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Chapter 198 Luan City
Su Nancheng's tent is neither big nor small, with two wooden canopy beds.Su Nancheng sleeps one, Cheng Ming sleeps one.Li Song went to sleep in the tent behind him.

It didn't happen overnight either.

That night, Su Nancheng still had a good sleep in relaxation.

When I woke up, I felt backache and leg pain, the consequence of riding a horse yesterday.But if you continue to ride for a few days, you will probably get used to it.

Apparently the prince is not feeling well either, even though he was in a car yesterday, it was bumpy enough.

Now this carriage has no shock absorbing equipment.

I just had a quick bite at the campsite, but the sky was not completely bright yet, and the group had already set off again.

On the way, the prince probably couldn't bear the bumps, so he came out to ride a horse.

Although it is already the beginning of August, the weather is still very hot, and there is no feeling of cooling at all.

The same goes for going north now.

As you can see along the way, most of the fertile fields are withered and yellow.

In fact, the autumn harvest is not yet in the north, but due to the drought, the crops are half dead.

Either it doesn't grow at all, or it grows and has no fruit.

Going all the way to the north, I met countless refugees and victims who were going to Gyeonggi.

After all, the prince and his party brought thousands of soldiers and horses, so no one dared to provoke them.

But the eyes of those victims were too desperate.

They didn't even have any feelings for this group of people, knowing that they couldn't get food in exchange anyway, so they didn't bother to care about it.

Su Nancheng's heart is heavy. Now that these people are already like this, is it still far from being hungry and dying, and changing their children to eat?
After all, along the way, there were quite a few corpses seen from a distance.

Although they walked on the official road, they could see clearly.

Just pretend not to see it.

Probably because the trip was too urgent, the prince was unprepared, and neither were the people who wanted to do it.

So at dusk seven days later, they still arrived in Luancheng.

Standing outside the city, you can't see what's going on inside.But along the way, whether it is in the surrounding counties or villages, many houses have collapsed, and half of the villages are holding funerals.It is hard to say whether he starved to death or was crushed to death.

The local officials and those who had come to provide relief earlier had received the imperial decree and came out to greet them.

But Su Nancheng looked at it, and everyone was not very enthusiastic.

It was worse than the people who followed the abolished prince when he went south to Xianzhou.At that time, no prince came forward in person.

Looking at the lonely scene now, it's because the time and place are wrong, and it's also because the place doesn't care about people from the capital.

As soon as you enter the city, you can see the consequences of the earthquake.

The city gates and city walls are still in good condition, probably because they are maintained every year, and they were originally built firmly.

But the city was in a mess.

Two-thirds of the residential buildings collapsed, and the remaining third was crumbling.

Many houses are cracked.

There were probably two or three-story restaurants in the city, but all of them collapsed.

The mansions of some rich households and city officials are repaired every year, which is fine.A few houses were also knocked down, with minimal damage overall.

Because it didn't rain, the streets were full of disaster victims. These people were people who escaped the earthquake.

With nowhere to go, they may have dug up some usable pots and pans, or bedding and clothing from their collapsed houses.

He didn't want to leave, so he lived in the ruins of his collapsed house.

The people who came to the disaster relief only set up porridge sheds, and the imperial physicians opened several spots for people to see the doctor.

But where is this enough?

Su Nancheng looked at the city like this, frowning tightly.

How does this look like post-disaster reconstruction?

The prince also frowned, not knowing how to appease the people.

Although he put on a fancy dress when he was outside the city, and made a big fuss when he entered the city, the people around him didn't care as much as he imagined.

They also knelt down, but their eyes were full of suspicion and numbness.

The prince came, but he didn't bring food or supplies.

What's the use?
For the people in Luancheng, this is just a high-ranking person, and it will not help their lives.

A group of people were received to a separate courtyard of the prefect's house.

The prefect Gao's complexion was sallow, with a look of bitterness.He was tall and thin, about forty or so.

"Nowadays there is really no place to live in the city, so I can only wrong His Highness the Crown Prince."

"It doesn't matter, it's good to have a place to live. If it's really bad, it's okay to live in a tent. What's the plan in the city now? I don't know how to provide disaster relief?" the prince asked.

When this question was asked, Mr. Gao had a bitter face, and the officials of the household department who accompanied him also had a bitter face.

"At present, we can only distribute porridge once a day, and continue to use the wood that can be used in those collapsed houses. Let's organize the uninjured people to rebuild slowly." Gao Taishou shook his head and sighed: "It's okay in the city, but the counties and villages below It's more serious, hey..."

The prince didn't understand and didn't refute anything.

But he didn't ask, someone said.

The officials of the household department hurriedly said: "It's not that we don't do a good job in disaster relief, it's really... His Majesty only said to ask Luancheng to open a warehouse... But how can there be food here?"

"In the past few years, there have been wars, and the Northwest has been recruited several times. Our Luancheng is also a poor place. How can we have so much food?" Gao Taishou's eyes were red.

"No money, no food, how can we provide disaster relief?" Mr. Lu from the household department shook his head: "How to do this?"

"Then we can't just wait like this?" Su Nancheng asked: "I met many disaster victims flocking to Gyeonggi along the way. They will be driven away in winter, and they have to come back. I'm afraid there will be chaos at that time. "

"Master Su is right, but there is nothing we can do. No matter how anxious we are, we can't change the money and food. Now we can only persuade those wealthy businessmen in the city. However, the weather this year is not good, and they can't help it." That's enough." The official on the prefect Gao's side said.

"I just came here today, so I don't know what the situation is. We can discuss this matter tomorrow. You have to see it with your own eyes," the prince said.

"What His Royal Highness said is that you are tired today, why don't you take a rest first, how about Rong Chen waiting for you?" Prefect Gao hurriedly said.

The prince nodded in agreement.

I don't know anything at this time, and it's dark again, so there's really nothing to say.

After a while, meals were served in the main hall.

Even if the people outside have nothing to eat, but the officials receive the prince, how can the food be ugly?

There are more than 80 dishes on this table, and there is no shortage of chicken, duck and fish.

There are also venison, beef and sheep, and even fresh vegetables that are in short supply.

It can be seen that this prefect Gao is also capable.

Su Nancheng didn't say anything, and after eating the meal, he left first to arrange security.

Together with Deputy Commander Ji of the Infantry Battalion.

After walking a little further out of the main hall, Vice Commander Ji sneered: "There is no money or food for disaster relief. I don't know how many people will be fed by replacing this meal with coarse food. It's really disgusting."

Su Nancheng sighed, and looked up at the night sky: "What can we say? Just protect His Highness the Crown Prince so that nothing happens."

(End of this chapter)