Chen Wu was very effective in disaster relief, and under his arrangement, many people were mobilized to rescue the disaster together, and there was no looting of supplies, and the people were very orderly.

However, in the end, the problem of relocating these victims still bothered him, and the amount of money he could borrow, more than one million silver coins, was already very high, and it was inconvenient to do anything without money.

However, at this time, many of the workshop owners came out, and regardless of their purpose, they recruited people, gave them work, gave them food, and gave them wages.

In this way, the big problem could be solved, and more than 20,000 people were dispersed in two days.

More than 20,000 fewer people have been affected by the 100,000 victims, and a space has been vacated and manpower has been more sufficient.

At this time, there is still food, and there are 20,000 people less to eat, so there can be more days.

The county and the state must also be in the disaster relief, and when the time comes, more support will arrive, and all problems will be solved.

At this time, Zhang Zhao was anxious and quickly went south from the capital.

After going south, he also issued several orders with a fast horse, asking the state and county to immediately prepare supplies and actively rescue.

There were hundreds of people who went south with Zhang Zhao, and a team of retired soldiers, in addition to escorting Zhang Zhao, could also participate in disaster relief.

When he first left the capital, the information he received was not optimistic, and the local officials did not have too many resources to call on, and the situation was not very good.

In the past few days, he has been receiving news that although he has long ordered local officials to go to the bank to borrow money to buy food for disaster relief, he doesn't know if he will be in time.

In the next few days, Zhang Zhao received that the disaster situation tended to be under control, and then did not receive more detailed information for several days.

He also understands that it may be too busy, and many officials can only take care of the present, and there is no way to grasp the overall situation, so there is no way to report.

Zhang Zhao was anxious.

"What do you mean it's largely settled?" When approaching the disaster area, Zhang Zhao received information again.

According to the news, the victims have been resettled, the disaster has been largely controlled, and large-scale reconstruction work has not been carried out for the time being, because they have no money.

Without money, there is no way to carry out large-scale reconstruction work.

Zhang Zhao didn't know if they reported it casually, shirked their responsibilities, and didn't care about the lives of the victims, so Zhang Zhao decided to hurry up and take a look.

Zhang Zhao had very little time to rest every day, and he hurried as soon as possible.

Finally, he approached the disaster area.

Usually there are many displaced people and even many beggars near the disaster area, but he only saw a few along the way, and the total number of people was less than 1,000.

That's a very low case.

"I hope the local officials will do a good job." Zhang Zhao said.

Zhang Zhao sent someone to find someone, and he wanted to ask in person.

Zhang Zhao sent a lot of people out, and he hasn't decided where to go yet, because he doesn't know much, and he needs to have a general understanding before he can do anything.

"My lord, ahead is Jinxian County, which was reported to be one of the hardest hit areas, and now there are tens of thousands of victims in it."

After Zhang Zhao heard this, he pondered for a while and decided to take a look.

Zhang Zhao and his gang did not bring much food, so they entered the disaster area.

Their soldiers also only brought wooden sticks.

After Zhang Zhao entered, he found that it was relatively calm and there was no starvation.

Zhang Zhao and his entourage attracted the attention of others, and some people hurriedly ran over to say hello.

"My lord, I don't know where you came from? But brought supplies to support the disaster area? A man covered in mud asked.

Zhang Zhao did not answer, but asked, "How many victims are here?" Officials here, huh? ”

"Below is the inspector of the police department in the county, and now there is order in this area, there were more than 164,000 people in the past, and now there are more than 68,000 people."

"As for where the other officials are, I don't know if they are below, the county order should go to borrow money, and the county may be going to receive a batch of grain."

The detective said that he didn't continue to talk here, he knew that Zhang Zhao must be an official from above, but the other party did not identify himself, so he couldn't say too much, he could only talk about the basic situation.

Zhang Zhao frowned, the victims of the disaster were more than half gone, although the flood receded, but their homes were gone, where could they go?

"Where are the nearly 100,000 victims?" Zhang Zhao asked.

Zhang Zhao's tone was a little urgent, and to the inspector's ears, it was a question.

The inspector said, "Some have gone to work, some have gone to relatives, and some have gone to build roads. ”

Zhang Zhao was a little difficult to accept this explanation.

After thinking about it, I decided to go through it myself.

"I came from the capital, and I came to understand the disaster by holy decree, and you follow me." Zhang Zhao said.

Zhang Zhao didn't let people lead the way, but asked him to follow, and he wanted to go to other places to see.

On the surface, the victims were not bad, they were just outside the city, they had food to eat, temporary shacks to live in, and some people around to patrol and maintain order.

In some places, medicine is still being cooked, and there are also a few Langzhong who are shuttling back and forth.

Very good on the surface.

Zhang Zhao walked a few places and didn't see any major problems, but it was more unconventional, so he decided to find out for himself.

Zhang Zhao asked most of the people to stay, and he took these few people with him.

"Dude, when did you come over?" Zhang Zhao sat in a shack and asked an old man in his forties.

The old man was indeed in his forties, but he looked like he was sixty years old.

"It's been a few days. Gone is home. The old man said sadly.

"But there's anything to eat?"

"There is porridge in the morning and evening, there are fewer people these days, there is a meal at noon, and occasionally a few cakes are distributed." The old man said with a blank look in his eyes.

Zhang Zhao nodded secretly, this is disaster relief, the key is not to starve to death.

Not starving to death is the most basic thing about disaster relief.

If you can do it here without starving to death, then he thinks it's good.

"What about the others? Why is it gone? Zhang Zhao asked again.

"I've all gone to work, I'm old, and my home is gone." The other party shook his head again, obviously very decadent.

Zhang Zhao heard about the part-time job twice, and it seems that what the inspector said is true.

"Where did they go to work? Why don't you wait for the disaster to rebuild and then go home and continue farming? ”

"A few of my nephews went to Jiangdong, and the people there came directly to recruit workers, and the treatment was not bad, so they stabilized first, and then came back to build the house when they made some money." The old man said.

went to Jiangdong, which made Zhang Zhao a little surprised, it was actually the people there who came directly to recruit workers.

"Well, that's fine, this government looks quite difficult, I don't know if it can be settled." Zhang Zhao said.

Zhang Zhao said again: "Don't worry, brother, the imperial court already knows the situation here, and will soon arrange someone to deal with it properly." ”

"An official is a good official, organizing the people to help themselves, giving food to eat, and seeing a doctor." The old man muttered again.

(End of chapter)