inside and outside the guest rooms in the inn. Yi Shuyuan walked on the corridor and pushed open a door. There was not only the smell of medicine, but also a faint smell, which could not be eliminated even if the windows inside were open. .

Tan Yuanshang and the accompanying guards subconsciously covered their mouths and noses, and stood outside the door without going in.

"Well, how do you feel?"

"Cough cough cough cough."

The patient inside was six men of different ages, and the rest of them were still lying down unable to answer, but the person who was asked did not speak immediately, but coughed for a while and then spit out a mouthful of thick phlegm into the spittoon.

"Hey, I'm much more comfortable now, Doctor Yi, I'm already much more comfortable, even my cough is stronger than a few days ago."

"Well, how did you sleep tonight?"

They are all seriously ill here, but it is clear that some people have begun to improve significantly.

In terms of medical theory in this world, the water from the spring well plus sufficient medicinal materials can greatly tonify deficiency and strengthen qi, and stimulate the vitality of the patient to counteract the disease qi.

Everyone in Zhaozhou City is now full of confidence, and confidence is also a powerful weapon against illness!
Yi Shuyuan and the patient were talking about the situation inside, but Tan Yuanshang noticed that there was a spell stuck on the door frame inside and outside the room.

The traces on the spell looked a bit scribbled, but it could be discerned that there were a few words in red ink circled many times in the middle, which vaguely contained words like "showing the sage and the real king".

"I heard that it was a Dayong Celestial Master who first came to report the news?"

"Master, there is such a saying as a celestial master in Dayong?"

Tan Yuanshang glanced at the guards around him.

"You don't know about this. Decades ago, the late emperor did confer a few celestial masters. Although there are many swindlers among the warlocks, these few should have some skills."

At this moment, Yi Shuyuan also came out from the inside, as if he heard the words outside, and said something with a smile.

"Decades pass by, and it doesn't seem long, but it is the growth of several generations, enough to forget many things, but there will always be some people who will remember some people. Once today, future generations should remember this history!"

Saying so, Yi Shuyuan looked at the door of the inn, his eyes seemed to be drifting into the distance.

(End of this chapter)