Chapter 215 Take a Shortcut
More than 20 refugees were rescued from His Highness King Cheng's ship. They were all women holding children. After they were taken off the ship one by one by the official officers, they all felt grateful when they saw the smoke rising from the iron pot in the distance.
walked towards His Highness Prince Cheng.
Their hair was disheveled, and they held in their arms a child that was hoarse from hunger and could not even cry. They all knelt heavily in front of King Cheng and weakly spoke words of thanks.
"There were also floods outside Chengzhou City in the past two days. The entire city was under martial law and the outside of the city gate was waterproofed. Once the water surface stabilized, we purchased a boat to prepare for rescue, but we did not expect that we would be late.
I feel deeply sorry for the people who died. You have been saved. I promise that no matter what happens to me in the future, I will never give up hope of living."
His Highness Prince Cheng's expression was very sad and distressed. He felt very sympathetic and seemed to be a good prince who cared about the refugees.
Su Manrong and Xiao Chengxian stood aside quietly, waiting for His Highness Prince Cheng to finish chatting with the refugees before letting the remaining 50th Guards take the refugees to receive white porridge.
His Highness Prince Cheng even took care of it personally. After all the refugees had received their porridge and rice, he gave a few instructions and followed the boat back to the gate of Xianyang City to rescue them.
"It seems that His Highness Prince Cheng is planning to take advantage of the natural disaster and turmoil to take advantage of the situation."
After Xiao Chengxian and Su Manrong escorted His Royal Highness Prince Cheng to the boat, they watched the boat go away before speaking slowly.
"So, in addition to the floods in the south and Xianyang City, there are also large-scale floods." Su Manrong sighed helplessly and turned to look at the refugees who were hurriedly eating after the disaster.
Every disaster is a devastating blow to ordinary people. Living in a peaceful society, she knows that she cannot prevent the turmoil of this dynasty on her own.
But she hopes that after suffering disasters and turmoil, the people can return to normal life as soon as possible under the management of a capable leader.
There are as many as 3,000 trapped people in Xianyang City. A total of three boats launched rescue operations, and each trip rescued hundreds of trapped people.
Fortunately, the South City Gate was very close to the moat, so the rescue speed was pretty good. It wasn't until sunrise the next day that more than a thousand people trapped on the South City Gate were rescued.
As for the trapped people at the North City Gate, they had to be moved outside Chengzhou City, and it was a long way back. Therefore, King Cheng sent someone to deliver a batch of food and drinking water to the North City Gate during the journey, so that they could wait for rescue with peace of mind.
This night, Su Manrong and Xiao Chengxian did not close their eyes and kept maintaining order at the scene.
The two children slept in the tent, and Du Xin's two aunts, Xiao Chengxiao, and Xiao Jiu from the 50th Guard were closely guarding them to prevent the refugees from causing unrest and injuring the two children.
After cooking some of the food she took out from the space, King Cheng's soldiers also delivered a batch of food. However, after batches of refugees were rescued, the food had to be cooked in pots. Although the refugees could not be
A full stomach would at least allow them to hang on to their lives.
"Your Highness King Cheng, we are guilty and it is not convenient for us to stay here for a long time. We are about to set off to enter the Sichuan-Sichuan territory."
Su Manrong looked at King Cheng with a weathered face as the last batch of rescued refugees got off the boat, and stepped forward to say goodbye.
"Painter Su and Master Xiao Wu have also worked hard this night. Now that the refugees are out of danger, they need to move to a safe place as soon as possible. It is indeed time for Painter Su to go to Sichuan."
King Cheng has heard what Su Manrong's thoughts are from the soldiers in the palace, and he knows that even if he does not send troops to rescue the refugees, Su Manrong will let the soldiers come to rescue people in the name of Prince Cheng's palace. In the end, he will still be loved and grateful in the eyes of the refugees.
existence.
He also saw Su Manrong's care for Prince Cheng's Mansion. One day, he would definitely reverse Su Manrong's case!
"Natural disasters occur frequently. Your Highness, Prince Cheng, should take care of yourself and prepare responses in advance." Su Manrong nodded.
"There are also floods outside Chengzhou City. I have arranged for the people of Chengzhou to evacuate in the direction of the Holy Capital." His Highness Prince Cheng cleared away the wind and frost on his face and smiled firmly: "Although it is said that the Holy City will not accept refugees,
As the lord of a city, I will never let my people sleep on the streets. There are already grain and grass trucks moving forward, and tents will be set up outside the Holy Capital City."
"His Royal Highness King Cheng cares about the people, and he will definitely win the support of the people." Su Manrong smiled flatteringly, and then left.
Although she hoped that His Highness Prince Cheng could end the war and stabilize the court, she was not interested in such things and did not want to help His Highness Prince Cheng fight for the throne.
There is something in His Highness King Cheng's words. He asked the people of Chengzhou City to go to the Holy Capital just as a pretense. He should have secretly sent his own soldiers outside the gate of the Holy Capital in order to mobilize force at any time.
Although she understood, she still had to pretend not to understand...
"My soldiers have sent a carriage. You should leave immediately. After the natural disaster is over, I will send people to Sichuan and Sichuan to get in touch with Painter Su."
Seeing that Su Manrong didn't want to talk to him anymore, King Cheng took the initiative to say goodbye and asked his subordinates to bring him a carriage and some food and silver.
Su Manrong was ashamed. In total, she had asked for three gifts from His Highness King Cheng.
If we still can't reach Sichuan and Shu smoothly, His Highness Prince Cheng will prepare one more time...
What is the fate of this?
"Don't worry, Your Highness King Cheng. After we settle down, we will definitely find a way to contact the young prince." Although Su Manrong felt a little embarrassed, she still happily accepted King Cheng's gift.
At the moment, Su Manrong and his party rode the large carriage donated by King Cheng and headed towards Dazhou City.
Originally, Su Manrong was thinking about finding some excuse to take out the carriage that she had put into the space before the flood. She didn't expect His Highness Prince Cheng to be so considerate, which just saved her trouble.
The two children slept all night without feeling sleepy, so they were held in the arms of the two aunts Du Xin.
Su Manrong was lying on the small bed behind the carriage, while Xiao Chengxian sat on the edge of the cave, letting Su Manrong lie on his legs, and he rested against the window.
On the way to Dazhou City, Su Manrong only came down once, went to the toilet, and dropped off more than a dozen supply packages.
After all, these refugees in Xianyang City will soon head towards Dazhou City, and these material packages are particularly important to them.
...
Trapped in a cave on the border of Suizhou, everyone in the Xiaosu and Su mansions picked up a total of two supply packages in the past two days and nights, and barely managed to save their lives.
But as the sun burned, the water surface became turbid, and the water surface showed no sign of falling, the cave was filled with stench and flies were everywhere. They could only find a way to leave the cave and move to higher ground.
The three officers were somewhat skilled. They used the ropes in the supply bag, fixed them on the big tree in the distance, and left the cave with the water flowing.
Chapter completed!