"There are also cellars of big houses in the city that need to be searched."
Song Yang asked about the food situation, Fang Zhe nodded and said:
"After a general search, there are still two cellars in the grain depot that have not been excavated yet."
"It's against the wall, and there's too much debris on it. It will take at least seven or eight days to clean it up."
"Your Majesty, according to the government documents, there should be... no food in these two vaults..."
Fang Zhe rescued various remaining documents from the place where the government office stored documents.
Among them is the storage situation at the grain depot.
Fang Zhe also thought that it was just a disaster in one place.
That's why I thought that rescuing the government documents would be considered a credit.
"As for the big houses in the city... we have almost searched them all."
"Only some food was found in the cellar of Zhao Yuan's wife's house."
"The cellars of the other houses were destroyed, and most of the food was burned by the sky fire."
Fang Zhe felt a little sad.
After the accident, the first place he thought of was the grain depot. As a result, all the grain in the grain depot was burned.
The autumn grain harvest is far away now.
Most of the granaries in the granary are empty.
As for the wealthy families, he also thought about it, but the harvest was not very good.
"Don't give up at the grain depot. Dig out and see if there is any grain. If you can pick up some coarse grains, your work will not be in vain." Song Yang frowned and said.
"Yes, what the prince said makes sense."
"Actually... there should be some food stored in the cellar of the palace..."
"I took someone to take a look, and it seems to be in good condition from the outside."
Fang Zhe said carefully.
In the face of disaster, everyone has selfish motives.
As an aide to the palace, he preferred to wait for relief food from the court rather than using the palace's private inventory.
He raised it now just to tell Song Yang that there was still a way out.
Yesterday, he took people to see the palace and found no collapse around the cellar.
But the cellar had an iron door, and Fang Zhe couldn't get in without the key.
"The palace still has food? Why don't you take it out...forget it, let's wait a little longer."
Song Yang originally wanted to take out the food.
But then I thought about it, this temporary camp didn't even have a place to store food.
If it rains again at this time, the food will be destroyed if it is watered.
In this case, it might as well be temporarily placed in the cellar of the palace for safety.
You can get it anytime when you need it.
He had an impression of the cellar of the palace.
The terrain there is also relatively open, mainly because there are no buildings around.
Moreover, the palace cellar was built according to the construction standards of a grain depot, and its disaster resistance is quite good.
As long as the internal structure is intact, the stored items will not be damaged.
After listening to Song Yang's words, Fang Zhe had some misconceptions, thinking that the prince was unwilling to use his own things.
"What the prince said is true. We can still sustain it for ten days. Messengers for help have been sent out. I believe the relief from the court will arrive soon." Fang Zhe nodded.
"Be prepared for the worst!" Song Yang said solemnly.
"Even if the imperial court is still... able to take care of us, I'm afraid we will starve to death before the imperial court comes!"
Song Yang didn't say anything to death, but he also gave everyone a hope of survival.
Fang Zhe's heart trembled as he understood what Song Yang said.
yes!
Such a shocking earthquake, coupled with endless sky fire.
I'm afraid at least a dozen nearby states and counties were affected by the disaster.
The imperial court has to take care of so many places, and it also has to raise disaster relief materials...
Judging from previous famine years, it would take at least a month for the court's relief to arrive.
Now... don't expect to see relief supplies until three to five months later.
There were no trains in ancient times, so transportation relied entirely on horse-drawn carriages and water transport.
Even if the imperial court has abundant supplies, it will still spend a lot of time on transportation.
"Don't wait for relief, learn to help yourself, self-reliance is the way to go!" Song Yang shook his head and said.
"Self-reliance... Your Majesty is wise."
After listening to Song Yang's words, Fang Zhe admired in his heart that the prince saw it thoroughly.
"Your Majesty, according to your instructions, the humble positions have been counted."
While he and Fang Zhe were talking, a strong man came in from outside.
This man's name is Yu Ming, and he is a general bannerman of Jiangzhou Guard.
After the natural disaster, there were only eighty-six soldiers left in the entire Jiangzhou Guard, plus his general banner...
The Qian Dynasty clearly stipulated that in times of war or other emergencies, the royal government had the power to take over all local military and political affairs.
This natural disaster was much more tense than during the war.
The remaining eighty-seven guards naturally followed Song Yang's lead.
It was a prosperous time, and the army of the Qian Dynasty was at its peak.
The various garrison posts and border troops are stationed in rotation.
Even the officers and soldiers of the local guard station have extremely strong military qualities.
Seeing these eighty-seven guardsmen, Song Yang felt confident.
Sure enough, soldiers are worth relying on at all times.
Song Yang is not very mobile at the moment.
It took too much energy to be able to go out and do some activities today.
According to the recovery speed in the past few days, it will take about two days to be completely free to move around.
So he needs some help now.
Fortunately, in the past two days, some available people have been gathered one after another.
For example, Fang Zhe, Yu Ming, and those Guard soldiers.
Fang Zhe was a civil official and Yu Ming was a military officer.
Of course, there is no need to distinguish between civil and military affairs in this situation.
Song Yang directly asked Fang Zhe to manage the ruins in the city and explore outside the city in Ming Dynasty.
Yu Ming followed Song Yang's instructions and already counted the number of people in the survivor camp.
Today, Yu Ming conducted a large-scale search around Fucheng and found more than 2,000 people one after another.
There are now more than 5,400 survivors in the entire camp.
Even though Song Yang was mentally prepared, he was shocked by this number.
From his original memory, he knew that there were more than 200,000 people in the entire Jiangzhou capital.
After the disaster passed, only five thousand and four were left!
More than 97% reduction in staff!
Of course, there must be some survivors who fled in all directions.
But there should be less than 10,000 survivors left around Fucheng.
Later, Yu Ming reported more detailed information.
Most of the 5,400 people are young adults, and there are more than 4,400 people.
As for old and young... there are only more than 900.
When a disaster strikes suddenly, those with limited legs and feet can only wait to die.
This is an inevitable reality.
It is precisely because of this that most of the survivors today are young and strong.
The overall mobility has increased a lot.
Among the survivors, the ratio of men to women is relatively close.
There are slightly more women, about a hundred or so.
After listening to Yu Ming's report, Song Yang nodded:
"Master Yu has done a good job. He can count these in less than a day."
"But you have to work harder later to investigate everyone's basic situation."
"For example, what are you good at, whether you are a carpenter or a blacksmith, or whether you are a farmer or a gentry."
Yu Ming was a little confused: "Your Majesty, this may take some time."
"It doesn't matter, just think about it and do it when you have time." Song Yang nodded.