Restart the Disaster of Another World

On the official road, two carriages were traveling one after the other. They had been on the road since dawn and arrived at the city before dark. Wen Yu stopped at the back door of an inconspicuous inn in the city.

This is the inn where Wen Yu's teacher entertains his friends. It is not open to the public. Wen Yu can directly arrange for people to stay here, which can avoid a lot of trouble.

Li Qiu helped Zhong Liwei get out of the car and looked at the small but warm courtyard in front of him, feeling very fond of it.

Zhongli Wei bowed to Wen Yu and thanked him: "Thank you for your trouble, Master Wen."

Wen Yu responded, "You're welcome, Miss Zhongli. Master Li will rest here first. Someone will come to pick you up at the dock tomorrow morning and take a boat to Shangjing. Lord Cheng'en will also be waiting for you two in Shangjing."

Zhongli Wei nodded. He was still dressed as a Shuang'er and Li Qiu was dressed as a man. The two of them pretended to be a couple and lived together without attracting any attention.

The waiter who greeted us was a young man. He knew Wen Yu and when he saw him, he respectfully invited us to go upstairs.

"Two rooms, prepare some food, and send hot water to the rooms." Wen Yu took out the silver and handed it to the child.

The waiter replied, "Master Wen, please wait a moment."

After bringing the person to the room, the waiter went to prepare food and hot water.

After settling the two of them, Wen Yu did not stay for long and returned to his room to rest. He did not rush back to the academy, but stayed next to them to take care of them.

The two walked into the house, and after settling down, Li Qiu asked Zhong Liwei in confusion: "Why is this Master Wen so enthusiastic about us?"

He thought Wen Yu was attracted to Zhongli Wei because of her beauty, but later, seeing him behave like a gentleman, he realized that he had misunderstood.

Zhong Liwei looked at her stubborn friend and said helplessly, "Do you still remember why your uncle asked you to come to the capital?"

Although Li Qiu didn't understand why he asked this, she nodded and replied: "Remember, let me marry your cousin. Isn't he in Shangjing? I don't know what he looks like."

Li Qiu spoke carelessly, not at all like Shuang'er, who immediately showed shyness when seeing her future husband.

Zhong Liwei was silent for a while and then said, "What do you think of the young master you met at the factory that day?"

Li Qiu recalled the person she mentioned and said, "That sickly pretty boy?"

Zhongli Wei was completely silent.

Li Qiu didn't understand why she didn't speak, but that was his personality. He never paid much attention to people he didn't care about.

The two didn't say anything more, and after washing up, they went to rest.

Silent all night.

Early the next morning, the people arranged by Xuanyuan Ting came to the inn and took Zhongli Wei and Li Qiu away. Wen Yu handed them over to them only after confirming their identities.

"Take care, both of you." Wen Yu took out some things, all produced by Jingyao's factory, and gave them to the two of them.

Zhongli Wei and Li Qiu looked at the familiar things and took them without refusing, saying thank you: "Take care, Master Wen."

The two men got on the carriage, and the horses quickly started moving towards the dock.

Wen Yu watched the carriage go away, and he also hurried towards the academy. When he arrived at the academy, he saw the figure in a long gown standing at the door. Wen Yu felt a chill on his back and his steps became a little unsteady.

Crown Prince Xuanyuan Ting led his team northward, crossed the Hanping Pass and continued forward, passing through Qingshan Prefecture, Shangyue Pass, and finally arrived at Changping Prefecture.

Before the carriage entered the territory of Changping Prefecture, Quan Bolei ordered the entire army to be on alert and pay attention to any movements on the mountain roads on both sides.

"General Quan, what's wrong?" Liu Dingyu asked in confusion.

"Mr. Liu, nothing happened. It was just our routine alert." Quan Bolei explained with a smile.

The ride in the carriage was boring and Liu Dingyu thought something had happened, but nothing happened. He closed the curtains in annoyance.

Quan Bolei looked at the closed carriage and the expression on his face disappeared. He made a few gestures to the side, and several cavalrymen on the side quickened their pace and moved forward.

When the convoy reached a forest, everyone became alert and observed the surrounding environment. Halfway through the journey, a group of men holding weapons suddenly appeared, nearly a hundred of them, and rushed out to surround several gorgeous carriages.

"Everyone inside, come out."

"You rich young men, why don't you go anywhere else? Why do you come to Changping Prefecture? It seems you are tired of living."

"That's right, big brother, catch them all and make them clean the toilet for us."

"Hahahaha, okay, catch him."

A few people got off the car and saw a dozen fat men with full bellies, holding knives and laughing at them arrogantly.

Xuanyuan Ting looked at those people with cold eyes.

"Especially this kid, I'm going to dig out his eyes to drink with."

The bandit leader noticed that Xuanyuan Ting dared to look at him directly, and immediately gave an order.

As soon as he finished speaking, several people rushed forward and tried to catch the man. At this moment, a sword shot from a distance and pierced his chest. The man fell straight forward.

The situation changed, and the people who had originally surrounded were counter-surrounded. Many people were frightened and panicked. In addition, the army was disciplined and the shouts of killing were deafening. Those who had weapons could still resist for a while, but those who did not have weapons began to flee in all directions. They were smashed to pieces by the army and soon lost their combat effectiveness. They surrendered directly. Quan Bolei did not kill them. Seeing that they were no longer resisting, he did not take their lives.

Soon the army rushed out on horseback and captured all the bandits.

"I am late in coming to your rescue, please forgive me, Your Highness." Quan Bolei dismounted and knelt on the ground.

Xuanyuan Ting looked at the man in front of him and said expressionlessly: "General Quan, just remember your duties."

After saying that, he returned to the carriage. The other young masters also got on the carriage, and soon the team continued to move forward.

When he arrived at the border of Changping Prefecture, he understood what it meant to be in mourning and devastation. There were not many trees left standing on the vast plain that had just experienced the flood, and many trees were uprooted by the torrent.

Houses were destroyed, some with half a wall, and some with only the foundation. Those who failed to escape were swept by the flood and passed through many places, and then got stuck in the cracks of rocks and mountain streams, emitting a foul smell as time passed. Officials searched for the dead along the places where the flood had passed.

Some of the lost land along the way turned into gullies and accumulated water.

When we arrived at Changping County, we still saw a desolate scene. The ground was exposed in places washed by floods, with soil and stones. People could leave footprints when walking on the ground, and some places where the soil was piled up formed pits. If you stepped on them, you would fall flat on your face. There were also puddles in many places nearby, and the water in them was turbid.

The carriage stopped and the people got off one after another. The young masters of noble families who were wearing exquisite clothes looked at the mud on their feet and frowned.

Xuanyuan Ting was wearing a neat black suit and standing in front with an imposing manner. Everyone else stood behind him.

The one who came to greet them was Zeng Youwen, the county magistrate of Changping County. "Your humble servant respectfully welcomes His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Xuanyuan Ting helped him up, "Master Zeng, there is no need to be polite. Please stand up quickly."

Zeng Youwen looked to be in his forties. He was dark and thin, wearing a big official hat that made him look like a dried mushroom. His eyes were filled with sadness and he did not look well.

"Your Highness, I have finally seen you."

Zeng Youwen started to cry and complain, "It wasn't a severe drought a few years ago, and it even rained a little, but locusts came and ate all the crops. Many people couldn't survive, so they fled to the south. We finally recovered and thought life would get better, but we didn't expect the weather to get weirder in the past few years. There's no rain in the summer, and heavy snow in the winter. When the snow melts, there are big floods. People's lives are getting harder and harder. Those rioters even became bandits. We don't have the troops to suppress the bandits in this small city, so they took over a lot of our territory."

The army was stationed outside, and Xuanyuan Ting led a group of noble sons into the city. Seeing the scenes before their eyes, no one could believe that this was the prosperous city of Changping County in the north. The city was bleak and desolate. Although the shops on both sides of the road were still open, the streets were deserted. Occasionally, pedestrians passed by, and their faces were full of sorrow. There was no welcome along the streets as they had imagined.

Seeing this scene, all the young masters of noble families remained silent with expressions of disbelief. This decayed scene was not only incomparable to the prosperity of Shangjing, but was also completely incomparable to several wealthy counties in the south. They could not imagine what kind of life the people here led.

Xuanyuan Ting had seen a report on Changping Prefecture in the memorials a few years ago and had learned about this place. He knew that it was a large city with a population of hundreds of thousands living here. However, now, the population here might not even be as large as that of Lin'an City, as the disasters in recent years had taken away too many people.

"Your Highness, a large number of infected people were found outside the city. They all had symptoms. They claimed that they were citizens of Changping Prefecture and were driven out of the city by the prefect to fend for themselves."

A soldier rode in from outside the city and knelt in front of Xuanyuan Ting to report.

Xuanyuan Ting looked at Zeng Youwen: "Master Zeng, what's going on?"

Unexpectedly, he was discovered so quickly. Zeng Youwen showed a panicked look on his face and knelt down to beg for mercy: "Your Highness, please listen to my explanation."

Xuanyuan Ting said in a cold voice: "Speak."

Zeng Youwen hurriedly defended himself, "Those people are all civilians who have contracted the disease. The doctors in the city are helpless. If we don't drive them out, all the civilians in the city will be infected, and Changping Prefecture will become a dead city. I have no choice but to resort to this desperate measure."

"Where will they be placed after they are released? Will a doctor be sent to treat them? How are the meals?"

Zeng Youwen was speechless after being asked this question.

Xuanyuan Ting gave an order with a cold expression, "Come here, take Lord Zeng away and detain him. The military doctors in the army will immediately rush to the outside of the city to treat the people."

"Your Highness, please spare my life. Your Highness, please spare my life!"

"All people involved in the rescue must cover their mouths and noses with white cloth boiled in vinegar before they can touch the corpses. The corpses must be gathered together and burned nearby. They cannot be buried. Clothes that have been in contact with the corpses cannot be worn back into the city and must be burned. Therefore, all the rescued people must take a bath and change into clean clothes before they can live in the tents. The tents must be sprayed with medicine every day, and all wounds must be disinfected with white wine by the doctor, and then bandaged with medicine. After that, they must not be exposed when touching the body." Xuanyuan Ting sat on the throne and gave the order, and General Quan carried it out step by step according to his requirements.

"Your Highness, the military doctors are helpless against these patients' illnesses and are unable to cure them." After General Quan arranged everything as he had been instructed, he came to report to him.

Looking at those thin and emaciated people who were in mourning, they stretched out their hands and prayed for treatment. They were tanned and thin from hunger, and looked like dry firewood, lying on the ground helplessly.

As for the disciples from the powerful families who came with him, they had already vomited a lot when they saw everything outside the city. Xuanyuan Ting saw that they were so useless that he didn't dare to let them go out to do anything, and directly asked someone to send them back to the city.

"Tell the doctor to make the medicine according to the prescription I gave you, and let everyone drink it every day. No one can disobey orders."

Xuanyuan Ting took out the prescription Jing Yao gave him and asked the doctor to boil the medicine according to the instructions and give it to the patients with fever. Many people thought they were just going to die.

When the military doctors received the prescription, they exclaimed it was a miracle cure. They picked up the herbs according to the dosage on the prescription and found that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had already purchased all of them in Qingzhou. Even if one or two were missing, they could be bought in ordinary pharmacies. Soon, bowls of the prepared medicine were delivered to the sick people.

Those patients were ordered by the prefect to stay in the wasteland outside the city. They had already made up their minds to die, but they did not expect that the Crown Prince would come and bring them medicine, giving them a chance to receive treatment. They were all very grateful to the Crown Prince.