After Shen Nian finished his meal, Xia Tian found him a set of clean clothes to change into before letting him out.
When he returned to the governor's office, he saw Lord Cao coming and Lord Wang also coming.
"Lord Shen!" The two of them greeted him quickly when they saw him coming.
At this time, neither of them went into the house, but stood in the yard.
Lord Cao was better, he must have changed his clothes. Lord Wang didn't even wear his official uniform, he just came in casual clothes, looking dusty.
"Are everything okay at home, my two adults?" Shen Nian asked when he saw them.
The earthquake took so long to come, it must have been quite serious!
"Oh, Governor, I almost didn't get to see you!" Lord Wang slapped his thigh in horror, and now he had lost all the dignity of a prefect.
The two looked at him, but before they could speak, Lord Wang began to speak. "You two gentlemen don't know how dangerous it was. If I hadn't gotten up at night, you wouldn't have seen me now."
Lord Wang looked terrified. "I just woke up when the little dog the women in my household kept barking outside the door. I was annoyed by the noise, so I went outside to chase it away. As soon as I stepped down the stairs, the house behind me collapsed! I was almost scared to death!"
As Lord Wang spoke, he kept patting his chest with his hands, as if he was very scared!
At that time, he was resting in his concubine's room. He felt the urge to urinate in the middle of the night, so he got up to relieve himself. If it weren't for the annoying barking of the puppy raised by his concubine outside the door, he would not have left the house. If he had not left the house, he would probably have been killed by the beam like his concubine.
Lord Wang was relieved but also a little sad. He had escaped, but his concubine would never wake up again.
Although she is just a concubine, she has been with him for several years, so there must be some feelings between them!
I didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, we would be separated forever!
As Lord Wang spoke, he wiped his eyes with his sleeve!
The puppy that saved his life was raised by his concubine!
After listening to what Lord Wang said, Shen Nian and Lord Cao kept nodding their heads. It was indeed almost there!
Lord Cao also felt the same way and was afraid at this moment. "Your humble servant is in the same situation as Lord Wang, but I am not as lucky as Lord Wang. Fortunately, the house is still strong. Only a corner collapsed, and we were not crushed by it all."
The room where Lord and Madam Cao slept only collapsed on the side not near the bed, which was a blessing in disguise.
When he and his wife realized what was happening, they hurried out to check on their family members.
Fortunately, although some people were injured, the masters were all alive and only a few servants died.
He waited until everything was settled in the mansion and it was daybreak before he remembered to visit the governor's office.
After listening to what the two said, Shen Nian saw that it was not a big deal, so he thought about quickly discussing a disaster relief plan for this serious earthquake situation.
Who knew that Lord Cao and Lord Wang would be like frightened birds at this moment, unwilling to come up with any ideas and just letting him make the decision.
Shen Nian was not polite anymore, as long as everyone obeyed his orders.
"I will first send someone to the capital to report to the emperor." Shen Nian cleared his throat lightly, and when the two nodded, he continued, "Then gather everyone you can and divide them into several groups to prepare..."
Seeing that the two had no objection, Shen Nian told them the process he had thought of.
The two of them nodded as they listened, "We will listen to the Governor."
Even Lord Cao, who often discussed issues with Shen Nian, felt that there was no problem.
Shen Nian was ready to execute this first!
But we don’t know how many people are there now?
"Mu Lin, go gather some men!"
This is all just empty talk!
Mu Lin responded and was about to leave when Chen Nian called out to him again, "Where's Lord Li?"
I haven’t seen anyone for half a day!
"Lord Li injured his waist and can't move at the moment!" Mu Lin replied respectfully.
He visited the homes of the three officials. Fortunately, the quality of the official's residence was pretty good. Although it did not collapse into ruins like the houses of ordinary people, it was half collapsed like the governor's residence.
Lord Li was not as lucky as Lord Cao and Lord Wang. He did not react in time and was injured in the waist by the fallen wood.
When he went in to find him, he kindly gave Lord Li two pills that his wife had given him!
Thinking that Lord Li has always followed his master's lead since his master came, he felt sympathy for him!
Lord Li was injured, so there was nothing they could do; the three of them had to take charge.
After Mu Lin gathered all the intact personnel, Chen Nian frowned when he saw that his subordinates were almost half less than usual!
It seems that the casualties this time are more serious than he imagined!
There is no other way. Although there are fewer people, there is still a lot to do, so we can only do our best!
Shen Nian assigned them tasks: those who rescued people rescued people, and those who built sheds built sheds.
He helped the people collect supplies. It was only because of Xia Tian's reminder that he was able to respond quickly.
"Master Cao, Master Wang, if we rescue this person, besides properly settling him down, the most important thing is to make sure he has food to eat."
Chen Nian was thinking about whether the government could take the lead in setting up the porridge stalls first, and then mobilize the wealthy families such as the merchants in Sangluo City to donate money and materials to deal with this disaster first!
"Lord Shen wants to open the granary to release grain?" Lord Cao pondered for a moment and understood the meaning of Shen Nian's words.
"Well, at least let them fill their stomachs first!" Shen Nian nodded.
Although the natural disaster in Linzhou has just passed and there is not much food in the granary, but it is better to save as much as possible than to do nothing and let the people wait to die!
"Okay, I agree!" Lord Cao immediately agreed after he understood it!
Although opening the granaries to release grain requires the approval of the imperial court, in this urgent matter, we have to make the necessary decisions and not care about anything else!
Besides, he knew Shen Nian, and he had a special relationship with the emperor, so he would be right as long as he followed the governor!
Lord Wang saw that two officials who were much higher in rank than him had agreed, so why would he disagree?
Naturally, I nodded as well!
Chen Nian arranged for people to go out of the city to see what the situation was like outside Sangluo City. Was the situation only so serious in Sangluo City? Or were they all shocked?
Lord Wang took his men to the granary to store grain and prepare to set up a porridge tent!
Lord Cao went to help rescue people.
Shen Nian temporarily stayed in the Governor's Office to command!
Just when he was thinking about donating money and food, he suddenly remembered that he didn't know what was happening to his maternal family, the Cui family.
Now he doesn't even have anyone to send out to check!
Shen Nian was anxious, wondering what had become of his grandparents, and his uncle's family.
Thinking about letting Mu Lin go and take a look first?
While he was still hesitating, Cui's uncle had already arrived at his house.
Xia Tian was stunned when he saw how exhausted Cui's uncle looked.
The usually serious and stern person walked in unkempt and anxious. Before she could say anything, Cui's uncle hurriedly asked, "Xia Xia, where is Chu Xuan? Is Chu Xuan okay?"
Only then did Xia Tian realize that Cui's uncle had come all the way here just to see if they were okay!
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