Zhenguan Leisurely King

Chapter 274 Arriving in Bianzhou
"Okay, how are Zhao Hao and Dong Xue doing?" Wang Pingan asked Zhao Hao and Dong Xue.

Zhao Hao cupped his hands and said: "Young Master, all the relief supplies have been sorted out, and orders have been given. The victims of the disaster have also been prepared, and the carriages, ox carts, etc. have also been notified. They will be waiting outside the city gate tomorrow. The younger one also notified Zhang and Huang, two imperial doctors, and they said they were waiting in the ruined temple."

"Okay, you hand over the work at hand and Dongxue tonight, and tomorrow you will take sixty officials and a battalion of special forces to Luozhou for disaster relief, and half of the disaster victims and relief supplies in Luozhou will be left to you. Zhang The imperial doctor will accompany you." Wang Pingan ordered.

The members of the medical team ate and lived with the sick victims after arriving in Puzhou, and they were very attentive to the treatment.

"Everyone should go to bed early tonight, and the next days will be called real disaster relief. I believe that everyone will need to eat and live with the victims." Wang Pingan said.

In the dead of night, everyone's thoughts are on Bianzhou. It has been five days since they set off from Chang'an, and tomorrow is the sixth day.

For Wang Ping'an from later generations, the golden 72 hours of rescue have long passed, so there is no way to think about the worse situation in Bianzhou.

Therefore, among the crowd, Wang Ping'an was the only one who was not asleep at all.

On the first day of the day, the sun had just entered and exited, and a group of people had gathered outside the gate of Puzhou City. They were the disaster relief team led by Wang Pingan.In order not to disturb the victims, they set off from Ximen.

Niu Hongda led all the officials in Puzhou to practice for Wang Pingan and others: "Respectfully send off the imperial envoy and His Royal Highness! The original flood will recede as soon as possible."

Wang Pingan said: "Thank you, my lords. Please go back. The disaster victims in Puzhou are still waiting for you. I hope you will not slack off. Take good care of the people."

"No!" Baiguan said to Wang Ping'an again.

Sitting on a tall horse, Wang Ping'an waved his hand and shouted loudly, "Let's go."

The brigade walked towards the official road, all the way east, to Luozhou and Bianzhou.

"Congratulations, my lord." All the officials in Puzhou clasped their hands and shouted again.

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Wang Ping led a large team and divided them into two teams when they were in Luozhou. One team was led by Zhao Hao and entered the border of Luozhou, and the other team continued to set off for Bianzhou City.

They hurriedly arrived outside the city of Bianzhou three days later. On the way, Wang Pingan saw a large number of victims walking from the border of Bianzhou to Chang'an.

Wang Pingan learned from some victims that all six counties in Bianzhou had been flooded.Almost all the villages were ruthlessly destroyed by the floods, and the crops were submerged.

At this time, in the county office of Kaifeng County, all the officials of Bianzhou were sitting, even the chief bookkeeper and secretary of the county office. Ji Ning, the governor of Bianzhou, was sitting in the first seat, looking at these officials under him angrily. .

He yelled at the officials: "It's been twelve days, why are you blocking the breach now? What are you doing?"

Zheng Sigong cupped his hands to Ji Ning and said, "It's a humble and incompetent person, please punish me, my lord." He knew that he couldn't cover up the fact that he didn't block the breach of the Yellow River with any excuses.

"Hmph, punishment? At this critical moment, you ask this old man to punish you. Do you want the people to scold me after they find out?" Ji Ning said angrily again.

"Please forgive me, my lord, that's not what it means to be humble." Zheng Sigong said fearfully.

"My lord, the force of the Yellow River breach this time was so strong that we were completely unprepared. Zheng Sigong organized people to block the breach many times, but each time it was only a short section that was washed away. In the past twelve days, Zheng Sigong hasn't closed his eyes a few times, even if he doesn't have credit, he has worked hard." Sihu Jiming said.

Ji Ming is Ji Ning's younger brother, but Ji Ming was born to Ji Ning's old father, so the age difference between the two is more than 20 years.Moreover, Ji Ming was smart since he was a child, and his family asked him to practice under Ji Ming for a few years before going to Chang'an.

Ji Ning snorted again: "Get up, everyone, the breach has been blocked, now report the disaster situation."

Ji Ming clasped his hands again and said: "The water levels in the other five counties in Kaifeng County have receded five days ago, and the water levels in nearby villages have also receded a lot. According to the investigation, now the entire Bianzhou, except for the soldiers, has already receded. The population is less than 10, but there are more than 5 victims, and the officials have arranged the victims outside the gate of Nancheng and sent soldiers to maintain order."

"Hey, how about casualties?" Ji Ning sighed.

Ji Ming shook his head and said: "It is impossible to count. There are too many people who fled. However, there are more than 3000 corpses found."

"At least 3000 people died because of this?" Ji Ning said sadly.

Ji Ming nodded helplessly, the scene was silent in grief.

"My lord, my lord..." A soldier yelled outside the county office regardless of etiquette at this time.

Being interrupted by someone, Ji Ning said displeasedly, "Who is making noise outside?"

"My lord, it's a soldier. He said that outside the south city, a group of people came and said they were imperial envoys for disaster relief. I hope your lord will go to meet him immediately." A yamen servant responded.

"Why did you report such an important matter now." Ji Ning frowned and said angrily.

The yamen servant immediately put on a weeping face, and said aggrievedly: "My lord, no, you didn't say that you are not allowed to disturb you with big things?"

"you……"

Seeing that Ji Ning was about to deliver the goods, Ji Ming quickly stopped him: "My lord, let's meet the imperial envoy as soon as possible, don't delay because of this trivial matter."

"You're right, let's go quickly." Ji Ning walked first after finishing speaking.

Ji Ming shook his head and looked at Ji Ning who was walking in front, followed him, and the rest of the officials also followed.He knew that his eldest brother's character was frizzy and irritable.

Wang Pingan and others came outside the city of Bianzhou and saw tens of thousands of disaster victims lying on the ground lazily basking in the sun, ignoring the flies and mosquitoes flying around them, and they were not angry at all, regardless of the elderly, children, or adults. They were all pissed off.

"Uncle Du, it can't be done. After the catastrophe, the people seem to have lost the courage to live. Is this difficult?" Wang Pingan said with a frown.

Du Ruhui said: "Who says it's not? They seem to be suppressing their emotions. If they are not allowed to explode, they may remain depressed. It's really difficult!"

Li Chengqian looked at these victims, his nose turned sour, and begged Wang Pingan: "Ping An, you are usually the one who can do the most, you should quickly think of a way to save these people."

Wang Pingan closed his eyes and began to think about how in the later life he could make a suppressed emotion explode.

(End of this chapter)