Chapter 3

Fang Xuanling rode a horse and arrived at the nearest Xia Qinzhuang, and when he saw that those houses had collapsed, his heart was very heavy.

"Fang Xiang, in such a situation, it is impossible that there are no dead people, and the Qin Mansion is too bold!" An official saw this scene and couldn't help but say angrily.

Fang Xuanling didn't speak, but rode a horse and continued to walk forward.

As soon as he entered the village, Fang Xuanling heard the frolicking of children and the reprimands of adults.

"Let's go, ask!" Fang Xuanling said and drove the horse forward.

When I came to Zhuangzi's treasury, at the door, there were some men sitting and chatting, and when they saw someone from the official family coming, they all stood up.

"What about you Zhuangzi people?" An official asked before Fang Xuanling.

"If you go back to the official, it's inside!" An old man stood up and arched his hand.

"Well, how many people did you Zhuangzi die? Why didn't anyone report it? The officer questioned.

"No one died!" The old man felt a little strange.

"Full of nonsense, just like this Zhuangzi, can there be no dead people? Look at it, the houses have collapsed so much? There is hardly a single intact building, and there are no dead people? The official shouted at the old man with a little anger.

"It's true that there are no dead people, the house collapsed, it was our head of the family who let us pick it up in advance, the head of the house is wise, otherwise, I really don't know how many people died!" The old man said and arched his hand in the direction of Chang'an City.

"Huh? I picked it up in advance, so how do you live here and keep out the cold? When Fang Xuanling heard this, he felt novel, and he actually knew that he had picked it up in advance.

But after picking it up, how those people can keep out the cold is another problem.

"It's warm inside, let's come out, it's just that the children inside are panicking!" Another strong man stood there and said with a smile.

"Warm?" When Fang Xuanling heard this, he was a little puzzled, and immediately walked forward.

Pushed open the door of the warehouse, and a warm current gushed out from inside, which was very comfortable, making Fang Xuanling stunned for a moment.

"Close the door, don't open the door if it's okay! The cold wind is in! An old man inside shouted loudly before he could see who was coming.

"This? This? Fang Xuanling and the accompanying officials behind them were all very shocked, it was so warm inside,

Moreover, in the whole storeroom, there is a passageway, and the rest of the place is covered with mattresses, and those children are making noise on the mattress.

Fang Xuanling walked in quickly, and immediately found that there were actually 3 iron guys here, and there were long iron tubes sticking out!

"May I ask you, old man, why are you so warm here?" Fang Xuanling was very puzzled, so he asked an old man.

"The stove that our master made, seeing if there is one, such a large warehouse, three stoves can warm up the whole warehouse.

The head of the family is talented, the reincarnation of the Bodhisattva, otherwise, we don't know how much we will freeze to death! The old man stood up and said in a somewhat proud tone.

They also heard that the other Zhuangzi did not know how many froze to death.

"Stove? This one? Fang Xuanling pointed to a stove next to him and said.

At this time, a woman went over, lifted the pot on the stove, poured out the hot water, and then added cold water to the pot and put it on.

"Yes, that's it, our Qin family Zhuangzi has installed this!" The old man next to him spoke.

"Someone, immediately order the officials of the Ministry of Works to come here and see what is going on with this stove! The others followed me into town! Fang Xuanling was very excited.

He now knew how to keep the people warm, but he also needed to know how the stove was made.

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"Young master, it's reported from outside, Liang Guogong is visiting!" The housekeeper walked quickly to Qin Huaidao's study and said to Qin Huaidao.

"Liang Guogong? Fang Xuanling's servant shot? Qin Huaidao was stunned for a moment, looked at the housekeeper and asked.

"Yes!" The butler arched his hand and said.

"Open the middle door, please!" Qin Huaidao immediately put down his pen, stood up, and walked outside the study.

When he arrived at the hall, Qin Huaidao stood at the door of the hall and waited.

"Nephew Qin Huaidao has seen Uncle Fang!" Qin Huaidao saw Fang Xuanling coming over with so many officials, and immediately saluted and said to Fang Xuanling.

"Peping, get up, the old man has something to ask you for today!" Fang Xian came over with a smile and helped Qin Huaidao.

Qin Huaidao was very puzzled, but he still said: "Uncle Fang, please tell me, as long as my nephew can do it, I will do it!" Please! ”

Qin Huaidao opened the door of the hall as he spoke, and a stream of heating poured out from inside.

"This!" Fang Xuanling was pleasantly surprised, it seemed that he had found the right one.

Soon, he entered the hall, and the officials were also shocked, and at the same time found the stove in the corner of the living room.

"Pepin, Uncle is here for this!" Fang Xuanling pointed to the stove and said to Qin Huaidao.

"Huh? Oh! Don't worry, uncle, I will immediately order someone to make it and send it to the house when the time comes! When Qin Huaidao heard this, he was stunned, but he reacted quickly, thinking that Fang Xuanling needed this, so he said that he would order someone to control it.

"No, it's not the old man who wants it, but the people outside the city, this time the disaster is very serious, a large number of people have nothing to keep out the cold, and they have frozen to death. Pepin, this stove, can you hand it over? Fang Xuanling stood there and asked Qin Huaidao.

"Ah, okay, please atone for your sins, Pepin really didn't expect this, I'll take out the drawings immediately!" When Qin Huaidao heard this, he hurriedly gave it up, and then trotted to the study to get the drawings.

And Fang Xuanling walked to the edge of the stove.

"Is there carbon poison?" Fang Xuanling asked the housekeeper of the Qin Mansion who was standing next to him.

"If you go back to the room, no, the house has been installed for many days, and it is burned at night, and there is no carbon poison! Much safer than charcoal! The butler said with a smile.

"Yes, yes!" Fang Xuanling and the other officials all nodded frequently.

If there is no carbon poison, then it can be burned at night, and there will be no freezing to death.

"Uncle, the drawings are for you, but you may not be able to see clearly if your nephew's drawings are messy, but as long as the government sends craftsmen to my house to learn, you will soon be able to understand!" Qin Huaidao handed the drawings to Fang Xuanling.

Fang Xuanling really couldn't understand this, after all, Qin Huaidao had marked a lot of notes on it.

"Okay, but do you still have an idle stove? The old man wants to bring one into the palace, by the way, how to install this, you also need to give some pointers! Fang Xuanling looked at Qin Huaidao and asked.

"It seems that there is, Uncle Fang, I am worried at home and can't enter the palace, but I can let Jia Ding accompany you!" Qin Huaidao nodded, and then said to Fang Xuanling.

"Okay, that's for the best!" Fang Xuanling nodded with satisfaction.

Soon, Fang Xuanling left with the stove and a family member in the house.

"Young master, this is the first time that a big man has come to the house after the master left!" The housekeeper was very happy, especially Qin Huaidao's stove was useful to the imperial court, and the housekeeper was even happier.

"Hmm!" Qin Huaidao also nodded with a smile, and then went to the study with his hands behind his back.

Whether it is in the previous life or this life, Qin Huaidao has a very quiet temperament and doesn't like to talk much, but Qin Huaidao is still a little proud in his heart now, he didn't expect this stove to have such a big effect.

Qin Huaidao returned to the study and continued to write pinyin things, and even said that he began to sort out some words, write pinyin and annotations, so that it can be convenient for younger brothers and sisters to recognize words, and when there are words they don't know, they can also use this to check them.

"Your Majesty, you see, it's really warm, and there is no carbon poison, I see that the Zhuangzi side of the Qin Mansion is using this, and they are also using it at night, it's very safe!" Fang Xuanling sat there and said to Li Shimin, who was staring at the stove.

Li Shimin is also feeling very hot now, and he has taken off his coat.

"Okay, okay, immediately order the Ministry of Works, immediately send craftsmen to the Yiguo Mansion to learn how to make it, and then install this in those houses outside the city, so that the people can avoid the cold!" Li Shimin nodded with great satisfaction.

In the past few days, he has stretched out between his eyebrows today.

"Yes!" Zhang Liang, the official of the Ministry of Industry, immediately gave up.

"I didn't expect that Qin Huaidao still has such a skill in things, not bad!" Li Shimin sat down and said with satisfaction.

In the afternoon, Qin Huaidao's house came to a lot of blacksmiths from the Ministry of Industry, and began to learn how to make furnaces, and at the same time, various mansions also sent people to study, Qin Huaidao let the housekeepers receive them one by one, and now he is worried at home, and it is inconvenient to go to entertain.

At night, Li Shimin sat in the imperial study to read, feeling very comfortable, before reading books, even if there was a copper stove, but the hands and feet were cold, now with this stove, not only the hands and feet are not cold, but also the whole body is warm, and now Li Shimin ordered the palace to install this here.

In the afternoon of the next day, Fang Xuanling came to report on the disaster relief.

"Since the furnace was installed yesterday afternoon, the number of people who have frozen to death today has decreased significantly, even if there are still some on the road." Fang Xuanling's tone also relaxed at this moment.

"Well, this snow disaster is indeed very big, by the way, Qin Huaidao burned the Chongxian Pavilion before, did he pay the fine?" Li Shimin sat there and asked the eunuch beside him.

"Back to Your Majesty, I handed it over a few days ago, and I heard that it was Lu Guogong and E Guogong who sent a lot of money to subsidize it!" The eunuch heard it, nodded and responded.

"How much is the fine?" Li Shimin thought about it for a while, but couldn't remember the fine number, so he asked.

"Return to Your Majesty 2,000 times!" The eunuch reported again.

"Well, there was a fire in the Chongxian Pavilion before, it seems that the Lord has been demoted by two levels, right?" Li Shimin then asked.

"Back to Your Majesty, yes!" Fang Xuanling also nodded and said.

"The intention is to reward Qin Huaidao with 2,500 pieces of silk and 200 horses of brocade silk for his meritorious service in disaster relief, and at the same time encourage Qin Huaidao to let him keep his filial piety and worries with peace of mind, and never regenerate incidents! After the expiration of the Ding Wei period in July next year, I will have my own appointment! Li Shimin sat there and said to Fang Xuanling,

Fang Xuanling is still in the middle of the order, and the holy decree still needs to be drawn up by Fang Xuanling, but Fang Xuanling is very puzzled, Qin Huaidao obviously has great merit, why is he only rewarded, it stands to reason that he has saved so many people, even if he can't return to the country, he has to be promoted to the founding county, but Fang Xuanling doesn't dare to ask.