The two exchanged a few more polite words, and the emperor turned to De'an and said, "Please invite Ambassador Zhang to come in!"
Changtian Mansion, in the backyard of the prefect.
A man stumbled towards the main house. He ignored the obstruction of the woman guarding the door and shouted as he ran: "Sir! It's not good, the Tianya River has burst its embankment!
Qian Huichun was still lying on the couch, but the doctor had just applied medicine to him and tied his injured leg.
"Sir! You are just too impatient. Look! It will take a hundred days to strain your muscles and bones, and you don't know when you will be able to walk again."
Mrs. Lian, the prefect's wife, used a fan to fan Qian Huichun to remove the sweat stains on her head, and complained in her mouth.
At this time, Qian Huichun had changed into clean clothes, his eyes were slightly closed, and his eyes were completely dark.
"What do you know, you woman? If the Tianya River bursts its embankments, not only will I lose my job, but also our family's lives will be lost! Don't I have to worry? This is a major matter related to career, wealth and life!
"
Lian curled his lips and muttered: "How can you say it is so serious? The Yajiang River rises every year today, and it has not burst its banks. You are so cowardly that you still go out with those servants on such a day.
Jiangbian, you don’t cherish your body too much.”
Qian Huichun was upset by Lian's words, "Okay! Go and prepare some food for me, I'm hungry!"
Who would have thought that as soon as he finished saying this, he would hear someone shouting outside.
"Who is shouting outside? Why are you so unruly?" Lian's voice sounded like a man's. Why did this man come to the backyard?
The rules in the house were becoming increasingly shabby, and Mrs. Lian was going to wait out to see who had eaten the heart of a bear and the guts of a leopard.
Qian Huichun was also very impatient, but then he thought of something and sat up in a hurry.
The voice came closer and closer, reaching the door of the main room.
"Master, it's not good! The Tianya River has burst its banks!"
This hoarse shout made Qian Huichun roll his eyes in fright, and he fainted without even taking a breath.
"Master! What's wrong with you?" Lian was about to go out to see what was going on, but Qian Huichun suddenly fainted, which shocked Lian.
"Master? Hurry, go and call the doctor!" Lian couldn't care about anything else at this time. The master is the backbone of the house. The master has fainted, how can she care about the others?
Lian's six gods have no master, and they don't know what to do.
"Oh! Madam, hurry up and pinch the master!" The old mother who was waiting on the side saw this and quickly reminded her.
This must have been a moment of panic, and I fainted.
"Hey! Yes!"
Then there was a flurry of activity, with Lian holding Qian Huichun tightly. After a while, Qian Huichun finally woke up.
When he woke up, Qian Huichun's eyes were still a little dazed. But then, he immediately became manic, "Is that Chen Zhao outside? Come on! Come in and answer!"
Qian Huichun couldn't care less about the backyard at this time. He had inconvenient legs and feet, so he could only ask Chen Zhao to explain it to him in detail.
"Sir! The embankment on the lower reaches of the Tianya River near Yuanli Village couldn't bear the impact of the river water, and it collapsed. The river water poured into the fertile fields and villages. When I went to see it just now, there was no trace of the houses."
Chen Zhao was also frightened at this time. Hearing that the Tianya River had been washed away by its dam, he thought of Yuanli Village.
When he hurried over and approached Yuanli Village, he saw from a distance that the originally dense village had turned into a vast ocean.
There was no trace of the house, and even the roof was submerged in the river. It was too fast!
It's over! Everything is over! Chen Zhao shook his legs and climbed onto the horse with a cry of grief.
Qian Huichun turned pale with fright when he heard that the entire village in the garden had been flooded.
He was shaking all over, "How many villages were flooded? Didn't I ask people to evacuate the people last night? How many people were evacuated in total?"
Qian Huichun still had a glimmer of hope at this time, hoping that the people in these villages would be evacuated.
"Sir! How can those people be willing to leave their homeland? Yesterday, all the people from our Yamen went to the village. To put it bluntly, only a small half of them were willing to leave. They also said that it was too late to leave overnight and they had to take their family's finances with them. I don't know how to escape now.
How many people can there be? The yamen is short of manpower, and the common people are reluctant to part with their livestock, so they are procrastinating. The number of people has not been counted yet."
It was also the first time for Chen Zhao to encounter such a big flood. He was very panicked. But at least he spoke clearly and explained the situation in general.
"What do you mean there is no one? Didn't I ask you to send people to deliver water reports to the prefectures along the Yangtze River before? For this urgent matter, other prefectures will definitely help. Didn't they send people here?"
Qian Huichun broke out in a sweat. His mind was in confusion and he had no idea what to do.
"Sir! Those prefectures sent people over, and they traveled day and night, and finally arrived at the end of the day. But it was too hard for those people to travel, so we let them rest for two hours. Who would have thought that the embankment collapsed?
It happened so suddenly."
Qian Huichun couldn't listen to what Chen Zhao said now. He calmed down and knew that he couldn't panic now.
Now that this has happened, we have to find a way to remedy it. It is a small thing to lose one's hat now, but it is a big thing to save one's life.
"Hurry up and summon everyone, including the county officials and government servants down below. Let the water supervisors and river inspectors take the manpower to rescue people. In addition, quickly arrange water reports and go to the state capital near Linjiang to report the news. Count the population according to household registration.
, look at how many people were drowned."
Qian Huichun made arrangements for these things, and then got ready to go to the field to put on shoes.
"Oh! Master, what are you doing? The doctor said that you can't move your legs yet. Otherwise, the bones will grow crooked and you will become lame."
Seeing Qian Huichun preparing to go down to the ground, Mrs. Lian quickly stepped forward to stop him.
"Crack!"
Qian Huichun was so anxious at this moment, how could he hear Lian's chirping?
"Stupid woman! It's urgent now. If I don't take charge of the overall situation, I won't be able to save even one life. What's the point of being lame? Our whole family will die along with it."
Qian Huichun looked furious and showed no mercy at all. Regardless of Lian, who was covering his face and looking in disbelief, Qian Huichun called for someone to take him out.
"How is it? Mr. Zhang, is there something wrong with this longevity pill?" The emperor frowned and said nothing for a long time after seeing Mr. Zhang taste the powder.
His heart couldn't help but get excited, and he really hoped that this elixir could have the effect of prolonging life.
Zhang Yuanzhi tasted it and found several medicinal herbs, all of which were good medicine for warming and nourishing the body. But there were still some medicinal herbs that he could not taste.
"Grandmaster! I wonder what other medicinal materials are in here? I must understand the main medicine, otherwise the emperor should not take it rashly."
Zhang Yuanzhang looked at Taoist Tianji. He had just tasted the medicine and it should be non-toxic.
But the pharmacology is unclear. Even the medicinal materials in it are not poisons. However, many medicinal materials are mutually reinforcing and mutually exclusive.