After Zhou Zheng just finished investigating the case of Seven Star City, Li Lu did not let him immediately return to the broken leaves, but continued to inspect the northern cities, he asked Zhou Zheng to just rectify the officialdom, Comrade Xiao Zhou has always been conscientious, so after receiving the order, he inspected the cities non-stop, and investigated and dealt with a group of corrupt officials and corrupt officials, during this period he used carrier pigeons to report to Li Lu every day what he saw, and at the same time as reporting his work, he also wrote some interesting things he saw to Li Lu.After Li Lu finished handling his official duties, he asked people to get Zhou Zhenggang's letter today, he wanted to see what interesting things Zhou Zhenggang had seen, and he was so happy.When he saw the interesting things written in Zhou Zhenggang's letter, Li Lu's brows furrowed, could it be that there was a corrupt official like Sun Tianyuan again?
It's really not, Zhou Zhenggang wrote in a letter to Li Lu that he saw a swarm of rats fleeing in a hurry on the outskirts of the city of Yile, and more than a hundred weasels were also wailing and running around.When he went to inspect the Yibohai (Lake Balkhash), where the river flows into the Ire, he found that the fish in the lake were floating to the surface of the water, jumping in groups, some of them with their tails upside down and falling on the water, spinning like spinning tops; On the surface of the lake near the mouth of the Ilie River, schools of small fish swim around rapidly, and barracudas, catfish, and perch float up one after another, making them easy to catch.Flocks of jingjing, butterflies, locusts, cicadas, moles, and sparrows flew on the fishing boats, caught and driven away by people, and none of them flew up.On the outskirts of the city of Ireh, hundreds of bats were seen flying in the air in broad daylight.And according to Zhou Zhenggang, some people in the city of Ile domesticated dogs, cats, and even ducks tried to pull their owners out of the house.The chickens in the chicken farm screamed and flew away, the livestock in the pasture were terrified, and the mules and horses broke free from the reins and escaped from the stables, Zhou Zhenggang didn't know what was going on, because the carrier pigeons couldn't land, so he just used the post road to send the message urgently.Li Lu saw it and felt that the cold hair was about to stand up, "My God, this is going to be an earthquake......
Thinking of this, Li Lu stood up and immediately wrote a warrant, asking for 800 miles to be expedited and sent to Zhou Zhenggang, and at the same time Li Lu called his henchmen and asked them to prepare for earthquake relief, according to Li Lu's requirements, the British army entered a state of first-class combat readiness......
After the messenger ran and killed two good horses, he finally delivered the letter to Zhou Zhenggang, when Zhou Zhenggang saw Li Lu, he was so frightened that his soul did not possess his body, he hurriedly called the military and political officials of the city of Ile, and conveyed Li Lu's will, although everyone did not believe that there was an earthquake, but out of superstition about Li Lu, and this was Li Lu's order, they took action to persuade the people to leave their places for a while according to Li Lu's will.But the people did not understand the good intentions of the government, many people still thought that the government was fighting their family property, they refused to obey the orders of the government, and finally the officials had no choice but to carry out Li Lu's will, and the people reluctantly followed the officials of the government out of their houses and went to the grassland outside the city to gather, although most of the people obeyed Li Lu's will, but there are still a very small number of people who are either reluctant to their own family business, or simply do not take Li Lu's orders seriously, They stubbornly insisted on not being in their own house, and some people laughed at others for being fools....... who was the fool in the end, it was soon revealed, when Zhou Zhenggang saw that the people were driven out of the city, he was very pleased, he asked Kang Nanhua, the prefect of Ili on the side, "Nanhua, have the people come out?"
”"Hey, Brother Zhou, we were scolded miserably by the people......
Most of them have come out, and only a very small number of people would rather die in front of us than leave their homes....."
Kang Nanhua looked helpless, "If there is an earthquake, it's okay, if there is no earthquake, even if there is His Majesty's will, this forced removal will become a stain on you and me......"
Before Kang Nanhua finished speaking, he felt that the earth began to shake, and almost in an instant, Kang Nanhua shouted heartbreakingly, "Go to the open grassland......
Don't get ..... in a pile" He was sad and happy in his heart, sad that the city of Ire, which he had ruled for three years, had become a ruin almost instantly, and he was happy that he had obeyed Li Lu's instructions and did his best to save the people.Almost instantly, people felt the ground shake, and in an instant houses collapsed and roads cracked; The people who were driven out of the city were very resentful at first, but when they turned back, they were surprised to find that the city of Ile where they lived did not exist, thinking that when the British soldiers persuaded them before, many people scolded and even beat those soldiers, and they were ashamed in their hearts, and after a while, an old man knelt down in the direction of the broken leaf, "Your Majesty, you are indeed a god living in the world, if you hadn't reminded us, we would ......"
This old man is a Persian, He believes in Mazdak, the Mazdaq sect calls Li Lu the god of the world, Mirat, the old man originally believed in it very confused, but now he is even more confused, and those Prairie Dao believers also hula lala knelt down, thanking Li Lu for predicting the danger in advance and saving them from death.Because there is Zhou Zhenggang in the city of Ile, and there are officials like Kang Nanhua, except for a very small number of casualties in the city of Ile, it is mainly property damage, but Kang Nanhua is very happy, because most of the people in Ile are alive, as long as people are still there, there is hope.The situation on the side of Yilie is quite good, but it is not good in Nuozhou, which is an industrial and mining city, and many mine owners and miners are reluctant to give up their mines and jobs, plus the governor of Nuozhou is a little unimpressed, and he does not have the courage of Kang Nanhua, as soon as the people protested, he gave in, and when the earthquake occurred, the prefect was still drinking tea in the palace, and as a result, he was also buried in the ruins.Due to the heavy losses and casualties in Nuozhou, and the fact that many civilians were buried in the rubble, when Zhou Zhenggang learned the news, he immediately mobilized the army to rescue the survivors in the name of Qincha.After his order was given, the 9th Cavalry Division, which was closest to Norzhou, quickly rushed to Norzhou, which was already in ruins.When they arrived in Norna., The soldiers were stunned, who had ever seen such a tragic scene: dead bodies all over the ground, brains, and blood......
Several of the female health guards even whimpered.Li Fuhua, the commander of the Ninth Cavalry Division, was so anxious that he shouted: "Straight thief, what are you crying about!"
What are you doing stupidly, save the living!
”But his own voice was trembling, too.However, they set out with too simple thinking, bringing only a few shovels, and facing the ruins of a city that could no longer be seen, the warriors tried their best, but gained little.Everywhere you can hear moaning, everywhere you can hear cries for help, but the wreckage of the house's electricity bill weighs down countless lives like a mountain.The warriors gritted their teeth and used their hands to tear open the hard and heavy rubble of the ruins.In the afternoon of the same day, two-thirds of the soldiers of the division had their fingernails peeled off, and their hands were bloody and fleshy.And just like that, by noon the next day, they had rescued more than 300 people!
For three days after arriving in Norzhou, they only cared about saving people, and they didn't even eat, drink, or close their eyes.The food delivered from the barracks was given to the victims and the wounded on the way.In those days, people's energy and physical strength were really amazing, the soldiers were shirtless, wearing only a pair of shorts, rubbing all over the body, but they didn't know the pain, they only knew how to pick it!
Pickpocket!
This army, which is battling a catastrophe, is in fact an unarmed army with bare hands.The hearts of the warriors are like being poked with knives all day long.In some places, you can clearly see the living people under the rubble, but there are no tools to rescue them.The people inside are being tortured, and so are the people outside!
The soldiers did everything possible to bring water and food to the wounded who were crushed under the rubble, shouting over and over again in hoarse voices, so that those survivors could hold on and resist!
The news of the earthquake near Yibanhai quickly spread to Broken Leaves, and Li Lu immediately ordered all the focus of all work to be shifted to earthquake relief, and he issued multiple orders one after another, mobilizing a large number of materials and manpower to the disaster area, and even he himself was ready to go to the disaster area to inspect.......