The Three Spirit Stones

February 11th is the day when the moon is broken.

Cheng Yu, who was working, suddenly felt an inexplicable uneasiness. He walked out of his office and onto the balcony on the second floor, looking up at the sky. A large flock of birds was flying by.

He held his breath, concentrated his mind and sent his spiritual awareness far away, and actually sensed a blue light in the distant sky and the groundwater was surging upwards.

Is this going to be an earthquake?

He frowned and looked into the distance.

Where will the earthquake occur?

When will it happen?

He sighed!

Alas! The power of heaven is unpredictable, even a fairy like him sometimes feels powerless!

Afterwards, he went to the palace to report the matter to Zhao Heng, and the next day, news came that the dragon in Luoyang, the Western Capital, had turned the tables.

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Luoyang City is now a ruin. Countless brick and wood buildings have collapsed, and countless victims are crying for help. Some are trapped under the buildings but can still make sounds, some can no longer shout, some are desperately digging the soil with their hands to rescue their loved ones, and there are victims lying on the roadside wailing. Some are badly injured, some have died, and some are crying loudly.

A miserable scene of hell on earth!

The prefect of Luoyang, Cai Zhifu, is now in a state of panic.

The earthquake came suddenly, and several houses in the government office collapsed. People in the government office were digging through the bricks and rubble to rescue the people buried inside.

He was covering his still bleeding forehead with a towel when dozens of people came running in to report the disaster to him.

"Sir, many places outside have collapsed, and countless residents are trapped in the rubble waiting for rescue,"

"Sir, there are many seriously injured victims who need medical help, but there are not enough doctors and medicines in the city."

"Sir, there are still fires in some places in the south of the city,"

"grown ups……"

"Stop arguing~"

Governor Cai roared, took a few breaths and then gave the order.

"Pass on this official's order, with the village head as the leader, to organize the injured people in their jurisdiction to rescue the victims trapped in the rubble."

"Go and organize all the doctors, barefoot doctors, and drugstore owners in the city to help the injured victims,"

"All the people in the government office were sent out to rescue people and maintain order to prevent anyone from taking advantage of the chaos to loot property."

"Order the Tongzhi Tongpan and other officials to immediately take people to count all the usable materials in the city and report to me immediately."

Under the prefect's orders, everyone finally calmed down a little and went out one after another.

In the following period, several aftershocks occurred. People panicked and took shelter in open spaces, praying to the Buddha to make the earthquake pass quickly.

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On the Xijing Luoyang section of the Jinghang Zhenzong Avenue, countless laborers were repairing the collapsed road.

Bianjing is more than 200 miles away from Luoyang. From 100 miles on, the damage to the road becomes more and more serious as you move towards the epicenter. Some cracks that are barely passable are ignored. The most important thing now is that there are many places with serious landslides. Landslides that are more than ten meters or dozens of meters long must be repaired as soon as possible.

Cheng Yu was leading a large group of craftsmen to discuss the plan of repairing the road. One of them said to him, "My Lord, the landslide here is so large that it will not be easy to repair it."

"With so much space down there, it's probably not going to work with just the soil,"

"Yes, it would be better to fill the bottom with some big rocks, otherwise it will be unstable."

"Where can we find so many big rocks?"

"Why not use explosives to blow up the mountain next door?"

"…You can try it,"

If disaster relief is not provided in time after an earthquake, human disasters will occur. Bianjing is only 200 miles away from Luoyang, and supplies can be transported via Zhenzong Avenue in one or two days. But now the road is severely damaged, so Song Zhenzong ordered Cheng Yu to do his best to repair the road.

"Boom~~"

After a series of violent explosions, the laborers used bucket carts to transport the large rocks that could be moved to the landslide and pushed them down. The remaining gaps were filled with cement, sand and gravel. As cartloads of cement and stones were poured down, the landslide was slowly filled.

In the city of Bianjing, Sun Yuechan and her shopkeepers were preparing relief supplies to be shipped to Luoyang.

She was holding a stack of lists and counting the supplies to be shipped to Luoyang. Hundreds of mule carts were piled high with goods. Dozens of shopkeepers inspected the goods and handed the lists to her for confirmation and signature.

This batch of supplies includes rice, flour, grains, sugar, salt and various medical drugs. This is the first batch of supplies. There will be disaster relief supplies allocated from the national treasury and some supplies donated from private donations.

These relief supplies are mainly transported by Cheng’s Industry, because no one else has such perfect transportation capacity.

This mission was very important, as it concerned the lives of tens of thousands of disaster victims in Luoyang, so Sun Yuechan had to escort the team personally. Once the loading procedures were completed, she led a large group of people and set off.

After a day's journey, the supplies were stuck on the road because the road ahead had not been repaired yet, so they had to wait on the road.

When I saw Cheng Yu, he was covered in mud and moving big stones with the craftsmen and laborers.

It was drizzling at the time, the ground was slippery and muddy, and everyone looked like they had just crawled out of the mud.

But even so, people still worked desperately, because Lord Cheng had issued an order that the landslide in front of them must be filled before dark, and he himself set an example by working personally, so what reason was there for others not to work hard?

Seeing Sun Yuechan, Cheng Yu stopped, wiped the mud off his forehead and walked over to her and asked,

"Why are you here?"

"This mission is too important. I am worried so I escort him personally."

"Well, the road is not repaired yet, you go back to the car and rest, I'm busy, be careful."

After saying these few words, he left.

Looking at his muddy back, Sun Yuechan couldn't help but feel distressed, but there was nothing she could do. The situation was urgent and she had no choice.

It was not until midnight that the laborers filled the landslide with torches.

The next morning, when the cement had dried up enough for cars to pass through, Sun Yuechan led the convoy and set off. Cheng Yu also led the craftsmen and followed the convoy to the next landslide site, where another group of people were repairing it.

In the Western Capital Luoyang City, the prefect had opened the Changping Granary, Yi Granary, Guanghui Granary and other granaries for disaster relief from the very beginning. Although the victims still had food to eat for the time being, the number of them was huge, and they would not be able to hold out for long without further food replenishment.

The prefect appealed to the wealthy families in the city to help each other and tide over the difficulties. He asked the wealthy families who had stored grain to share some of the grain with the victims, but the vast majority of people still guarded the surplus grain at home, because no one knew when the court's rescue would arrive. The most important thing was to have food for themselves.

There have been many incidents of burning, killing, looting and smashing in the city, and the bailiffs are extremely busy.

In addition to food and medicine, countless injured victims were groaning in the wounded concentration camp in the west of the city. Most of them suffered external injuries.

Seven days have passed now, and the medicines for treating injuries in the city have almost been used up. People die from injuries every day, and the doctors are in a difficult situation. Fortunately, the weather is cold and the wounds are not so easily inflamed, otherwise more people would have died.

Cold weather has both advantages and disadvantages. It is early February now, but the weather is still very cold. A late spring cold snap can freeze a dog to death. In addition to the shortage of food and medicine, there is also a lack of warm clothing.

The homeless victims were all accommodated in various disaster relief centers. Many of them escaped with only the clothes they were wearing, and they were often shivering with cold at night.

The situation continues to deteriorate. Without rescue, more victims will die!