GBP Chapter 444 Post-Disaster Reconstruction
Chapter 444 Post-Disaster Reconstruction
Shangguan Zhenhua was a little disappointed when he saw this ordinary-looking water tank. The sacred tank in his dream was shining with gold, with ancient and mysterious pictures and texts on it. It was luxurious and grand in style, and one could tell at a glance that it was something used by gods.
But after waking up from the dream and seeing the water tank with my own eyes, I realized that it was just an ordinary water tank.
So ugly!
Shangguan Tang took in the disgust in Shangguan Zhenhua's eyes and couldn't help but chuckle, "Grandfather is right. This water tank is very ordinary, so in order to prevent confusion with other water tanks in the future, I made a mark on the top of the water tank."
"What mark?"
Upon hearing this, Shangguan Zhenhua went over to hug the large jar and looked left and right. On the left side of the jar, he saw a fist-sized white tiger totem.
"The painting is really ugly."
Shangguan Tang couldn't laugh anymore: "Grandfather, do you dislike my paintings?"
Shangguan Zhenhua changed his words against his conscience: "The painting is really good, lifelike, mighty and domineering. She is worthy of being my granddaughter. She is a man of both civil and military talents. She can recite poems, paint, farm and cook. She can do everything. She is truly an all-round talent rarely seen in the world."
The soldiers present: "......"
After seeing the magic jar, Shangguan Zhenhua wanted to see the power of the magic jar. He touched the magic jar and said in a coaxing tone: "Little jar, my prince is hungry, can you turn it into a roast chicken for him to eat?"
Shangguan Tang's mouth twitched, he held back his smile, and with an idea, he used the water tank to send out a roast chicken.
The moment he saw the roast chicken appear in the water tank, Shangguan Zhenhua jumped up excitedly.
"It's transformed, it's transformed, Xiao Gang Gang is so amazing!"
He slapped the water jar with joy.
The soldiers of the Flame Army were shocked.
"Lord Protector of the Country, please be gentle, don't break the sacred jar!"
"You have supernatural powers, and the sacred jar cannot bear it!"
No, the sacred jar could withstand it. After being hit a few times by Shangguan Zhenhua, the sacred jar was not damaged at all.
Shangguan Zhenhua had an idea and lifted the water jar and tried to bend it with a little force, but it didn't move. He tried harder and the magical jar was still intact.
Shangguan Zhenhua was full of praise: "The sacred jar is worthy of being called a sacred jar. It is harder than steel. Not to mention being broken by a fall, I'm afraid it can't be broken even by a hammer. Great, great, great, it's really great!"
Shangguan Tang had actually secretly tested the water tank's ability to resist falling, so he was not too surprised to see Shangguan Tang test the water tank's sturdiness.
However, the Flame Army and support troops were all quite surprised.
Shangguan Zhenhua had just arrived near Jiangcheng and had not yet entered the city. It was just the right time for the two teams to enter the city together.
Although the snow has begun to melt, it is very thick and the melting speed is slow. The roads are still covered with snow, and the surrounding objects are still frozen. The wind is extremely cold.
After the ceasefire with Fuso, General Mo led the Mo army back to Jiangcheng. It was because they reacted quickly and retreated in time, otherwise they would have been frozen on the river.
There are more than 200,000 people in Jiangcheng, plus the Mo family army and the city defense army, a total of more than 300,000 people. There are seven granaries and there is still surplus food, but because the weather is too cold, it is easy to freeze to death if you go out. Except for the rescue team, patrol troops, and the city defense army at the city gate, there are no people walking on the street.
The arrival of the Flame Army and the Beijing Rescue Team brought surprise and cheers to the people of Jiangcheng.
General Mo personally led people to greet them, and he was quite surprised to see Shangguan Tang was also in the team.
In the Military Academy, Shangguan Tang told General Mo about what happened at Yulong Pass.
"Yulong Pass is now safe. I led the Flame Army along the way and helped all the remote cities that needed help. We also dealt with the bandits we encountered on the way."
Hearing this, General Mo was extremely happy: "That's great. I was originally thinking about how to ask the emperor to agree that I can lead troops to rescue other cities, but then the princess came with the Flame Army!"
He told Shangguan Tang and Shangguan Zhenhua about the situation in Jiangcheng.
When the snowstorm first came, many people were frozen to death despite being well prepared and having no shortage of food and heating supplies because they had never experienced such extreme weather. Later, as people gradually adapted to such weather and with the help of the government and the army, their lives gradually improved. They gradually adapted to the low temperatures and went out to work.
The snow on the streets and roofs of Jiangcheng has been cleared away, and all the snow is piled up downstream of the river. The melted snow will flow into the sea along the river water.
General Mo continued, "I sent people to investigate. Fuso has already ceased hostilities. They retreated too slowly, and most of them froze to death on the river."
Most of the people he sent to investigate the news died, and only a few survived.
"This ice and snow disaster is so terrible that even the sea water is frozen. It's simply a nightmare!" General Mo was terrified just thinking about the scene of the sea water freezing.
Although Shangguan Tang and Shangguan Zhenhua did not see the situation on the sea and the river with their own eyes, they could guess how terrible the situation on the sea and the river was just by hearing what General Mo said.
Under the guidance of General Mo, Shangguan Zhenhua met the first rescue team that came to help Jiangcheng. The leader of the team was a man in his twenties. He was the illegitimate son of the Taifu family and Qin Jinye, the elder brother of Qin Jinhua.
Qin Jinye said, "Duke Protector of the Country, it's not that I don't want to send the news back to the capital, but I can't. As soon as we arrived in Jiangcheng, we encountered a blizzard. The houses were destroyed and everything was frozen. People couldn't walk outside, so the news couldn't be sent. After the blizzard ended, it was cold here for a long time. Many brothers fell ill, and sixteen of them died of illness."
When the weather warmed up a little and people could go out and move around, they and General Mo arranged for people to deliver the message to the capital. However, due to the icy and snowy weather, the delivery was slow.
In fact, not long after Shangguan Zhenhua left Beijing, Jiang Cheng's letter had already been delivered to Beijing, but Shangguan Zhenhua had already left the city, so he didn't know about it.
Affected by the ice and snow, almost everyone in Jiangcheng was caught in a cold, with numerous symptoms such as runny nose, fever, and diarrhea.
Shangguan Tang took out the pills made by Nangong Jingxuan from the sacred jar, dissolved them in warm water, and asked General Mo to send people to distribute them.
After drinking the pills with warm water for three days, the infected people got better.
The snow was still melting, and the melting speed was getting faster and faster. People saw the dawn of hope, and as the weather gradually warmed up, they began to work harder.
Two days later, Shangguan Tang bid farewell to General Mo and Shangguan Zhenhua, and led the Flame Army to escort the sacred jar to the capital. When passing through other prefectures, he would lend a hand wherever he saw someone in need of help.
By the time we arrived in the capital, it was already a month later, mid-May. The warm sun was high in the sky, the temperature had returned to around 15 or 16 degrees, the snow had almost melted, and the capital was carrying out post-disaster reconstruction in an orderly manner.