The powerful princess arrives with a space warehouse

Chapter 802: When will the imperial court’s rescue team arrive?

The meeting hall of Linghe Prefecture.

Although it was almost midnight, the Linghe Prefecture government was still bustling with people and brightly lit with candles.

In the meeting hall, several oil lamps illuminated the hall, and a group of people had frowned faces.

They are the governor of Linghe Prefecture Wu Yu'an, the magistrate Xiang Yili and a group of officials from other prefectures. They gathered here to discuss strategies to deal with the snow disaster.

There was a heavy snowfall in Linghe Prefecture a few days ago. Like in previous years, the snow stopped after three days and the sun came out.

But who would have thought that it would snow heavily again early the day before yesterday. This was a common thing for people in Linghe Prefecture, and the snow kept getting heavier from morning to night. It was estimated that it snowed even heavier at night, and the snow on the streets had already reached the calves.

But no one cared, and everyone was preparing for the New Year. Some people even joked that "this is a sign of a good harvest."

At that time, Wu Zhizhou and Xiang Tongpan only asked the city defense army to send some people to shovel the snow on the streets so that the people could go out to buy New Year's goods more easily.

But the snow was getting heavier and heavier, and by noon, Wu Zhizhou felt something was wrong.

Soldiers who were shoveling snow on the street also reported that they could not shovel all the snow. He felt even worse at this time. So he hurried to discuss the matter with Xiang Tongpan, and they both agreed that this should be reported to the court immediately.

They had hastily drafted the memorial yesterday afternoon and sent someone to deliver it to Kyoto at full speed.

They were lucky enough to think that the heavy snow would stop this morning, but unexpectedly, they found that the snow outside was even heavier and there was no sign of stopping.

Early in the morning, several people from the town came to report that houses were constantly collapsing in the village below them.

When Wu Zhizhou and Xiang Tongpan heard the news, they were extremely anxious. In the early morning, they quickly organized the city defense troops and the guards in the prefecture.

Some soldiers were left behind to guard the city, and the rest were divided into eleven teams of ten, who rushed to the villages below to carry out disaster relief and check the situation.

According to reports from those who returned, the situation in the villages below is worrying, with houses collapsed in almost every village. Although the death toll is not high at present, there are many injured.

Judging from the current bad weather and difficult situation, the people will not be able to hold on for much longer.

Wu Zhizhou and his colleagues also went to the larger Liu Village today. The situation in this village is relatively good. Only a few houses in the village collapsed, one person died, and three were seriously injured.

Three seriously injured villagers were dragged to the provincial capital for treatment by horse-drawn carriages.

At this time, in the hall, Wu Yu'an paced anxiously with his hands behind his back, muttering: "Has the emperor received the news? When will the imperial rescue team arrive?"

"Yes! Our city defense army has only a hundred or so people, plus the provincial government guards, a total of no more than two hundred people. It's snowing so heavily, what should we do?" The judge Xiang Yili said with a worried look on his face.

"Have all the rescue teams returned?" Wu Yu'an stopped and asked.

"Zhou Zhizhou Wu, seven teams have returned, and four teams are still to come back." A governor replied quickly.

"The weather is getting colder tonight, and the roads are difficult to travel on. I don't know what will happen to these four teams." Wu Yu'an said anxiously.

"Zhizhou Wu, they may have arrived in the county or town." Xiang Tongpan said.

"Yes," Wu Yu'an nodded with a frown, and then said, "We can't just sit and wait for the court's rescue. The road is not easy to travel now. It will take them a few days to arrive at the earliest. But the people can't wait in this cold weather. We have to think of a way."

Wu Yu'an thought that if all the villages as close to Liucun were like this, the people in the poorer villages far away from the provincial capital and in the remote villages near the mountains were even more helpless.

This Wu Zhizhou is truly an official who cares about the people.

"Zhizhou Wu, we have sent out all our men. Is there anything else we can do? Oh, we can ask for help from the garrison in Linzhangzhou." Xiang Tongpan said.

"Yes, this is a good idea. Send someone there right away." Then Wu Zhizhou pondered for a moment and continued:

"We need to organize the people to save themselves and mobilize the young and strong people in the city to participate in the rescue. Those who participate will be given some silver as a reward."

Wu Zhizhou was extremely anxious as he watched the heavy snow continue to fall. If it continued like this, more houses would collapse.

In those villages with many collapsed houses, even if the villagers can survive temporarily in this cold weather, they will not be able to hold on for too long, especially the elderly, the weak, women and children.

"Zhou Zhizhou Wu, just give the order and we will carry it out!" A governor named Zhang immediately expressed his opinion.

"Wu Zhizhou, will the people in the city participate? But we don't have any supplies!"

At this moment, a guard rushed in from outside, his voice trembling: "Wu Zhizhou, Xiang Tongpan, the Crown Prince is here! Prince Jing is here!"

Everyone in the hall stood up suddenly, their eyes focused on the guards at the door. Wu Zhizhou was so excited that his voice was shaking: "What did you say? The Crown Prince is here, Prince Jing is here?"

"Yes, yes! There are more than ten people here." The guards nodded repeatedly.

Everyone looked at each other, with one question in mind: Would His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Prince Jing come in person? How did they get here so quickly? Even if there was no snow on the road, it would take three days!

"Let's go, let's go and greet them!" Wu Zhizhou responded and said as he led everyone out. Everyone was surprised and followed Wu Zhizhou and Xiang Tongpan out.

As soon as the group of people walked out of the meeting hall, they saw a group of people walking into the gate of the provincial government.

Wu Zhizhou hurriedly went to greet them, and everyone bowed and saluted together, saying in unison: "Your Highness the Crown Prince, Your Highness Prince Jing..."

"No need to formality." Chu Chenxiao waved his hand and signaled everyone to stand up.

They raised their heads at this time and saw the person standing in front of them, and everyone was stunned.

In addition to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness Prince Jing, the visitors included several other princes, General Han Shizi, and several imperial physicians.

But when they saw that they brought neither people nor supplies, everyone felt disappointed again.

Wu Zhizhou calmed his excited mood and led them to the meeting hall.

As soon as everyone sat down in the meeting hall, Crown Prince Chu Chenxiao hurriedly asked, "Sir, how is the snow disaster in Linghe Prefecture?"

Wu Zhizhou sighed and said in a heavy tone: "Your Highness, the situation in Linghe Prefecture is very serious now, and many villages have collapsed houses.

Now all the roads are covered by snow, and it is very difficult to get around. People in many villages are in trouble, but we cannot send anyone to rescue them. "

Xiang Tongpan continued, "Your Highness the Crown Prince, Your Highness Prince Jing, our state's city defense troops only have more than a hundred people. Today, Magistrate Wu has organized them to go to each village."

Wu Zhizhou also reported that they had organized and dispatched more than ten disaster relief teams.