In the twenty-eighth year of Qin Shi Huang (December of the lunar calendar), the snow began to fall in the north, at first it was only sporadic light snow, although it was a little cold, but the residents of Yiqu City could easily cope with it, but it continued to snow the next day, it also fell on the third day, and it also fell on the fourth day, the inside and outside of Yiqu City was white, the snow covered the roof tiles, and the cold wind blew, carrying the snowflakes......

The temperature plummeted, and the poor shivered in thick but unwarm coarse linen brown clothes, and survived the cold nights by the residual heat of the ashes. The wealthy put on all kinds of animal furs and burned charcoal and drank alcohol in the house to keep warm, but it was still difficult to escape the seamless cold.

But in the county governor's mansion, it was a different story.

When Chen Ping's wife, Zhang, was invited by the hostess to take her son Chen Mai into the inner room, she was shocked as soon as she entered the house!

Unlike the cold outside, it's so warm inside! When she entered here, the snowflakes on the tips of her hair immediately melted away, and her son Chen Mai's little face, which was red from the cold, quickly became warm......

"Madam, why is it so warm in this room?"

Zhang looked left and right, but he didn't see the charcoal basin and other things, and he was even more surprised.

Ye Zijin smiled and did not answer, inviting the mother and son to sit on the couch and eat some snacks.

This couch is different from ordinary wooden low couches, it is made of bricks, several feet above the ground, and you have to climb up to it. The Zhang family is also from a large family, and has been educated by Confucianism since childhood, paying attention to women's appearance, for fear of rudeness.

Ye didn't care, she couldn't help but say, and hugged Xiao Chen to the couch affectionately.

Chen Mai is only one year old, and he can't speak yet, so he can only make babbling sounds, but after going to bed, he is extremely cheerful, and Zhang is afraid that his son will climb around and break the utensils on the couch, so he can only go to the bed.

When her buttocks touched the couch, she suddenly felt a warmth, looked down in surprise, touched it with her hand, and found that the couch was extremely hot, as if it was ...... It's like there's a hot air rolling inside!

"It is a fire kang, the ring house is an earthen bed, under the blazing fire, sleeping and eating on it, it is called the kang, in this harsh winter, it can only be warmed."

Ye Zijin solved her puzzle, it turned out that not only was the brick couch hollow, but even the walls of this new room were hollow "sandwich walls". There is a fire tunnel dug under the wall, and the charcoal mouth is set under the eaves of the adjacent house, and the charcoal fire is burned in the charcoal mouth, and the heat can be warmed along the sandwich wall to the main house next door, especially the kang couch can become warm. Ye Zijin can be like a cat, curled up on the kang to rest and nap, and does not have to shiver by the charcoal basin like other housewives.

In order to avoid waste, she also asked people to move the cooking place from the east kitchen to the next door, which is also a double win.

After talking about the principle of this fire kang, Ye Zijin said an interesting thing to Zhang: "Do you know that the county lieutenant is the most afraid of the cold......

Heifu, who was a southerner in his previous life and this life, was indeed very afraid of the cold, and it only snowed a few times last month, and he shouted that he couldn't stand it, and after entering the wax moon, he was even more trembling. Because of his fear of the cold, he racked his brains and began to think of ways to warm himself and his family, and finally came up with something called "fire kang".

Hefu had never eaten pork and had seen a pig run, so he suggested that a craftsman who specialized in building houses and repairing stoves should improve it for himself, referring to the semi-crypt caves that are common on the Loess Plateau, and built this new house before the heavy snow fell.

"With this house, I can spend a warm winter in the Northland this year."

Heifu was very satisfied with this, and after burning a fire at the charcoal mouth and finding that the smoke did not pour into the main house and causing danger, he instructed Ye Zijin to let people build a house with a kang in the small courtyard of Chen Ping's house after the snow stopped......

"The county lieutenant and his wife really love my family!"

Zhang hurriedly bowed to Mrs. Ye, last winter, Chen Ping left her who was pregnant in August, and went to Xianyang alone to participate in the wedding banquet of the black husband, although she understood her husband, but she did not complain in her heart.

This autumn, Chen Ping as Heifu's doorman, with him to the north to take office, although the husband from a village official, jumped to the county lieutenant history, Zhang is also happy, but the north Huarong is mixed, she is not used to it, plus Chen Ping is busy all day long, for the black man to take care of government affairs, a day can only see at night, the next day when he woke up, he has no figure, although he does not say, Zhang's heart is still a little depressed.

But the Ye family is very good to their mother and son, pushing clothes and clothes, pushing food and food, although she knows that this is probably a means for the lady to control for the county lieutenant, but she can do this, she is also very moved in her heart, so she said movingly:

"Madame treats my mother and son better than close relatives and distant relatives!"

Then, she began to babble about the days of their family when she was in Yangwu County, every winter.

Although Zhang's family is rich, but Chen Ping also wants to save face, it is impossible to spend his wife's money vigorously, so in winter, he still can't afford to burn charcoal, Chen Ping is studious, borrowing books from Zhang's family to copy, he is trustworthy, and he will return it in the future, on a snowy day, the inkstone is frozen, and his fingers can't bend it, but he doesn't dare to slack off.

"With this warm kang, my beloved family doesn't have to be like this."

However, while the women were chatting on the kang, Heifu and Chen Ping could not enjoy the warmth, and at this moment, they were braving the wind and snow to go to the county military camp to treat the soldiers......

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There were 500 soldiers and 500 soldiers in Yiqu City, the soldiers were standing troops, and the soldiers were recruited from all over Kansai to serve.

The county barracks, a large house that can accommodate ten people, ten people are neatly arranged in a small circle. The daily supply of firewood had been burned, so they had to wrap their bodies in their blankets, put their hands on top of the ash pits, which were not yet completely cold, huddle together to keep warm, and keep talking, as if this would make the room warmer.

"I'd love a pot of hot wine."

The old man, whose nose was red from the cold, sighed like this.

"It's better to have a hot woman." The thin Wu Chang smiled.

"There are women in the market, can you afford to go?" The soldiers began to heckle.

At this time, the soldier from Weinan swallowed his saliva: "I want to eat hot soup cakes more." ”

"What is a soup cake?" Several soldiers from Beidi and Longxi looked at him and asked curiously.

"It's the food brought by the Shandong immigrants who can only eat wheat." The Guanzhong soldiers didn't know that this thing came out of the kitchen of their county lieutenant's house, and it was just a Kanto custom.

"You know the wheat noodles, first mix the noodles with cold broth, then knead them like a chopstick, cut them one foot at a time, cut them with a knife as thin as leek leaves, and then boil them in the soup, boil them until they are cooked, get out of the kettle, add some green onions and leeks and hollylows according to their personal preferences, and if you have a rich family, you can also pour a layer of minced meat...... This thing is most suitable for snow days, a bowl of belly, the chill is gone! ”

As soon as this soldier said this, the other nine people all licked their lips, felt a burst of hunger in their stomachs, and their bodies seemed to be colder, so they could only squeeze it again, eager to get into each other's clothes......

At this time, the door of the living room was pushed open! The wind mixed with snowflakes poured into the house, and the room, which was finally warmed by ten human bodies, was once again filled with severe cold.

"Who is it!?"

Shi Chang scolded and got up, and was about to scold, but he was taken aback.

A man stood at the door, dressed a little strangely: he was wearing a crimson official uniform and a dogskin hat, and inside he was wearing a black woolen shirt of Qiangrong, with a sword at his waist, and his face was dark.

"I heard that the second and third sons wanted to drink hot wine and eat soup cakes, so I sent them to you!"

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The snow had stopped, and in the barracks kitchen, the stove was blazing, and the aroma of broth was overflowing. The soldiers and soldiers of the county brought their own clay pots and put them directly on the stove, and the cooks invited by Heifu from Guanzhong made soup cakes for them. After it is cooked, go directly to the kettle, find a flat ground, and let everyone share the food with the bowl.

In the barracks, there was a sudden sound of gobbling and sucking, and from time to time someone burned their mouths because they ate too hard.

"The second and third sons eat slowly, don't get hot, it's enough today!" This year's wheat harvest in the history of the country, and Heifu sent a lot of them.

"Captain Xie!"

The words of the county lieutenant were spread throughout the barracks, and a burst of cheers immediately rang out.

In addition to the soup cakes, there is also the rice wine that they have been hungry for a long time, after being warmed by the stove, everyone can get a share, drink it in their stomachs, and immediately feel warm in their stomachs.

Everyone was satisfied, and some even drank and burst into tears.

"After so many years as a county soldier, this is the only county lieutenant who cares about our well-being!"

Looking at the soldier who was burping and patting his stomach with satisfaction, and listening to the grateful words of the county soldiers, Heifu looked at Chen Ping on the side: "Your idea is good." ”

On the way to the barracks, the weather was terrible, the blizzard was fierce, and the wind seemed to be a whip that had whipped it, and it hurt to the face.

But Chen Ping strongly persuaded Heifu: "It is this kind of weather that is suitable for buying people's hearts......"

Going out today is Chen Ping's idea: "The art of war is cloudy, and the pawn is like a baby, so you can go to Shenxi with it; Regard the pawn as a beloved son, so you can die with it, and the county lieutenant will use troops against the Huns next year, and he must first win the hearts of the soldiers! ”

In addition to delivering food and hot wine, Heifu also brought one thing to the soldiers and soldiers.

When everyone had had their fill of food and drink, the black man sent the chief and the chief of the army out of the ranks, and asked them to drive in wagons covered with sackcloth, and distribute white, black, or black and white woolen clothes to the soldiers.

"Isn't this the woolen garment worn by the Qiang people?"

The people of Longxi are no strangers to this, and the Qiang people over there often wear this thing.

But the people of the Northland are a little ignorant, it turns out that although there are also long-haired sheep in the Northland, but because the wool is too coarse, it is not suitable for spinning, so there are not many such clothes in the Northland.

"Although this dress is warm, it also has a strong smell and a smell of sheep."

A soldier from Longxi said so, but when he took the woolen jacket, he was surprised to find that although it also smelled, it was not as heavy as he thought.

Originally, Heifu went to Longxi Qiang in the spring, and the Qiang people felt the reaming wool, so they went to the "hinged wool for the clothes", which was approved by Qin Shi Huang, according to Heifu's suggestion, let the Wushi send a caravan to Huangzhong, purchased a large number of long-haired Qiang sheep, rushed to Longxi to domesticate, and used many means such as buying, cheating, robbing, etc., so that dozens of Qiang women entered the plug, and taught the weavers the art of hinged wool spinning.

The east and west weaving rooms under the Shaofu, as well as the ink writers, brainstormed again, and found that the grass and wood ash used in papermaking can also be degreased for wool, so after the last shearing of sheep in autumn, a batch of woolen clothes with a light odor was made, which was made in November and sent to Beidi, Shangjun, and Longxi respectively.

Because the road is difficult to travel in the snow, five hundred woolen jackets, only arrived in Yiqu City today, Chen Ping proposed to Heifu that he should not delay for a day, and immediately send them to the county soldiers!

"The county lieutenant once said that the icing on the cake is not as good as sending charcoal in the snow, and sending clothes today is also like giving charcoal!"

After the soldiers who were shivering from the cold on a snowy day put on this suit, although they felt a little itchy, they were not as cold as before.

In addition to the woolen coat, there were even some dogskin hats, which Hefu personally put on the five hundred masters, and his ears that were red from the cold were also protected, and he was immediately moved to bow down, and put his head in the snow......

However, the problem came again, there were more than 1,000 county soldiers and soldiers, but there were only 500 woolen clothes, and there were only more than 20 dogskin hats.

This task, Heifu didn't have to go out in person, and handed it over to Chen Ping.

Chen Ping slaughtered the meat evenly, and it was not a problem to divide the clothes and hats, he asked the hundred generals and tun chiefs to go out of the ranks, and gave them dog skin hats and the best woolen sweaters, and then asked the chiefs and Wu chiefs to come out and distribute the sweaters.

After that, they were arranged in order according to the rank of knighthood, and they were distributed one by one......

In this way, the nobles basically have a woolen jacket in their hands, and the rest are arranged according to their age until the cart carrying the clothes is empty.

Qin Jun is already hierarchical, and everyone has nothing to say about it.

"There are at least five of them, and when it rains and snows, why not let the people who go out on duty wear them?" As he spoke, Heifu took off his woolen jacket and handed it to a young man who looked very young and his face was about to crack from the cold!

"Do you say you have no clothes? Fellow with the Son! ”

Led by Heifu, the county soldiers and soldiers also followed suit, just like they curled up to keep warm before, and squeezed together, everyone shared warm and cold-proof woolen clothes, a song "No Clothes", gradually became high-pitched, spread throughout the barracks, spread all over Yiqu City!

"Do you say you have no clothes? With the son! ”

"Do you say you have no clothes? Dressed with the Son! ”

"Wang Yuxingshi, repair my armor. Walk with the son! ”

In the song, it seems that the entire Yiqu City is surrounded by a ring stove, and this heartfelt warmth seems to melt the frost and snow all over the city......

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The following month, after this incident was reported back to Xianyang, it was also praised by Qin Shi Huang, and the county lieutenants of Guanxi County followed suit.

"Send warmth"!