Chapter 100 Disaster Relief

He ran all the way and didn't get off the horse for several days. When Zhou Mengchen came to Datong, the inner side of his thighs had been worn out. The layers of blood scabs were stacked quite thickly. Zhou Mengchen's movements were deformed and inconvenient when he walked. It was just a little bit of pain on his body. He was not taken seriously by Zhou Mengchen at all.

He could see traces of earthquakes wherever he passed along the way.

But this also made him feel a little relieved.

Nothing else, the Datong earthquake has caused limited damage to Datong.

This is more of the benefit of the times. Although when the earthquake comes, many people's houses cannot withstand the destruction of earthquakes. After all, these houses can be labeled as dangerous houses in later generations. However, these houses are one-story buildings, and many of them are even thatched houses, which are the kind that are buried even if they are buried. It's just that they are not lucky enough to be injured at most and cannot die at all.

Moreover, at the end of March and early April, the weather is gradually getting warmer. People sleep outside, and although there are still some difficulties, they will not freeze to death.

This made Zhou Mengchen breathe a sigh of relief. But he was still worried.

What he was worried about was no longer the collapse of the house and the collapse of the city walls. He probably wouldn't be able to achieve this level in Datong's earthquake. What he was most worried about was the collapse of the landslide.

Yes, Datong is a basin with mountains surrounding it. Moreover, the roads that Datong has externally connected to the outside world are all in the valley, such as the section from Shahukou to Yulin City, and the Xishan Canal just now together with the Xishan Canal in Beijing and Datong. These are all in the valley.

An earthquake is likely to cause landslides, as well as other secondary disasters, and problems such as landslides.

This is all something Zhou Mengchen is worried about, especially the problems on the side wall.

Most of the Datong side walls are built against the mountains. On weekdays, it looks like a giant dragon circling and flying among the mountains, making a good situation. But now thinking about it, it is all a problem. After an earthquake, it is likely that the mountain that could have been able to snuggle up to the barrier became an enemy, and the originally coherent defense system was divided and was in a military disadvantage.

In this way, the fortifications will be invalidated.

This gave the Tartars an opportunity to take advantage of.

Even after the peace talks, Zhou Mengchen could not believe in the Tartars. It was not that Zhou Mengchen insisted on destroying Xin Ai before he could give up. It was because the two sides had fought for so many years and had no winner and a loss. There was no peace at all. All the things between them were just a quit.

Zhou Mengchen thought so. He probably thought so too.

Outside Datong City, Yang Jisheng came to welcome Zhou Mengchen. Zhou Mengchen asked without saying a word, "How is the situation?"

Yang Jisheng said: "Nine 20,000 houses were damaged, and a large number of people were sleeping in the open. However, it was afternoon during the earthquake. The casualties were not large. The specific numbers were not counted. However, there were only about 300 people near Datong Prefecture, most of them were elderly, weak, women and children. Many people were not killed directly, but died of illness."

Zhou Mengchen's mouth twitched slightly, feeling the scorching pain at the base of his thighs. His pants, which seemed to be extremely soft on weekdays, suddenly became hard as iron. He tried hard to gather his thoughts and said, "How about the army? How about the side wall? How about the Tartars?"

Yang Jisheng said: "General Li should have reported to you about the military affairs. However, he is not in Datong City now. Almost on the afternoon of the earthquake, he had already arrived at the Julu Fortress to beware of the Tartars. The side wall was not good. It is hard to say how long the side wall collapsed on a large scale. It is estimated that it will take some time to count it. In short, it is no longer possible to repair the side wall. As for the Tartars, there is no news now. However, it is also good news."

"But one thing can be confirmed, the loyalty of the earthquake is near the Sanggan River. Where is the Tartars much lighter than us."

The silver in Zhou Mengchen's hand has always been tight. Rebuilding the side wall is also a big project. The cost of bluestone, cement, and labor. Zhou Mengchen estimated that the construction of a side wall would be at least a few thousand to ten thousand taels. After all, the transportation cost alone is quite large. Even if Zhou Mengchen compresses the cost and uses the army to handle the entire process, from bluestone mining, cement manufacturing, to labor, the cost of one mile is still indispensable.

The thousands of miles of walls in Datong Town cost at least a few million taels of silver.

Furthermore, Zhou Mengchen felt that once the Tartars were solved, the Ming Dynasty border wall would need to be re-planned. Now whether the Ming Dynasty border wall should be abandoned is still a question. So he didn't have much effort on it. But now it seems that it would be impossible to work hard.

Zhou Mengchen asked: "How about rivers and canals in various places, and Wenying Lake?"

"There are no major problems." Yang Jisheng said: "It's just that there are cracks in some places, but it's not serious. Just repair it, it's fine. Overall, there are no major mistakes. Moreover, it's spring now, and there's little water in spring, so there's no major problem, which is a blessing in disgrace."

Zhou Mengchen said in his heart: "Thank God."

This is also one of his most worried problems. Although the water level in Wenying Lake is not high, there is still water. If something goes wrong and artificial floods are created, Zhou Mengchen's sin will be great.

Zhou Mengchen said: "Where is the worst-hit place?"

Yang Jisheng said: "Two industrial zones."

Zhou Mengchen paused, and said, "What's going on?"

Yang Jisheng said, "Several iron furnaces were poured over Shuozhou, and the iron water was poured on the craftsmen." At this point, Yang Jisheng paused slightly, and did not continue to talk about the craftsmen. He sighed and said, "Anyway, Shuozhou has been completely discontinued, and it is said that many iron furnaces cannot be used anymore. The construction of the canning workshop was a bit too urgent. It was not persisted during the earthquake, which immediately caused a fire and killed hundreds of people. There were also a lot of inventory."

Zhou Mengchen immediately stopped and then walked back.

Yang Jisheng said, "Brother Zhou, you are ------"

Zhou Mengchen said, "I have no intention of going to the city, go to the industrial area first." As he spoke, he turned over again. As soon as Zhou Mengchen fell on the horse, he felt like countless knives, piercing back and forth on his thighs and buttocks very seriously, and must cover them all without leaving any blind spots.

Zhou Mengchen just groaned, endured the pain, and pulled the reins and went south.

After walking for dozens of miles, I passed Xiamizhuang. Not long after the southwest of Xiamizhuang, Zhou Mengchen came to the industrial zone and the fire.

I saw that the place was almost done. I think so. Even if Zhou Mengchen rushed to Datong, he had used four days of scenes. With Yang Jisheng's ability, it was absolutely impossible not to deal with it. What Zhou Mengchen saw was the scene he had dealt with.

I saw the dark fire stretching for hundreds of square meters. A large number of houses were either opened or directly shattered.

Zhou Mengchen had to admit that he underestimated the dangers in industrial production. He never expected that the two places that were most damaged by an earthquake were these two places, but it was natural to think about it carefully. After all, most production and life in ancient times had nothing uninterrupted. After encountering an earthquake during the day, they could dodge in time. Even if some work could not be interrupted, the scale was relatively small, which was not enough to cause great harm. Only this gathering production model has its uninterrupted characteristics. It could lead to disasters.

Of course, Zhou Mengchen also knew that he himself lacked experience. He did not prepare too much for this, so what happened today happened.

Fortunately, Yang Jisheng is a reassuring thing. Yang Jisheng has long been good at it. Zhou Mengchen can't find any mistakes in various solutions.

Zhou Mengchen said: "Now we will do some division of labor. We will leave the problems of all the prefectures and counties of Datong Prefecture to you. After a while, I will immediately take people to patrol the border. Beware of the Tartars' attacks. Also check the losses of the border walls. I guess we are some of them busy."

Yang Jisheng said, "I understand."

Zhou Mengchen pondered for a while and said, "When you summarize the losses, report to Duoli, the more, the better. The more serious, the better. I will complain to the capital. I will always ask Your Majesty to leave something for us."
Chapter completed!