"Your Highness, look!" She stretched out her hand and pointed into the distance, "The city gate is open!"
Ji Yannuo sat up and helped Ye Fuxun steady: "Let's go back and take a look."
The two of them walked back to the tent where they were stationed on the outskirts of the county, and met the three doctors who had stayed in the city to treat the sick people.
The three of them had been busy all night, and their faces all looked tired.
However, amid the fatigue, there was also a sense of relief and joy.
"Returning to your lord," the two doctors brought by Lord He reported, "I have carefully examined the twelve patients, and they are not infected by an epidemic."
As soon as these words came out, everyone who had been worried all night felt relieved.
Master He asked: "Then why are so many people suffering from vomiting and diarrhea at the same time, and high fever that does not go away?"
"Sir, this group of patients should have eaten unclean food, which caused symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea. Six of them were more serious and even developed high fever. Because they did not take medicine, the high fever did not go away."
"Last night, the patients were given prescriptions and took them. As of now, some of the six patients with persistent high fevers have had their fevers subsided, while others still have low-grade fevers and need to take another dose of medicine for observation."
Master He was really relieved when he heard this.
He turned around and walked towards Ji Yannuo to report: "Your Highness, the patients in Fanyang County are not epidemics. This is a great blessing among misfortunes. Please allow me to arrange for people to go into the city to understand the situation in the county as soon as possible, and then make the next step for disaster relief."
plan."
Ji Yannuo nodded: "Yes."
Immediately, he squinted and looked to the west: "Fan Yang is like this, I don't know what the situation is in Pi Yang. After breakfast, I and the King of Chu will lead people to Pi Yang."
Mr. He quickly answered: "Your Highness, I also want to accompany you."
At the earliest, he received a letter asking for help from Magistrate Chen of Piyang County, saying that Piyang County was seriously affected by the earthquake. However, he sent someone to Fan Yang to inquire, and the news he received was that although the earthquake had an impact, it did not cause serious damage.
It's not serious, no need to worry too much.
At that time, he only thought that maybe it was because Magistrate Chen was young and it was his first time to be a magistrate, so he was temporarily confused.
Unlike Magistrate Luo, an official who has served as magistrate for many years is calm and measured.
So I didn't take the earthquake too seriously.
But the earthquake was a major event after all, so he sent an urgent message to the capital without delay.
Thinking about it now, he was lucky to have followed the rules and reported the news to the capital. Otherwise, if he had been found to have concealed it at this moment, his official career would have ended here.
Although we have made mistakes now, as long as we act conscientiously and make up for our mistakes, it will still be possible.
Ji Yannuo glanced at him and nodded slightly: "Yes."
After a hasty breakfast, the group continued their journey to Piyang County.
"Piyang County is to the west of Fanyang County and located on the border of Jizhou. It is located in an extremely remote area."
Along the way, Mr. He did not forget to introduce the situation of Pi Yang to Ji Yannuo and King Chu.
"Piyang County has a small population and only has two or three villages under its jurisdiction. Because of the inconvenient transportation, its development is relatively backward."
"And Magistrate Chen of Piyang County is a young official who was awarded Jinshi last year and was sent from the capital."
Ji Yannuo asked: "How is this person?"
Mr. He pondered for a moment: "Although County Magistrate Chen is young, he has lofty aspirations and is quite insightful. He is down-to-earth and is a good prospect."
"The earthquake disaster was first reported by County Magistrate Chen to Feige, Jicheng City."
King Chu raised his thick eyebrows: "If I had known that the earthquake was so serious, you should have come to inspect it in person instead of just sending someone to Fan Yang to inquire."
Mr. He quickly wiped his sweat and said, "It's the fault of the lower official."
King Chu snorted coldly.
The road to Piyang is more difficult than the road to Fanyang. The road is narrow and uneven.
"If we want to transport supplies to Piyang County, I'm afraid it won't be easy." An official sighed.
Everyone feels sad.
After walking for about an hour, we finally made our way out of the mountain, and an open land appeared in front of us.
"That's Piyang County." Mr. He pointed to the town ahead from a distance.
"Most of the farmland has been destroyed." Everyone stopped, everyone felt heavy.
"Look over there!"
An official with sharp eyes pointed to the farmland in the distance, "It seems like someone is working?"
Everyone hurried forward in a hurry, and when they got closer, they saw more than ten or twenty farmers working in the fields.
One of them, a thin young man wearing shorts and shorts, saw the group coming and ran over from the farmland.
Everyone looked at him.
The young face was square and resolute, with a smile brighter than the sun: "Master He! Sirs! You are finally here!"
Mr. He looked at Chen Keming and said uncertainly: "You...are you Chen Keming?"
Chen Keming scratched his head and said with a smile: "Sir, I will take the villagers to plant vegetables together."
"Growing vegetables..."
Everyone looked into the fields and saw that almost all of the endless farmland had been destroyed by the earthquake.
Only a small half of the farmland along the roadside has been reclaimed and cultivated, and many villagers are working in the fields.
Seeing so many people arriving, the villagers stopped what they were doing and looked at them expectantly and nervously.
"Brothers, look!" Chen Keming waved to everyone happily, "Master He is here! Our Lord Magistrate of Jizhou! He has come to visit our Piyang County in person! Our Piyang County is saved, are you happy brothers?
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"Happy!" Chen Keming responded with excited cheers, "We are finally saved!"
Mr. He looked at the smiling faces in the field and suddenly raised his head.
The sun was shining brightly, but why did the wind seem to blow sand into his eyes?
"Sir Chen," King Chu strode towards Chen Keming, stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, "You only grow vegetables in these fields? Is it enough to eat?"
Chen Keming still had a hearty smile on his face: "It's not enough to reply to the adults. However, we are speeding up the cleaning up of the affected farmland and trying to plant more vegetables so that the people can drink vegetable soup first..."
"Please tell us the situation in Piyang County in detail." Mr. He's heart tightened.
"Yes, sir."
The disaster situation in Piyang County was more severe than that in Fanyang County. Almost half of the people in the county lost their homes due to the earthquake.
Not to mention the three villages under its jurisdiction, all the houses collapsed and the villagers were homeless.
However, Piyang County is a small county, and its population is only one-fifth of Fanyang County.
"There were originally 1,038 residents in the county. Because the earthquake occurred late at night," Chen Keming's smile gradually faded away, "there were 254 people who did not escape... and the three people under his jurisdiction
In this village, less than one-third of the villagers survived."
"Today there are 983 people living in the county."