Liu Qi found the sword god Pu Yuan and was lucky enough to bring back 108 craftsmen back to Xinye. Jiang Wan, Deng Zhi, Wen Dai and others came to greet him at the city gate and properly settled more than 300 villagers. That night Jiang Wan held a banquet at Xinye County House.
To support Liu Qi and his entourage.
Naturally, the reception banquet was attended by a messenger sent by Liu Biao from Xiangyang. The messenger presented Liu Qi with an official document from Liu Biao, the governor, requiring Liu Qi to rush to Xiangyang to report on his duties within a week after receiving the document. At this time, Liu Qi had already left the limited date in the official document for half a month.
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Liu Qi was very polite and courteous to Liu Biao's messenger at the night banquet. He said that he had just returned from a business trip and had neglected the messenger, so he deserved death.
The messenger blushed for a while. How could he know that Jiang Wan had arranged for him to be attacked by bandits before he arrived in Nanyang, but he could not tell that he was attacked by bandits. He said seriously: "I have been accompanied by Jiang Sima in recent days.
I went down to Xinye and looked around. Unexpectedly, under the governance of the young master, Xinye, which used to be barren and desolate, had people living and working in peace and contentment, prosperity and stability, but in Nanjun, there were soldiers and bandits running around, and the delivery of the letter was delayed for many days.
, I hope the eldest son will forgive me."
Obediently, the messenger's words contained a lot of criticism about Nanjun under Cai Mao's rule. The messenger had personally experienced being robbed by Nanjun's "soldiers and bandits" and almost lost his life. However, in Nanyang Xinye, he was visited by Jiang Wan and others.
Courtesy, a comparison between the two shows that the eldest son Gongqi is very popular in Xinye, has good governance, and truly deserves his reputation.
Liu Qi knew that the matter of the messenger had been settled, so he pretended to be modest and said: "My lord, the messenger, should be the reason for the reward because my father-in-law was away and delayed your return. This county is deeply uneasy, so we will set off for Xiangyang with your lord tomorrow morning."
"I don't dare to call you a master. The young master is trying to destroy a villain." The messenger was very impressed by Liu Qi's humble attitude and liked him very much. He thought that after returning to Xiangyang, he had to say a few good words for the young master Liu Qi in front of his lord Liu Miao.
"We have to travel a long distance tomorrow, so the dinner can't be too late, so as not to affect the adults' rest. Let's stop with one drink." Liu Qi responded to the messenger's gesture, so he finished the dinner early and secretly ordered Wen Dai to prepare a heavy meal for the messenger.
The gift makes the messenger smile.
That night, when Liu Qi and Huang Wudie were enjoying themselves, the bed suddenly creaked loudly. Huang Wudie hugged Liu Qi tightly, her face was hot and her heart was beating: "Sir, be gentle, be gentle, my mother's room is next door.
Where’s the yard?”
"The yard next door is also dozens of feet away, so you can't hear me." Liu Qi was in high spirits, lying on Huang Wudie's body and shaking, but he was puzzled in his heart and didn't exert much force. Besides, this wooden structure was stable and stable.
Why is the bed making so much noise? The bed is not vibrating like this?!
"Easy, gentle, lower your voice~~" When Huang Wudie felt Liu Qi's passion, she also wondered, and she catered carefully. Why was there such a big movement on the bed board, as if the teapot on the bedside table was making noise?
A slight tinkling sound.
"Who cares who hears it, the sound of bang bang bang is the most beautiful sound in the world..." Liu Qi thought evilly at his peak moment, while having sex with Huang Wudie and enjoying the so-called most beautiful sound in the world, he turned around in a thousand ways
Go back and travel a thousand miles.
"It feels so good..." Everything calmed down and the bed board stopped moving. The two of them got up and washed themselves for a while. Liu Qi and Huang Wudie fell asleep hugging each other happily and contentedly.
Then he closed his eyes tiredly, and in a daze, Liu Qi was awakened by a burst of noise. Jiang Wan shouted in front of Liu Qi's county magistrate's post: "My lord, are you asleep?" At this time, Jiang Wan was also like Chen Wen.
He shouted that Liu Qi was here for his lordship.
When Liu Qi heard the sound, he turned over and got up, and wanted to get dressed.
Huang Wudie pulled Liu Qi and said softly: "Sir, why are you up? Just say you're sleeping."
Liu Qi shouted loudly to the outside: "Brother, I'm up." While getting dressed, he whispered to Huang Wudie: "Brother must have something important to do when he comes to visit late at night. How can I covet the gentle land and leave my brother behind?
Outside the door? Die'er will not let me be a ruthless and unjust person."
"What a mess, am I a ruthless person because I worry about the young master?" Huang Wudie muttered in a low voice, but said: "Well, the young master will come back soon." In fact, Huang Wudie is also reasonable.
People know that Liu Qi treated Jiang Wan, Chen Wen, Chen Wu, Zhao Yun and others like brothers and valued them more than women.
"Well, wait for me, I'll wait for you later." Liu Qi touched Huang Wudie's pink face, kneaded her snow-white chest teasingly, and then bent down to put on her shoes.
Huang Wudie pulled the quilt, shrank her body, and said delicately: "What a beautiful thought..."
After quickly dressing up, Liu Qi walked to the entrance of the hotel, only to see four generals, Chen Chun, Chen Xia, Chen Qiu and Chen Dong, accompanying Jiang Wan waiting at the door.
Liu Qi stepped forward and said, "Brother, what happened?" Since Jiang Wan stopped calling Liu Qi his son and followed the soldiers to call him lord, Liu Qi also called Jiang Wan "eldest brother". Jiang Wan, Chen Wen, and Liu Qi
The three of them are the true sworn brothers who drank blood wine and swore an oath to heaven in Dangyang Guiyuan.
Jiang Wan was stunned, wondering how Liu Qi could really keep his composure. The earth was shaking just now, but Liu Qi didn't know what happened?
Doubts were doubts, but in front of Liu Qi, Jiang Wan would not ask random questions, but reported truthfully: "My lord, the seismograph measured an earthquake in the northwest. Just a moment ago, the frog in the northwest of the seismograph had an earthquake in its mouth.
Caught the marble."
Liu Qi couldn't help but blush, calmed down, and said: "Oh, let's go and have a look." No wonder the bed board made such an exaggerated noise when working with Huang Wudie. It coincided with the vibrations of the earthquake. Earthquakes kill many people.
, and Liu Qi, you are so carefree and happy in bed that you don't know anything about it. You can't even feel the earthquake. It's so a little bit weird. Liu Qi's face feels hot when he thinks about it...
Jiang Wan accompanied Liu Qi to a room specially set up for the seismometer. Chen Wen, Chen Wu, Zhao Yun and others were already gathered in front of the seismograph and pointing. As soon as Liu Qi arrived, everyone shouted "Lord" and the scene became quiet.
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Sure enough, a dragon ball fell into the toad's mouth in the northwest position of the Zhang Heng seismograph purchased by Deng Zhi from Luoyang. Liu Qi had no doubts about the accuracy of the Zhang Heng seismometer of the Eastern Han Dynasty that was used to predict earthquakes afterwards.
Liu Qi looked around at the crowd, then at the surrounding walls, and then looked up at the roof. This simple wooden house equipped with a seismometer showed no signs of earthquake deformation or cracking, indicating that the territory of Nanyang, or to be precise,
There was no earthquake in Xinye. The direction of the earthquake was in the northwest. Where exactly in the northwest was located and how high the magnitude was is unknown.
"Let's go to the city and have a look. Let the people not panic." Liu Qi walked out of the wooden house. Chen Chun had brought the horses over, and some soldiers lit up pine oil torches.
Liu Qi took Jiang Wan, Chen Wen and others on horseback to Xinye County to pacify the people. When they came to the streets, they found that Xinye County was quiet. Except for the soldiers on duty patrolling back and forth in the county, there were no ordinary people running from their houses as expected.
The phenomenon of people coming out of a crowd to open areas to avoid shock.
There is no doubt that because the earthquake in the northwest occurred late at night, although Xinye felt the strong earthquake, the ordinary people in their sleep did not take it seriously at all. If an earthquake really happened, the government would have already taken emergency measures, and there would be officers and soldiers shouting.
Gong wakes up.
Liu Qi's heart relaxed. Sure enough, the earthquake recorded in history in June 191 AD actually happened. Although he could not be sure which state or county in the northwest it occurred, it was not in Xinye. Fortunately, the officials and people in Xinye County had already arrived early.
We conducted emergency drills to prevent earthquakes. Even if an earthquake does occur in Xinye, we can avoid unnecessary harm. From tonight, the people can sleep peacefully, but Jiang Wan, Chen Wen, Chen Wu and other soldiers were the first to know that the earthquake occurred.
Judging from the results, Xinye's earthquake prevention work was done well and did not cause panic to the people.
After riding a horse for a while in the county town, Jiang Wan said: "My lord, you are so good at predicting events. If earthquake prevention preparations had not been made in advance, if the earthquake happened in Xinye, the consequences would be disastrous."
Chen Wen answered: "Yes, I just don't know if the people in the earthquake area have taken earthquake prevention measures in advance like Xinye."
Wen Dai also said: "My lord has already sent word that the places where earthquakes should occur will be prepared."
Chen Wuze said disapprovingly: "As for the earthquake, except for Xinye, I'm afraid no one will believe what my lord says."
Wen Dai looked at Chen Wu and said: "General Wu, doesn't anyone disbelieve in the earthquake, which is a matter of life and death? It's better to believe that it exists than to believe that it doesn't exist."
Jiang Wan said: "What General Wu said is true. Even Xiangyang doesn't believe it. My lord will go to Xiangyang tomorrow to report on his duties. This is because someone used my lord's rumors about the earthquake to accuse me."
Chen Wu said angrily: "Because of this matter, I have been holding back my anger for a long time. Anyone who dares to question the lord will die."
Liu Qi remained silent. When the officers and soldiers had reached the end of their discussion, he raised his hand to stop the discussion and said: "The earthquake is a force majeure and a natural disaster. It is useless to be afraid. However, if we do not prevent natural disasters and are careless and lead to major disasters, it is a man-made disaster. We
It can be regarded as a disaster. From this point of view, in the future, we must strengthen the popularization of people's self-protection and self-rescue knowledge on earthquake prevention, fire prevention, waterproofing, lightning protection, etc."
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After returning to the County Magistrate's Inn after observing the earthquake in Xinye, Liu Qi thought that the place where the earthquake occurred must be a huge disaster, so he had no intention of scoring twice with Huang Wudie. He lay on the bed with Huang Wudie in his arms and thought about returning to Xiangyang.
How should I report my work in front of Liu Biao and his staff?
The next morning, Liu Qi asked Huang Wudie to assist his senior brother Sword God in arranging 108 blacksmiths to make furnaces and forge weapons, and handed over Xinye affairs to Jiang Wan as usual.
Returning to Xiangyang to report on his duties, Liu Qi did not dare to be careless and secretly arranged for Zhao Yun to bring a special force of 100 Qilin troops to pretend to be civilians and follow him. He also brought Chen Wen, Chen Wu, Chen Chun, Chen Xia, Chen Qiu, Chen Donghe to escort Mrs. Huang and her son.
The two returned to Xinye, Chen Jin, Chen Yin, Chen Tong, Chen Tie and other ten guards of the Chen family took two carriages and returned to Xiangyang with the messenger to express their resignation to Liu.
The messenger considered that there might be soldiers and bandits in Nanjun, so he suggested that Liu Qi bring 200 personal soldiers to accompany him. Liu Qi used the excuse to lead the troops to show off to avoid gossip, so he only said that he would bring ten bronze-armored guards, and vowed that he would have twenty guards.