Chapter 2: Snow Disaster
The housekeeper said that the Zhuangzi outside the city must have been seriously affected, and if it was not done, it would die.
Qin Huaidao immediately ordered the housekeeper to prepare food and warm clothes, explained to the maid, and took care of his younger brothers and sisters, and went out with those things with the family soldiers.
When he was about to reach the south gate, Qin Huaidao found that many people had been sent to Zhuangzi's side, and the carriages were also one after another.
"Peping, are you going to Zhuangzi too?" Qin Huaidao was riding on a horse, and when he walked outside the city, he saw Cheng Chuji also riding over.
"Yes, such a heavy snowfall, it's still falling, and it's estimated that it will be affected again!" Qin Huaidao rode on the horse and arched his hand and said.
"yes, hey, every year!" Cheng Zhiji heard it, and also sighed.
Soon, they separated outside the city gate, and the people of the two families, Zhuangzi, were in different directions.
Qin Huaidao rode to his Zhuangzi and found that many houses had collapsed.
"The head of the house is here!"
"Head of the house!"
"The head of the house is here!" ...
As soon as Qin Huaidao arrived in Qinzhuang, those villagers saw Qin Huaidao coming over, and they saluted and said.
"Get up, are there any people in those collapsed houses?" Qin Huaidao dismounted and asked about those villagers.
Those Zhuang households, in fact, are all soldiers in the house, they are all people who followed their father to fight in the south and the north, and when there was no war, they lived in the Qin family Zhuangzi.
"No, they've all been rescued!" An old man stood up and said to Qin Huaidao.
Qin Huaidao began to inspect the Zhuangzi and found that many houses were dilapidated houses.
Those houses were all made of earth, and the roofs were all thatched, and when it snowed heavily, those roofs could not withstand it in the first place.
"Pick it up, pick up all those houses, live in the warehouse, take out the valuable things, hurry up!" Qin Huaidao said to those behind him.
"Young master, I can't help it! This is a house, and it can still live in people! It's a pity! The old men next to him shouted anxiously.
"It's all picked, how can people live in such a house, this snow has not stopped, who knows when it will go! What if the house collapses and crushes people to death?
It's picked, in the spring of next year, the house will rebuild for you, and all the money will come out of the house, and now everyone will go to live in the warehouse.
Although the Qin family is now in the middle of the road, the government can still take out this money, housekeeper! Qin Huaidao said loudly to those old men, and then shouted to the housekeeper.
"The little ones are here!" The butler came over and responded.
"Tell someone to go to the house, let the blacksmith continue to make the stove, and install it in the storehouse, so that you can keep out the cold and build more!" Qin Huaidao commanded the housekeeper.
"Yes, young master!" The butler arched his hand and said.
Qin Huaidao inspected Zhuangzi around, his brows furrowed tightly, these houses may not be able to be saved.
Then Qin Huaidao rode a horse and went to the other two Zhuangzi, the Qin family has three Zhuangzi, namely the Upper Qinzhuang, the Middle Qinzhuang and the Lower Qinzhuang, the houses of the three Zhuangzi, all of them.
Qin Huaidao inspected until the evening, and the heavy snow did not mean to stop.
On Zhuangzi's side, the houses that have not had time to be removed have collapsed a lot.
Many dealers are grateful to Qin Huaidao in their hearts, if it weren't for Qin Huaidao, I don't know how many people would be crushed to death!
When Qin Huaidao returned to the house, it was already evening.
"Young master, the food is enough, but it will take a lot of money to build a house next year, hey!" After the housekeeper followed Qin Huaidao into the hall, the housekeeper sighed when he thought of this.
There was no money in the house, but now there is a natural disaster, which makes the house even worse.
"It's okay, the money thing, I'll figure it out, okay, you've been busy all day, go back and rest early!" Qin Huaidao waved his hand at the housekeeper and said, he was also thinking about things.
Early the next morning, after Qin Huaidao got up, settled his younger brothers and sisters, and continued to Zhuangzi's side.
But as soon as he left the city, Qin Huaidao saw a large number of displaced people, and many of them froze to death on the road.
"Evil!" The housekeeper saw this scene and said sadly.
"Let's go!" Qin Huaidao can't take care of these now, those displaced people, the imperial court will take care of them, but they can't enter Chang'an City, they can only be outside the city.
Soon, Qin Huaidao took people to his family's Zhuangzi.
"The head of the house is here!" Qin Huaidao was still on the horse, and those who were outside the warehouse saw Qin Huaidao and immediately saluted.
"Get up, are you alright?" Qin Huaidao dismounted, walked inside and said.
"The head of the family, if you hadn't let us move out yesterday, I don't know how many people would have died, and the other Zhuangzi, we have heard, many people died!" An old man came to Qin Huaidao's side and spoke.
And Qin Huaidao also pushed open the door at this time and entered the warehouse.
Each Zhuangzi has a lot of warehouses, that is, when the harvest is harvested, it is temporarily used to pile up grain, and after the inventory is completed, it will be sent to the treasury of Chang'an City.
Qin Huaidao went in and found that many children were running back and forth inside, and the ground was covered with straw mats and bedding.
"I've seen the head of the house!" Those people inside saw Qin Huaidao come in, regardless of men, women, and children, and saluted one after another.
"Okay, get up, I'm just not at ease, come and see, you guys settle down here first, and when spring begins, build a house!" Qin Huaidao said to those people.
The stove has been installed in the warehouse, and it is very warm, and there is no shortage of firewood at all, so it is warm inside.
"Master, come, drink water, warm up, this stove is good, now we can all wash our faces with hot water, otherwise, we won't be able to use it up!" An old man came over and poured a bowl of warm water for Qin Huaidao and handed it to Qin Huaidao.
Qin Huaidao took it and held it with both hands, it was indeed very warm.
"Well, that's good! If you settle down, the food will be pulled over and you won't be hungry! That's the only way to go! Qin Huaidao nodded and said to those people.
Then after Qin Huaidao took two sips, he went to the other warehouses to see, they were all full of people.
Qin Huaidao saw that nothing had happened, and he was also very satisfied, so he went to inspect the other two Zhuangzi, and after making sure that there was no problem, Qin Huaidao rushed to the house.
Along the way, Qin Huaidao saw a lot of corpses, all of which were frozen and stiff.
Soon, Qin Huaidao arrived at the south gate of Chang'an City and found that many people were cooking porridge here.
"Is there a lot of food in the house?" Qin Huaidao rode on his horse and asked the butler behind him.
"It's not much, in order to raise money for fines, we sold a lot of it before, and now the food is only enough for the people in our house!" The housekeeper said to Qin Huaidao.
He knew that Qin Huaidao must also want to give porridge,
In previous years, as long as there was a disaster, every prefecture would pull out food to relieve the victims, and the Yiguo Mansion would be no exception.
"Well, what about the money?" Qin Huaidao sighed and continued to ask.
"There are still 300 to come, but now I can't buy food, it's a disaster, and the various mansions won't release food out, young master, forget it, the mansion is powerless now!"
The housekeeper knew what Qin Huaidao was thinking, and he also knew that Qin Huaidao was kind-hearted, but he was really powerless now.
"Well, let's go home!" Qin Huaidao nodded, and rode back to the house.
When he arrived at the house, he saw his younger brothers and sisters playing in the room, and Qin Huaidao couldn't help laughing.
"Big brother, are you back?" Qin Jiao saw Qin Huaidao coming back and ran over with a smile.
"Well, have you practiced calligraphy?" Qin Huaidao squatted down and hugged Qin Jiao and Qin Shandao who ran over together.
"I've practiced and read books, but I don't know a lot of words!" Qin Jiao looked at Qin Huaidao and said with a smile.
"Well, let's go, big brother will teach you to read!" Qin Huaidao stood up as he spoke, touched their heads and said.
Soon, Qin Huaidao sat in the wing room, teaching his younger brothers and sisters to recognize words, and slowly he found that many of his younger brothers and sisters recognized many words wrongly, because of Chinese characters, many words looked very similar.
"Hmm!" Qin Huaidao stood up, then thought about it for a while, and let his younger brothers and sisters practice calligraphy, and he returned to the study, wanting to get the pinyin out, so that his younger brothers and sisters could recognize those words.
For the next two days, heavy snow continued to fall from time to time, and the situation outside the city was even worse.
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"Fang Xiang, around Chang'an City, more than 10,000 corpses have been cleaned up, if you can't solve this problem of keeping out the cold, it is estimated that this winter, I don't know how much I will freeze to death!" A household official said to Fang Xuanling, who was standing there looking at the homeless people in the distance waiting for the soup kitchen, and his tone was very heavy!
"Warm clothes, the household has all been allocated, but it is still far from enough, there are too many places affected by the disaster this time, more than 30 counties in five states around Chang'an have been seriously affected,
In addition, more than 100 counties in 15 other prefectures have been affected to varying degrees, and a large number of displaced people are now unable to protect themselves from the cold, and their roads are covered with frozen corpses. Fang Xiang, the court really needs to find a way,
Otherwise, this winter, more than 100,000 people will freeze to death, and it may even be more. The official next to him said anxiously to Fang Xuanling again.
Fang Xuanling was anxious at the moment, but as the left servant of the Tang Dynasty, even if he was in a hurry, he couldn't show it to the people below.
"Fang Xiang, just now the statistical report of deaths in various parts of Chang'an Mansion came out, it's very strange that Yiguo Gong Zhuangzi didn't die a single person!
The Zhuangzi of other lords and nobles all have the situation of dead people, ranging from more than ten people to more than a hundred, and there will be new death reports every day, but the Zhuangzi of the Qin family has no death reports! At this time, Chang'an Mansion Yin came over and said to Fang Xuanling.
"Why?" When Fang Xuanling heard this, he turned his head to look at that Fu Yin.
"I don't know, the subordinate also passed by the Qin family's Zhuangzi yesterday, and the house collapsed, and the minister estimates that the Qin family may have forgotten to report!
I heard that the Qin family's loser has just recovered now! Chang'an Mansion Yin stood there and arched his hand and said.
"It's impossible to forget the report, and those in charge of the government will also come to report, how dare they hide it and not report it?" Fang Xuanling said in disbelief.
This kind of thing has become a common practice, as long as there is death, there is no need for the head of the house to order, the housekeeper will come and report.
"Yes!" Chang'an Mansion Yin nodded after thinking about it.
"Let's go, go to Qinjia Zhuangzi to have a look, it's not far!" Fang Xuanling felt uneasy, so he rode on his horse and prepared to go to Qin's Zhuangzi.