Chapter 123 Earthquakes and Droughts
Chapter 123 Earthquakes and Droughts
When I got home, all the kids were back. The three older ones were doing their homework, Qin Shan and Qin Chuan were practicing dancing, Qin Wu Ji liked flowers and plants, and he followed Zhang Liu to learn how to grow flowers. Qin Ming Qi liked to eat, and he would follow Ding Zhao and Wanda to ask for food every day, which made them very cute.
"Mom! You're back!"
When Qin Wuji saw her, he was about to hug her, but Queen Ying picked her up.
"Baby, wait for mommy to change clothes, okay?"
Qin Xingfu saw that she looked like a little clay figure and pinched her nose.
"Little cat, wait for me to change clothes."
Qin Wuji looked at his hands, then wiped them with Queen Ying's clothes. Queen Ying was very upset. This cotton-padded jacket became more and more leaky as it got older.
Qin Xingfu quickly changed her clothes and came out, giving each of the children a kiss.
"Mom, please stop kissing me. We are little men now. We can only kiss our wives from now on."
Qin Yue and Qin Ni were very resistant. Their classmates laughed at them, saying that they still needed their mothers at such a age. How shameful.
"Humph, you don't let me kiss you, but I do. You won't even want me to kiss you in the future, you little bastard. My daughter is more caring."
After saying that she kissed Queen Qin, she became shy.
"Mom, I will grow up too. From now on, I will just kiss you at home. Can you please not kiss me outside?"
Qin Xingfu understood that the child needed face.
"Of course! You're so good, baby."
Qin Wuji had finished washing and came running over to say something.
"Mom, I want a kiss."
Qin Xingfu gave a smack, and Mingqi was carried out of the kitchen by Dan Yao. He was still a little dazed, and saw Qin Xingfu reaching out for a hug.
"mom!"
Looking at the adorable child, Qin Xingfu's heart melted.
"Baby is so good!"
After Qin Shan and Qin Chuan finished their martial arts practice, they washed their faces and ran to her, looking up and asking for a kiss.
Qin Xingfu squatted down and kissed each of them.
"Baby, you guys are awesome. Are you tired?"
“Not tiring, very fun!”
Fu Yuan sees such scenes every day. He feels warm in his heart and very happy, and he says with a smile.
"My lord, the food is ready!"
"Okay, thank you for your hard work!"
"My lord, you're welcome!"
Qin Xingfu came to the dining table and put Mingqi on the dining chair. As soon as he sat down, he smelled a fishy smell and felt nauseous instantly.
He covered his mouth and ran aside to vomit.
"vomit……"
"Sir, what's wrong?"
"mom!"
Adults and children gathered in a circle. Dan Liao went to her and took her pulse. The adult was pregnant and it was almost a month.
"My Lord, you are pregnant, but you are not feeling well?"
Qin Xingfu felt much better after vomiting, but she didn't expect that she would get pregnant so soon.
"It's a bit disgusting. Let's just remove the fish!"
Fu Yuan quickly removed the fish and returned to the dining table. Qin Xingfu ate some vegetarian dishes and didn't want to eat anymore.
"My Lord, do you have a poor appetite? Would you like some porridge?"
Ding Zhao was very nervous when he found out she was pregnant.
"No, I have no appetite. I'll keep my meals lighter from now on."
"Here!"
"Sir, do you want to tell Gongshu Yuan?"
Yue Xin knew that the child was Gongshu Yuan's, but he was busy building a ship and for a moment he felt that he was quite pitiful.
"Let's not talk about it for now. He's probably very busy right now. I'm just going to trouble you again."
"What nonsense are you talking about, adults? No matter who the child's father is, we are the child's father."
Mi Fu felt that she was too polite. She was still so polite after so many years.
"Yes, sir, you must have a good rest and not stay up late to handle official business."
Queen Ying frowned. She would get a headache whenever she stayed up late, but she always stayed up late.
"Correct!"
Xuhe also nodded in agreement.
"My Lord, is there anything you would like to eat? Are you sleepy?"
Her symptoms are different every time she gets pregnant, and he doesn’t know what’s going on this time. Ying Bu is a little worried that her mood may change drastically.
"It's okay! I'm a little sleepy today. You guys should rest early. I'll go back first."
Qin Xingfu felt that this child came at the wrong time, and she felt a little melancholy as she touched her belly.
"If you come at this time, I, your mother, will have to distract myself from taking care of you."
After washing up, I returned to the bed and found Dan Yao waiting for me.
"Sir, is this child really not going to tell Gongshu Yuan?"
"No, he hasn't officially entered the family yet. Now the child is mine. He just provided the seed. It doesn't matter whether the child is told or not. How's my health?"
"It's not bad, but you've been exerting too much energy recently and need a good rest. Let me give you a head massage!"
Qin Xingfu lay on his lap and asked him to help her with the massage.
"it is good."
Qin Xingfu didn't want to tell Gongshu Yuan, but this time the pregnancy reaction was so severe that she felt nauseous the next day before the morning court session.
She lay in the corner and vomited all over the place, and Gao De was extremely worried.
"Sir, why don't you take a day off?"
Fusu saw her and asked someone to treat her, but he was a little surprised that she was pregnant.
"Huiyuan, are you okay?"
After Qin Xingfu vomited, the stuffy feeling in his chest disappeared. He rinsed his mouth, tidied his appearance, and saluted.
"Sorry, sir. I was feeling a little unwell, but I'm fine now."
"How about taking a day off?"
Qin Xingfu shook her head. She dared not relax now. Feng Quji was not around. If she continued to act like before, people would probably be uneasy.
"Well, Doctor Xu, please keep an eye on Prime Minister Qin."
"Here!"
"Go up!"
People entered the hall one after another and heard the court officials report on the progress of various matters.
"Report! Urgent report from a thousand miles away."
a messenger shouted at the door.
"My lord, there has been an earthquake in Bashu and Qianjun, causing many casualties! Please help me."
The young eunuch quickly gave the letter to Qile, who handed it to Fusu. After Fusu read it, he showed it to Qin Xingfu.
The letter was not detailed, nor were the specific casualties. Qin Xingfu thought that there was no record of this time in history.
Fusu looked at the map.
"Let Hanzhong, Qianzhong, and Nanjun send people to support them first. Yinggu, you quickly mobilize food, medicine, and other supplies to ensure support."
"Here!"
Ying Gu took the order and immediately calculated in his mind how much stuff would be needed. Based on the conditions in the disaster-stricken areas, the population was probably around two million.
"Sir, we may not be able to mobilize too much food at once."
Some things are war reserve grains and cannot be moved unless necessary.
"Then immediately order the transfer of troops from all counties. In addition to food, medicine, and supplies, we also need troops to prevent anyone from causing chaos."
The more Qin Xingfu thought about it, the stranger it seemed to him. Could this be another form of God's will?
"Yes, this matter is of great importance. Who is willing to go?"
Chai Wu stepped forward immediately.
"Sir, Prime Minister, I am willing to go!"
Feng Jie was the same, he also wanted the credit.
"My lord, I wish to do so."
Li You had passed the imperial examination before and volunteered.
"Sir, I am willing to go."
At this time, many people were still very positive. Although they were not sure about the dangers, they were still very positive.
Fusu decided to let Chai Wu, Feng Jie and Li You be the main ones, and Xiao He, Cao Shen and Ding Fu be the assistants, each of them would lead 50,000 soldiers to go to the disaster relief, and there would also be many doctors accompanying them.
The telegram was quickly sent to all places. The amount of grain drawn from each county was the amount set by Qin Xingfu so as not to cause major damage. The county governors also cooperated very well.
Chai Wu, Feng Jie and Li You all disliked each other and soon led people to the disaster area to provide relief.
"Master Chai, do you want to get some rest?"
Xiao He has been living a very comfortable life in Xianyang in recent years. Although his official position is not high, he is well treated by the court and his family also has businesses. It is completely different from the hard life he led in Pei County. He has been running around all day and his buttocks hurts so much!
Although he didn't know how his good friend Liu Bang offended the First Emperor over the years, as his former friend, he had long cut off contact with Liu Bang. He had always lived conscientiously and cautiously, and dared not show too much of his talents.
Chai Wu himself couldn't stand it anymore.
"Rest here, eat and continue on the road. Lord Qin said that time is life! We must hurry up and save the people from the dire situation."
"Here!"
They were assigned to go to the farthest Qian County. The soldiers who crossed mountains and rivers along the way immediately built fires, cooked and fed horses.
Xiao He dismounted to stretch his muscles. Chai Wu had been training in the military camp and was in good health.
"General Chai is in good health. I am ashamed."
He is already a grandfather, with old limbs and it is really uncomfortable for him.
"Haha... It's all because of the extra training on weekdays, and the maintenance methods that the adults told me. I'm in good shape."
He is nearly fifty years old, but still in good health.
"Oh? You know a lot, sir. You are still about the same as you were ten years ago."
When Xiao He saw Qin Xingfu for the first time, he looked at her from a distance and felt that she was not a real person. More than ten years ago, Zhang Liang had said something inexplicable to him, saying that she was disturbing the secrets of heaven and asked him to help him support Liu Bang to ascend to the throne. He was so scared that he fled.
I think he is really crazy, Liu Bang is the son of destiny, it's ridiculous! If the Qin Dynasty still fought as usual, it might be as he said, but the First Emperor did not get into trouble. When I came to Xianyang, I felt that the First Emperor was quite good. He was clear about rewards and punishments and was selfless. The ministers could not stand the palace for so many years and jointly requested the emperor's permission to repair it.
The most important thing is that the people of the Qin Dynasty have been able to solve the problem of food and clothing to a great extent, which has never happened in any previous dynasty. He is very optimistic about the Qin Dynasty. Even though the First Emperor is now in a coma, there has not been any major chaos in the entire Qin Dynasty.
Those who should study should study, and those who should farm should farm. Everyone has their own things to do.
After the rest, Chai Wu continued on his journey. The place he was going was far away, unlike Li You who was walking nearby.
"Ah!"
Li You, who was directing people to rescue the refugees, couldn't help but sneeze.
"Sir, would you like to take a break?"
His followers were worried about him. There were broken walls and ruins everywhere, it was raining, and they didn't have enough tents.
"No problem! Have someone make some more ginger and sugar water to dispel the cold!"
"Here!"
"Sir, please save our child."
A man covered in blood kowtowed to them, and Li You arranged for someone to go.
"Go with him to save people! Be safe and take precautions!"
"Here!"
"Thank you, sir! This way."
The blood-stained man led the rescue team to a ruin, and then shouted inside, while constantly pulling at the tiles with his already broken hands.
"Brother, brother, hold on. I'm bringing people to rescue you. The imperial court has sent people to rescue us. We will all survive."
“Are all people gathered here?”
"Here, and here."
The man pointed to two places where his family had gathered to discuss their child's marriage, but a hole appeared in the ground. He escaped the disaster because he went out to use the toilet.
The people inside heard someone coming to rescue them, and their originally desperate eyes gradually brightened up.
"Hold on a little longer, the imperial court will send someone, and we will all be alive."
The children and women inside were so excited that they burst into tears. With strength in numbers, they gradually saw the situation inside.
"Close your eyes first, and then slowly open them when we rescue you."
Many members of the rescue team had been given temporary training overnight by Qin Xingfu in order to rescue as many people as possible. Two children and an old woman died.
The person who had just been rescued saw his wife being rescued, and quickly crawled to her side and called her.
"Afang, wake up! Don't sleep anymore, we are saved."
"Brother, my sister-in-law was hit by the beam while trying to protect A-Lin."
The woman on the other side had her hair disheveled and her arm broken. She was in agony when she saw her lifeless sister-in-law.
The rescue team asked the bloodstained man.
"Are all the people here ready?"
The man nodded. Everyone was there, but they were still too late. He hated himself for being useless.
"Someone will help treat the wound in a moment. Please accept my condolences!"
They also had to save others, so they turned around and went to another house in tears.
An earthquake took many lives and destroyed many people's homes. Even though they worked almost day and night to save people, many people still died.
Li You initially just wanted to make some achievements, but now he has thrown himself into the rescue. He wants to save as many children and elderly people as possible, and rolls up his sleeves to rescue together with the soldiers.
The subsequent supply of food continued to arrive, and many people heard about the disaster and donated some of their food to the government.
"Sir, these are vegetables that my family grows. Please send them to the people in the disaster area."
"Also, these are chickens that my family raises ourselves."
Seeing people donating spontaneously, many people were shocked, and those who read wrote down what they saw.
"In the 47th year of the First Emperor, there was an earthquake in the three prefectures of Ba, Shu and Qian. The imperial court actively sent people to rescue, and people from all over the country lent a hand. Good! A rule of benevolence and righteousness."
Qin Xingfu hadn't slept well for three days in a row, always worried about insufficient manpower and corruption. He saw the news reported from various places that the people spontaneously donated money and the caravans spontaneously helped with transportation, and he also sent the news to the court officials.
When Fusu saw this, he felt a heavy heart in his chest. It turned out that the people were really lovely. Treating them sincerely was better than returning sincerity. He looked at her with tears in his eyes.
"Huiyuan, I trust you even more!"
"We understand the people's wishes, but we can't accept them all. After all, they don't have much themselves. Let the county governor record them all and commend them after the disaster is over. So far, the court is able to save them all."
At this time, Qin Xingfu felt that he should synchronize the news with the people.
"Sir, this is a method I thought of. Let's start a newspaper business first! This way, any movement of the Qin Dynasty can be transmitted in a timely manner."
Fusu looked at it carefully and thought it was good, but he didn't know who would be the right person to write it, so he passed it around.
"Who do you think should be responsible for this newspaper industry?"
When Ying Yinman saw this suggestion, her first thought was Ying Jiang, who had a lot of gossip about him every day.
"Sir, Ying Jiang might be able to do it!"
Fusu thought about Ying Jiang's information. This little sister seemed too lively. She was only twenty-one or twenty-two years old this year, but she was still like a naughty monkey. She was so well-behaved and cute when she was a child.
Qin Xingfu thought of a super cute little girl. She must have grown up now. She really doesn’t pay attention to the children of these princesses and princes.
Other court officials felt that this was a waste of talent and agreed with Ying Yinman's suggestion.
"I second the proposal!"
"I second the proposal!"
Qin Xingfu feels that these people really need to improve their knowledge, otherwise they will regret it in the future.
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