Chapter 217: Refugees from Shuilong Country have to cross the river
Linyuan County is about 120 miles away from Ganyang City.
None of the 100 soldiers brought by Guanshanling rode horses, but ran behind the carriage.
The cavalry were assigned to other tasks, and for things like sending the prince out to play, they could complete the task by running behind.
Only Guanshanling and the 20 guards of the Ming King rode horses.
The carriage slowly moved along the country road, and farmers were seen busy in the fields.
Production has been restored, which is something everyone likes to see.
Life finally has hope.
We set out early in the morning and entered Linyuan County in the late afternoon.
Xie Wenyuan has been really worried these days.
It was not easy to control the epidemic, and today I feel a little relieved.
There is one good thing, his health is still good, he has been taking care of himself, and he has not been infected, which is his greatest comfort.
Otherwise, if he also fell, this Linyuan County would be without a backbone, and the people don’t know what will become of it.
He estimated that those who are capable would have to find a way to escape, so that the epidemic would spread more widely. He was scared just thinking about it.
Fortunately, the prince came quickly and calmed the people.
The prince was not afraid, and the people’s hearts were comforted.
The entire Linyuan County has a population of 30,000, and 1,200 people died. This is already the best data.
Linyuan County happens to border the Shuilong Kingdom. It was the Shuigan City of the Shuilong Kingdom that had an epidemic, and some people fled here, which led to the first outbreak of the epidemic in Linyuan County.
Until now, no one knows how this epidemic came about. He didn't even have time to check the news from Shuigan City.
Xie Wenyuan was about to leave the yamen when a yamen runner suddenly came running over.
"Sir, it's bad. Many people from the Water Dragon Kingdom have come to the border river. They are all sitting in small boats and want to go ashore."
"What?" Xie Wenyuan was shocked.
He organized the villagers to strictly guard that river and absolutely could not let the people from the Water Dragon Kingdom cross. They guarded it for twelve hours and patrolled along the river. Sometimes, General Guan's army would pass by and inspect from time to time.
The flames were finally controlled. At this time, it was estimated that many people in the Water Dragon Kingdom were infected with the disease. What would happen if they were allowed to cross the river?
"Sir, there are too many people. The villagers may not be able to control them." The yamen runner was very anxious. It was almost winter and he was sweating on his forehead.
"Let's go, take me to see."
The two rode quickly towards the border river.
But just after running out of the county, he saw a group of soldiers running towards him in neat steps, with a carriage in front.
Xie Wenyuan stopped and saw General Guan, whom he had met not long ago.
Guan Shanling also saw him and immediately rode forward.
"I have met General Guan." Xie Wenyuan's official position was much lower than Guan Shanling's.
"Sir Xie, are you here to pick up His Royal Highness the Ming King?" Guan Shanling was very surprised. Did the prince send someone to inform him in advance? He hadn't heard of it.
"His Royal Highness the Ming King?" Xie Wenyuan was a little confused.
"Brother Xie." At this time, Feng Tianxing's voice came. The carriage also came over. Feng Tianxing was the first to lift the curtain and saw that the person on the horse in front was Xie Wenyuan.
"Miss Feng? Why are you here?" He really didn't know that Feng Tianxing had come to Ganyang City.
He knew that the King Ming had come, and the people were all talking about it.
"I came here with His Royal Highness the King Ming. Are you here to pick me up?" Feng Tianxing asked with a smile.
At this time, Yun Ranqing also walked out of the carriage.
"I have seen His Royal Highness the King Ming. I have something urgent to deal with. You go to the county government and wait for a while. I will be back soon." After saying that, Xie Wenyuan bowed on the horse and rode away in a hurry, which shows how urgent the matter was.
"General Guan, follow me." Yun Ranqing also wanted to know what happened. A county lord was so anxious that he didn't even have time to care about the arrival of a prince like him.
More than a hundred people followed closely in the direction Xie Wenyuan went.
Xie Wenyuan went to the Liuqu River and saw villagers holding hoes and shovels and hitting the people of the Water Dragon Kingdom who wanted to go ashore, preventing them from going ashore.
"It's all because of you dogs from the Water Dragon Kingdom. If some of you hadn't escaped to our Linyuan County, we wouldn't have been infected. My father died because of you. I'm going to beat you to death."
A strong man was swinging a hoe with all his strength and cursing while hitting.
His father died in this plague, and he was so angry that he had no place to vent.
These people actually dared to escape to the Flame Kingdom.
"Please, let us go ashore. We are not infected with the plague. We are not sick. We just want to live. Too many people have died in Shuigan City. We don't want to die. Please, give us a chance to live." A woman begged bitterly.
"You are not sick yet. Who knows if you are carrying the plague? Get out of here quickly. If
you don't get out, be careful that my hoe will hit you to death." "Please, give us a chance to live. I am the only one left alive in my family." A young man begged. "
Master Xie is here." The yamen runner shouted, and everyone stopped moving.
Xie Wenyuan walked forward and saw more than a dozen small boats, each with four or five people.
They all looked like they were fleeing, and there were luggage on the boats.
"You are not the people of our Flame. You should go back. I believe your emperor will soon find a way to save you." Although Xie Wenyuan sympathized with them, they were not the people of his country, and it was not his responsibility to manage them. If he did, he would be suspected of collaborating with the enemy.
"Sir Xie, eighty years ago, our ancestors were all people of Flame. Now that you have a way to cure the plague, please save us. In the future, if we are willing to settle in Flame, we will be people of Flame." A man who looked a little older said.
"You should go back. After all, I am just a small county magistrate and can only protect the people of my county." How could Xie Wenyuan dare to let people enter the country privately, and the King Ming also came to Linyuan County.
Yun Ranqing and Feng Tianxing, who were standing not far away, looked at the people of Shuilong Country in front of them.
"Brother Ming Wang, many years ago, Shuigan City belonged to Yanyan Country?" Feng Tianxing looked at those poor people who wanted to survive, and an idea came to his mind.
"Yes, eighty years ago, the Shuilong Kingdom invaded our Yanyan and seized two cities, which are now Shuilong Kingdom's Shuigan City and Qingshui City. Shuigan City is less than a hundred miles from here, and Qingshui City is behind Shuigan City. At
that time, these two cities were populated, prosperous, and rich in products. Unfortunately, the border guards at that time colluded with the enemy and betrayed the country, causing Yanyan to lose these two cities.
So many years have passed, and there are still people who remember that their ancestors were Yanyan people."
As a prince, Yun Ranqing knew this history very well. This was also a major event that was considered shameful, so later kings would always use this history as a textbook to teach the princes.
"Brother Ming Wang, I have an idea, but I wonder if it's feasible?"
"What idea?"
"It's not certain yet. Can you agree to let the people go ashore? I want to ask them some questions to determine if it's feasible."
"Okay. General Guan, go tell Lord Xie to let the people go ashore." Yun Ranqing unconditionally supports Feng Tianxing.
Sister Feng always considers him when doing things, and she won't do anything rash.