Jiang Pengji rubbed her feet on the ground. Then, she randomly picked up a tree branch and drew an irregular rectangle on the ground. With a few strokes, she drew a regional map of Shangjing. During her time in Shangjing, she basically wandered around aimlessly outside. She knew the regional plan very well.
It would not work if they kept squeezing into one area for the search and rescue.
It would only waste time. Most of the areas outside could not be taken care of.
Including the available personnel from the two residences and the young men hired, the entire search and rescue team had 71 people.
She already had a plan in her mind on how to maximize the efficiency of these people.
"There are still too few people …" Feng Jin's face was pale. There were only a few dozen people. They could not even cover the eastern part of the city.
"We'll do our best and leave the rest to fate. If the appointment from the government came this morning, it might be easier to give some people symbolically. "Xu Ke was also panting from exhaustion.
Xu Ke was also panting from exhaustion, but when he saw that Jiang Pengji's lips were dry and pale, her sweat had soaked her clothes several times, and there was not a single part of her hands that was unharmed, he did not dare to make a sound no matter how tired he was. He swallowed his words back into his stomach.
"It will be night in another six to eight hours. This is the tricky part …"
Jiang Pengji's voice was hoarse. She spoke of the difficult problem that the two beside her could not bear to speak of.
The lighting facilities in ancient times were too backward. The rich could use candles to make fire, the slightly poorer used oil lamps, and the poor would wash up and sleep at night … It was conceivable that after an earthquake, there would be a huge impact on the search and rescue if there were no lighting facilities at night.
It could be said that apart from Jiang Pengji, the others were basically useless.
The only thing to be thankful for was that it was summer and the sky would turn dark later.
Feng Jin said, "We have to save them even if we have to hold candles. Human life is as important as the sky. How can mere candles compare to it?"
Rich families needed candles a lot. Therefore, the candles found in the storerooms of the two residences could barely make up a box. It was estimated that it could last for one night.
However, how could the light of candles compare to the blazing sun? It would definitely bring great inconvenience to the rescue.
Jiang Pengji raised her hand to rub between her eyebrows. She did not know how many bloody blisters had formed on her palm and how many had burst. Others felt that her hand was in pain just by looking at it. She was indifferent, as if she could not feel the pain. "Let's call it a day. Arrange for people to take turns to rest. We still have work to do at night."
There were only so many people, and not everyone was as tireless as she was. They could not withstand the high-intensity search and rescue that lasted day and night.
Jiang Pengji missed her troops again. After all, they were well-trained and had much stronger stamina than ordinary people.
"I'm thinking how good it would be if the troops could land now …" She smiled bitterly and took a bowl of warm water from Taxue. She raised her head and poured it into her mouth. She gulped it down and felt that it was not enough, so she asked Taxue to get her another bowl.
"If that's the case, Langjun, then I wish I had the ability to turn beans into soldiers."
Xu Ke tried to find joy in his misery. He held a bowl of porridge and gulped it down. He no longer cared about his gentlemanly demeanor.
Feng Jin sighed and ate a simple bowl of porridge. His stomach was half full.
"Jin will go and take a look at Madam."
Now, he was most concerned about his wife and daughter.
Jiang Pengji gave up her own carriage. It was spacious inside and everything was in order. In addition, the shock absorption system was good. As long as there was a thick mattress and quilt, even if there was an aftershock, Wei Jingxian would not feel a strong tremor while lying in the carriage.
Since she was pregnant and needed to breastfeed the child, it was natural to give her a special treatment.
The food in the mouth was to restore vitality and stimulate the production of breast milk. No one could let the mother and daughter go hungry.
Because there were too many injured, almost all of them were bloody. The air was filled with a strong smell of blood.
The pregnant woman could not stand such stimulation. The carriage was tightly packed and it was too stuffy. She asked the maid to soak a cloth with warm water and tighten it to wipe her sweat. Only then could she feel a little better … Thinking of the poor conditions, Feng Jin only felt guilty.
"I can't eat it. Do you want to eat some too?"
Feng Jin entered the carriage and tidied up his appearance. He wiped his hands and the skin that was exposed outside. He also changed the clothes that covered his head so that he would not dirty the carriage. As soon as the curtain was lifted, the heat inside came out. Just staying for a while made him feel uncomfortable and sweaty.
"No, I ate just now. You're still in confinement and need to nourish yourself so that you don't get sick in the future."
Feng Jin sighed and turned his gaze to his daughter.
Because of the high temperature in the carriage, the swaddling clothes that were wrapped outside had been untied. She wore two small cotton clothes and a small quilt.
"It's a little hot inside. Open the curtain at intervals to get some air so that you don't feel stuffy," Feng Jin said.
Wei Jingxian said, "I remember. You did a good job as a maid."
"When you get some air, cover yourself and the child well so that you don't catch a cold," Feng Jin could not help but remind her.
Wei Jingxian listened patiently. The relationship between the husband and wife could be said to be advancing by leaps and bounds.
Jiang Pengji's memorial was quickly sent to the Imperial Summer Village outside the city. After the earthquake, the Imperial Summer Village was on high alert. There were imperial guards both inside and outside the village. The memorial was successfully delivered to the Emperor's hands after a series of twists and turns.
The Imperial Summer Village was different from ordinary buildings. Generally, it had to be earthquake-proof. Therefore, even after the strong earthquake last night, the palace did not collapse seriously. It was only for the sake of the Emperor's life that a huge, luxurious tent was built outside.
Although it was a tent, it was actually not much different from the Imperial Summer Village.
Inside, there was still the Emperor's office, the study room for meeting the ministers, a place for bathing, washing, and toilet. There was also a huge dragon bed for the concubines. The interior was extremely luxurious. One could not tell that it was a temporary tent from the inside. One would think that it was a luxuriously decorated palace room.
The people of ancient times could not explain the cause of the earthquake, so they used their imagination to forcibly explain it.
One of the most widespread explanations was the Earth Dragon Turning Over.
Therefore, every earthquake could be interpreted as a warning and dissatisfaction from the Heavens towards the Emperor. This was also what the Emperor hated the most.
Since the earthquake last night, the Emperor had been in a bad mood.
When he could not hold back his anger, he even drew his sword and killed a few court officials who tried to sway the hearts of the people.
On the chaise lounge behind the screen, there was a peerlessly beautiful woman. She opened her eyes slightly and got off the couch barefooted. Her feet stepped on the delicate and soft animal skin carpet. She only had a transparent white robe embroidered with a hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix draped loosely over her body.
Other than that, there was not a single piece of clothing to cover her body.
Her long hair was loose and hung on both sides of her chest, faintly covering two dark red spots. Her snow-white skin was covered with ambiguous bruises. Some were deep, some were light, and the traces of old and new were obvious. It did not look like it had been done in a short period of time. It looked like it had been done continuously for a few days.
Her steps were light and graceful. Her two straight long legs made one's heart sway. One could not help but linger on her chest and triangular area.
The woman pulled up her sleeves. Her face was enchanting. Her body was curvy and her full red lips were curled into a seductive arc. She was like a beautiful peony in full bloom.
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