"What you see is just the tip of the iceberg. The most severely affected area is the slum area in Xicheng you just bought. The embankments of Xicheng in the lower reaches of the Wei River have been washed away. Hundreds of families have been washed away with their houses.
Inside and outside.”
Bai Song's face showed an uproar!
According to Bai Song's experience, the rain last night was indeed heavy, but judging by modern memory, he had experienced such heavy rain many times, but it was far from causing a flood.
But ancient cities were too fragile and could not withstand the test of nature. Especially in summer, a heavy rain would almost certainly cause a flood. Looking at the indifferent expressions of pedestrians and officers and soldiers on the road, it seemed that they had already become accustomed to this.
scene.
"Bai Song!"
Suddenly, an exclamation interrupted the conversation between Bai Song and Bai Feng.
It was Jiang Yu who ran towards Bai Song.
Mr. Jiang was wearing official uniform today and was covered in rain. He was very excited for some reason. He didn't even care about losing his official hat on the way over and grabbed Bai Song's hand.
Bai Song was startled: "Master Jiang, what's wrong?"
"Something happened! Something happened!" Jiang Yu was panting and couldn't understand what she was saying.
"What happened? Is it a flood?"
"It's not just a flood! There's... there's... someone's missing!"
"Someone is missing?" Bai Song couldn't figure it out for a moment. He thought to himself that under the flood, there were not many missing people.
Jiang Yu gasped and continued: "You have many properties in your name and many clerks in your hands. Hurry up and ask your clerks to look for them."
After saying that, he stuffed a pile of notices into Bai Song's hands.
Bai Song took a look and saw that there was a portrait of a young girl on the notice. The painting was extremely beautiful. The most eye-catching thing was that the center of his eyebrows was on fire.
Ancient portraits are not sketches, and it is difficult to identify a person from the portrait.
I don’t know if these portraits were painted by the same artist. They all look a little different. The only thing they have in common is that the eyebrows are a little red.
"Is this a person?" Bai Song asked.
"Don't worry so much, let your people look for it quickly! As long as you see the young girl with a petal-like birthmark between her eyebrows, she is her! She disappeared in the west city you bought. You must report this matter to me.
The official will be responsible to the end!"
"Master Jiang, you are a bit unreasonable! This..."
"I don't have time to listen to your nonsense! Look for it quickly. If you find it, I will exempt you from Xicheng's 10,000 taels... No, as long as I find this person, I will take all the 100,000 taels!"
When Bai Song heard this, he gave a military salute: "Copy that! Don't worry, sir!"
Find someone worth one hundred thousand taels?
How can we not do this business?
Bai Song turned around and was about to go home. He took a step and came back: "Sir, who is this person? Could it be your illegitimate daughter?"
"How outrageous! This is Princess Runan! She traveled to Youzhou during the summer and encountered a heavy rain in Xicheng the day before yesterday. She has not returned yet!"
Princess Runan!
Isn’t she the second daughter of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty?
There are few historical records, but it is said that he died early.
Could it be that it was caught in the flood of Jixian County?
Bai Song thought about it for a moment and saw that Mr. Jiang was so anxious that his beard was almost burning. He knew that this matter was of great importance, so he didn't say more. Anyway, he tried his best to find it. If he couldn't find it, forget about it. Maybe he could still find it.
Can you see what the princess looks like?
Bai Song returned home, passed on the news, and asked his men to go out and post notices. Anyone who found the person on the notice would be rewarded with a hundred taels of silver.
Jiang Yu has already said that the person was lost in Xicheng.
Bai Song himself and Bai Feng went directly to Xicheng.
But when people arrived in Xicheng, they discovered that, let alone entering Xicheng, the entire Flower Street was flooded, and a flower building was washed away by the flood. I don’t know how many flower building girls were hiding on the top floor of the flower building with the windows open and crying.
The water has not receded yet, and countless people are waiting at Huajiekou, unable to enter Xicheng. They can only watch helplessly as Xicheng is soaked in the water. From time to time, one or two people can be seen calling for help in the water, but no one can do anything.
The world was shrouded in misery, and Bai Song felt for the first time the insignificance of human power in the face of nature.
The Xicheng river embankment was destroyed, and the land was peeled off layer by layer under the erosion of the river. The officers, soldiers and people on the other side of the river could only watch in silence, with thousands of people standing on the edge of the Wei River in silence.
…
Another day later, the flood receded and the water level of the Weihe River dropped to a safe level again. But it left the world in a mess.
Bai Song has put aside the matter of finding the princess. Compared with finding someone, it is more important to appease the survivors.
God seemed to know that Bai Song had a development plan for the West City, and a rain immediately destroyed the West City.
Bai Song spent a day contacting the major families in Jixian County and persuading them to open warehouses and release grain to appease the county people.
There isn't much food available in Jixian County, but this is something we have to do.
At noon that day, there was a long queue at the porridge shop under the thatched hut in the ruins of Xicheng. After being washed away by the flood, the loess roads in Xicheng were painted black with a layer of oil, giving off various smells.
What's more, the people are groaning and crying for the rest of their lives.
The porridge shop was jointly opened by the Bai family and the Chen family. Although most families verbally agreed to release food, only the Bai family and the Chen family acted so quickly.
Bai Song looked at the scene in Xicheng and felt deeply in his heart. Next to him was Ms. Xirong of the Chen family, who also immediately arrived at the most severely affected area.
After this incident, Bai Song became even more fond of Chen Xirong. If the Chen family had not taken the lead in making a statement, I am afraid that no big family would have been willing to support him in opening a warehouse to release grain.
"Ms. Chen, I really want to thank you this time."
Rarely, Bai Song took the initiative to express his gratitude.
Chen Xirong was personally serving porridge to the people. When he heard this, he couldn't help but smile. He looked back at Bai Song and said, "It's not that I have good intentions. I just want to repay you for giving the Chen family five thousand taels of silver."
Bai Song didn't explain much, pointing to the dead wood pile on the side. He still remembered that this place was the entrance to Zhazi Street, connecting Xicheng and Hua Street. It was here that he first met the Turkic prince and fought with him here.
One.
But now, except for the dead wood piles, everything else has been washed away.
Bai Song sighed silently on the side, but did not pay attention to the crowd outside. A handsome boy wearing a square cap followed by a thick man looked at the crowd silently.
The handsome boy spoke with a graceful voice: "I didn't expect that there were nobles in Jixian County who were so quick and decisive. They started giving porridge as soon as the flood receded."
"It seems that Mr. Jiang is really good at governing. In just half a year, the folk customs in Jixian County have changed so much."
"I heard that the rice grain around Jixian County is different from other places. The fields I saw when I came here were extremely lush. They were all grown by the Bai family. Is the grain produced by their family different from that of other families? How about I go and taste it too?
