V3.Chapter 121

Xiao Xiang imitated Tang Yin and went to linqiao county to relieve the disaster. Although Tang Yin was one step ahead, Xiao Xiang brought a uniform cavalry team, which was 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 Zhendi. From west to East, it not only crosses Zhendi, but also flows through Chuandi. It also passes through the whole Chuandi, and finally flows into the sea in the east of Chuandi.

In Zhendi, it is called Jishui, while in Chuandi, it is called Tianjiang. The Tianshang canal built by the state of Sichuan now connects it with the Shangjiang River, hoping to introduce the water of the Tianjiang river that has been flooding for many years into the drying up Shangjiang river.

During the flood season, many places in Zhendi were affected, and the two most serious counties were Heping County under Feng and linqiao county directly under the imperial court.

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

After entering Heping County, there were more people fleeing in groups, with families and families. It's a little reassuring that there was such a big disaster in the local area, but there was no scene of corpses everywhere. Although the people were yellow and skinny, they didn't see anyone who was dying of hunger or even starved to death.

The county city of Heping County is Xiucheng, which can't pass now. Xiucheng has long been flooded into a water city. At present, the only city in Heping County that hasn't been affected is Zhengyang.

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

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

As for the officials who have not come to Zhenfeng County after the occupation of Zhenfeng County, or the officials who have not come to Zhenfeng county have not been replaced immediately.

Ming knows that his position as the head of the county is only a temporary name, but Yao Li still respects Tang Yin. After all, He Ping county has now belonged to the Feng state, and Tang Yin, the king of Feng, is also his king. This time, the king of Feng can come to the disaster relief in person, which makes Yao Li admire him.

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 walked close to Yao Li. First, he looked at him carefully.

He has heard of Yao Li and knows that this man is very powerful. When the state of Zhen was still there, he was the head of Heping County. Then the state of Zhen was annexed by the state of Sichuan, and he was dismissed from office. However, it was only more than three months later that the state of Sichuan hired him again, but his position was downgraded from the head of the county to the deputy head of the county. Later, Li Shu rebelled, beat away the people of Sichuan and recovered the country of Zhen. At that time, many county heads and county capitals in Zhendi were beheaded and displayed in public, but Yao Li was not affected. Instead, he was promoted to the head of Heping County. Now, Li Shu is destroyed, Heping County belongs to the country of Feng, and he is still the head of Heping County. Speaking of it, Yao Li has experienced several dynasty changes, and he has been sitting firmly at the head of the county, from which we can naturally see his excellence.

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

"Thank you, king!" Yao Li answered and stood up.

King? The call is quite smooth! In Yao Li, Tang Yin didn't see the indomitable spirit of Zhen people. Based on this alone, Tang Yin's impression of Yao Li was very poor.

Heping County changed from Zhen to Chuan, then back to Zhen, and then into the current Feng. After so many changes of dynasties, Yao Li was not affected at all, which shows that he is also a typical wallflower with two sides.

After Yao left and stood up, Tang Yin asked casually, "I don't know where Lord Yao has been the head of Pingjun for many years?"

Yao Li was stunned, and then said carefully, "tell the king that Wei Chen has been the head of Heping County for 13 years!"

"Thirteen years?!" Tang Yin looked at him with some surprise. Yao Li was only in his forties. In this way, he was the head of a county in his twenties, but he didn't get any promotion in the past ten years. It's also very interesting.

"How many floods have Heping County suffered in the past 13 years?" he asked

Yao Li sighed and said, "once every two or three years."

"It will be affected once every two or three years, and Lord Yao hasn't managed it once in his first thirteen years as a county?" Tang Yin raised her eyebrows and said, "thirteen years is not enough for Lord Yao to build a strong dam along the Bank of Jishui?"

"The king doesn't know!" Without waiting for Yao Li to speak, an official came forward, bowed his hand and said, "there are no mountains in Heping County, the soil is loose, and there is no place for quarrying. It is really impossible to build a dam."

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

The official frowned, lowered his head and whispered, "it also needs manpower and money to quarry in other counties!"

"What do you mean?" Although the official's voice was low, Tang Yin still heard it clearly, his eyes were shining and stared at him coldly.

Yao Li waved to him in the dark and motioned him not to talk much, but the official pretended not to see it and crossed his heart, To Tang Yin "For a long time, no matter which country the county belongs to, the court only asks for money and food from the county, but never supplies money and food. But how much manpower and money can a county do to build a dam along the Jishui river? Besides, the county is suffering from many disasters and difficulties, and has long been weak. If Lord Yao had not been supporting hard these years, He Ping county would have been better off I'm afraid the people have long died, and Heping County has long become a barren land! Since the king claims to be a wise king, I hope the king can save Heping County and hundreds of thousands of people in the whole county... "

"Bold!" Before he finished, ah San and ah Si standing around Tang Yin stopped drinking in unison. Then, ah San shouted to the bodyguards behind him: "this man dares to disrespect the king, take it immediately!"

The four words "boasting of being a wise gentleman" alone are enough to make the official lose his head.

With the order of ah San, the bodyguards behind immediately stepped forward and pressed the official directly to the ground.

Seeing this, Yao Li's face changed greatly and hurriedly explained to Tang Yin: "Your Majesty, Lord Hu is just angry for a moment. If you make a mistake and are rude, please forgive me!"

Although the official was held down by the bodyguard, he looked fearless and shouted: "Ming Jun will not kill Zhongliang, Ming Jun will not indiscriminately kill loyal officials -"

Tang Yin looked at Yao Li and then at the official. He smiled calmly, waved his hand slightly, and then turned back to the carriage without saying anything.

Seeing Tang Yin's gesture, the bodyguards let the official go, and then returned to the carriage one after another.

Yao Li wiped a cold sweat on one side, and at the same time, he was secretly relieved. He was going to step aside and let Tang Yin's carriage go forward. Tang Yin, who was already sitting in the car, suddenly said, "Lord Yao, get in the car and sit down."

Unexpectedly, Tang Yin would invite himself to take the same car. Yao Li was surprised and surprised. He was stunned for a long time before he came back to his senses, and then hurried into the carriage.

Tang Yin is the king of the country. Naturally, his carriage is not comparable to 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 asked about the current situation of Heping County. Yao Li answered one by one and told Tang Yin the situation of Heping County in detail.

At present, most of Heping County has been flooded, and only the high-lying areas in the north have not been affected by the flood for the time being, but it still depends on the situation in the upper reaches of the seasonal water. If there is a continuous rainstorm, I'm afraid even Zhengyang city will not be spared. Not only the whole area of Heping County will suffer, but also the neighboring counties and counties will be affected.

After hearing Yao Li's introduction, Tang Yin frowned and pondered for a moment. He said, "along the way, I didn't see people starving to death. It seems that Heping County has sufficient food reserves!"

Yao Li said with a wry smile: "king, over the years, Weichen has been unable to control the flood of seasonal water and can only work on grain storage. However, this time, thanks to the king's timely arrival, otherwise, I'm afraid a large number of people will really starve to death."

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

"There are no particles left." Yao Li hung his head and replied, "after hearing that the king was close to Heping County, Wei Chen distributed the last grain in the granary."

Tang Yin laughed and asked, "if there is an accident on the road and you are delayed for several days, won't you, Lord Yao, be hungry?"

"Weichen is the head of the county and the parent of the people in the county. He should share weal and woe with the people!" Yao Lizheng replied.

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

Yao Li was stunned for a moment before he realized that Tang Yin was asking linqiao county. He shook his head and said, "the disaster situation in linqiao county is almost the same as that in this county, but the food for disaster relief has not been delivered yet. It is said that many people in linqiao county have starved to death."

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

Yao sighed and said, "the king is right. The king of Sichuan has indeed ordered the transfer of grain from Sichuan for disaster relief, but what the king and the king of Sichuan don't know is that it's difficult to transfer grain from Sichuan!"

Tang Yin was stunned and looked at Yao Li puzzled. It's understandable to say that Zhendi is poor and there are not many grain reserves everywhere, so it's impossible to collect and transfer disaster relief grain. But Sichuan is fertile and has more grain reserves than Fengguo. How can it be impossible to transfer grain?

Seeing his doubts, Yao Li explained: "Last time, Zhen army invaded Sichuan and attacked Zhaoyang by burning, killing and looting all the way. I don't know how many innocent people in Sichuan were killed along the way. Zhen people hate the people in Sichuan, but now the people in Sichuan also hate the people in Sichuan. In this case, it's not easy to enlist food from Sichuan to save Zhen people! Even if enough food can be enlisted, I'm afraid they haven't gone out of Sichuan yet The food on the way was robbed and burned up by the Sichuan people full of hatred! "