The first stop of Xia Xun and his entourage was Suzhou Mansion, as soon as they passed Changzhou, they had to abandon the horse and board the boat, and went down by boat, which was close to the waters of Taihu Lake, and Taihu Lake had already been filled by God, the water spread out, the whole Taihu Lake seemed to have doubled the area, Xia Xun and Xia Yuanji They took the boat was not small, and the boat carrying the rice grain donated by the prince Zhu Gaosui and a part of the gentry of Jinling had a deeper draft, and it was actually free to move on the water surface that was originally land.
The farther the ship went, the more it could see.
Some of the large trees that had been flooded, with their verdant tops still left, swaying gently in the muddy floodwaters, and some of the houses and buildings, all of which were completely submerged by the flood, with only a few roof tiles showing out on the water.
These houses that have not collapsed are all houses built by large families, the construction quality is very good, the eaves are different, and they are extremely magnificent, and now they loom on the water, but they are even more desolate in the eyes of people.
This is a low-lying area, the high-lying places have been slightly better with the reduction of rain in the past few days, some areas have exposed muddy ground, but the low-lying areas are miserable, the flood is too big, the water flooded down at once, washed away many houses and buildings, the mud and sand are all down, some rivers are blocked, the water can not be discharged, this should only point to the sun to evaporate, I am afraid not to wait until the year of the monkey.
Seeing this scene, they expected that most of the rivers were blocked and the stagnant water could not be discharged, so they discussed that after arriving at the place, while releasing grain for disaster relief, they had to quickly organize people to dredge the river, discharge the stagnant water into the big rivers as soon as possible, and then introduce it into the East China Sea, otherwise the longer the water accumulates, the greater the disaster will be to the place.
Xia Xun and Xia Yuanji and others stood at the bow of the boat, while looking at the flood situation, while studying the corresponding countermeasures, unconsciously, the boat entered the area where the water was more serious, the terrain here was originally the lowest, after the water rushed in, there was no smooth passage to the downstream as soon as possible, and many debris and corpses were accumulated in this water.
Looking down, in addition to weeds, firewood, dead trees, as well as tables, chairs, stools, pot lids and other household items, the dead pig and dead cow after being soaked in water swelled carcass to a very large size, looking at the soaked bulging livestock carcass, it is really worried that it will explode with a "bang" and splash people with filth.
If the water is only the corpses of livestock, it is just that, but the turbid current is tumbling and rolling, there are many human corpses, from time to time there will be some men, women and children's corpses, some are full of filth, and they can't see what it is until they are close.
Even Xia Xun, who had experienced battlefield battles and had been stained with human lives under his subordinates, couldn't bear to see such a situation, seeing the pale appearance of the adults, Xia Xun felt the same way, so he thoughtfully ordered everyone to rest for a while, and several adults immediately turned around and ran into the cabin as if they had been pardoned, and never dared to take another look.
Xia Xun glanced at the water again with a heavy heart, just as the turbidity was surging, and a female corpse was turned over, looking at the black hair, it should be a young woman, and her family background is quite good from the clothes, as for the beauty and ugliness, it can't be determined, the corpse has been soaked in water until now, and its shape makes people just want to have nightmares, and it has absolutely nothing to do with beauty and ugliness.
Behind the fleet, a large number of bamboo rafts were coming down the river, which were recruited from Jinling and along the road, and they formed a salvage team to salvage the carcasses of people and animals, so as not to further deteriorate the water source, and at the same time to allow the dead to rest in peace.
But the corpse that cannot be put into the earth is cremated, so that it may not spread the plague.
These corpses will be dealt with by the salvage team behind Xia Xun sighed gloomily and turned back to the cabin.
Lao Peng has lived in Liaodong for a long time, and he has never seen such a big flood, Rao is his surname is fierce and fierce, he doesn't blink his eyes when he kills people, and he can't stand such a scene, as soon as he saw the adults enter the cabin, he pinched his nose and slipped into the cabin.
There are many officials and officials traveling with the boat, Xia Xun, Xia Yuanji and several other adults are responsible for the overall command of the disaster relief, of course, someone has to do the specific matters, many yamen of the local government have become crystal palaces, and the officials in the yazhong are washed away by the water and do not know where to go, so they also transferred many lowly young officials and officials from various yamen in Beijing to be responsible for specific disaster relief affairs.
These people also watched the situation in the water from the boat, but the lords stood at the bow of the boat, and they consciously gave way to the sides or the stern of the boat.
After Xia Xun and Xia Yuanji and others entered the cabin, some officials felt uncomfortable when they saw the tragic situation, and when they saw the adults entering the cabin, they also went back separately, and some of them had tougher nerves, but they were still standing on the side of the boat and watching.
"I was very familiar with this place, but at this glance, I didn't know it at all."
Standing on the side of the ship, excitedly watching the hellish situation after the catastrophe, it was a warehouse manager from the eighth grade of the household department, named Hua Starling.
Director Hua looked at the water, and suddenly pointed to a place and said urgently: "Oh, Brother Li, look, look there, there is a pregnant woman there, one corpse and two lives, it's really miserable."
Looking at his smack and shaking his head constantly, it seemed to be quite pity, but looking at the look on his face, he was only curiously excited.
The big boat sailed by, and the gentle water surged, pushing the half-sinking and half-floating corpse on its side into a body lying on its back on the water, with its swollen belly standing high, Hua Xing looked at it fixedly, and couldn't help but be deflated: "Oh, it turned out to be a man, and he was still a fat man, and he was gone."
Even though the officials usually do not talk about loving the people like sons, most of them have a hidden heart when they see this tragic situation, but they are pointing fingers and talking loudly, which makes people look sideways.
If there is an official who is two or three grades higher than him, he will be scolded at this time, and he will be told to get into the cabin.
However, these left and right are officials of similar grade to him, and even if others are dissatisfied, they only glance at him coldly, too lazy to entangle with him, and make enemies for no reason.
This starling was unaware of the gaze of others, and still looked around.
Suddenly, he screamed in surprise, grabbed the sleeve of another official next to him tightly with one hand, leaned out of the side of the boat, pointed forward with the other hand, and said to the colleague: "Brother Li, have you seen it, look at the spire on the water, it is the Wanghu Tower, haha, I finally recognize it."
At the beginning, I was ordered by the ministry to go to this area to inspect the account books, and I once climbed this tower, so I remember it very clearly.
That's right, this is the Wanghu Tower, tsk, although the tower is only three floors, but it is not short, and now I only see the spire, it is really " The brother Li who was standing with him had already been fidgeting with the cold and contemptuous gazes of the officials around him, and he reluctantly smiled: "Ah, Brother Hua, the wind is strong on the bow of the ship, and my brother feels a little uncomfortable, let's go to the cabin to rest." ” Hua Starling was on the rise, where was he willing to go, he hurriedly grabbed him and said: "Hey, Brother Li's words are wrong, such a flood, it is rare in a hundred and ten years, you are so big, have you seen such a spectacular scene, and then look, there will be no such shop in this village." ” People and animals drifting, floating corpses cover the water, such a tragic appearance saw his mouth, it has become a rare spectacular scene in a hundred years, some older officials can't help but change color, look at this kind of "scenery" actually look at the interest, this person is dressed in a human skin in vain, but a pair of hearts and intestines But everyone didn't speak, even the people who really couldn't hold back and wanted to refute him didn't speak, because they suddenly found that there were already three people standing behind them: Fu Guogong, Xia Shilang, and Yu Imperial Envoy.
The reaction of the people around him was quickly felt by Hua Starling, and he turned around in a hurry, and saw the three adults standing there with calm faces, Hua Starling and Na Li hurriedly saluted: "I have seen an adult" said in his mouth, and Hua Starling seemed to feel that he had just lost his words, his eyes were purring, and he wanted to pretend to be sad and pitiful, but it was not good to let the change of face be too abrupt.
Xia Xun glared at him and said slowly: "When my country's public was in Liaodong, in the middle of winter, there was a heavy snowfall.
When I walked to a tavern, I saw three people sitting inside, scalding wine, eating food, and enjoying the snow."
The officials of the four places, including the servants of the ship, quietly gathered over, and Hua Xing didn't understand why the prince suddenly told the story, blinked, and was busy concentrating.
Xia Xun said: "Those three drinkers are a showman, a county magistrate, and a rich gentleman.
Seeing that the snow was all over the sky, it was very spectacular, and the talent was full of poetry, so he proposed to chant a word and make up a poem.
Xiucai said first, and then said: Heavy snow has fallen" The officials who listened to him tell stories next to him, even if they were petty officials, were all people like people, full of poetry and books, and when they heard such mediocre verses, they couldn't help snickering secretly: "I heard that in order to promote the culture and education of Liaodong, the Guogong has relaxed restrictions on the admission of Liaodong Xiucai, and sure enough, the poems chanted by this Liaodong Xiucai are not much better than what the schoolchildren in my private school in the countryside here."
Xia Xun said: "The county order arched his hand to the sky, and complimented: This is the royal weather, the rich man is very interested when he sees the show, and the county master is also happy, so he hurriedly stammered and said: Why not go down for three years?"
Xia Xun paused when he said this, and then said: "There is a peasant on the street wearing a thin winter coat, hurrying by with his hands on his sleeves, and when he heard this man singing, he stopped and took a poem, guess what he was receiving."
Director Li was stunned and said, "What kind of poetry can a farmer chant about?"
Xia Xun said seriously: "Wrong, very wrong, the poems chanted by these three people are mediocre, and it all depends on this farmer to finish with the finishing touch, and the whole poem is suddenly aura."
Hua starling said in surprise: "I just don't know what the poem is that this farmer chanted."
Xia Xun glared at him and said, "This farmer said: Let your mother's bullshit go" Hua Xing's face suddenly turned eggplant-colored, and he was almost ashamed of himself.
Xia Xun coldly swept away the officials, and said in a deep voice: "Gentlemen, you and I are ordered to shake the disaster, not to give a few grains of rice, to pretend to be the people's reborn parents to come from the people's fat and people's ointment, take it from the people, you and I eat and wear, all of them are taken from use, the people are you and my food and clothing parents This disaster relief, we must carry the people in our hearts, think about what the people think, worry about the people's worries, do things carefully, and do not chill the hearts of the people."
Xia Xun said and walked away.
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Xia Yuanji said to Hua Xing with a cold face: "You can go home, the court can't afford people like you" Hua Starling's face was like dust, and as soon as his knees were weak, he knelt down.
To be continued: