In the Fengxian Hall, memorials as high as a mountain were piled on the imperial desk.
Emperor Yongkang picked up a book and read it. He picked up the ink pen to mark it and put it aside. He picked up another book, marked it again and put it aside.
There are piles of memorials on both sides reporting on this great trend in Hangzhou Prefecture.
Emperor Yongkang pressed his hand on his forehead.
The eunuch on the side looked at him worriedly: "Your Majesty, do you want to be appointed as the imperial doctor?"
Emperor Yongkang closed his eyes and waved his hand, "Xuan, the assistant ministers of the cabinet and the six ministers, enter the palace to discuss matters."
"yes."
The eunuch outside the door immediately sang loudly: "Xuan, the assistant ministers of the cabinet and the six ministers, come into the palace to discuss matters!"
Not long after, the cabinet ministers and six ministers hurriedly entered the Fengxian Hall.
Before he could salute, Emperor Yongkang waved his hand and asked about disaster relief.
In response to Emperor Yongkang's inquiry, all the ministers suggested: "Your Majesty, the top priority is to send people to the disaster-stricken counties and towns to check the disaster situation and make statistics on casualties and property losses."
"Yes, according to the report, this disaster has affected a wide range, and the losses are probably incalculable."
During the Hongwu period, there was only one county, Chongming. Due to the overflow of the sea, as many as 50,000 people drowned in Chongming County out of a population of 80,000 people at that time. Twenty-three people survived. And this was only twenty years ago.
Emperor Yongkang rubbed his forehead with a headache.
"Immediately ask each county to report the statistics of injuries to appease the people everywhere, and the Ministry of Household Affairs will immediately allocate special funds for disaster relief."
"yes."
Hubu Shangtou reluctantly agreed. He had a headache even more than Emperor Yongkang.
Now Changling has not yet been built, and the construction of one-third of the city of Beiping is not enough. How can the national treasury still have so much money to allocate it.
"In addition, many foreign envoys' ships are docked at Ningbo Port, and many foreign merchant ships are also docked. Immediately send people to check. If there are casualties, the city's Bosi and the local government will make proper arrangements to show that there are no casualties.
I have the style of a great Eastern country.”
"yes."
Huo Xi also knew that a lot of money was needed this time, so someone took her seal and went to the bank to get the banknote.
He sat down with Shen Qianzhong, Yang Fu and others to discuss again and decided to divide the troops into four groups.
"Boss, please let me go to Ningbo. I'm familiar with it." Zhu Zhongquan asked immediately.
Ningbo is probably the hardest hit this time. Don't worry about the shops and goods, they will definitely be gone. People... Huo Xi doesn't dare to think about it.
"Boss, Zhongquan and I will go to Ningbo." Shen Qianzhong also said immediately.
Ningbo is estimated to be the hardest hit by the disaster this time, and the boss cannot come in person, so as the chief shopkeeper, he has to go to Ningbo in person to inspect the disaster situation on behalf of the boss and reassure people.
Huo Xi nodded in agreement, "Then uncle, let's go to Hangzhou, and let the two stewards go to Huzhou and Jiaxing."
He also discussed the payment of pensions with everyone, "If there is a serious injury, two years' monthly payment will be paid. If the injury is minor, one year's monthly payment will be paid. In case of death..."
Huo Xi pursed her lips.
Although she didn't want to see something like this happen, it would be difficult to face such a huge disaster. Thinking about the work-related injury compensation situation in her life, and combined with the current situation, she formulated a standard.
"If someone unfortunately dies, the compensation will be five times the annual salary, regardless of whether he is on duty or not. If it is difficult to maintain the family, you will provide assistance as appropriate."
"The owner is kind. Our standards are much higher than other shops."
Shen Qianzhong felt heavy in his heart and didn't want to see anyone come to collect the money, but he also knew that if one of the employees died, this pension would be able to help their family a lot.
"Has there been any news from various shops?"
"Some news has come back. For example, Xinjiutong and Longxinghao have received news. They have opened more shops in Zhejiang Province than we have. I'm afraid it will be difficult this time."
Huo Xi sighed and said, "Send a steward to go to Songjiang to have a look. Although it has not affected that side this time, it is close to the sea, so I'm afraid it's not optimistic."
"Yes, boss, don't worry, we will arrange for someone to go over and check the situation."
After discussing the matter, several groups of people immediately rushed to several cities with shops.
Huo Xi felt a little uneasy, and the next day, she ordered the Guangfeng water fleet to go north to purchase medicinal materials.
"Girl, we have stocked up on a lot of food, do we still need to buy more?" Vanilla and others asked her.
Huo Xi shook his head, "I won't buy food this time. I'll ask them to buy some medicinal materials from the north."
"Buying medicinal materials?"
Aunt Ma suddenly thought: "Girl, are you worried about a serious epidemic?"
"Is there a big epidemic?" Several girls opened their eyes in horror.
"I just heard what was said in the report. Countless livestock were lost and countless people drowned, so I was a little worried. I hope I am worrying too much."
All the little girls in the house, from Ma Ma to Qiu Shuang Dongxue, shuddered. Water several feet high poured into the city, and the houses were submerged. People and livestock were just floating and soaking in the water, That……
"Girl, did you say that there is water in our area too?" Several girls were so frightened that they could not stand.
Mother Ma came back to her senses and glared at them: "What a shame! This is the imperial city! Your Majesty, the masters are fine, but you are panicking."
Huo Xi comforted them: "I'm just worried about the situation of the guys over there in Hangzhou and their families. I just need to make more preparations. I'm also worried about the safety of my uncle and the others during their trip. We are here in the imperial city. If the sky falls, there will be no danger." The tall one is holding it."
"That's right, you're just worrying about it." The girls all breathed a sigh of relief.
After Yang Fu and others set off, Huo Xi couldn't sit still and went out of the house from time to time to inquire about the situation.
When Huo Erhuai and Yang heard the news, they were also very worried. First they sent people to Huojiaba to inquire about the news, and then they were worried about Zhuangzi and the land, so they sent people to inquire again.
Huzhou also bought a lot of silkworm fields, so Huo Erhuai wanted to go there to check it out.
But when he heard that there might be a serious epidemic, Yang refused to let him go.
"I just happened to stop by to see Xi'er's maternal uncle. Their whole family is in Huzhou. Thanks to them for taking care of Xi'er these years, how could I not go and see him."
"Dad, don't worry. Uncle Li Yu has been in Songjiang for the past two months. I have sent someone to notify him. He will send a letter after he goes back to check."
"That's good."
Within two days, news spread throughout the capital that a great turmoil had occurred in Zhejiang Province, resulting in numerous casualties. Those who had relatives there sent people to inquire about the news.
Zhang Fu, who was training troops in the military camp, also received the news. At this time, Ping Jiangbo was leading the 400,000-strong navy from Zhejiang and Fujian to hunt down pirates on the southeast coast. If something happened to the 400,000-strong army, the consequences would be disastrous.
Zhang Fu has hurriedly returned to the Chinese Army Governor's Mansion from the barracks.
At this time, some soldiers lost contact, and reports from the army were sent back to the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army like snowflakes.
"Is there no news about Mu Yan yet?"
Zhang Jin glanced at Zhang Fu and shook his head.
"The news came back from Pingjiang Bo. Half a month ago, Mu Yan led the Zhili elite soldiers to Turtle Island. They were originally arranged to go there as sentinels. Unexpectedly, news came out later that they were facing off against the pirates.
Now... Now that there is a big storm, the other teams sent have returned to Hong Kong to take shelter, but they are nowhere to be found..."
Zhang Fu punched the table.
Zhang Jin opened his mouth and said, "Sir, Mu Yan is a calm and self-possessed person. He will never do anything to disobey military orders and advance rashly..."
"He is calm and collected? Then where is he now!"
He sent him out to sea to suppress the bandits. If he couldn't come back, how would he explain it to his daughter?