The daughter of a general is reborn to save the whole family of the marquis

No one dared to step directly on the place where the house collapsed, for fear of causing secondary harm to the people underneath.

So the rescuers squatted on the side and slowly moved away the wood on top, then moved away the stones for building the wall, and so on. Everyone was very careful and tried their best to save everyone who could be saved in the cover of night.

The evening breeze was blowing and it was still raining in Qingyang City. The weather had been very bad in the past few days, with the rain coming in waves, bringing endless coolness in the early autumn.

I don't know how much time had passed, but when the first person was dug out from under the collapsed house, his face was ashen. It was obvious that he had died the moment he was hit.

Although we have seen this kind of situation many times these days, we still can't help but feel heartbroken every time we see it.

The rescue was a very long process, and until midnight, not everyone was rescued.

Dongfang Shuo was called away by others and did not participate in the subsequent rescue. As for the people buried by the collapsed house on the right, he temporarily forgot about them.

It was not until dawn that all the people buried under the house were dug out. Fortunately, the aftershock was not very strong and the rescue came in time. Three people died, five were seriously injured, eight were slightly injured, and the remaining dozen or so people were lucky and were not seriously injured.

In the next three days, everyone tried their best to rescue the people in the disaster area. In just a few days, the camp was full of refugees. Some were crying bitterly, some looked pale and had no desire to live, and some were groaning and wailing day and night because of severe pain.

Dongfang Shuo called Liu Xun, Qin Rui and others together and said, "You have all worked hard to rescue the people in the disaster area these days. Many of our soldiers have not even had a full meal or a good sleep. I have seen it all.

“Many people have lost their loved ones, and many have become disabled… This king is very sad, and they really need encouragement and warmth.

"After coming here, I realized how insignificant human power is in the face of such a disaster. I don't know how to help them... So I want to ask the cooks to make more food to reward our soldiers and also let the surviving people have a full meal."

Liu Xun immediately said, "I'm afraid that's not appropriate. Our main purpose of coming here is to rescue people, and we don't have much food with us. If we ask everyone to eat their fill at once, the food will not last for a few days."

Dongfang Shuo looked at him and said, "The ground in Qingyang City has cracked and the disaster is serious. Father must have been paying attention to the situation in Qingyang City. Relief food will be delivered soon."

He added: "I really can't bear to let them starve any longer. It's too miserable to just not die of hunger every day!"

He ignored Liu Xun's dissuasion and called Yu Liang over directly: "Pass on my order to give the soldiers and the victims extra meals, so that they can at least eat 70% full!"

Liu Xun stopped them and said, "Your Highness, you must not do that! There is very little food left in Qingyang City. Food is limited now. Even if you want everyone to be 70% full, you have to wait until the relief food from Shengjing City arrives!

“Besides, Lord Xie said that the construction of Qingyang City can be replaced by work-for-relief. Now that the disaster victims are being fed for free, how can work-for-relief be implemented in the future?

"Besides, the relief grain from the imperial court won't be much. After all, people in other places also need to eat! If the victims can rebuild Qingyang City with their own hands, they can have a bite to eat, not starve to death, and survive this year. This is the long-term plan!"

Dongfang Shuo's forehead was throbbing with anger. This person actually dared to contradict him. "They don't have enough food to eat. Although they won't starve to death, they will die of illness. Will Lord Liu bear the consequences then? For this disaster relief, should I listen to you or to me?"

He suddenly pulled out the long sword from Yu Liang's hand and pointed it at Liu Xun: "If Sir Liu says one more word, I will kill you on the spot. Do you believe it?"

Liu Xun's forehead twitched violently, his face turned ashen, and his lips were tightly pursed.

After a long while, he finally turned his eyes away and didn't say another word to Dongfang Shuo. He turned around and led his soldiers to continue rescuing other people.

After many days of hunger and cold, the soldiers and victims finally had a good meal. Although they were not completely full, they were at least 70% full. For a moment, everyone worshipped Dongfang Shuo as a god and were grateful to him.

His reputation spread in this way.

The next morning, victims came from all directions to ask him for help.

Dongfang Shuo was not panicked. He said to Yu Liang, "Go and tell them that if they participate in the rescue, they can come here to receive a steamed bun for every person they rescue."

Later, more and more healthy victims joined in the rescue, and the rescue speed increased a lot.

But at the same time, food is also decreasing rapidly.

Not much grain in the granaries could be saved, and most of the crops in the fields were damaged due to cracks in the ground.

Dongfang Shuo suddenly said to Qin Rui who was standing beside him: "The ground fissure was so serious this time, but the number of people who survived is much greater than I imagined."

Especially after he issued the order that those who helped rescue people could get steamed buns, he clearly felt a force surging out from somewhere, which was the power of the civilians who were not in distress.

Qin Rui said: "Your Highness King Cheng, you don't know that a Taoist priest came to Qingyang City a month ago and predicted that a disaster would happen in Qingyang City in 20 days, and told us to hide away if we can.

"That Taoist priest stayed in Qingyang City for five days, causing panic among the people, so I drove him away. However, some people believed him and moved their families outside Qingyang City.

"I never thought that the Taoist priest would be so effective. If it weren't for him, more people in Qingyang City would have died. He saved at least tens of thousands of people."

After hearing this, Dongfang Shuo was a little surprised that there actually existed such a powerful Taoist priest in the world who was good at fortune-telling. If he could get help from this person, his great cause would probably be accomplished soon.

He immediately asked Qin Rui what this person looked like and where he had gone, hoping to find this person one day and be able to help him.

Dongfang Shuo asked again: "So most of the people who came into the city to help with the rescue were the people who left Qingyang City earlier?"

Qin Rui said: "It seems to me. The people in Qingyang City, even if they are alive, even if they are not disabled, have lost their loved ones to a greater or lesser extent, and it is difficult for them to have such a good mental state."

Dongfang Shuo heard this and felt the same way.

After Qin Rui left, Yu Liang came in and whispered to him, "Your Highness, Lei Yushan sent a message saying that the purchase of grain went smoothly, and he is just waiting to see when you will ask him to start selling grain. The price of the grain he purchased is between one hundred and ten and one hundred and twenty."

Dongfang Shuo looked at the suffering people outside the window, his ears still ringing with their cries... He suddenly clenched his hands, his eyes suddenly filled with a cold light, it has come to this, what is there to hesitate about!

For the greater cause.

It’s all for the greater cause!

For the sake of his mother's spirit in heaven, for his princess to be the most noble woman in the world, for Runxue's dream, and for the sake of the moon in his name, one day he will be able to completely overwhelm the day that his father gave to the prince!

"We'll start after we finish the food we have." Dongfang Shuo said solemnly.