"Let's go. It's time to repair the road. Fifty yuan a day and two meals."
In Chang 'an City, the people who usually worked part-time received the news that the road was being repaired. They called out to their companions.
The heavy rain turned into a light drizzle. Occasionally, it would stop, as if a gust of wind blew and raindrops fell.
Li Yi stayed in Zheng County and needed to mobilize resources from other places. Chang 'an City was the place with the most resources.
He wanted to find people to work on the road from the pier to Zheng County.
He hired all the people in Chang 'an City and Weinan County.
The local labor force in Zheng County would work as relief for the disaster.
He hired people to work at a high price of fifty yuan a day.
The people in Chang 'an City ran to the canal and took a boat to Zheng County.
The government office of Huazhou was in Zheng County. Zheng County belonged to Guo County.
Last night, the main officials of the government office were drinking in a restaurant by the canal and watching the rain.
In the end, they all drank too much. When the county magistrate of Zheng County found that the situation was not good, he couldn't talk to his superior about serious matters.
He gritted his teeth and reported to Chang 'an City for help.
At this time, he and the provincial governor of Huazhou were watching the villagers of the Li Family Zhuangzi of Baishui instructing people to do things.
Their subordinates were also transferred. Li Yi said that he was a third-rank official, which was higher than the provincial governor.
Therefore, he promised benefits to the bailiffs without asking for their consent. The bailiffs saw that it was disaster relief and they could get money, so they agreed.
The county town of Zheng County was better. There were fewer damaged houses. The people in the village who were soaked went to the county town.
Some people had more houses. Li Yi paid for the disaster victims to live in first. There were also tents, but there were not enough.
Some of the Winged Knights were sleeping, and some were in charge of guarding.
If someone stole or robbed during the chaos, they were responsible for killing. They could kill without weapons.
The provincial governor of Huazhou and the others still had the aftereffects of being drunk. Their heads, stomachs, and throats were uncomfortable.
The disaster victims lined up to eat in the tents that were temporarily used as canteens. None of them were in good condition.
Some people started to wipe their tears while eating. How could they survive the winter without their houses?
"Let's go to the county to buy grain from the people who have a lot of grain." Li Yi had slept for an hour, so his eyes were a little bloodshot.
"Dongzhu, they've raised the price. It's more than double the usual price." The junior manager complained.
"We'll buy it even if it's a price increase. It's a market economy. Let's see who raises the price and write down the name. Even if it's ten times the price, we'll buy it first."
Li Yi said that it was a market economy, but he asked for their names to be recorded.
The other party saw an opportunity and wanted to profit from the country's calamity. It was a fair trade. There was nothing wrong with it.
However, he had a blacklist. Even if he suffered a loss today, in the future … he would have a chance to make up for it.
"He's awake. The person who fainted from drowning in Dongzhu is awake. He said he wants to vomit."
When Li Yi stood at a high place and looked down at the situation below, an imperial physician from the Imperial Medical Bureau ran over and reported happily.
"He probably hit his head before he drowned, so he has a slight concussion. It could also be that he drank too much water due to lack of oxygen for too long, so his stomach is empty."
Li Yi's ambulance did not have any equipment to check for brain injuries, so it was impossible to determine if there was any bleeding in the patient's head.
As for the concussion, the equipment could not detect it.
Looking at the situation, the patient woke up naturally and had his own consciousness. He just wanted to vomit, which did not seem to be a big problem.
"Continue to give him oxygen. Ask him if he wants to drink soup. If he wants, feed him half a bowl of egg soup." Li Yi breathed a sigh of relief.
It was amazing that a person did not die.
The main reason was that all the rivers did not burst, otherwise, many people would have died.
Most of the houses were flooded with water and collapsed because of the mud and grass.
The water flow was not fast, so they could find something to hold on to in the deep water, such as holding a tree.
The imperial physician went to arrange. Li Yi thought of the victims' homes and said to Huang Bai beside him: "Remember to remind me about the construction of the cement factory."
"Got it, Dongzhu. Are you going to spread the technology?" Huang Bai nodded.
"No, the cement burning technology cannot be spread. We can only let others buy the cement from the cement factory." Li Yi waved his hand.
He was afraid that the cement burning technology would be learned by Tubo and then used to build the city.
The cement walls were not necessarily stronger than the walls mixed with rice milk, but the construction speed was faster.
Thinking of building a city, Li Yi suddenly had a new idea of using cement in war.
He was going to talk to his eldest brother and third brother.
"Don't worry, the house collapsed. It's not a good house anyway. Can a good house be damaged by the rain?"
The farmer comforted everyone in the tent when he was getting food for the victims.
"How can we survive the winter? After the rain, it will freeze in two days."
The victims were worried. If it was summer, they would also be worried. Building a house required money and time, and there was also work to do in the field.
"My Dongzhu will build a new house for you with bricks and tiles." The farmer said what Li Yi asked him to say.
"Such a great kindness, I can't bear it. He can bring people to save us. It's already a great kindness. I can't afford it."
When the older victims talked about Li Yi, their eyes were filled with gratitude.
"It wasn't our Dongzhu who saved you. It was His Majesty's private army, the Winged Knights.
His Majesty heard that the rain was heavy and was worried about Weinan County, so he sent the Winged Knights to help. Who knew that your Zheng County … "
"County Magistrate Liang." The victims said the county magistrate's surname.
"Yes, County Magistrate Liang Chun. He sent an urgent report to Chang 'an. After passing through Weinan County, the Winged Knights ran to our Zheng County."
The farmer continued to speak according to the arrangement. He could not give the credit to Dongzhu.
"Yes, it was His Majesty's Winged Knights. The Winged Knights can really run. They ran over shirtless and tied the life-saving thing to us."
"Yes, they are good swimmers. They dragged us and swam so far."
"After saving us to a safe place, they were so tired that they lay down and fell asleep. It's heartbreaking to see them."
"His Majesty is the one who loves the people the most."
"His Majesty has strong soldiers. We can rest assured."
The people who were affected by the disaster were led to praise Li Longji.
Seeing that there was nothing for them to do, the officials of Huazhou went back to find a way to sober up so that they could submit the memorial.
At the same time, they prepared to invite Li Yi for a drink in the afternoon or evening to discuss.
County Magistrate Liang Chun did not go back. He knew that the people in the state government were dissatisfied with him. He was the county magistrate of Huazhou, so he bypassed the state government and asked for help from Chang 'an.
It did not matter how the people were. The key was how the people in the state government would look in His Majesty's eyes.
He had touched the taboo of officialdom.
He did not have any good ideas. He did not say that the officials in the state government were drunk. He only said that Zheng County was affected by the disaster.
The people in the county were affected by the disaster. If he could not save them, it would be considered an incompetent disaster relief. The officials in the state government would push the blame to him.
In other words, it would not end well if he did not go beyond his rank to ask for help.
He thought it through. If a lot of people died, he would not be able to keep his position. If he went beyond his rank to ask for help, he could just go to another place and continue to be a county magistrate.
"Ming Residence, what should we do?" The deputy asked.
"Ask Jinziguang Lu, Doctor Li Yi." Liang Chun looked at his deputy and knew what the other party was thinking.
If he was arrested, the deputy would probably take over the position of county magistrate.
He walked towards Li Yi as he spoke. When he arrived, he looked at Li Yi carefully.
Li Yi showed a rare smile. "County Magistrate Liang, you sent the news in time and saved a lot of people's lives. Your contribution is not negligible."
"It's all up to the Provincial Governor …" Liang Chun wanted to distribute the credit.
"It has nothing to do with them. I know they were drunk last night. I want to impeach them." Li Yi interrupted Liang Chun.
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