Chapter 291: Starving People Are as Fierce as Bandits
Earthquakes are truly extremely destructive and are extremely unpredictable and cannot be intervened upon.
Zhou Shaoyu took the lead to go to Xiliang to inform everyone to make preparations in advance. Xie Yanyan was in Chang'an County, organizing the rescue work in Chang'an County.
The earthquake began at 9:00 a.m. and the first wave of severe shaking soon occurred.
Then a second time in the afternoon and several times in the evening.
Each time the magnitude of the earthquake is not small.
The earthquake continued intermittently for seven or eight days.
Under the command of Zhang He and Xie Yanyan, the people in the western part of Chang'an County left their houses as soon as possible and lived in tents.
After two days of severe earthquakes, heavy snow and hail began to fall. Hurricanes carried snowflakes that made it impossible to open your eyes, and hail smashed the tents, making loud noises.
Xie Yanyan built steel rescue tents one by one, like houses, so that everyone could keep out the cold and avoid being frozen to death by the wind and snow.
The situation in Chang'an County quickly stabilized, and local officials were fully capable of organizing the victims to fight the disaster.
Because of the earthquake, almost all the houses in Liang and Guzang collapsed.
Only the rich and powerful could afford to live in large tiled houses and brick and stone houses, so the most serious casualties from the collapsed houses were not ordinary people, but the rich and powerful.
"Second brother, Zhang He, you must organize a rescue team to Xiliang as soon as possible."
Zhang He said: "Emperor Yan, the disaster in the whole Xiliang should be very serious. We are going to rescue them all the way? I am afraid we don't have enough manpower and supplies."
Xie Yanyan said: "Emperor Chen sent news that Suzhou is the worst hit, so let's go to Suzhou."
Zhang He said Suzhou is quite far away, and it is difficult to travel through deserts, Gobi deserts, mountains, and lakes.
Xie Yanyan said that he would go even if it was difficult to leave.
Zhang He took out the geomancy map, found the way to Suzhou, and discussed with Yushanhe, Xie Yong and others how to get there.
All of Xie Yong's experiences were firsts, but he had helped to deal with the changes in the Nu Kingdom, so he had gained experience.
Three teams were organized from various county offices, one for supplies, one for medical treatment, and one for search and rescue. Because everyone used the high-quality and high-yield seeds provided by Xie Yanyan this year, and also used chemical fertilizers, the yield had a qualitative leap, so it was not difficult to organize a rescue team.
After organizing a rescue team, they headed towards Suzhou in a mighty manner.
The journey was extremely dangerous, as we had to cross hundreds of miles of desert and the vast Gobi Desert under heavy snow, making it extremely dangerous.
Many people were unwilling to sign up, except Yu Shanhe who followed Xie Yong regardless of everything. Several county magistrates were cunning and made various excuses.
Xie Yanyan didn't say anything. She didn't have free hands now. If she had free hands, then these people could go home and hug their children.
"Emperor Yan!" Xie Lingyu ran to the government office from outside and said, "More than a dozen people came and said they were willing to donate money and materials."
When Xie Yanyan came out and saw it, he couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips slightly.
I met Zhou Qi, the president of the Three Elders Association of Jingshan County, when I was helping with the locust disaster.
He and the old presidents of the county elders' associations in Pingliang, Tingquan, Longde and Huining came with their children and grandchildren, pulling grain carts.
When Zhou Qi saw Xie Yanyan, he was so excited that he knelt down and kowtowed without saying a word: "Emperor Yan!"
He was so excited. The two princes who had given them relief food were actually Emperor Yan and Emperor Chen. My God, the one that their family tree should be grateful to for generations was their Majesty!
"Emperor Yan, the high-yield seeds and fertilizers you gave us have resulted in a bumper harvest in the fields. These grains are a token of our appreciation."
They were escorting a grain caravan and various medicinal materials, totaling more than fifty carts.
Xie Yanyan was very moved and personally helped Zhou Qi up: "Mr. Zhou, you are still so dedicated to the country and the people. I am very moved."
Zhou Qi knelt down again to express his gratitude.
After a few brief words, Zhou Qi heard that King Xiping and Emperor Yan had stabilized the disaster area in Chang'an County and were preparing to go to Suzhou for disaster relief.
I immediately understood what Xie Yanyan and Zhou Shaoyu meant.
Xiliang rebelled just before, and this time there was a natural disaster. I am afraid that the two Majesties are going to win over the hearts of the people and take the opportunity to take control of the vast Liang Kingdom.
He immediately said, "If your majesty does not mind, let my grandson Zhou Zhiquan go with your majesty to provide disaster relief. He is the young patriarch of the Zhou family, 20 years old this year, and was recommended as a scholar in Jingshan County four years ago."
There is no imperial examination now, but if you can be recommended as a scholar, you will be qualified to become an official.
Xie Yanyan looked at Zhou Zhiquan's righteousness and nodded to accept it.
Zhou Zhiquan immediately knelt down and kowtowed to express his gratitude, saying that he would definitely follow his orders.
Zhang Shaoqing, the chairman of the Three Elders Association of Pingliang County, also knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "My son Zhang Jinglu is the patriarch of the Zhang family and I am willing to obey your majesty's orders."
Xie Yanyan also accepted it.
Several others also wanted to go together, but Xie Yanyan waved his hand and said, "You don't have to go with us. Go back and support the rescue work in the local county."
In the end, Zhou Zhiquan was assigned to be the leader of the supply team, and Zhou Jiajun was assigned to the rescue team. Zhou Shui took 1,000 members of Zhou Jiajun with him.
The medical team is led by Chen Ruanruan and Chen Chengyan.
Xie Anfeng did not go this time, but stayed in the disaster area of Chang'an County to handle daily affairs.
It took them almost a month to reach Suzhou.
Xie Yanyan had never been to Suzhou, but from the collapsed houses and ruins, it could be inferred that it was a relatively prosperous place. It was not as wealthy as Chang'an, but its area was much larger than Chang'an.
As soon as they appeared at the border of Suzhou, before they could react, countless people rushed up and frantically snatched the supplies from the car.
Commanding, beating and scolding are completely useless.
Zhou Zhiquan, who was in charge of supplies, said to them: "Don't rush to grab them."
The volunteer who was driving the horse-drawn carriage was pushed aside by everyone and was pulled out and thrown aside. Someone took a kitchen knife and cut the horse's reins and led the horse away.
Those were not soldiers, but ordinary people, holding sticks or kitchen knives, or all kinds of strange weapons. The volunteers who were driving immediately fled.
They robbed everything, including cars, horses, food, medicinal materials, and even the tents brought by Xie Yanyan and Xie Yong.
Everyone was stunned.
They risked their lives and came from thousands of miles away to provide disaster relief, but without saying a word, they were robbed the moment they showed up.
"Your Majesty." Zhou Shui drew his sword.
"No need, tell them to grab it."
Xie Yanyan's face turned black. These people were so hungry that they had lost their rationality.
Just as she frowned, she saw a group of women in tattered clothes. When they came over, they found that all the things in the car had been looted, so they came to Xie Yanyan and cried.
"Please give us something to eat. The child is dying. Please."
Xie Yanyan pointed at the cars and said, "They were originally here for rescue, but they were all snatched away in an instant."
Yu Shanhe asked angrily, "Where is your county governor?"
"At the Garrison on the City Wall"
Xie Yanyan said to Yu Shanhe and the others, "Let's go and find the county governor."
The woman said, "You can't leave. I showed you the way, but you must give me food."
Xie Yanyan looked at her and said coldly: "The things were taken away by you, they are gone."
"Well, take off your coat and give it to me?"
The other women quickly lined up and told Xie Yanyan that he must pay them.
Yushanhe frowned and said to Zhoushui, "Kill him."
Zhou Shui walked over and stabbed him to death with a sword without saying a word.
The women screamed, and Zhou Shui looked at them and said, "I'm not killing you because I'm afraid of you. I was trying to save you. If you don't know what's good for you, I'll kill you all."
Several women ran away quickly.
They walked towards the city for several more hours before they found Suzhou City. Because of the earthquake, the city wall had almost collapsed and almost all the houses in the city were reduced to ruins.
Outside the garrison wall, everyone saw the more than 100 grain carts that had just been stolen!
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