Zheng Jiajun's barracks were quickly built.

The training of the sergeants has not relaxed for a day, and the training at this time is completely different from the training in Jiangning County, and the vast Yan'an Mansion is enough for war horses to gallop.

The consumption is also huge, and the consumption of sergeants and war horses is not something that ordinary people can bear.

However, it was also in this kind of training that Zheng Jiajun saw that he had become stronger.

By mid-November, the weather had become unusually cold.

The first snow of winter came without warning, although the snow was not very heavy, but it was still very rare to see snow in various parts of Yan'an Prefecture after four consecutive years of drought.

Being able to sit in the house, roast a hot earth dragon, hold a warm wine, and watch the snowflakes fall, this is the most romantic thing that a reader thinks, but unfortunately Zheng Xunrui, who is the prefect of Yan'an Prefecture, does not have so much romance, and the things he thinks of are completely different.

Wen Manshan has already written several letters, asking when she will be able to come to Yan'an Mansion, it has only been a few months, Zheng Xunrui is busy, there are too many things to consider and deal with, Wen Manshan is impossible to come to Yan'an Mansion at this time, and the conditions here are too difficult, Wen Manshan came to endure hardships, he couldn't bear it.

Snow means that the climate has begun to become unusually cold, and if the government can't think of a good way, the number of people who freeze to death will increase significantly.

There is also the spring drought in Yan'an Mansion is particularly severe, and there will be no water at all, it is snowing at this time, is it necessary to collect snow water, and he heard the old man in Fushi City say, this time the snow is just the beginning, from the weather, I am afraid that there will be a blizzard behind.

If you don't collect snow water, once the heavy snow has passed, there is nothing left.

The government quickly issued two notices, one that was easy to understand, and the other that was strange.

The first notice requires the prefecture and county to increase the relief for the people, and all localities must find ways to purchase quilts and provide them to the people free of charge, and the government requires the people to live not far from the county seat, and the government builds temporary residential land in these places, so as to facilitate the relief of the government, if the place of residence is too far, even in the mountains, the government cannot provide relief.

The second notice requires the government to organize the people to dig one-meter-square pools, and the requirement is that these pools cannot leak, and at the same time collect snow water from all over the country, all of which are poured into these pools, and when the pools are excavated and snow water is collected, the government must take out silver or grain to pay the people for their work, which is absolutely indispensable.

After the notice was posted, almost no one believed that there was a reward for digging ponds and collecting snow water.

The breakthrough is still outside the county of Fushi.

A few bold peasant households, dug four one-meter-square ponds, sorted out very well, reported to the government, the government quickly sent people to come to accept, after the acceptance, immediately gave the grain, after these farmers began to try their best to collect snow water, filled one of the pools, and got the grain again.

At this moment, there was a sensation in all parts of Yan'an Prefecture.

Food can save lives, digging pools and collecting snow water, this is something that anyone can do, there is not much difficulty, if you dig a pond in the area designated by the government, and collect snow water at the same time, then you can get more food, and survive this harsh winter, who doesn't do such a thing.

The prefectures and counties under the jurisdiction of Yan'an Prefecture quickly set off the excavation of ponds.

Of course, there is not much snow water at the moment, but as long as the pond is dug and when the heavy snow comes, you can collect enough snow water and store it, and there will be a water source for the next spring drought.

Getting the people to work and get paid for it, and at the same time collecting a lot of water to prepare for the spring is a double thing, and only in this way can the people survive this harsh winter.

After the news spread, even Ningzhou, which belongs to Qingyang Prefecture, and Tongchuan, which belongs to Xi'an Prefecture, have some people rushed to Yijun County and Central County to which Yan'an Prefecture belongs.

In this way, the people gathered, which Zheng Xunrui did not expect, and the third notice of the government was quickly sent, which was a document to the government, asking the state and county yamen to take advantage of this time to count the number of households and population, and asked the statistics to be as accurate as possible to see how many people are still in various parts of Yan'an Prefecture.

The state and county yamen have discussed the notice of the government office, but Zhao Mu, who has been killed by the imperial court, is a role model, no one dares to disobey the order of the prefect and become the next Zhao Mu, and the prefect has already sent the officials of the government to the state and county to count the money and grain, and the prefect has also promised that he will give the state and county a certain amount of grain and silver subsidies, as long as it is the expenses that are verified to be true, the accounts are clear, and the government will admit the account.

As for the statistical work of households, it has not been done for a long time, but this is actually the duty of the state and county yamen, and statistics must be carried out every year, and everyone is used to it, saying that the prefect did not force the state and county officials to risk their lives to go to the villages and towns, which is very good, so the statistical matters of the households were quickly rolled out.

A large number of pools were dug out, but little was collected in the snow.

Just when everyone was in a hurry, on the fifteenth day of the leap month, the heavy snow began to come.

In the past, in the eyes of officials and the people, such heavy snowfall was a huge disaster, but this year's situation is different, I don't know how many people are looking forward to the heavy snow, and the heavy snow is coming, just like a festival, because this time the government said that collecting snow water will be rewarded with silver.

The people quickly began to move, trying to collect snow water by all means.

Even the officials and officials in the yamen joined the team, and if they collected snow water, they could also be rewarded, and the people, who were still skeptical, saw that the officials and officials had begun to do it, and what was there to doubt.

In about a month, the state and county yamen organized the people to dig tens of thousands of ponds, and they also understood that these pools collected snow water for the purpose of fighting drought, after all, the drought for several years in a row has put the people in a desperate situation, but they doubt that there will be heavy snow, after all, in the second year of Chongzhen, there was hardly a drop of rain and snow throughout the year.

When the heavy snow came, Zheng Xunrui's prestige rose unprecedentedly, and everyone felt strange, the prefect was not only able to exterminate the Liukou, but also knew that there was heavy snow this year, which was really a god.

The accumulated snow was quickly collected and must not be wasted, and many people found all kinds of utensils to collect, and some people also understood the importance of snow water, and began to collect it themselves.

The quilts issued by the government played a great role at this time, so that the people were saved from frostbite or even freezing to death, and the vast majority of the people were able to survive this harsh winter.

The scope of collecting snow water continues to expand, from the city to the villages and towns, the government is also at this time appropriate reminder, we must pay attention to the cold climate, not to lose our lives because of collecting snow water and making money, this reminder is very important, except for some young people who can go far to collect snow water, the rest of the old and weak women and children, almost all of them are collected nearby.

Winter wheat has long been planted, because of the leap month, so the harvest season of the coming year, that is, around April, this feeling of the illusion above, is a great encouragement to the common people, the older people are clear, Ruixue trillion year, it seems that four consecutive years of famine, is expected to end, if winter wheat can get a bumper harvest, at least can ensure the next year's life.

Zheng Xunrui was very happy about this sudden heavy snowfall, but the time of the heavy snow was beyond his expectations, it rained for three days and three nights, if it were not for the prefect's yamen to issue a notice to let the local officials and people prepare, this heavy snow would become a huge disaster, countless people could not resist, and died of cold and starvation.

A correct decision, so that the people through the most dangerous time, and let the spirit of the people up, this is crucial, once the spirit collapses, then there is no way to save, so many people in Shaanxi joined the rogue team, is because they completely lost hope, can not see any future, so take the risk, join the rogue team, in fact, these people do not want to rebel, no one is born to think of rebellion.

Besides, the people of this era are much simpler, as long as the government does a little bit of things, the people can remember it for a long time, and be grateful to Dade, in fact, these things, in Zheng Xunrui's view, are what the government should do, after all, it is the people who support the officials, if they can't do things for the people, what role does the government have.

The officials and officials of the government also went out to collect snow water, Zheng Xunrui did not stop it, in fact, it is not easy to be an official in various parts of Yan'an Mansion, and it is not easy to be an official and a servant, the local government is too poor, and it is difficult for them to make a living, not to mention how much water there is, officials like Zhao Mu are very few after all.

As long as the winter wheat maize and sweet potato can be harvested in the coming year, then the problem can be temporarily alleviated, although it will take many years to fundamentally solve the problem, but as long as the situation improves, things will be much smoother in the future.

Zheng Jiajun's training is more frequent, practicing three times in winter and three times in summer, which is the best time to cast Zheng Jiajun.

Zheng Xunrui wrote a letter to his family, telling his father Zheng Fugui that in the coming year, the planting area of maize seeds and sweet potato seeds will be expanded to 3,000 mu, of which 1,000 acres of maize and sweet potato seeds will all be provided to Yan'an Prefecture.

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