Shanzhou is under the Dugi Province, which is within the jurisdiction of Luoyang, and is just at the junction of Dugi Province and Gyeonggi Province, and is a waterway that is about to come.

Han Yi, Zheng Shanxing, Ono and others rode fast horses and rushed to the road overnight. Finally, they arrived at the site of the incident within three days.

The place where this incident happened is very famous, it is the famous Sanmenxia.

The reason why Sanmenxia is famous is not because of the Three Gorges Dam, but because there is a pillar in the river, commonly known as Sanmen Mountain. It stands in the stormy waves, and the river water flows and passes through the mountains. The term "main pillar" comes from this. It was not until later when the Three Gorges Reservoir was built that the Sanmen Mountain was blown up, leaving only a pillar stone. Not only that, there are reefs at the bottom of the river and the river water is very dangerous, but this is the only way to go to Chang'an by waterways.

At this time, hundreds of people gathered on the bank of the river, and dozens of people stood in front of them. The dozens of people were in uniform, and the leader was in his thirties, short and big belly. He was pointing at the person in front of him with a whip in his hand.

"What are you doing? Why don't you hurry up and work for me."

"If you want us to work, okay, you can give us enough food first, otherwise you won't think we will work."

"If you have lost so much food, you will not starve to death, just be content. How dare you still want to ask for more food."

"I can't blame me for this. If you weren't rushing to travel, how could such a big accident happen? If you didn't give me food, we wouldn't work."

“We want food.”

“We want food.”

"I've been against it, I've been against it. Today I have to teach you unruly people a lesson."

I saw the short and fat man rolling up his sleeves and cursing.

"stop."

Only one sound and a shout stopped.

When everyone looked back, they saw thirty or forty flying riders galloping towards this side.

"Then--I have seen that person in Beixiang. It seems that he is the famous Brother Han, now the Minister of Revenue."

One of the sharp-eyed guys quickly whispered in the ear of the person holding the whip.

The person who came was Han Yi and Zheng Shanxing.

"Shangshu Han?" The short and fat man shivered and hurriedly met him.

And those servants showed fear in their eyes.

"Wow—!"

"See Shangshu Han."

Han Yi looked at the vast number of servants and couldn't help but frown and said, "What's going on?"

The short and fat man immediately said: "Reporting to Shangshu Han, it was because this group of troublemakers refused to work, so he threatened the villain and asked the villain to give them more food."

After this accident, the ship had to be stranded and repaired. In short, there were a lot of things to do.

"nonsense!"

I saw a young man plucking up the courage to stand up and said, "We have been working day and night these days, but the food you gave us is getting less and less. I had a meal yesterday, so we have no energy to work."

Zheng Shanxing couldn't help but frown at the short and fat man. It was rare for him to look angry.

Han Yi just frowned slightly and said, "What are they saying true?"

"Shangshu Han, please spare me!"

The short and fat man immediately knelt down on the ground and cried, "It's not that the villain refused to give them food, but that the villain dared not give it. The ship that stored dry food has sunk, and the rest is the imperial grain. Now that so much food has been lost, the villain dares to touch the grain. There is no way for the villain to......"

Han Yi said: "You are Xing Jiang, who is responsible for this canal transportation?"

The short and fat man hurriedly said, "The villain is not, the villain is named Song Wu, but he is a tragic official."

Han Yi said: "What about Xing Jiang?"

"Boss Xing - he -!"

"Where is death?"

"No—--!" Song Wu said: "After the accident, Mr. Xing's bowel movements disappeared."

Han Yi said: "Is life and death unknown or has it run away?"

Song Wu hesitated for a moment and said in a trembling voice: "It must have been run away. After the accident ship docked, the villain had seen him."

After hearing this, Han Yi's emotions did not fluctuate, because the Tang Dynasty had very strict control over the grain transportation. The accident was so big and it was because of the mistake of the grain transportation officer. The grain transportation officer would definitely be beheaded. If he or she would run away, he would become a fool. He was so angry that he waved to Song Wu.

Song Wu glanced at Han Yi nervously and walked over tremblingly.

Han Yi asked: "Do you know what food is for?"

Song Wu dared not speak out. He didn't know what Han Yi was thinking, so he shook his head.

Han Yi said: "I will tell you now that this food is for people to eat, do you understand?"

"I understand. I understand." Song Wu nodded straight, but Han Yi's tone made them panic, either support him in doing so. However, Han Yi does not support his approach, so he should blame him, but Han Yi's tone did not seem to be asking him for accusation, in short, it feels very strange.

Han Yi sighed and said, "You retreat to the side first."

"yes!"

Song Wu and his subordinates quickly retreated aside, feeling relieved, at least Han Yi did not question him on the spot.

Han Yi walked forward and glanced at him. He saw that these servants were all ragged and weathered. He couldn't help but sigh in his heart, and said, "I am Han Yi, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and I came to deal with this matter. The most important thing at the moment is not to die again. Therefore, your first priority is to take good care of yourself. I promise you that you will not let you be hungry again and will handle this matter as soon as possible so that you can go home early."

The laborers were stunned for a long time, as if this happiness had come too quickly, and then they thanked Han Yi one after another. Many people started crying when they heard about going home.

Han Yi led his hand to Zheng Shanxing and said, "This is Zheng Zheng from the Ministry of Revenue. He will take over here and arrange the rest of your work." As he said, he said, "I will leave this to you."

Zheng Shanxing nodded.

In this regard, Han Yi asked himself that he was far inferior to Zheng Shanxing. His purpose was to stabilize the situation here first. After handing over these labors to Zheng Shanxing, Han Yi waved to Song Wu again.

Song Wu hurried over.

Han Yi asked: "How many people died?"

Song Wu was stunned and said timidly: "The villain has been busy with food and ship mooring in recent days, and it is still not time to count the number of people."

Han Yi said: "Is there a list?"

Song Wu said: "The roster is in the place where Boss Xing is, and the villain is not clear." He paused and said: "And it is impossible to investigate this, because after Boss Xing left, many servants ran away, and they took away a lot of food."

Han Yi said curiously: "Then why didn't you escape?"

Song Wu said embarrassedly: "It's because the villain and the people who stay here are from Chang'an, and they still have wives and children at home, so ----so--!"

"So that's it." Han Yi nodded slightly and asked again: "How much has the food been lost?"

Song Wu immediately said with a sad face: "We have transported a total of 30,000 stones of grain to Chang'an this time. It has not been recorded yet, but - but according to the villain's estimate, I'm afraid that nearly 10,000 stones of grain will be lost."

Losing one-third is very terrifying, and 10,000 stones of grain is really a number. You must know that the grain shipped to Taicang is the best food.

Han Yi just nodded slightly, his emotions were not moved, and he said, "Tell me about the specific situation at that time?"

"yes."

Although Han Yi's tone was very calm from beginning to end, Song Wu was still very scared. After all, the levels were too different and he dared not hide anything. He told Han Yi in detail.

The specific situation is similar to what Zhang Daxiang said before. In order to complete the task on time, Xing Jiang forced himself to cross Sanmen Mountain regardless of danger, which resulted in such a big disaster. However, the specific reason was not that simple. It was because a landslide occurred in Zeling more than ten miles ahead, causing a torrent, and there were trees in the torrent, which caused great damage to the fleet.

In fact, there were no people on the boat at that time, and they were all pulling the boat on the shore, but many servants were dragged directly into the river, which was really sad.

Just then, Zheng Shanxing suddenly came over and said, "Shangshu Han, you have to deliver food quickly. They have not eaten yet."

Han Yi nodded and said to Song Wu: "Did you hear what Zheng Zheng said? Why don't you release the food quickly?"

"Yes, yes, yes, go now."

Song Wu hurriedly summoned his men and took some labor to the grain ship.

Zheng Shanxing glanced at Song Wu with an unhappy expression, and then said to Han Yi: "I really didn't expect you to be polite to such people. This person's life is at stake. He is actually thinking about food. It's so outrageous."

Han Yi smiled bitterly and said, "There must be pitiful things for this hateful person. They are just a group of ants. If I hit them with a whip, what will happen to me? Forget it, they are not blamed for this matter. If they weren't staying here and all these labors were dispersed everywhere, then they would become bandits or rob the house, which would cause great trouble to the people around them."

Zheng Shanxing said: "It's all because of Xing Jiang. If he hadn't been in a hurry to rush, how could something happen? Moreover, after this incident, he actually left. Such a person really deserves to be killed."

Han Yi smiled and said, "Why are you so angry today? You always shout and beat and kill, and you are not like you normally."

Zheng Shanxing was stunned for a moment, sighed, and said, "I just feel very sad. The court said that people are the first to be the first, but if something really happens, everyone is taking care of themselves and thinking about themselves, who cares about the lives and deaths of the people? At that time, Emperor Yang of Sui worked 100,000 people to build a canal, and all the casualties were killed or injured. Our dynasty said we should learn from the lessons of the demise of the previous dynasty and learn from it. Now, although the casualties are not as good as Emperor Yang of Sui, we can do the same thing."

"We'd better deal with the matter here first, and then complain to His Majesty!" Han Yi smiled and said, "What do you think you should do next?"

Zheng Shanxing pondered for a moment and said, "I think I have to go search and rescue quickly. Although the rivers here are turbulent, these laborers are familiar with the nature of water. Maybe there are survivors. Even if they are dead, they have to deal with the bodies. I think it is unlikely that I will send them back, but there must be a monument. Alas... If they could do this earlier, they might save some lives. They are all young people. There is no need to think about it. There must be old people above and young people below. Alas..."

Speaking of the latter, he was left with only sighs.

Han Yi nodded and said, "Just do it."
Chapter completed!