The late Ming Dynasty in the living room

Chapter 102 Can divine punishment be punished in the wrong place?

With three big bosses pressing down on them, Dingxing County and the counties along the river acted quickly as if they had been whipped.

Although most of them are still confused.

But two governor's seals and Queen Zhang's personal letter were right in front of them. This was both an order and a reminder for these little minions.

Among them, Yang Wenyue, the governor of Baoding, had the harshest tone. He specifically followed the official document with a line of instructions: "If a hundred people drowned and a village was flooded, the chief officials of the various states and counties and below will be held responsible.

Do you listen?How terrifying these words are.

Today is a time of famine and chaos. In all counties and cities, including Fuzhi Qingyuan (today's Baoding City), which streets and alleys do not have hungry people lying on the ground?
In the early morning of any day, the dead people were not transported out of the city one by one?
Yang Wenyue thought he couldn't see so many people starving to death every day, but now he cares about these villagers...

In short, human life is as despised as weeds these days, whether it is Yang Wenyue, Sun Chuanting or Queen Zhang, they actually don't care about a few people drowning in the river.

Just because Fang Yu opened his mouth, each of them acted as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

It was precisely because of their urging that by the morning of the next day, the neighboring Dingxing County and Heyang County had already sent fast horses.

Notice: XX County Magistrate and government officials personally led the team to investigate and were busy until midnight (although XX County Magistrate did not sleep all night), they finally completed the information prevention task according to requirements and quality.

Immediately afterwards, the 1200 Beijing camp guards brought by Queen Zhang arrived at the Juma River.

In addition, there are 800 governor-general pacesetters from Sun Chuanting and Yang Wenyue. The task of these 2000 people is to watch over the people along the river.

Although the county magistrate Min Wenggong has already sent officers to the villages along the river to give warnings, you must not doubt the determination of these villagers to "steal water."

How can someone risk their life just to carry a few more loads of water? How can they listen to you honestly?

Well, of course Yang Wenyue also rushed to Laishui County.

Of course he also wanted to curry favor with Fang Shenzi, otherwise what would he do in the dilapidated Zijin Pass (Great Wall Pass) instead of staying in the garden?

To suppress bandits and keep the people safe?Don't talk nonsense. The most serious bandit troubles are in the Taihang Mountains near Shanxi. In comparison, the bandits at Qifengkou are just two or three cats and dogs.

In the past, there was no good reason to meet Fang Shenzi. This time, after he finished his work (intimidating state and county officials), if he didn't rush over to "report", then Yang Wenyue would really be a fool.

Half of the two thousand officers and soldiers crossed the river, and 1000 people lined up on one side, stretching ten miles away.

Sure enough, many people carrying buckets were stopped in Hongjia Village, Zhaojia Village, and Baiheba Village along the river.

Although they were afraid of the officers and soldiers, they were more afraid of the lack of water in the fields, so some people tried to cross.

"Bang!" Xiao Qi (the third team's flag) who led the team pulled out a knife and spoke with a Beijing accent. He pointed at them and cursed: "What a bunch of country bumpkins, come here if you want to kill them. See if I dare, sir." I dare to test the knife on your neck!"

Alas, the current reputation of the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers among the people is really bad. It is not clear whether they are afraid of more bandits or more officers and soldiers.

A row of knives and guns in front were pointed at them, the cold light shining on the blades almost reaching their eyes, and they couldn't help but feel fear in their hearts.

The people in front did not dare to move, and more and more people came from behind, including Hong Qi from Hongjiacun.

Hong Qi got a piece of rice two days ago, which made everyone in the village envious.

Now is the time when there is no harvest. In addition to working slowly in the fields all day long, people in the village spend the rest of the time digging wild vegetables, peeling tree bark, and looking for grass roots.

But he, Hong Qi, could rely on this grain of rice to allow his wife and children to drink white rice porridge every day.

This is a good thing and a not-so-good thing.Hong Qi stayed up almost all night. In the summer, he blocked the doors and windows tightly, but in his ears, he seemed to always hear the sound of someone fiddling with the doors and windows.

The mother-in-law said it was caused by the wind, and Hong Qi went out to check several times to make sure there was no one outside.

But Hong Qi couldn't sleep peacefully at all, what should I say?

He thought of those people in the village and felt both scared and...very guilty. (Poor and honest people are like this)

So the next morning, he first beat the crying woman.

Then he invited people from the clan to come over and beat the rice to pieces in public. He only kept a third of it, and the rest was evenly distributed among the families by the elders in the clan. (No one with a foreign surname)

Although more than half of the rice was gone, and his mother-in-law scratched his face many times with bloody wounds after returning home, Hong Qi felt...much more comfortable!
Now Hong Qi was also carrying a load of empty barrels and crowded among the villagers, feeling anxious.

The crops in the fields are eagerly waiting for water, but these "disasters that bully the common people and strike like thunder from the sky" are blocking the path along the river.

Just when he was full of resentment, he saw many more people coming from a distance on the other side, some of whom were wearing blue clothes and big-brimmed hats.

Hong Qi immediately stopped cursing the officers and soldiers.

His heart was pounding because he had seen these people two days ago... Is this the Fang Dong family coming?

Fang Yu discussed with Teacher Pan for a long time in the morning, decided on the river channel to be deepened, and also confirmed the location of "Luohe".

The Juma River is actually very suitable for running a waterwheel.

It is the only large river in Baoding Prefecture that flows continuously all year round. The widest section can exceed 1000 meters, and the narrowest part can be about [-] meters.

In the Han Dynasty, the name of Juma River was still called Juma River.

It means that the river has a large volume of water and a rapid flow, like a giant galloping horse.

However, such a big river, after more than ten years of drought, can no longer float a small boat.

At least two-thirds of the river bed at the bottom of the river has been exposed, and even a child can easily wade across the river.

Although the river water is less, the foundation is still there.

Fang Yu walked less than three miles upstream the day before yesterday and found a bend suitable for "falling into the river".

The river here is very wide, almost like a natural lagoon. What's even better is that there are steep mountains on both sides of it.

When the river comes down from the sky, its inertia and impact are quite terrifying.

Even a scumbag like Fang Yu in physics knew that the power of the waves was enough to destroy the villages by the river in an instant.

According to Lao Liu, this place also belongs to the wild range of Taihang Mountains, that is, part of Qifeng Mountain, and is called Erpokou.

Fang Yu selected this place and drew it clearly on the paper for Teacher Pan to see. He was afraid that if she accidentally got the wrong place, she would not know which village would be destroyed...

And there is nowhere to reason with these people after they die.

Because it was done by "gods", not only could she not be sentenced, but outsiders would also have to say: These villagers must have done something outrageous, otherwise why would Lady Pan destroy them?
This is divine punishment!Can divine punishment be punished in the wrong place?
(End of this chapter)