Chapter 310: Stalemate

Yu Dayi, Magistrate of Huazhu County.

Thirty-two years old, Metropolitan Graduate background.

It is said that he is fair in law enforcement, diligent, has never made any major mistakes, is not an unwise person, and such an act is normal.

Liang Qu asked: "Which township did Magistrate Yu go to?"

Chai Shiqiao's forehead sweated: "The subordinate is ashamed, Magistrate Yu didn't tell the subordinate the fleet's itinerary before, but according to the current distribution of villagers, I dare to guess that it should be in the area of Xiangxi Town, because the disaster victims in that area haven't come over much."

Liang Qu pointed to Huangshan.

"Are all the disaster victims on the mountain?"

Chai Shiqiao said: "Only including a part; Magistrate Yu designated many settlement points; Huangshan is just one of them; Magistrate Yu is worried that the flood water level will continue to rise, so he let the common people gather to places with high terrain, regardless of whether the local disaster is serious or not."

Liang Qu took out the map, found the Xiangxi Town mentioned by Chai Shiqiao, not far from Huangshan, with plenty of time.

"I want to go up and take a look."

"Of course, of course." Chai Shiqiao dusted his sleeves, gave way, and bowed to accompany, "Don't know the lord's name..."

"This official's surname is Liang."

Liang Qu pulled out the waist token from his waist.

The night watchman brought the torch closer.

Chai Shiqiao looked it over roughly and handed it back respectfully.

Official uniforms are easy to forge, but Dragon Blood Horses are not; checking it now is just a process.

Without delay, the group turned back up the mountain.

Just at this time, Lu Xinqing stumbled over, supporting his knees with both hands, out of breath.

That damn Dragon Blood Horse was powerful; he, a four-pass martial artist, actually didn't catch up.

Chai Shiqiao looked surprised: "This brother is..."

Liang Qu said: "Water bandit, blocked the road to rob my boat, caught to lead the way."

Chai Shiqiao's face turned red: "Very ashamed, there are water bandits everywhere in Huazhu County now, but the Black Water River is turbulent and stretches on both banks, so it's not easy for us to handle, making Liang suffer."

"Alright, no need for polite words, water bandits are a small matter; the urgent task is to deal with the flood; hurry and take me up!"

"Yes, yes." Chai Shiqiao hurriedly led Liang Qu up the mountain, "Does the lord want the subordinate to send someone to wake them all up."

"No need, if I came to put on airs, you should have been called directly at the foot of the mountain."

"Liang is truly diligent for the people, the subordinate is ashamed."

Lu Xinqing looked at Chai Shiqiao and sneered.

He was a water bandit leader, and his subordinates also flattered him like this.

Flatterer.

On Huangshan, the camp was dense, mostly living in military tents, occasionally seeing a few bonfire piles burning under wooden boards.

Passing by a few tents, one could hear snoring.

A few villagers on night watch saw Chai Shiqiao and took the initiative to come forward to say hello.

Liang Qu looked at them one by one.

A foul smell permeated the air, which had not dissipated for a long time, mostly coming from excrement.

Lifting the tent, sweat, foot odor gushed out, and there was a rotten smell of long-term soaking in water.

Many people didn't fall asleep at all, huddled together sitting on the side, their faces sallow, overall presenting a wilted state, and some kept shivering.

It is the end of August and the beginning of September, and the weather is not cold, even saying it is hot, but they are still shivering.

A couple holding two children with heavy breathing and red faces comforted them in a low voice.

Liang Qu scanned the circle, saw other families in the corner, and put down the curtain.

No one knew that not long after Liang Qu and the others left, the man holding the child in the military tent touched the boy's forehead, his face revealing joy.

"Mother of the child, look quickly, is the fever gone?"

The woman hurriedly reached out, repeatedly feeling the difference between her own and the boy's forehead, then touched another little girl, overjoyed.

"All gone, all gone! Heaven bless! River God bless!"

The heavy breathing of the two men sleeping on the other side also gradually became stable and comfortable.

Similar things happened in other military tents from time to time.

An invisible force was dispelling the plague air shrouding Huangshan.

Liang Qu investigated the situation of the disaster victims and drove away the water plague, while Chai Shiqiao also carefully sized up Liang Qu.

The more he looked, the younger he felt; he looked to be no more than twenty, yet he rode a Dragon Blood Horse with scales and was a seventh-rank official!

Must have a big background!

Chai Shiqiao's expression became more and more respectful.

"How many people are currently on the entire Huangshan? Have casualties been counted? What is the disaster range?"

"There are a total of over 28,000 people on the entire Huangshan, mostly from the nearby two towns and three townships; as for specific casualties, it is difficult to get specific values, only rough calculations, over eight thousand..."

Lu Xinqing was startled: "So many?"

Chai Shiqiao looked back with disdain, didn't answer the other party, and continued: "Over eighty percent of the Huazhu County territory has been hit by the flood, and the surrounding two counties are also affected; Jiangling County is also very serious."

Over eight thousand...

Liang Qu knew the other party wasn't exaggerating.

Still water formed by the slow rise of the river channel; even if the water depth is over the chest, people can walk in it.

But if it is a relatively turbulent flood, it only takes half a foot to knock people down; once they fall, the probability of standing up again is extremely low.

And the real number is very likely to be higher than eight thousand.

Liang Qu saw in "General Examination of Dike Repair" that when the previous Great Qian Dynasty was retreating, it sent ten great martial artists to dig open the Majiakou dike of the Huangsha River near Fengcheng.

As a result, the Huangsha River rushed straight into Fengcheng, 840,000 people in the city died, and finally only over 60,000 survived.

"Tens of thousands die every day!"

In just a few days, the mortality rate exceeded a terrifying ninety percent!

Liang Qu walked deep inside all the way.

"How is the food situation?"

"Not optimistic; from the current situation, although we have sent people to dig for food in the surrounding area, most of them are soaked in water; what can be eaten can only last less than five days, and there are often giant crocodiles in the water, so manpower is very tight."

"Is there centralized treatment for excrement?"

"Excrement? Not yet; we haven't built public toilets, mostly letting the disaster victims handle it themselves."

Chai Shiqiao was puzzled; what is the use of handling excrement now, it is completely useless for autumn farming.

"There is plague air in excrement; handling it casually is easy to spread the plague; it must be uniformly buried under the soil."

"Is this true, my lord?"

Liang Qu looked at Chai Shiqiao sideways: "Just do as I say, do I still need to explain it to you?"

"The subordinate doesn't dare! From now on, I will definitely allocate manpower to handle excrement."

Chai Shiqiao lowered his head.

Liang Qu continued forward.

This is the benefit of a high official position.

"Do you know the cause of this flood?"

"The subordinate doesn't know; when the flood came, the subordinate was eating at home, and was called up by the magistrate to settle the disaster victims."

No "guilt."

The Ear-Knowledge Technique told Liang Qu that Chai Shiqiao wasn't lying.

"Do you have a disaster map?"

"Yes!"

"Get me a copy."

"The lord wait a moment."

In a moment, Liang Qu had a rough map in his hand; he swept a glance and put it in his arms.

The map is a strategic material; if it weren't for Liang Qu's high position, he couldn't have gotten it easily.

After Liang Qu swept around Huangshan, confirmed that his water plague driving should have all taken effect, and gave Chai Shiqiao a few more instructions, he mounted Red Mountain and hurried away, heading toward Xiangxi Town.

About five quarters of the Hai hour, less than ten o'clock, the pleasure boat arrived at the territory of Xiangxi Town.

Without going too deep, Awei found the fleet mentioned by Chai Shiqiao in the air first.

A dozen large ships were in the center, and hundreds of fishing boats were gathered around the large ships, stretching into a vast fleet, with star-like fires flickering.

A few disaster victims standing on the roof to avoid the flood were boarding the large ship with the help of fishermen.

Liang Qu's golden eyes scanned, and finally found the target of this trip on the bow of a large ship—Yu Dayi!

However, the fleet was in a bit of trouble at the moment.

A water beast with black scales was harassing the fleet, and a few martial artists were spreading a large net, confronting the water beast.

The water beast was fierce, the martial artists didn't dare to go into the water rashly, and were worried that the water beast would break through the encirclement, forming a stalemate for a time. ===== CHAPTER 311 =====