Immediately, several people were groaning in the imperial study.

Although the people of the Great Song Dynasty are getting richer and richer, no matter how rich a country is, there will inevitably be a gap between the rich and the poor.

Even in the Great Song Dynasty, there were beggars, homeless people, etc., especially those in remote places, which were restricted by this era, and people's livelihood did not change much.

Mo said that now the Great Song Dynasty has been conquering for many years, and there is not a surplus of grain and grass, even if there is enough grain and grass, there is no way for everyone to guarantee that they can fill their stomachs.

As for the increasingly popular greenhouse planting method, those who can eat fresh vegetables in such weather are only very small and rich people.

It is undoubtedly extremely difficult for Zhao Dongting to let the people of the Great Song Dynasty completely survive this natural disaster.

After a long time, Lu Xiufu said: "Your Majesty, then we might as well order the displaced people to gather in various places now, so that they can gather in all major states and counties." With the current food reserves in various places, if enough clothing can be distributed to these displaced people, it may be ...... If the natural disaster does not last very long, the imperial court can guarantee that they will survive the natural disaster. ”

Zhao Dongting frowned slightly, "But who knows how long this natural disaster will last?" ”

He was clearly skeptical.

It is good to gather the displaced people, and it is also good to distribute clothes and food to them. If this kind of thing does not have a beginning and an end, then it is a good thing and a bad thing.

Take what Lu Xiufu just said about the natural disaster that happened when he was young, Zhao Dongting thought that if it weren't for the fact that the imperial court failed to do it from beginning to end, probably the people wouldn't have so much resentment afterwards. It is better to help them first, then to abandon them and leave them to fend for themselves, so that it is better to leave them alone from the beginning.

Of course, this is not possible. Unless Zhao Dongting is the kind of faint gentleman who "why not eat minced meat".

"This ......"

When Lu Xiufu heard Zhao Dongting ask like this, he didn't know what to do.

In the face of natural disasters, there is indeed no good solution in this era. After all, it is limited by human and material resources.

At this moment, Zhao Dongting's eyes suddenly emitted a faint light.

He didn't care about saying anything more to Lu Xiufu and others, and was busy writing a book. There are dragons flying and phoenixes dancing on the handwriting.

Lu Xiufu and the others all gently lifted their toes and looked at the paper on Zhao Dongting's bookcase.

I only saw it, but my expression changed slightly.

What Zhao Dongting wrote, they didn't understand it too well. I only know that the emperor actually planned to use coal as fuel to make coal in various places to survive this natural disaster.

Seeing that Zhao Dongting only wrote by himself, Chen Wenlong couldn't help it, and said, "Your Majesty, are you planning to let the people use coal as fuel?" ”

Zhao Dongting didn't raise his head, and said with a smile: "Coal is everywhere, and the manufacturing process is not as complicated as charcoal, and the cost is low." It should be able to let my Great Song survive natural disasters. ”

Chen Wenlong, Lu Xiufu and others all had strange faces.

Chen Wenlong was a little embarrassed and said: "Your Majesty, you have never used coal, I'm afraid you don't know that although coal can burn, it will release poisonous gas when burning." This kind of poisonous gas can kill people. ”

In their opinion, Zhao Dongting is not saving the people of the Great Song Dynasty, but harming the people of the Great Song Dynasty.

Zhao Dongting finally raised his head and said, "I know." However, what I am writing about is not ordinary coal, as long as the coal is refined by my method, then it will not release poisonous gas. ”

With that, he put the pen down.

On the paper in front of him, it was written that anthracite and honeycomb coal were made.

In later generations, this honeycomb coal was quite versatile.

Just because Zhao Dongting focused on military and state affairs, he didn't think about this honeycomb coal before.

Chen Wenlong and the others looked at each other.

Of course, they found it incredible. After all, it is common knowledge that coal cannot be used for heating.

The emperor actually said that his method could prevent the release of poisonous gas from coal, which could really be done?

Then Lu Xiufu asked: "I don't know where the emperor learned about such a method?" ”

Zhao Dongting scratched his head and said casually: "I figured it out when I was idle and had nothing to do." ”

He could not say that he had learned it in later generations.

And his statement, Lu Xiufu and others did not believe it. The emperor lives deep in the palace, and he can't see coal, so how can he be idle and have nothing to think about how to use coal?

However, thinking of Zhao Dongting's previous manufacturing of thunderstorms, grenadiers and other things, they still have some hope for Zhao Dongting's "whimsy".

Only for insurance, Lu Xiufu said again: "Your Majesty, then do we first make the coal according to your method, and then send it to various places?" ”

Zhao Dongting chuckled when he heard this, knowing what Lu Xiufu and the others were thinking.

He nodded, handed the paper to Lu Xiufu, and said, "Then Aiqing will go and ask someone to use my method to make honeycomb coal." ”

"Honeycomb Coal ......"

Lu Xiufu muttered with some confusion in his mouth, and took the paper from Zhao Dongting's hand. Then he and Chen Wenlong and others retired and left.

Seeing that the emperor was so confident, they didn't dare to slack off.

Although there are no people freezing to death in various parts of the Great Song Dynasty at present, the people can still hold on, but if the weather continues to be cold, it will be too late to save it.

And after Lu Xiufu and the others left, Zhao Dongting was still muttering in the imperial study.

In these years, the Great Song Dynasty has not encountered natural disasters, and he has not felt too deeply, but now the sudden arrival of natural disasters has made him deeply feel the backwardness of science and technology in this era.

If it is in the future generations, it is not said that the weather is only a few degrees below zero, even if it lasts more than ten degrees below zero, the people do not need to worry about freezing to death.

Here, Lu Xiufu and others hurried out of the palace with many officials.

There were no coal craftsmen in this era, but coal was everywhere. Their feet were in the vast white snow, but their eyes were full of hope.

If the honeycomb coal mentioned by the emperor can really replace charcoal for the people to heat, then the Great Song Dynasty will no longer need to worry about such cold snaps in the future.

They soon arrived outside the city of Changsha.

There is no shortage of coal mountains here.

Such mountains are often barren and have no people to cultivate them.

As long as you dig coal, it is not an easy task.

Lu Xiufu and the others were a little helpless in the face of the mountain.

In the end, it was Zhao Dongting who personally went out and summoned the Flying Dragon Army in the city to dig coal mines outside the city. In order to save time, mining is carried out completely with thunder.

In just a few days, a lot of coal was excavated.

Zhao Dongting also asked the Ministry of State to recruit laborers in the city, and widely publicized the refining and manufacturing methods of anthracite and honeycomb coal.

The appearance of new coal surprised all the ministers in the court.

When the first honeycomb coal was made, Lu Xiufu and others, who had always been guarding the coal mine, immediately tried it.

As a result, there really isn't much smoke, let alone the suffocating "poison gas".

Overjoyed, Lu Xiufu and others hurriedly took honeycomb coal to the palace to ask to see Zhao Dongting.

Zhao Dongting saw that the honeycomb coal was refined, and without the slightest hesitation, he immediately ordered the Ministry of State to spread the coal making method to various places.

At the same time, it also ordered the local government to inform the people that although honeycomb coal is not toxic, it must also remember not to use it in a completely closed room.

There are dozens of fast horses out of the palace one after another in Changsha City.

In this kind of weather, even carrier pigeons are no longer available.

The fast horses galloped on the snow-covered official road, and the knights were all tightly wrapped in horses.

On the official road, someone who was going to Changsha City saw this scene and muttered in a low voice, "What happened to Da Song?" ”

And these people are Li Xiushu's group.

Li Xiushu in the carriage didn't mention it, but most of these people outside the carriage were also tightly wrapped.

This year's Changsha is indeed unusually cold.

Although these masters are not afraid of the cold, they are not willing to attract attention bare-chested.

The carriage was escorted by the crowd and slowly marched towards the city of Changsha.

As soon as I entered the city, I saw a bustle in the Changsha City Gate.

There were many people gathered and there was a long queue that didn't know what they were doing.

But it is known that the people came out in baskets carrying many swarthy things.

Inside the carriage, Li Xiushu opened the curtain at some point and asked outside the car, "What are they buying?" ”

I heard that the Chaofu worship hurriedly asked.

Then he came back, and reported to Li Xiushu with a somewhat strange face: "Back to the emperor, what honeycomb coal are they buying......"

"Honeycomb Coal ......"

Li Xiushu muttered softly, and she didn't know what this honeycomb coal was.