Chapter 788: A Piece of Chaos

Shouchun City was completely destroyed in the earthquake, and the surrounding walls also collapsed in many places, leaving only an empty shell inside.

Around nine o'clock in the evening.

The sky was cloudy, and it was raining lightly.

In the entire Shouchun City, there are only some light spots of torches, and most of the places are pitch black.

In this darkness, it wasn't the screams and screams that turned Shouchun City into a gloomy death zone.

Yuan Tan is helping rescue people in a ruin.

Suddenly the earth trembled and screams arose.

"Everyone, don't panic, this is an aftershock, an aftershock." Yuan Tan hurriedly comforted him.

"Are there Shouchun officials, officials, and tribesmen here?"

After the aftershock, a man in official uniform came, saw the eyes of the common people, and said, "I am Chen Zhi, an official of the state government."

But the eyes of the people all turned back again.

Chen Zhi sighed, "Who volunteered to organize the people on this street?"

No one answered.

This person looked more haggard than when he came, and had to go to the next place.

After a while.

With the help of Yuan Tan, a living person was dug out.

"Thank you benefactor." The middle-aged man who was dug out cried with joy, and immediately hugged and reunited with his family. The scene was extremely warm.

Another corpse was dug up, and a mother and son were crying loudly, extremely sad.

Yuan Tan was still wearing beggar clothes, and there was no clothes to change in the earthquake.

What kind of scene is the scene of mourning? Anyway, Yuan Tan, who is murderous like hemp, is also terrified at the moment. This is different from killing on the battlefield, this is their own home.

Heartache that cannot be expressed in words.

The earthquake this time probably had a magnitude of 8, and the city became a huge pile of construction waste.

There is no record of this earthquake in history, maybe it was lost in the war-torn era.

It is necessary to enter the disaster relief state immediately. Since Yuan Tan is here,

It is necessary to shoulder the responsibility of the front line.

Yuan Tan sat on the ruins, listening to the voices of mourners around him, and closed his eyes. On the one hand, it is to restore some spirits, and on the other hand, it is to think about disaster relief.

First of all, the most important thing is to unite people's hearts. The purpose of the official's arrival just now is this.

At this time, Zhuge Liang came back, fanning his feather fan as fast as an electric fan, "My lord, Shouchun's condition is very bad. My subordinates just walked around, the whole city was in complete chaos, most of the officials were dead, This put Shouchun's government into a state of stagnation, the soldiers don't know the generals, and the generals don't know the soldiers."

He added: "The people suffered heavy casualties, and officials at all levels also suffered heavy casualties. There are not enough people in the city to organize disaster relief. The governor Xun Chen must have a headache. The people of Shouchun will also suffer the greatest catastrophe in hundreds of years..."

Earthquakes are not the scariest thing, but the disorder after the earthquake is the scariest thing.

"Where is Chen Lan? Isn't there a thousand troops stationed outside the city?" Yuan Tan asked.

Zhuge Liang said: "General Chen Lan has dispatched troops into the city, and is trying his best to dig out the collapsed city gate so that the wounded and relief supplies from various places can be transported into the city."

Chen Lan is also a witty person, knowing that it is time to perform meritorious service, she will go all out.

"My lord, we found another survivor under the ruins over there, let's dig there quickly." Dian Wei ran over and said.

Yuan Tan stood up, "How many people can we save with the strength of a few of us? We must immediately organize the people in the city to restore order and unite as one to make the city survive the disaster."

"Come on, follow me to the Governor's Mansion."

Shouchun is the provincial capital city, and the higher-level governor's office is also located here.

...

At this moment, in the governor's mansion, half of the building structure has collapsed, and it is as chaotic as the outside.

The government soldiers brought over two corpses covered by straw mats.

Xun Chen, governor of the state, opened it to take a look. Yan Xiang and his son frowned and waved.

Xun Chen was born in the Xun family in Yingchuan, a wealthy family at that time, Xun Yu's elder brother, and Yuan Shao's early advisor.

At this time, Zhou Biejia Zhang Lin came with five officials.

Xun Chen said: "Biejia Zhang, how is the situation in the city? Immediately mobilize government personnel to organize disaster relief."

Zhang Lindao: "Lord Inspector, the people suffered heavy casualties, officials at all levels also suffered heavy casualties, and the city was in chaos again, and no one could be found. This is the official in the state capital that has been found so far."

Xun Chen's face was ashen. As the parent official of Yizhou, the disaster of Shouchun, the largest city, was tantamount to stabbing a knife in the heart. "Comfort the people immediately and put down the chaos."

"My lord.... The key problem is that the officials at different levels are now disconnected and unable to gather strength."

"What can we do? Such a big disaster, we will not be able to rescue, if the court blames us, we will be severely punished, and losing our official position is a trivial matter."

Xun Chen was already getting angry, "The most important thing now is to gather people's hearts."

He also wanted to do something, even in this sudden catastrophe.

However, in the face of a disaster, it is too difficult to gather people's hearts, and coupled with the lack of officials, they don't know where to start.

"Report...." A small school came.

Xun Chen hurriedly asked, "Has General Zhang He dispatched troops yet?"

"No." Xiaoxiao wanted to cry, "General Zhang Yun said that his duty is to defend Hefei, and adults have no right to transfer his soldiers."

"Damn it!" Xun Chen was furious, but just as Zhang He said, everyone has different responsibilities, he has no right to deploy troops, and he can't just say that they did something wrong.

"How is General Chen Lan's work going?"

Zhang Lindao: "The officer just came over from there. General Chen Lan is still working hard. I think I can open a passage through a city gate after dawn."

Only then did Xun Chen look a little better, "Very well, he is worthy of being the eldest son. At this time, the people are the most important thing. You immediately send people out of the city and tell the officials in the surrounding counties that the rescue supplies must be delivered before dark tomorrow. If it is delivered, the distant counties must arrive within three days."

Zhang Lindao: "My lord, the most important thing now is to re-operate the government of Shouchun County and unite people's hearts so that we can survive this catastrophe."

Xun Chen was depressed again, how could he not know this? But easier said than done.

Shouchun's original system was in disarray, and the people were so frightened by the catastrophe that they were not willing to listen to him at all.

Now it would be great if someone trusted by the common people showed up to help.

But in the face of such a catastrophe, who can bear such a heavy burden?

It was only then that Xun Chen realized that he hadn't done a good job as the governor, and the people below were not as good as him.

"You call a group of people over immediately, and you are ordered to be promoted at the front line when you are in danger..."

"My lord, but they don't know the people below at all, and those with junior qualifications speak lightly, how can they unite people's hearts?"

Xun Chen looked sluggish, "Hey, we can only do our best to do our job well and let fate do our best. When the time comes, I will go to the court in person to plead guilty..."