1667: Journey to the West (13)
With lofty goals to be expected, and with recent goals to be prepared to achieve, the originally tense atmosphere slowly relaxed, and everyone was discussing how to mobilize manpower to dig the river next, hoping that when the canal is completed, Cenzhou will never suffer from drought. The fertile land has enough water to nourish it. The beautiful scenery of the western Jiangnan is not an impossible goal.
Everyone was so excited that they all forgot that this was just a big cake. If you want to turn it into a fact, it would probably be three to five years later. The matter that was pressed by Meijie was not solved.
Of course, Qin Feng would not expect everyone to forget this. What he wanted to do was to stabilize everyone's emotions and let everything go back to the rhythm of negotiation. The county town of Cenzhou does not have much ability to resist strikes, but when the reinforcements around him arrived, everything would be in control. What's more, the suicide camp that protected him all the way west would definitely rush here without sleep after knowing his specific location.
He believed that the first thing Yang Yaxiong did after he knew that he had appeared in Cenzhou was not to report to Yue Kaishan, but to use the Eagle Nest channels to report the news of his arrival.
Qin Feng was ready, but he didn't expect that the first person to raise this question was the only strong woman sitting around in this circle.
Women are indeed creatures that value reality more.
"Your Majesty, we can live a good life in the future, but what should we do now? If we can't survive now, how can we have a future?" The woman's voice was not too high, and she seemed to be embarrassed. After saying this, she lowered her head.
When I was happiest, a scoop of cold water drank down my head, which suddenly wiped out all the enthusiasm of everyone. Yes, if I can't survive in front of me, what's the future?
Yue Kaishan stood up, bowed to Qin Feng first, then turned around, and clasped his fists to everyone present, saying, "Everyone, Your Majesty once said that if everyone does not get together, but will be in their own place, they will be able to overcome the natural disaster better. Here, Yue asked everyone to bring his fellow villagers back to their residence, county government, and county government, to send more well teams to dig wells for everyone. No matter how much or how deep they hit, they will definitely bring some water to everyone. Now that everyone is gathering here, it will not help us survive this natural disaster. Please."
Everyone looked at me, and I looked at you, and finally nodded helplessly.
Seeing everyone nodding, Yue Kaishan couldn't help but feel happy.
Qin Feng also stood up, "The troops that everyone was rumoring before, when they arrived here, I would also send them down. What should I do? It is not to monitor everyone, but to let them dig wells for everyone, find water for everyone, and work together to overcome difficulties. I promise to everyone here that I will never leave Cenzhou unless I resolve the drought crisis in Cenzhou."
As soon as Qin Feng said this, everyone present was inexplicably moved and fell to the ground, proclaiming in unison.
"Thank you, Your Majesty! Long live Your Majesty!"
Qin Feng's identity is extraordinary. His promise is that as an emperor, he must keep his word. For his promise, I am afraid that all the officials in the world in the Ming Dynasty will pay for it. The bosses of the Political Affairs Hall will definitely try their best to alleviate the crisis in Cenzhou.
This is also the reason why Qin Feng said that he could be as good as Yue Kaishan and pick up ten thousand words. Their locations are different, and the credibility of the promises is naturally very different.
"Please ask for a long time. The people suffer from severe drought in Cenzhou. I feel the same way. You all return home and work hard to fight the disaster. I will stay in Cenzhou County and pray for rain to the sky. I also hope that the heaven will give mercy, bring down the rain, and relieve my people's suffering." Qin Feng said loudly: "Yue Kaishan, let's go and handle the incense table now, set up three animals, and I will pray for rain to the sky for the people in the west."
Seeing Qin Feng do this, the people around him are even more grateful.
"Your Majesty is the son of heaven. The son of heaven prays for rain from heaven. God will definitely bring down the rain. Saving me is equivalent to suffering. Thank you. "The voice of praise is constantly ringing around.
When Yue Kaishan heard these reactions, he was a little afraid to move. As a successful person, he naturally knew that the emperor was the son of the God-Ching was absolutely unreliable, but the people believed that it was not a bad thing, but it would help the court rule. But if Your Majesty really wanted to ask for rain as the son of the Heaven, the matter would be a bit big. If you can't ask for it, wouldn't it mean that Your Majesty, the son of the Heaven-Ching, was a bit untrue? If you spread it, the impact would be great.
Qin Feng naturally didn't know that Yue Kaishan had thought so much at this moment, and he didn't care. What he wanted to do most now was to let these people return to their hometowns smoothly. The people here returned to their residences, one county, one township, and one village scattered, which was more conducive to disaster relief. Gathering together in this way would be a huge threat to the county town, whether it was disaster relief or safety.
As for whether reputation will be damaged, as an emperor, how could he care? He only knew that the more sincere his attitude and the lower his talent, the more helpful it would be to solve the problem.
"Yue Kaishan, why don't you go to do it?" He looked at Yue Kaishan and said with a series of destruction.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Helplessly, Yue Kaishan turned around and called a minor official, and whispered a few instructions.
The sky was already bright, and the people led by Xu Sanhuai chose to believe in Qin Feng. They each returned to their own villagers and began to mobilize the villagers to return home.
Of course, this is not an easy process. Just looking at the intense reactions of people in those local villages is enough to illustrate the problem.
The gate of the county town was already opened, but the villagers gathered outside the city did not go to the city, which made Yue Kaishan feel worried and transported the materials for building the altar out of the city. The craftsmen began to quickly find a simple altar to build.
When the sun rose from the east, the altar was built, and incense tables were set up, and three animals were worshipped. Qin Feng climbed the altar in the eyes of the city, dispersed his hair, removed his shoes and socks, took off his clothes, knelt on the altar bare shirt, raised his head to the sky, and murmured to himself.
As for what he was saying, no one could hear it.
Seeing this scene, Yue Kaishan couldn't say anything. Seeing the villagers who were staring at this place and still reluctantly packing up the guys and preparing to leave, he also walked under the altar, imitating Qin Feng's appearance, and kneeled under the altar bare-chested.
One county official after another knelt behind Yue Kaishan.
Only the county officials were still trying to persuade the villagers to return home with mixed feelings.
Time passed every minute, and the sun was getting higher and higher, and it became more and more intense. Yue Kaishan looked at the cloudless sky, wanting to cry without tears. In his opinion, such a thing as asking for rain was naturally a very nonsense.
But although he knew it was invalid, Qin Feng's actions obviously had an effect, because the villagers who saw all this had already begun to stagger away from the county town with simple packages on their backs.
By noon, about one-third of the people in the city had left the county town.
Eunuch Le climbed up to the altar with his hands and looked at Qin Feng who was kneeling there, and whispered: "Your Majesty, it's almost noon. I have brought some soup. You can drink some first!"
Qin Feng's posture remained unchanged, and he just glanced at him sideways, "How can you fail in the mountain? If you don't dismiss all of these people, I can't get up and eat. Do you know that if you want them to see my sincerity?"
Eunuch Le straightened up with a wry smile.
Just as he stood up straight, he was suddenly stunned.
The wind is coming.
It was not the kind of hot wind, there was a hint of coolness in the wind, it was the rain wind. He suddenly looked up and looked in the direction where the wind came.
"Your Majesty!" He screamed in a trembling voice.
"What are the ghost roaring?" Qin Feng said dissatisfied.
"The wind is coming, the wind is coming." Eunuch Le was so excited that he couldn't suppress himself, and his body trembled like a thrust. It was extremely rare for a martial arts master like him to be completely unable to control his body.
"Is the wind coming?" Qin Feng said in surprise.
"Not only the wind is coming, but the clouds are coming too! Your Majesty, look, look!" Qin Feng jumped up suddenly and felt the cool wind from the west. Although the sun was still shining above his head, it was already covered by dark clouds.
"It's wind, it's clouds!" Qin Feng turned around, faced the countless people around him, raised his hands and shouted loudly.
Everyone looked to the West.
The wind was getting heavier and everyone felt the rain brought by the wind. At this moment, the entire county town was filled with silence like death, leaving Qin Feng's cheerful screams.
The wind is coming!
The clouds also came!
The sky, which was just sunny just now, was covered by layers of dark clouds in an instant, accompanied by a shocking sound of thunder, and a drop of raindrops as big as beans fell on the altar.
Qin Feng was naked, his hands spread wide to the left and right ground, facing the sky, carrying the rain falling from the sky.
"It's raining!"
He yelled wildly.
With a rustling sound, it seemed that a large piece of silk was torn apart vigorously. Heavy rain suddenly came, hitting the ground, splashing white smoke and dust.
The rain was so heavy that the long-drought ground had only a little smoke and dust splashed, and it was overwhelmed by the continuous rain.
Under the altar, Yue Kaishan looked at Qin Feng with his arms wide open on it, and Yu was really asked by His Majesty.
He suddenly lay on the muddy ground with his body protrudingly, shouting loudly: "Long live Your Majesty, Long live the son of heaven, Long live, Long live, Long live!"
In the rain, countless people knelt down in the mud.
"Long live Your Majesty, long live the son of heaven, long live, long live, long live!"
Chapter completed!