Under the city wall, in the mud.
Li Di's front and back jackets were tucked into the belt around his waist, standing barefoot on a wooden board, instructing the soldiers of the Forbidden Army to collect the corpses that were hit by the flood under the city wall of Bianjing.
His feet were covered with mud, but he was full of taste, and angrily shouted at the forbidden army soldiers who stood on the wooden boards and refused to go down into the mud.
After drinking for a long time, seeing that some soldiers of the Forbidden Army still refused to go down the mud, he stepped into the mud first.
Li Di was only involved in political affairs, and he walked around in the mud despite the danger and the filth.
The other soldiers, even if they had a sky-reaching background, had to put down their bodies and go into the mud.
The silt under the city wall is not deep, and the deepest place only reaches the knees.
Two feet away from the city wall, it would be deep.
Some soldiers of the imperial army tried it.
Almost not buried in it.
There is the location of the moat, where the deepest silt can reach ten feet.
Li Di cursed, telling the soldiers of the Forbidden Army not to risk their lives recklessly.
Only let them clean the corpses under the city wall.
The corpses were dragged out of the mud, and then placed on the plank, and they were scoring along the plank.
Finally piled up together, forming a corpse mountain.
After the corpse mountains were piled up, Li Di let people carry fierce fire oil, poured it on top, and burned it on the spot.
Whether the floating corpse is sent into the city or left outside the city for a long time, it may cause plague.
So it can only be burned on the spot.
The fire has not been extinguished from the moment it ignited.
Li Di grabbed Kou Ji and stood not far from Shishan, making him stare wide.
"If you can't arrange the refugees well, the corpse mountain that will pile up at that time will only be even bigger."
Li Di just grabbed Kou Ji's arm, his voice trembling slightly.
Kou Ji stared at the cheeks and corpses that quickly ignited in the flames, resisting the urge to vomit, and said with a pale face: "I won't let this happen..."
Li Di pulled Kou Ji's arm forcefully, and said: "The old man knows that you have the ability, your grandfather knows it, and Wang Zeng knows it too. We know that you dare to make a military order, so there must be a way to settle the refugees.
But we still want to stop you in the court, do you know why? "
"Oh~"
Kou Ji suddenly bent down and threw up wildly.
It wasn't until I vomited the contents of my stomach and vomited acid water, and then my face paled and raised his head.
Seeing that the floating corpse was scorched, burned, turned into scorched corpses and corpse oil, he really couldn't accept it.
Although he had burned the Liao army when he was in Baozhou before.
But at that time he was sitting at the gate of the city, listening to the screams outside the city, but did not look at the horror outside the city.
It's different now, Li Di pulled him, insisting on letting him watch.
He not only had to look at the horror before him, but also had to answer Li Di's questions.
"I didn't know before, now I know..."
Kou Ji said in a low voice.
Li Di asked, "Why?"
Kou Ji retched and said, "You are afraid that I will act recklessly and eventually lead to this kind of tragedy."
Li Di reminded vigorously: "It's not a tragedy! It's the life of a grassroots!"
"Yes! Kusuga's life!"
Kou Ji was forced to repeat one sentence.
Li Di pointed to the burning corpse mountain and asked, "If you can't handle the refugees well, they will end up like this. Now, do you dare to settle the refugees?"
Kou Jiqiang resisted the urge to vomit and asked, "Why not?"
Li Di stared.
Kou Ji said frankly: "Leave the refugees to me. I can't deal with it well, maybe a corpse mountain will appear. If it is handed over to other officials in the DPRK, then it will not be able to stop the corpse mountain.
Wang Xiang said yesterday that the court has always dealt with refugees, almost one of ten. "
Li Di was trembling with anger when he heard this.
He was not angry with Kou Ji, but angry with the officials in the court.
He was angry with the officials for inaction, and there was no good way to make all the refugees survive.
I am also angry that there is no good way to save all the refugees.
In his heart, those refugees did not die in the flood, that is a gift from heaven.
It was God who kept them alive.
But if it is because the imperial court is not properly arranged, it is a man-made disaster.
In the face of natural disasters, he could do nothing.
But man-made disasters, he always felt, can be avoided.
Li Di trembled in anger, but he didn't spare Kou Ji, "The old man is staring behind you, staring at you to set up the refugees. If the refugees die too much, the old man will use the court to break yours. Head."
Kou Ji was unhappy when he heard this, "Grandpa Li, you are a little unreasonable."
After the flood, those refugees were displaced and rushed to the city of Bianjing for a long distance. Those who were living and sleeping on the road would definitely contract various diseases.
So after arriving in Bianjing, some people can't stand it anymore, or are seriously ill, they will inevitably die.
Kou Ji is not a god, he can't snatch someone from Hades.
Li Di said arrogantly: "I don't care, the old man will stare at you, and the old man will not be reasonable."
When Kou Ji heard this, he didn't know what to say.
Li Di was obviously stimulated by the corpses outside the city.
That's why he put pressure on him in such a gaffe.
Kou Ji stayed with Li Di in this way, watching the corpse mountain in front of him turn into ashes.
When the corpse oil flowed down the silt and crossed on the ground, and a raging fire ignited, Li Di fell to the ground with a thud.
Kou Ji hurriedly helped Li Di, sighed, and said, "Grandpa Li, didn't it mean that people who can be officials or high-ranking officials have their hearts like iron stones?"
"The old man has never drunk human blood, so this heart is still fleshy..."
With Kou Ji's support, Li Di stood up and said sadly.
Kou Ji nodded slowly and helped Li Di to walk into Bianjing.
When he walked under the city gate, Li Di grabbed Kou Ji tightly, and said with a slight reddish in his eyes: "Wah, you have to remember that no matter how big an official this person is and how much power he holds, he Those who look exactly like us are treated as beasts!"
Kou Ji heard the weight of Li Di's words, nodded solemnly, and said: "I have noted..."
Li Di nodded, supported by Kou Ji, trembled into the city gate cave.
Into the city of Bianjing.
The two did not leave.
In order to deal with the imminent influx of refugees, the imperial court specially set up military tents at several gates of Bianjing City.
In every military tent, there are people sitting in town.
Behind each military tent, some people brought food over.
After Kou Ji sat down with Li Di in the military tent, he got a not very optimistic news.
This time the Yellow River was flooding, not only Bianjing City was affected, but almost all counties in Kaifeng Mansion suffered floods.
Outside Kaifeng Mansion, there were also people in two states who suffered floods.
As many as 300,000 people were affected.
Some of the people who were not seriously affected by the disaster, led by local government officials, have begun post-disaster reconstruction and resettlement work.
For these local government officials, this is a rare time to gain political success, so few people shirk it.
But more people rushed to Xiang Bianjing in droves.
A flood left them with nothing.
Apart from going to Bianjing to ask for a bite of royal food, they didn't know any other way to survive.
"Roughly estimated, there are as many as 200,000 victims..."
Li Di dropped the paperwork in his hand and closed his eyes in pain.
When Kou Ji heard this number, his heart jumped slightly.
The resettlement of 200,000 homeless refugees is a big problem.
Bianjing is different from Baozhou.
When Kou Ji was in Baozhou, he could lead the soldiers and civilians of Baozhou to eat big households and snatch them.
But not in Bianjing.
"How many places has the court allocated to the refugees to make them settle down?"
Kou Ji asked.
This is his biggest concern.
If there is not enough place to provide the life of the refugees.
Even though he has great abilities, there is no way to settle these refugees.
Li Di heard the words and said murderously: "The place outside the city, if you like that piece, you will place the refugees on that piece. If you occupies someone's property, the court will naturally compensate you when you turn around.
If anyone disagrees, you can tell the old man.
The old man went to them in person. "
Obviously, if someone stumbles on this matter, Li Di will definitely let him see how powerful a knife is.
Hearing Li Di's words, Kou Ji was relieved.
Kou Ji bowed his hand to Li Di: "The kid will go down and prepare first."
Li Di nodded sullenly.
Kou Ji left the military account and returned directly to the mansion.
Then he called Liu Heng, Cao Tong, Zhang Cheng, Mu Chong, Qian Le and others to discuss.
…
Two days later.
Mu Chong went to Kou Mansion and found Kou Ji who was explaining to the craftsmen with drawings.
"The Kou Industry Department, the first batch of things you want, our people have already been transported outside the city of Bianjing, and they are stopped on the Wuzhang River outside the city. As long as you give an order, the things can be delivered to any place you specify at any time. ."
Kou Ji was shocked when he heard this.
"it is good!"
"Let your people quickly move things outside the North City Gate. When you get outside the North City Gate, look for Liu Heng. Liu Heng will tell you where to put your things."
Kou Ji gave an order.
Mu Chong agreed, and when he left the house, he went to find the steward of Mu's house to move things.
Kou Ji couldn't help but sigh, "The efficiency of a businessman is faster than the court..."
The court’s relief food has not been delivered yet.
The first batch of things that Mu Chong and others promised to Kou Ji had already been prepared and shipped to Bianjing.
The relief food provided by the imperial court was transferred from the Changping warehouse, which is the nearest to Kaifeng Mansion.
From the time when the court documents were delivered to today, they still haven't arrived.
After Mu Chong left, Qian Le and Meng Weizhong went to Kou Mansion one after another and told Kou Ji that the first batch of things they prepared had already been delivered to Bianjing.
Among the three, only the wood transported by Qian Le had a little accident.
Qian Le’s wood used a waterway, tied into a canoe and flowed down the water.
When it was transported into Bianjing, it was stopped by naval forces patrolling on the Bianhe River.
Kou Ji sent someone to Cao's Mansion and greeted Cao Wei, and the navy happily let the Qian Le timber transportation team go.
After Kou Ji's first batch of things arrived, he led the craftsmen in the mansion out of Bianjing.
After two days of drying.
The silt outside the city has begun to solidify gradually.
Many lumps of solidified silt cracked open one after another, and the mud skin was tilted outwards. After people stepped on it, they quacked.
Although the silt is solidified, there is not much danger for people walking on it, but it is difficult for carriages and horses to pass.
On the silt block, you can see the soldiers of the Forbidden Army everywhere.
They were collecting the corpses outside the city in accordance with the order of the court.
One by one, the floating corpses were pulled out of the mud and piled in a pile.
One after another, burning fires rose up all over the city of Bianjing.
Kou Ji led the craftsmen, stepping on the mud block, to the north gate of Bianjing.
There are two reasons why Kou Ji chose outside the North Gate.
First, the terrain outside the North City Gate is higher than that outside the South City Gate. When the flood rushed down, the North City Gate was far less affected than the South City Gate. Even if there is silt, the silt is not as deep as outside the South City Gate.
Second, there is an imperial garden outside the North City Gate, so the large tracts of land around the North City Gate are all imperial estates.
Occupying the imperial village to resettle the refugees, there is no need to wrestle with other people because of the problem of the land.
After Kou Ji and others arrived, Liu Heng and others had arrived long ago.
Mu Chong and others are instructing the laborers to move things.
Liu Heng led the people, using pieces of bluestone slabs, to build a place where things could be put on the open space.
Kou Ji grabbed Liu Heng and asked, "Where did you get the bluestone slab?"
Liu Heng pointed to Ruisheng Garden, which was half-eroded by the flood not far away.
Kou Ji looked stunned.
Liu Heng said carelessly: "The Ruisheng Garden was built on a low hill. The flood only eroded the outer wall and only a few yards inside. The bluestone slabs in the yard were soaked loose by water and came out as soon as they were pried.
Anyway, Ruishengyuan is no longer in charge, so I will pry it out and use it first. "
Kou Ji couldn't laugh or cry when he heard this, and pointed at Liu Heng, but couldn't say a word of accusation.
"Look back and think of a way to tell the court about this, and save you from your guilt by resettling the refugees."
Kou Ji exhorted.
Liu Heng nodded.
Then the two stared at Mu Chong, Qian Le, and Meng Weizhong's people moving things.
Liu Heng watched the laborers under the hands of Mu Chong and others carrying the parcels and running fast on the mud block. He couldn't help but sighed, "Mu, Qian, and Meng are more reliable than the court."
Kou Ji said lightly: "Many times, money is more useful than orders."
Liu Heng turned his head to look at Kou Ji, and asked, "How do you tell?"
Kou Ji pointed to Mu Chong, who was instructing labor to move things, and said, "Mu Chong hired eleven big boats in one go and told all the boat bosses who would send the things to Bianjing City first and reward them with twenty taels of gold."
"Then the boat bosses scrambled to row the boats and delivered the things to Bianjing City?"
"Not bad..."
"What if Mu Chong orders them?"
Liu Heng asked.
Kou Ji pondered for a moment, and said, "Maybe they will arrive later than the court's food."
Liu Heng sighed and said, "The court..."
He did not say anything about the imperial court's fault.
But from his tone, it was obvious that he was dissatisfied with the efficiency of the court.