The Hedong earthquake, a unique name, has special significance in the history of earthquakes in China, because it was the first officially recorded magnitude 8 earthquake in Chinese historical materials. However, this Hedong earthquake occurred in the Yuan Dynasty in the 14th century, and few people know that during the Northern Song Dynasty hundreds of years ago, a larger earthquake occurred in Hedong.

Li Zhang rode a carriage across the pontoon bridge of the Yellow River. Behind his carriage was a long convoy, which was filled with disaster relief supplies, such as food, medicine, clothes, etc.

Just a few days ago, the news of an earthquake in Hedong reached the capital. The ancients had limited understanding of astronomy and geography, and earthquakes could not be understood in their cognition, so they believed that there were dragons underground, and earthquakes were the dragons that were turned over from underground, so earthquakes were also called the earth dragons turning over.

However, the scale of the second earthquake was too large. Although it was impossible to judge the magnitude of the earthquake, Li Zhang felt that this Hedong earthquake was definitely not smaller than the magnitude 8 earthquake that was first recorded in history hundreds of years later, because the losses caused by this earthquake were too great. The main earthquake areas were Xinzhou and Daizhou in Hedong, namely Xinxian and Daixian in Shanxi in later generations.

Among them, Xinzhou is the center of the earthquake. It is precisely because of this that Xinzhou was extremely injured. According to the news obtained by the court, almost all the entire Xinzhou City was destroyed by earthquakes, and countless people in the city were killed and injured. It is estimated that it would definitely exceed 10,000. You should know that the entire Xinzhou City is only 30,000 to 40,000 people.

In contrast, Daizhou was only involved, but even so, there were hundreds of people killed and injured, countless injured people, and even more so, the dead and injured livestock could not be counted. The person who reported the news said that Xin, the two states of Dai were almost everywhere, and there were disaster victims everywhere!

Faced with such a major disaster, Zhao Zhen was also very anxious and immediately summoned Lu Yijian and others to discuss disaster relief. In fact, a country as big as the Song Dynasty would have some natural and man-made disasters almost every day. However, the damage caused by this earthquake was too great. More than 10,000 people died alone, and almost all of a prefecture was destroyed. Such a huge loss could almost be compared with the previous losses of attacking Yan Yun.

Another point is that Xinzhou, Daizhou and Yanyun's Sixteen Prefectures are almost next to each other. Earthquakes occurred in these two places, and Zhao Zhen was also worried that it would affect Yanyun. After all, it was just killed and people's hearts have not yet completely surrendered. Especially in this era, earthquakes also have some special meanings. Generally, only when the emperor is in a stupid and makes a big mistake will this natural disaster warn the emperor.

Of course, Li Zhang did not believe the theory of the induction of heaven and man, and Zhao Zhen was also influenced by him. However, their inability to believe does not mean that others do not believe it. Especially the theory of the induction of heaven and man comes from Confucianism, and it was created by Confucianism to restrict the emperor. Therefore, if any bad rumors spread, it will also be a big blow to Zhao Zhen, whose prestige has increased.

So in this case, the disaster relief matter was immediately put on the agenda, and the materials were mobilized as quickly as possible. This time, the materials stored in the capital were even used. After careful consideration, Li Zhang decided to go to Xinzhou to rescue the disaster himself. The main reason was that the earthquake came too suddenly and the court did not prepare enough. In addition, summer is about to come, and the corpses are prone to rot. After the major disaster, there will be a major epidemic. Li Zhang still has some experience in this regard.

In later generations, there were several major earthquakes in China, which each touched the hearts of all Chinese people. Li Zhang once wanted to volunteer in the earthquake zone, but unfortunately he missed it for various reasons. Later, he went abroad and could only donate some money and work hard. However, in the society with developed information in later generations, he still knew a lot of knowledge about disaster relief, especially in the prevention and control of epidemics, no one could compare with him.

So in this case, Li Zhang took the initiative to ask to go to Hedong to rescue disasters. Zhao Zhen was worried that he could not find a capable disaster relief candidate. Now that he saw that Li Zhang was willing to go there, he immediately agreed. He also gave Li Zhang great power, and he could fully handle it when he arrived in Hedong, and even mobilized troops from several nearby prefectures for disaster relief.

After the materials and personnel were in place, Li Zhang set off immediately. After all, the earthquake had happened for a few days, and the earthquake was mountainous. The earthquake destroyed all the roads. It was very difficult to enter the earthquake zone. Moreover, the victims were killed and injured. It has been a few days since then. I don’t know what the situation in the earthquake zone has become?

Thinking of the situation in the disaster area, Li Zhang was also anxious and had almost no stop along the way. Later, he felt that the escort team was too slow, so he simply led a team of cavalry to rush to the earthquake area first, preparing to enter the earthquake area to see the situation. If the local government is still there, he might be able to use the power of the local government to organize the disaster victims first.

A few days later, Li Zhang and his group passed through Taiyuan and finally arrived at the border of Xinzhou. Xinzhou is surrounded by mountains, with mountains on the east, west, south and north. In fact, Xinzhou is a basin located in the middle of the mountains and rivers. It is also one of the five major basins in Shanxi in later generations. In addition, Fen River, one of the important tributaries of the Yellow River, also passed through Xinzhou, causing the terrain here to be even more complicated.

When Li Zhang and his friends came to the northern part of Xinzhou, there were Yinshan Mountains in front of them, with many hills. At first, there were roads to go, but after walking forward, a mountain collapsed, blocking the entire official road. Some of the soil and rocks even poured directly into the Fenshui River next to them, and even some of the river channels were blocked, which also caused the river surface upstream of the Fenshui River to rise. I wonder how much land is flooded?

"Apart from the official roads, are there any other roads here?" Li Zhang called the guide and asked. After they arrived in Xinzhou, they immediately contacted several surrounding prefectures. These government offices also received news that they would cooperate with Li Zhang with all their strength. For example, this guide was a local from Xinzhou. He used to be a minor official in Yangqu County and his family moved there, but this time he escaped.

"Qi Bi Beihou, there are several small roads nearby, but the villain doesn't know if these small roads have been destroyed?" The guide replied immediately.

"Wild dog, go and explore the way with the guide!" Li Zhang immediately ordered the wild dog next to him. This time he might encounter dangers when he came to rescue disasters. It was not just a natural disaster, but also worried that human nature would be distorted after the disaster, so Li Zhang brought the wild dog with him to avoid any accidents.

The wild dog immediately agreed and then took the guide to explore the way. Li Zhang was not idle, but ordered people to go to the nearby prefectures and counties and towns and ordered them to organize civil servants to come and clear the way. In fact, the nearby prefectures and prefectures are already doing these things. For example, Li Zhang had seen civil servants digging the way before, but they were all in charge and had no unified organization, so the effect was very limited.
Chapter completed!