Chapter 97 Flood in Kuocheng County

The autumn wind wrinkled the river, and the clouds and sails are getting farther and farther away. A boat carrying a young man full of complacency set sail from Bianjing.

It only took a day or two for Wang to come to Jincheng, Zezhou. After a short pause in Jincheng, he was led by Yu Danian and Li Jian and continued to go up the Yellow River to the two newly selected coal-producing places in Jinzhou and Jiangzhou. The purchase of these two land kings is particularly smooth, and everywhere they go, the magistrate must welcome them in person and treat them warmly.

Wang Bian couldn't help sighing secretly that most of the last trip was to greet the magistrate of Qipin County. Now he is the magistrate of Wupin, which all depends on the identity given to him by Renzong: the imperial envoy. Wang is not an official, and this time his trip to Xixia is also unofficial; he is just a businessman in the Song Dynasty to do some business exchanges. But this imperial gift is different, which shows that he is not an ordinary businessman, but represents the strength of the Song Dynasty to communicate.

Wang's side evaluates himself like this, but others don't think so. Wang's innate identity is not enough to shock the magistrate; Wang's thoughts are only half of the reason, and the other half of the reason is that he is too famous. Where there is no "Cloud Pick", the son of that place went to Beijing to take the exam and did not drink Yunxuan's tea. Even in coal-producing areas such as Jinzhou and Jiangzhou, none of them saw Jincheng get rich first.

There is no more stay next to the king in these places, although the time has reached the end of autumn. The Yellow River twists and turns, the more it goes west into the middle reaches, and the water gradually rushes up. Sailing against the water, the speed of the boat slowed down. So on the Yi Road to Yanzhou, which crossed the junction of Hedong Road and Yongxing Military Road, there was a handsome young man riding a horse with a book boy.

The autumn wind is rustling, the leaves are withered and yellow, and the spirit is blowing, and the horse is stepping on the sun. The two of them stayed at night and arrived at the boundary of Kuangzhou in a few days.

It's late autumn at this time, but there are many people with thin clothes on the road. Some walk alone, and some groups of old and young people come from the direction of Pocheng County. These people passed by the two people with worries. The book boy beside the king slowed down and looked back at the backs of these people and asked, "Sir, is there something wrong in front of you?"

Wang was originally on his angular face, and his eyebrows frowned, looking dignified and cold. After a few hundred miles, you will enter the boundary of Yanzhou, which is the place where Song and Xia handed over. Is the war on the front line of Song and Xia urgent? He turned over and got off the horse to the book boy.

The book boy took the rein next to the king. The king took two steps and met the flow of people coming in the opposite direction. He asked an old man.

The old man led a four- or five-year-old girl. The old man's clothes were rotten, the little girl's dirty little face, and a pair of big eyes looked at the king in horror. Seeing the king coming up to salute, the old man was shocked at first, and the little girl also timidly hid behind the old man.

The old man saw that although the king was dusty, he seemed to be a serious person and polite and respectful. He also stopped his arms around the girl and subconsciously blocked the girl behind him.

Wang saw that this man was very wary, so he said first, "I'm from the capital and I'm going to Yanzhou. Seeing that pedestrians on the road seem to have experienced some disasters, I hereby inquire."

The old man sighed gently, looked back at the direction of Xingcheng County and said, "If you want to go to Yanzhou, you'd better take a detour." After saying that, he pulled the little girl to continue on his way.

Wang Bong hurriedly said, "This old gentleman, please stay. Isn't it the Xixia people who hit Pocheng County?"

The old man stopped. He saw that the king was kind and accompanied by a teenager. Both of them were not old, or they came to visit relatives and friends. He sighed and said, "If the Xixia people called and had a guard, there would be no way to guard the city now. Now the flood has washed away the city of the city, the enemy of the natural disaster, and there are robbers, man-made disasters, natural and man-made disasters. The old man couldn't help sobbing, and the little girl also cried.

The old and the young stopped to talk to the king, and the passers-by around them couldn't help crying and stopped in twos and threes. Wang looked around. At this time, Cai Jing was behind him. Seeing that the girl was pitiful, he took out a piece of bun in his bag and handed it to the little girl. Wang saw that the girl first took a bite and then looked at the old man. The old man nodded, and the girl ate a mouthful

The old man thanked and said, "My granddaughter hasn't eaten well for a while. After saying that, he sighed with tears. Wang listened to him say this and guessed that it was an accident at home. He turned around and ordered Cai Jing to take out all the dry food and distribute it to everyone. At that moment, the desolate people gathered around him.

Wang asked the old man, "Where are you going to go like this?" The people around him looked blank, and some said, "Go to the village and town in front to see if there is a place to stay." The old man said, "At least it's better to beg in other counties than to beg in that county."

The king took the purse on his body, and there were some scattered silver and copper coins in it. As he distributed it to everyone, he said, "There is a Yunyan County not far from here. Zhang Zai, the county magistrate there, is my elder. You can go to Yunyan County first and ask him to help you with the resettlement. I'll be there later."

After saying that, the money was also divided. Wang pang urged Ma and Cai Jing to accelerate to Goucheng County. Cai Jing looked back and saw the population behind him and said, "The benefactor, please leave your name." With that, he knelt down, and some of them cried out of sorrow.

Cai Jing also wiped his snot and tears, caught up with the king and said, "The princes are so pitiful. The bandits are hateful, and this flood can also be hated!"

How to ** Cai Jing in Wang's heart is a big deal. Seeing that Cai Jing has such kindness, it is actually in response to the original goodness of people, but it can be made.

The more people went forward, the more the victims, and the king did not dare to stay more. The scattered silver on his body was sent out, and if both Zhang Zai were arranged, Yunyan could not bear it. What's more, these are all treating the symptoms rather than the root causes. You can't waste time here, so you are so hard not to look at those passers-by.

The road became more and more difficult, and the exiting flood left mud on the already difficult dirt road. In front of him, Cai Jing was stunned by the scene in front of him. After the flood, the city wall was washed down by the once flood, and pieces of houses collapsed. There were dead who were flooded and knocked down everywhere. The bodies were pillowed together, and the whole city was in a mess and miserable situation.

Some people who have not left the city, or silently tearfully clean up the mess and look for their relatives under the wooden purlins of the collapsed houses; some guard the bodies of their relatives and cry sadly, which is unbearable to witness.

Cai Jing was young. When he saw this scene for the first time, he couldn't help crying. While wiping his tears, he said, "Son, why don't you be a senior official?" Wang looked sideways and saw that what Cai Jing said was full of regret, so he asked, "In the future, Yuan Chang has regrets for this?"

Cai Jing said, "If I become an official, the first thing to do is to control the water!" He said it resolutely.

Although Wang Bian seems to be only four or five years older than Cai Jing, but Wang Bian had passed the year before he crossed into the Song Dynasty. At this time, Cai Jing was still a child in his heart, so he said earnestly, "President Yuan should remember what he saw and said today."

Cai Jing nodded heavily! Wang Pangchang took a breath and said, "Let's go." Tima was ready to enter the city.

Just a few steps, I suddenly heard a whistle. Four or five people came out of the forest on the side of the post road beside them. These people covered their noses with cloth and only showed a pair of eyes.

A big man led by said, "Kid, stop, leave the money and you will spare your lives!"

Cai Jing was shocked. He looked at the prince Wang in a hurry. He saw a contemptuous smile on the corners of the king's mouth. These little thieves wanted to rob, and they didn't see who the robbers were.

The robbers saw that the king didn't bird them at all, and they still drove the horse slowly, so they jumped in front of the king and raised the big knife in their hand. The rest of the robbers surrounded them. He bluffed and said, "Leave the money."

Seeing that the robber's head just raised his knife, he put down his body and lay on the horse's back as if he was very relaxed. He said slowly, "Don't worry, don't worry."

The head of the robber only thought that he wanted to take out the money and drank: "Get off the horse, and the horse will stay."

The hand next to the king has held the hilt of Songwen's sword in his hand, but he said, "It's a robbery, you are too unprofessional. At least you have to report the top of the mountain. What if you rob the wrong person?

The robbers looked at each other, and the head of the robber said, "Don't talk nonsense." With that, he waved his knife at the horse next to the king.

The king was so calm that he didn't blink even blink to kill the enemy on Hengshan. How could he talk nonsense to several robbers? He just saw that these robbers seemed to be forced to be bandits. After the robber leader drank it, he didn't really do it, and the others were also bluffing, not like the viciousness of killing people, especially the masked face, which seemed to not want people to know the real face.

In particular, their identities were exposed with boots with soles on the surface of their cloth. The king recognized that these were the boots issued by ordinary soldiers. Usually, ordinary people were cloth-clothed and hemp shoes, and even robbers could not wear such boots uniformly.

If the real robber Wang will not be soft, but at this time, there is a Cai Jing behind him. When Wang saw him do it, he just took out the Songwen sword. The sword said with a moment, "Who are you all soldiers?"

When the bandit heard this, his hand shook the knife and fell to the ground. He turned around and ran away in a hurry. Wang pang ignored it, and Cai Jing asked anxiously, "Why did you let him go?"

Wang side watched several people rushed into the woods and said, "This is not an ordinary robber. We haven't figured out the situation yet. Let's go to the first city!"

After saying that, the two of them went to the city and inquired about the location of the county government office.

Kuocheng County was hit by floods, and the people were displaced. Wang Bing found that there were suspected officers and soldiers disguised as bandits. Natural and man-made disasters are together. Now that you are here, you have to take care of this matter.

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