Xiao Houye's seven-year imperial examination and five-year road to Kaifeng[75]

Don't think these things are shabby, it's good to be able to make such food when you first arrive. Everyone carries a bowl, a full bowl of porridge and a flower roll, which is enough to fill your stomach.

Some people wanted to repeat the claim, but under the cold light of the cold weapon, they retreated silently.

That's why Zhao Jue had to bring 3000 people with him when he went out. The imperial army alone was definitely not enough. Most of them had never seen any blood (world experience), so the 1000 people he personally trained could do the job.

If his brother hadn't asked the Imperial Guard to escort him over, Zhao Jue felt that it would be enough to bring only 1000 of his people.

No way, his brother was worried, so Zhao Jue had no choice but to bring them out. Those forbidden soldiers were quite arrogant, anyway, they didn't bother talking to the guards of Xiangyang City along the way, as if someone wanted to talk to them.

Anyway, when they got to the place, the guards quickly went to build tents, and some even used local materials. Watching the guards build houses, the local people affected by the disaster also mobilized. It was built, and you are watching the fun?

Those who were not injured began to mobilize to pull wood. Simple temporary houses like this are relatively fast. With a few strong laborers, a house can be built in a few days.

And the house was not built casually. Pang Yu planned the place and built it strictly according to his plan. He also dug temporary toilets to avoid defecating indiscriminately.

After all, human feces can also bring bacteria, especially after such a catastrophe.

The living people who were found were sent to be treated, and those who had lost their breath were buried directly to avoid the plague.

There is no coffin, basically a roll of mats, and they are just buried like this.

No one complained. According to Pang Yu's opinion, direct cremation is the best way to avoid being dug out of the soil by wild beasts. However, his thinking is a bit too much. People in the Central Plains always think that they are safe in the ground.

Pang Yu is not stupid, even in modern times, cremation has only been popular for a few decades, and in the early days of the countryside, you could still see coffins being carried to the mountains.

People like Pang Yu who don't find a partner and have no children in modern times are afraid that they will die. After 20 years of burial, no one will help him renew his fee and he will have to be dug up. Thinking about it, I feel miserable.

But it is even worse to be an ancient person. After being buried for thousands of years, it will either be dug up by tomb robbers (illegal) or by archaeologists.

Pang Yu seriously thought about it, don't dig any tomb, make a stone coffin, fill it with cement, don't want to be buried with him at all, and see if you steal it.

Stealing you is a leg!

It never occurred to him that after crossing, he would have to consider whether his tomb would be stolen.

After arriving here, there were several small aftershocks from the earthquake. With Zhao Jue sitting beside Pang Yu, he didn’t have to worry about other problems, and he focused on commanding. At most, it's just muttering a few words, just do what should be done.

Because even if the imperial guards are arrogant, they are not completely brainless. They can be arrogant to ordinary people, they can be arrogant to the Xiang army and the guards, but they can't be arrogant to the prince, especially the king of Xiangyang is the official's favorite brother, and his arms can be twisted over his thighs. ?

After a few days of busy work, most of the people lived in simple houses, rescue and burial were also proceeding in an orderly manner, and emergency supplies from other cities also arrived one after another.

Occasionally, the people can still eat some meat. In fact, when Pang Yu and the others first arrived, there were small-scale conflicts between the people here and the county. let them in.

If it hadn't been for Pang Yu's arrival, something might have happened.

It can only be said that they arrived relatively quickly, but soon they received a request for help from Lin County, and a group of thugs attacked the county seat.

Attack the county seat?This is the rhythm of rebellion.

Zhao Jue immediately led people to set off, leaving some people to guard here, who knows what will happen, I always feel that this matter is not simple.

I quickly rushed to Lin County, and found that there were ordinary people with red eyes. They suffered such a catastrophe, the pain of losing their loved ones, and the current situation of being unable to survive, so that countless people flocked outside the gate of the county, and the gate was closed by the county magistrate .

"The officials are here! They don't want us to live!" Someone in the crowd suddenly shouted.

"We fought with them!" The other side also shouted.

Pang Yu asked Zhao Jue to bow his head, and whispered a few words in his ear, Zhao Jue narrowed his eyes and said directly, "Catch someone."

"Here!" The guards flew into the crowd in the next second, pulled out the guys who had just stirred up the flames, and came to Zhao Jue, and then Zhao Jue asked the loud voice to start, "Quiet!"

Everyone was puzzled, but with so many officers and soldiers coming, they didn't really want to rebel, so they didn't dare to move immediately.

"Which of you know them?" Pang Yu stood up and asked.

"Who is this person?" All the refugees couldn't help but look at me and you. No one knew who these two people were or how they got in among them.

"I don't think I've seen it before?"

"The faces are very raw, not like those in our village." Only then did the villagers realize that they didn't know anyone who had been inciting them.

"It's not from our village either." The villagers shook their heads and said with certainty.

"So you just listen to these guys you don't know, and want to rebel and be killed?" Pang Yu said loudly again, and he will have to make a trumpet when he goes back, shouting at the top of his voice is exhausting.

"Master, we don't dare." How dare the villagers really rebel, just their hands with hoes?I dare not even think about it.

"Yeah, we really can't live any longer." Someone started, and they started complaining.

"The relief given by the county magistrate is not enough to eat. If there is no water in the soup every day, the porridge is so thin that it can be seen on the face." The old man said sadly.

"Get out of the way and let the county magistrate come to see me." Zhao Jue didn't say anything nonsense, looking at the people in front of him, there was nothing he could do if they weren't forced, and of course, some of them were making trouble there.

"Here!" The captain of the guard immediately took the order and led the people away.

"As for these people who fish in troubled waters, interrogation." Zhao Jue glanced at the two caught guys and said coldly.

"Here!"

The people present all looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing what was going to happen next, at this moment, Pang Yu stood up and said, "Stay the pot."

The guards immediately started to work, because they brought more than 900 people here, so they naturally wanted to cook and eat. By the way, they also carried two pots. They are masters of survival in the wild. After all, they have a prince who likes to sweep up the cottages. He leads them to run into the mountains when they have nothing to do. It's hard not to be proficient.

Some people even went to catch some meat and returned. The situation here was even worse than the county where Zhao Jue stayed before, otherwise the people here would not have made a fuss.

After a while, the aroma of rice porridge wafted from the pot, and the eyes of the people around looked green, obviously starving.

"Line up, everyone line up in an orderly manner, everyone is there, the elderly, women and children are given priority." Pang Yu stood in front of the porridge pot and announced loudly.

"Anyone who dares to loot will be killed without mercy." Zhao Jue released his murderous aura with a cold face.

That's right, the two of them were so happy, one sang bad faces and the other sang bad faces. Anyway, when the refugees saw the weapons of the guards, they didn't dare to go too far. At least they knew that there was food, so they queued up.

They didn’t even need a cook, they brought a board, cleaned it, and started working on it. It’s definitely not enough to eat porridge alone, but they can’t eat it all at once, it’s not good for the stomach, and they’ve been hungry for a long time If people eat too much at once, they are prone to stomach pain.

Everyone was given a bowl of porridge, which was no longer the kind of porridge that was sparsely photographed. It was hot but not too hot. The elderly, women and children lined up to get it first, and no one would snatch it from them.

While eating, the county magistrate was brought over by the captain of the guards. As soon as he saw Zhao Jue, he began to shout, "My lord, I am wronged!"

Only now did the common people know that the man who suddenly appeared was actually a prince.

"Wronged? Tell me that you were wronged when so many people were stopped outside the city?" Zhao Jue almost laughed out of anger. How did he say such absurd words?

"My lord, I was really wronged. I sent the yamen servants to give porridge outside the city every day, but these unscrupulous people even wanted to rebel!" The county magistrate shouted with an aggrieved face.

"We didn't!" The people were not stupid, how could they let him talk nonsense, "We just want to live!"

"Has the village from the earthquake been dealt with? Has it been disinfected? Has the body been buried?" Pang Yu suddenly asked from the side.

"Ah..." The county magistrate looked dull, apparently unable to answer anything.

"You didn't do anything, did you?!" Now it was Pang Yu's turn to collapse. It had been so many days since the earthquake!

"Isn't this their own business?" The county magistrate said with a puzzled expression.

"You bastard!" Pang Yu finally couldn't hold back, and said angrily.

"You brat dare to scold me?" The county magistrate pointed at Pang Yu with a look of disbelief.

At least in the county magistrate's perception, he just needs to protect the county. What do those villagers have to do with him?

"I can still kill you!" Zhao Jue was furious. He had known Pang Yu before, and the two had read many ancient books. Whenever a natural disaster occurs, it is likely to be accompanied by a plague. "Come here, take off his whole body first!"

The experienced guards understood that their lords were worried about the occurrence of the plague. Mr. Xiao Lang had taught them a lesson and understood that plagues are prone to occur after disasters. Thinking about it this way, the county magistrate is really abominable. If he does nothing, he must What are you doing!

Pang Yu knew that the quality of local county magistrates was uneven, but the difference was too much, right?

Wherever they go, even if the county magistrate can't do much, they are much better than this county magistrate, at least they will send people to rescue.

Pang Yu couldn't help shaking his head, is there going to be a natural disaster training class in the future?

Otherwise, there is no way to respond quickly every time, and it will be terrible if a plague really happens, especially rats, which spread very fast.

The guards went to the destination together with the forbidden army. After so many days, it was probably difficult to save people. What they had to do was to clean up the scene and bury the dead.

Fortunately, the weather is not too hot. As for the mice found, they will be killed and burned.

Even the food found in the disaster-stricken areas was burned and no one brought it back.

It was also thanks to the people who were affected by the disaster that they all fled the village, otherwise there would be real troubles. The masked guards endured nausea, and the guards worked without feeling. They must not admit defeat!

Since these days, the imperial army has never won against the guards, which is a great shame!

The top forbidden army in Bianjing City actually lost to the local army, and even these people were not even counted as the Xiang army.

For this, Pang Yu just wants to say that the salary of these local troops is higher than that of your forbidden army...

Of course, it is impossible to say this, otherwise the forbidden army will be even more unbalanced, but the salary of the guards is paid by Zhao Jue, so how much he wants to pay depends on his pleasure.

The reason why the guards are so diligent is not because of the good welfare in Xiangyang City, but also because it is my hometown. Who doesn't want their home to become better?

It can only be said that the houses in ancient times were short, and many rural areas are still houses made of earthen embryos. The cleaning work is relatively simple. Another important task at present is to rebuild the homes of the people here. The county seat is small. It simply cannot accommodate hundreds of people.