Twelfth year of Jianning, winter

Initially, it was from Hezhou and Xinzhou, in order to enrich the farming industry in Hezhou, Lu Zhi and Yangqiu specially purchased a large number of cattle from the Central Plains and grazing here, but this cold winter ruined their efforts for almost several years, and the snow was vast and had passed the knee.

The ploughing cattle froze to death, the ploughed fields were destroyed in the blizzard, the houses collapsed, within ten years, Hezhou and Xinzhou have frozen to death more than 60 people, when the news reached Luoyang, the Son of Heaven was furious, reprimanded Lu Zhi and Yangqiu, and asked them to quickly provide disaster relief, so that Youzhou and Bingzhou helped, but did not expect that next, Youzhou and Bingzhou also suffered.

The whole north has been hit by this severe cold, and the trade roads in Liangzhou have also been blocked by heavy snow, so the Son of Heaven hurriedly ordered Wang Fu to open the treasury for disaster relief, fortunately, Youzhou, Bingzhou and other places have stored a lot of food, and can also resettle the victims, but the problem is that more and more people are freezing to death, and it takes a lot of money to build houses, including distributing clothes.

In the temple, the hundred officials are anxious, there are constantly urgent reports of disasters in various places, Wang Fu also immediately summoned the hundred officials, however, he did not ask the advice of the hundred officials, but directly ordered, he wants to use the money of the treasury to support the affected places, because the weather is cold, Jizhou's water transportation has no way to use, can only be through the gallop, he ordered the soldiers of the southern army to wear thick clothes, responsible for transporting the grain, grass and clothing to various places.

Of course, these soldiers are not only responsible for transportation, but also responsible for the rescue of disaster victims, in addition, it is the transportation of some cultivated cattle, can not let the cultivated cattle freeze to death, in addition, Hezhou, Xinzhou and other extremely seriously affected areas, can transport the people to Youzhou, Bingzhou and other places, although it is still a cold winter, at least better than these two states, at the same time, the family also began to contribute to disaster relief.

In Hezhou, Lu Zhi looked at the snow in the sky and the frozen bones on the side of the road, wept bitterly, and personally led the county soldiers to start the rescue, summoned all the victims to Hexian, lent them some houses in the government, and even gave the wooden chairs and tables in his own home to the people, so that they could use them as fire.

Yangqiu is also working hard for disaster relief, but he is not like Lu Zhi, he directly took out the furniture of the family and let the victims use it as a fire, there is no family in Xinzhou, but there is one in Youzhou....

It can be encountered, if it is not for the abundance of the granary of the Han Dynasty and the ability of the officials, I am afraid that this cold winter will bring extremely significant harm to the Han Dynasty, and I don't know when, some remarks suddenly appeared among the officials, hoping to give up Liangzhou, Hezhou, Xinzhou and other regions, they believe that these places, more than disasters, and very barren, only drag down the financial role of the Han.

Wang Fu strongly suppressed these remarks, many ministers were directly delivered to Zhang He by Wang Fu, and after three days, Wang Fu said goodbye to the Son of Heaven, handed over many disaster relief matters in the court to Yuan Feng, and personally led people to the north, in this regard, Yuan Feng is also a little puzzled, he is the most opposed minister in the court, however, at this critical time, Yuan Feng did not think of fighting for power and profit, and took over the disaster relief from Wang Fu and began to command.

When Lu Zhi and Yangqiu were busy migrating the people, Wang Fu rushed to the north, he searched for various counties and counties, did not rest for half a day, and the officials from all over the country heard that Wang Jie's letter had arrived, and none of them dared to relax and dare to flee first, for fear that something would happen and fall into the hands of this traitor, but even if Wang Fu was in person, the role he had enlightened was limited.

He could only plead, this disaster would pass quickly, and the whole Han was looking forward to it.

It was not only Lu Zhi who was crying in Hezhou, but also the people in the court who were crying, crying for three whole days, and all the officials in the court were moved, and their love for the people and compassion made the people of the world admire.

At this time, Yuan Feng in the court, but received a proclamation from Liangzhou, this proclamation is not for the support of the imperial court, this proclamation is written by the great Confucian Zheng Xuan, read for a while, Yuan Feng immediately sent the proclamation to the palace, the Son of Heaven is busy for the disaster, saw Yuan Feng hurriedly walked in, did not stop, continued to read the proclamation from all over the place, frowned.

"Your Majesty, Liangzhou Urgent!"

"Didn't I order Hanzhong Taishou to transport the supplies from Yizhou to Liangzhou?? He dared to disobey the order?!! The Son of Heaven stood up angrily.

"Your Majesty, that's not the case, the disaster in Liangzhou is not as important as Erzhou, this is Zheng Gong's letter..."Yuan Feng respectfully handed over the letter, the Son of Heaven took the letter, read it for a moment, was a little puzzled, and asked, "What did he say?" ”

"Your Majesty, cotton."

"Mian?"

"What is cotton for? Nonsense! The Son of Heaven threw the letter on the wooden case, and said impatiently, Yuan Feng immediately picked up the pen and ink on the side, wrote a cotton character, and then said: "According to Zheng Shi, this thing is passed down from the Yueshi family, which can be woven into cloth, many Hu people in the Western Regions, many of them use cotton to make clothes, and those who make underwear are called as robes..."

"Huh?"

"It's the same as the hakama, but it's full crotch, not an open crotch... No skirts..."

When the Son of Heaven heard this, he frowned, thought for a moment, and asked, "This thing... Does it work? Yuan Feng said solemnly: "Zheng Gong is a great Confucian in the world, he will not cheat on such a big thing, since he wrote a letter to the temple, focusing on this thing, this thing must be of great use, in addition, he also sent clothes woven of cotton, Your Majesty... Want to try it? ”

The Son of Heaven nodded, and Yuan Feng ordered the Yellow Gate to send it in....

Sure enough, it's really warm to wear this thing, but unfortunately, this full hakama is a little uncomfortable to wear, and the place is pressed, which makes the Son of Heaven a little uncomfortable, he immediately took it off again, and said: "Ling Zheng Xuanduo buys cotton, is this cotton planted or... Forget it, anyway, let Zheng Xuan figure out his own way, and besides, although this robe is indecent, it can also resist the cold winter, learn how to weave from Zheng Xuan, teach the people, and send the clothes to the victims..."

"Your Majesty, this folk has long had a robe, and because of its indecency, the scholars are reluctant to wear it... For the people, we don't have to teach..."Yuan Feng said, the Son of Heaven suddenly realized, he never knew these things, in his heart, everyone is still wearing a hakama, and then a skirt, he nodded, and said: "This matter, it will bother Yuan Jun..."

"Yes!"

When Yuan Feng left, he didn't take the robe with him, and the Son of Heaven stroked it with some curiosity, this thing is softer, but it is practical... If this thing can be cultivated, it would be great, even if it can't be cultivated, you have to buy cotton in large quantities, or, directly take the place where cotton is produced... The Son of Heaven narrowed his eyes and thought to himself.

"Alas, no matter how good this thing is, it is still uncomfortable for me after all, and it is still convenient and comfortable to open the hakama..."

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