Chapter 2006

Xiao Xiang followed Tang Yin's example and went to the disaster stricken linqiao County in person. Although Tang Yin was the first to take the lead, Xiao Xiang brought a uniform cavalry team, much faster than Tang Yin's team.

When Tang Yin arrived at Heping County, it was more than half a month later.

Jishui is the largest river in the territory of Zhendi. From west to East, it not only crosses Zhendi, but also flows through Sichuan, also passes through the whole Sichuan area, and finally flows into the sea in the east of Sichuan.

In Zhendi, it is called Jishui, while in Sichuan, it is called Tianjiang. The TianShang Grand Canal built by Sichuan now connects it with Shangjiang river. It is intended to introduce the water from Tianjiang river which has been inundated for a long time into the increasingly dried up Shangjiang river.

The flooding caused many disasters in Zhendi. Among them, the two most serious counties are Heping County, which belongs to Feng family, and linqiao County, which is directly under the imperial court.

Before he entered Heping County, Tang Yin could feel the severity of the disaster. All the people he met along the way were refugees.

After entering the territory of Heping County, there were more people fleeing in groups and with their families. What makes people feel a little relieved is that there is no scene of corpse and death everywhere in the local disaster. Although the people are pale and thin, they have not seen anyone dying of hunger or even starvation.

The county city of Heping County is Xiucheng, which can't pass now. Xiucheng has been flooded into a water city for a long time. At present, Zhengyang is the only city not affected by the flood.

Zhengyang is located in the north of Heping County, and the terrain is relatively high, which can be regarded as having escaped this disaster. The head of the county and even the officials of the whole county are now gathered in Zhengyang city.

When Tang Yin came to Zhengyang with the grain team, county head Yao Li and his officials went out of the city to greet him.

Yao Li was a Zhen man, and all the officials below were Zhen people. After the Feng army occupied Heping County, they just wiped out the Zhen army here. As for the local officials, they did not immediately replace them, or Fengguo did not have time to replace the local officials in Zhendi.

Knowing that he was the head of the county for the time being, Yao Li still respected Tang Yin very much. After all, He Ping county has already belonged to Fengguo, and Tang Yin, the king of wind, is also his king. Moreover, Yao Li also admired him for his ability to come to the disaster relief in person.

After seeing Tang Yin, officials headed by Yao Li knelt down and kowtowed one after another. Tang Yin came out of the carriage and looked out. Well, he knelt down in front of him. He jumped out of the carriage and went to Yao Li. He looked him carefully first.

He had heard of Yao Li and knew that he was very good. At that time, when the state of Zhen was still in existence, he was the head of the county of Heping. Later, when the state of Zhen was annexed by the state of Sichuan, he was dismissed. However, after more than three months, the state of Sichuan re employed him, but his position was lowered to a lower level, from the head of the county to the deputy head of the county. Later, Li Shu rebelled, beat away the people of Sichuan, and restored the state of Zhen. At that time, many county heads and county capitals in Zhendi were beheaded for public display, but Yao Li was not affected. Instead, he was promoted to the head of Heping County. Now, Li Shu is destroyed, and He Ping county belongs to Fengguo. He is still the head of Heping County. Speaking of Yao Li, he has experienced several changes of dynasties, and he has been sitting steadily at the head of the county. Naturally, we can see his excellence.

Looking at the legendary Yao for a long time, Tang Yincai said slowly, "Mr. Yao, get up and talk!"

Thank you Yao left and stood up.

King? It's a good call! In Yao Li's body, Tang Yin didn't see a little bit of the unyielding spirit of Zhen people. By this alone, Tang Yin had a very bad impression of Yao Li.

He Ping Jun changed from Zhen to Chuan, then back to Zhen, and then to Feng. After so many changes of dynasties, Yao Li was not affected at all, which shows that he is also a typical villain with two sides.

After Yao stood up and took shape, Tang Yin casually asked, "I wonder how many years has Lord Yao been the head of the county in Heping County?"

Yao left Leng Leng, and then cautiously said: "reply to the king, Wei Chen has been the head of the county for 13 years in Heping County!"

"Thirteen years?" Tang Yin looked at him in surprise. Yao Li was in his forties. In this way, he was already the head of a county in his twenties. However, more than a decade later, he did not get any promotion opportunities. This is also very interesting.

He asked again, "how many floods have He Ping county suffered in these 13 years?"

Yao from dark sigh, said: "every two or three years will be once."

"Every two or three years, the disaster will happen once. But in his first 13 years as a county, Lord Yao didn't manage it once?" Tang Yin raised his eyebrows and said, "is it not enough time for Mr. Yao to build a strong dike along the coast of Jishui in 13 years

"The king doesn't know something!" Without waiting for Yao Li to speak, an official came forward and bowed his hands and said, "there are no mountains in hoping county. The soil is loose and there is no place for quarrying. It is really impossible to build dams."

Tang Yin glanced at the official who helped Yao Li speak, chuckled and said, "there is no mountain in Heping County, and there is no place for quarrying. Is there no mountain and no place for quarrying in the whole Zhendi?"

The official locked his brow, lowered his head, and whispered, "if you go to other counties to collect stones, you also need manpower and money.""What do you mean?" Although the official's voice was small, Tang Yin could hear him clearly. His eyes were shining and staring at him coldly.

Yao Li secretly waved his hand to him to stop talking, but the official pretended that he didn't see it. He looked at Tang Yin and said, "all along, no matter which country the county belongs to, the court only asks for money from the county, but never supplies it. If we want to build dams along the coast of Jishui, how much manpower and money is needed, and how can it be a county Can you do it? What's more, the county is suffering from many disasters and has been very weak for a long time. If it hadn't been for Lord Yao's hard support these years, the people of Heping County would have died and He Ping county would have been barren! Since the king claims to be Mingjun, I hope he can save hundreds of thousands of people in Heping County and the whole county.... "

"Bold!" Before he had finished speaking, A-San and a-Si, who stood around Tang Yin, stopped drinking. Then, A-San said to the guards behind him: "this man dares to disrespect the king. Take it immediately!"

The four words "boasting oneself of being a wise monarch" are enough to make that official lose his head.

With the order of ah San, the bodyguards immediately stepped forward and could not help but press the official directly on the ground.

Seeing this, Yao Li's face changed greatly, and he quickly explained to Tang Yin: "king, Lord Hu is just angry for a moment. If there is something wrong and rude, please forgive me a lot!"

Although the official was held down by the bodyguards, he did not show any fear. He even yelled: "Mingjun doesn't kill Zhongliang, Mingjun doesn't kill loyal officials indiscriminately."

Tang Yin looks at Yao Li and then at the official. He smiles indifferently, waves his hand slightly, and then turns back to the carriage without saying anything.

Seeing Tang Yin's gesture, the guards let go of the official, and then they retreated to the carriage.

Yao Li on one side wiped a cold sweat, and at the same time, he was secretly relieved. He was about to step back and let Tang Yin's carriage move forward. Tang Yin, who was already in the car, suddenly said, "Mr. Yao, come and sit."

I didn't expect that Tang Yin would invite him to take the same bus. Yao Li was surprised and flattered. He was stunned for a long time before he regained consciousness, and then quickly got on the carriage.

Tang Yin is the king of the country. His carriage is not comparable to that of an ordinary carriage. There is a lot of space in it. Even if there are seven or eight people, it is more than enough.

On the way to the city, Tang Yin specially inquired about the current situation of He Ping county. Yao Li answered one by one and told Tang Yin about the situation of He Ping County in detail.

At present, most of Heping County has been inundated by floods. Only the higher places in the north have not been affected by the flood. However, it depends on the situation in the upper reaches of Jishui river. If the rainstorm continues to fall, even Zhengyang city will not be spared. Not only will the whole territory of Heping County suffer, but also the neighboring counties and counties.

After listening to Yao Li's introduction, Tang Yin frowned and pondered for a moment. He said, "along the way, I didn't see any people who died of starvation. It seems that the grain reserves of Heping County are very sufficient!"

Yao Li said with a wry smile: "king, over the past few years, Wei Chen has been unable to control the flooding of seasonal water, and can only work on grain storage. However, this time, thanks to the king's timely arrival, otherwise, I am afraid that a large number of people will be starved to death."

Tang Yin nodded and asked, "how many grain reserves are there now?"

"No particles left." Yao Li hung his head and said, "after hearing that the king has approached Heping County, Wei Chen has also distributed the last grain in the granary."

After hearing this, Tang Yin was dumbfounded and asked, "if an accident happens to my king on the way and you are delayed for a few days, won't your Lord Yao be hungry?"

"Wei Chen is the head of the county and the father and mother of the people in the county. He should share weal and woe with the people." Yao returned from the normal color.

Tang Yin took a deep look at him, and then he turned to him and asked, "what's the situation on the other side of the river now?"

Yao Li was stunned for a moment before he realized that Tang Yin was asking about linqiao county. He shook his head and said, "the disaster situation in linqiao county is similar to that in this county, but the food for disaster relief has not been delivered. It is said that many people in linqiao county have died of hunger."

Tang Yin rubbed his chin and murmured, "the king of Sichuan should have ordered the grain to be transported from Sichuan..."

Yao Li sighed and said, "the king is right. The king of Sichuan has indeed ordered grain transfer from Sichuan to relieve the disaster. However, what the king and the king of Sichuan don't know is that it is very difficult to transfer grain from Sichuan!"

Tang Yin was stunned and looked at Yao Li. It is understandable to say that the land is barren and the grain reserves in various regions are not large enough to collect relief food. However, the land in Sichuan is fertile and the grain storage is even more than that in Fengguo. How can we not transfer grain?

Seeing his doubts, Yao Li explained: "the last time the Zhen army invaded Sichuan, burning, killing and looting all the way to Zhaoyang, I don't know how many innocent Sichuan people were killed along the way. Zhen people hate Sichuan people to the bone, but now Sichuan people hate Zhen people to the bone. In this case, it's not easy to collect food from Sichuan to save Zhen people! Even if we can collect enough grain, I'm afraid that before we get out of Sichuan, we will be robbed and burned by the hatred filled Sichuan people along the way

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