Chapter 1616 1292. Coal mine collapse

"Who is blocking the way!"

Before the county magistrate and others came to their senses, soldiers rushed to Zhao Dongting and tried to draw their swords and shouted.

Zhao Dongting looked calm and composed, with a noble spirit that naturally existed without showing it. He asked: "What happened outside the city? Why did so many defenders be dispatched?"

The county magistrate who finally came back to his senses was stunned again.

Who is this person?

Who did he think he was?

Why did he come up with such a domineering attitude?

Their thoughts were moving, and they thought that Zhao Dongting was the eldest son of some family.

But even the eldest son, the county magistrate and others were still displeased.

After the emperor came to power, he hated the most about the incidents in China that relied on his family background. Until now, it can be said that many young masters from big families have been dealt with in various places.

If it were normal times, they would not want to have a feud with such a young man. But now, they are in a hurry and don’t care much.

The county magistrate shouted: "Get out of the way quickly! Don't hinder my official from performing his official duties!"

He was already polite, otherwise, he would be enough to imprison the "Young Master" in front of him by using the title of "straight from the official position and hindering official duties.

Zhao Dongting remained silent and just untied a golden token from his waist.

When the county magistrate and others saw this token, they changed their colors in an instant.

Six Dragon Order.

Although this token cannot be compared with the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon Order and the Nine Dragon Order, the six lifelike dragons are enough to show how noble Zhao Dongting's identity is.

Zhao Dongting restructured the token of the North Korean Central a few years ago.

The five-clawed golden dragon is the highest, and the phoenix order is the second.

After that, there are the Nine Dragon Orders, the Eight Dragon Orders... and then the Tiger Orders, the Wolf Orders, etc.

Besides being the emperor's special envoy, only those old ministers in the court with the highest status and most respected virtue were the emperor's emperor's emperor's emperor's imperial envoy. Even most of the royal relatives did not have the Golden Dragon Order. Because of the Dragon, Tiger and other orders, they still have real power. Those who hold the order have the right to temporarily mobilize defenders from all over the country.

The Six Dragon Order, not to mention the county-level officials, even if the officials of the state government saw it, they would not dare to breathe loudly.

The county magistrate, chief clerk and others couldn't help but look extremely shocked in their eyes. Then they hurriedly dismounted and bowed to Zhao Dongting and said, "The subordinate has met the superiors!"

Zhao Dongting nodded slightly, turned the Six Dragon Order back to his waist, ignored the surprised and puzzled pedestrians beside the street, and asked again: "What happened outside the city? Why are you so anxious?"

The county magistrate did not dare to neglect and quickly replied: "Reporting to the mission, we hurriedly left the city. It was actually an accident in the coal mine outside the city."

"ACCIDENT?"

Zhao Dongting frowned and said, "What accident?"

The county magistrate said: "It collapsed...it collapsed."

Zhao Dongting's face changed instantly.

collapse……

This is no trivial matter.

Over the years, Zhao Dongting has been kind to the people, but today's Song Dynasty is no longer as valuable as before.

No wonder the county magistrates are so anxious.

Zhao Dongting immediately stopped stopping the county magistrate and others and said hurriedly: "Then go to rescue quickly."

As he said that, he asked to go to the side.

The county magistrate and others looked at Zhao Dongting a few times. Although they felt that leaving like this would inevitably neglect Shangguan, they said this. Moreover, there was indeed a serious accident outside the city, so they had to accuse Zhao Dongting of the crime, and then rushed out of the city.

Zhao Dongting frowned slightly and returned to the girls on the street.

Le Chan and other women also looked worried on their faces.

Le Chan said: "Husband, it's probably quite serious that a landslide occurred in a coal mine?"

Zhao Dongting sighed in a low voice: "It depends on how big the landslide is."

After saying that, he said, "Let's go and have a look!"

Then the group rented several carriages in the city and hurriedly asked the coachman to take them to the coal mine outside the city.

The mining industry is not yet developed these days, and it was even rarer to even coal mines before. Although coal mines were opened in various places after the natural disaster, there was only one coal mine outside Cenxi County.

This is an order issued by Zhao Dongting, which strictly controls the number of coal mines in various places.

Because this coal mine alone can already meet the needs of the people of Cenxi County.

Furthermore, in this era of beautiful mountains and rivers and pure environment, Zhao Dongting really does not want to affect the ecological environment due to excessive mining.

This is also the reason why he always struggled with whether to launch the industrial revolution in this era in advance.

There are pros and cons of the prosperity of industry and technology. For example, in later generations, although technology has developed to an incredible level, the ecological environment has also been greatly damaged.

Zhao Dongting is a person who has traveled through time since later generations, and he cherishes the original ecology of this era more and more.

After about half an hour after leaving the city, you can see the coal mine.

The mountain is dark, and until now, the entire mountain has been flattened.

Several roads wind down from the flat tops of the mountain.

These are all roads for coal-carriages and rickshaws to walk on.

But at this time, you can see that some roads have been covered with loess and black coal.

Most of the mountain looks devastated.

Zhao Dongting had just lifted the curtain when he saw this scene, his brows couldn't help but solidify tightly again.

This landslide was even more serious than he imagined.

Just afraid...

I'm afraid the mine below has collapsed nearly half.

And mines in this era are all operated by manual operation...

Then the workers buried below are probably...number of them.

As the carriage got closer and closer to the coal mountain, Zhao Dongting's mood became more and more serious.

Until the foot of the mountain.

You can see that there are many dirty coal miners gathering here in groups of three or five, and most of them still have the fear of escaping from death on their faces.

They were all talking and pointing at the mountain.

And the county magistrate and others did not dare to go up the mountain at this time.

The defenders of Cenxi County only strictly guarded several mountain roads.

Workers who had relatives or friends who had not yet gone down the mountain cried and wanted to rush up, but were stopped by these soldiers.

The county magistrate and others were sweating profusely and were at a loss. Even Zhao Dongting and others did not notice it.

But until this time, the ground would occasionally vibrate. This means that there are still places in the mines that are collapsed, so they dare not go up the mountain.

All the officials comforted the workers and their families.

But the crowd still couldn't stop surging.

Zhao Dongting frowned deeply, and at this moment, he also felt quite powerless.

In this case, it is too late to dispatch the imperial guards. Even if it is too late, with the equipment of this era, it is difficult to go up the mountain to save people.

If you forcefully rescue, the result may only be that more people will be buried in it.

After just over ten minutes, the vibration seemed to be no longer recurring.

The sweating magistrate finally breathed a light tone and said to the workers: "Everyone is at ease, so let's send soldiers to rescue the trapped villagers!"

There is no way he can do this.

How many can be saved?

Zhao Dongting stood in the crowd without speaking.

Under the orders of the county magistrate and others, more than 200 soldiers soon walked up the mountain with a serious solemn expression.

Most of them have never encountered such a thing, and they are really nervous.

Zhao Dongting looked at it and sighed in his heart.

With this little force, it is really unlikely to rescue the buried workers.

Not to mention anything else, the loess, black coal, etc. that buried the mountain roads cannot be removed in a short time.

Sure enough, soon a soldier ran down and said to the county magistrate: "Sir, the soil is soft, we...we can't climb up..."

The county magistrate was busy discussing countermeasures with the surrounding chief clerks, the commander of the defender and others.
To be continued...