Inside Luoyang City.

"It's out of the water. Gone out of the water. Many people shouted loudly, and the fire burst into flames. Many men and women held buckets and wooden basins to put out the fire.

"Oops. Really, this government does not allow the use of coal, and it must be profound. An old man said anxiously.

His family's house was nearby, and most of the houses of this period were made of wood. The fire performance is very poor. Therefore, in winter, ordinary people's homes generally do not make fires for heating, for a simple reason. The importance of fire prevention, and if you want to make a fire, you need to buy charcoal, and the price of charcoal is very expensive. This is something that ordinary people can afford?

So, under normal circumstances, Luoyang people are the same as all people in the world. Winter is basically to endure a winter. During this winter, sick, frozen to death. and those who are seriously ill in the coming year. It's a very severe test. Because it is clear to all that winter means.

But this year's winter seems to have come earlier, just the beginning of winter. A heavy snowfall fell. The snow was very thick, very thick, and in some places, it was two feet thick. This can freeze people to death. Many children die in the winter. The people of Luoyang had no choice but to buy cheap coal for heating. There is no way, winter is too cruel. This is basically not something that normal people can afford.

The elderly, children froze to death, and there were many frostbite. This is all forced and there is no way for them to use this method to solve the problem.

Not to mention. Coal is good. After ignition, it burns for a long time, and, moreover, enough warmth. Put the stone in it, and it will not be lit at night. Because the people of Luoyang are still very suspicious of coal. They don't know how to direct smoke. But heating is enough for them. Such a situation is a very favorable situation for them.

But there are always two sides to something. Coal brings warmth. But it also comes with dangers. For example, if you don't pay attention, it will have extremely serious consequences, fire.

Most of the houses in Luoyang are made of wood. This kind of house is fast, cheap, and made from local materials. But the fire performance is very poor.

Unlike the Republican Army, which used a lot of bricks and tiles, Handan mostly used cement and stone for construction. Under such a material, the use of coal naturally does not care, because their fire performance has improved a lot, but for the houses in Luoyang, this is not enough.

At the same time, the fire problem has become extremely serious. When it snows heavily. Fifteen large fires broke out in Luoyang, some of which burned half of the streets.

The government was extremely annoyed by this. An order was issued to ban the use of coal for heating. But under such a cold winter. If you don't get warm, it means freezing to death. For the ban of the government. A lot of people are still disobedient. After all, the probability of catching fire is still very low, everyone should pay attention, and it is estimated that it can still be dealt with. This is what happened in such a situation.

The cold winter months are a challenge for many people.

Lijiazhuang. Within the military academy.

Cao Ang stayed in the comfort of his dormitory, writing some reports. These reports are their assignments.

It was snowing very hard outside. This year has been very unusual. The cooling came very intensely. Normally, it doesn't snow like this at this time. But now I don't know why. The weather was unusual.

But Cao Ang didn't have to worry about that. Because of their dormitory, this year there is a special heating equipment, heating, which is said to be only available in some high-end hotels in Handan.

Heating was used. Their dormitories, classrooms, don't have to be so cold. Even, inside the dormitory. It's okay to be shirtless.

The facilities of the military school are still good, and their dormitories use glass as windows, which look bright. That's a good thing for them, because they have enough light to write something.

The facilities of the military academy are the best, after all, it is gathered here that the future elite of the Republican Army gathers, and they should enjoy it all.

As for the homes of ordinary people, their situation is also good. Because they are the least poor they also have a stove. You don't have to be frozen alive like you used to. One of the most favorable results of the increase in temperature is that the range of disease control has been greatly improved. This is great news for medical schools.

War Department. Only a few significant places have installed heating. The War Department was installed relatively late. A few days before the beginning of winter, when the wind was blowing, a few important rooms were installed, and Shang Wu and Jia Xu's bedrooms were not installed, and a small stove was used for heating.

However, Shang Wu and Jia Xu are both willing to get together, one is warmer, and the others, guarding the fire, they can also discuss some issues in time.

Hot water is boiling on the stove, and when they are hungry, they will also bake and eat wheat cakes on it, and the taste is also very good.

In any case, the new farm system is all about wheat. However, there are many people who grow corn. When people are hungry, they can eat anything, and wheat and corn are two important crops.

"This year's climate is very abnormal, and it seems to have something to do with the Xiaoice period you mentioned." Jia Xu said.

"Well, the climate is very abnormal, and we also have to pay attention to some other problems, and my concern is that agricultural production in the coming year, although we have a lot of things that can help us solve some agricultural problems." Shang Wu said.

"But we still can't be careless." Shang Wu said. The emergence of cement has helped them solve a lot of problems, and the water pipes and waterways made of some iron wires can be laid out quickly. Although the farming method is still flooded, the waste of water resources cannot be improved. But at least the problem of watering the ground has been solved.

In addition to this, there are steam engine pumps, albeit expensive. But it is possible to carry water through the leasing of agricultural companies, which makes their situation much better. The problem of irrigation in agriculture has been largely solved. Coupled with the certain popularity of wheat crops, this has led to a bumper grain harvest for the Republican Army, which is simply impossible to think of if it had been placed in the past.

But that's not enough. Because they also have to deal with some new problems. For example, Shang Wu speculates that there may be some drought, and although the grain production area has expanded a lot, the population has also expanded a lot, and the commercial base is based on a developed agriculture, and if there is not much input in agriculture, the problem will still be great.

Despite the availability of cement pipes and pumping machines, the problem of drought is not effectively solved. This problem is, or is relatively serious.

"Most of our financial funds are invested in the construction of roads and on the commercial basis, and there is also investment in agriculture, for example, the laying of some agricultural irrigation pipes. The solution of these problems is still very beneficial to the agricultural problem. Shang Wu said.

"But we still need to note that we are still falling short when it comes to larger agricultural water projects. The lack of water will pose a great threat to us in the future drought pattern. It will be very disadvantageous to our agricultural production. Therefore, I suggest that in the next few years, agricultural water conservancy projects should also be placed in a relatively heavy position. Shang Wu said.

"Well, how to solve this problem? In other words, what problems to solve, we all know that agriculture has always relied on the sky to eat. To rain or not to rain is not something that our will can shift. Jia Xu said helplessly.

In ancient times, agriculture has always relied on the weather for food, and this situation is still difficult to change, although the Republican Army has set up some meteorological observation points in the military and the civilian sector, mainly recording and providing some meteorological information. But that's not enough, because they can't do some other way to get the rain.

"My solution is to build reservoirs, on some rivers, to build reservoirs. Hold back the river, store water, release water when there is a drought, and control it when there is a flood. Our technology has not yet reached the level of building large reservoirs, but in some rivers, it is still possible to build small ones, and although the role of small ones is weak, we will make up for them with quantity, so that the problem of drought can be improved to a certain extent. Shang Wu said.

"Well, that's good." Jia Xu looked at some sketches submitted by Shang Wu, and said after the plan.

The improvement of irrigation facilities is only superficial, but it does not fundamentally change anything, and the IRA needs to improve in some specific situations. This improvement is the construction of water conservancy. Shang Wu knew very well that the impact of the Xiaoice period was very large, and the original rain may be gone. In some areas where it has not yet rained, it has rained. Shangwu should be fully prepared for this.

"It's just that in this way, the cost is a little more, and there may be some financial constraints." Jia Xu said worriedly.

"Well, it doesn't matter, we can sell some ** unnecessary assets in exchange for some money to support this, and if some bonds are issued, I think the problem is basically still likely to be solved." Shang Wu said.

"Sell the best assets?" Jia Xu said.

"Yes, such as the Handan Iron Works, military factories, etc., these are the official assets of the Republican Army, if we are allowed to operate, we will be very troublesome to operate, and we may be stalemate, if we attract some private capital to enter, we will sell the shares in our hands, in this way, we can exchange for the support of private capital, which is an extremely beneficial result for us." Shang Wu said.