Starting from crossing the Fengshen

Chapter 96 Hongzhou Disaster Relief
seven days later.

A huge boundary monument with 'Hongzhou' engraved on it appeared at the fork in the road ahead.

This road is like a highway, leading to all parts of the country.

The boundary monument is the highway intersection. When you get here, you need to enter the local official road and go to the nearby state and county seat.

Compared with Chidao, Guandao is much narrower, only about thirty meters.

After entering the official road, Yin Qi and the others arrived at the boundary of Hongzhou.

But there is still more than a thousand miles away from Hongcheng, the seat of Hongzhou administration.

However, at their speed, they would be able to arrive quickly if they went all out, but Yin Qi asked everyone to slow down so that they could see the surrounding situation clearly.

At the beginning, the situation on both sides of the official road was pretty good.

The rice is golden and the people are healthy.

It can be seen that the impact of floods here is not great.

You must know that Hongzhou is not small, with a radius of more than a thousand miles. Even if there is a flood, it is impossible for the entire territory to be affected.

But as we went deeper, many refugees gradually appeared on the official road, and the fertile fields on both sides were basically deserted. There were rice soaked and rotten by the flood lying in the mud everywhere.

Further on, there are more and more refugees on the official road, and from time to time you can even see corpses of people who died of starvation or disease lying on both sides of the road.

Even though it stinks, no one is taking care of it.

The deeper you go, the more serious the situation becomes. There are hungry people everywhere with yellow faces and thin muscles.

Many trees have no bark left and are bare.

Rotting corpses can be seen everywhere on the fields.

Yin Qi felt heavy.

Even in the world of the Republic of China, he had never seen such a tragic situation.

"Speed ​​up and go straight to Hongcheng."

"Yes!"

Everyone agreed and increased their speed.

……

afternoon.

Yin Qi and the others finally arrived at Hongcheng, a huge and ancient city.

On the south side of Hongcheng, a large river flows through.

This big river is called Hong River. It can only be said to be a very ordinary river in Dashang territory, but in fact it is tens of thousands of miles long and has an average width of more than 40 miles. It is the mother river of many states and counties.

Despite the flood, Hongcheng was relatively well preserved.

Outside the city walls, there are countless shelters built by refugees using various materials.

Countless people lay numb on the ground, as if dead.

Even the playful and noisy children are completely inactive, clinging to adults and murmuring how hungry they are from time to time.

……

North Gate.

The arrival of Yin Qi and the others caused a sensation among the surrounding refugees.

There seemed to be a glimmer of hope in their eyes.

Although they were local people, they could tell that Yin Qi and his party definitely came from the capital.

The majestic war horses and the formidable knights are definitely not something that this place can possess.

Since he came from the capital, it didn't take much to figure out that he was here to provide disaster relief.

The prefect of Hongzhou seemed to have received the news a long time ago and was already waiting at the city gate.

He stepped forward quickly, bowed and saluted, and said loudly: "I am lowering my official rank to the Grand Administrator of Hongzhou, Jiang Yi, to pay my respects to His Highness King Qi."

"No need to be polite."

Yin Qi spoke. He looked at the people gathered from both sides, stood on his seat and said loudly: "Everyone, I am Yin Qi, the eldest son of the Human Emperor, and I have come to provide relief in the name of the Human Emperor. Don't crowd. , go back to your respective places and rest for now. Soon, I will ask the government to distribute relief materials, and I will never let anyone starve to death again."

"Long live the Human Emperor, a thousand lives His Highness!"

"Woo, I knew the Human Emperor would never forget us!"

"Great, we are saved!"

"Mom, why can't you support me for one more day? The court has sent people to provide disaster relief. They are here to provide disaster relief!"

.........

The people were overjoyed, and many even cried with joy.

They were so excited that if it weren't for their physical strength, they would have danced.

As the people dispersed, Yin Qi also followed the prefect Jiang Yi to the prefect's mansion.

...lobby.

Yin Qigao ascended the throne,

Prefect Jiang Yi and other senior officials from Hongzhou were basically present.

Yin Qi looked around at everyone with stern eyes, and asked sternly: "Since ancient times, Hongzhou has been my place of great merchants and wealth, and there should be a lot of supplies in the state treasury. Why do I see so many people along the way? starve?"

The expressions of the prefect and others changed, and many of them even started to fight.

Yin Qi's aura was so strong that just one look gave them great pressure.

The prefect Jiang Yi hurriedly said: "Your Highness, although we in Hongzhou are rich, we cannot withstand the hardships."

Yin Qi frowned and said, "How do you say this?"

Jiang Yi could only bite the bullet and said: "Actually, we in Hongzhou have been suffering from floods since May. The Hong River suddenly flooded for no reason, breaking down the embankments and destroying many villages on both sides of the river. A lot of fertile farmland was flooded.

It's just that the flood came and went away quickly.

Coupled with our emergency mobilization of forces, the river embankment was quickly repaired, and the actual damage was limited.

The state capital was able to provide disaster relief, so it was not reported to the court.

But it came once in June, July and August.

Especially in September, it suddenly rains heavily for five consecutive days.

The water in the river surged, breaking down large sections of the river banks.

More than half of the entire Hongzhou was affected by the disaster, which exceeded our disaster relief capabilities, so we had to report it to the court. "

After saying that, he lowered his head deeply, not daring to look into Yin Qi's cold eyes.

Other officials also bowed their heads.

Yin Qi's eyes were cold and stern. Although he was dissatisfied with Jiang Yi's actions, he did not criticize them any more because local officials always reported good things but not bad things. He had experienced this deeply in the world of the Republic of China.

Anyway, I covered the lid beforehand and took care of it myself first.

Wait until you can't handle it anymore and the matter becomes too big, then you can choose to report it.

Rather than holding them accountable, he wanted to figure out the cause of the abnormality in the Hong River, so he solemnly asked: "Why does the water in the Hong River surge so much for no reason, and once a month? Have you sent anyone to find out the problem? "

If the problem is not identified and solved, floods in Hongzhou will continue.

No matter how much he tried to provide disaster relief, it would not help.

Prefect Jiang Yi hurriedly raised his head and said: "Yes. We gathered many people, including immortal cultivators, and asked them to go upstream to investigate the situation, and finally found that the problem occurred in Qingyun Mountain."

"Qingyun Mountain?"

Yin Qi frowned.

He checked the map of Hongzhou on the way and knew that Qingyun Mountain is located more than a thousand miles west of Hongcheng.

The scale is similar to Phoenix Mountain, not very big.

The prefect Jiang Yi nodded and said: "Yes, Qingyun Mountain. The flood flows through Qingyun Mountain and passes through a large swamp in the mountain.

This large lake is called Qingyun Lake. In the early years, it was said that it was occupied by a big demon.

Our people discovered that the raging river emerged from Qingyun Lake, and they suspected that there was a water demon at work. "

Yin Qi suddenly realized that this made sense.

He couldn't help but ask: "Since there is a water demon causing trouble, can you ask someone to kill the demon?"

The prefect Jiang Yi smiled bitterly and said: "I asked, but after entering Qingyun Lake, I didn't come out again, and there was no movement at all. I have been looking for experts everywhere during this time, but no one is willing to go again."

In Hongzhou, even if there are so-called experts, they are probably below the level of fairyland.

Since it is a great demon level, it is probably also a human fairyland.

Or to be more precise, the fairyland.

Although this is a prehistoric world, it does not mean that it is easy to become an immortal.

The reason why there are many gods and immortals in the prehistoric world is because of the huge base. Even if there is one out of a billion people, there are theoretically hundreds of powerful people above the immortal realm in Dashang.

Of course, these people with the talent to become immortals were basically taken away by the three religions.

Yin Qi nodded slowly and said: "I will deal with this water monster. For the next disaster relief, you guys will act according to my instructions. If someone disobeys the situation, or enriches himself, don't blame me for being ruthless."

"I dare not wait!"

Jiang Yi and others bowed one after another.

Yin Qi ordered: "First: We will do our best to provide disaster relief for three days, and we will have three meals a day to ensure that the people are full.

After three days, obey my orders again;
Second: summon all the doctors in the territory, even immortal cultivators, to treat all the people;
Third: Re-plan the living areas of the people, sprinkle lime around them, establish public testing, and all drinking water must be boiled;

Fourth: Summon the immortal cultivators in the country in my name and tell them to listen to my orders during the disaster relief period. After the disaster relief is completed, I will reward them with elixirs, magic weapons, and even exercises.

Fifth: Organize people to bury all the corpses in the wild

sixth:……"

(End of this chapter)